Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 24/8/43; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-M] 25/8/43; on Bremen mission 20/12/43 suffered severe flak damage with two engines out; crewmen McLaughlin, Graber, Bean, Shelby, Cox bailed near Wilhelmshaven, SavageWounded in Action, pilot brought the ship back to Raydon, Sfk., fighter base before returning the base; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Vince DeMayo, Co-pilot: Bob Spicer, Bombardier: Chester Brenizer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Willoughby, Ball turret gunner: Pvt Jim Dawes, Waist gunner: Jerome Blatt, Waist gunner: Erwin Hodsdon (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Harry Button,Tail gunner: Bill Thornburg (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lautern-Heubach road, six miles E of Schwabish Gmund, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3180. THE STORK CLUB.