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Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-T] Bangor 5/10/42; Molesworth 25/10/42. Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Vince Walsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Lee, Waist gunner: Tony Peklinsky (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Franklin, Navigator: Ed Zieminski, Bombardier: John Walker, Radio Operator: Emery Knotts, Ball turret gunner: Jim Carithers, Waist gunner: Joe McMahon,Tail gunner: Leroy Moyer (7 Killed in Action). AA hit, crashed St Nazaire, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15727.

Delivered Long Beach 27/1/43; Denver 1/2/43; Salina 10/2/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-N] Molesworth 8/4/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Jay Sterling, Radio Operator: Harley Fields, Ball turret gunner: Art McCormick, Waist gunner: Dan Cashman, Waist gunner: Bill Whalon,Tail gunner: Jesse Cleavelin (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Neill, Bombardier: Dave Parker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Powell Griffin (3 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harry Roach (EVD-returned UK 29/6/43); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed St Pere-en-Retz, near St Nazaire. BLACK SWAN.

Delivered Fairfield 4/9/44; Hunter 25/9/44; Grenier 3/10/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 11/10/44; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 28/10/44; Missing in Action Germersheim 13/1/45 with pilot 2Lt Oliver T Eisenhart, copilot 2Lt Henry McCullough, Navigator 2Lt Maurice Merrick, Bombardier F/O Herring Joyce, Flight Eng S/Sgt Sam Hindman, Radio Sgt Bernie Kaufmann, Ball turret Sgt Bill Kimber, Waist gun Sgt Jack Thompson, tail gun Sgt Therman Conaway (9 Killed in Action); direct flak hit in the tail, crashed Roxheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11574.

Delivered Long Beach 5/5/43; Denver 11/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-N] Alconbury 6/6/43 RUTHIE; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-N] Chelveston HELL-CAT 10/6/43; then 422BS [JJ-Z/N]; 858BS/8AFCC Cheddington 26/6/44; battle damaged Romilly 15/9/43 with ? + crew, crash landed RAF Hawkinge; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 16/9/43. HOMESICK ANGEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-B] Thurleigh 26/11/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Irwin Schwedock, Co-pilot: Paul Gambiana, Navigator: Harris Palmer, Bombardier: Howard Hunter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed McNeil, Radio Operator: Constantine Tsairis, Ball turret gunner: George Dufau, Waist gunner: Martin Willoughby, Waist gunner: Dick Iacona,Tail gunner: Bryce Frisbie (10INT); enemy aircraft KOd #2 with damage to #3; crash landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4279; (old B-17F top turret installed). MISS PATRICIA.

Delivered Denver 5/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Grenier 26/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Q] Podington 5/2/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Jim King, Co-pilot: Myron Snapp, Navigator: Ned Lewis, Bombardier: Martin Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Hardy, Radio Operator: Urvin Lapierre, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lowery, Waist gunner: Felix Scefonas, Waist gunner: Russ Harris,Tail gunner: Pasquale Calabrese (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, headed for Dubendorf, but crashed Baltenswil, near Munich and scrapped; Missing Air Crew Report 4148. LI’L BRAT.

Delivered MacDill 29BG 1/5/42; Assigned 11AF Bronze 5/6/42; Bangor 28/6/42; Walla Walla 2/8/42; Gt Falls 24/9/42; Elmendorf 26/9/42; Returned to the USA Buckley 15/2/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Gore 29/6/43; Gr Isle 22/6/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 10/8/43; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action St Dizier 4/10/43 with Capt Harry Helstrom, Co-pilot: Hubert Trent, Navigator: Harry Curtice, Bombardier: Hilbert Phillippe {evaded capture for weeks}, Ball turret gunner: Bill Edwards, weg-Chas Crippen (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Giles, Radio Operator: Carroll Haarup, Waist gunner: Joe Shandor,Tail gunner: Tom Mezynski (4 evaded capture); flak KO’d #3 and damaged another, crash landed Caen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 843. Salvaged and survived at Boeing Museum. BADGER’S BEAUTY V.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 27/4/43; Cheyenne 2/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 as CHARLENE; 15m transferred RCM 803BS Sculthorpe 19/1/44; Oulton 16/5/44; 36BS Cheddington 14/8/44; Alconbury 3/45. Given by Ike to French Gen. Pierre Koenig 17/12/45; re-named BIR-HACKEIM and had tail shot up during Cold War en route to Berlin; 1953 sold to IGN as F-GBSG at Creil until 1960s. Written off 1973.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Dalhart 28/1/44; Presque Is 29/2/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 3/3/44; 12m, Missing in Action Freidrichshafen 24/4/44 with Ed Cunningham, Co-pilot: Tony Bowden, Navigator: Ed Bartlett, Bombardier: Isidore Markowitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Pace, Radio Operator: Willard Dox, Ball turret gunner: Cleo Stevens, Waist gunner: Herb Cloutier, Waist gunner: Oscar Krummel,Tail gunner: Gil Nagle (10 INT); two engines out, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 4265. Salvaged 12/10/45. “GEN’RIL OOP.”

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt Falls 27/12/43; Denver 9/1/44; Kearney 20/1/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-Z] Horham 21/2/44; 16m, Missing in Action Friedrichshafen with Max Wilson, Co-pilot: Felix Kowalczyk, Navigator: Virgil Decamp, Togglier: John Dzedzy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Hayes, Radio Operator: Frank Cherry, Ball turret gunner: Jim Pletcher jr, Waist gunner: Dave Oates, Waist gunner: Hubert Whatley,Tail gunner: Ron Grove (10INT); mech fault #4, FW-190 damage #2, flak damage #1 and fell out of formation, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 4264.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 27/4/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 1/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Tom Barton 21/6/44; Salvaged 1/7/44.

Delivered Denver 9/5/43; Gt Falls 16/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 30/9/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 1/10/43; then 549BS; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with John Noel, Co-pilot: Henry Wilczyk (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Leon Marion, Bombardier: George Ramelot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McKnight, Radio Operator: Ned Mirabel, Ball turret gunner: Grant Schaff, Waist gunner: Ulysses McElhinney, Waist gunner: Ray Magin,Tail gunner: Bill Peterson (8KIA-all washed up later); mid air coll with 42-3316 (385BG), ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189D. ROUNDTRIP TICKET.

Delivered Denver 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-F] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde 28/7/43 with Bill Storr, Co-pilot: Bob Blakely, Navigator: Clinton Weaver, Bombardier: Athel Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry McComb, Radio Operator: Walter Reep, Ball turret gunner: Joe Schipani, Waist gunner: Art Spicas, Waist gunner: Jim McDonough,Tail gunner: Jim Murphy (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30257 off Heligoland, ditched North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 189B. BETTY BOOM aka BIG STINKY.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Bill Robbins, Co-pilot: Floyd Hicks, Navigator: Bill Brick, Bombardier: Irvin Rodemeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe McGarry, Radio Operator: Hervin Charest, Ball turret gunner: Bob Daleus, Waist gunner: Walt Edelmann (8KIA-all washed up on German coast over next few weeks); Waist gunner: Leon Ochs,Tail gunner: Lloyd Atkins (2 Prisoner of War); flak, then mid-air coll with 42-3308 (385BG) ditched Nth Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189C. LADY SUSIE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 27/6/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Glyndon Bell (INT, but escaped to Sweden via Danish Resistance); Co-pilot: Arnold Martin, Navigator: Frank Bachman, Bombardier: Joe Osterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Elliott, Radio Operator: Lloyd Rodemer, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rudick, Waist gunner: John Edii, Waist gunner: Marshall Bryan,Tail gunner: Albert Spencer, foto-Charlton Browning (10 Prisoner of War); mech prob, force landed Nordholm Mark, near Varde, Denmark; Missing Air Crew Report 824. MISS NONALEE II. (Used by Luftwaffe KG200.)

B-17F 41-24589 “Texas Bronco” was assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-R] Dow Field, Bangor 15-Sep-42; with Gene Ellis, wrecked, while turning plane into takeoff position, tail wheel ran off runway causing tail section severed from rear bulkhead, 5-Oct-42, repaired and sent to Bassingbourn 11-Oct-42; On 4-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany the target was obscured by clouds and the port area of Emden, Germany was attacked as a target of last resort. Aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks and crashlanded on the beach at Terschelling Island, Holland. 2KIA 8POW MACR 15124. Aircraft flew 6+missions. Salvaged by Luftwaffe at Utrecht, Holland.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; Memphis 14/11/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 27/11/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 28/11/43; Missing in Action Rostock 24/2/44 with Capt Clarry McLlveen, Co-pilot: John Lapczynsky, Navigator: Chas Dickman, Bombardier: Bill Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Scarborough, Radio Operator: Chas Rotunda, Ball turret gunner: Don Rigg, Waist gunner: Ray Malmfelt, Waist gunner: Jean Mahoney,Tail gunner: Ed Barrett (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, KO’d #3 unknown aircraft fate. Missing Air Crew Report 2777. STARS & STRIPES “2nd EDITION”.

Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731/BS452BG [7D-P] Deopham Green 12/1/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Ernie Racener, Co-pilot: Clyde Freeman, Navigator: Art Wagner, Bombardier: Harry Dukes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Carlson, Radio Operator: Chas Garrett, Ball turret gunner: Vernice Wilson, Waist gunner: Bob Hazleton, Waist gunner: Herb Rosenberg,Tail gunner: Chas Cook (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, force landed Vaerlose Afd, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 3785. PUNCHBOARD. (restored and used by Luftwaffe in KG200 as A3+BB.)

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 14/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Joe Patterson, Bombardier: Doug Galloway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nielan Smith, Radio Operator: Earl Greenbroke leg during attack, Waist gunner: Alf Dickmann,Tail gunner: Tony LaRusso (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Tony Gill, Navigator: Chas Markowitz, Ball turret gunner: Mansfield Hooper, Waist gunner: Jim Valley (4 evaded capture); flak KOd #2 and other damage, crash landed near Ryde school on Laaland, six miles SE of Nakskov, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 4363.