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Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Scott 24/10/43; Assigned: 401BG Deenethorpe 30/10/43; landed Bassingbourn 9/11/43 Transferred: 563BS/388BG Knettishall YANKEE BELLE; 508BS/351BG [YB-S] Polebrook 21/11/43; MIA {5m} Achmer 21/2/44 Pilot: Albert Kogelman, Navigator: Bob Shafer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clyde Dunlap, Radio Operator: Joe Rawdon, Waist Gunner: Sheldon Johnson (5RTD); Co-Pilot: Carey Haynes, Bombardier: Bill Armour, Ball Turret Gunner: Will Speiser, Waist Gunner: Wesley Locke, Tail Gunner: Gilbert Denison (5KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, ditched North Sea, 20 miles E of Lowestoft, Sfk., five crew saved by ASR, but cp & tg died of exposure; MACR 6063. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/43; Gore 10/8/43; Cheyenne 11/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-J] Polebrook 22/9/43; on practice mission 23/5/44 with Chas Walker fire broke out in cockpit, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rob Martin burned when oxygen bottle exploded as he dealt with fire; 31m 37BS/487BG [4F] Lavenham 16/7/44; Returned to the USA 377 BU Grenier 17/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/8/45. MY DEVOTION.

Delivered Hunter 5/1/45; Dow Fd 18/1/45; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-T] Podington 1/2/45; in base taxi accident with Bob Wilkinson 22/5/45; to Istres Fd, France 5/6/45, ret 27/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. FLAK DODGER.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-A] Polebrook 10/9/44; 509BS [RQ-A]; {78m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Lincoln 16/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-P] Polebrook 10/9/44; transferred 509BS [RQ-P]; Missing in Action {19m) Berlin 5/12/44 with Capt Henry Williamson, Andy Caldwell, Andy Gourash, Joe Bredar, Bob Shepard, Art Peterson, John Coble, Harry Bishop, Dallas Smith (9 Prisoner of War); heavy flak damage, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 11037.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 10/9/44; {81m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. FAVORITE LADY.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 9/10/44; 70m Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. LUCKY JEWELL.

Delivered Hunter 21/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-Q] Polebrook 16/10/44; {62m} Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Dalhart 3/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-L] Horham 28/3/44; with Horace O. Turner, 24/4/44, Bombardier/Navigator [wia]; with J.C. Bertram 11/7/44, Waist gunner: Ray Carpenter [wia]; with T.G. Bek 24/12/44, Ball turret gunner: Leon Erisman [wia]; with J. Durham force landed B-58 Moelsbroek, Belg. 28/3/45; 111m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. KNOCK-OUT BABY.

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-D] Podington 2/1/45; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/7/46.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-M] Polebrook 20/2/45; {39m} Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG Alconbury 30/3/43; transferred 94BG then 524BS/379BG [WA-G] Kimbolton 5/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 28/11/43; Salvaged 22/6/45. SWEET 17.

Delivered Lincoln 27/1/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned 8AF 16/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 29/12/44; Grenier 10/1/45; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-M] Podington 4/2/45; Green Project, secret mission 1/6/45, ret 2/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. SIR KUMSIZER (underneath words, painting of a pair of medical forceps!).

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; TDY Polebrook 16/6/44, ret 6/7/44; TDY Egypt 6/8/44, ret 29/8/44; force landed continent 3/3/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BETTY J.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 31/5/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-L] Polebrook 8/6/44; battle damaged {60m} Merseburg 12/12/44 with ?; flak, force landed St Trond, Bel; Salvaged 4/1/45. FLAK MAGIC.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-N] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Ernest Hanlon, Co-pilot: Harry Vallere, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willis Blasingame, Ball turret gunner: Jacques Titelle, Waist gunner: Dick Wiethorp,Tail gunner: Jim Brennan (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Art Segars, Bombardier: Steve Corcoran, Radio Operator: Gene McCarthy (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Grunfelde, S of Wittstock, NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8901. DANIEL WEBSTER.

Delivered Hunter 6/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-B] Podington 7/10/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Sth Bend 23/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-O] Polebrook 22/2/44; Missing in Action {29m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Horace Hopkins, Co-pilot: Everett Hale, Navigator: Carl Habecker, Bombardier: Dick Atwood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Snyder, Ball turret gunner: Avondle Willhite, Waist gunner: Lyle Norquist,Tail gunner: Norman Bruning (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dwight Suddock (Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Stroh (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed La Maxerelle, near Bas-sur-Meurthe Clefey in Voges Mountains,six miles N of Gerardmer, W of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5331. QUEEN OF THE AIR.

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 31/10/43; Assigned: 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 23/12/43; MIA {2m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 Pilot: Warren Putnam, Co-Pilot: Tom Irvine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Prater, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Custer (4KIA), Bombardier: Jack Wood, Radio Operator: Wesley Greene, Waist Gunner: John Gilson, Waist Gunner: Bob Diehl, Tail Gunner: Jack McKinney (5POW), Navigator: Irving Shwayder (EVD); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Kervers/Paimpol, 23 miles NW of St Brieux, Fr. MACR 1980. STINKY WEATHER.