Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; 2nd AF / 381st BG / 534th BS Smoky Hill 7/5/43 (Squadron original aircraft); Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 8th AF / 1st BW / 103rd CBW (P) / 381st BG / 534th BS [GD-K] Ridgewell 4/6/43 with Bob Fricks, Martin Downey, Ray Lyons, Edwin Vincent, Guy Phillips, Atchmonde Logan, Theo Cason, Dallas Vaughn, Bill Vance, Bob Calhoun;



Missing in Action 10m Anklam 9/10/43 with Maj Landon Hendricks (CO), Co-pilot: Capt Bob Withers, Navigator: Capt Bill Turner, Bombardier: Capt Leo English, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McNeil, Radio Operator: John Willdridge, Ball turret gunner: Jerome Arbiter, Waist gunner: Ernie O’Hara, Waist gunner: Lloyd Howard, Tail gunner: Lt Bill Duggan (10 Killed in Action) (crew from the 533rd BS); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, last seen N of Texel Is, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 887.