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Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 28/6/44; Grenier 11/7/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 16/7/44; {64m} Returned to the USA to Dyersburg with John Melsterling 2/1/45; 1103 BU Morrison 18/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Westover 22-Aug-42; damaged in taxi accident Westover Fd 26-Aug-42; Thurleigh 2-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43. Severely hit by enemy aircraft, ditched into the English Channel off Brest peninsula. 10KIA MACR 16427.

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 9/1/44; Sioux City 4/4/44; Hendricks 7/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Denver 10/6/43; 2126 BU Laredo 3/9/43; 1077 BU Bowman 7/7/44; Laredo 23/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/7/45.

Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Chanute 16/8/43; crash landed Patterson 9/10/43 with Bob Barbee (Matthews?); Written off 22/10/43.

Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Morrison 18/6/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 29/6/44; transferred 353BS/301BG Lucera 18/11/44; battle damaged Blechhammer 17/4/45 with ?; to depot & Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 29/9/44; Bismark 2/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 17/10/44; 569BS/390BG [CC-A] Framlingham 18/10/44; transferred 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 30/3/45; hit by flak over Hanover 14/3/45 with Ed Aubuchon, killing Garland Miller {wg}, limped home to be repaired; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 13/6/43; Chanute 16/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 22/7/44; 2140 BU Sioux City 23/10/44; Hendricks 25/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/44; Hunter 5/3/44; Homestead 16/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 4/3/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Capt Harry Tomlinson, Co-pilot: Reece Burks(died in prison camp), Navigator: Frank Fleming[wia], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Cardone (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Mike Miller, Radio Operator: Henry O’Neill, Ball turret gunner: Phil McQuade, Waist gunner: Henry Garnett, Waist gunner: Bob Wolfe,Tail gunner: Joe Cash (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Gyor, Hungary Pressburg; one chute seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6565.

Delivered Denver 16/6/43; Hobbs 3/7/43; ATC HQ Hills 14/8/43; Inv Lst 30/11/45.

Delivered Denver 4/6/43; Hobbs 3/7/43; crash landed five miles SE of base 19/10/43 with Virgil Comstock, fire on board. Written off. Pilot and one pass; severe injuries, three pass. minor injuries.

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 1/3/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 306BG 22/4/43 JACKIE ELLEN; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-S/Z] Kimbolton 2/5/43; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43 with Bill Breiner, Co-pilot: Dick Jones, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: Don Haynes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman,Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Alconbury, Hunts. Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 5/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 18/6/45; Sth Plains 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-B] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action {1m} Bremen 13/6/43 with Willard Forrest + crew ? (* Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Roebuck, Radio Operator: Joe Hayes (2 Killed in Service); suffered engine problems and forced to return, but ditched North Sea where crew picked up by RAF Walrus.

Delivered Pyote 27/5/44; Coolidge 29/5/44; 237 BU Pyote 8/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; HHR Minneapolis 11/12/44; 235 BU Biggs 19/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 4/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 7/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action Lake Albano 10/2/44 with Capt Fred Licence, Co-pilot: Maj Bob Lundell (1st m), Radio Operator: Bob Dubberly, Ball turret gunner: Elton Collins, Waist gunner: Bill Bruner, Waist gunner: Earl Bryant,Tail gunner: Harry Dallas (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Hackett[wia], Bombardier: Walter Walling, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Bentley (3 Prisoner of War); flak set wing on fire, ko’d #3 & 4, aircraft exploded; Missing Air Crew Report 2299.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Horham 3/8/43; 336BS [ET-D]; with R.L. Yuenger force landed Ford ex-Stuttgart 6/9/43;Tail gunner: D.E. Williams [wia 26/11/43; 48m, Salvaged 21/6/45. THE GREMLIN’S SWEETHEART.

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 4/10/43; Written off 1/12/44; Recl Comp 17/7/45.