Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 29/1/44; on practice flight to RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland UK, 3/2/44; next day with Art Moseley, Co-pilot: Ed O’Malley, Navigator: Woodrow Ellerston, Radio Operator: Mike Roskovitch, pass-Lt Wilfred Lowe (RN), pass-AC2 E.S.Hodgson (RAF) (6 Killed in Service); prior to return to home base #1 failed so pilot decide to take off on three engines but crashed in field just beyond runway. Salvaged n/battle damaged. (Roskovitch killed, first EM to complete tour of 25 missions.)