Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Grenier 26/1/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-C] Framlingham 2/2/44 OLD SOLDIER; took off as weather ship before a mission 24/5/44 with Percy Stresing, Co-pilot: Bob Buckley, Navigator: Jean Raas, Bombardier: Sanford Diamond, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Evert Miller, Radio Operator: Ed Safford, Ball turret gunner: Bill Rhoten, Waist gunner: Rudolph Shelley, Waist gunner: Albt Parsons,Tail gunner: Herb Harms (10 Returned to Duty); aircraft had mechanical problems, possibly fire which forced crew to bail, before crashing in woods near base, at Common Farm Marlesford, Suffolk, sal 27/5/44. SHATZI III.