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Delivered Louisville 14/5/45; Rome 8/7/45; Middletown 6/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; West Palm Beach 5/1/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 91 RLP Howard, CZ 1/1/48; 91 RPL Waller 1/7/48; 91 SRCGp Maguire 9/2/49; Recl Comp 15/10/49.

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-N] Rougham 28/9/44; MIA Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 Pilot: Bill Haller, Willis Moulton, Ben Webb {chute failed}, John Gilliam (4KIA); Joe Larko, Chas Terpening, Cliff Clemens, Norris Ballard, Henry Metz {wia – died three days later} (5POW); flak hit #2 engine, then another hit nose section crashed Hameln, Germany. MACR 10306. THE CHARACTERS.

Delivered Gt Falls 9/9/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned: 850BS/490BG Eye 19/10/44; MIA Pirna, Germany. 19/4/45 Pilot: Paul Snyder, Ross Stewart, Bill Welson, Joe Trojanowski, Lyle Doole, Wayne Stauffer, George Langley, Bill Suemsky, Dick Phillips, Wilbur Leme (10KIA); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Schonau, Ger. MACR 14192.

Delivered Long Beach 27/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; Written off 15/4/44.

Delivered Ardmore 20/5/44; Albuquerque 26/5/44; 222 BU Ardmore 18/6/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Alexandra 24/5/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Alexandra 24/5/44; 221 BU Alexandra 16/10/44; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 330 BY Dyersburg 25/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; ass 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 8/10/43; MIA Hamm 29/11/43 Pilot: Herb Meuli, Co-Pilot: Harlan Shoellhorn, Navigator: Jim Pavlik, Bombardier: Stan Gladstone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Norton, Radio Operator: Jim Bean, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Rice, Waist Gunner: Ollie Simpson, Waist Gunner: Jesse Councilman, Tail Gunner: Tom Devine (10KIA); no trace of ship or crew; MACR 1391.

Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 8/1/45; re-ass Europe 30/4/47; 605 BU Eglin 7/1/48; 1414 BU Dhahran 25/3/48; transferred from MTO to AFE 20/4/49; Salvaged 7210 BU Erding 22/6/49.

Delivered Louisville 11/5/45; Syracuse 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45; transferred USN 6/47 [83996]; NAS Corpus Christi, Tx, scrapped for spares.

Delivered Louisville 17/5/45; Rome 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-Q] Grafton Underwood 7/6/44; battle damage Plauen 26/3/45 Pilot: Theo Jordan, crash-landed Hargridge House, Cranbrook, Kent, UK; 1KIA; Salvaged. 27/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 6/8/44; 850BS; battle damaged Nurnberg 5/4/45 with ?; crash landed Sommelsdijk, Holland Missing Air Crew Report 13854. MISS MO.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Lincoln 14/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 22/8/44; MIA Stuttgart 13/9/44 Pilot: Bob Funk, Allan Quinn, Rae Stokes, Bob Lawrence, Tom Dobson (5POW); Frank Hedeen, Bob Lincoln, Steve Andrews, Chas Fowlkes (4KIA); flak, crashed Fuerth, Germany. MACR 8856. BOMBO.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned: 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 25/7/44; MIA Brest, Fr. 3/9/44 Pilot: Miles Parmely, Co-Pilot: Carl Liles, Navigator: Capt Dave Lewis, Bombardier: Capt Bob Gilg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jerry McGill, Radio Operator: Bill Walsh, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Kreuger, Waist Gunner: Walt Goeske, Tail Gunner: Lt Bill Campbell, obs- Maj John Clonts (10KIA); flak, crashed Channel Is, UK. MACR 8609.

Delivered Dallas 6/7/45; Sth Plains 9/8/45; Rome 23/2/46; NAAF Mustin Fd 2/4/46 as PB-1G [77247]; United States Coast Guard Elizabeth City 29/7/45; Struck Off Charge 31/7/46; Inter Ice Patrol, Argentia 9/46; Elizabeth City 1/47; United States Coast Guard Brooklyn 6/47; overhauled Spartan AR, Tulsa 5/49; United States Coast Guard San Francisco 10/49; United States Coast Guard Barbers Pt, Hawaii 2/50; NAS Norfolk 12/52; Elizabeth City 6/53; Annete, the Port Angeles; Olmstead 10/55; Inter Ice Patrol, Argentia 1956-58; Struck Off Charge Elizabeth City 29/7/58; sold Ace Smelting, Phoenix 1959 {N2873G}; Empressa Andoriente, Lima 18/11/60 as OB-SAA-532, then OB-R-532 in 1964; scrapped Pucalapa, Peru around 1965.

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; ass 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 22/2/44; MIA Stettin 11/4/44 Pilot: Rich Cooke, Co-Pilot: Bill Caryl, Bombardier: Bill Casey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alby Orchino, Radio Operator: Gordon Bergquist, Ball Turret Gunner: John McGrath, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Emmerich, Waist Gunner: Nolan Havens, Tail Gunner: Harry Shinn (9POW); Navigator: Ed Simmerly (KIA-hit during fighter attack, colleagues baled him out, but body found 30 miles NE of Magdeberg); Enemy aircraft, crashed Paplitz, N of Schopsdorf, Germany. MACR 4011.

Delivered Hendricks 18/5/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 28/8/44; 3715 BU Burbank 29/8/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 24/5/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 3/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 3/2/45; Grenier 19/2/45; Assigned 8AF 25/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 8/10/43; Love Fd 12/10/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 15/10/43; battle damage Diepholz 22/2/44 Pilot: Julius Blake, crew ‘ (10RTD); crash-landed Debach A/fd, Sfk. UK. And skidded into Signal Battn building injuring several men; Salvaged. b/d. WONGA WONGA.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Fairfield 28/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-H] Snetterton 14/7/44; battle damaged Fulda 3/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/6/45.

Delivered 396BG Drew 15/5/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 326 BU MacDill 13/10/45; 62 BU MacDill 13/10/46; 62 BU Morrison 12/2/47; 4141 BU Pyote 13/3/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 11/5/48.

Delivered 396BG Drew 15/5/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 326 BU MacDill 6/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/2/46.

Delivered Denver 8/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 3/5/44; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-U] Grafton Underwood 10/5/44; Transferred: (401BG Deenethorpe 24/5/44); tran with group to Istres for mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 10/12/45.