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Delivered Tulsa 9/3/44; MacDill 27/3/44; Hunter 29/3/44; Homestead 24/4/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 27/4/44; Missing in Action Arad, Rom. 3/7/44 with Jim Twibell, Co-pilot: A.B. Drais, Navigator: Bob Unger, Bombardier: Albt Gregor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Smith, Radio Operator: Walter Lisowski*, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Foy, Waist gunner: Stan Groom*, Waist gunner: Bill Edwards*,Tail gunner: Bill Cooper* (10RTD – * all slightly injured); ditched Adriatic, crew rescued by USN patrol boat.

Delivered Minneapolis 11/5/42; Assigned 19BG Singosari, Java 5/5/42; ground accident near Noonamah, Batchelor, Darwin, NT, Aus. 12/8/42 with Capt Weldon Smith. 3 Killed in Service . Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 10/10/44; transferred 487BG Lavenham 12/10/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 12/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 21/1/45.

Delivered Denver 6/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 31/5/44; {50m} battle damaged Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Jim Barker, Co-pilot: Ed Hingle, Navigator: Chester Lockard, Bombardier: Gary Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Nauman, Radio Operator: Ed Gorham, Ball turret gunner: Rich Fidler, Waist gunner: Bob O’Brien,Tail gunner: John Quinn (9 Returned to Duty); lost three engines and crash landed Ypres, Bel; Cat E, Salvaged. FAST BABY.

Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Hunter 3/3/44; Homestead 16/3/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 17/3/44; transferred 97BG Amendola 5/44; battle damaged Atzgerdorf, Aus 24/5/44 with ?; BTG Wasnuk shot out of turret, aircraft landed Foggia; Missing in Action Salzburg 17/11/44 with Arthur Lammers, Jarvis, Todd, Van Morris, Tunney, Krieger, Nordham, Bleber, Patterson, Lynch; Missing Air Crew Report 9877. RIGOR MORTIS II.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-G] Lavenham 18/7/44; Missing in Action Beilefeld, Ger 30/9/44 with Harry Oesch, Co-pilot: Wilburn Furr, Navigator: Henry Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Milo Volavka, Radio Operator: Martin Stanley, Ball turret gunner: Hudie Graves, Waist gunner: Bill Focht,Tail gunner: Willard Green (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Viltold Zalneraitis (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-38037 (487BG), crashed Leopoldshohe-Kentrup, E of Bielefeld, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9423.

Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 13/7/44; Missing in Action Bielefeld 30/9/44 with Ray Jackson, Co-pilot: Theo Sherrill, Navigator: Ed Plevak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Laverne Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Rogers, Waist gunner: Bernie Ballard,Tail gunner: Ben Harcq (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: John Franke, Radio Operator: George Michael (2 Prisoner of War); propwash caused mid air coll with 43-38154 (487BG); crashed Bexterhagen, E of Bielefeld, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9422.

Delivered Minneapolis 9/3/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Hawaii 5/5/42; retUS 3137 BU Hendricks 21/10/43; Written off 13/7/44; Recl Comp 20/3/46.

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-Q] Podington 25/12/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/2/44 with Harvey Jessen, Co-pilot: Dale Alexander, Navigator: Don Austin, Bombardier: Lynwood Argenbright, Radio Operator: Duane Bingham, Ball turret gunner: Fred Arrouquier, Waist gunner: Joe Pietruszewski,Tail gunner: Wilbur Brownlee (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Belk, Waist gunner: Bob Conrad (2 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft KO’d #1 & #3, crash landed in field between Mudersbach & Altenkirchen, Ger, some 85 miles after crew had bailed out; Missing Air Crew Report 2756. SUZY Q.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Gr Isle 29/6/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Oudna 3/9/43; transferred 419BS/301BG Oudan 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {40m} Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 2/4/45; 4104 BU Rome 30/4/45; 4108 BU Newark 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 20/6/45.

Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Presque 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; fire & severe battle damaged over Rotterdam shipyards 31/3/43 with Hugh Ashcraft, Co-pilot: Bill Lakey, Navigator: Bert Wells, Bombardier: Jim Moberley, Radio Operator: Doug Glover, Ball turret gunner: Ray Armstrong, Waist gunner: Jim Patterson, Waist gunner: Frank Corser,Tail gunner: Frank Hilsabeck (9 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Gogoyla Killed in Service -killed when slipped out of his chute after nearing Tolleshunt Major, a couple of miles away; pilot eventually brought the ship staggering back to crash land in woods at Beacon Hill, near Wickham Bishops, Witham, Ex., UK.; sal 1/4/43. SOUTHERN COMFORT.

Delivered Minneapolis 11/3/42; Assigned 19BG Hawaii 4/5/42; retUS Pocatello 28/11/42; Oklahoma City 12/12/42; Pyote 19/1/43; Lockbourn 26/2/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Dow Fd 9/4/44; Assigned 305BG Chelverston, then transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-J] Podington 13/11/44; secret mission (Green Project) 1/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45. GRIN-N-BEARIT.

Delivered Hunter 10/11/44; Grenier 22/11/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 11/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 27/2/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {21m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Bill Boyd, Co-pilot: Chester Snyder, Radio Operator: Max Thompson, Ball turret gunner: Malcolm Keanes (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Art Marsden, Bombardier: Don Wassner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Karnes, Waist gunner: Ed Handel,Tail gunner: Ed Gavin (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wust, E of Brandenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7584. SCREW BALL.

Delivered Minneapolis 7/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 6/5/42; transferred 5AF 22/5/42, but exploded on take off at Whenuapi, Auckland, NZ en route Laverton, near Melbourne, Aus 9/5/42 with Col. Rich Cobb, Co-pilot: Jim Bruce, Lt E. Hoffman, Chas Brunson, Hary Cohn, J. Lopez, John Clanton, Jim Herriotta, Curtis Childers plus two passengers Lt B. Hust (USN), Capt Jean Githerd (French Navy) (11 Killed in Service); Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Hunter 3/1/45; Grenier 15/1/45; Assigned 749BS/457BG [O/A] Glatton 18/2/45; landed on continent three times; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. RATTLESNAKE DADDY.

Delivered Denver 27/11/43; Cheyenne 12/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Memphis 29/12/43; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Cerignola 14/1/44; Lucera 1/2/44; crashed base non-operational 12/8/44, Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-J] Polebrook 11/10/44; 508BS [YB-X]; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 30/5/45; {56m} Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. MARTHA.

Delivered Minneapolis 7/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 14/5/42; transferred 65BS/43BG then 54TCW in PNG before transferred 6SR Clark Fd, Phllipines. LULU.