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Delivered Hunter 6/3/45; Grenier 17/3/45; Assigned 427BS/303BG Molesworth 10/4/45; Missing in Action Pilsen 25/4/45 with Warren Mauger (evaded capture); Bill Burgess, George Knox, Matt Gordon, Earl Dugan (4 Prisoner of War); Henry Moss, Glen Walling, Francis Kelley (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pilsen; Missing Air Crew Report 14223.

Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 9/4/44; Assigned 601BG/398BG [3O-Y] Nuthampstead 24/4/44; (22m) Missing in Action Peenemunde 4/8/44 with Nigel Carter, co-Jason Axsom, Navigator: Bill Hembrough, Bombardier: Ed Castro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Kukuljan, Radio Operator: Bob Doll, Ball turret gunner: Don Dorfmeier, Waist gunner: Bill Carr,Tail gunner: Sanford Lewis (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Koitenhagen, SW of Stralsund, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7707.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Lincoln 4/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-W] Horham 19/9/44; 335BS [OE-W]; with S.D. Reed force landed Framlingham afb, Sfk 25/12/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 20/1/45 with Capt Aaron Conover, Navigator: Ed Larkin, Bombardier: Allen Kodish, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delbert Bennett (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ernie Veal, Radio Operator: Frank Kotyk, Ball turret gunner: Harry Hall, Waist gunner: Ervin Schropp,Tail gunner: Ken Wurtz, Jim Garry rcm (6 Prisoner of War); crashed Hirtzfeldon, France. Missing Air Crew Report 11755.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 27/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-P] Nuthampstead 27/4/44; (24m) Missing in Action Lechfeld 19/7/44 with Dallas Hawkins, Co-pilot: Earl Hart, Navigator: Joe Doglio, Bombardier: John Loomis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon Sudborough, Radio Operator: Paul Bunning, Ball turret gunner: Tom Garrett,Tail gunner: Gregory Groncki (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Doyle Borchers (Prisoner of War); flak hit #2 gas tank, ship exploded and tg blew out; crashed Weil, near Epfenhausen, Sth of Augsburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7544.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-U] Snetterton 25/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Frank King{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Jim Smith, Bombardier: George Bischoff{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Guillory, Radio Operator: Everett Bradeen{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Curtis Jensen, Waist gunner: Henry Maul, Waist gunner: Elmer Kapinschke{Wounded in Action} (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Bill Reade(hit by 20mm shell),Tail gunner: Bill Lloyd (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed Ostenholz, 18 miles NW of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4566. LAURA JANE.

Delivered Hunter 14/3/45; Grenier 21/3/45; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 18/4/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; transferred 342BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; De Pienne 15/8/43; transferred 49BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Returned to the USA 21/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. JARRIN’ JENNY II.

Delivered Hunter 29/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-H] Horham 17/9/44 HARD LUCK; (also named DIRTY DUCHESS, SNAFU, SWEET JOE); with A.Z. Weisz, force landed A-82 Rouvres AF, France 25/2/45; with C.E. Willis force landed RAF Woodbridge, Sfk 9/3/45; 70m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. IT FLIES.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 26/11/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG Chelveston 28/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Chas Scott, Co-pilot: Henry Harris, Navigator: Bernard Wilson, Bombardier: Paul Powell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fleming, Waist gunner: Elmo Owens, Waist gunner: Tom Groover,Tail gunner: Virgil Bartels (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Elmer Elmore, Ball turret gunner: Bob Golomb (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Aerzen, 10 miles SW of Hameln, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2261.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/44; Hunter 27/12/44; Grenier 20/1/45; Assigned 419BS/301BG PFF Lucera 7/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 27/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/11/44; Hunter 5/12/44; Grenier 23/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-L] Framlingham 25/12/44 as PFF; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 1/1/45; Returned to the USA Morrison Field 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Gt Falls 4/12/43; New Castle 13/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 5/1/44; Missing in Action 4m Oschersleben 22/2/44; enemy aircraft, crashed Hajen-on-der-Weser, 10 miles SE of Hameln, Ger; 7KIA-all found in the wreckage. Missing Air Crew Report 2931.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 1/5/44; Dow Fd 10/5/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 26/5/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Alonzo Martin, Harry Tennenborn, Joe Baril (3 Prisoner of War); Harry McDonald, Bob Thorson, Chas Fischer, Oscar Hollingsworth, Maurice Thornton, Jack Barnhardt, Hiram Hutton (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Langewung; Missing Air Crew Report 7123.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 28/4/44; Grenier 14/5/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 23/5/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 10/8/44 with Ken Abrams, Gifford, Gribben, Hare, Shearin, Berman, Boccino, Granger, Tebar; flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 7194.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 25/5/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with John Sullivan, Bombardier: Kennedy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nicoll, Radio Operator: Hanifin, Ball turret gunner: Childers, Waist gunner: Wimberly, Waist gunner: Birch,Tail gunner: Kurtz (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ingersoll, Navigator: Sharkey (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt; Missing Air Crew Report 7124.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Molesworth 30/4/44; on return from mission 25/7/44 with Oliver Larson, Co-pilot: George Kersting, Navigator: John Gard, Bombardier: Jim Morrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob O’Connor, Radio Operator: Don Mulloney, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sweeney, Waist gunner: Hubert Holland,Tail gunner: Norbert Philson (9 Returned to Duty); pilot came in too high, a/c’s wheels hit soft ground and nosed over, then fell back; Salvaged 2SAD 26/7/44. PRINCESS PAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snetterton 6/4/44, transferred 413BS [MZ-F]; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Ralph Colflesh, Co-pilot: Elmer Wenzel, Navigator: Tom Kirely, Bombardier: John Proudfoot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Buchanan, Radio Operator: Bernard Kelley, Ball turret gunner: Walt Stewart, Waist gunner: Denver Isaac,Tail gunner: Chas Hutton (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bobber, near Bad-Muender, SW of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7808. SILVER SLIPPER.

Delivered Lincoln 2/10/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 21/12/44; transferred 775BS/463BG Celone, It; crashed on take off with Earl Cole, crashed three miles N of base 13/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/44; Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/10/44; Hunter 12/11/44; Grenier 5/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 30/12/44; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Omar Stemple, John Crotty, Durston Hildebrand {Ex nav}, John Loy, Gus George, Chas Cathcart, Lt Dave DuPre {mickey op}, Norman Wicicman, Capt Dave Reed {tg} (9 Prisoner of War); Floyd Nyhagen, Stewart Reid (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Gutenpaaren, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11731.

Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; with C.J. Paine force landed Presque Is, ME 27/6/42; Bovingdon 8/42, used as ferry navigation a/c; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 4/6/43 as t/t & hack 8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 27/7/44; Written off 25/4/45. ALABAMA EXTERMINATOR II.