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Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 28/7/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Alconbury 2/9/43; Missing in Action 4/10/43 with Carson Fleming, Co-pilot: Art Larson{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Bob Purdon, Bombardier: Joe Suss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Spencer, Radio Operator: Ray McMann, Ball turret gunner: Florian Fenclau,Tail gunner: Joe Turon (8 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Alf Antonacci, Waist gunner: Tom Cleveland (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 745. REBECCA.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 3-May-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, Philippines, 17-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 5-Jun-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, Philippines 17-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 18/11/44; Dow Fd 29/11/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-Y] Grafton Underwood 19/1/45; transferred 366BS/305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; to St Trond, Belgium; taxi accident with Knight Albion at El Aouina A/fd, Tunisia 1/10/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 9/4/48; BUCKEYE BELLE.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 2/6/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 19/8/42; flew Operation Torch commanders to Gibraltar 5/11/42; Maison Blanche, Alg 13/11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 22/11/42; Biskra, Alg 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs, Tun 1/8/43; Depienne, Tun 15/8/43; RAMBLIN’ RECK; transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 4/11/43 re-named YANKEE DOO DIT; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Villaorba, It. 18/3/44 with Theo Griffith, Co-pilot: Bill Doyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Murinchack* (3 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bernie McConnell, Ball turret gunner: Howard Lamont (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Walt Swan*, Bombardier: Alan Klute*, Waist gunner: Nick Cannata, Waist gunner: Harry Chandler*,Tail gunner: Ed Greenlaw (* all 463BG) (5 Prisoner of War); crashed Trieste; Missing Air Crew Report 3259.YANKEE DOO DIT.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 401BG Deenthorpe in error 4/9/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-X] Nuthampstead 5/9/44; 601BS [3O-X]; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Rogers, AOC but re-ass 24/11/44; (28m) Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with Roger Weum, Co-pilot: Chas Bagley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Zasa, Radio Operator: Herb Helbig, Waist gunner: Felix Burne,Tail gunner: Chas Stein (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Woodcock, Ball turret gunner: Bob Craver (2 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Dick Fletcher (evaded capture); flak, crashed Grossloebichau, near Jena-Burgel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11145.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 6-May-41; Hickham Field, HI 17-Oct-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41 with Bill Bohnaker, Ed Jacquet, Art Hoffman, Jim Wellwood, Bob Peel, Abe Beerman, Fred Shamblen, Jean Byers, Ben Tomerlin; Missing in Action Masbate, Philippines. 14-Jan-42 with Jack Adams, Navigator: Harry Schreiber, rest unknown but survived aided by Filipinos, RTD Mar-42; shot down by Japanese fighters, crash landed Masbate, Legaspi but later destroyed by Japanese strafing. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Gore 22/6/43; Kearney 15/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-N) Alconbury 21/7/43; crashed on take off for Gelsenkirchen 15/8/43 with John Booker, Co-pilot: Jim McAvoy, Navigator: Capt Bob McNeely, Bombardier: Chas Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Licher, Radio Operator: Porfirio Garcia, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Richardson, Waist gunner: John Hancock, Waist gunner: Gene Simpson,Tail gunner: Ray Cupp, foto-Virgil Mullen (11 Returned to Duty); u/c began to retract then #2 prop broke off injuring pilot, aircraft stopping 200 yds past end of runway. Salvaged 171/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-B] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (18m) Missing in Action Munich 16/7/44 with Ray Gallagher, Co-pilot: Harry Castleman, Navigator: Bill Berry, Bombardier: Wendell Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sudduth, Radio Operator: Arlo Skeem, Waist gunner: Bob Fels (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bob Warkentin,Tail gunner: Chas McLean (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit ball turret, set fire, some bailed before crashed Hinter-Heubach, near Schiltach, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7242.

Delivered Denver 12/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-M] Podington 28/5/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-U] Grafton Underwood 10/6/44; Missing in Action Wesseling, Germany 11/10/44 with John Wright Peterson, Robert Cornelius McClelland, William Andrew Singer, William Nathanial Stutman Extra navigator, George James Grady, Andy Wick, Frank John Zink, Irving Milton Peckerer, William Arthur Rabe Jr, Walter Ace Woodruff (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Mayen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 9479. HELL ON WINGS.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 11-Jun-41; Hickam Field, HI 17-Oct-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 23-Oct-41 with Elmer Parsel, Owen Graham, Bill Warner, Sam Poole, Rex Matson, Chas Glasscock, Harry Moss, Winton Long, Howard Peterson; Del Monte-Batchelor, Australia 17-Dec-41 with Elmer Parsel, Norvell, Cappelletti, Gregg, Matson, Lorger, Randall, McClellan, Brady; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41 with Elmer Parsel; strafed Singosari/Malang, Java 3-Feb-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 26/7/44; Dow Fd 10/8/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 18/8/44; force landed Amendola a/f due to electrical fire with Zanas Pitcher 10/12/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 28/12/44 with Don Hillyer, Keil, Dews, Piersol, Perrino, Hill, Koltuniak, Hansen, Hyde (9 Prisoner of War); Eggleston {wg} (Killed in Action); mech fault, crashed Staubing; Missing Air Crew Report 10894. JOSEPHINE.

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-A] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Clifford Moore, Bombardier: Paul Kenney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Traynor, Radio Operator: Noah Puckett, Ball turret gunner: Jack Brown (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Wise, Navigator: George Schmalzreid, Waist gunner: Rich Wells,Tail gunner: Joe Humble (4 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Don Lee (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed Sepmeries, six miles SE of Valenciennes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2530 SALVAGE QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Harry Burgeon, Co-pilot: Vic Kress, Navigator: Dave Wilmont, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Peckham, Radio Operator: Harry McFarland, Waist gunner: Ed Costello,Tail gunner: Henry Ullmer (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Tom Hunt, Ball turret gunner: Bill Aguiar, Waist gunner: Roland Jenkins (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #1, ship crash landed Bernouville, near Gisors, between Beauvais & Rouen, Fr. No MACR..

Delivered Salt Lake City 17-Sep-41; coll with C-39 (early Dakota) No. 38-512 McClelland Field 10-Sep-41 (repaired); Assigned 19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Parts used by Japanese for a B-17D re-construction. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG- ] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 1m, transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-A] Polebrook 12/7/43; 8m Missing in Action Watten 27/8/43 with Bill Suit, Co-pilot: Jim Grayson,Tail gunner: Lionel Mount (3 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Bertil Eriksop, Ball turret gunner: Orville Greece (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Myron Johnson, Bombardier: Bernie Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Noe, Waist gunner: Joe May, Waist gunner: Louis Lochen (5 Prisoner of War); flak severed tail, crashed Villiers-sur-Simon, 11 miles W of Arras, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 469. FAST WOMAN.

Delivered Denver 24/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 19/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Molesworth 13/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with John Henderson,cp-Ken Crook, Navigator: Warren Wiggins, Bombardier: Woodrow Monkres, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Simpkins, Radio Operator: Chas Maple, Ball turret gunner: Rich Miller, Waist gunner: Vernon Powell, Waist gunner: Norman Shuart,Tail gunner: Mike Milliff (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Boppard, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2762.

Delivered Hunter 14/12/44; Dow Fd 27/12/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-N] Nuthampstead 3/2/45; taxi accident at Chelveston with Dave Bishop 4/5/45; RAF Valley 26/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Patterson 16-Apr-41; Hickam 17-Oct-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, PI 23-Oct-41 with Edwin Green, Carey O’Bryan, Edgar Whitcomb, Luther Heigder, Couts McGibbons, Wilbert McClellan, Bernie Strohecker, Bill Templeton, Bob Menzie; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Minneapolis 9/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 5/5/42; transferred 65BS/43BG; when on mission to Bougainville 16/6/43 with Jay Zeamer, who along with crewmate Joe Sarnoski (Killed in Action) earned Medal of Honor for great bravery, pilot & 5 others all WIA; after repair transferred 8PRS; Returned to the USA 4134 BU Spokane 22/3/44; 423 BU Walla Walla 4/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 29/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45. OLD 666 aka LUCY.

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bovingdon 20-Aug-42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 28-Aug-42; Missing in Action on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. This was 97th’s first mission 21-Oct-42, shot down and crashed Plouescat, near Morlaix, France. 8KIA, 2POW. Missing Air Crew Report 15352.

Assigned 92BG Podington 13/7/42; transferred 343BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 22/11/42; transferred 414BS; Salvaged 15/3/43 in Oran. PEGGY D Jr (II).

Delivered Patterson 11-Apr-41; Assigned 30BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41; Del Monte return to Batchelor, Australia for repairs 17-Dec-41 with Lee Coates, Jim Colovin, Walt Seamon, Harris, John McLaurin, Earl Christianson, Martin Schadel, Cooksey, Barber, Chas Smith; but crashed on take off for Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java with Edwin C. Teats 28-Jan-42. Salvaged. Never used in combat. Bever served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-O] Presque Is 8/4/43; Polebrook 6/5/43; {24m} transferred 2 BAD 8/6/44; Returned to the USA Cincinnati 18/6/44; 613 BU Phillips Fd, 28/9/44. GREMLIN’S DELITE.