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Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 12/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; flew group’s first mission 5/9/42; Tafaraoui 26/11/42; as MICKEY FINN 11m; transferred 32BS and renamed SPECIAL DELIVERY II total 79m; Returned to the USA Rapid City 398BG (training) 10/11/43; Written off 20/10/44.

Assigned 32BS/301BG Westover 6/7/42; slated for RAF [FA684] Podington 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 26/11/42; crash landed Biskra, near Maison Blanche, Alg. 5/12/42; battle damaged {5m} Bizerte 15/12/42 with ? McNeil, Shackleton, Conlon, rest of crew ? (POWs); Salvaged. SPECIAL DELIVERY.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-A] Horham 5/8/44; 334BS [BG-C]; with R.G. Boudon force landed Framlingham afb 18/10/44; caught fire en route Hamm 28/10/44 with G.L. Braund; ret safely, 9RTD Missing Air Crew Report 10259; with H.M. Bussen force landed Framlingham 25/12/44;. 88m, Returned to the USA 4168 BU Bradley 21/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/12/45. POOF PROOF

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG Glatton 1/6/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 29/6/44 with Alby Gumulauskas, Co-pilot: Bill Neidhardt, Navigator: Harry Will, n/g-S/Sgt Enos Bleacher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Beatty, Radio Operator: Ralph DeLeonardis, Ball turret gunner: Lou Beske, Waist gunner: Chas Campbell,Tail gunner: Joy Stacy (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Meilendorf, five miles SE of Kothen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 6724.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Dow Fd 5/9/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG Glatton 3/10/44; Missing in Action Soest, Ger 28/2/45 with Roy Kirk, Radio Operator: Ed Grover,Tail gunner: Willard Krueger (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Bill Gibbons, Navigator: Arvo Kajander, Bombardier: Valentine Stype, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rocco Montago, Ball turret gunner: Chas Coleman, Lt Vic Smith {radar nav} (6 Returned to Duty); mech fault, ditched Channel 10 miles off North Foreland, Kent, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 12802. (?1)

Delivered Geiger 1/11/42; Sioux City 21/11/32; Hammer Fd 9/3/43; Gowen 9/4/43; Dyersburg 1/6/43; 19BG Pyote 4/12/43; 326 BU MacDill 20/1/44; 328 BU Gulfport 23/1/44; 4119 BU Brookley 1/2/44; 328 BU Gulfport 18/2/44; with Bill Stein force landed MacDill 10/3/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 20/6/44; with Bill McLean force landed MacDill 4/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Spokane 19/11/43; Gr Island 24/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Rapid City 10/4/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [A] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Cologne 28/5/44 with Clyde Knipfer, Co-pilot: Dick Bruha, Navigator: George Dardzinski, Bombardier: Stan Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Volt, Radio Operator: Nick Bendino, Ball turret gunner: Nick Furrie, Waist gunner: Percy Waltho,Tail gunner: Joshua Goldstein (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Doellbach, seven miles S of Fulda, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5300.

Delivered Hunter 11/1/45; Grenier 22/1/45; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 12/4/45; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

Delivered Denver 15/12/43; Mitchell 18/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 29/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [WW- ] Chelveston 16/2/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Capt Ray Taylor, Co-pilot: Rene Moser, Navigator: Ed Page, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Waldo Arguello (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Breuninger, Radio Operator: La Vern Spence, Ball turret gunner: Walt Ognan, Waist gunner: Leland Gibb, Waist gunner: Jim Clark,Tail gunner: Howard Allen (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Huxahl-Dieste, 12 miloes N of Celle, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3477. BARBARA II.

Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Gt Falls 27/12/43; Denver 30/12/43; Lakeland 20/1/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 28/3/44; Salvaged 16/5/45. THE SWOOSE 1944 MODEL. IT FLYS?.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Will Rogers 5/3/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-M] Kimbolton 20/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Chas Taylor{2nd op}, Navigator: John Coniglio, Bombardier: Tom Nash, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Howell, Ball turret gunner: Joe Kinney, Waist gunner: Harry Dent,Tail gunner: Gil Widick (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Reg Kendall, Radio Operator: Bill Mulcahy, Waist gunner: Art Sherman (3 evaded capture); flak 7 enemy aircraft, crashed Vreis, S of Groningen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1761.

Delivered Gt Falls 6/2/44; Dorval 9/2/44; Assigned RAF [HB-764]; transferred 8 AFSC 7/4/44; 388BG Knettishall 1/7/44; force landed Fouches, Lux? 9/11/44; Salvaged 28/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-F] Framlingham 26/5/44 HEAVENLY CENT; Missing in Action Hannover 14/3/45 with Roy Creaseman, Joe McAllister, Mike Bursin, Boyce Pruitt, George Gouldthrite, Alvin Goldberg, Bob Powers, Verne Gray, Carlton Fisher (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-37831 (390BG), crashed Bilhausen, near Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11137 (?13025). BOSTON BLACKIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Hunter 5/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-C] Framlingham 17/6/44; Missing in Action Hannover 14/3/45 with Willard Kast, John Romkema, Bob Peterson, Dan McKinney, Paul Akosevich, John Popesen, Dorsett Shipman, Clyde Belveal, Julian Budziak (9 Killed in Action); Francis Nix (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-102972 (390BG), crashed Wulften, near Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13024. LADY VELMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 49BS/301BG St Donat 1/7/43; {2m} transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault 2/8/43; {14m} 49BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {64m} Piraeus 11/1/44 with Wayne Cherrington, Tom Riley, Walter Burry, Stan Korzeniowski, Leon Stucks, Melvin Craig, Frank Sexton (7 Killed in Action); Ray Wood, John Murray, Russell Wallace (3 Returned to Duty); mid air coll, crashed Kalavatra, Greece; Missing Air Crew Report 1834.

Delivered Denver 3/12/43; Savannah 21/12/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 4/1/44; {13m} Missing in Action Verona 22/3/44 with Ollie Campbell, Cockman, Linskey, Plants, Chamberlain, Diamont, Metcalf, Olson (9 Prisoner of War); Vogler (Killed in Action). Flak, exploded over target, crashed Verona, It. Missing Air Crew Report 3303.

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Newark 11/1/44; Langley 12/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 25/1/44 PEE WEE; 728BS/452BG (9Z- ] Deopham Green 26/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Irving Cohen, Co-pilot: Dick Washburn, Navigator: Cecil Vandervort, Bombardier: Jim Hartman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyall Ehret, Ball turret gunner: Ervin Roesch,Tail gunner: Don Yee (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Gene Krachenfels{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Albt Mitchell (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Harren, N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11049. PATCHES.

Delivered Denver 28/3/43; Cheyenne 30/3/43; Smoky Hill 4/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Presque Is 16/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-T] Alconbury 25/4/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/1/44 with Wayne Larsen, Co-pilot: Chester Bennett, Bombardier: Joe Ante, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Nicula, Radio Operator: Clifton Wright, Ball turret gunner: Don Bushee (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Herb Blowers, Waist gunner: Bob Teverson, Waist gunner: Hoyle Barnes,Tail gunner: Leo Bachand (4 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-97441 over Obershagen, crashed a mile W of Oberslagen, N of Burgdorf, 25 miles NW of Braunschweig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2255. READY TEDDY.

Delivered Denver 17/11/43; Kearney 30/11/43; Bangor 13/12/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-O] Podington 10/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Dave Russell, Co-pilot: Alex Xanthos, Navigator: Freeman Hawthorne, Bombardier: Theo Mathers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lonni Efird, Radio Operator: Elmer Spark, Waist gunner: Francis O’Brien,Tail gunner: Claude Green (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Ralph Chapman, Waist gunner: Curtis Wilheim (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-30008, crashed between Ehlerhausen & Ramlingen, five miles N of Burgdorf, 26 miles NW of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2254.

Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [SC-N] Deenethorpe 12/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 6/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.