Delivered Denver 11/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Gulfport 18/3/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-P] Bassingbourn 17/4/43 HEAVY DATE; Earls Colne 12/5/43; involved in slight mid-air collision with 42-29711 and down 15 miles from Lowestoft with Willis Frank 6/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-V/L] Chelveston 14/7/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 6/11/43; On return from a mission to Bremen, Germany with battle damage, the ship overshot the runway at RAF Coltishall, station 355, on 19 December 1943, with Pilot-George Cosentino, Co-pilot –Robert H. Cass, Navigator-Theophelius Edward Bienar, Bombardier-George S. Malcom, Radio Operator Alfred G. Cason, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Donald Thomas Vorisek, Ball Turret Gunner-William S. Curtis, Tail Gunner-Glenn M. Faust, Waist Gunner-Frank H. Butman and Waist Gunner-James F. Stanley (10 Returned to Duty), The aircraft was salvaged. Aircraft Name: LOUISIANA PURCHASE