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Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 25/4/43; Missing in Action {11m} Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Clarry Norris, no gas, ditched off Beachy Head, all crew swam ashore and RTD. No MACR. FOUL BALL.

Delivered Long Beach 31/3/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/43; Missing in Action Romilly 3/9/43 with Victor Feinup, Bombardier: Blanton Barnes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Evenson, Radio Operator: Chas Wright, Waist gunner: Bob Brown (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Gene Mullholland, Navigator: Paul Pascal, Ball turret gunner: Norman Kreitenstein (3 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Chas Daniels,Tail gunner: Marvin Miller (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Evreux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 686. JANIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-X/S] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; 603BS; abandoned on continent with Lt Alwood & Stevens 21/11/44 and returned 22/2/45; again abandoned on 2/3/45 and eventually transferred 384BG Grafron Underwood 21/5/45 and stayed in Europe as occupying Air Force; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-C] Molesworth 18/7/44; battle damaged Berlin 26/2/45 with ?; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Justice (evaded capture & returned UK via Gibraltar); Navigator: Pete Battisti, Bombardier: Bill Brothers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McDonough, Radio Operator: Dick Whitlock, Ball turret gunner: Stan Stopa, Waist gunner: Bob Bergendahl, Waist gunner: Harry Hafko (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Shields{body found month later},Tail gunner: Gaetano Sportelli (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 and spun in, crashed De Harskamp military camp, Ede, near Barneveld, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1021. PASADENA NINA.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 11/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG 3/43; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Charles Winkleman, Co-pilot: Ralph Smith, Navigator: Bill Booth, Bombardier: Howard Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Combs, Waist gunner: Mike D’Arcy, Waist gunner: Alf Zeoli (7 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Jean Ray, Ball turret gunner: Tom Cuccaro (2 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ennis Bankhead (Killed in Action) when hit by two 100th ships’ debris following a mid-air collision when climbing, crashed France; No MACR. PASADENA NENA aka TORCHY.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/43; Gore 13/4/43; Kearney 22/4/43; Denver 30/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Rich King, Co-pilot: George Brykalski, Radio Operator: Bob McNight, Ball turret gunner: Rudie Harms, Waist gunner: Don Wise (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ernie Anderson, Bombardier: Ed Hovde{lost left leg at the hip}, Waist gunner: Jim Sides,Tail gunner: Heber Hogge (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Trafford Curry (evaded capture); flak hits in bomb bay and navigator’s compartment, crashed Beaumont, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 684. SUNNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 16/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Chas Floyd, Co-pilot: Jack Boyd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Neal, Radio Operator: Theo Price, Ball turret gunner: Earl Griggs, Waist gunner: Pete Theodore, Waist gunner: Dale Huffer,Tail gunner: John Williams (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Rosenburg, B-Frank Coon (2 Prisoner of War); hit in #3 engine by aircraft above 42-30089 then crashed Beaumont, near Evreux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 685. BARKER’S BURDEN.

Delivered Geiger 419BS/301st Bomb Group 7/4/42; with – Teague force landed BW1, Greenland 7/6/42; transferred 97BG 7/42 (used by F/M Montgomery at times); 92BG /9/42; Written off 22/6/45

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Gore 17/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-T] Polebrook 17/4/43; 17m Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Capt Dick Hathaway; no gas, ditched Channel & rescued by ASR, 10RTD. EAGER EAGLE.

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {15m} Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with Rich Caughman, Navigator: John Avery, Radio Operator: John Mattila, Ball turret gunner: Paul Young, Waist gunner: Gene Colburn,Tail gunner: Jim McGinty (6 evaded capture); Co-pilot: John Boehn, Bombardier: Rich Perkins, Waist gunner: Howard Langer (3 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Strassburger (Killed in Action); flak, on return crashed Grattepanche, eight miles S of Amiens, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2773. HAPPY WARRIOR.

Delivered Tulsa 2/8/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-H] Polebrook 14/11/43; Missing in Action {1m} Bremen 26/11/43 with Larry Blaisdell, crew ? (10 Returned to Duty); mech problem led to fire, ditched North Sea, all rescued 20 miles of English coast. SALTY DOG.

Delivered Hunter 16/2/45; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 8AF 11/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 27/12/43; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Arnold Moselle, Co-pilot: Ken Freeman(wia), Navigator: Bill Mundell, Bombardier: Rufe Parrilla{wia in crash landing, but died 3 days later}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Conley, Radio Operator: Gerald Groth, Ball turret gunner: Frank Crawford, Waist gunner: Jerome Koshar,Tail gunner: Joe Bialobrzeski (9 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crash landed Hucqueliers, E of Etaples on French coast. MISS LIBERTY.

Delivered Sacramento 17/12/41; MacDill 7/1/42; Assigned 7BG Java, 19BG Hickam; cat E by strafing at Broome, Aus 3/3/42; Written off 30/10/44.

Delivered MacDill 97BG 13/4/42; en route from Sarasota force landed Henderson Fd 9/6/42 with Bob Brown; Bangor 26/6/42; Wendover 15/7/42; Biggs 19/8/42; Topeka 25/9/42; Oklahoma 20/11/42; Hendricks 1/4/43; with Edw Fels force landed Chanute, Il 26/2/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 14/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Podington 27/9/44; Green Project 28/5/45, ret 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. SOLDIERS VOTE.

Delivered Douglas Aircraft Corp. as model; Written off 30-Sep-44; Recl Comp at Burbank, Cal. 20-Mar-46. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Boeing as experimental aircraft for flight testing 4-May42; also at Oseola and Selfridge, MI. Fields. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater, Oklahoma 19-Sep-45. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 18/11/43; battle damaged Weisbaden 15/8/44 with Bob Davies, Co-pilot: Dorwin Sayre, Navigator: George Lange(Walt Martin?), Bombardier: Fred Bryan, Radio Operator: Gene Gorman{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Chas Johnson, Waist gunner: Nick Smirnes(Lester Pope?),Tail gunner: Bill Foley{Wounded in Action}; (8 Returned to Duty); eggt-Roy Hughes (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft damaged ship but pilot limped back to base; Salvaged 2 SAD 16/8/44. EMPRESS OF D STREET aka THE FLYING BISON.