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Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; slated 452BG Deopham Green, but transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 21/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 15/3/44 with Capt Roland Knight, Co-pilot: Capt Herb Devore, Capt Roland Knight, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, Ball turret gunner: Nick Delivered Cimmuto, Waist gunner: Darrell Dickinson, Waist gunner: John Barry,Tail gunner: Lt Martin Tashjian (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Burton Joseph, Bombardier: Capt Bob Peel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Longhi (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 and set off flares on board, crashed Watenbuttel, NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3915. MY ACHIN’ BACK!

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 13/3/44; Dow Fd 9/4/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-W] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Bill McIlonie, Co-pilot: Ezra Loyd, Navigator: Stan Sobotik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Garman, Radio Operator: Doug Fulkerson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Sheehan, Waist gunner: Howard Bohn,Tail gunner: Elmer Kirby (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ralph Anderson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Helfta, SE Lutherstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8891. KIDLEY DIVEY.

Delivered Tulsa 20/11/42; New Castle 13/12/42; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth [VK-N] 8/1/43; Missing in Action [35m] Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Harry Schwaebe, Co-pilot: Harry Dumse, Navigator: Paul Degnan, Bombardier: Wilburn Wiley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Foreman, Radio Operator: Mark Tudor, Ball turret gunner: Ben Harvey, Waist gunner: Jim Malcolm,Tail gunner: George Lott (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Russ Whitesell (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Goslar, near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1926. OLD FAITHFUL aka WAR BRIDE.

Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 16/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 8/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 29/7/44; 359BS/303BG [BN-Z] Molesworth 4/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44; 10 Prisoner of War; flak, crashed Balgstadt, SW of Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8211.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 18/4/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-D] Kimbolton 23/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Don Burns, Co-pilot: Bob Teran, Navigator: Ewan Sidddall, Bombardier: Russell Wolfe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Jewell,Tail gunner: Don Prigmore (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Harry Dupee, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Gammons, Waist gunner: Ray Grow (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Burgstaden, W of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8284. RONNY BOY.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 30/11/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 11/3/45 with Joe Sugerman, Bill Crossland, Jim Barnett, Chas Owen, Willard Stanton, Eldon Mau, Clyde Yaegle, Bob Berger, Ed Simac (9 Killed in Action); Harvey Schlotte (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Harburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12979.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 15/3/44; transferred 728BS/452BG [9Z-B] Deopham Green 16/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Howard Morehouse, Co-pilot: Jim Fitzpatrick, Navigator: Ed Plank, Bombardier: Herb Becker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Smith, Radio Operator: George KellyWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Delbert FentonWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Bill King, Waist gunner: Jim ClarkWounded in Action,Tail gunner: Dan Wilkerson (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set left wing on fire, crashed E of Runingen, two miles S of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4589. KICKAPOO JOY JUICE.

Delivered Lincoln 14/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-L] Gt Ashfield 5/1/45; Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with George Burich, Co-pilot: Willard Huggins, Navigator: Elwood Randall, Bob Bayne togg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wendel Rish, Radio Operator: Curtis Walker, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Clark, Paul Miller rcm, Charles Stewart tg(9 Killed in Action); Rammed by Sonderkammando FW190, crashed Gifhorn, Ger, (in a field, now in 1994, used by gliders). Missing Air Crew Report 13721.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 4/7/44; battle damaged Wiener Neustadt 26/3/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 21/5/44; detailed Allach, Ger. 28/6/44 with Leon O’Dell,Tail gunner: Bill Bursaw (Killed in Action); Missing in Action 24+m Munich 31/7/44 with Jack Pearson, Co-pilot: Joe Proctor, Navigator: Syd Gordon, Bombardier: Alf Guidotti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewitt Fontanet, Radio Operator: Bill Boyington, Ball turret gunner: Harry Hover, Waist gunner: Frank Mizer,Tail gunner: Chas Janis (9 Prisoner of War); flak damaged #1, limped on before crash landed Stafflangen, SW of Ulm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7742. MY DEVOTION.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Q] Nuthampstead 11/8/44; repaired Missing in Action 13/8/44 with Frazier & Griffin, AOC 13/8/44, then re-ass 27/8/44; Missing in Action Neumunster 13/4/45 with Traeder; crashed & burned Paderborn A/fd, AOC 16/4/45; Salvaged 5 SAD Merville, Fr. QUEENIE.

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Bob Brennon, Co-pilot: Lyle Mower, Navigator: Henry Schaeffer, Bombardier: Dick Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Waist gunner: John Engerman, Waist gunner: Henry Bean,Tail gunner: Walton Purcell (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Morris Weltzienchute failed, Ball turret gunner: Euel Drakeflak fragment (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Rengerhausen, Einbeck, 15 miles SE of Hameln, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3551.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Morrison 28/2/43; {Secret mission 19/5/43}; Assigned 96BG Dow Fd 4/6/43; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Alconbury 19/7/43; 525BS/379BG [FR-D] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Dick Jones, Co-pilot: Tom Lair, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Alby Roberts (6 Prisoner of War), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: George Sandner, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman,Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Schrozberg, 31 miles S of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 956. BAD NEWS.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 23/12/44; Grenier 10/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-T] (PFF) Thorpe Abbotts 12/1/45; later 351BS [EP-J]; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Capt Roger Swain, Paul De Weerdt(lead pilot), Jim Carden, Bernie Kozik, Bob Hansen, Pete Fischer, Howard Whittaker, Lt Bill Thompson {tg} (8 Prisoner of War); Morris Kolling (Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Kremmen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13142. MISS SWEETNESS.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 5/11/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-T] Sudbury 17/11/44; {1m} battle damaged Merseburg 30/11/44 with Howard Heinz, Don Landeck, Leo Myers, Dick Lopez (4 Killed in Action); Bob Cole, Walter Wright, John Brock, Bob Allen (4 Prisoner of War); Jim Scott (evaded capture); flak, crash landed Blofelden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11152. Salvaged 10/1/45 & ret UK; transferred 305BS Chelveston 1/45; force landed Fritzlar A/fd, Ger 30/5/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 11/10/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Bob Fischer, Co-pilot: Bob Bell, Navigator: Herb Armeny, Bombardier: Bob Frazier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Owens, Radio Operator: Anton LaPuzza, Ball turret gunner: John Bianchi, Waist gunner: Leon Woehl,Tail gunner: Larry Davis (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Fladungen, near Rohn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11196.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/42; with Capt Jim Barnett to Hickam 28/7/42; Assigned 26BS then 93BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus 31/7/42; transferred 63BS/43BG Torrens Creek, Aus; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; the usual pilot Lt James T. Murphy being instrumental in the development of skipbombing; Missing in Action on mission from 7 Mile Drome to Horn Is and return 26/3/43 with Capt Stan Loewenberg, Co-pilot: Brig. Gen. Howard Ramey (5AF BC CO), Navigator: Capt Jim Griffin, Bombardier: Bill Lief, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Collier, Radio Operator: Ortis Quaal, Waist gunner: Bob Stith, Waist gunner: Harry Johnson,Tail gunner: Marvin Berkowith, three pass-Lt Comm Ferdinand Mannoccir (USN), Lt Col Harold Chaffin, Pfc George Hopfield (12 Killed in Action). Missing Air Crew Report 15499. Found Feb 2007. SNOOPY aka PLUTO.

Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; 614BS/401BG [IW-K] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Capt Jim Foster, Co-pilot: Frank Miller, Navigator: Leo Casagrande, Bombardier: Tom Cameron, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Troy Campbell, Radio Operator: Joe Mehalschick, Ball turret gunner: Harry Brown, Waist gunner: Glen Graves, Waist gunner: Walt Hathaway,Tail gunner: Bill Orphan (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Osterode, near Dorste, SW of Lichtenstein ridge, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2508. (recovered and re-ass TB-17 27/4/48.)

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 4/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 with Jim Heiby, Waist gunner: Hubert Betterton (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Krobaum, Navigator: Meyer Geist, Bombardier: Alvin Kubly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou West, Radio Operator: Wiley Moore, Ball turret gunner: Willis Riley,Tail gunner: Everett Coates (7 Prisoner of War); flak, force landed Zutphen, Hol?. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 9549.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-L] Sudbury 19/7/44; {12m} Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Fred Oltman, (mission leader)-Bill Mitchell, drn-Russ Curtis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Bogenschultz, Radio Operator: Harry Springer, Ball turret gunner: Bill Stanerry, Waist gunner: Bob Gardner,Tail gunner: Lt Chas Bateman, p/nav-Lt Bob Mistrol (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Frank Whittington (Prisoner of War); flak damge, ship broke in half, crashed W of Merseburg Afd, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9420. MARGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/44; Kearney 17/7/44; Dow Fd 5/8/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 16/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 13/9/44 with Lee Dodson, Navigator: Bill Koch, Waist gunner: Len Martin,Tail gunner: John Filkorn (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Canion, Bombardier: Alvin Eicher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlton McAnear, Radio Operator: Jack Friedman, Ball turret gunner: Pete Kulis (5 Prisoner of War); flak, exploded left wing and tail snapped off, crashed Atzendorf, W of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8902.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 19/11/43; transferred 709BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 20/7/44 with Gustavus Millere, Co-pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Dick O’Donnell, Ball turret gunner: John Scott, Waist gunner: Joel Wilson,Tail gunner: Reo Scott (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lew Martner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Witek, Radio Operator: Roger Potwin (3 Killed in Action); flak set two engines alight, crashed Teutleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1769 (?7547).

Delivered Boise 359BS/303BG [BN- ] 25/4/42; 97BG Polebrook /42; 92BG Bovingdon /42; 369BS/306BG [WW-T] Thurleigh as t/t & hack 1/5/43; Salvaged 22/6/45. BOOMERANG.

Assigned 341BS/97BG 3/42; courier trip to N.Africa 18/12/42; transferred 327BS/92BG (UX-V) Bovingdon 27/8/43; 482BG Alconbury 27/8/43; 95BG Horham as tow target & hack; 94BG Rougham 10/11/43; Returned to the USA 4136 BU Tinker 22/5/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45.