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Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-H] Deenethorpe 30/10/43; Missing in Action Kiel 31/12/43 with Don Lawry, Co-pilot: Jim Dockendorf{only body recovered}, Navigator: Harry Self, Bombardier: Bernie Weiner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Waterman, Radio Operator: Lee Peters, Ball turret gunner: Chas Roome, Waist gunner: Bob Knutson, Waist gunner: Clarry College,Tail gunner: Horace Wood (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed sea St Catherine’s Point, off Isle of Wight, UK. Missing Air Crew Report 1872. HEY LOU.

Delivered Lincoln 25/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-V] Deenethorpe 19/12/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 10/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 24/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-G] Deenethorpe 2/11/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Francis Shaw, Co-pilot: Bill Cole, Navigator: Elmer Engelhardt, Bombardier: Alf Audrey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Macomber, Radio Operator: Ken Terroux, Ball turret gunner: John Hurd, Waist gunner: Harry Highlen, Waist gunner: Bob Gordon,Tail gunner: Carl Seagren (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3, crashed in swampy area at Blumenthal, 16 miles NE of Magdeburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4016. BATTLIN’ BETTY.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 5/12/44; 613BS [IN-P]; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Scott 3/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; battle damaged Pas de Calais 14/1/44 with Harry Piper, Co-pilot: George Hellmuth, Navigator: Jim Coventry, Bombardier: Ray Gipson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Bailey, Radio Operator: Chas Finnis, Ball turret gunner: Chas Bedell, Waist gunner: Royce Moore, Waist gunner: Paul Lucas,Tail gunner: Mike De Vito (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Matlaske, Nfk. UK, overshot field through two hedges and Matlask-Wickmere road; Salvaged 21/1/44. NASTY HABIT.

Delivered Hunter 6/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Horham 19/11/44; first mission, battle damaged Frankfurt 5/1/45 with A. Conover; force landed France; Salvaged 21/1/45.

Delivered Denver 13/2/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Kearney 12/3/43; electric fire caused ship to crash landed Bogalusa, LA. with Dexter Schnebly 23/3/43. Written off 25/3/43.

Delivered Dallas 14/7/44; Langley 17/8/44; Grenier 14/9/44; Assigned 95BG PFF Horham 25/9/44; 1m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-B] Thorpe Abbotts 26/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/7/45; with Rich Voight to Tulsa, OK, 5/7/45; Independence 24/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. JUMBO.

Delivered Lincoln 26/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-F] Horham 7/1/45; 46m, Returned to the USA Bradley 22/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. BLOOD & GUTS.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 3/7/44; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-A] Horham 4/7/44; with G.W. Austin, Radio Operator: E. Lemmons and lwg-Bennett Carlisle, both wia 16/8/44; 19m, Missing in Action Rechlin 25/8/44 with Watson Shepherd, Co-pilot: Leon Hansen, Navigator: John Gregory, Bombardier: Milton Cohen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Kirpatrick, Radio Operator: Dan Cahan, Ball turret gunner: Bill Berry, Waist gunner: Tom Eade,Tail gunner: Earl Hinnah (9 Prisoner of War); flak hit in right wing, force landed Tutow Afd, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8281. BELLE IN THE KEYHOLE.

Delivered Tulsa 10/8/43; Scott 9/10/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-P] Snetterton 14/10/43; transferred 95BG Horham 15/10/43; retUS 121 BU Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 10/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-N] Horham 17/10/44; 8m, Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Jim Taylor, Co-pilot: Ron Piper, Navigator: Bill Haile, Bombardier: Alan Beers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Balowski, Radio Operator: Bill Everett, Ball turret gunner: Jack Bingman, Waist gunner: Joe Garmeier,Tail gunner: Roland Ferren (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Werneuchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12156.

Delivered Denver 21/12/43; Gr Island 24/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 6/2/44; 11m, caught fire and ditched on Air Sea Rescue mission 24/4/44 with P. L. Huie (RTD, along with seven survivors); Waist gunner: Joe Roderick, Waist gunner: Chas Smiley (2 Killed in Service); fire broke out in cockpit and forced to ditch off Ostend, Bel; picked up by RAF Walrus which taxied back to UK; Missing Air Crew Report 4263. LIBERTY SHIP.

Delivered Dallas 25/4/44; Langley 17/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/7/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 9/7/44; Missing in Action Warsaw (Operation Frantic VII) 18/9/44 with Jack W Streeton; force landed Russia; Salvaged 24/11/44; 7m, repaired & Assigned 301BG Lucera 9/1/45; transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola; with Richard W Kennedy force landed Goita A/fd, Italy 18/6/45.

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; Salina 14/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 25/3/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred 412BS [QW-R] then 336BS [ET-R]; 3m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Joe Nunes, Co-pilot: Gus Vacek, Navigator: Larry Finch, Bombardier: Bob Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Rife, Radio Operator: Walt Miller, Ball turret gunner: Austin Scott, Waist gunner: Ivan Clinton, Waist gunner: Bob Hardy,Tail gunner: Grady Kearsey (10 Killed in Action);enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, between Tonder, Den. and Oldenberg/Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2751. BATTLIN’ B.

Delivered Denver 20/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG Alconbury 15/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 16/6/43; 9m, (force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43); Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Lloyd Mauldin, Co-pilot: Eldon Cummins, Navigator: Tom Brick, Bombardier: Henry Skylar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sieg, Radio Operator: George Carter, Waist gunner: Edwin Bachman, Waist gunner: Bob Carr,Tail gunner: John Healey (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bill Harwood (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, dropped back and exploded, crashed Kiel-Gaarden, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 194.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-T] Alconbury 22/4/43; 335BS [OE-T]; 1m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Jim Perry, Co-pilot: Joe Hannon, Navigator: Phil Carson, Bombardier: Bill Pharmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Ellis, Radio Operator: Frank Profitt, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Thys, Waist gunner: Bill Korsuch,Tail gunner: Mark Sorenson (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Tink Hughes (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft caused severe damage, crashed in Lake Barkau, 13 miles NW of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4404 (15199).

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-U] Horham 26/12/43; 48m, Missing in Action Gdynia 6/8/44 with G.B. Herchenhahan, crew unknown; sustained battle damage and force landed Russia and abandoned, Salvaged & repaired 12/11/44; transferred 463BG Celone, It. 20/12/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Smoky Hill 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham 15/6/43; on practice mission suffered mechanical problems 27/6/43 with John Lee, Co-pilot: John Caldwell, Navigator: Hubert Gage, Bombardier: Dave Bail, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Serock, Radio Operator: Chas Peacock, Ball turret gunner: John Beacham, Waist gunner: Ralph Howser,Tail gunner: Vince Cox (9 Returned to Duty); 27/6/43 with John Lee force landed at Walsham-le-Willows, Sfk. #2 out due to electrical fire; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 6/43; Salvaged Italy 15/2/44.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Salina 12/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 29/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG Alconbury 5/4/43, but en route to UK had landing accident with Bill Lindley at Barcelona, Venzuela; 1m with John Storie [wia] 19/3/43; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Alconbury 7/7/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-X] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Larry Malarin, Co-pilot: Harry Burdette, Navigator: Francis Kenny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Cook (4 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: J.W. Webb, Radio Operator: John Philips, Ball turret gunner: Edgar Morris, Waist gunner: Warren Pace, Waist gunner: Clifford Bickle,Tail gunner: Vernon Holden (6KIA-all found in wreckage); flak, crashed Petersfield, near Garrel, four miles N of Cloppenurg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1577. SOUTHERN BELLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 26-Jan-43; Pueblo 1-Feb-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 10-Jun-43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 2-Jul-43; 14m, (force landed Eye AF 22/2/44), transferred SAD 1-Mar-44; 94BG Rougham 25-Jul-43; 25BG Watton 1-Apr-44; 2 BAD 19-Jun-44; Returned to the USA Tinker 26-Jul-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Field for disposal 23-May-45. PEGGY ANN.

Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Langley 19/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-L] Horham 18/10/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with W.J. Hamilton; Bombardier: John Watt [wia] force landed A-84 Chievres A/fd, Bel; 7RTD 1WIA; Salvaged & rep, 11m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-E] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Kearney 13/12/43; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 12/1/44; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-P] Podington 28/1/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Gordon Capps, Co-pilot: Ray Warns, Navigator: Ted Siirila, Bombardier: Jim McCann, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Veldhuizen, Radio Operator: Bob Moody, Ball turret gunner: George Jones, Waist gunner: Forrest Neigler, Waist gunner: Sam Walker,Tail gunner: Martin Lydonlater escaped but caught & became POW (10INT); flak, lost two engines; force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz, W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 3226. LITTLE RUNT.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 23/1/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 21/2/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Bill La Seur, Co-pilot: Joe Lessig, Navigator: Bill Howell, Bombardier: Phillip Loh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John O’Brien, Radio Operator: Jim Hay, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gormley, Waist gunner: Rich Harper, Waist gunner: Dorrance Froment,Tail gunner: Gene Gardner (10INT); flak, lost #1 & #2, force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3485.