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Delivered Long Beach 27/9/42; Geiger 3/10/42; Ephrata 3/12/42; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Written off 6/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 13/8/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-O] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; designated war weary and transferred 17th Airborne Div; Salvaged n/battle damaged 12/6/45. ROUND TRIP TICKET III.

Delivered Tulsa 12/3/44; Kearney 27/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 14/4/44; battle damaged Cauvincourt 16/8/44 with Ted Letterman, crew all OK back at base; Salvaged 18/8/44.

Delivered Dallas 26/2/45; Sth Plains 24/4/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 14/5/47; 343 RVM Topeka 28/7/48; 55 BSU Topeka 5/8/49; 3902 ABF Offutt 14/10/49; Recl Comp 24/2/50.

Delivered Lincoln 22/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 7/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.GINGER.

Delivered Denver 9/4/43; Gore 10/4/43; Denver 27/4/43; with Bill Stenson force landed Tinker, Ok 1/5/43; Gt Falls 25/5/43; Assigned 25FS/7FG with Bill Stenson force landed Tinker, OK 30/4/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 17/6/43; damaged in base explosion at Gt Ashfield 3/9/43; crash landed Eye, Sfk. UK, 21/4/44, on training flight with Myron Richmond (all of 349BS), Co-pilot: John Kenney, Navigator: Gus Horstmann, Bombardier: Bob Keagy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Cutler, Radio Operator: Walter George, Ball turret gunner: Chas Lewis, Waist gunner: John Johnson, Waist gunner: Cornelius Robinson,Tail gunner: Ray Lilly (10 Killed in Service); mission abandoned and ship suddenly dived to crash on butts of Eye Afd, Sfk., beside A140 Ipswich-Norwich Rd; Salvaged 5/5/44. BLIVIT.

Delivered Denver 23/1/44; Hunter 13/3/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Thorpe Abbotts 4/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. LUCKY LASS.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-B] Lavenham 8/7/44; made normal landing on new base but lost hydraulic pressure with Don Stone, Co-pilot: Don Duyser, Navigator: Irving Koenigsberg, Bombardier: Ned Whitmore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orlando Morgan, Radio Operator: Albert Miranda, Ball turret gunner: Dale Hansen, pass-Cpl Bernie Goldstein,Tail gunner: George Cinalli (9 Returned to Duty); ran off runway and jumped deep ditch and tail section KO’d off. Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 18/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Amarillo 24/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Written off 14/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/44; Hunter 7/1/45; Dow Fd 21/1/45; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-C] Thorpe Abbotts 23/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46. MISS JONES.

Delivered Long Beach 13/7/43; Cheyenne 17/7/43; 248 BU Walker 4/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 11/7/44; 248 BU Walker 25/1/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 23/7/45; 248 BU Walker 5/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Santa Maria 22/9/45. US Civil N7942A; to Bolivia CP-686; Trinidad, Bolivia 4/11/65, Written off 11/1968.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; Pyote 19/1/43; 93BS/19BG Pyote 21/8/43; 28BS/19BG Pyote 9/11/43; Written off 27/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 21/3/45; Assigned 457BG Glatton 12/4/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-K] Molesworth 26/3/44; detailed Berlin 7/5/44 with Don Johnston, Co-pilot: Bob Heussler, Navigator: Milo Schultz, Bombardier: Ralph Suddeth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Abe Barnum, Radio Operator: Oscar Vallsenor, Ball turret gunner: Paul Pesetsky, Waist gunner: Kenzie Turner, Waist gunner: Hebert Smith,Tail gunner: Frank Nestok (10 Returned to Duty); #4 engine caught fire soon after t/o and attempts to feather failed so crew bailed; Salvaged 8/5/44. IZA VAILABLE TOO.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Orlando 6/7/44; 902 BU Orlando 10/7/44; 903 BU Pinecastle 10/9/44; 621 BU Pinecastle 9/7/45; 4152 BU Clinton 22/5/46; 1 EGMP Eglin 3/9/46; 4104 BU Rome 5/9/46; 609 BU Eglin 6/4/47; 605 BU Eglin 3/5/48; 3203 MS Eglin 9/7/48; Recl Comp 3/11/48.

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Cheyenne 3/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG Gore Fd 8/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; Written off 19/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Sebring 30/6/43; Hendricks 20/7/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 3/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP- ] Thorpe Abbotts 2/7/44; transferred 490BG Eye 7/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 16/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45. LOTTA STERN.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Amarillo 20/10/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 10/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/10/45.

Delivered Denver 5/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-O] Molesworth 18/11/43; Crashed on take off for Nantes 10/6/44, with Sam Oliver, Co-pilot: Stan Shankweiler, Radio Operator: John Kissling,Ball turret gunner: Francis Russell, Waist gunner: Americo Imbrogno, Waist gunner: Bob Scalco (6 Killed in Service); Navigator: Earl Metko, Bombardier: Harry Chapple, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Whitney Haskell,Tail gunner: Wayne Humphries (4 Returned to Duty); aircraft went into a dive then a spin, followed by bomb load exploding, blowing off tail, crashed Gt Gidding, Hunts. UK; Salvaged 2 SAD. BAM BAM.