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Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-O] Horham 12/3/44 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY; 88m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 16/12/44 with Harry Coffman, Co-pilot: Len Beadle, Navigator: Tom Reid, Bombardier: Neil Vediner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Gallagher, Radio Operator: Don Lanni, Ball turret gunner: Bob Pellow, Waist gunner: Bill Hooser,Tail gunner: John Jones (9 Killed in Action); crashed off Zodutelande, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 11259. G.I. ISSUE aka SANDY’S REFUELING BOYS.

Delivered Hamilton; Assigned 14BS/19BG Hawaii 14-May-41; to Clark Field, Philippines 16-Jul-41 with Weldon Smith, Morris Friedman, Eddie Hayman, Clevis Jones, George Brandes, Glover Burke, Edwin Dobbernful, Bill Knortz; Del Monte 6-Dec-41; return to Batchelor, Australia 19-Dec-41 with Weldon Smith, Bob Clinkscales, Ed Hayman, Clevis Jones, George Brandes, Glover Burke, Schaffer, Park, Gen. Clagget, Maj Nichols; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41 after repairs at Laverton, Aus. with Weldon Smith; on transport trip 14-Mar-42 with Duane Skiles; crash landed Daly Waters, Australia with two engines out; one crewman Killed in Service . Salvaged. THE GAZELLE. Never served in UK

Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; with Wilmot Chamberlain force landed Morrison, FL 31/1/44; Memphis 19/4/44; Kansas City 20/4/44; Kearney 24/4/44; Presque Is 28/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-P] Horham 2/5/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/1/45 with Roland Nairn (wia), force landed France; 89m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. GO GETTER.

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Gt Falls 25/12/43; Denver 2/1/44; Gr Island 4/2/44; Grenier 10/2/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-L] Podington 2/3/44; to ? ; Salvaged 11/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Dallas 18/11/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-R] Podington 30/12/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Dick Donaher, Co-pilot: Arthur Brown, Navigator: John Bohlander, Bombardier: George Keller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Harcourt, Radio Operator: Irving Sandler, Ball turret gunner: Nick Kanel, Waist gunner: Dick White, Waist gunner: Ray Edinger,Tail gunner: Millard Finlay (10INT); force landed Rinkaby Afd, Kristianstad, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3670; crew left Sweden back to UK 6/6/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 24/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. Missing Air Crew Report 3670. ALCOHOL ANNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-Q] Nuthampstead 3/5/44; force landed Abbeville with Overton AOC 11/1/45 Salvaged 5 SAD Merville, Fr. 28/1/45.

Delivered Hickam Field, HI 11-May-41; Assigned 14BS/19BG Clark Field, Pjilippines 17-Jul-41 with Ed Teats, Richards, Francis McAllister, Conrad Payne, Roland Provost, Lester Kramer, John Geckeler, Homer Vincent; to Del Monte 6-Desc41; return to Batchelor, Australia 18-Dec-41 with EdTeats, Greene, McAllister, Payne, Provost, Kramer, Geckeler, Hartzel, Finnegan, Kovacht; to Samarinda, Borneo then Malang, Java 30-Dec-41 with Ed Teats; strafed on ground at Singosari, Java 3-Feb-42. Salvaged. Never served in UK.

Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 17/3/44; with R.V. Mercer force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44 with engine failure; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with H. Palmer; force landed Charleroi, Bel; 97m, repaired & ret; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. THE DOODLE BUG.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 28/7/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Alconbury 2/9/43; Missing in Action 4/10/43 with Carson Fleming, Co-pilot: Art Larson{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Bob Purdon, Bombardier: Joe Suss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Spencer, Radio Operator: Ray McMann, Ball turret gunner: Florian Fenclau,Tail gunner: Joe Turon (8 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Alf Antonacci, Waist gunner: Tom Cleveland (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 745. REBECCA.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 3-May-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, Philippines, 17-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 5-Jun-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, Philippines 17-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 18/11/44; Dow Fd 29/11/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-Y] Grafton Underwood 19/1/45; transferred 366BS/305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; to St Trond, Belgium; taxi accident with Knight Albion at El Aouina A/fd, Tunisia 1/10/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 9/4/48; BUCKEYE BELLE.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 2/6/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 19/8/42; flew Operation Torch commanders to Gibraltar 5/11/42; Maison Blanche, Alg 13/11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 22/11/42; Biskra, Alg 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs, Tun 1/8/43; Depienne, Tun 15/8/43; RAMBLIN’ RECK; transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 4/11/43 re-named YANKEE DOO DIT; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Villaorba, It. 18/3/44 with Theo Griffith, Co-pilot: Bill Doyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Murinchack* (3 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bernie McConnell, Ball turret gunner: Howard Lamont (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Walt Swan*, Bombardier: Alan Klute*, Waist gunner: Nick Cannata, Waist gunner: Harry Chandler*,Tail gunner: Ed Greenlaw (* all 463BG) (5 Prisoner of War); crashed Trieste; Missing Air Crew Report 3259.YANKEE DOO DIT.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 401BG Deenthorpe in error 4/9/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-X] Nuthampstead 5/9/44; 601BS [3O-X]; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Rogers, AOC but re-ass 24/11/44; (28m) Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with Roger Weum, Co-pilot: Chas Bagley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Zasa, Radio Operator: Herb Helbig, Waist gunner: Felix Burne,Tail gunner: Chas Stein (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Woodcock, Ball turret gunner: Bob Craver (2 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Dick Fletcher (evaded capture); flak, crashed Grossloebichau, near Jena-Burgel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11145.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 6-May-41; Hickham Field, HI 17-Oct-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41 with Bill Bohnaker, Ed Jacquet, Art Hoffman, Jim Wellwood, Bob Peel, Abe Beerman, Fred Shamblen, Jean Byers, Ben Tomerlin; Missing in Action Masbate, Philippines. 14-Jan-42 with Jack Adams, Navigator: Harry Schreiber, rest unknown but survived aided by Filipinos, RTD Mar-42; shot down by Japanese fighters, crash landed Masbate, Legaspi but later destroyed by Japanese strafing. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Gore 22/6/43; Kearney 15/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-N) Alconbury 21/7/43; crashed on take off for Gelsenkirchen 15/8/43 with John Booker, Co-pilot: Jim McAvoy, Navigator: Capt Bob McNeely, Bombardier: Chas Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Licher, Radio Operator: Porfirio Garcia, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Richardson, Waist gunner: John Hancock, Waist gunner: Gene Simpson,Tail gunner: Ray Cupp, foto-Virgil Mullen (11 Returned to Duty); u/c began to retract then #2 prop broke off injuring pilot, aircraft stopping 200 yds past end of runway. Salvaged 171/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-B] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (18m) Missing in Action Munich 16/7/44 with Ray Gallagher, Co-pilot: Harry Castleman, Navigator: Bill Berry, Bombardier: Wendell Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sudduth, Radio Operator: Arlo Skeem, Waist gunner: Bob Fels (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bob Warkentin,Tail gunner: Chas McLean (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit ball turret, set fire, some bailed before crashed Hinter-Heubach, near Schiltach, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7242.

Delivered Denver 12/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-M] Podington 28/5/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-U] Grafton Underwood 10/6/44; Missing in Action Wesseling, Germany 11/10/44 with John Wright Peterson, Robert Cornelius McClelland, William Andrew Singer, William Nathanial Stutman Extra navigator, George James Grady, Andy Wick, Frank John Zink, Irving Milton Peckerer, William Arthur Rabe Jr, Walter Ace Woodruff (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Mayen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 9479. HELL ON WINGS.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategic Arms Depot 11-Jun-41; Hickam Field, HI 17-Oct-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 23-Oct-41 with Elmer Parsel, Owen Graham, Bill Warner, Sam Poole, Rex Matson, Chas Glasscock, Harry Moss, Winton Long, Howard Peterson; Del Monte-Batchelor, Australia 17-Dec-41 with Elmer Parsel, Norvell, Cappelletti, Gregg, Matson, Lorger, Randall, McClellan, Brady; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41 with Elmer Parsel; strafed Singosari/Malang, Java 3-Feb-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 26/7/44; Dow Fd 10/8/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 18/8/44; force landed Amendola a/f due to electrical fire with Zanas Pitcher 10/12/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 28/12/44 with Don Hillyer, Keil, Dews, Piersol, Perrino, Hill, Koltuniak, Hansen, Hyde (9 Prisoner of War); Eggleston {wg} (Killed in Action); mech fault, crashed Staubing; Missing Air Crew Report 10894. JOSEPHINE.