Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/4/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Capt Ashley Guynn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Thomas,Tail gunner: Ernie Hernandez (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Rich Bender, n/b-Edmund Hollister, ng-S/Sgt-John Northrup, Radio Operator: George Swingle, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Weiss, Waist gunner: Ed Kucinski, Waist gunner: Chas Mouser (7 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft set ship on fire which exploded, most wreckage falling in the Channel; the Killed in Actionrecovered near Killem, 12 miles E of Dunkirk, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4299.