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Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Alexandra 15/2/44; Presque Is 3/3/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 6/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Delbert Pearson, Co-pilot: Wilbert Lund, Navigator: Joe Grassilli, Bombardier: Lester Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernest Rene, Radio Operator: Nunziato Sansevero, Waist gunner: Harry Scrivener, Waist gunner: Bradford Truesdell,Tail gunner: George Zigo (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Jim Morrow (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft started fires in fuselage, crew bailed then ship exploded, crashed Dreetz, 14 miles NE of Rathenow, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5168.

Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-K] Kellogg Fd 15/9/42; Molesworth 16/10/42; CCRC Bovingdon 27/7/43; 384BG Grafton Underwood 22/9/43; Salvaged NBD 31/5/45. JERSEY BOUNCE.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Warner Robins 10/5/43; Morrison 19/5/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 24/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/43; Missing in Action {27m} Wiener Neustadt 2/11/43 with John Gibson, Co-pilot: Green, Navigator: Brown, Bombardier: Kirsch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pugh, Radio Operator: Helm, btgt-Dessart, Waist gunner: Massone, Waist gunner: Davis,Tail gunner: Stewart (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt, Aus. Missing Air Crew Report 1093.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43;Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Osnabruck 11/1/44 with Lou Carpentier, Co-pilot: Don Davidson, Navigator: George Dustin, Bombardier: Joe Rizzo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Hall, Radio Operator: Bill Burns, Ball turret gunner: Rod Nelson, Waist gunner: Paul Young,Tail gunner: Joe Kozlowski (9 Prisoner of War); mech problem on return #2 feathered, crashed Flakenholz, seven miles W of Hamelin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3127. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS II.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 26/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-X] Alconbury 31/8/43; Podington 11/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with John Harris, Co-pilot: Milton Wilson, Navigator: Jim Goodner, Bombardier: Chas Pettibone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Obechina, Radio Operator: Clinton Gill, Ball turret gunner: Roger Fuller, Waist gunner: Howard Evans, Waist gunner: Jennings Ball,Tail gunner: Don Cash (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, damage caused explosion in mid-air, crashed Martinsbuettel, five miles W of Fallersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3668. ROSE OLIVE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/43; Kearney 24/7/43; Dow Fd 28/7/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Alconbury 15/8/43; Podington 16/9/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Cpt Blair Belongia, Co-pilot: Bob Klein, Navigator: Howie Eaton, Bombardier: George Jackson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Few, Radio Operator: Jim Lovett, Ball turret gunner: Sam Purvis, Waist gunner: Stan Sztorc, Waist gunner: Alf Atonacci,Tail gunner: Joe Walsh (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Channel through fuel shortage, all rescued by ASR.

Delivered Kearney 19/6/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-P] Debach 4/8/44; Missing in Action Bohlen 12/9/44 with John Oates, Tail gunner: Lee Garrigues (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Mosher, Navigator: Bob Wideman, Bombardier: Bill Follis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Lamon, Radio Operator: John Jones, Ball turret gunner: Hector Tirado, Waist gunner: Julian Duggan (7 Prisoner of War); Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Semmenstedt, S of Brunswick, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8862.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 21/11/42; Homestead 18/12/42; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 18/3/43, sent to RAF Wyton, pathfinder base for installation of Oboe Mk I radar equipment; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-H] Alconbury 20/4/43; taxi accident with John Hamilton 25/5/43; 813BS/482BG Alconbury 25/8/43, ret 30/11/43; 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; AFSC 27/4/44; Returned to the USA 6/5/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45. THE FUHRER THE BETTER.

Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 23/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 12/6/44; 427BS; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with John Matheson, Co-pilot: Jim Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Smith, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Hagan,Tail gunner: Chas Coughlin (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chas Gould, Bombardier: Lorin Hamann, Radio Operator: Leo Jeanbey, Waist gunner: Bill Fredenburg (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schladen, near Homburg, S of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9413. MINNIE THE MOOCHER.

Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-T] Framlingham 18/7/43; landing accident at base 21/10/43 with Bill Royal, Co-pilot: Jim Oyer, Navigator: Bob Saunders, Bombardier: Bob Waites, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mearl Houck, Radio Operator: Dave Hogan, Ball turret gunner: Dave Howland, Waist gunner: Henry Wooley, Waist gunner: Enrique Perez,Tail gunner: Buckalew (10 Returned to Duty); u/c collapsed, Salvaged 27/10/43. TET T’MOTE.

Delivered Dallas 30/7/43; Love 16/8/43; Redmond 17/8/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 24/9/43; Missing in Action 2m Wilhelmshafen 3/11/43 with Bob Pitts, Navigator: Jim McAvoy, ng-Irving Narter, ttg-John Clifton, Ball turret gunner: Antone Pacheco, Waist gunner: Edwin Mason,Tail gunner: John Montgomery (7 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Arnold Williams, Radio Operator: Larry Yenchik, Waist gunner: Clarry Edwards (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gesellschaftshaus, W of Wilhelmshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1155. BOMB BOOGIE’S REVENGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-A] Rattlesden 7/3/44; Missing in Action Hannover 18/6/44 with Ken Schreiner, Co-pilot: Carroll Knutson, Navigator: Cliff Kulenburg, Bombardier: Gene Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hall, Radio Operator: Herb Ruggles, Ball turret gunner: Jacob Long, Waist gunner: George Wolters, Waist gunner: Leon Swift,Tail gunner: Jim Jones (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed mountains near Egestorf, 11 miles SW of Hannover, Ger.{as per German Air Force Comman records). Missing Air Crew Report 5903.

Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; transferred 327BS/92BG Bovingdon Aug-42; Attacked by Lt. Walter Meyer 7./JG26. Lost tail and three engines. Desintegrated over Lannay near the Belgian border. Monument near Mouchin on D955 direction Planard. MACR 15218. 5KIA 3POW 1EVD

Assigned 419BS/301BG Chelveston 18/4/42; transferred 97BG Polebrook 8/42; 92BG Bovingdon /9/42; CCRC Bovingdon /1/43; 351BG Polebrook as t/t & hack 8/43; Returned to the USA 10/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; Hunter 24/4/44; Dow Fd 11/5/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 19/5/44; Missing in Action {18m} Brasov, Rom 4/7/44 with Gerald Elliott, Marquith, Jolley, Clanton, Lattin, Montague, Carmignany, Henderson, O’Brien, Fulton; mech fault, one engine out, 10 chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6397.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gt Falls 13/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-T] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; damaged in base explosion 3/9/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Ray Notestein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gia Owen, Ball turret gunner: John Huffman, Waist gunner: Cliff Owen, Waist gunner: John Moriarty,Tail gunner: Carl Huwe (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Earl Follensbee, Navigator: Eldon Rohe, Bombardier: Chas Markwell, Radio Operator: Art Karnowski (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kaiserlautern, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2267. PICCADILLY QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/42; Sacramento 1/9/42; Hamilton 11/9/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 14/9/42; then 403BS; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; bombed Dobodura, NG. returned and destroyed in Japanese air raid in its revetment Milne Bay, NG 17/1/43; Salvaged 18/1/43.

Delivered Long Beach 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Salt Lake City 18/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43 BADGER’S BEAUTY; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 18/9/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Wilfred Perot, Co-pilot: Dudley Jones, Navigator: Bob Weaver, Bombardier: Adelbert Faulconer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Jerinowski, Radio Operator: O.K. Daniels, Ball turret gunner: Phillip Ball, Waist gunner: Walter Turk,Tail gunner: Tom Graham (9 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: Edwin Bosley (Prisoner of War); coll with enemy aircraft, crashed two miles E of Heyersum, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1874. YANKEE EAGLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-K] SPOOK II Framlingham 21/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 3m, transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-E] Kimbolton 22/6/43; 524BS [WA-E]; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Alden Johnson, Radio Operator: Antonio Velasquez, Ball turret gunner: Raoul Rosseau, Waist gunner: Jim Locke, Waist gunner: Ralph Scripter,Tail gunner: Gene Johnson (6 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Warren Holtsberg, Navigator: Vince Tapping, Bombardier: Lou Dubois, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Brittain (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in Limburger Forest, near Dornheim, W of Darmstadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 954. LADY ASTRID.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 20/10/44; taxi accident with Jack Hayes struck 42-102660 with Bill Randle 28/12/44; Salvaged 29/12/44.