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Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 10/8/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 19/10/44 with Chas Halbert, Co-pilot: Jack Ragland, Navigator: Tom Gribbook, tog-Jack Flarty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Goeteshcius, Radio Operator: Alvin Drost, Ball turret gunner: Larry Frederickson, foto-Manuel Markes,Tail gunner: John Minnick (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Leon Fix (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ludwigshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9467. MAIL CALL.

Delivered Dallas 17/7/45; Sth Plains 31/8/45; Rome 28/2/46; NAAF Mustin Fd 6/46 [77256]; United States Coast Guard San Francisco 6/12/46; Port Angeles 6/50; NAS Norfolk 4/53; Port Angeles 9/53; Inter Ice Patrol, Argentia, Nfd 1955; Elizabeth City 12/55; crash landed NAS Norfolk 29/5/56, scrapped for spares.

Delivered Cheyenne 18 July 1944; Kearney 27 July 1944; Grenier 10 August 1944; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 16 August 1944. Lt Milton D. Andersen flew most of his 35 missions on # 42-38299. Among other pilots, 1st Lt Harold E. Dwyer flew on it on the 20 April 1945 mission. Returned to the USA Bradley 21 June 1945; 4168 Sth Plains 23 June 1945. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, Arizona 8 December 1945. ROGER’S DODGERS (aka OUTA DIS WORLD; aka JOY RIDER.)

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 21//12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-C] 22/1/44; 2+m Missing in Action Brunswick 29/1/44 with Bob Mohnacky, Co-pilot: Joe Flood, Navigator: Bill Yake, Bombardier: Jim Light, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Gentsch (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Elmer Hagen, Ball turret gunner: Joe Grugan, Left Waist gunner: Russell Meyer, Right waist gunner: Bob Berg, Tail gunner: Pete Schenck (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set bomb bay on fire, crashed Offenthal Estate, near Reichenburg, 16 miles SE of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2242.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Gr Island 27/9/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 18/10/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/2/44 with Austin Rinne, Co-pilot: Francis Bornhorst, Navigator: Bill Trees, Bombardier: John Aegeter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Jones, Radio Operator: Tom Edwards, Ball turret gunner: Jim Hickey, Waist gunner: Bill Page, Waist gunner: Bob Cooper (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Chas Regan (KIA-chute failed); mech. problems, crashed Forges-les-Laux, E of Dieppe, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2937. LIBERTY RUN.

Assigned 58BW, used in Bikini Atoll A-Bomb tests; SUGAR SPARE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Savannah 23/1/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-J] Ridgewell 26/5/44; Missing in Action {4m} Berlin 21/6/44 with Roger Dussault, Co-pilot: Bernie Segman, Navigator: Valerio Magnabasco, tog-Ralph Holcomb, Radio Operator: Wendell Lawing, Waist gunner: Alonzo Ehler,Tail gunner: John Mahar (7 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Meier, Ball turret gunner: Howard Corum (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed NE of Schonhauser, 17 miles NW of Prenzlau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5990.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Casper 28/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Eglin 7/7/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG 15/7/43; battle damaged {23m} Bolzano 10/11/43 with Ralph Lyndsly; crash landed Calvi, Corsica; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {32m} Verona 22/3/44 with Doug Moore, Co-pilot: Hunter, Navigator: Garrity, Bombardier: Upton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hartenstein, Radio Operator: Frascatorf, Ball turret gunner: Gatrost, Waist gunner: Fish,Tail gunner: McDonald (9 Returned to Duty); ditched Adriatic Sea, and crew rescued.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/44; Hunter 30/11/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 12/1/45; transferred 816BS/483BG Sterparone 28/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/10/45. RUM & COKE.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt falls 6/11/43; Billings 7/11/43; Cheyenne 16/11/43; Kearney 17/11/43; Topeka 29/11/43; Romulus 30/11/43; Syracuse 3/12/43; Bangor 4/12/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 6/1/44; Missing in Action 7m Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Francis Flaherty, Co-pilot: John Hoffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Notra Bright, Ball turret gunner: Burling Larson, Waist gunner: Henry Krzyak,Tail gunner: Art Butler (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Russ Austin, Bombardier: Bill Farrell, Radio Operator: John Roe, Waist gunner: Casimir Bukowski (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brake-Senne, near Bielefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2930. FRIDAY THE 13TH.

Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Kearney 19/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 19/6/44; Salvaged 13/3/45.

Delivered Kearney 8/8/44; Grenier 17/8/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

Delivered Fairfield 3/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Podington 4/10/44; landing accident with Fred Magnello 2/5/45; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 1/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 9/8/44; Long Beach 13/8/44; Grenier 27/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 30/8/44; struck 43-39056 in taxi accident at Horsching, Austria with John Hopper 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. BOTTOMS UP.

Delivered Lincoln 8/8/44; Grenier 18/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. OL’ BUDDY.

Delivered Denver 21/12/43; Las Vegas 26/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-Z] Bassingbourn 25/2/44 as CUTTY SARK; re-named after 36 missions to RED ALERT; 83m Missing in Action Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Adolph Miller, Co-pilot: Dick Prunty (2 Killed in Action); Tom Bottomley, Alton Lowe, Tom Kincade, Dan Moynihan, Lester Pearson, Bill Hurtley, Glenn Knudson (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Furstenau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10838. DEAR BECKY.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Podington 30/12/44; battle damaged Chemnitz 2/3/45 with ?; force landed Germany, Salvaged 17/3/45.

Delivered Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-A] Bassingbourn 22/7/44; Missing in Action {32m} Merseburg 2/11/44 with Russell Brown, Navigator: Bill Marsh, Radio Operator: John Lombardi, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Alvarez, Waist gunner: Norville Strong,Tail gunner: Max Newman (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don Kitzman, Bombardier: Ray Rietschel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Boettke (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft caused damage so dropping back, and was hit again, crashed Neugattersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10142; HEAVENLY BODY aka WHITE CARGO.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 28/2/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-P] Kimbolton 8/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Jim Wheat, Co-pilot: Leslie Neilsen, Navigator: Walt Cooney, Bombardier: George Berner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Calvin Deckor, Radio Operator: George Maisch, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sullivan, Waist gunner: Bob Mercado,Tail gunner: Alvin Carter (9 Returned to Duty); flak, on return ditched North Sea eight miles off Gt Yarmouth, Nfk, UK, all rescued.