Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-P] Sudbury 13/7/44; {31m} Missing in Action Grafenwohr 8/4/45 with Art Sauler (Killed in Action); Dale Thompson, Howard Aden, Chas Evans, George Coronis, Ed Supe, Wilbur Roden, Dave Willey, Jim Gartrell (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Effelder/Rauenstein, near Sonneberg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 13887. MISS ANTHRACITE.
Delivered Hunter 12/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 24/9/44. Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44. Enemy aircraft hits set aircraft on fire, it immediately exploded and crashed at Supplingen, SW of Helmstedt Afd, Germany. Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46. Missing Air Crew Report 9404.
Delivered Hunter 13/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-M/B] Thorpe Abbotts 9/9/44; Missing in Action Kaltenkirchen 7/4/45 with Bill Howard, Genaro Delgado, Doug Jones, Sam Lunsford, Ed Hall, Russ Bolding (6 Prisoner of War); Mike Maty, Lou Lehrman, George Thomas (3 Killed in Action); damaged by Me262 jet, crashed Hannover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13716.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 1/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Howard Sweeny, Navigator: Leo Dwyer, Bombardier: John Galloway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Gillanders, Radio Operator: Henry Buchanan, Ball turret gunner: Art Parent, Waist gunner: Luther King, Waist gunner: Mearle Rohlfs,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Buel (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Schmarbeck, two miles SE of Fassburg, 12 miles SW of Uelzen, N of Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2914. HELL’S CARGO.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Memphis 4/11/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-X] Kimbolton 22/11/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 7/7/44. flak KO’d #3, crashed Noord-Oost-Polder, NE of Emmeloord, Hol. Phil Cimino (KIA – actually after joining Resistance in Belgium was killed by German machine gun fire on 10/9/44) Missing Air Crew Report 7358.
Delivered Tulsa 11/2/44; Gr Island 13/2/44; Grenier 4/3/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-A] Framlingham 17/3/44; (28m) Missing in Action Leipzig 7/7/44; mid air coll with 42-97983 (100BG) over Zuider Zee; crashed Hoorn, near Altmaar, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7218. (?7368) NORTH STAR.
Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-Z] Framlingham 20/6/44; transferred 571BS [FC-Z]; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/7/44; prop-wash caused mid air coll with 42-107070 (390BG) and both exploded and crashed Hoorn, near Alkmaar, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7367.
Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-N] Gt Ashfield 24/4/44; Missing in Action Handorf 15/8/44; flak damage, crashed Ijsselmeer, E of Enkhuizen, Hol. (10POW-all picked up by a German boat). Missing Air Crew Report 7908. HOMESICK ANGEL.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-X] Horham 11/4/44; 62m, Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Chas Wicker, Co-pilot: Alf Rivas, Navigator: Fred Johnson, Bombardier: Warren Briggs, Radio Operator: Gordon Bryce (5 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Robinson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Knighton, Waist gunner: Don Dale,Tail gunner: Ed Kobley (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10840. THE THOMPER.
Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Paine 4/12/43; Denver 5/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-X] Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44; enemy aircraft, crashed Bergen Aan See, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2877.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 30/3/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Harry Rainey, Co-pilot: J.Z. Rowe, Navigator: Chas Francis, Bombardier: Walt Kendall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Evans, Radio Operator: Don Sturdivant, Ball turret gunner: Dick Mosier, Waist gunner: John Thornhill (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Alf Knowlton (evaded capture);Tail gunner: Norman Gordon (KIA-shot in his chute); flak, crashed Scholtensbos, near Heerde, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 8466. SKY LARK.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with John McLaughlin, Co-pilot: George Keller, Navigator: Alan Wallis, Bombardier: Joe Storamy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim McClure, Radio Operator: Frank Moneau, Ball turret gunner: Louis Birt, Waist gunner: John Black, Waist gunner: Bill Taylor,Tail gunner: Walt Lackey (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crew bailed but ship flew on for 50 miles, crashed two miles E of Reinselen near Soltau railroad, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3086. SHACK JOB.
Assigned 427BG/303BG/ [GN-W] Bangor 5/10/1942; Molesworth 22/10/1942; Missing in action Emden mission 4/2/1943; w/Cole; enemy aircraft, crashed Zolle, Hol. MACR 15348. MEMPHIS TOT
Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/43; Smoky HIll 30/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 16/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action 10m Istres le Tube 17/8/43 with Bill Cunningham, Howard, Michael, Miller, Barnett, Smith, (6KIA/ Prisoner of War); Jacobsen, Roberts, Van Buren (3 Returned to Duty); Missing Air Crew Report 407. BEAUTIFUL BABY.
Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 17/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Geiger 27/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-J] Framlingham 11/7/43; 2m, Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Jim Regan, Co-pilot: Oscar Hill, Navigator: Lyman Burbank, Bombardier: Bob Laible, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joel Johnson, Radio Operator: Pvt Olin Seegar, Waist gunner: Jim Kahler, Waist gunner: Owen McWilliams,Tail gunner: Earl Slay (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Ed Jones (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bellheim, 10 miles N of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 390. MAUDIE.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/09/1942; Houlton 22/10/1942; assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q] Chelveston 12/11/1942; Missing in action Emdon mission 04/02/1943 w/Davidson, ditched Waddenzee, Hol. 10 KIA
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Denver 27/11/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-H] Kimbolton 21/1/44; transferred 490BG Eye; with 157 missions was top aircraft in 8AF, and only one abort; returned to US 121 BU Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. TOPPER aka OL’ GAPPY.
Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 22/8/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/10/44 with Bob Ritter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Bussieres, Radio Operator: John Daly, Ball turret gunner: Ken Ross, Waist gunner: Dan Callahan,Tail gunner: John Tomke (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Roy Duncan, Navigator: Joe Seibert, Bombardier: Bob Stalker (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Cologne; Missing Air Crew Report 9476.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 30/7/44; Missing in Action Kaltenkirchen 7/4/45 with Dick Druhot, Bob Campbell, Edgar Plaeger, Ralph Hogan, Jim Kyser (5 Prisoner of War); Chas Bowers, Carmen Francis, Jim Bobo (3 evaded capture); Jack Knox (Killed in Action); rammed by enemy aircraft, crashed on continent; Missing Air Crew Report 14294. LADY HELENE.
Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Denver 16/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 8/9/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Delmer Gray, Co-pilot: Jim Friend, Navigator: George Wisnick, Bombardier: Sgt John Breitenbachtogg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Yurco, Ball turret gunner: Henry Tidd,Tail gunner: Lew Tormohlen (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Woodrow Kuhn, Waist gunner: Adam Maurer, Waist gunner: Tom Roberts (3 Prisoner of War); flak, exploded mid-air over Regensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2776. FOOLISH VIRGIN aka THE DORSAL QUEEN.
Delivered Long Beach 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-O] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Roy Clayton, Co-pilot: Ray Nutting, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Burgin, Radio Operator: Bill Quinn, Waist gunner: Chas Bailey (5 evaded capture); Ball turret gunner: Bill Hinton, Waist gunner: Edmund Musante {chute caught on tail} (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Oscar Amison, Bombardier: Ken Lorch{originally evaded but caught eight months later}, Tail gunner: Cliff Starkey (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Langerloo, five miles E of Hasselt, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 678. ALICE FROM DALLAS.
Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Gr Island 31/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh 19/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Gerald Haywood, Co-pilot: Rubin Robertson, Navigator: Jack Bailiff, Bombardier: Bill Daniels, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Oldfield, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Ross (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jerome Evenson, Waist gunner: Edgar Johnson, Waist gunner: Harry Maron,Tail gunner: Ralph Butler (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & set nose afire, crashed Ahnebeck, near Parsau, NE of Woolfsburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3482.
Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Hunter 12/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 19/6/44; transferred 837BS/487BG Lavenham 4/7/44; 836BS [2G-E]; Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with Lloyd Kersten, Henry Gerland, Arnold Shegal, John Eberhart, Everett Morris, Joe Miller, Maurice Sullivan (7 Killed in Action); Jim Hyland, Warren Richhart (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Halle; 7KIA 2POW; Missing Air Crew Report 11154.
Delivered Denver 13/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-P] Bassingbourn 27/4/44; transferred 351BG [ -L] Polebrook 14/6/44; 615BS/401BG [IY-H] Deenethorpe 26/8/44; in base landing accident with Paul Campbell 18/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 3/4/46.