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Delivered Denver 16/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; with ? force landed Mt 4/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 3/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Chas Molder, Hobart Treadway, Ernie Knowlton, Ralph Hayden, Dan Hookailo, Harry Haynes, Damian Constantine, Harris Jacobs, Leon Rizzuti (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Neustadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12153.

Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-K] Lavenham 2/7/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with ?.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/45; Hunter 9/2/45; Grenier 23/2/45; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-W] Molesworth 30/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 15/1//46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/45; Hunter 3/2/45; with ? Harris force landed Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-X] Molesworth 28/2/45; transferred 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 27/3/45; {2+m} 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45, damaged while parked the next day; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46. LON BOY.Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/45; Hunter 3/2/45; with ? Harris force landed Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-X] Molesworth 28/2/45; transferred 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 27/3/45; {2+m} 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45, damaged while parked the next day; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46. LON BOY.

Delivered Tulsa 17/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG Bassingbourn 2/8/44; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-Z] Molesworth 10/44; landing accident with Wallace Wildstein 27/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 7/8/44; Dow FD 30/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 2/9/44; 862BG; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 15/12/43; transferred 303BG Molesworth 9/4/44; then to 525BS/379BG [FR-A] Kimbolton 3/2/45; retUS 121 BU Bradley 4/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 19/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 14/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 28/9/44; ret Berlin 28/3/45 with Bob Edmunds, no gas, crash landed Camber Sands, Rye, UK; crew OK; Salvaged 30/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-L] Molesworth 16/8/44; battle damaged Essen 8/3/45 with Harry Nester; crash landed one mile S of Seething A/fd, Salvaged 9/3/45.

Delivered Salt Lake City 17-Oct-40; Jackson AB MS, with Perry Kemplin crash landed base 13-Jul-43; Amarillo 21-Jul-43; Written off 4-Aug-43.

Delivered Denver 20/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 22/10/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 1/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Charles Zitnik, Co-pilot: Dick Teevan, Navigator: Rodney Helms, Bombardier: Frank Pelley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Roberto, Radio Operator: Lew McNatt, Waist gunner: Florian Protasiewicz, Waist gunner: Edgar Strauss,Tail gunner: Clarry Lehmann (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Bob Rimmer (KIA-chute caught up and smashed against hangar in crash landing); enemy aircraft, crashed Zweischenahn naval base near Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1580. CHAPLAIN’S OFFICE.

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-H] Molesworth 19/10/44; battle damaged Halberstadt 8/4/45 with George Sirany, crash landed base; Salvaged 25/4/45. BLUES IN THE NIGHT.

Delivered Hunter 18/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-F] Molesworth 3/1/45; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/3/45.

Delivered Salt Lake City 3-Sep-40; Assigned Argentia, 29-Aug-41, with Bartram C. Martin force landed base 16-Jan-42;. Salvaged. Never used in combat and never served in the UK.

Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-O] New Castle 6/10/42; Molesworth 21/11/42. Flown by Captain William R. Calhoun on the 4 May 1943 mission to the Ford and General Motors works, Antwerp, Belgium, with Clark Gable on board for his first mission (slighly damaged by 20mm cannon shells by German fighters, returned safely back to England. 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Patterson 6 July 1944. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque, New Mexico 2 August 1945.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/43. Assigned 412BS/95BG Memphis 20/4/43. Transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-N] Grafton Underwood 1/8/43. 544BS/384BG [SU-Z] Grafton Underwood 20/9/43. 14 October 1943 damaged over Schweinfurt with Bill Price, Co-pilot: Lee Coleman, Navigator: Harry Harvey, Bombardier: Leroy Arquette, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Beaty, Radio Operator: Bob Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Griffin, Waist gunner: Earl Nelson, Waist gunner: Ralph Grant, Tail gunner: Don Dailey (10 Returned to Duty). Crash landed Wakerley, near Corby, Northamptonshire, UK 14/10/43, Salvaged.

Delivered Patterson 7/9/44; Lincoln 17/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-R] Molesworth 28/10/44, 358BS [VK-M]; collided with another aircraft during assembly for Gelsenkirchen, crashed Much Wenlock, UK 11/11/44 with Paul Stephan, John Clinger, Harry Lewis, Tom Tapley, Ray Ladurini, Stanton Keys, Edgar Harris (7 Killed in Action); Dwight Phillips, Bob Sorenson (2 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 14/11/44.

Delivered Salt Lake City 7-Sep-40; Argentia 28-Aug-41; ex-Gander, Newfoundland, crashed North Reading, Massachusetts 13-Aug-42 with M.R. Klyce, crew unknown; Salvaged. Never used in combat and never served in the UK.

Delivered Dallas 25/6/44; Langley 26/7/44; Dow Fd 23/8/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-Z] Molesworth 25/8/44; transferred 751BS/457BG [F] Glatton 15/9/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Gumm; Capt Vinton Mays (Killed in Action); 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Dallas 19/7/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-Y] Molesworth 3/10/44; landing accident with Sam Taylor 5/5/45, Salvaged 6/5/45.