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Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/42; with Capt Jim Barnett to Hickam 28/7/42; Assigned 26BS then 93BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus 31/7/42; transferred 63BS/43BG Torrens Creek, Aus; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; the usual pilot Lt James T. Murphy being instrumental in the development of skipbombing; Missing in Action on mission from 7 Mile Drome to Horn Is and return 26/3/43 with Capt Stan Loewenberg, Co-pilot: Brig. Gen. Howard Ramey (5AF BC CO), Navigator: Capt Jim Griffin, Bombardier: Bill Lief, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Collier, Radio Operator: Ortis Quaal, Waist gunner: Bob Stith, Waist gunner: Harry Johnson,Tail gunner: Marvin Berkowith, three pass-Lt Comm Ferdinand Mannoccir (USN), Lt Col Harold Chaffin, Pfc George Hopfield (12 Killed in Action). Missing Air Crew Report 15499. Found Feb 2007. SNOOPY aka PLUTO.

Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; 614BS/401BG [IW-K] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Capt Jim Foster, Co-pilot: Frank Miller, Navigator: Leo Casagrande, Bombardier: Tom Cameron, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Troy Campbell, Radio Operator: Joe Mehalschick, Ball turret gunner: Harry Brown, Waist gunner: Glen Graves, Waist gunner: Walt Hathaway,Tail gunner: Bill Orphan (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Osterode, near Dorste, SW of Lichtenstein ridge, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2508. (recovered and re-ass TB-17 27/4/48.)

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 4/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 with Jim Heiby, Waist gunner: Hubert Betterton (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Krobaum, Navigator: Meyer Geist, Bombardier: Alvin Kubly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou West, Radio Operator: Wiley Moore, Ball turret gunner: Willis Riley,Tail gunner: Everett Coates (7 Prisoner of War); flak, force landed Zutphen, Hol?. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 9549.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-L] Sudbury 19/7/44; {12m} Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Fred Oltman, (mission leader)-Bill Mitchell, drn-Russ Curtis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Bogenschultz, Radio Operator: Harry Springer, Ball turret gunner: Bill Stanerry, Waist gunner: Bob Gardner,Tail gunner: Lt Chas Bateman, p/nav-Lt Bob Mistrol (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Frank Whittington (Prisoner of War); flak damge, ship broke in half, crashed W of Merseburg Afd, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9420. MARGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/44; Kearney 17/7/44; Dow Fd 5/8/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 16/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 13/9/44 with Lee Dodson, Navigator: Bill Koch, Waist gunner: Len Martin,Tail gunner: John Filkorn (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Canion, Bombardier: Alvin Eicher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlton McAnear, Radio Operator: Jack Friedman, Ball turret gunner: Pete Kulis (5 Prisoner of War); flak, exploded left wing and tail snapped off, crashed Atzendorf, W of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8902.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 19/11/43; transferred 709BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 20/7/44 with Gustavus Millere, Co-pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Dick O’Donnell, Ball turret gunner: John Scott, Waist gunner: Joel Wilson,Tail gunner: Reo Scott (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lew Martner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Witek, Radio Operator: Roger Potwin (3 Killed in Action); flak set two engines alight, crashed Teutleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1769 (?7547).

Delivered Boise 359BS/303BG [BN- ] 25/4/42; 97BG Polebrook /42; 92BG Bovingdon /42; 369BS/306BG [WW-T] Thurleigh as t/t & hack 1/5/43; Salvaged 22/6/45. BOOMERANG.

Assigned 341BS/97BG 3/42; courier trip to N.Africa 18/12/42; transferred 327BS/92BG (UX-V) Bovingdon 27/8/43; 482BG Alconbury 27/8/43; 95BG Horham as tow target & hack; 94BG Rougham 10/11/43; Returned to the USA 4136 BU Tinker 22/5/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45.

Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Walla Walla 21/10/43; Gr Island 15/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 21/1/44; c/f on base 28/1/44; sal 2 SAD 30/1/44; with George Whattam force landed Gulfport 1/10/44; as SB-17G AMC to REC 2/5/49.

Delivered Denver 6/7/43; Assigned 592BS/396BG force landed Moses Lake 26/7/43 with John Jellison; Pendleton 8/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/7/44; 326 BU MacDill 14/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 25/6/45.

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Ray MacDonald, Navigator: Bill Kontur, Bombardier: George Bean, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Pierce, Radio Operator: Tony Franzo, Ball turret gunner: Rich Egger, w-Dan Gabriel, Waist gunner: Rufus Odom,Tail gunner: Bob Egger (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Paul Smith (KIA-chute damaged by fire on exit from plane); enemy aircraft, crashed Venray, on road to Oostrum, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2467. KAYO.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 7/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 19/11/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Capt Harry Simons, Co-pilot: John Robins, Navigator: Bob Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Fallon, Radio Operator: Ole Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Don Harmon, Waist gunner: Leo Borkowski (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Bonin, Waist gunner: Rufus Till,Tail gunner: Ray Veiders (3 Prisoner of War); flak set bomb bay afire, ship left formation, crashed Gattrup, near Senden/Westfalen, nine miles SW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2872. MOJO.

Delivered to Denver 14/1/43; Assigned to the 95BG Alconbury in Marrakesh, Morocco 20/3/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 11/4/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Bovingdon; with Bill Bisson, gear collapsed on landing 31/7/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 4/9/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Aschersleben on 22 February 1944 with William Kew, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James Ross (2KIA-recovered in Hardberg); Co-pilot: Charles Nicklett, Navigator: Irvan O’Hara, Bombardier: Carleton Dow, Radio Operator: Harry Miles, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Baird, Waist gunner: Charles Whipple, Waist gunner: John Lunceford,Tail gunner: James Hopkins (8 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed at Gahlen, four miles West of Dorsten, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 2466. CLEAN CUT.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Presque Is 12/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-M] Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Theo McDonald, Navigator: Jacob Moskowitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Merle Cline, Radio Operator: Wilburn Rowden, Ball turret gunner: Bill Valigura, Waist gunner: Wendell Dowell, Waist gunner: Chas Bardorf,Tail gunner: Bob Allen (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Godsey, Bombardier: Anton Harris (2KIA- shot on ground); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, pilor ordered crew to bale, then crash landed alone at Landratsberg, between Borstel and Nopke, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3193. SLEEPY TIME GAL.

Delivered to Denver, Colorado for modification on 19 November 1943; Wendover 11 December 1943; Presque Isle, Maine on 28 January 1944. Ferried overseas and assigned to the 457th Bomb Group at Glatton on 11 February 1944; transferred to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-M, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 20 February 1944; Missing in Action 1m on a mission to Aschersleben on 22 February 1944 with Pilot: Henry Markow, Co-pilot: Edward Lundgren, Navigator: John Schweikart, Bombardier: George Littleton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Fooder, Radio Operator: Owen Atkinson, Ball turret gunner: George Stropek, Waist gunner: Arthur Madden, Waist gunner: Edwin Sager,Tail gunner: Joseph Misiewicz (10 Prisoner of War); Shot down by enemy aircraft and crash landed about three miles from Wesel, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2464.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/2/44; 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Norman DeFrees, Co-pilot: George Hunt, Navigator: Ivan Moody, Bombardier: Ellis Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Moore, Radio Operator: Bill Wright, Ball turret gunner: Luther Smith, Waist gunner: John Ecker, Waist gunner: Harley Hallam,Tail gunner: Jack Kushner (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2465.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 12/7/44; battle damaged Jena 19/3/45 with Dan Smoke was in mid air coll with 43-37969; crashed Couvron, France; Salvaged 21/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-N] Lavenham 11/7/44; battle damaged Jena 19/3/45 with John Virgin, was in mid air coll with 43-38038, crashed Couvron, Fr; Salvaged 21/3/45. BEVERLY JEAN

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 11/8/44; {48m} battle damaged Aschaffenburg 22/1/45 with Nelson Van Blarcom, ; flak KO’d two engines and cut out electrics, equipment was dumped to enable ship to limp home and crash landed Metfield A/fd; Salvaged 23/1/45. HAPPY VALLEY EXPRESS.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Gore 21/7/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 4/9/43; transferred with HSC radar scanner installed 813BS/482BG [PC-U] Alconbury 5/9/43, then 751BS/457BG Glatton; Missing in Action Liepzig 7/7/44 with Jack Owens, Co-pilot: Hays Bricka, Navigator: Armen Topakian, Waist gunner: John Ward,Tail gunner: R.C. Zeagler (5 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Francis Minturn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Murillo, Radio Operator: Theo Roland, Ball turret gunner: Earl Markwalder (4KIA-went down in aircraft before Air Sea Rescue arrived); three engines KO’d no gas and ditched in The Wash, Nfk. UK; Missing Air Crew Report 8195.