Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 5/8/44; detailed Munster 4/10/44 with Don Doninx, Co-pilot: Merton Baldwin, Navigator: Lynn Bailey, Bombardier: Matt Hunter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lew Miller, Radio Operator: Frank Kegel, Ball turret gunner: Bill Doran, Waist gunner: Verne Spekker, Tail gunner: Pete Tomac (9 Returned to Duty); crew bailed safely over Kings Lynn, Nfk, UK. (It appears this aircraft suffered mechanical problems over The Wash, off Norfolk, the crew bailed after setting ship on George (auto) to ditch itself in North Sea with all ordnance on board. However it appears that somehow George malfunctioned and the ship turned itself round, flew right across England and Ireland before crashing into the Atlantic, probably out of fuel. This story has yet to be officially confirmed.)