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Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Scott 8/1/44; Lakeland 13/1/44; Morrison 20/2/44; slated 303BG, Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 22/2/44; Missing in Action Valence, Fr. 15/8/44 with Adrian Swain, Co-pilot: Steve Yankura, Navigator: Harry Wolquitt [463BS] (?Bernard Garrett?), Bombardier: Nyles Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Coots, Radio Operator: Dick Swan, Ball turret gunner: Morris Vincent, Waist gunner: Murdoch Burton, Waist gunner: Ralph Barnes,Tail gunner: Richard Barnes; flak, eight chutes seen as aircraft went straight in with bombs on board & exploded, crashed near Valence; Missing Air Crew Report 7673.

Delivered Denver 26/1/43; Assigned 94BG Bury St Edmunds 26/6/43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell, Ex. 7/43; later 544BG [GD-U]; transferred 94BG Rougham 7/43; to 2SAD 23/9/43, ret 9/11/43; {4+m} CCRC Bovingdon 9/1/44; Returned to the USA Grenier 25/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 24/6/45.

Delivered Tulsa 8/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-B] Molesworth 19/6/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 26/9/44 with Paul Bennett, Navigator: Elwin Lane, Ball turret gunner: Chas Jones (3KIA-killed by groundfire in descent); Co-pilot: Lloyd Goff, Bombardier: Bill Singular, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edmund Gonshor, Radio Operator: Gerald Shulan, Waist gunner: Leroy Marucco,Tail gunner: Chas Essig (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit between #1 & #2, crashed Voxtrup, SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9403.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Art Hultin, Co-pilot: Capt Bill Martin, Navigator: Bob Hart, Bombardier: Maurice Bonomo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Woodrow Roberts, Radio Operator: Homer Dumont, Ball turret gunner: Bob Meyers, obs-Capt Art Koscinsli, Waist gunner: Frank Franklin,Tail gunner: John Paget (10 Prisoner of War); flak set ship abaze, crashed Laudenbach, S of Aschaffenberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7274. THE LIBERTY RUN.

Delivered Denver 17/12/43; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 18/1/44; slated 360BS/303BG [PU-K] Molesworth, Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; Missing in Action Nis, Yugo 17/8/44 with Jerome Birnberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Ross,Tail gunner: Mitch Pakosz (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bertil Berggren, Navigator: Damon Carter, Bombardier: Joe Renkowitz, Radio Operator: Delbert Salmon, Ball turret gunner: Frank Crawford, Waist gunner: Clarry Knight, Waist gunner: Manny Rempelakis (7POW?); mech fault, crashed Bachina; Missing Air Crew Report 7458.

Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 10/9/45; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 29/9/44; on assembly for Stuttgart, 3rd mission, crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills, UK 16/12/44 with George Kyle, Co-pilot: Jim Hardy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Schieferstein, Radio Operator: Joel Berley, Ball turret gunner: George Smith, Waist gunner: Bill Kaufman,Tail gunner: Howard Delaney (Returned to Duty); Navigator: Fred Holcombe, Bombardier: Frank Turner (2 Killed in Action); Salvaged 19/12/44.

elivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Denver 1/3/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-Y] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 43m Frankfurt 11/2/44; flak hits then enemy aircraft KO’d #3 plus other damage, crashed a mile S of Inval-Boiron, 12 miles NW of Poix-de-Picardie, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2528. KENTUCKY BABE aka AIN’T IT GRUESOME.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus 21/8/42; crash landed base with Bill Humrichouse 7/9/42, (crew unknown); Salvaged. (?MISS CARRIAGE?).

Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Assigned 2BG New Castle, force landed base with Onas Matz 25/3/43; Dow Fd 11/6/43; transferred 303BG Molesworth 1/11/43; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston 2/11/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 26/7/43; Missing in Action 26/11/43 with Maj Bill Gilmore, Co-pilot: Don Morrison, Navigator: Floyd Ohlson, Bombardier: Earl Mason, Radio Operator: Nathan Streisfeld, Ball turret gunner: Don Engwer, Waist gunner: Joe Burger (7 Returned to Duty), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Maurice Henry, Waist gunner: Jim Bucher,Tail gunner: Albt Schamber (3 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, off UK. Missing Air Crew Report 1579. BARREL HOUSE BESSIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 9/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-V] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action {18m} Wilhelmshafen 3/11/43 with Elmer Nardi, Co-pilot: Harry Bergman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Swica, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Burton (4 Killed in Action), Navigator: Orlyn Master, Bombardier: Bradley Squires, Radio Operator: Ganushean Wade, Waist gunner: John Yarush, Waist gunner: Don Happold,Tail gunner: Henry Gates (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wilhelmshafen, Ger., but knocked out the last fighter on the way down. Missing Air Crew Report 1160. FIRE BALL.

Delivered Tulsa 27/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-L] Molesworth 27/5/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with Oliver B. Larson, Co-pilot: George Kersting, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob O’Connor, Radio Operator: Don Mullaney, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sweeney, Waist gunner: Hubt Holland,Tail gunner: Norbert Philson (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Gard (evaded capture); Bombardier: John Draves (KIA-chute caught on wreckage); enemy aircraft, crashed Seffern, N of Bitburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8172. MY BLONDE BABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus 21/8/42; Missing in Action on mission 15/9/42 with Capt Robert Williams, Co-pilot: Bob Wilson, Navigator: Bill Dietch, Bombardier: Marion Wheeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Taylor, Radio Operator: Bill Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Tom Cotner, Waist gunner: Glen Calick,Tail gunner: Ernie Pugh (9 Killed in Action). Simply no conctact after leaving Rabaul.

Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 15/6/44 Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Capt Dick Burch, Co-pilot: Leo Plant, Navigator: Capt Harry Fox, Bombardier: Julian Columbus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McCarthy, Radio Operator: George Schmidt, Ball turret gunner: Chas Hickman, Waist gunner: Jack Morgan (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Joe Evers (Prisoner of War); flak KOd #1 & #2, then another hit amidships followed by explosion, crashed Schenfeld/Holstein, W of Hamburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5982.

Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-M] Bassingbourn 17/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with John Follett, Co-pilot: Joe Gage, Navigator: Norman Prophit, Bombardier: Julian Walker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Welbes, Radio Operator: Beverly Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Anzalone, Waist gunner: Stan Walesczyk,Tail gunner: John Bailey (9 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Zichow, SE of Prenzlau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5981.

Assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 16/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; Salvaged 5/12/43. OLD FAITHFUL.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Wheeler, Hawaii 9/12/42; Espirito Santo 11/8/42; Guadalcanal 9/42; Port Moresby, NG 1/43, Bellows Fd, Hawaii 8/4/43; Returned to the USA Hamilton 28/7/44; Written off 21/8/44.

Delivered Dallas 28/4/44; Kearney 6/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Denver 9/4/43; Gore 10/4/43; Tinker 21/4/43; Morrison 29/4/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 1/6/43; transferred 353BS/301BG St Donat 24/6/43 & traded for 42-30313; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; battle damaged flak Regensburg 25/2/44 with Bob Snyder, plus four crew ?; Howell, Cecil, Curry, Spada, Kiger, Hover, bailed but rest flew aircraft home; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered: Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bassingbourn 23/7/44; MIA Halle 16/8/44 Pilot: Resse Lindsay, Albt Perry, Clayton Baugh, Lee Bratcher, John Crabb, John Buxton, Cleo Gates, Bob Schrecengost (8KIA); Lew Morgan (POW); Enemy aircraft & exploded, crashed Lehna, Germany. 8KIA 1POW; MACR 8181.

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Syracuse 22/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; McCook 31/5/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-A] Grafton Underwood 13/6/43; overshot runway, crash landed at base 13/11/1943; Salvaged 27/11/43. SALVAGE QUEEN.