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Delivered MAD from Boeing, WA to Salt Lake City with John Porter, crash landed 23/6/42 severe damage, parts used for stock. Salvaged. Originally slated th RAF as [FA690].

Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 7/42; crash landed RAF Church Lawford, UK 9/8/42 with Jim Hair, Co-pilot: L.Miers, Navigator: J.Marvin, Bombardier: E.Cook,ettg-A.DeVeinenti, Radio Operator: A.Brozozowy (RAF), Ball turret gunner: S.Simmonds (RAF). Waist gunner: A.Saman,Tail gunner: E.Welch (9 Returned to Duty); ran out of fuel; first aircraft Salvaged in UK. DOC STORK.

Assigned RAF [FA689] but transferred 353BS/301BG Westover 23/6/42; Podington 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; Missing in Action {4m} Bizerte 28/11/42 with Bob Maher, Tobey, Adkins, Graf, Alger, Goodwin, McNeil, Shackleton, Conlon (9 Prisoner of War), Missing Air Crew Report 16038.

Assigned RAF [FA682] but transferred 419BS/301BG Westover 7/7/42; Podington 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; bombed by Luftwaffe at Biskra base 10/1/43. {20m} Salvaged.

Delivered from Long Beach to Middletown AAD 23/6/42; crash landed Bellefonte, Pa. 26/6/42 with J.C. Fitzgerald. Salvaged at Middletown AD never went overseas.

Assigned 353BS/301BG Chelveston 1/7/42; force landed Onoto Afd, Greenland, en route UK with Warren Annis 3/8/42; Tarafaroui 24/11/42; crash landed Maison Blanche, Alg 7/12/42 with Jack Dempsey, repaired and back to duty; {41m} Salvaged in UK 24/9/44. PEGASUS.

First flew 30/5/42 before delivered to Cheyenne 11/6/42; Tulsa 26/11/42; Mat Com HQ Wright Fd as XB-40 armament test bed with a dorsal turret and pair of .50 cal machine guns in radio compartment to make a total of 14 guns aboard 15/9/43; seven eventually assigned to 92BG; 3704 BU Keesler 22/11/43; Recl Comp 4/4/45.

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-H] Westover 16/8/42; Thurleigh 25/8/42 as JOAN OF ARC; transferred 340BS/97BG Biskra 20/1/43; Missing in Action Tunis 1/2/43 with Bob Coulter, Co-pilot: Wikle, Navigator: Blair, Bombardier: Birk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: E.H. Smith, Radio Operator: Hansen, Ball turret gunner: Nease, Waist gunner: C.D. Hooks, Waist gunner: Fitzgerald,Tail gunner: Knight; coll with FW190. Missing Air Crew Report 3516. FLAMING MAYME.

Assigned 369BS/306BG Westover 19-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 23-Nov-42 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Flak and German fighters KO’d engines #1 & #2 and 10ft off end of left wing. Crashed near Piriac, France. 8KIA 2POW MACR 15392

Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] 2-September-1942; Bassingbourn 29-September-1942; Missing in Action 23-November-1942 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. This was the 4th mission for this crew. Last seen with #2 feathered 30 miles out, shot down by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. 11KIA MACR 16273.

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 20-Feb-43; Missing in Action (MIA) 2m Hamm 4-Mar-43. Shot down by Lt Kostler (IV/NJG1) in Me 110, KO’d #1 & #3,oil pouring away before #4 was feathered ditched 40 miles west of Texel Is, Holland, in North Sea; five rescued by Royal Navy minesweeper and landed at Grimsby; EXCALIBUR. 3KIA 7RTD (Rescued by Royal Navy). No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Morrison 5/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-X] Podington 9/4/44; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 25/4/44; 327BS/92BG [UX-X] Podington 9/5/45 to; 139m, Salvaged 31/10/45. STEADY HEDY.

Delivered Long Beach 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 22/3/43; Tinker 7/4/43; Memphis 16/4/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 29/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {21m} Foggia 19/8/43, with Bernie Pasero, Navigator: Kemp Martin (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Don Porter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Eaton, Radio Operator: Harry Lee, Ball turret gunner: Jerome Herzing, Waist gunner: Edgar McDonald {rescued by US forces in Italian hospital},Tail gunner: Ray Farrell (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Kelly Erwin, Waist gunner: Chas Stewart {died as POW} (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, seven chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 459. C-BATT.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; MacDill 28/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-L] Nuthampstead 8/4/44; force landed continent 15/10/44 with Van Opdorp but ret. 20/11/44; Missing in Action Plauen, Ger 23/2/45 with Womeldurf, one crewman badly inj. force landed continent, Salvaged. CONTRARY MARY.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Rapid City 20/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 28/6/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Massicault 6/8/43; battle damaged {17m} Battaglia 15/9/43 with Patrick Train, Co-pilot: Harry Chrisman, Navigator: Jack Drummer, Bombardier: Jim Harbin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Caputo, Radio Operator: Ed Bennett, Ball turret gunner: Bob Ciampa, Waist gunner: Bill Richardson, Waist gunner: Clayton Kahler,Tail gunner: John Carson (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed 15 miles west of base; Written off. JULIE A.

Delivered Denver 17/1/43; Cheyenne 26/1/43; Kearney 4/2/43; Assigned 8 Weather Region, Grenier 25/3/43; 1380 BU Presue Is 3/10/43; transferred 49BS/2BG Bizerte, Tun 30/11/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; {52m} Returned to the USA Azores 9/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/10/46. A-MERRY-CAN.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 8/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 22/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; {53m} last Bologna, It 5/10/43; used as hack ?; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered Denver 2/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 25/11/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 16/3/44 with Edwin Ledbetter, Co-pilot: Tom Miles, Navigator: Elvin Noxon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon Neves, Radio Operator: Bob Webster, Ball turret gunner: Jim Walsh{fractured thigh}, Waist gunner: Ralph Haught,Tail gunner: Roy Cook (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ed Poremba, Waist gunner: Jim Johnson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed N of Lhuitre, six miles S of Mailly-le-Camp, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3243. THE DUCHESS aka DYNAMITE EXPRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Kearney 4/2/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Missing in Action {23m) Messina 25/6/43 with Capt Albert Hinsey, Co-pilot: Jack Evans, Navigator: Walter Hopp, Bombardier: Jacob Hershey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Urban Lavoie, Radio Operator: Jack Hildt, Ball turret gunner: Fred Radefield, Waist gunner: Harry Thompson, Waist gunner: Jess Post,Tail gunner: Leo Valentine (10 Killed in Action); coll with Me 109, tore off wing & #4 engine; one chute seen; Missing Air Crew Report 46.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Missing in Action {3m} La Goulette 9/5/43 with Guy Thompson, Co-pilot: Bill Parker, Navigator: Chas Justi, Bombardier: Larry Kinnaird, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rubin Lighte, Radio Operator: Harry Edwards, Ball turret gunner: Ellsworth Simpson, Waist gunner: Bill Ryan, Waist gunner: Bob Meehan,Tail gunner: John Switzer (10KIA – all baled but unfound by rescuers); enemy aircraft ko’d #3 & 4 ditched Mediterranean Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 2817 & 2824 (sqd’s first loss). WOIKIN’ GOIL.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43, with Clyde Knaggs, Co-pilot: Bob Amos, Navigator: Wade Douglas, Bombardier: Rich Howes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Phelps, Radio Operator: Paul Vezetinski, Ball turret gunner: John Phelan, Waist gunner: Ed Dembecki, Waist gunner: Paul Simmons,Tail gunner: Louis Feierstein; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/6/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; transferred 99BG Tortorella, It 28/3/44; 840BS/483BG Tortorella, It 31/3/43; Returned to the USA Morrison 27/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 3/7/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/2/45; Grenier 17/2/45; Assigned 8AF 20/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [Q] Glatton 13/6/44; battle damaged Cologne 3/1/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged 9/2/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/43; Salina 23/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Navarin 19/3/43; (2m) Missing in Action Villaorba airfield, Italy, 18/3/44 with Pilot Clifford E. Magnuson; Co-pilot: Theodore G. Lauterbach; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert E. Smith; Radio Operator: Vernon A. Jensen*; Right Waist gunner: Joe C. Ferguson; Left Waist gunner: Leo C. Rossi; Tail gunner: Ira W. Parker Jr*; Navigator: Raymond E. Horne Jr*; Bombardier: Raymond L. McKee*; Ball turret gunner: Laurence H. Meidl (Killed in Action) – (* = all from 463rd BG); gas leak #2 tank, six chutes seen, crashed near Cerknica and Postonja, Slovenia. Seven men managed to evade capture and 2 were POWs : Raymond Horne and Raymond McKee. Missing Air Crew Report 3253. SAD SACK.