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Delivered Dallas 26/9/44; Hunter 26/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-W] Molesworth 5/1/45; battle damaged Hamburg 30/3/45 with Capt Hugh Johnson, Maj Glynn Sinmake, Herb Hanson, Bob Wallace {ex nav}, Wallace Burkett, Gene Edwards, Bob Carter, Harry Peck, Harry Hopkins, Capt Larry Lifshus {radar nav} (10 Prisoner of War); force landed continent; Salvaged 22/4/45. MACR 13539

Delivered Denver 17/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Bangor 9/12/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 15/12/43; 9m Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Henry Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kerestes, Radio Operator: Don Cowdery, Ball turret gunner: Mike Semerski, Waist gunner: Art Wardell, Waist gunner: Bill Jackson,Tail gunner: Harry Trouse (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Prince, Navigator: Bob Sullivan, Bombardier: Earl Broxup (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandlecht, near Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2547.

Delivered Tulsa 6/3/44; Hunter 12/3/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 22/4/44; battle damaged Liege (3m) 11/5/44 with Tony Ceccchioni, Co-pilot: Stan Fisher, Navigator: E. J. Veidel, Bombardier: Theo McDevitt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cliff Bachman, Radio Operator: Ben Smith, Ball turret gunner: George Kepics, Waist gunner: Bob O’Hare, Waist gunner: Clarry Cogdell,Tail gunner: W.A. Hudson{Wounded in Action}; crash landed RAF Rochford, Essex, UK; SaL 14/5/44. SWEET MELODY.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-P] Lavenham 11/7/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 5/8/44 with Charlton A. Deuschle, Waist gunner: Robert J. Crooker (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Eugene F. Steffens, Navigator: Allan B. Underwood, Bombardier: Jesse E. Gregory, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl L. Late, Radio Operator: William J. Cockran, Ball turret gunner: Grady E. Deelaney, Waist gunner: John L. Haglund, Tail gunner: Harry M. Hinkson, Jr. (8 Killed in Action); flak blew off wing, aircraft exploded, crashed Lostau, SW of Burg, near Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7893.

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 13/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-K/O] Molesworth 4/6/44; on mission 19/7/44 with Jim Hahn,Tail gunner: Leslie Traver (Killed in Action); on training flight, levelled off too high 18/9/44 with Vic Howard, Co-pilot: Aloysius Sapak, Navigator: Bob Ellis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Claude McGraw, Radio Operator: Sheppard Kerman, g-Joe Sofianek, g-George Stewart, g-Tom Baker, g-Duane Odegaard,Tail gunner: Lt Virgil Schuchard (10 Returned to Duty); the strees caused left u/c to fail. Salvaged 21/9/44. LUCKY LINDA.

Assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 17/9/42; transferred SBA trainer 11/4/43; transferred to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-B, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood 23/8/43; transferred to the 545th BS, squadron code JD-B; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with James Edwin Armstrong, Radio Operator: Walter L. House, Waist gunner: Clifford Hammock (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Robert L. Stoner, Navigator: Charles C. Carlin, Bombardier: Wilbert Y K Yee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno E. Edman, Waist gunner: Olen Grant,Tail gunner: Eldore T. Daudelin, (6 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: James H. Redwing (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed near old Etrepagny airfield, 11 miles NW of Gisors, France. Missing Air Crew Report 772. YANKEE RAIDER.

Delivered Denver 24/2/43; Gore 13/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-V] Polebrook 17/4/43; battle damaged {15m} Offenberg (T/O) 6/9/43 with Lt ? Spika and crew ?; crash landed New Romney, Kent, no gas; (10 Returned to Duty) Salvaged 11/10/43. SHADY LADY.

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Lowry 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-L] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 8/9/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC Stansted 12/5/44; Returned to the USA St Paul 12/6/44; transferred USN [34106] Rome, NY 23/3/45, later modified as B-17G and re-designated PB-1 (the first) as all B-17Gs, stripped of all armament and used as flying aeronautical laboratory 28/7/43; Returned to USAFF 2/4/48; eventually assigned US Navy, serial # 34106.

Assigned with a combat crew on 10-Sep-42 at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas then moved to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 9-Oct-42; Arrived at Molesworth, UK on 22-Oct-42. Missing in Action 23-Jan-43 while on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Three engined were knocked out by flak over the target and then it was shot down by FW-190 fighters. All the crew baled out but the Pilot and Co-Pilot stayed with the aircraft because they only had one usable parachute between them and made a crash landing at Kergolay near Motreff, France The Tail Gunner, SSgt Joseph L. Markiewicz had been wounded but managed to bale out and was captured, but he died of his wounds on 12-Feb-43. 5POW 1POW-DIC 4EVD No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-M] Molesworth 14/1/44. Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with: 6 Killed in Action: Pilot, Henry Clark; Co-pilot, Gilbert Vesey; Navigator, Ralph Davies; Bombardier, Earl Brosius; Flight engineer/top turret gunner, Harry Scott; Radio Operator, Fred Roswal. 3 Prisoner of War: Ball turret gunner, Chas Sikora; Waist gunner, Cyrus Cruttenden; Tail gunner, Edwin Bjorn. Enemy aircraft, exploded in flight, crashed between Oberkail & Steinborn, NE of Bitburg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8168. JIGGER ROUCHE aka KRAUT KILLER.

Delivered Denver 27-Oct-42; Bury 6-Dec-42; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-F] Molesworth 29-Jan-43; Missing in Action Lorient 6-Mar-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed into the Bay of Biscay, off Penmarch Point. 2KIA 8POW Missing Air Crew Report 15536.

Delivered Boeing 8/7/43; 11AF Ladd Fd, Alaska, cold weather testing 9/9/43, with Jim Aubrey, crash landed on the tundra 14 miles SE Ruby, AK, 25/9/43. Found in 1996 by Gary Larkins, who returned on 2001 for more parts.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 31/7/43 then 560BS/388BG. Missing in Action La Rochelle 16/9/43 with Henry Nagorka, Co-pilot: Gil Parker, Navigator: John Leverone, Bombardier: Mike Mahoney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Kiesler, Radio Operator: Francis Antalek, Ball turret gunner: Bob Blankenburg,Tail gunner: Jack Harrislost leg in ditching (8 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Ed Christensen, Waist gunner: Claude Whitehead (2 Killed in Action); no gas, ditched near Farne Islands, Northumberland. Survivors reached St Cuthbert’s Island in their dinghy. Missing Air Crew Report 16289. OLD IRONSIDES.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Gt Falls 23/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-I] Molesworth 2/6/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with John Cathey, Co-pilot: Chad Stephens, Navigator: Chas Jackson, Bombardier: Dick Blomberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Reichling, Waist gunner: Nick Raspa (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: LaMar Whittier, Ball turret gunner: Bert Nelson (2 evaded capture);Tail gunner: Arie Moerman (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crew bailed, ship crashed Rommersheim, near Wittlich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8437.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque 2/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 4/1/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-A] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Capt Floyd Edwards, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Langlois{Gp Ldr}, Navigator: Vern Crist, Bombardier: Bill Alles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Smith, Radio Operator: Hugh Hopper, Ball turret gunner: Armando Ordaz, Waist gunner: Chester Zink, Waist gunner: Warren Folmer,Tail gunner: Paul Fleming (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Maulbronn, 19 miles E of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4348. PORKY’S PIG.

Delivered Tulsa 24/9/42; Assigned 317BS/88BG Walla Walla 28/11/42; Rapid City 28/10/42; Walla Walla 28/11/42; crashed in mountains 17 miles SE of Walla Walla with John Ray 11/2/43; Written off.

Delivered to Denver 23/1/43; Homestead 25/2/43; Assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group Molesworth, 9 April 1943; 369th Bomb Squadron/306th Bomb Group [WW-U] Thurleigh; 544th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [SU-H] Station 106, Grafton Underwood; Missing in Action on Mission #91 to Stuttgart, 6 September 1943 with James Joseph McMahon Jr., Co-pilot: Rudolph P. Froeschle, Navigator: Lesta E. Shackelford, Bombardier: Arthur R. Dinndorf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Fred Stahlhut, Radio Operator: Marcus E. Carr, Ball turret gunner: John H. Tripp, Waist gunner: James E Savage, Waist gunner: Schley H. Jessup (9 Prisoner of War),Tail gunner: George J. Kemp (evaded capture); no gas, crashed Dorviller/Elvange, 15 miles East of Metz, France. Missing Air Crew Report 773.

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [L] Glatton 4/11/44; force landed on continent 14/2/45 with John E. Godwin; in base landing accident with Bill Stansbury 12/5/45; Salvaged 13/5/45. RUTH ANNE.

Delivered Denver 26/2/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-M] Molesworth 22/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Joe Worthley, Co-pilot: Alf Clumpner, Navigator: Carroll Binder{body discovered and buried 21/4/50}, Bombardier: Austin Mack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Baker, Radio Operator: Erwin Zimmer, Ball turret gunner: John Goetz, Waist gunner: Ken Pickell, Waist gunner: Leslie Schweinebraten (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Elmer Simpson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, six miles SW of St Peter, about 25 miles W of Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5173.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/42; Hamilton 11/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 15/9/42; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Missing in Action Rabual, NG with Capt Jean Jack, Co-pilot: Art Durbeck, Navigator: Jim Knapp, Bombardier: Harry Urban, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Meehan, Radio Operator: Carl Averill, Ball turret gunner: Dave Carlson, Waist gunner: Amando Mancini, Waist gunner: ? Canaan,Tail gunner: Dale Barr 5/1/43; shot down by four Zeros, ditched off 200 yds off Urasi Is. Spotted by RAAF Beaufort and picked up by RAAF Catlina. Written off 31/10/44.