Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Dalhart 1/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; detailed Leipzig 7/7/44 with Nick Pranger, Co-pilot: Kenneth Vaden, Navigator: Edward Cheresnik, Bombardier: Charles Wolf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cameron Brooker, Radio Operator: Ralph Meyer, Ball turret gunner: Earle Browne, Waist gunner: John Sullivan (8 Returned to Duty), Tail gunner: Hugh Kidwell (Prisoner of War); subject to violent prop wash over Holland, tail gunner thought ship was doomed, bailed out and was captured near Meppel;

Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with James Edward Roseborough, Co-pilot: Vincent DePaul Matlack Jr., Radio Operator: Howard Emerson Ford, Waist gunner: Victor Douglas Brecht (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Seymour Gerald Saslow, Bombardier: John Joseph Fletcher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Roy Bedsted, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Henry Gerhold, Tail gunner: Louis Edward Raines (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 after bombs away, the aircraft spun down slowly and crashed near Munich; Missing Air Crew Report 7568. Aces & ATES!