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Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Oudna, Tun. 7/4/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {23m} transferred 816BS/483BG Sterparone 26/4/44; ret Cairo 28/11/44 with Willard Sperry, Carey, Hammer, Hagley, Farrer (5RTD – wia); Barber, Lubejko, White, Harris, Billingsley (5 Killed in Action); crashed Buvo, It. burned out.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-N] Chelveston 25/8/44; Missing in Action Hanover 22/10/44 with ?; mid air coll with 43-38030, crashed Thurleigh base (19 KIA in total). Missing Air Crew Report 10833.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-E] Chelveston 14/7/44; Missing in Action Hanover 22/10/44 with Phil Lichty, (Killed in Action) plus?; mid air coll with 43-38133 (305BG), crashed Thurleigh, UK; 19KIA in total. MY ACHIN’ B.

Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Morrison 12/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-H] Thurleigh 20/4/43; Battle damaged Kassel 28/7/43 with Woodrow Thomas, Co-pilot: J.G. Parks, Navigator: Harry McCaleb, Bombardier: Joe Lukens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Heybourne, Radio Operator: Francis Palmer, Ball turret gunner: Ed DeByer, Waist gunner: Ernie Henderson, Waist gunner: Marcel St Louis, Tail gunner: Jim Harris (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Hawkinge, Kent, UK, caught fire and burnt; Salvaged. Written off 31/1/44.

Delivered Hunter 13/2/45; Grenier 2/3/45; Assigned 8AF 7/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Oklahoma City 19/2/45; Hunter 5/4/45; slated 8AF, transferred Sth Plains 3/5/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 19/6/45; 244 BU Harvard 8/7/45; 233 BU Fort Worth 7/1/46; 613 BU Phillips 8/3/46; 233 BU Fort Worth 30/4/46; Salvaged 8/5/46.

Delivered Dorval 13/8/44; To RAF {KJ106]; 214 Sq BU-G RCM, Oulton, Nfk.; Missing in Action bomber support mission 7/3/45; Struck Off Charge 8/3/45.

Delivered Long Beach 2/1/43; Salina 21/1/43; Morrison 8/2/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 19/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {30m} transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; {1m 99th} 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Salvaged 14/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/43; Pyote 18/2/43; MacDill 20/1/44; Avon Park 27/2/44; Barksdale 2/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Oklahoma 12/1/44; Savannah 16/1/44; Morrison 24/1/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 2/3/44;{10m} transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action Sofia, Bulg. 30/3/44 with Fred Wickham[463BG], Co-pilot: Walter Crowl, Navigator: Erwin Rubenstein, Bombardier: Orville Reilly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Luksch, Radio Operator: Homer McKee, Ball turret gunner: Andy Warga, Waist gunner: Bill Marion, Waist gunner: Peter O’Grady,Tail gunner: Tony Morrish (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-31683 (2BG), crashed Kasbarevo, Bulgaria. Missing Air Crew Report 3370.

Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Casper 13/12/43; Cheyenne 31/12/43; Houston 2/1/44; Lakeland 6/1/44; Morrison 25/2/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 26/2/44; {16m} transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action {1m} Sofia 30/3/44 with Leroy Rigney, Co-pilot: Harry Meyer, Navigator: Bill Mitchell, Bombardier: Bill Vavrik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orvel Buechner, Radio Operator: Peter Victor, Ball turret gunner: Rich Gilbert, Waist gunner: Bill Corbin, Waist gunner: Alvin Barrow,Tail gunner: Marvin Maddox (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-31851 (2BG), crashed Trun, Bul; Missing Air Crew Report 3364.

Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-S] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 29/9/42; on 4th mission to St Nazaire 27/2/43 with Don Bader and crew OK, but ship badly damaged and salvaged. (crews claimed 6 enemy aircraft). HEAVYWEIGHT ANNIHILATORS.

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Westover 22/8/42; Thurleigh 2/10/42; no details other than Salvaged non battle damage 27/2/43.

Delivered Denver 11/2/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Horham 15/6/43; transferred 549BS/385BG [XA-Z] Gt Ashfield /43; damaged in base explosion 3/9/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Rueben Eckhardt, Navigator: Kingsley Sumner (2 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Enders, Radio Operator: Leroy Acridge, Ball turret gunner: Bob Crumrine, Waist gunner: Jim Lires, Waist gunner: Rowland Birch,Tail gunner: Floyd Montgomery (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Chas Erichsen, Bombardier: John Hay (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fresnicourt, Sain-en-Gohelle,Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1898. THE GROUND HOG.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Maxwell 19/12/43; Savannah 20/12/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 11/1/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Freeman Storm, Co-pilot: Don Larsen, Navigator: Bill Cook, Bombardier: Dale Wilkinson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Bonnell, Ball turret gunner: Steve Hannon, Waist gunner: John Honis,Tail gunner: Clyde Vaughn (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Vic Miller, Waist gunner: Rich McDaniel (2 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-38070 (2BG) with tail brioken off, crashed Landshut, Ger; five chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 2615.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Savannah 27/12/43; Assigned 20B/2BG Amendola 7/2/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Henry O’Shea, Co-pilot: Stan Stohl, Navigator: Lloyd Oster, Bombardier: John Conlan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Rivers, Radio Operator: Clarry Moore, Ball turret gunner: Bill Wilson, Waist gunner: John Lambert, Waist gunner: Floyd Anthony,Tail gunner: Elwood Newton (10 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 42-31679 (2BG), crashed Ergolding; five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 2829.

Delivered New Castle 16/2/43; Colorado Springs 29/3/43; Assigned 11AF Elmendorf 21/6/43; Returned to the USA Hunter 4/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/2/43; Pyote 20/2/43; Tinker 27/7/43; Smoky Hill 26/7/44; Walker 19/12/44; Lincoln 13/1/45; Pratt 24/2/45; Orlando 13/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/10/45.

Delivered delivered at Cheyenne 30-Jan-43; Assigned to 334BS/95BG Dow Field 24-Apr-43 then to England at Alconbury; transferred to 100BG at Thorpe Abbotts 9-Jun-43, transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-M] 15-Jun-43 at Ridgewell; sent to 2SAD, Alconbury 13-Nov-43, returned to Ridgewell 15-Nov-43; Shot down by German fighters on 7-Jan-44 on a mission to bomb the I. G. Farben plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. All the crew, except Radio Operator SSgt Peter Kucher who was killed in the fighter attack, baled out and the aircraft crashed at Schiffweiler Germany. Tail Gunner Sgt Anthony E Greco was also killed when his parachute failed to open. Flew 12+ missions with the 381st BG. 2KIA 8POW. MACR 1873

Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Tulsa 9/1/44; Maxwell 14/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 14/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; Missing in Action 19/3/44 training mission with Major George Burgess, Co-pilot: Capt Foster Cash, Navigator: Paul Schwartz, Bombardier: Capt Ernie Anderson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Franz, Radio Operator: Bob Molan, Ball turret gunner: Joe King, Waist gunner: Adrian Lapacek, Waist gunner: Viv Amero,Tail gunner: Elwood Kerschner (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-38143 (2BG); tail cut off, crashed Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 3286 (of 2BG).