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Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 29/1/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 14/2/44; Missing in Action Brussels 28/7/44 with Albert Spear, Co-pilot: Stan Diamond, Navigator: John Spillane, Bombardier: C.P. Pate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Pieczynski, Radio Operator: Art Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Arthur Gens,Tail gunner: Bob Bass (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Rob Gill (RTD- picked up by ASR); mid air coll with 42-97621 (100BG), the fuselage snapped in half and crashed in North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk; Missing Air Crew Report 8174. BUFFALO GAL aka BLACK CAT 13.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-K] Alconbury 25/4/43; transferred 812BS/482BG [MI-K] Alconbury 25/8/43; 360BS/303BG Molesworth 15/1/44; Salvaged 25/5/45.

Delivered Long Beach 11/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 8/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 11/1/44 with Don Sharps, Co-pilot: Tom Sheedy, Navigator: Fred Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Deutsch, Radio Operator: Gus Lobone, Ball turret gunner: John Fees, Waist gunner: Bill Nall,Tail gunner: Joe Miksic (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lou Nargi, Waist gunner: Ken Majeska (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed near Holsten, three miles N of Rheine, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1887.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; 396BG Drew 24/4/44; 327 BU Drew, W/O 9/7/44; Recl Comp 6/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/44; Roswell 1/5/44; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 20/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 19/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 25/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 4/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 24/7/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Slated 418BS/100BG [LD-R] as PFF a/c, switched 457BG Glatton 12/9/44; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-Y] Molesworth 2/10/44; 306BG Thurleigh 9/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. YANKEE GIRL.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/44; 488BG MacDill 21/4/44; 326 BU MacDill 5/2/45; 325 BU Avon Park 17/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/44; Gulfport 21/4/44; 328 BU Gulfport 30/3/45; 329 BU Alexandra 4/4/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 5/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-J] Framlingham 25/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Edwin Booth, Quentin Davidson, John Walsh, Joe Jackson (4 Killed in Action); Herb Gates, Bill Long, Tony Morreale, Bruce Greeno (4 Prisoner of War); Abe Elhai (evaded capture); flak hit and exploded, crashed Zwickau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11133. JOKER.

Delivered Tucson 2/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Alamogordo 7/8/42; Biggs 28/11/42; Oklahoma City 11/12/42; Pueblo 4/1/43; Written off 30/4/43.

Delivered Long Beach 15/6/43; New Orleans 14/7/43; Orlando 15/12/43; 331 BU Barksdale 24/6/44; to Gore Fd, from where with J. Schumacher force landed New Orleans Apt 14/7/43; 3036 BU Yuma 5/7/44; 331 BU Barksdale 15/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 27/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 12/6/43; Kearney 15/7/43; 541BS/383BG Pendleton 24/7/43; with George Thompson force landed Rapid City 18/1/44; 3507 BU Sioux Falls 2/8/44; 225 BU Rapid City 10/8/44; 249 BU Alliance 29/12/44; 225 BU Rapid City 7/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 10/6/43; Denver 16/6/43; Dalhart 2/8/43; 505BG Harvard 16/7/44; 244 BU Harvard 16/9/43; with ? force landed Harvard, Ne 7/6/44; 202 BU Galveston 19/10/44; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 7/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 19/6/43; Pendleton 24/7/43; Gt Falls 12/8/43; Walla Walla 21/10/43; with Wilford Means force landed Rapid City 23/2/44; 505BG Harvard 18/6/44; with Norris Martin force landed base 12/7/44; 146 BU Selfridge 14/8/44; 244 BU Harvard 20/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 23/8/44; 203 BU Jackson 8/3/45; (?) with Carl Shane crash landed three miles NW base 11/4/45; Recl Comp 12/4/45.

Delivered Denver 25/8/43; Gr Island 19/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 18/10/43; 1 BAD 23/10/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-R] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; then 486BG Sudbury 16/7/44; retUS 21/3/45; 1103 BU Morrison 16/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/1/46. LADY DREW.

Delivered Denver 26/10/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned Glen 12AF 9/1/43, then Soxo 12/1/43 with Lt A.F. Burch on ferry flight from Marrakech, Morocco, crash landed out of gas just N of Brixham, Devon, no injuries (10 Returned to Duty).

Delivered Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 21/12/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 23/1/45; Salvaged 11/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Gore Fd 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 9/5/43; Warner Robins 10/5/43; Morrison 20/5/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 1/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {7m} Salvaged 8/7/44.

Delivered Hobbs 27/5/44; ATC Presque Is 23/7/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 2/12/44; HHR Minneapolis 10/12/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 13/12/44; with Matt Kuran force landed base 12/2/45; Recl Comp 1/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/45; Sth Plains 24/4/45; 4136 BU Tinker 5/10/46; 4104 BU Rome 9/10/46; 16 PhR MacDill 25/2/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 16/10/47; 594 BU Topeka 28/7/48; 4112 BU Olmstead 16/9/48; 16 PhR Maguire 24/6/49; 91 SRC Maguire 10/8/49; 91 SRC Barksdale 30/10/49; AMC Brookley 2/11/49; Recl Comp 2/6/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/44; Kearney 21/2/44; Presque Is 6/3/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Q] Kimbolton 23/3/44; battle damaged Ruhland 12/9/44 with Capt JoeHuau, Co-pilot: John Fechtemuller, Navigator: Gene Balfe, Xn-Bill Rogach, Bombardier: Capt Matt Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Roach, Radio Operator: Joe REiS

Delivered Tucson 24/2/42; West Palm Beach 29/4/42; Assigned 52BS/29BG Boise 22/9/42; damaged in coll with B-17 on base 29/9/42, rep; Hendricks 23/3/43; Written off 21/11/44.

Delivered Boise 303BG 4/4/42; Salt Lake City 17/5/42; Ephrata 17/6/42; 305BG Muroc 17/8/42; Biggs 11/9/42; Rapid City 3/12/42; Oklahoma City 24/2/43; Pueblo 1/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 5/7/45.

Delivered Denver 13/1/44; 1SAG Langley 6/2/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 28/11/44; W/O 29/11/44.