Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gore 13/8/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG Polebrook; left Gander for UK heading for Nutts Corner, NI. 1/9/43 [YB- ]; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 21/9/43; with Bill Warring, Co-pilot: Howard Davis, Navigator: Max Polin, Bombardier: Rich Perkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon Schmitt, Radio Operator: Virgil Haney, Ball turret gunner: Jim Quillin, Waist gunner: Vic Velha, Waist gunner: Carroll Bonnett, Tail gunner: Mearl Waswick (10 Returned to Duty); poor visibility and instructed to head for Stornaway, but #3 engine was in trouble and crash landed near Strathaven, Scot. Salvaged. STRATO EXPRESS.