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Delivered Lincoln 4/8/44; Bangor 20/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG (Q6-K) Mendlesham 24/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Seraphin Schwartz, Co-pilot: Dick Eike, Bombardier: Ira McBee, tog-Bennett Rentz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Les Baker, Radio Operator: Dave Payne,Tail gunner: Henry Douglas (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Tom Smith, Waist gunner: Earl Walters (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Broichweiden, near Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9368.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Geiger 27/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 9/7/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-N] Framlingham 13/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Clarry Gill, Radio Operator: Grady Embree, Navigator: Edgar Cannon, Bombardier: Fred Gunther, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Rogers, Radio Operator: Glenn Carver, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Sutton, Waist gunner: Jim Goschka, Waist gunner: Calvin Buckmaster,Tail gunner: Joe Moreau (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Augustfehn, 10 miles NW of Bad Zwischenahn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1728. ROYAL FLUSH.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-T] Deenethorpe 7/11/44; battle damaged Oranienburg 10/4/45 with Claude Spence, Co-pilot: Hugh Reiner, Navigator: Vic Datlenko, togg-Phil Tumminia, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Abe Lehat, Radio Operator: Mike Starrs,Tail gunner: John BaneWounded in Action (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Mark Meadows, Waist gunner: Dante DeFazio (WIA), Ball turret gunner: Jim Carson rcm (3 evaded capture); flak, crashed Wilsnack, Ger; Salvaged 16/5/45; Missing Air Crew Report 13913. HEAVY DATE.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/43; Kearney 26/3/43; AFSC 17/5/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-S] Horham 3/7/43; 2m, transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-S] Alconbury 11/8/43; to Podington, assigned Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Frank Wolf, crew OK, ran out of gas and crashed Shiplake, Berks. (10 Returned to Duty), Salvaged. THE BLIVIT.

Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; slated 452BG Deopham Green, but transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 21/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 15/3/44 with Capt Roland Knight, Co-pilot: Capt Herb Devore, Capt Roland Knight, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, Ball turret gunner: Nick Delivered Cimmuto, Waist gunner: Darrell Dickinson, Waist gunner: John Barry,Tail gunner: Lt Martin Tashjian (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Burton Joseph, Bombardier: Capt Bob Peel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Longhi (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 and set off flares on board, crashed Watenbuttel, NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3915. MY ACHIN’ BACK!

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 13/3/44; Dow Fd 9/4/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-W] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Bill McIlonie, Co-pilot: Ezra Loyd, Navigator: Stan Sobotik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Garman, Radio Operator: Doug Fulkerson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Sheehan, Waist gunner: Howard Bohn,Tail gunner: Elmer Kirby (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ralph Anderson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Helfta, SE Lutherstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8891. KIDLEY DIVEY.

Delivered Tulsa 20/11/42; New Castle 13/12/42; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth [VK-N] 8/1/43; Missing in Action [35m] Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Harry Schwaebe, Co-pilot: Harry Dumse, Navigator: Paul Degnan, Bombardier: Wilburn Wiley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Foreman, Radio Operator: Mark Tudor, Ball turret gunner: Ben Harvey, Waist gunner: Jim Malcolm,Tail gunner: George Lott (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Russ Whitesell (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Goslar, near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1926. OLD FAITHFUL aka WAR BRIDE.

Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 16/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 8/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 29/7/44; 359BS/303BG [BN-Z] Molesworth 4/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44; 10 Prisoner of War; flak, crashed Balgstadt, SW of Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8211.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 18/4/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-D] Kimbolton 23/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Don Burns, Co-pilot: Bob Teran, Navigator: Ewan Sidddall, Bombardier: Russell Wolfe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Jewell,Tail gunner: Don Prigmore (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Harry Dupee, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Gammons, Waist gunner: Ray Grow (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Burgstaden, W of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8284. RONNY BOY.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 30/11/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 11/3/45 with Joe Sugerman, Bill Crossland, Jim Barnett, Chas Owen, Willard Stanton, Eldon Mau, Clyde Yaegle, Bob Berger, Ed Simac (9 Killed in Action); Harvey Schlotte (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Harburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12979.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 15/3/44; transferred 728BS/452BG [9Z-B] Deopham Green 16/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Howard Morehouse, Co-pilot: Jim Fitzpatrick, Navigator: Ed Plank, Bombardier: Herb Becker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Smith, Radio Operator: George KellyWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Delbert FentonWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Bill King, Waist gunner: Jim ClarkWounded in Action,Tail gunner: Dan Wilkerson (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set left wing on fire, crashed E of Runingen, two miles S of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4589. KICKAPOO JOY JUICE.

Delivered Lincoln 14/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-L] Gt Ashfield 5/1/45; Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with George Burich, Co-pilot: Willard Huggins, Navigator: Elwood Randall, Bob Bayne togg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wendel Rish, Radio Operator: Curtis Walker, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Clark, Paul Miller rcm, Charles Stewart tg(9 Killed in Action); Rammed by Sonderkammando FW190, crashed Gifhorn, Ger, (in a field, now in 1994, used by gliders). Missing Air Crew Report 13721.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 4/7/44; battle damaged Wiener Neustadt 26/3/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 21/5/44; detailed Allach, Ger. 28/6/44 with Leon O’Dell,Tail gunner: Bill Bursaw (Killed in Action); Missing in Action 24+m Munich 31/7/44 with Jack Pearson, Co-pilot: Joe Proctor, Navigator: Syd Gordon, Bombardier: Alf Guidotti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewitt Fontanet, Radio Operator: Bill Boyington, Ball turret gunner: Harry Hover, Waist gunner: Frank Mizer,Tail gunner: Chas Janis (9 Prisoner of War); flak damaged #1, limped on before crash landed Stafflangen, SW of Ulm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7742. MY DEVOTION.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Q] Nuthampstead 11/8/44; repaired Missing in Action 13/8/44 with Frazier & Griffin, AOC 13/8/44, then re-ass 27/8/44; Missing in Action Neumunster 13/4/45 with Traeder; crashed & burned Paderborn A/fd, AOC 16/4/45; Salvaged 5 SAD Merville, Fr. QUEENIE.

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Bob Brennon, Co-pilot: Lyle Mower, Navigator: Henry Schaeffer, Bombardier: Dick Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Waist gunner: John Engerman, Waist gunner: Henry Bean,Tail gunner: Walton Purcell (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Morris Weltzienchute failed, Ball turret gunner: Euel Drakeflak fragment (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Rengerhausen, Einbeck, 15 miles SE of Hameln, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3551.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Morrison 28/2/43; {Secret mission 19/5/43}; Assigned 96BG Dow Fd 4/6/43; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Alconbury 19/7/43; 525BS/379BG [FR-D] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Dick Jones, Co-pilot: Tom Lair, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Alby Roberts (6 Prisoner of War), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: George Sandner, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman,Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Schrozberg, 31 miles S of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 956. BAD NEWS.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 23/12/44; Grenier 10/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-T] (PFF) Thorpe Abbotts 12/1/45; later 351BS [EP-J]; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Capt Roger Swain, Paul De Weerdt(lead pilot), Jim Carden, Bernie Kozik, Bob Hansen, Pete Fischer, Howard Whittaker, Lt Bill Thompson {tg} (8 Prisoner of War); Morris Kolling (Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Kremmen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13142. MISS SWEETNESS.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 5/11/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-T] Sudbury 17/11/44; {1m} battle damaged Merseburg 30/11/44 with Howard Heinz, Don Landeck, Leo Myers, Dick Lopez (4 Killed in Action); Bob Cole, Walter Wright, John Brock, Bob Allen (4 Prisoner of War); Jim Scott (evaded capture); flak, crash landed Blofelden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11152. Salvaged 10/1/45 & ret UK; transferred 305BS Chelveston 1/45; force landed Fritzlar A/fd, Ger 30/5/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 11/10/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Bob Fischer, Co-pilot: Bob Bell, Navigator: Herb Armeny, Bombardier: Bob Frazier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Owens, Radio Operator: Anton LaPuzza, Ball turret gunner: John Bianchi, Waist gunner: Leon Woehl,Tail gunner: Larry Davis (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Fladungen, near Rohn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11196.