42-1 Sikorsky OA-11
MSN 4314. Civilian S-43 purchased by USAAF Sep 14, 1941. Was originally NC16925.
W/o after crash landing in Cocorite Bay, Trinidad Nov 5, 1941. All 5 aboard killed.
42-2/451 Cessna AT-17
Following restrictions on the gross weight, the aircraft were redesignated AT-17E
4 w/o 13 Aug 1943 at Maggie, NC
8 w/o 30 Jul 1942 at Houston, TX
9 w/o 8 May 1942 at Yoakum, TX
12 w/o 1 May 1942 at Fresno, TX
14 w/o 29 Mar 1943 at Marfa AAF, TX
15 w/o 20 Feb 1942 at Woodville, TX
16 w/o 15 Jul 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
19 w/o 22 May 1944 at Marfa AAF, TX
20 w/o 24 Dec 1942 at San Diego, CA
21 w/o 28 May 1942 at Livingston, TX
23 w/o 6 Mar 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
25 w/o 18 Apr 1942 at Agate, CO
29 w/o 30 Jan 1944 at Stockton Field, CA
30 w/o 27 Feb 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
31 w/o 24 Jan 1944 at Marfa AAF, TX
36 w/o 21 Dec 1942 at La Junta AAF, CO
37 w/o 27 Jun 1942 at Victorville AAF, CA
38 w/o 19 Mar 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
40 w/o 14 Feb 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
41 w/o 14 Feb 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
50 w/o 8 Jul 1942 at Needles Airport, CA
51 w/o 3 Mar 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
52 w/o 14 Jan 1943 at Perry, FL
53 w/o 2 Dec 1943 at Temple, TX
56 w/o 23 Apr 1942 at Crawford, MS
62 w/o 23 Mar 1942 at Stockton Field, CA
64 w/o 9 Jun 1944 at Marfa AAF, TX
65 w/o 17 Sep 1942 at Victorville AAF, CA
66 w/o 1 Mar 1942 at Stockton Field, CA
73 w/o 7 Jun 1943 at Yturri Field, TX
76 w/o 19 Aug 1943 at Altus, OK
81 w/o 28 Feb 1944 at Temple AAF, TX
82 w/o 8 Aug 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
83 w/o 30 Dec 1942 at Roswell AAF, NM
85 w/o 16 Oct 1942 at Ribbenhouse AAAF, AZ
98 w/o 1 Jun 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
102 w/o 28 May 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
103 w/o 21 Oct 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
105 w/o 31 Mar 1942 at Ellington Field,TX
106 w/o 28 Mar 1943 at Roswell AAF, NM
108 w/o 9 May 1942 at Moody Field, GA
109 w/o 22 Oct 1942 at Williams Field, AZ
113 w/o 26 Dec 1942 at Cliff, NM
114 w/o 4 Apr 1944 at Lubbock AAF, TX
115 w/o 7 Jul 1943 at North AAAF, TX
117 w/o 27 Jan 1943 at Laketon AAAF, TX
119 w/o 29 Apr 1942 at Moody Field, GA
120 w/o 7 Jan 1943 at Turner Field, Albany, GA
125 w/o 10 May 1943 at Lockney, TX
129 w/o 12 Dec 1942 at Pylant Field, AZ
131 460th School Squadron, Moody Field, Valdosta, GA. Crashed north of Cherry Lake, FL 14Jul42 (2 killed
Royal Air Force Aviation Cadets). This was one of a flight of 39 aircraft that were on a night navigation mission
from Moody to Marianna, Florida and back. The aircraft flew into the ground trying to fly under thunderstorms
in area.
133 w/o 7 Feb 1943 at Apache Junction, AZ
134 w/o 28 May 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
138 460th School Squadron, Moody Field, Valdosta, GA. Crashed seven miles southeast of Lamont, FL
14Jul42 (2KIS Royal Air Force Aviation Cadets). This was one of a flight of 39 aircraft that were on a night
navigation mission from Moody to Marianna, Florida and back. The aircraft flew into the ground trying to fly
under thunderstorms in area.
140 w/o 17 Apr 1942 at Moody Field, GA
144 w/o 14 Jun 1943 at Roswell AAF, NM
146 w/o 8 Feb 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
147 w/o 6 Jun 1942 at Ray City, GA
150 w/o 10 Mar 1943 at Marfa AAF, TX
153 w/o 7 Mar 1943 at Williams Field, AZ
155 w/o 16 Jul 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
156 w/o 28 Feb 1944 at Taiban AAAF, NM
159 w/o 17 Apr 1942 at Moody Field, GA
161 w/o 26 Jan 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
166 w/o 12 Sep 1942 at Williams Field, AZ
167 w/o 18 Jul 1942 at Turner Field, GA
168 w/o 19 Nov 1943 at Parker AAAF, TX
172 w/o 21 Apr 1942 at Raymondville, TX
173 w/o 14 Jun 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
179 w/o 1 May 1942 at Tupelo, MS
180 w/o 15 Jun 1942 at Turner Field, GA
187 w/o 29 Jul 1942 at Maxwell Field, AL
189 w/o 3 Jun 1943 at Green Field, RI
190 w/o 6 Apr 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
192 w/o 4 Sep 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
193 w/o 30 Oct 1942 at Seabrook, TX
196 w/o 17 May 1943 at Clarendon, TX
198 w/o 9 Jul 1942 at Russelville, AL
199 w/o 24 Jun 1942 at Cochran Field, GA
200 w/o 30 May 1942 at Greenville, AL
202 w/o 30 Nov 1942 at Williams Field, AZ
203 w/o 21 May 1942 at Moody Field, GA
207 w/o 18 Nov 1942 at Williams Field, AZ
209 w/o 27 Jun 1942 at Ellington Field, TX
211 w/o 30 Oct 1942 at Seabrook, TX
213 w/o 26 Jun 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
214 w/o 3 May 1942 at Aberdeen, MS
219 w/o 27 Oct 1942 at Garner Field, TX
223 w/o 9 May 1942 at Moody Field, GA
225 w/o 6 Nov 1942 at Roswell AAF, NM
227 w/o 4 Feb 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
234 w/o 11 Sep 1942 at Arabela, NM
235 w/o 21 Nov 1942 at Turner Field, GA
238 w/o 14 Oct 1943 at Ralls, TX
240 w/o 9 Sep 1942 at West AAAF, TX
245 w/o 12 May 1944 at Stockton Field, CA
247 w/o 17 Dec 1943 at Wolforth, TX
249 w/o 26 Mar 1943 at West AAAF, TX
252 w/o 20 Sep 1942 at Craig Field, AL
253 w/o 16 Oct 1943 at Alamo Downs AAAF, TX
256 w/o 10 Jul 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
259 w/o 9 Jun 1943 at North AAAF, Lubbock, TX
260 w/o 7 Nov 1942 at Lubbock AAF, TX
263 w/o 2 May 1942 at Wichita, KS
266 w/o 14 Aug 1942 at Eufaula, AL
267 w/o 19 May 1944 at Altus AAF, OK
272 w/o 6 Jul 1943 at Hoover AAAF, TX
273 w/o 3 Jun 1942 at Jackson, MS
274 w/o 2 Dec 1943 at Ft Sumner AAF, NM
281 w/o 23 Dec 1942 at Dalhart AAF, TX
282 w/o 21 Jan 1943 at Graham, TX
287 w/o 28 Oct 1942 at Lubbock AAF, TX
290 w/o 6 Aug 1943 at West AAAF, TX
294 w/o 5 Sep 1942 at Roswell AAF, NM
295 w/o 9 Sep 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
298 w/o 3 Nov 1942 at Symer, TX
302 w/o 31 Jul 1943 at Midland, TX
306 w/o 16 Jun 1942 at Lubbock AAF, TX
315 w/o 15 Jul 1944 at Tucumcari AAAF, NM
319 w/o 21 Jan 1944 at Abilene, TX
322 w/o 9 Apr 1945 at Marfa AAF, TX
323 w/o 8 Jun 1944 at Pampa AAF, TX
325 w/o 23 Jun 1942 at Lubbock AAF, TX
328 w/o 15 Jan 1943 at Whiteface, TX
329 w/o 18 Oct 1944 at Granite, OK
330 w/o 2 Jan 1943 at Lubbock, TX
331 w/o 15 Feb 1944 at Lubbock AAF, TX
335 w/o 29 May 1942 at Roswell, NM
347 w/o 8 Mar 1944 at Lubbock AAF, TX
352 w/o 9 Mar 1944 at Fort Sumner AAF, NM
353 w/o 2 Jul 1942 at Helendale, CA
359 w/o 26 Jul 1942 at Roswell, NM
361 In 1997 was stored at Minter Field Air Museum, CA.
363 w/o 8 Apr 1944 at West AAAF, TX
364 w/o 17 Nov 1942 at Lubbock AAF, TX
365 w/o 25 Jan 1944 at Frederick AAF, OK
366 w/o 11 Aug 1942 at North AAAF, TX
367 w/o 24 Nov 1943 at Lubbock AAF, TX
370 w/o 24 Jan 1943 at La Junta AAF, CO
371 w/o 23 Apr 1944 at Ft Sumner AAF, NM
376 w/o 16 Jul 1943 at Hoover AAAF, TX
383 w/o 13 Jan 1944 at Taiban AAAF, NM
386 w/o 4 Aug 1942 at Cochran AAAF, GA
388 w/o 22 Feb 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
389 w/o 20 Dec 1943 at Abilene, TX
390 w/o 23 Nov 1942 at Roswell AAF, NM
392 w/o 20 Jun 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
396 w/o 31 Mar 1943 at Altus AAF, OK
398 w/o 30 Sep 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
400 w/o 6 Oct 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
401 w/o 1 Jul 1943 at Altus AAF
407 460th School Squadron, Moody Field, Valdosta, GA. Crashed four miles east of Salem, FL 14Jul42
(2KIS Royal Air Force Aviation Cadets). This was one of a flight of 39 aircraft that were on a night navigation
mission from Moody to Marianna, Florida and back. The aircraft flew into the ground trying to fly under
thunderstorms in area.
409 w/o 21 Jul 1942 at Moody Field, GA
411 w/o 6 May 1944 at Tucumcari AAAF, NM
412 w/o 10 Jan 1943 at Roswell AAF, NM
414 w/o 27 Jul 1942 at Moody Field, GA
415 460th School Squadron, Moody Field, Valdosta, GA. Crashed 4.5 miles northwest of Madison, FL
14Jul42 (2KIS a USAAF instructor and a Royal Air Force Aviation Cadet). This was one of a flight of 39 aircraft
that were on a night navigation mission from Moody to Marianna, Florida and back. The aircraft flew into the
ground trying to fly under thunderstorms in area
416 w/o 15 Apr 1943 at Hoover AAAF, TX
419 w/o 9 Nov 1943 at Cartwright AAAF, TX
420 w/o 31 Dec 1943 at Reeves AAAF, TX
421 w/o 19 Aug 1942 at West Point, MS
424 w/o 5 Nov 1943 at Blackland AAAF #2, TX
425 w/o 28 Sep 1942 at Columbus AAAF #2, MS
430 w/o 26 Aug 1942 at Columbus AAF, MS
432 w/o 13 Oct 1943 at Diltz Field, TX
435 w/o 4 May 1944 at Twitty AAAF, TX
441 w/o 20 May 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
442 w/o 26 Jul 1943 at Hoover AAAF, TX
443 w/o 16 Aug 1943 at Pampa AAF, TX
446 w/o 4 Mar 1943 at Woodward, OK
42-452/455 Taylorcraft YO-57 Grasshopper
MSN 4008/4011. Designation later changed to L-2 .
42-456/459 Aeronca YO-58 Grasshopper
Model 65-TAC. Designation changed to L-3 Apr 1942.
458 (MSN TCA-10311) reportedly in taxi accident Nov 15, 1943 at Lexington, KY, but is now privately owned by Eugene Oshrin as N47461
459 (MSN 10321) wrecked in forced landing Dec 23, 1941 at Ft Devins, FL. Repaired. To RFC Aug 12, 1944.
Privately owned by Earnest Benton as N46099
42-460/463 Piper YO-59 Grasshopper
Model J3C-65. Designation later changed to L-4.
460 (MSN 7513)
461 (MSN 7528) to Brazil in 1944. Eventually serialled FAB-3057, later (ca 1957)
to L4-3057
462 (MSN 7529)
463 (MSN 7530)
42-464/963 Noorduyn AT-16-ND
MSN 14-1/500. North American AT-6A manufactured by Noorduyn Aviation. To RAF as Harvard IIB FE267/FE766.
Most of the data is from publications written by Peter C Smith,
Dan Hagedorn and Benno Goethals. Swedish data from Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening.
RAF Harvard data is from an Air-Britain monograph written by John Hamlin. Additional data from Scramble
464 (MSN 14-1) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE267; retained by USAAF. Delivered to Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 11May42. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA. SOC 1946
465 (MSN 14-2) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE268. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. SOC 16Nov44
466 (MSN 14-3) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE269. Delivered to Canada. Operated by the
Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
467 (MSN 14-4) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE270. Delivered to Canada. Operated by
the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
468 (MSN 14-5) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE271. Delivered to Canada. Operated by the
Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Swiss Air Force 18Jun49 as
U-316. SOC 12Feb68
469 (MSN 14-6) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE272. Delivered to Canada. Operated by
the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish
Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection
and assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A,
serial 16140. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 1Oct48. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 20Oct55. Wing tip
damaged 16May56. F 14 Wing, Halmstad 7Feb57. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop,
Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
470 (MSN 14-7) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE273. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston,
Ontario. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 28Apr49 as U-310. SOC 16Sep69
471 (MSN 14-8) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE274. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
472 (MSN 14-9) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE275. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
473 (MSN 14-10) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE276. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air
Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and
assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial
16137. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 11Oct48. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 26Nov48. Damaged taxying to the
ramp after landing 29Sep49. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 9Nov55. F 18 Wing, Tullinge,
Botkyrka 18Oct67. SOC 10Mar70. Ground instructional airframe at Tullinge for use by
accident investigators and flight safety courses. The aircraft was released from a Vertol
Hkp 4 helicopter. Scrapped c.1980
474 (MSN 14-11) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE277. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Swiss Air Force 16Jul49 as U-321.
SOC 12Feb68
475 (MSN 14-12) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE278. Lend-Lease to British Government.
Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FE278. Delivered to Canada. Operated by the Royal Canadian
Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
476 (MSN 14-13) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE279. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
477 (MSN 14-14) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE280. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
478 (MSN 14-15) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE281. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
479 (MSN 14-16) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE282. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
480 (MSN 14-17) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE283. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
481 (MSN 14-18) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE284. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 133 Squadron (RCAF), Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Crashed after the pilot lost
control and bailed out at Little Plume, Alberta 12Aug44
482 (MSN 14-19) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE285. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 133 Squadron (RCAF), Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Shipped to Dutch East Indies. To Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force / Militaire
Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (ML-KNIL) 1949 as B-419. Transferred to the
Indonesian Air Force / Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI)
483 (MSN 14-20) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE286. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 133 Squadron (RCAF), Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944
484 (MSN 14-21) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE287. Delivered to Canada. Operated by
the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
485 (MSN 14-22) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE288.. Delivered to Canada. Operated by
the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Caught fire and crashed in Lake Ontario, Ontario 15Jun42; the Royal Navy pilot bailed out but
was drowned (1KIS).
486 (MSN 14-23) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE289.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 34 Service Flying Training School. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 22Jul49 as U-319.
SOC 12Feb68
487 (MSN 14-24) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE290. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 25Jun49 as U-317. SOC 12Feb68.
Sold to Austria 26Feb68 for filming 'Where Eagles Dare' at Aigen im Ennstal, Ketten, Austria.
Scrapped after filming had finished
488 (MSN 14-25) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE291. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Struck an electrical cable while practicing precautionary landings on Wolfe Island 20Jul44.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Crash landed. No 6 Repair Depot, Trenton,
Ontario Aug44. Salvaged. SOC 22Sep44
489 (MSN 14-26) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE292.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Swiss Air Force 4Aug49 as U-324. SOC 16Sep69
490 (MSN 14-27) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE293.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
491 (MSN 14-28) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE294. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Swiss Air Force 18Jun49 as U-315. SOC 12Feb68. Sold to Austria 26Feb68 for filming
"Where Eagles Dare' at Aigen im Ennstal, Ketten, Austria. Scrapped after filming had finished
492 (MSN 14-29) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE295. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
493 (MSN 14-030) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE296. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Stored Ontario [Aug46]. Viking Air Service, Canada. Norwegian Government.
Shipped from Montreal, arriving Norway on SS 'Eagle Mountain' 27Nov46. Luftforsvarets
Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo 27Nov46. To Royal Norwegian Air Force / Luftforsvaret
29Nov46 as FE296; code M-BD. 331 Skvadron, Gardermoen. 331 Skvadron, Værnes, Trondheim
Oct49. Flygeskolen, Værnes, Trondheim Oct49. 337 Skvadron, Værnes, Trondheim Apr51.
Lagringssveiten (Storage Flight), Værnes, Trondheim Jul51. Flystasjon Sola, Stavanger 1Mar52.
Kommunikasjonsving/LKV, Sola, Stavanger Apr53. Flygeskolen, Værnes, Trondheim Jan54.
Dismantled and transported by road to Karjohansvern (KJV), Horten 11Jan55.
Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ 28Jun55. Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ, Jarlsberg, Tønsberg 27Sep55. WFU.
Donated to Turkey. Ferried by RNoAF crew to Turkey, departing Jarlsberg 25Nov55 to Denmark,
France, Italy and from Athens, Greece to Gaziemir, Izmir, Turkey.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Dec55 as 7364.
494 (MSN 14-31) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE297. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Accident 9Jul43
495 (MSN 14-32) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE298. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training
School, Kingston, Ontario. Shipped to India May44. No 60 Squadron, Thandwe, Burma.
Missing en-route from Thandwe to Ramree, Burma 13Jun45 and was lost without
trace, either in the sea or the Arakan Forest (2MIS). The weather and the terrain
made it impossible to mount an effective search and no trace of the aircraft
or its crew was found.
496 (MSN 14-33) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE299. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
497 (MSN 14-34) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE300. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
498 (MSN 14-35) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE301. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Collided with Harvard FE349 [42-546] and crashed
after the pilot bailed out 23Jun43.
499 (MSN 14-36) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE302. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
500 (MSN 14-37) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE303. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Crashed three miles NNE of Weyburn, Saskatchewan 30Jul42
501 (MSN 14-38) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE304. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan; DBF 13Sep43
502 (MSN 14-39) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE305. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training
School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. SOC 27Aug42
503 (MSN 14-40) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE306. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
504 (MSN 14-41) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE307. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 13 Service Flying Training
School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
No 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. No 133 Squadron (RCAF),
Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred
to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland 1949 as B-195.
To Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53. Damaged in mid-air collision with
Harvard B-120 [43-12661] at Gilze-Rijen 25Oct57. Withdrawn from use 1959
505 (MSN 14-42) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE308. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 133 Squadron (RCAF), Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Caught fire in air and crashed after
the two crew bailed out five miles west of Bowhill, Alberta 28Sep42
506 (MSN 14-43) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE309. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Shipped to Dutch East Indies. To Royal Netherlands
East Indies Army Air Force / Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (ML-KNIL)
1949 as B-420. Crashed on take-off from Semplak, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia 31Jan50 (2KIS).
507 (MSN 14-44) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE310. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 133 Squadron (RCAF), Boundary Bay, British Columbia,
Boundary Bay, British Columbia; relocated to Tofino, British Columbia 1Jul43. Transferred to RCAF 1944
508 (MSN 14-45) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE311. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 135 Squadron (RCAF). SOC 19Feb43
509 (MSN 14-46) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE312. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 135 Squadron (RCAF). No 166 Squadron (RCAF).
No 3 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala
Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 10Jan47.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16087.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 10Oct47. Damaged after landing 26Jan49; when the aircraft turned left
off the runway, the right landing gear collapsed damaging the right wing. Damaged 25Oct49
when the canopy was unexpectedly released damaging the right horizontal stabilizer. CVV
(Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 26Jan50; installation of rocket and
bomb mountings 31Jan50. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 15Feb50. Left wing damaged on landing 17Dec52.
Propeller and right wing damaged at Uppsala 27Sep55 in collision by Sk 16A Fv16084 [43-12714]
which was waiting to take-off behind. SOC 8Nov55.
510 (MSN 14-47) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE313. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 135 Squadron (RCAF). No 166 Squadron (RCAF).
No 3 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Swiss Air Force 29Sep49 as U-327. Crashed on the Aletsch Glacier, Fieschertal, Switzerland
20Feb65. Repaired using parts from U-320 [43-12507?]. SOC Feb68. Sold to Austria 26Feb68
for filming 'Where Eagles Dare' at Aigen im Ennstal, Ketten, Austria. Scrapped after filming had finished
511 (MSN 14-48) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE314. Delivered to Canada. Operated by the
Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
512 (MSN 14-49) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE315. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
513 (MSN 14-50) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE316. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
514 (MSN 14-51) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE317. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
515 (MSN 14-52) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE318. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Crashed at Halbrite, Saskatchewan after engine failure 19Oct43
516 (MSN 14-53) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE319. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
No 8 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
517 (MSN 14-54) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE320.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
518 (MSN 14-55) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE321.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 124 Ferry Squadron. Flying from Moncton,
New Brunswick to Winnipeg, Manitoba, the aircraft crashed one mile north of Sioux Lookout,
Ontario 7Jul42 (1KIS). SOC 7Oct42
519 (MSN 14-56) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE322. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
520 (MSN 14-57) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE323. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
521 (MSN 14-58) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE324. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan.
Crashed after the pilot became disorientated and the two crew bailed out 14Oct43.
Conflict:
No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
522 (MSN 14-59) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE325. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
523 (MSN 14-60) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE326. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944.
524 (MSN 14-061) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE327. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central
Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 20Apr48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16095. F 5 Wing,
Ljungbyhed 29Jul48. Damaged 30Aug50. During the taxy to the start of a flight, the airplane
collided with a border marker. Damage to the right wing and flap. Loaned to F 18 Wing, Tullinge,
Botkyrka 27Jun56. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 20Dec56. Damaged at Ängelholm 22Jun59.
SOC 30Nov70. Reported on a hill in Kolbäck Nov73
525 (MSN 14-62) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE328. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala
Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jul48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16142. F 16 Wing,
Uppsala 8Oct48. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 26Nov48. Right wing damaged at Havgård 18Jan50 when the
right landing gear collapsed after landing. Right wing damaged at Ljungbyhed 23Feb50 when landing
in a strong crosswind. Damaged 12Jun52. Damaged in collision with Sk 16A Fv16143 taxying to take-off
17Mar53. Loaned to F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Jul56. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Dec56. F 21 Wing, Luleå 13Nov61.
Loaned to F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 24Jun63. Damaged in collision with telephone lines 27Aug65. SOC 31May67
526 (MSN 14-63) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE329. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden,
Ontario. Caught fire and crashed after the pilot bailed out near Edenvale, Ontario 15Jul42
527 (MSN 14-64) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE330. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
528 (MSN 14-65) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE331 Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
529 (MSN 14-66) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE332. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston,
Ontario. No 13 Service Flying Training School. Shipped to UK Apr44; stored.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland Feb47 as FE332,
later as B-53. Scrapped for spare parts 1951
530 (MSN 14-67) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE333.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer,
Ontario. No 13 Service Flying Training School. No 34 Service Flying Training School,
Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944
531 (MSN 14-68) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE334.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
SOC 2Nov42
532 (MSN 14-69) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE335. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central
Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly May48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16115.
F 13 Wing, Norrköping 19Aug48. Left landing gear and wing damaged during an engine
ground run at Bunge 9Jun54. Propeller damaged in collision with an airfield boundary
marker at Malmslätt 7Apr56. Damaged 25Mar60. SOC 20Jul67
533 (MSN 14-70) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE336.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville,
Ontario. Crashed after a collision and the pilot bailed out 10Sep42. SOC 12Nov42
534 (MSN 14-71) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE337.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
535 (MSN 14-72) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE338. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
536 (MSN 14-73) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE339.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
537 (MSN 14-74) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE340.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. ? 8 Service Flying Training School. SOC 11Apr44
538 (MSN 14-75) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE341. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
539 (MSN 14-76) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE342. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
540 (MSN 14-77) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE343. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Crashed in River Missouri, ND, USA 20Dec43
541 (MSN 14-78) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE344. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. No 1 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 19Apr48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16094.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 13Nov48. Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 1949. Damaged
when force landed after engine failure with fuel supply interruptions 13Jul49.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 20Oct49. Damaged at Uppsala 13Dec49. Upon rolling out of
the airplane from the hangar after a performance test with the landing gear, the
right landing gear leg folded in and the right wing was damaged. The landing gear
control knob was in the "landing gear up" position. The right wing was exchanged.
Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 21Aug50. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 9Oct50.
Damaged 10Oct50. During the taxy to the start of a night flight, the airplane collided
with a border marker and barbed wire. Damage to propeller, right wing and skew rods;
right wing and propeller exchanged. Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 14May56.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 9Aug56. F 20 Wing, Uppsala1Jun64. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central
Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA.
542 (MSN 14-79) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE345. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. SOC 28Mar44
543 (MSN 14-80) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE346. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
544 (MSN 14-81) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE347. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
545 (MSN 14-82) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE348. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
546 (MSN 14-83) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE349. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Collided with Harvard FE301 [42-498] and crashed 23Jun43
547 (MSN 14-84) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE350.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
548 (MSN 14-85) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE351.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
549 (MSN 14-86) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE352. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan. ? 8 Service Flying Training School. Crashed on take-off at
Weyburn, Saskatchewan 3Feb44
550 (MSN 14-87) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE353. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. Damaged
when turned over after heavy braking landing at Peshawar, Punjab 3Aug43.
Crashed during a practice forced landing at Dheri, North-West Frontier Province 18Oct43
551 (MSN 14-88) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE354. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Special
Low Attack Instructors School, Ranchi, Bihar. Crashed on take-off at Ranchi 22Jul44.
Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
Has turned up at the Indian Air Force Museum at Palam, New Delhi after years at Sainiak School in Rewa India.
552 (MSN 14-89) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE355. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. Crash
landed at Peshawar, Punjab 1Mar43. Air Command South East Asia Communications
Squadron, Palam, New Delhi. No 228 Group Communications Flight, Barrackpore, Bengal.
No 3 (Indian) Group Communications Flight, Barrackpore, Bengal 1May46. SOC 24Apr47
553 (MSN 14-90) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE356. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. SOC 24Apr47
554 (MSN 14-91) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE357. Shipped to India Feb43.
Bengal Communications Unit, Baigachi, Bengal. SOC 24Apr47
555 (MSN 14-92) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE358. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed at Roorkee,
United Provinces 21Aug44 (1KIS). The pilot was detailed for a sortie of aerobatics but
disobeyed the height limits for which he was authorised. During a slow roll the pilot
lost control and had insufficient height to recover before the aircraft crashed and
was destroyed by fire
556 (MSN 14-93) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE359. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Collided with a
Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Z4696 while coming into land at Risalpur 2Apr43.
Damaged beyond unit repair. SOC 9Aug45
557 (MSN 14-94) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE360. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. ? 1 Air Gunnery School, Bairagarh, Bhopal
Sep44. SOC 24Apr47.
558 (MSN 14-95) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE361. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana; Indian Air Force Display Flight, Ambala, Haryana.
Crash landed when the left landing gear collapsed in a strong crosswind and the left
wing was damaged at Sarawa, United Provinces 2Mar45
559 (MSN 14-96) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE362. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. Crash
landed at Peshawar, Punjab 13Mar43. Check & Conversion Flight, Mauripur, Karachi.
No 1331 Communications Unit, Mauripur, Karachi. SOC 24Apr47
560 (MSN 14-97) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE363. Shipped to India Feb43;
no record of RAF service in India. Transferred to USAAF in India as 42-560. 90th Fighter
Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, Myitkyina, Burma. Damaged when ground looped at
Bhamo Field, Burma 1Mar45. Recaptured by US Government Jun46
561 (MSN 14-98) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE364.Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles
SSE of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42.
562 (MSN 14-99) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE365.Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province.
Crashed during aerobatics at Tavu, India 19Apr43 (1KIS
563 (MSN 14-100) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE366. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Damaged when
ground looped and the right landing gear collapsed landing at Risalpur 5Oct43.
Station Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. No 1670 Communications Unit, Yelahanka, Karnataka.
No 8 Refresher Flying Unit, Yelahanka, Karnataka. SOC 19Jul45
564 (MSN 14-101) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE367. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Advanced Flying Unit, Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
565 (MSN 14-102) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE368. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Collided with Harvard FE681
(42-878] on approach to land at Ambala, Haryana 4Jul44 (1KIS). This aircraft was flying
directly underneath another Harvard when the air traffic control officer fired a red flare.
The pilot of this aircraft climbed directly into the underside of the other aircraft and crashed.
No 3 (Indian) Group Communications Flight. Crashed twelve miles west of Bihar, India 6Jan47
566 (MSN 14-103) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE369. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. Damaged when
a tyre burst on landing and the oleo collapsed at Peshawar, Punjab 8Sep43.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Peshawar, Punjab 23Feb44. SOC 26Sep46
567 (MSN 14-104) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE370. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Damaged landing when the
pilot applied the brakes too hard, the aircraft tipped onto its nose then turned over on its
back at Ambala 23Sep43. ? 168 Wing, Kumbhirgram, Assam. No 1 Service Flying Training
School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 28 Squadron. Missing in bad weather between Sadaung
and Agartala en route to Alipore, India 20Mar45 (1MIS).
568 (MSN 14-105) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE371.Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 22 Armament Practice Camp,
Ranchi, Bihar. No 3 (Indian) Group Communications Flight. No 1 Service Flying Training School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. The crew became lost in bad weather and bailed out, the aircraft
crashed twelve miles west of Belar, Madhya Pradesh 6Jan47
569 (MSN 14-106) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE372. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
570 (MSN 14-107) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE373. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 82 Squadron, Imphal, Bengal.
To Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
571 (MSN 14-108) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE374.Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. No 1 Service
Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala,
Haryana. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
572 (MSN 14-109) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE375. Lost at sea on SS La Salle en
route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles
SSE of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42.
573 (MSN 14-110) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE376. Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles
SSE of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42
574 (MSN 14-111) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE377. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. SOC 24Apr47
575 (MSN 14-112) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE378. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. No 1 Service Flying
Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala,
Haryana. Air Command South East Asia Communications Squadron, Palam, New Delhi. SOC 24Apr47.
576 (MSN 14-113) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE379. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Transferred to USAAF in
India as 42-576. 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group, Tenth Air Force, Piardoba, India.
Damaged when ground looped at Piardoba 10Jul45. Recovered by US Government Jun46
577 (MSN 14-114) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE380. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Advanced Flying School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. Accident when the aircraft failed to take-off during touch and go practice
at Ambala 19Mar47. The propeller was in coarse pitch. SOC 31Jul47
578 (MSN 14-115) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE381. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. Crashed
while low flying at Campbellpur, Punjab 6Feb43 (1KIS).
579 (MSN 14-116) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE382. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Advanced Flying Unit (India),
Ambala, Haryana Nov43. SOC 24Apr47
580 (MSN 14-117) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE383.Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Crashed after a mid-air collision with Harvard FE386 [42-583] 15Oct42; the pilot bailed out
Conflict:
No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
581 (MSN 14-118) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE384.Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
582 (MSN 14-119) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE385. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central
Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16102.
F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 17Aug48. Loaned F 7 Wing, Såtenäs, Skaraborgs 30Nov48.
F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 4Dec48. Right wing damaged at Säve 9Aug50. F 5 Wing,
Ljungbyhed 4Jan54. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 1Sep55. F 12 Wing, KalMar 30Oct67.
SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal 21Apr72.
Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
597 (MSN 14-134) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE400. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga
(CVA) for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16118. F 13 Wing, Norrköping 9Oct48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
maintenance 7Nov49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 11Nov49. F 13 Wing, Norrköping
5Dec49. F 15 Wing, Söderhamn 14Jan58. Loaned to E4, 4th Intercept Wing 18Jul58. F 15 Wing,
Söderhamn 18Sep58. Crashed at Lövsele, approximately 4km southwest of Løvånger, Västerbottens
2Aug60. SOC 9Feb61
598 (MSN 14-135) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE401. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 10Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16009. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 23Apr47. Right wing and flap damaged during an
engine ground run 8Sep49 when the aircraft collided with a boundary Marker. Damaged 25Feb55.
Damaged 26Aug55 when the aircraft wing collided with a van, then ran into Sk 50 SAAB Safir
#50022. F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 11Jan57. Accident 13Mar68. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV
(Central Workshop, Västerås) 20Apr72 for sale. SOC 30Mar72. Ferried Frösön to Hässlö 20Apr72
for dismantling by CVMV; observed in complete condition at Hässlö 30May72. Sold to Baltzar
Waldemarsson, Markaryd. Sold at auction 1980s to Björn Löwgren, Skå-Edeby. Gunnar Elmgren,
Lidingö 2002. Restoration project; suspended on death of owner 2006. Restoration continued 2010/13.
599 (MSN 14-136) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE402, Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
600 (MSN 14-137) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE403. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden,
Ontario. Crashed at Camp Borden, Ontario 12Dec43
601 (MSN 14-138) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE404.Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 39 Service Flying Training School, Swift
Current, Saskatchewan. No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
602 (MSN 14-139) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE405. Delivered to Canada Aug42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 39 Service Flying Training School, Swift
Current, Saskatchewan. No 37 Service Flying Training School. No 13 Service Flying Training
School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 17Nov49 as U-338. SOC 16Sep69
603 (MSN 14-140) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE406. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 39 Service Flying Training School, Swift
Current, Saskatchewan. No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
604 (MSN 14-141) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE407. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 39 Service Flying Training School, Swift
Current, Saskatchewan. No 32 Service Flying Training School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
605 (MSN 14-142) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE408. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta.
No 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944
606 (MSN 14-143) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE409. Delivered to Canada 5Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta.
No 13 Service Flying Training School. No 3 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
SOC 2Oct46. War Assets Corporation. Rijksluchvaartdienst / Government Flying School, Gilze-Rijen
Air Base, Netherlands. Registered 16Jun50 as PH-UEK. Accident 12Sep52 at Texel when the student
landed at the wrong field and overturned. Incident 9Dec53 when the pilot reported being
shot at when low flying over an abandoned military air base at Zutendaal, near Genk, Belgium
during an air defence exercise. Damaged 22Jan54 at Schipol, Amsterdam when a faulty
radio caused a return to the parking ramp; avoiding another Harvard, the right wheel ran
off the taxiway and sank in soft ground, the aircraft tipping onto its nose and damaging the
propeller. Accident 14Dec54 at Eelde, Netherlands when the left landing gear collapsed on
landing and the aircraft ground looped. Cancelled 30Aug60. Compagnie Generale d'Exploitation
Aeronautique (COGEA), Ostend, Belgium. Registered 26Oct60 as OO-GDD; cancelled 29Oct62.
Force Aerienne Congolaise / Congolese Air Force in Belgian Congo as 9T-P46. 21 Squadron.
Flown by mercenaries in support of Mike Hoare's 5 Commando, Armée Nationale Congolaise.
Cancelled,
607 (MSN 14-144) To RAF as as Harvard IIb FE410; Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta.
No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. No 3 Service Flying
Training School, Calgary, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for
disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Shipped to Dutch East Indies. To Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force / Militaire Luchtvaart
van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (ML-KNIL) 1949 as B-421. Transferred to the Indonesian
Air Force / Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI) May50
608 (MSN 14-145) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE411. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta.
Crashed at Rockyford, Alberta 16Jun43
609 (MSN 14-146) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE412. Delivered to Canada Aug42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. T
ransferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Shipped to Dutch East Indies.
To Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force / Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk
Nederlands-Indisch Leger (ML-KNIL) 1949 as B-422. Transferred to the Indonesian Air
Force / Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI) May50
610 (MSN 14-147) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE413. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 84 Squadron. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana Apr43.
Damaged when force landed with fuel exhaustion near Kaithal, Haryana 28Mar45.
No 1 Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
611 (MSN 14-148) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE414. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Recovered by US Government Jun46
612 (MSN 14-149) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE415. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 84 Squadron. ? 3 Tactical Air Force Communications Squadron, Comilla,
Chittagong, Bengal. No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra.
No 224 Group Communications Flight. Shipped to Far East; No 84 Squadron Jan48. Far East
Communications Squadron, Changi, Singapore Jun48. Malayan Auxiliary Air Force Nov56.
SOC 17May57
613 (MSN 14-150) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE416. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 170 Wing. ? 166 Wing, Chittagong, Bengal Nov44. SOC 28Mar46.
614 (MSN 14-151) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE417. Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles SSE
of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42
615 (MSN 14-152) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE418. Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles SSE
of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42
616 (MSN 14-153) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE419. . Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles SSE
of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42
617 (MSN 14-154) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE420. Shipped to India Feb43.
Station Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. Air Command South East Asia Communications Flight.
No 131 Repair And Salvage Unit, Mingaladon, Burma. Crash landed after fuel exhaustion
at Kwing-Paang, near Moulmein, Burma 3Oct45. SOC 25Oct45
618 (MSN 14-155) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE421. . Lost at sea on SS La Salle
en route New York Guantanamo, Cuba - Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (26Sep42) -
Cape Horn - Capetown, South Africa - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-159 about 350 miles SSE
of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 7Nov42
619 (MSN 14-156) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE422. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. No 176 Squadron.
No 155 Squadron. No 227 Group Communications Flight, Agra, United Provinces. The landing
gear collapsed when the right tyre burst on landing at Agra, United Provinces 2Feb46; DBR.
620 (MSN 14-157) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE423. Lend-Lease to British Government.
Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FE423. Shipped to India Feb43. Airborne Forces Training Unit,
Amarda Road, Odisha. Station Flight, Colombo, Ceylon. SOC 24Apr47
621 (MSN 14-158) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE424. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. Damaged in collision with Harvard FE712 [42-909] when taxying
at Ambala, Haryana 30May46. Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
622 (MSN 14-159) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE425. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Wrecked when force landed
after engine failure and crashed into a bank six miles from Ambala, Haryana 5Apr43
623 (MSN 14-160) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE426. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 168 Wing, Kumbhirgram, Assam. ? 152 Operational Training Unit, Peshawar, North-West
Frontier Province. No 60 Squadron, Kangla, Imphal. SOC 13Jun46
624 (MSN 14-161) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE427. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 24Apr47.
625 (MSN 14-162) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE428. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 1 Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
626 (MSN 14-163) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE429. Shipped to India Feb43.
Central Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana.
To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
627 (MSN 14-164) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE430. Shipped to India Feb43.
SOC 24Apr47
628 (MSN 14-165) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE431. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 27Jun46
629 (MSN 14-166) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE432. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 159 Squadron.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. The aircraft bounced on
landing and spun into the ground overshooting at Ambala, Haryana 30May46
630 (MSN 14-167) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE433. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Sold 21Nov46. Salvaged for engine and parts 1948.
631 (MSN 14-168) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE434. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 24Apr49
as U-311. SOC 12Feb68. Sold to Austria 26Feb68 for filming 'Where Eagles Dare' at Aigen
im Ennstal, Ketten, Austria. Scrapped after filming had finished
632 (MSN 14-169) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE435. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Stored Ontario [Aug46]. Viking Air Service, Canada. Norwegian Government.
Shipped from Montreal, arriving Norway on SS 'Swan Mountain' 29Oct46. Luftforsvarets
Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo 7Nov46. Royal Norwegian Air Force / Luftforsvaret
14Nov46 as FE435; code M-BA. Feltflyvingen, Gardermoen Nov46. Flygeskolen, Gardermoen
27Mar47. Lagringssveiten (Storage Flight), Værnes, Trondheim Jun50. Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ,
Fornebu, Oslo. Crashed en route Bardufoss to Oslo via Bodø and Værnes 1Sep51.
Flying in poor weather conditions with low cloud, the pilot decided to turn around when they
were over the Reisenfjorden. During the turn to go back, one wing touched the water, was torn
off and the plane somersaulted and sank; both occupants were rescued. The wreckage was
at Smørskard on the south side of the Solbergfjord (Reisenfjorden), about 5kms from Sørreisa.
SOC 6Nov51
633 (MSN 14-170) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE436. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
634 (MSN 14-171) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE437. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 1 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for
disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala
Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16130.
F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 11Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance
6Oct49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 17Oct49. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 25Oct49.
Loaned to F 16 Wing, Uppsala 3Oct58. F 21 Wing, Luleå 5May59. Damaged 15Sep64. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
635 (MSN 14-172) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE438.Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
636 (MSN 14-173) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE439. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
SOC 3Nov42
637 (MSN 14-174) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE440. Delivered to Canada 14Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
No 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. No 13 Service Flying Training School, North
Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 2Oct46. Registered as N9001H; cancelled.
War Assets Administration. Rijksluchvaartdienst / Government Flying School, Gilze-Rijen Air Base,
Netherlands. Registered 3Jul50 as PH-UEM; cancelled 15Jun61.
Deutscher Luftfahrt-Beratungsdienst/Ministry of Defence, Wiesbaden, West Germany 28Jun61.
Registered D-FAMO 28Jun61; cancelled 1Oct63. Portuguese training detachment, Landsberg am
Lech, West Germany, 15Sep63. To Portuguese Air Force / Força Aérea Portuguesa 1965 as 1791.
Modified for counter insurgency (COIN) operations in Portugal's African colonies. Esquadra
121 "Roncos", Aeródromo Base No 2, Bissalanca, Bissau, Portuguese Guinea 14Jun65. Crashed
near Madina do Boe, Portuguese Guinea 15Jun68. Withdrawn from use and scrapped 27Sep69
638 (MSN 14-175) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE441. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
639 (MSN 14-176) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE442. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
No 8 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
640 (MSN 14-177) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE443.Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944.
641 (MSN 14-178) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE444. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Accident 25Oct42
642 (MSN 14-179) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE445.
643 (MSN 14-180) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE446. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
644 (MSN 14-181) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE447. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat,
Alberta. ? 36 Service Flying Training School, Penhold, Alberta Aug44. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 23Nov49 as U-339. SOC 12Feb68.
645 (MSN 14-182) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE448Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat,
Alberta. Crashed after the pilot lost control and bailed out 11Sep43.
646 (MSN 14-183) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE449. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 36 Service Flying Training School, Penhold, Alberta, Penhold,
Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 10Oct49 as U-331.
SOC 12Feb68
647 (MSN 14-184) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE450. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. to Swiss Air Force 18Jun49 as U-314. SOC 16Sep69
648 (MSN 14-185) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE451. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 2 Flying Instructor School, Pearce, Alberta.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 2Oct46. War Assets Corporation.
Rijksluchvaartdienst / Government Flying School, Gilze-Rijen Air Base, Netherlands.
Registered 26Aug50 as PH-UEN; cancelled 30Aug60 as sold to Belgium. Scrapped by Osbo
International BV at Deurne, Belgium
649 (MSN 14-186) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE452. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat,
Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 12Nov46. War Assets Corporation.
Government of Israel Supply Mission. To Israeli Defense Force Air Force. Registered 1963 as 4X-ARA
650 (MSN 14-187) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE453. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Shipped to Dutch East Indies.
To Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force / Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk
Nederlands-Indisch Leger (ML-KNIL) 1949 as B-423. Transferred to the Indonesian Air Force / Angkatan
Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI) May50. TNI-AU Historic Flight, Kalijati, Subang, West Java.
Exhibited at Halim Perdana Kusumah Airport, Jakarta.
651 (MSN 14-188) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE454.Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 32 Service Flying Training School, Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944
652 (MSN 14-189) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE455. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Crashed ten miles southwest of Medicine Hat, Alberta 15Nov42
653 (MSN 14-190) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE456, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat,
Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 12Nov46. War Assets Corporation.
Rijksluchvaartdienst / Government Flying School, Gilze-Rijen Air Base, Netherlands.
Registered 13Jun50 as PH-UEI. Hard landing at Beek 18Jun54 damaging the left landing
gear and wing center section. Cancelled 23Sep60. Sold to Fa. Button, Aduard, Netherlands.
Compagnie Generale d'Exploitation Aeronautique (COGEA), Ostend, Belgium.
Registered 17Sep65 as OO-JBW; cancelled 15Sep70. Delivered to Monchengladbach, West
Germany 1966; stored. Honcoop Trading Co, Veen, Netherlands Jul70. Delivered by truck to
Veen for planned sale to USA but engine destroyed by fire at Veen 20Dec70. Displayed in a
bicycle shop at Boxmeer, Netherlands 1971/80. Parts of the aircraft still extant, the fuselage
with engine at Haacht and the wings at Meerhout, Belgium. The manufacturer's serial number
plate of this aircraft is fitted to OO-DAF (43-13195).
654 (MSN 14-191) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE457, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
e Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 129 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
655 (MSN 14-192) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE458, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Crashed Shubenacadie Grand Lake, Nova Scotia Sep43
656 (MSN 14-193) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE459, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. SOC 9Jun44
657 (MSN 14-194) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE460,Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]; loaned Fleet Air Arm, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Stored Ontario [Aug46].
Viking Air Service, Canada. Norwegian Government. Shipped from Montreal, arriving Norway
on SS 'Swan Mountain' 29Oct46. Luftforsvarets Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo
7Nov46. To Royal Norwegian Air Force / Luftforsvaret 14Nov46 as FE460; code M-BB.
Flygeskolen, Gardermoen Jan51. Flystasjon Bardufoss Feb51. 332 Skvadron, Bardufoss.
TDY to Lista for live firing exercises. The aircraft had been at Kjeller and Gardermoen to
collect spare parts and mail for the squadron 15May51. After a normal landing, the
aircraft ground looped as the right wing lifted. The pilot tried to regain control but did not
succeed as the left wing constantly scraped the ground. The aircraft tipped over on the
nose and right wing, finally lying on its back (2INJ). SOC 10Jul51.
658 (MSN 14-195) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE461, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat,
Alberta. Crashed five miles east of Dunmore, Alberta 27Apr43
659 (MSN 14-196) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE462, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
660 (MSN 14-197) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE463,Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
661 (MSN 14-198) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE464. Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden,
Ontario; Communications Flight. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala
Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16131.
F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 28Oct48. Damaged during an exercise in low-flying when
it flew into a power line. After the collision, the flight continued to Nyköping (about 60km).
CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 20Oct49; installation of rocket and bomb
mountings 24Oct49. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 4Nov49. Försökscentralen (Research Centre),
Malmslätt, Linköping 12Mar57. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 22Jan64. F 4 Wing, Frosön,
Ostersund 30Oct67. SOC 30Sep69.
662 (MSN 14-199) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE465, Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
663 (MSN 14-200) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE466,Delivered to Canada Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Accident, DBR 17Nov44
664 (MSN 14-201) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE467. Delivered to Canada 17Sep42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 23Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 3Sep49 as U-323.
SOC 16Sep69. Museum der Schweizerischen Fliergertruppe / Swiss Air Force Museum, Dübendorf, Zurich;
not displayed due lack of space. Derelict at Buochs. Hausen am Albis 2001. Sold for restoration at
Wohlen 2001/13; first flight 16Aug13. Registered HB-RDN 27May13, current [Sep14].
665 (MSN 14-202) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE468, Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. During a training sortie to practice
spinning, the aircraft entered a spin at 9,000 feet but recovery was not successful. The crew bailed
out at 4,000 feet before the aircraft crashed at Hardalpur, United Provinces 8Mar44
666 (MSN 14-203) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE469, Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 1 Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. During a navigation exercise briefed for 5,000 feet, the pilot
decided to carry out unauthorised low flying. The aircraft struck a tree with the left wing
and crashed at Magarpura, United Provinces 2Nov44 (1KIS)
667 (MSN 14-204) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE470, Shipped to India.
Check & Conversion Flight, Mauripur, Karachi. ? 1331 Communications Unit,
Mauripur, Karachi. SOC 24Apr47
668 (MSN 14-205) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE471,Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed overshooting
during a practice forced landing at Ambala, Haryana 13May46 (1KIS). Registered
Dec47 as VT-CQN; cancelled 1Dec05. Crashed near Boisar, Maharashtra 3Sep77
669 (MSN 14-206) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE472, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. To Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
670 (MSN 14-207) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE473, Shipped to India.
No 8 Refresher Flying Unit, Yelahanka, Karnataka. SOC 24Apr47
671 (MSN 14-208) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE474, Shipped to India.
No 10 Squadron (IAF). SOC 24Apr47
672 (MSN 14-209) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE475, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying
School (India), Ambala, Haryana. During a local flying sortie the aircraft struck a
ferry towing cable strung across a river while carrying out unauthorised low flying
formation with another aircraft and crashed into the river at Rupar, Punjab 26Jul44 (1KIS).
673 (MSN 14-210) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE476, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 684 Squadron.
Recoveed by US Government Nov47
674 (MSN 14-211) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE477, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying
School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 11Dec44
675 (MSN 14-212) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE478, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 31Dec43
676 (MSN 14-213) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE479, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Recovered by US Government 13Jun46.
677 (MSN 14-214) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE480, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. Collided with Harvard FE551 [42-748] over Shahabad,
United Provinces. The pilot bailed out and the plane crashed 7Jun44
678 (MSN 14-215) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE481, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed three miles n
orth of Ambala, Haryana 28Apr43 (1KIS). The pilot had just completed his first solo flight,
took off after his first landing and dived straight into the ground
679 (MSN 14-216) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE482,Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Advanced Flying School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
680 (MSN 14-217) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE483, Shipped to India.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Advanced
Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. The aircraft ground looped on landing at
Risalpur 18May44, damaging a wing, landing gear and flaps. With a strong wind on
landing at Peshawar, Punjab 13Feb45, a landing gear leg sheared off after brake was applied.
To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
681 (MSN 14-218) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE484, Shipped to India.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province.
The aircraft ground looped on landing at Risalpur 7Jun44, damaging a wing,
landing gear and flaps. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana.
The pilot bailed out after failing to recover from a spin and the aircraft crashed at
Sanaur, five miles southeast of Patiala, Punjab 14Jul45
682 (MSN 14-219) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE485, Shipped to India.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. Advanced Flying School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 27Jun46
683 (MSN 14-220) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE486, .Lost at sea on
SS Nailsea Meadow en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) -
Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India. Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns,
Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
684 (MSN 14-221) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE487, Shipped to India Apr43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School
(India). Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. SOC 1Jun47
685 (MSN 14-222) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE488, Shipped to India Apr43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Damaged taking
off from Haripur Landing Ground, Bengal 10Jul43. No 152 Squadron, Burma. SOC 31Jul44
686 (MSN 14-223) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE489, Shipped to India Apr43.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Damaged when
struck wires flying under a bridge 21Aug43. Crash landed at Akora Landing Ground,
North-West Frontier Province 25Feb44. Special Low Attack Instructors School, Ranchi, Bihar.
SOC 24Apr47
687 (MSN 14-224) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE490, Shipped to India Apr43. SOC 27Mar47
688 (MSN 14-225) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE491, Shipped to India Apr43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
689 (MSN 14-226) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE492, Shipped to India Apr43.
Aircraft Repair Section, Karachi. Crash landed fifteen miles south of Drigh Road, Karachi 1Feb43
690 (MSN 14-227) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE493, Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay -
Karachi, India. Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
691 (MSN 14-228) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE494, Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
692 (MSN 14-229) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE495. Shipped to India.
No 1 Advanced Flying Unit, Ambala, Haryana. Transferred to USAAF in India as 42-692.
89th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, Tingkawk Sakan, Burma. Damaged taxying
at Myitkyina, Burma 26Oct44. Headquarters Squadron, Army Air Force, Barrackpore,
Calcutta, India. Damaged when ground looped at Panagarh, India 8Jun45.
Recovered by US Government Oct46
693 (MSN 14-230) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE496. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
694 (MSN 14-231) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE497. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
695 (MSN 14-232) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE498. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Crashed after a collision and the pilot bailed out 1Jun43
696 (MSN 14-233) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE499.Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1947.
697 (MSN 14-234) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE500. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board.
Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16119.
F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 18Aug48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 16Feb50;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 21Feb50. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 21Feb50.
Damaged 5May50; after landing the landing gear was retracted by mistake instead of the wing flaps.
Damaged at Barkarby 11May50 when the aircraft collided with the towing vehicle caused by a faulty
brake from the previous accident. Damaged in collision with a ground starter unit 2Nov53.
Right wing damaged when the aircraft ground looped landing at Visby 20Jun58. Left wing damaged
when the aircraft ground looped landing at Barkarby 25Apr61. Damaged when the aircraft ground
looped landing 1Apr66. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 23Oct67. SOC 10Mar70.
698 (MSN 14-235) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE501. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec. SOC 18Nov43
699 (MSN 14-236) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE502. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16101. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 6Aug48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
maintenance 5Nov49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 9Nov49. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 6Dec49.
Left wing damaged when ground looped landing at Säve 6Mar57. Damaged at Säve 16May58; when
taxying to the runway, the pilot noticed an obstruction, braked too hard and the aircraft nosed over,
damaging the propeller. Crashed at Hindås, Älvsborgs 7May65 (1KIS). Pilots in two Sk 16 aircraft were
carrying out air combat, with the pilot of one plane in an ever steeper curve, going too low. The airplane
crashed to the ground just over 2km from Hindås station and caught fire. SOC 6Oct65.
700 (MSN 14-237) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE503. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A,
serial 16114. F 13 Wing, Norrköping 30Oct48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 17Nov49;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 21Nov49. F 13 Wing, Norrköping 5Dec49. F 15 Wing, Söderhamn
14Jan57. Loaned to E4, 4th Intercept Wing 18Jul58. F 15 Wing, Söderhamn 15Sep58. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV
(Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
701 (MSN 14-238) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE504. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
702 (MSN 14-239) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE505; Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation
for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland Feb49 as B-152.
To Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53. Departing Gilze-Rijen,
the aircraft crash landed in a field after engine failure near Roosendaal, Netherlands 30Jan61. SOC 1Mar61
703 (MSN 14-240) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE506. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. SOC 11Oct44
704 (MSN 14-241) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE507. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
705 (MSN 14-242) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE508. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
706 (MSN 14-243) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE509. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School, Newton, Nottinghamshire. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16121. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 24Aug48. Right wing damaged after landing
at Barkarby 8Apr58 when the aircraft turned off the runway. The landing gear may have been retracted
by mistake instead of the wing flaps. Damaged after landing at Barkarby 4Jun59. SOC 31May67.
707 (MSN 14-244) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE510. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School, Newton, Nottinghamshire. Transferred to RCAF 1944
With Royal Canadian AF Association -- 416 Wing.
708 (MSN 14-245) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE511. Delivered to Canada 13Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 11Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. ToRoyal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A,
serial 16128. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 4Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 4Oct49; i
nstallation of rocket and bomb mountings 11Oct49. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 20Oct49.
Damaged at Ljungbyhed 16Aug63. SOC 29Aug69. The airplane was gifted to the Industrial and Crafts
School, Stockholm for educational purposes. Donated 3Jun72 to the Arlanda Collection.
Luft & Rymdfartsmuseet / Air & Space Transport Museum, Arlanda 8Apr87. To private owner at
Göteborg 13Feb89; stored in basement garage; at Sigtuna by May06. Registration SE-BII reserved 7Nov08.
Restored to airworthy condition with first flight 21Apr09. Registered 1Apr10 as SE-BII. Sold to UK 29Oct15; r
egistration cancelled. Delivered to Old Warden, England 21Nov15. Registered 2Feb16 as G-CIUW; current [Nov16]..
709 (MSN 14-246) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE512. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
710 (MSN 14-247) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE513. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board.
Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16127.
F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 4Sep48. Engine cowling damaged by the propeller blades during a
dive 8Mar52. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 4Jan54. F 21 Wing, Luleå 10Oct55. F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 14Feb57.
Crashed at an air show 5km northeast of Norderåsen railway station 5Jun66 (2KIS). SOC 19Aug66
711 (MSN 14-248) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE514. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
712 (MSN 14-249) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE515.Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
713 (MSN 14-250) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE516. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Central Flying School. Transferred to RCAF 1944
714 (MSN 14-251) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE517; Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Central Flying School. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland 1949 as B-156.
To Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53. Withdrawn from use 1963
715 (MSN 14-252) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE518. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board.
Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16120.
F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 24Aug48. Damaged when the aircraft collided with power lines 15Sep50.
Damaged when the aircraft collided with power lines at Hälleberga 16Aug55. Damaged when nosed
over landing at Tullinge 7Mar56. Damaged when the aircraft ground looped landing at Barkarby 6Jun56.
F 7 Wing, Såtenäs, Skaraborgs 20Oct67. SOC 30Sep69.
716 (MSN 14-253) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE519; Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
No 1 Flying Instructor School. No 1 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland
1949 as B-154. To Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53.
Departing Gilze-Rijen, the aircraft force landed in a field, flipped over and exploded at Empel
near 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 15Sep54. The second crew member died later that day. SOC 16Sep54
Conflict:
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Air Force 1Jun49 as U-308. SOC 16Sep69.
717 (MSN 14-254) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE520. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16139. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 27Sep48. Loaned to F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 12Sep56.
F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 20Dec56. SOC 29May68. F 21 Wing, Luleå; used in TV recording
718 (MSN 14-255) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE521; Delivered to Canada 13Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 23Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht
Nederland Feb49 as B-151. Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53.
State of the Netherlands, The Hague. Registered 19Aug57 as PH-NIA. Operated by Schreiner & Co NV,
The Hague on Dutch Navy target towing contract. Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke
Luchtmacht (KLu) 30Aug60. Accident 29Sep60. WFU 1960. Registration cancelled 28May62
719 (MSN 14-256) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE522. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 123 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
720 (MSN 14-257) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE523. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 123 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
721 (MSN 14-258) to RCAF as Harvard IIB FE524. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 22May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska
Flygvapnet 1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16042. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 1Jul47. CVV (Central Workshop,
Västerås) for maintenance 9Dec49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 5Jan50. Damaged
in collision during taxying with Sk 16A #16040 [43-12513] at Ljungbyhed 14Nov51.
Damaged in collision with Sk 16A #16027 [42-12299] when taxying at night 22Feb56; propeller
damaged. Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå 4Jul56. Damaged when force landed at Luleå 3Oct56.
F 21 Wing, Luleå 20Dec56. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
722 (MSN 14-259) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE525. Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board.
Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 2Jul47.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16064.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 16Aug47. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 1Dec49;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 14Dec49. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 30Mar50.
Right wing damaged when ground looped landing 20Apr54. Loaned to F 20 Wing, Uppsala 13Oct56.
F 10 Wing, Ängelholm 25Dec56. Damaged 22Jun59. Damaged 30Aug60. Damaged in collision with
a ground starter at Kallinge 25 Jan66. SOC 30Nov71.
723 (MSN 14-260) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE526.Delivered to Canada Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
724 (MSN 14-261) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE527.Delivered to Canada 27Oct42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 11Apr49. War Assets Corporation.
Registered 28Nov47 as CF-GFB. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1May50.
Registration cancelled 18Dec68 as probably exported to The Netherlands
725 (MSN 14-262) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE528. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. ? 1 Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
726 (MSN 14-263) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE529. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
727 (MSN 14-264) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE530. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
728 (MSN 14-265) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE531. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
729 (MSN 14-266) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE532. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
730 (MSN 14-267) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE533. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed in a forced landing
after engine failure at Nagla, United Provinces 4Jul44
731 (MSN 14-268) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE534.Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Damaged in collision by
de Havilland Tiger Moth DE870 while parked at Ambala, Haryana 22Feb44
732 (MSN 14-269) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE535. Shipped to India Feb43. SOC 26Sep46
733 (MSN 14-270) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE536. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
734 (MSN 14-271) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE537. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
735 (MSN 14-272) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE538. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana Jul43. SOC 24Apr47
736 (MSN 14-273) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE539. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. Struck a house carrying out unauthorised low flying and aerobatics over an
unauthorized area and crashed at Wazirabad, near Ambala, Haryana 6Jan44 (1KIS).
737 (MSN 14-274) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE540. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Advanced Flying Unit, Ambala, Haryana. SOC 13Jun46
738 (MSN 14-275) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE541.. Lost at sea on SS Nailsea Meadow
en route Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown (8May43) - Durban - Bombay - Karachi, India.
Sunk by U-196 about forty miles south of Port St.Johns, Cape Colony, South Africa 11May43
739 (MSN 14-276) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE542. Shipped to India Feb43.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 23Jan45
740 (MSN 14-277) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE543. Shipped to India Feb43.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 21 Ferry Control, Mauripur, Karachi.
SOC 24Apr47
741 (MSN 14-278) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE544. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 1 Advanced Flying Unit,
Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
742 (MSN 14-279) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE545. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. Crashed landing at Lohegaon, Poona 5Jan44.
The aircraft swung on landing and ran into a pile of stones within 50 yards of the runway.
It tipped up on its nose and caught fire. A fire truck was immediately on the scene but as
soon as the pump was switched on, the pump failed to operate
743 (MSN 14-280) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE546.Shipped to India.
Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed landed after engine failure at
Lalor Gujranpur, United Provinces 6Nov46
744 (MSN 14-281) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE547.Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. ? 146 Squadron. SOC 27Feb47
745 (MSN 14-282) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE548. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying Unit,
Ambala, Haryana. Struck a house and crashed at Ambala, Haryana 20Dec43 (1KIS)
746 (MSN 14-283) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE549.Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Struck a house during
low level flying and crashed eight miles northwest of Ambala, Haryana 4Aug43 (2KIS)
747 (MSN 14-284) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE550. Shipped to India. 44th Airborne Division.
SOC 24Apr47
748 (MSN 14-285) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE551. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. No 1 Advanced Flying Unit,
Ambala, Haryana. ? 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana.
Collided with Harvard FE480 [42-677] over Shahabad, United Provinces and crashed 7Jun44 (1KIS).
749 (MSN 14-286) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE552. Shipped to India. SOC 11Jul46
750 (MSN 14-287) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE553. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Central Flying School. No 1 Flying Instructor School.
Crashed during a training flight at Murray Township, Ontario 28May43 (2KIS)
751 (MSN 14-288) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE554. Delivered to Canada 3Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 26Jun47. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet
1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16103. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 19Aug48. Propeller damaged in collision with
Saab J 29 Tunnan, Fv29161 during taxying 8Nov52. F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 24Jan57. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA..
752 (MSN 14-289) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE555. Lend-Lease to British Government. Delivered
to RAF as Harvard IIb FE555. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF].
No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16107. F 10 Wing, Ängelholm 9Aug48. Damaged in collision with a North American
Sk 16 of the F 18 Wing on the ramp at Tullinge 17Jul54. SOC 19Jan70.
753 (MSN 14-290) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE556. Delivered to Canada 3Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Central Flying School. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Sold 21Nov46. Registered 11Apr47 as CF-FQC; cancelled 4Dec48.
Salvaged for engine and parts 1948
754 (MSN 14-291) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE557. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Central Flying School. No 1 Flying Instructor School. Transferred to RCAF 1944
755 (MSN 14-292) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE558. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Accident, DBR 27Jun44
756 (MSN 14-293) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE559. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 3Jul47. War Assets Corporation. Registered 24Mar47 as CF-FLZ; cancelled 2May50
757 (MSN 14-294) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE560. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
758 (MSN 14-295) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE561. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Crashed Elmvale, Ontario; 20May43
759 (MSN 14-296) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE562. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jul48. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16138. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 22Sep48. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 26Nov48.
Loaned to F 15 Wing, Söderhamn 1949. Forced landing with excessive fuel consumption at
Avanfältet, Gävle 31Oct49. Right wing tip damaged 10Jan50 when struck by a fuel tanker
which was unable to stop on the icy ramp. Crash landed at Ålsjön, Söderhamn 30Aug51. SOC 23Jan52.
760 (MSN 14-297) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE563. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. To Royal Swedish AF but due to damaged wings the aircraft
did not get a serial number but was scrapped and used for spare parts.
761 (MSN 14-298) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE564. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
No 31 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection
and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16132.
F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 16Sep48. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 7Jan53. F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 12Oct55.
Stored 2Nov55; returned to service 3Jul56. SOC 30Aug62; high repair cost.
762 (MSN 14-299) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE565. Delivered to Canada 3Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. Stored Ontario [Aug46].
SOC 7Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 7May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16030. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 4Jun47. Loaned to F 13 Wing, Norrköping 29Apr48.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 30Jun48. Loaned to F 7 Wing, Såtenäs, Skaraborgs 29Jun56. Damaged in
collision with a roll tank trailer 17Dec56. F 7 Wing, Såtenäs, Skaraborgs 20Dec56. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal 5May72. Sold to Sterner Aero as spare
parts for SE-FUZ [42-12279]. Destroyed in a fire at High Chaparral, Hillerstorp, Sweden 14Jan91.
763 (MSN 14-300) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE566. Delivered to Canada 3Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 26Jun47.
War Assets Corporation. Registered 13Aug46 as CF-EIE; cancelled Aug50 as withdrawn from use
764 (MSN 14-301) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE567. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario.
No 31 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944
765 (MSN 14-302) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE568. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for
inspection and assembly 25Apr47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16069. F-16 Wing, Uppsala 19Aug47. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 27Oct47.
F-16 Wing, Uppsala 29Nov48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 8Jul49;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 2Nov49. F-16 Wing, Uppsala 3Dec49. Damaged
when the landing gear collapsed after landing 16Sep52. Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå 30May54.
F-16 Wing, Uppsala 3Aug54. Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå Jul57. F-16 Wing, Uppsala 27Sep57.
ing, Barkarby, Stockholm 30May59. F-16 Wing, Uppsala 7Oct59. Crash landed 3Aug62.
0Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply,
Dallas, Texas, USA.
766 (MSN 14-303) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE569. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
767 (MSN 14-304) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE570. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
768 (MSN 14-305) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE571. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
769 (MSN 14-306) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE572. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
770 (MSN 14-307) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE573. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Accident, DBR 17Mar44
771 (MSN 14-308) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE574. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
772 (MSN 14-309) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE575. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
773 (MSN 14-310) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE576. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
774 (MSN 14-311) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE577. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 22May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16043. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 3Jul47. Accident 23Jan50 at Havgård when the propeller
on #16021 struck a number of meter-long holes in the right wing on aircraft #16043. Damaged during a
ground loop when the left landing gear collapsed after landing 4Aug54. Damaged in collision with a
ground starter unit after landing 2Mar55; right wing damaged. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 19Jul55.
Loaned to United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) 17Jun58; code 01; ferried from
Västerås to Lebanon 28Jun58; returned to Sweden 14Oct58. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 7Nov58.
Damaged in forced landing at Snavudden, Roxen, Östergötland 12Sep61. During the flight Ängelholm
to Hässlö severe engine vibrations occurred at 500mtr altitude approximately ten km north of Roxen.
The pilot decided that the engine did not have sufficient power to complete the planned flight and
assessed the height to be too low for parachute jumping. The terrain was completely unsuitable for
an emergency landing, so he decided to land in the water at Roxen. The ditching on the water was
successful, the pilot was unharmed and able to swim to shore. The airplane sank within minutes.
The engine malfunction had been caused by the flap housing to the outlet valve in one of the engine
cylinders ruptured and separated from the cylinder head so that the valve did not work. SOC 30Jan62.
Salvaged as a ground instructional airframe at Malmslätt for use as an exercise object for the rescue
service of F 3 Wing
775 (MSN 14-312) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE578. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
776 (MSN 14-313) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE579. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
777 (MSN 14-314) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE580. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for
inspection and assembly 20Apr48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16096. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 13Aug48. Damaged in collision with Fv16097 [42-12324]
after landing 10Jun52. Damaged in collision by a fuel tanker 15Sep55. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Dec56.
Crashed at Kärrgruvan, west Tunaberg, 15km southwest of Nyköping 4Jun57 (2 fatalities). SOC 3Jul57
778 (MSN 14-315) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE581. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
779 (MSN 14-316) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE582. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario.
Accident, DBR 26Aug44
780 (MSN 14-317) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE583. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
781 (MSN 14-318) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE584. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
782 (MSN 14-319) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE585. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection
and assembly Jun48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16125.
F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 27Aug48. Right wing damaged at Tullinge 11Jan50; after landing the landing
gear was retracted by mistake instead of the wing flaps. Damaged at Tullinge 15Nov50; after landing the
landing gear was retracted by mistake instead of the wing flaps. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 8Jan54. F 8 Wing,
Barkarby, Stockholm 1Sep55. Right wing damaged when the landing gear collapsed after landing at
Barkarby 18Apr61. F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 30Oct67. Wing flap damaged at Frösön 18Mar69. SOC 30Sep69
Conflict:
58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group, Nagaghuli, India. Damaged landing at Nagaghuli 18Dec44
783 (MSN 14-320) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE586. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
DBR at Noorduyn, Montreal. SOC 31Aug44
784 (MSN 14-321) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE587. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario
785 (MSN 14-322) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE588. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
786 (MSN 14-323) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE589. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection
and assembly Aug48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16133.
F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 17Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 13Dec49;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 17Dec49. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 22Dec49.
Crash landed at Malmslätt 23Dec54 when the landing gear was retracted by mistake before landing.
Loaned to F 13 Wing, Norrköping 19May58. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 1Jul58. Damaged after
landing at Malmslätt 12May60. Crashed into water at Hargsjön, 8km southeast of Mjölby,
Östergötlands 13Nov61 (2KIS). SOC 30Jan62.
787 (MSN 14-324) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE590. Delivered to Canada 3Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 9Sep46. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Swiss Air Force 16Jul49 as U-322. SOC 1968. Delivered to Gatwick, England
ex Switzerland 13Apr69. Registered 27Mar69 as G-AXCR; cancelled 1Sep69. Registered D-FHGK Nov69,
current [Sep16]. Operated by Red Bull Aviation, Germany as "Red Bull 15".
788 (MSN 14-325) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE591. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School, Newton,
Nottinghamshire, Hagersville, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
789 (MSN 14-326) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE592. Delivered to Canada Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School, Camp Borden, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. Royal Danish Air Force / Flyvevåbnet 14Nov50 as 31-328. Eskadrille 725.
Eskadrille 722. Station Flight, Flyvestation Værløse. WFU 26Aug58. Scrapped at Flyvestation Værløse 30Mar60
790 (MSN 14-327) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE593. Shipped to India. Aircrew Transit Pool,
Poona, Maharashtra. Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. ? 607 Squadron. SOC 5Jan45
791 (MSN 14-328) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE594.Shipped to India.
No 1 Air Gunnery School, Bairagarh, Bhopal. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala,
Haryana. No 21 Ferry Control, Mauripur, Karachi. SOC 24Apr47
792 (MSN 14-329) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE595. Shipped to India.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province. Ground looped
on landing at Risalpur and damaged the landing gear 18Apr44. SOC 24Apr47.
Conflict:
Royal Canadian Air Force. Stored. Taken on strength by RCAF 17Jul51 with serial 20207.
No 11 Technical Support Unit, Aircraft Industries Limited for reconditioning and
modifications, 17Jul51. No 3 Flying Training School, Claresholm, Alberta 28Aug51.
Storage at Lincoln Park, Alberta 10Aug55. Salvaged. SOC 10Aug55
793 (MSN 14-330) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE596. Shipped to India.
Station Flight, Amarda Road, Odisha; Ground Attack Training Unit. Airborne Forces
Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. No 36 SP Ferry Flight, Allahabad, United Provinces.
Crash landed after engine failure at Allahabad 22Aug45. Accident 27Sep45; DBR
794 (MSN 14-331) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE597. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
795 (MSN 14-332) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE598. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. Lost the tail wheel after hitting an obstruction
while low flying shortly before landing. The aircraft ground looped on landing at Poona 18Dec43
796 (MSN 14-333) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE599. Shipped to India.
Station Flight, Amarda Road, Odisha. Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road,
Odisha. No 1 Ferry Control, Mauripur, Karachi. SOC 11Jul46
797 (MSN 14-334) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE600. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. ? 42 Squadron. SOC 24Apr47
798 (MSN 14-335) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE601. Shipped to India.
No 320 Maintenance Unit, Drigh Road, Karachi. The pilot lost control during a test
flight and crashed into the Indus river delta two miles southeast of Rehi, Uttarakhand 3Apr43 (2KIS).
799 (MSN 14-336) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE602. Lend-Lease to British Government. Delivered
to RAF as Harvard IIb FE602. Shipped to India. Station Flight, Amarda Road,
Odisha. Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. SOC 24Apr47.
800 (MSN 14-337) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE603. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Abandoned and crashed
after engine failure near Ambala, Haryana 23Apr46
801 (MSN 14-338) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE604. Shipped to India.
Training Flight, Mauripur, Karachi; Check & Conversion Flight, Mauripur, Karachi.
No 1331 Communications Unit, Mauripur, Karachi. ? 1 Service Flying Training School
(India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
802 (MSN 14-339) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE605. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 7May47
803 (MSN 14-340) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE606. Shipped to India.
Station Flight, Amarda Road, Odisha. No 6 Squadron (IAF). SOC 1Jun47
804 (MSN 14-341) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE607. Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road,
Odisha. No 23 Armament Practice Camp, Dhubulia, Bengal. SOC 1Jan45.
805 (MSN 14-342) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE608. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 24Apr47
Was at Octave Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL. This museum is now closed, plane moved to National
Museum of USAF.
806 (MSN 14-343) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE609. Shipped to India.
No 5 Squadron. No 200 Squadron. No 160 Squadron. No 45 Squadron Jan48. Station Flight,
Negombo, Ceylon Jun48. Shipped to Hong Kong 1950. Station Flight, Kai Tak Oct50.
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Feb51. Crashed in sea nine miles west of Kai Tak, Hong Kong 28Apr52
807 (MSN 14-344) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE610. Shipped to India.
No 1 Air Gunnery School, Bairagarh, Bhopal. SOC by 1Jan47
808 (MSN 14-345) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE611.Shipped to India; no RAF service. T
ransferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-808. 7th Fighter Squadron (Provisional),
3rd Fighter Group (Provisional), Malir, Karachi, India. Damaged when ground looped
at Malir 30Dec43. Damaged taxying in China 21Aug44
809 (MSN 14-346) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE612. Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. SOC 28Sep44
810 (MSN 14-347) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE613. Shipped to India.
No 27 Squadron, Ranchi, Bihar. No 10 Ferry Unit, Nagpur, Maharashtra. SOC 30May46
811 (MSN 14-348) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE614.Shipped to India.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. No 45 Squadron. En route on a ferry
flight from Chiringa, Bengal to Kumbhirgram, Assam, crashed during a low level inverted
flypast at Monierkal Tea Estate, Paianghat, Bengal 14May45 (2KIS).
812 (MSN 14-349) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE615. Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. No 89 Squadron. No 757 Squadron, Puttalam, Ceylon Dec44.
No 17 Squadron. ? 20 Armament Practice Camp, Ratmalana, Ceylon. SOC 24Apr47
813 (MSN 14-350) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE616. Shipped to India.
No 1 Advanced Flying Unit, Ambala, Haryana. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
814 (MSN 14-351) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE617. Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. ? 89 Squadron. Recovered by US Government Nov47
815 (MSN 14-352) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE618. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 36 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec. Transferred to RCAF 1944
816 (MSN 14-353) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE619. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for
disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for
inspection and assembly 1May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16021. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 27May47. Försökscentralen (Research Centre),
Malmslätt, Linköping 14Jun47 for carbon monoxide tests. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 18Oct47.
Accident 23Jan50 at Havgård when the aircraft collided with Sk 16A #16043 [42-774], which
was parked on the parking line. The propeller on #16021 struck a number of meter-long holes
in the right wing on aircraft #16043. Damaged 13Oct54 in a forced landing after engine failure.
Loaned to F 11 Wing, Nyköping 16Jul56. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Dec56. Loaned to F 16 Wing,
Uppsala 8Oct59. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 23Jul60. Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå 23Jul62.
F 21 Wing, Luleå 1Mar63. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
817 (MSN 14-354) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE620. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 126 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
818 (MSN 14-355) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE621. Delivered to Canada 14Nov42. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 11Feb46. War Assets Corporation.
Stored Ontario [Aug46]. Viking Air Service, Canada. Norwegian Government.
Shipped from Montreal, arriving Norway on SS 'Eagle Mountain' 27Nov46.
Luftforsvarets Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo 27Nov46. To Royal Norwegian Air Force / Luftforsvaret
29Nov46 as FE621; code M-BE. 331 Skvadron, Gardermoen. 331 Skvadron, Værnes, Trondheim Oct49.
Minor propeller blade tip and balance rudder damage caused by misjudgement during a low level
attack on the Gaula River, southeast of Trondheim 10Nov49. Luftkrigsskolen (Air Force College),
Fornebu, Oslo Oct50. 337 Skvadron, Værnes, Trondheim Mar51.
Reparasjons-og Vedlikeholdsavdelingen, Gardermoen Feb52. Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ, Fornebu,
Oslo Nov52. Crashed during a flight from Fornebu, Oslo to Værnes 23Jan54. Unable to find Værnes, t
he aircraft turned back towards Fornebu but got lost and ran out of fuel. The crew bailed out,
one being killed. The aircraft crashed on a forest slope east of Arnevik. SOC 6Feb54.
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola AB, Stavanger, Norway 2000; wreck remains only, in storage hangar at Sola
819 (MSN 14-356) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE622. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
No 36 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Transferred to RCAF 1944. Stored Ontario [Aug46]
820 (MSN 14-357) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE623. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. To Royal Danish Air Force / Flyvevåbnet
1Mar51 as 31-330. Eskadrille 725. Station Flight, Alborg. WFU 19Aug58. Scrapped at Flyvestation Værløse 3May60.
821 (MSN 14-358) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE624.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. No 1 Composite Squadron, Torbay,
Newfoundland. Flying at low level during maneuvres the pilot crashed into a hill near St.John,
Newfoundland 5Apr45 (1KIS)
822 (MSN 14-359) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE625. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 130 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16117. F 13 Wing, Norrköping 11Aug48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 6Mar50; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 10Mar50. F 13 Wing,
Norrköping 14Mar50. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 4Feb57. Left wing and propeller damaged at
Nyköping 27Mar58 when the aircraft ground looped and drove into a snow bank. Loaned
to F 16 Wing, Uppsala 1Dec59. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 28Apr60. SOC 30Nov70.
823 (MSN 14-360) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE626. Delivered to Canada. Operated
e Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 128 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
824 (MSN 14-361) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE627.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
825 (MSN 14-362) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE628. Delivered to Canada 14Nov42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 130 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944.
SOC 11Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16129. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 11Sep48. Force landed 17Feb51.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 4Jan54. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 1Sep55. Propeller damaged at
Barkarby 28Nov58 when the aircraft nosed over during a brake test prior to take-off.
F 21 Wing, Luleå 16Jun59. Loaned to Svensk Flygtjänst, Vidsel, Älvsbyn 16Jun59.
Registered 9Sep59 as SE-CHK; cancelled 22Dec66. Used at the military missile test range
in Vidsel (Robotförsöksplats Norrland - RFN). Returned to Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl
Svenska Flygvapnet Dec66 as Sk 16A, serial 16129. F 21 Wing, Luleå 22Dec66. SOC 14Apr67.
The aircraft was gifted to the Johannisbergs School, Västerås for educational purposes.
Wings reported still extant at Vasteras.
826 (MSN 14-363) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE629. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Swiss Air Force 28Feb49 as U-304. SOC 12Feb68
827 (MSN 14-364) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE630. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for
inspection and assembly 27May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16075. F-16 Wing, Uppsala 5Sep47. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
maintenance 17Jan50; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 19Jan50. F-16 Wing, Uppsala25Jan50.
Right wing damaged when ground looped landing at Söderhamn 20Aug52.
Loaned to F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 14May56. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 20Dec56. Loaned to F 15 Wing,
Söderhamn 14Mar57. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 20Jun57. Loaned to United Nations Observation Group
in Lebanon (UNOGIL) 17Jun58; code 02; ferried from Västerås to Lebanon 28Jun58;
returned to Sweden 14Oct58. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 4Nov58. F-16 Wing, Uppsala1Oct60.
F 4 Wing, Frösön, Östersund 18Aug61. Damaged 26Jan66. SOC 30Nov70
828 (MSN 14-365) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE631. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
829 (MSN 14-366) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE632. Delivered to Canada 14Nov42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 11Dec46. War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16109. F 10 Wing, Ängelholm 12Aug48. Crash landed when the landing gear collapsed
on landing 10Nov53. Left wing tip damaged when landing 10Sep54. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping
27Nov67. Flown to the Flygvapenmuseum, Malmslätt. SOC 14Jan68.
Preserved at the Flygvapenmuseum, Malmslätt, Linköping, Sweden
830 (MSN 14-367) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE633. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 22May47. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16035. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 21Jun47. Crash landed after the engine failed with fuel
starvation at Hörshus, 2 km south of Krika, 12 km west Ljungbyhed 20Feb48. The aircraft was
landed with flaps and landing gear retracted. SOC 14May48 and used for spares.
831 (MSN 14-368) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE634. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944
832 (MSN 14-369) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE635. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Flying night circuits the pilot loses control and spins into the ground near Halbrite, Saskatchewan
4Aug43 (1KIS). SOC 25Oct43
833 (MSN 14-370) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE636.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
834 (MSN 14-371) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE637. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 10Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16060. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 7Aug47. Damaged in collision with Sk 16A #16140 [42-469]
9Sep49. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 4Oct49; installation of rocket and
bomb mountings 21Oct49. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 24Feb50. Loaned to F 11 Wing, Nyköping 1Jun56.
F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Dec56. SOC 30Nov71
835 (MSN 14-372) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE638. Delivered to Canada 21Nov42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 15Nov46. War Assets Corporation.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for
inspection and assembly 25Apr47. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16074. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 29Aug47. Damaged landing 2Mar49 when the pilot
retracted the landing gear instead of the wing flaps. The left landing gear collapsed damaging
the wing which was replaced by CVV. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 30Jan50;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 11Feb50. Damaged after landing at Söderhamn 9Oct50
when the pilot turned left instead of right and collided with a bunker at the field boundary
damaging the leading edge of the right wing. Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 14May56.
Crashed at Utö, Stockholm archipelago 26May56. The airplane touched the water surface when
low flying at Utö, towards Nynäs Udde from Læsund. Crashed into the water between Mysingeholmen
and Fjardgrundet. SOC 29Jun56. Salvaged and delivered by Swedish Navy Vertol Hkp 4 to Boråstrakten
14Sep91. High Chaparral Wild West Village, Hillerstorp, Sweden; derelict 1992. Restoration project at
Lovestad, Sweden 2004. Fuselage stored at Österlens Flygmusuem, Gärsnäs, Sweden Jul10;
parts being used to restore MSN 14A-1057 [43-12758].
836 (MSN 14-373) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE639. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
837 (MSN 14-374) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE640. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
838 (MSN 14-375) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE641. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 124 Squadron (RCAF). Transferred to RCAF 1944
839 (MSN 14-376) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE642. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF 1944
840 (MSN 14-377) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE643. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
841 (MSN 14-378) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE644. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
842 (MSN 14-379) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE645. Delivered to Canada 28Nov42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 9Sep46. War Assets Corporation.
Registered 28Jun47 as CF-EXH; cancelled 29Apr59. DDP, Canada
843 (MSN 14-380) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE646. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16110. F 10 Wing, Ängelholm 8Nov48. Crash landed 10Nov53 when the landing
gear collapsed. Left wing tip damaged when landing 10Sep54. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping
1Dec67. SOC 14Jan68
844 (MSN 14-381) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE647.Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
845 (MSN 14-382) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE648. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 23Apr47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16026. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 22May47. Loaned to F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby 12Jun48.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 7Jul48. Loaned to F 11 Wing, Nyköping 1Jun56. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 20Dec56.
Loaned to F 14 Wing, Halmstad 1Oct57. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 25Apr58. Assigned to United Nations
Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) 17Jun58; code 06; remained in Sweden as reserve.
Crashed after losing control at Vålaröfjärden about 9 km northeast of Oxelösund, Södermanland 4Jul60 (2KIS).
SOC 30Nov60.
846 (MSN 14-383) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE649. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Crashed near St Thomas, Saskatchewan, 13Mar44
847 (MSN 14-384) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE650. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
848 (MSN 14-385) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE651. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central
Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 22May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl
Svenska Flygvapnet 1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16044. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 30Jun47. Accident when
ground looped in cross wind after landing at Havgård 3Oct50; right wing tip deformed at the back.
Accident 17May54 in a collision on the ground with Sk 16A #16023 [42-12519].
Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 9Jul56. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 20Dec56.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 19Oct67. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
849 (MSN 14-386) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE652. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
850 (MSN 14-387) to RCAF as Harvard IIB FE653. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 20May47.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16034.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 12Jun47. Loaned to F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 29Apr48.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 30Jul48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 29Aug49;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 16Sep49. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 24Feb50.
Damaged on landing 20May53. Loaned to F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 29Nov56.
F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 20Dec56. Loaned to F 16 Wing, Uppsala 3Oct58.
F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 5May59. Loaned to F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 18Nov69.
F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 21Jan70. Damaged at Karlsborg in collision with a tanker on
the hangar ramp 18Mar70. SOC 21Apr70.
851 (MSN 14-388) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE654. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 16Jun47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet
1947 as Sk 16A, serial 16053. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 10Jul47. Damaged 1Jun48. During flight, the
engine began to develop smoke and spatter oil, so the pilot force landed with retracted landing gear.
Upon disassembly of the propeller joint, it was found that a gasket had creeped about a quarter
of the circumference and caused the leakage. Damaged in mid-air collision with Sk 16A
#16054 [42-12350] on approach to land at Ljungbyhed 19Oct50. The aircraft collided at about 20mtr
altitude. Airplane 16054 passed the field boundary in a steep descent straight above airplane 16053,
which followed a flatter path. None of the crews observed the second airplane until it was too late
to avoid a collision. Right wing on airplane 16054 contacted the left stabilizer half on airplane
16053 from above at a faster speed. By the quick use of the throttle, however, the pilot managed to
avoid ramming airplane 16053 and landed safely. Airplane 16054 was displaced by the collision
to the left and managed to land safely. Damaged in collision with Sk 16A #16099 [42-12331] taxying
to the runway 16Sep52. Loaned to F 7 Wing, Såtenäs, Skaraborgs 15Aug56. F 7 Wing, Såtenäs,
Skaraborgs 20Dec56. Damaged in collision 20May65. SOC 30Mar72. FFV CVMV (Central Workshop,
Västerås) for disposal 5May72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
852 (MSN 14-389) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE655. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
853 (MSN 14-390) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE656. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944.
854 (MSN 14-391) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE657. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 27Jan47. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16004. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 24Feb47. Right wing and flap damaged during taxying
4Jan55. Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 7Jul56. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 20Dec56.
F 6 Wing, Karlsborg. SOC 25Oct67. F 11 Wing, Nyköping; displayed at the Flight Safety Officer
Course 7Nov/23Nov67
855 (MSN 14-392) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE658. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 11Jun47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16051. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 10Jul47. Loaned to F 12 Wing, KalMar 13Jun56. F 12 Wing,
KalMar 20Dec56. SOC 6Oct67.
857 (MSN 14-394) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE660. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company,
Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet
1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16124. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 30Aug48. Forced landing on a flight from
Norrköping to Säve at Bonnorp, about 5km east of Stjärntorp 27Oct49. Smoke was coming from the
engine compartment; insulation on the electrical line from the Junction box on the fire extinguisher
to the starter had broken down. Damaged at Nyköping 20Apr54 when the right landing gear collapsed
during engine run-up prior to take-off. Left wing damaged when the left landing gear collapsed after
landing at Barkarby 16Aug54. Right wing and propeller damaged in collision with telephone lines 24Apr56.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 18Oct67. SOC 29Aug69
858 (MSN 14-395) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE661. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario Dec42.
Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal,
Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Aug48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16093. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 27Oct48. Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 21Aug50.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 9Oct50. F 20 Wing, Uppsala1Jun64. Loaned to F 13 Wing, Norrköping 24Aug70.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 28Jan71. SOC 4May71. The aircraft was in complete condition,
sold for museum purposes to Dr Ulf Nylöf, Täby. Restoration to flying condition at Köping; last
noted Jun01 when members of the Technical History Society of Köping make a visit.
Reported 2016 as sold to Ireland.
859 (MSN 14-396) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE662. Delivered to Canada. Operated
by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer,
Ontario. Collided with RCAF Harvard 3209 during approach to Aylmer, Ontario 4Jan44
860 (MSN 14-397) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE663. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra.
SOC 24Apr47
861 (MSN 14-398) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE664. Shipped to India.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province.
Damaged when ground looped and the landing gear collapsed at Risalpur 2Sep43.
Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. ? 3 Refresher Flying Unit.
To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47.
862 (MSN 14-399) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE665. Shipped to India;
no record of RAF service in India. Recovered by US Government Nov47
863 (MSN 14-400) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE666.Shipped to India.
? 9 Squadron (IAF), Cox's Bazaar, Bengal. The left landing gear collapsed after a
ground loop on landing at Cox's Bazaar 4Apr45. SOC 19Jul45
864 (MSN 14-401) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE667. Shipped to India.
Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona,
Maharashtra. SOC 21Jun45
865 (MSN 14-402) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE668. Shipped to India.
Check & Conversion Flight, Mauripur, Karachi. No 1331 Communications Unit,
Mauripur, Karachi. SOC 24Apr47
866 (MSN 14-403) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE669. Shipped to India;
no record of RAF service in India. SOC by 1Jan47
867 (MSN 14-404) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE670. Shipped to India.
No 3 Squadron (IAF); Communications Flight Kohat. SOC 11Dec44.
868 (MSN 14-405) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE671. Shipped to India.
No 151 Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province.
No 21 Ferry Control, Mauripur, Karachi. ? 1331 Communications Unit, Mauripur,
Karachi. SOC 24Apr47
869 (MSN 14-406) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE672. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Crashed after
engine failure on take-off at Ambala, Haryana 9Jun44
870 (MSN 14-407) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE673. Shipped to India;
no record of RAF service in India. SOC 19Jun47
871 (MSN 14-408) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE674.Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. Crashed after the engine caught fire
during formation flying near Poona 1Sep43 (1KIS
872 (MSN 14-409) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE675. Shipped to India.
No 146 Squadron. Ground Attack Training Unit. Special Low Attack Instructors
School, Ranchi, Bihar. Lost and low on fuel on a dual cross-country flight,
the aircraft crashed when force landed and destroyed at Karu, Kashmir 14Mar45
873 (MSN 14-410) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE676. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-873.
490th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Kurmitola, Dacca, Bengal.
Damaged landing at Barrackpore, Calcutta 4Nov43. Crash landed at Armada
Road 18Mar44. Fatal crash at Dacca, Bengal 2Jul44 (1KIS).
874 (MSN 14-411) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE677.Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. Transferred Fleet Air Arm. No 757 Squadron,
Puttalam, Ceylon May45. Returned to RAF. No 20 Armament Practice Camp, Ratmalana,
Ceylon. Station Flight, Koggala, Ceylon. No 205 Squadron Jun48. Station Flight,
Negombo, Ceylon Nov49. Shipped to Hong Kong. Station Flight, Kai Tak Oct50.
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Dec50. SOC 9Jan58
875 (MSN 14-412) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE678. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. Struck a hill, tearing off a wing, while
descending through cloud and crashed sixteen miles north of Poona 13Aug43 (2KIS).
876 (MSN 14-413) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE679. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to Fleet Air Arm Jan45. No 757 Squadron, Puttalam,
Ceylon Jan45. Returned to RAF
877 (MSN 14-414) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE680. Shipped to India.
Airborne Forces Training Unit, Amarda Road, Odisha. ? 3 Refresher Flying Unit,
Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 24Apr47
878 (MSN 14-415) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE681. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Collided with
Harvard FE368 [42-565] on approach to land at Ambala, Haryana 4Jul44. This
aircraft was flying directly above another Harvard when the air traffic control
officer fired a red flare. The pilot of the lower aircraft climbed directly into the
underside of this aircraft and both aircraft crashed. SOC
879 (MSN 14-416) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE682. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana. Landed with the
landing gear retracted at Ambala 28Sep44
880 (MSN 14-417) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE683.Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. No 10 Ferry Unit, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
No 20 Armament Practice Camp, Ratmalana, Ceylon. Crashed in sea off Ceylon after
losing control during aerobatics 27Aug45 (1KIS).
881 (MSN 14-418) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE684. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. CBI Fighter Operational Training Unit, Landhi, Karachi. Fatal crash
six miles south of Landhi, Karachi 6Aug43 (1KIS). Transferred to USAAF in India
11Oct43 as 42-881.
882 (MSN 14-419) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE685.Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-882. Transferred to
RAF as FE685. ? 355 Squadron. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
883 (MSN 14-420) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE686. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. CBI Fighter Operational Training Unit, Landhi, Karachi. Damaged
when ground looped at Landhi, Karachi 25Sep43. Transferred to USAAF in India
11Oct43 as 42-883. Damaged landing at Landhi, Karachi 14Feb44. 27th Fighter
Squadron (Provisional), 5th Fighter Group (Provisional), Chinese-American Composite
Wing, Malir, Karachi. Crash landed 6Apr44. Registered Mar46 as VT-CAW to Indian
Overseas Airlines Ltd.; cancelled
884 (MSN 14-421) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE687. Shipped to India.
No 20 Armament Practice Camp, Ratmalana, Ceylon. No 5 Squadron.
To Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
885 (MSN 14-422) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE688. Delivered to Canada Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop,
Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly Jun48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16122.
F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 20Sep48. Left wing damaged landing at Barkarby 11Jul52.
Forced landing at Barkarby 20Nov53. F 15 Wing, Söderhamn 30Oct67. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply,
Dallas, Texas, USA.d.
886 (MSN 14-423) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE689. Delivered to Canada Dec42;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 30Apr48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16098. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 13Aug48. Right wing and flap damaged in
collision after landing with an airfield boundary marker 24Feb49. Wing replaced.
Crash landed 15Sep49 when the student pilot forgot to lower the landing gear before
landing. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 4Oct49; installation of
rocket and bomb mountings 15Jan50. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 13Mar50. Loaned to F 14 Wing,
Halmstad 13Jun56. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 7Feb57. F 1 Wing, Hässlö, Västerås 18Aug69.
SOC 30Nov70. Skå Edeby for spares recovery,
887 (MSN 14-424) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE690. Delivered to Canada Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training
School, Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
888 (MSN 14-425) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE691. Delivered to Canada Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 10Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16013. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 18Apr47. Accident 8Dec54.
Accident 20Jan55 when the aircraft nosed over on landing. Loaned to F 18 Wing,
Tullinge, Botkyrka 26Oct56. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 20Dec56. Accident 20Apr64. SOC 29Aug69.
889 (MSN 14-426) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE692. Delivered to Canada 15Dec42;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 26Jun47. War Assets Corporation.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16126. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 3Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 13Oct49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 20Oct49.
F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 25Oct49. Damaged with engine malfunction 3Dec53.
SOC 20Mar67. The aircraft was gifted to the Johannisbergs School, Västerås for educational
purposes. Dansk Veteranflysamling, Stauning, Denmark, 1985. Registration OY-IIB reserved
5Dec95; not taken up. Fuselage used in restoration of RDAF 31-309 [43-12667].
Restored at Avedøre, Copenhagen 2002 using wings from RDAF 31-306 [42-12501].
Displayed at Danmarks Flymuseum, Stauning, Denmark Marked as 31-306
890 (MSN 14-427) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE693. Delivered to Canada Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16135. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 17Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance Oct49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 28Oct49. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt,
Linköping 3Nov49. Loaned to Försökscentralen (Research Centre), Malmslätt, Linköping 20Jun55.
F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby 11Jan57. Damaged 9Nov64. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal 14Apr72. Lance Aircraft Supply, Dallas, Texas, USA
891 (MSN 14-428) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE694. Delivered to Canada Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 27May47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16036. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 19Jun47. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 21Dec49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 12Jan50.
Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 28May56. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 20Dec56.
Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå Jul57. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 13Sep57. F 12 Wing, KalMar 30Oct67. SOC 30Nov70.
892 (MSN 14-429) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE695. Delivered to Canada 15Dec42.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. Stored at Dunnville, Ontario Nov45. SOC 26Jun47.
War Assets Corporation. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly May48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16105. F 9 Wing, Säve, Göteborg 2Aug48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 1Nov49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 21Nov49. F 9 Wing, Säve,
Göteborg 29Nov49. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 29Aug69. SOC 25Oct71.
The aircraft was gifted to the Johannisbergs School, Västerås for educational purposes.
Registered as G-BTXI Oct 25, 1991with Duxford Fighter Collection. Current June 2020
893 (MSN 14-430) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE696. Shipped to India; no RAF service.
Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-893
894 (MSN 14-431) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE697. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. Recovered by US Government Nov47.
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Jan55
895 (MSN 14-432) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE698. Shipped to India.
Air Headquarters Malaya Communications Squadron, Moulmein, Burma.
Crashed in sea off Moulmein 4May46 (1KIS).
896 (MSN 14-433) to RAF as Harvard IIB as FE699. Shipped to India; no RAF service.
Headquarters Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, Karachi, India. Damaged when ground
looped at Dinjan, China 22Sep43. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-896.
3rd Air Depot Group, 10th Air Force, India. Damaged when ground looped 22Dec44
897 (MSN 14-434) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE700. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-897. 27th Fighter
Squadron (Provisional), 5th Fighter Group (Provisional), Chinese-American
Composite Wing, Malir, Karachi. Damaged by mechanical failure 9May44
898 (MSN 14-435) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE701. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-898.
CBI Fighter Operational Training Unit, Landhi, Karachi. Damaged taxying at
Landhi, Karachi 28Jun44.
899 (MSN 14-436) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE702. Shipped to India.
No 1572 Flight, St. Thomas Mount, Madras. No 1 Advanced Flying School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. No 21 Armament Practice Camp, St. Thomas Mount, Madras.
Crashed after abandoning a take-off from Sambre, Belgaum 5Apr44 (1KIS).
The aircraft was being ferried solo to another unit. The pilot failed to remove the
pitot cover hence the Air Speed Indicator did not register the aircraft's speed
during the take-off run. Having started too far down the runway, the aircraft ran
on after the throttle was closed, struck a ditch tearing off the landing gear,
turned onto its back and caught fire
900 (MSN 14-437) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE703. Shipped to India.
No 1572 Flight, St. Thomas Mount, Madras. No 21 Armament Practice Camp,
St. Thomas Mount, Madras. No 261 Squadron. ? 672 Squadron. Recovered by US Government Nov47
901 (MSN 14-438) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE704. Shipped to India.
No 1 Service Flying Training School (India), Ambala, Haryana Jul43.
No 1 Advanced Flying School (India), Ambala, Haryana. SOC 24Apr47
902 (MSN 14-439) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE705. Shipped to India.
No 1572 Flight, St. Thomas Mount, Madras. SOC 24Apr47
903 (MSN 14-440) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE706. Shipped to India.
No 607 Squadron. No 84 Squadron. SOC 24Apr47
904 (MSN 14-441) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE707. Shipped to India.
No 67 Squadron . No 231 Group Communications Squadron. SOC 24Apr47
905 (MSN 14-442) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE708. Shipped to India.
No 1572 Flight, St. Thomas Mount, Madras. To Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
906 (MSN 14-443) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE709. Shipped to India;
no record of RAF service in India. SOC 31Aug44
907 (MSN 14-444) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE710. Shipped to India;
no record of RAF service in India. SOC 31Aug44
908 (MSN 14-445) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE711. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. To Royal Indian Air Force 25Sep47
909 (MSN 14-446) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE712. Shipped to India.
No 224 Group Communications Squadron. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. Damaged in collision by Harvard FE424 [42-621] taxying at Ambala,
Haryana 30May46
910 (MSN 14-447) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE713. Shipped to India.
No 1571 Flight, Ratmalana, Ceylon. No 757 Squadron, Puttalam, Ceylon. Air Command
South East Asia Communications Squadron, Palam, New Delhi.
No 20 Armament Practice Camp, Ratmalana, Ceylon. Recovered by US Government Nov47
911 (MSN 14-448) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE714. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. SOC 30May46
912 (MSN 14-449) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE715. Shipped to India.
No 89 Squadron. SOC 26Jun47
913 (MSN 14-450) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE716. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-913. CBI Fighter
Operational Training Unit, Landhi, Karachi. Damaged landing 12Jan44.
Crash landed at Chota Malir 26Nov44
914 (MSN 14-451) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE717. Shipped to India;
no RAF service. Transferred to USAAF in India 11Oct43 as 42-914. Fatal crash on
take-off at Piaradoba, India 2Mar44 (1KIS).
915 (MSN 14-452) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE718. Shipped to India.
Aircrew Transit Pool, Poona, Maharashtra. No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona,
Maharashtra. During an instrument training sortie to be undertaken above 3,000 feet,
the crew carried out unauthorised low flying, struck a tree and crashed at Hingangaon,
Maharashtra 16May44 (2KIS).
916 (MSN 14-453) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE719. Shipped to India.
No 3 Refresher Flying Unit, Poona, Maharashtra. No 1 Service Flying Training School (India),
Ambala, Haryana. Crashed fifteen miles northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab 19Jun46 (1KIS).
917 (MSN 14-454) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE720. Shipped to India.
No 135 Squadron. ? 6 Squadron (IAF) Jan44. SOC 24Apr47
918 (MSN 14-455) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE721. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Sep43. Crashed during a practice forced landing 15May44
919 (MSN 14-456) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE722. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 20Jun47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16056. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 11Aug47. Scrapped at Skå-Edeby, Stockholm Jun03.
920 (MSN 14-457) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE723. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 10Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16089. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 10Oct47. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 22Aug49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 29Sep49.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 31Jan50. F 21 Wing, Luleå 31May54. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 3Aug54.
F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 2May58. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 9Oct59. F 20 Wing, Uppsala 1Jun64. SOC 14Jan68.
921 (MSN 14-458) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE724. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Sep43. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jun48. Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16123. F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 26Aug48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 26Nov49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 2Dec49. F 8 Wing,
Barkarby, Stockholm 6Dec49. Forced landing at Bromma 19Nov51. Damaged when nosed
over after a night landing 8Apr52. Left wing damaged when ground looped landing at Barkarby 23Oct63.
SOC 6Nov64. Placed in reserve storage.
922 (MSN 14-459) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE725. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
923 (MSN 14-460) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE726. Delivered to Canada 7Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Oct43. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 26Jun47. War Assets Corporation.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16092. F 16 Wing, Uppsala 20Oct48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 20Mar50; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 23Mar50.
F 16 Wing, Uppsala 29Mar50. F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby 27Apr57.
Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 21Jun63. F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby
14Nov63. Damaged in collision on the ground 9Nov70. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal 25May72.
Registered Jun72 as SE-FUY. During a low altitude loop, the aircraft stalled, crashed
and destroyed by fire during an airshow at Arboga, Sweden 25May76 [pilot was killed].
Registration cancelled 22Dec76
924 (MSN 14-461) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE727. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Sep43. Transferred to RCAF 1944
925 (MSN 14-462) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE728. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
926 (MSN 14-463) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE729. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School, Trenton,
Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 28Apr49 as U-309. SOC 12Feb68
927 (MSN 14-464) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE730. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Swiss Air Force 15Jun49 as U-313. SOC 16Sep69
928 (MSN 14-465) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE731. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Flying Instructor School,
Trenton, Ontario. Crashed after fuel exhaustion and the two crew bailed out three miles
north of Brockville, Ontario 29Jun44
929 (MSN 14-466) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE732. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 6 Service Flying Training School,
Dunnville, Ontario. Crashed seven miles northwest of Dunnville, Ontario 29Nov43
930 (MSN 14-467) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE733. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. No 2 Flying Instructor School, Pearce, Alberta. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Swiss Air Force 24Mar49 as U-305. SOC 16Sep69.
931 (MSN 14-468) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE734. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala
Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA) for inspection and assembly 8May48.
To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948 as Sk 16A, serial 16100.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 12Aug48. Crashed 1.5km south of Immeln, Kristianstads 23Aug54.
The two crew bailed out and suffered burns after a fuel leak into the right wing was
ignited by the exhaust flame. SOC 27Nov54
932 (MSN 14-469) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE735. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
To Royal Swedish AF as 16008 1947-1970. Scrapped after crash.
933 (MSN 14-470) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE736. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School, Kingston, Ontario.
Transferred to RCAF 1944
934 (MSN 14-471) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE737. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944
935 (MSN 14-472) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE738.Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Jan44. ? 1 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944
936 (MSN 14-473) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE739. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. ? 1 Service Flying Training School. Transferred to RCAF 1944
937 (MSN 14-474) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE740. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Accident, DBR 18May44
938 (MSN 14-475) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE741. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. ? 1 Flying Instructor School,
Trenton, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly Jul48. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1948
as Sk 16A, serial 16136. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 24Sep48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås)
for maintenance 12Dec49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 15Dec49.
F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 23Dec49. Left wing damaged when the landing gear collapsed
with mechanical failure after landing at Malmslätt 5May50. Left wing damaged when the
aircraft collided with a fuel tank after landing at Malmslätt 14Sep50.
Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå 28Jul56. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 7Sep56. F 15 Wing,
Söderhamn 14Jan57. Crashed after the pilot lost control at Segelvik, Kallskär, 4.5km
northeast of Sandarne, on approach to Söderhamn 20Aug69 (2KIS). SOC 30Sep69.
939 (MSN 14-476) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE742. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 21Apr47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16022. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 17May47. Accident 11Jun47; when taxying to the
hangar after landing, instead of retracting the wing flaps the pilot retracted the landing gear
causing the aircraft to rest on the lower fuselage, damaging the wings and bending the
propeller blades. CVA 25Jun47 for repair, completed 19Sep47. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 20Sep47.
Loaned to F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby 11Jun48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for
maintenance 19Aug49; installation of rocket and bomb mountings 26Aug49.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 9Dec49. Forced landing after engine failure on a practice field 7Mar51.
F 17 Wing, Kallinge, Ronneby 20Dec56; not operated by F 17. SOC 31Dec57, high repair costs.
The aircraft had been outside at F 5 Wing for a long time and suffered severe corrosion
which was uneconomical to repair
940 (MSN 14-477) to RAF as Harvard IIB FE743. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 10Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16002. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 17May47. Crash landed at Simmelsberga 20 km
southwest of Ljungbyhed 23Jun54. F 18 Wing, Tullinge, Botkyrka 14Jan57. Crashed at Hungesjön,
Jämtland 13Sep62. SOC 15Feb64
941 (MSN 14-478) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE744. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Crashed near Lafontaine, Ontario 21Mar44
942 (MSN 14-479) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE745. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland 1949 as B-153.
To Royal Netherlands Air Force / Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 27Mar53. Withdrawn from use 1962
943 (MSN 14-480) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE746. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944
944 (MSN 14-481) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE747.Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944
945 (MSN 14-482) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE748.Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
946 (MSN 14-483) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE749. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
To Swiss Air Force 28Feb49 as U-302 [Aviolanda document dated 20Dec48 records
previous identity as FE733]. SOC 16Sep69
947 (MSN 14-484) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE750. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Shipped to UK Mar44; no service in UK.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland May47 as FE750,
later as B-42. Scrapped for spare parts 1951;
948 (MSN 14-485) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE751. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944
949 (MSN 14-486) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE752. Delivered to Canada 22Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944. SOC 15Nov46. War Assets Corporation.
Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 25Apr47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16068. F-16 wing, Uppsala 21Aug47. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 27Oct47.
F-16 wing, Uppsala 26Nov48. CVV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for maintenance 31Jan50;
installation of rocket and bomb mountings 13Feb50. F-16 wing, Uppsala May50.
Damaged on landing 28Oct52. Loaned to F 21 Wing, Luleå 30May54. F-16 wing, Uppsala 3Aug54.
Loaned to F 8 Wing, Barkarby, Stockholm 20May56. F-16 wing, Uppsala 9Aug56. F 8 Wing, Barkarby,
Stockholm 28Jan57. F 3 Wing, Malmslätt, Linköping 24Oct67. SOC 30Mar72.
FFV CVMV (Central Workshop, Västerås) for disposal 1972. The aircraft was gifted to the
Johannisbergs School, Västerås for educational purposes. Flygvapenmuseum, Malmslatt AB,
Sweden 1992. Sold for restoration Sep01. First post-restoration flight made at Säve 23Aug07.
Registered 27Oct09 as SE-FUD; cancelled 21Mar18. Displayed at Aeroseum, Göteborg, Sweden 2015.
Registered 18Apr18 as OY-FUD; current [Sep19
950 (MSN 14-487) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE753. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. No 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946.
Royal Swedish Air Board. Centrala Flygverkstaden i Arboga / Central Workshop, Arboga (CVA)
for inspection and assembly 27Jan47. To Royal Swedish Air Force / Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet 1947
as Sk 16A, serial 16008. F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 22Apr47. Loaned to F 6 Wing, Karlsborg 29Apr48.
F 5 Wing, Ljungbyhed 2Aug48. F 11 Wing, Nyköping 31Jan57. Loaned to F 16 Wing, Uppsala 8Oct59.
F 11 Wing, Nyköping 30Apr60. Accident landing at Nyköping 8Aug70. SOC 21Sep70
951 (MSN 14-488) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE754. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Transferred to RCAF 1944
952 (MSN 14-489) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE755. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 14 Service Flying Training School,
Aylmer, Ontario Jan44. Shipped to UK May44. No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Errol,
Perthshire, Scotland Apr45. No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Ternhill, Shropshire Jun45.
No 22 Service Flying Training School, Calveley, Cheshire Nov45. No 22 Flying Training School,
Syerston, Nottinghamshire Feb49. SOC Mar55
953 (MSN 14-490) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE756. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Shipped to UK Mar44. No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Errol,
Perthshire, Scotland Sep44. No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Ternhill, Shropshire Jun45;
St Mawgan Oct46. No 1 Ferry Unit, Pershore, Worcestershire Nov46; Pershore Jan48;
Manston May48. No 2 Flying Training School Jan49. Central Flying School, Little Rissington,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Examining Wing), Brize Norton, Oxfordshire Jul49.
No 3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, Norfolk Jun50. No 2 Flying Training School Aug50.
No 1 Flying Training School Apr51. Collided with Harvard FS815 [43-12656] during
aerobatics and crashed one mile south of Graveley, Cambridgeshire 2Jul51
954 (MSN 14-491) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE757. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Crashed after the pilot became lost in a snow storm and bailed
out too low near Penetanguishine, Ontario 12Dec43 (1KIS).
955 (MSN 14-492) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE758. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Shipped to UK Mar44; no service in UK.
To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force / Leger Luchtmacht Nederland Apr47 as FE758,
later as B-31. WFU. Ground instructional airframe 1949;
956 (MSN 14-493) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE759. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario; hit tree and crashed on Edanville range, Ontario 3Sep44
957 (MSN 14-494) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE760. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Shipped to UK Mar44; no service in UK. SOC May47.
Returned to US Government. Ferried Pershore, Worcestershire to Karup, Denmark.
To Danish Army Air Corps / Hærens Flyvertropper 20Jun47 as FE760. Reserialled 1948 as 31-301.
To Royal Danish Air Force / Flyvevåbnet 1Oct50. Eskadrille 725. WFU 1Aug58.
Scrapped at Flyvestation Værløse 15Aug61
958 (MSN 14-495) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE761. Delivered to Canada Jan43;
no RAF service in Canada. Shipped to UK Mar44. No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Errol,
Perthshire, Scotland Oct44. No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Ternhill, Shropshire Jun45.
No 22 Service Flying Training School, Calveley, Cheshire Nov45.
No 22 Flying Training School, Syerston, Nottinghamshire Feb49.
No 2 Flying Training School Dec49. Crashed in forced landing two miles east of
Southam, Warwickshire 6Jun50
959 (MSN 14-496) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE762. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
960 (MSN 14-497) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE763. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. SOC 23Nov44
961 (MSN 14-498) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE764. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 31 Service Flying Training School,
Kingston, Ontario. Transferred to RCAF 1944
962 (MSN 14-499) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE765. Delivered to Canada Jan43.
Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 1 Service Flying Training School,
Camp Borden, Ontario. Crashed three miles north of Edenville RLG, Ontario 28Nov43;
stalled, crashed and burned on an unauthorised low flying practice (2KIS).
963 (MSN 14-500) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE766. Shipped to India Aug43.
No 20 Squadron. No 60 Squadron, Kangla, Imphal. To Royal Pakistan Air Force 25Sep47
42-964/1163 de Havilland Canada PT-24-DH Tiger Moth
Built by de Havilland Canada as the DH.82C Tiger Moth. Lend-Lease to UK Government for the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Operated for the BCATP by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF].
Designated PT-24 for contract purposes; retained in Canada, not Lend-Lease to UK for use by the RCAF,
Also allocated RAF serials.
Not used by the USAAF
Dispositions from Jos Heyman
964/1131 (MSN DHC-1303/1470) to RAF as FE100/FE267 also RCAF serials 1100/1267.
964 (MSN DHC-1303) To RAF as FE100; to Canadian AF as 1100 on 24 Dec 1941;
No. 15 Elementary wfu 20 Aug 1943, Flying School, Regina, Saskatchewan. No. 32 Elementary Flying School, Bowden, Alberta.
SOC Aug 20, 1943
965 (MSN DHC-1304) To RAF as FE101; to Canadian AF as 1101 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 15 Elementary
Flying School, Regina, Saskatchewan. Accident at Regina, Saskatchewan 23Jan45. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal
966 (MSN DHC-1305) To RAF as FE102; to Canadian AF as 1102 on 24 Dec 1941;
Assigned to RAF as FE102; delivered to RCAF 24Dec41 as 1102. No. 16 Elementary
Flying School, Edmonton, Alberta. Accident 1Apr42. Wfu 14 Aug 1943
967 (MSN DHC-1306) To RAF as FE103; to Canadian AF as 1103 on 24 Dec 1941;
No. 33 Elementary Flying School, Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Wfu 23 Jan 1945
968 (MSN DHC-1307) To RAF as FE104; to Canadian AF as 1104 on 24 Dec 1941;
No. 33 Elementary Flying School, Caron, Saskatchewan. Accident at Caron 10Feb45. SOC 10Feb45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
w/o 10 Feb 1945 at Caron, Canada
969 (MSN DHC-1308) To RAF as FE105; to Canadian AF as 1105 on 24 Dec 1941;
No. 33 Elementary Flying School, Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 10Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. wfu 10 Feb 1945
970 (MSN DHC-1309) to RAF as FE106, to Canadian AF as 1106, to civil registry as CF-BQU.
No. 33 Elementary Flying School, Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. WFU Oct 24, 1947. Royal Canadian Flying Club
Association. Registered 15Sep45 as CF-BQU; cancelled 3Jan49.
971 (MSN DHC-1310) To RAF as FE107; to Canadian AF as 1107 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 8Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
972 (MSN DHC-1311) To RAF as FE108; to Canadian AF as 1108 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
973 (MSN DHC-1312) To RAF as FE109; to Canadian AF as 1109 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.wfu 9 Aug 1944
974 (MSN DHC-1313) To RAF as FE110; to Canadian AF as 1110 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Royal Canadian Air Cadets 1Dec43 as instructional airframe A338. wfu 20 Oct 1962
975 (MSN DHC-1314) to RAF as FE111; to Canadian AF as 1111 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Accident 18Jun43. w/o 18 Jun 1943
976 (MSN DHC-1315) To RAF as FE112; to Canadian AF as 1112 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COJ
assigned 4Mar46; cancelled 13Feb59. wfu 1982
977 (MSN DHC-1316) To RAF as FE113; to Canadian AF as 1113 on 24 Dec 1941;No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CSW
assigned 10Jul46. Accident 7Jun50. wfu by 1982
978 (MSN DHC-1317) to RAF as FE114, to RCAF as 1114 on 24 Dec 1941; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CSX
assigned 12Jul46; cancelled 17Mar71. Used at Brandon Flying Club in early 1950s, to train Canadian
Army ab initio pilots. Registered as N18840. Substantially damaged when the engine failed and the
aircraft stalled during takeoff from Mexico Farms Airport, Cumberland, MD 25May78. The pilot
had used unleaded automotive gasoline. Registered 7Dec94 to Cavanaugh Collection Inc., Addison, TX.
Registration current [Jul20]. Exhibited at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
979 (MSN DHC-1318) To RAF as FE115; to Canadian AF as 1115 on 24 Dec 1941; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 9Nov45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Bill of Sale from War Assets Corporation May45.
Registered 4Dec45 as CF-DAH; cancelled 16Jan53. wfu by 1982
980 (MSN DHC-1319) To RAF as FE116; to Canadian AF as 1116 on 1 Jan 1942; wfu; No. 10 Elementary Flying School,
Hamilton, Ontario. SOC 20Aug45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CTS
assigned 20Dec46; cancelled 10Mar47 as not taken up.
981 (MSN DHC-1320) To RAF as FE117; to Canadian AF as 1117 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Accident 4Jun42. SOC 11Feb44.
982 (MSN DHC-1321) To RAF as FE118; to Canadian AF as 1118 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 18Oct43. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club
Association. Registration CF-IFB assigned 22Apr55; cancelled as not taken up.
983 (MSN DHC-1322) To RAF as FE119; to Canadian AF as 1119 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 19 Elementary Flying School,
Virden, Manitoba. No. 34 Elementary Flying School, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COK assigned 4Mar46; cancelled 22Feb50.
984 (MSN DHC-1323) To RAF as FE120; to Canadian AF as 1120; wfu 16 Feb 1945 No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
985 (MSN DHC-1324) To RAF as FE121; to Canadian AF as 1121 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
986 (MSN DHC-1325) to RAF as FE122, to RCAF as 1122 on 1 Jan 1942; wfu; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COU
assigned 1Apr46; current [Jul20].
987 (MSN DHC-1326) To RAF as FE123; to Canadian AF as 1123 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 5Apr45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as CF-SAF Apr 5, 145; cancelled by 1976.
988 (MSN DHC-1327) To RAF as FE124; to Canadian AF as 1124 on 1 Jan 1942;No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Crashed at Assiniboia 1Nov42. SOC 3Mar43.
989 (MSN DHC-1328) To RAF as FE125; to Canadian AF as 1125 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 32 Elementary Flying School,
Bowden, Alberta. No. 3 Flying Instructors School, Arnprior, Ontario.No. 17 Elementary Flying School,
Stanley, Nova Scotia. SOC 11Mar44.
990 (MSN DHC-1329) To RAF as FE126; to Canadian AF as 1126 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 24Feb44
991 (MSN DHC-1330) To RAF as FE127; to Canadian AF as 1127 on 1 Jan 1942; . No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 16Sep43.
992 (MSN DHC-1331) To RAF as FE128; to Canadian AF as 1128 on 1 Jan 1942; No. 32 Elementary Flying School,
Bowden, Alberta. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
993 (MSN DHC-1332) To RAF as FE129; to Canadian AF as 1129 on 1 Jan 1942; No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 30Dec43.
994 (MSN DHC-1333) To RAF as FE130; to Canadian AF as 1130 on 1 Jan 1942; Assigned to RAF as FE130;
delivered to RCAF 1Jan42 as 1130. No. 34 Elementary Flying School, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.
Crashed at Assiniboia 11Aug42. SOC 11Feb43.
995 (MSN DHC-1334) To RAF as FE131; to Canadian AF as 1131 on 1 Jan 1942; wfu; . No. 34 Elementary Flying
School, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CSL assigned 24Jun46; cancelled 26May53.
996 (MSN DHC-1335) To RAF as FE132; to Canadian AF as 1132 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COO
assigned 16Mar46; cancelled 3Aug54.
997 (MSN DHC-1336) To RAF as FE133; to Canadian AF as 1133 on 8 Jan 1942; Assigned to RAF as FE133;
delivered to RCAF 8Jan42 as 1133. No. 34 Elementary Flying School, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.
SOC 26Apr44
998 (MSN DHC-1337) To RAF as FE134; to Canadian AF as 1134 on 8 Jan 1942. No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 12Jun45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered 8Aug45 as CF-BKZ.
Landing gear collapsed when the aircraft swung to miss a tree during takeoff from Snow Lake, Manitoba 15Apr50.
Registration cancelled 21Mar68.
999 (MSN DHC-1338) To RAF as FE135; to Canadian AF as 1135 on 8 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1000 (MSN DHC-1339) To RAF as FE136; to Canadian AF as 1136 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as N82CS; current [Jul20].
1001 (MSN DHC-1340) To RAF as FE137; to Canadian AF as 1137 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
1002 (MSN DHC-1341) To RAF as FE138; to Canadian AF as 1138 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 22Mar44.
1003 (MSN DHC-1342) To RAF as FE139; to Canadian AF as 1139 on 8 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 26Apr44.
1004 (MSN DHC-1343) To RAF as FE140; to Canadian AF as 1140 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1005 (MSN DHC-1344) To RAF as FE141; to Canadian AF as 1141 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1006 (MSN DHC-1345) To RAF as FE142; to Canadian AF as 1142 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Damaged after a mid air collision 28Nov43. SOC 28Dec43w/o 28 Nov 1943
1007 (MSN DHC-1346) To RAF as FE143; to Canadian AF as 1143 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COE
assigned 25Feb46; cancelled 15Apr86.
1008 (MSN DHC-1347) To RAF as FE144; to Canadian AF as 1144 on 8 Jan 1942; . No. 33 Elementary Flying School,
Caron, Saskatchewan. SOC 8Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
1009 (MSN DHC-1348) To RAF as FE145; to Canadian AF as 1145 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged 7May42. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered
16Sep46 as CF-DHS; current [Jul20].
1010 (MSN DHC-1349) To RAF as FE146; to Canadian AF as 1146 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1011 (MSN DHC-1350) To RAF as FE147; to Canadian AF as 1147 on 8 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Accident 5Aug42. SOC 11Feb43.
1012 (MSN DHC-1351) To RAF as FE148; to Canadian AF as 1148 on 16 Jan 1942; wfu; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 17May45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as CF-SAG; cancelled.
1013 (MSN DHC-1352) To RAF as FE149; to Canadian AF as 1149 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 12Jun45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered 8Aug45 as CF-BLR.
Crashed when stalled on approach to a spot landing at Humboldt, Saskatchewan 5Jun49. Registration cancelled 15Oct49.
1014 (MSN DHC-1353) To RAF as FE150; to Canadian AF as 1150 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 25May45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as TF-KBE on 25 May 1945
1015 (MSN DHC-1354) To RAF as FE151; to Canadian AF as 1151 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1016 (MSN DHC-1355) to RAF as FE152; to Canadian AF as 1152 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 29Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Bill of Sale from War Assets
Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association 14Jun45. Registered 23Aug46 as CF-CKM.
Crashed at Pierceland, Saskatchewan 3Jul51. The pilot and passenger took off on a pleasure flight.
After reaching a height of c.600 feet the aircraft levelled off and a fairly steep turn to the left
was executed. After travelling c.90°, a gust of wind rolled the aircraft to the left until the wings
were vertical to the ground. Control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed. Registration cancelled 13Oct51.
1017 (MSN DHC-1356) to RAF as FE153; to Canadian AF as 1153 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 19 Elementary Flying School,
Virden, Manitoba. Crashed 8Aug44. SOC 1Sep44.
1018 (MSN DHC-1357) To RAF as FE154; to Canadian AF as 1154 on 16 Jan 1942; . No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. Crashed at High River, Alberta 30Oct42. SOC 3Mar43.
1019 (MSN DHC-1358) To RAF as FE155; to Canadian AF as 1155 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1020 (MSN DHC-1359) To RAF as FE156; to Canadian AF as 1156 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 23Jun44.
1021 (MSN DHC-1360) To RAF as FE157; to Canadian AF as 1157 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CLV
assigned 20Feb46; cancelled 11Aug69.
1022 (MSN DHC-1361) To RAF as FE158; to Canadian AF as 1158 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COG
assigned 25Feb46; cancelled 10Apr67.
1023 (MSN DHC-1362) To RAF as FE159; to Canadian AF as 1159 on 16 Jan 1942;No. 1 Training Command, Toronto,
Ontario. Crashed 15Oct43. SOC 12Feb44.
1024 (MSN DHC-1363) To RAF as FE160; to Canadian AF as 1160 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 6 Elementary Flying Training
School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Crashed 24Jun43. SOC 14Aug43.
1025 (MSN DHC-1364) To RAF as FE161; to Canadian AF as 1161 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Crashed. SOC 19May44.
1026 (MSN DHC-1365) To RAF as FE162; to Canadian AF as 1162 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Crashed at Assiniboia 18Jun42. SOC 12Mar43.
1027 (MSN DHC-1366) To RAF as FE163; to Canadian AF as 1163 on 16 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COL
assigned 4Mar46; cancelled 9Mar68.
1028 (MSN DHC-1367) To RAF as FE164; to Canadian AF as 1164 on 21 Jan 1942;No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1029 (MSN DHC-1368) To RAF as FE165; to Canadian AF as 1165 on 21 Jan 1942; Destroyed in fire at Leavens
Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 7Sep43. SOC 30Jun44.
1030 (MSN DHC-1369) To RAF as FE166; to Canadian AF as 1166 on 21 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 15Apr43. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Ottawa Flying Club.
1031 (MSN DHC-1370) To RAF as FE167; to Canadian AF as 1167 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 6Nov42. SOC 9Sep43. Salvaged
1032 (MSN DHC-1371) To RAF as FE168; to Canadian AF as 1168 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 31Aug42. SOC 18Oct43.
1033 (MSN DHC-1372) To RAF as FE169; to Canadian AF as 1169 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1034 (MSN DHC-1373) To RAF as FE170; to Canadian AF as 1170 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CLW assigned 20Feb46; current [Jul20].
1035 (MSN DHC-1374) To RAF as FE171; to Canadian AF as 1171 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 31 Elementary Flying School, de Winton, Alberta. SOC 10Feb45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1036 (MSN DHC-1375) To RAF as FE172; to Canadian AF as 1172 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CLJ assigned 19Feb46; cancelled 17Aug47.
1037 (MSN DHC-1376) To RAF as FE173; to Canadian AF as 1173 on 21 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 10Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1038 (MSN DHC-1377) to RAF as FE174; to Canadian AF as 1174 on 21 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 3Jun42. SOC 10Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1039 (MSN DHC-1378) To RAF as FE175; to Canadian AF as 1175 on 21 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 20Jun44
1040 (MSN DHC-1379) To RAF as FE176; to Canadian AF as 1176 on 21 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CLM assigned 19Feb46; cancelled 14Feb50.
1041 (MSN DHC-1380) To RAF as FE177; to Canadian AF as 1177 on 21 Jan 1942;No. 32 Elementary Flying School,
Bowden, Alberta. SOC 10Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
1042 (MSN DHC-1381) To RAF as FE178; to Canadian AF as 1178 on 21 Jan 1942; SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-CJU assigned 5Dec45; cancelled 7Jun50.
1043 (MSN DHC-1382) To RAF as FE179; to Canadian AF as 1179 on 21 Jan 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 7Dec42. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Bill of Sale from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association 14Jun45. Registered
18Mar46 as CF-DFH. Immediately after take-off the aircraft struck a tree, stalled and crashed at Lumby,
British Columbia 20Aug47. Registration cancelled 10Sep47.
1044 (MSN DHC-1383) To RAF as FE180; to Canadian AF as 1180 on 22 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 10Jun42. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-CSM assigned 24Jun46; cancelled 26May52.
1045 (MSN DHC-1384) To RAF as FE181; to Canadian AF as 1181 on 29 Jan 1942;No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1046 (MSN DHC-1385) To RAF as FE182; to Canadian AF as 1182 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 15 Elementary Flying School,
Regina, Saskatchewan. SOC 8Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
1047 (MSN DHC-1386) To RAF as FE183; to Canadian AF as 1183 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1048 (MSN DHC-1387) To RAF as FE184; to Canadian AF as 1184 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 32 Elementary Flying School,
Bowden, Alberta. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal.
1049 (MSN DHC-1388) To RAF as FE185; to Canadian AF as 1185 on 29 Jan 1942; . No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1050 (MSN DHC-1389) To RAF as FE186; to Canadian AF as 1186 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 15 Elementary Flying School,
Regina, Saskatchewan. Crashed at Regina 17Feb43. SOC 9Apr43.
1051 (MSN DHC-1390) To RAF as FE187; to Canadian AF as 1187 on 29 Jan 1942; . No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. To Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Ottawa Flying Club.
1052 (MSN DHC-1391) To RAF as FE188; to Canadian AF as 1188 on 29 Jan 1942; . No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1053 (MSN DHC-1392) To RAF as FE189; to Canadian AF as 1189 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 22Nov45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Registered as CF-SAZ Nov 22, 1945; current [Jul20].
1054 (MSN DHC-1393) To RAF as FE190; to Canadian AF as 1190 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 32 Elementary Flying School, Bowden, Alberta. SOC 14Aug43
1055 (MSN DHC-1394) To RAF as FE191; to Canadian AF as 1191 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Bill of Sale from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian
Flying Clubs Association 14Jun45. Registered 1May46 as CF-CKK. Crashed into Cold Lake, Alberta 2Oct52.
The aircraft was found floating upside down in Cold Lake two days later. The precise cause of the
accident was not determined, although it was established that the flight was attempted in the
vicinity of a rapidly moving and very active cold front. Registration cancelled 13Feb53.
1056 (MSN DHC-1395) To RAF as FE192; to Canadian AF as 1192 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-COH assigned 25Feb46; current [Jul20].
1057 (MSN DHC-1396) To RAF as FE193; to Canadian AF as 1193 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1058 (MSN DHC-1397) To RAF as FE194; to Canadian AF as 1194 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Destroyed by fire at Assiniboia, Saskatchewan 26Dec42. SOC 22Mar43.
1059 (MSN DHC-1398) To RAF as FE195; to Canadian AF as 1195 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CJP
assigned 26Oct45; cancelled 5Jul57.
1060 (MSN DHC-1399) To RAF as FE196; to Canadian AF as 1196 on 29 Jan 1942; No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Destroyed in a storm. SOC 9Aug44.
1061 (MSN DHC-1400) To RAF as FE197; to Canadian AF as 1197 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 21Sep43. Salvaged.
1062 (MSN DHC-1401) To RAF as FE198; to Canadian AF as 1198 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1063 (MSN DHC-1402) To RAF as FE199; to Canadian AF as 1199 on 2 Feb 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 19 Elementary Flying School, Virden, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered CF-COT 1Apr46; cancelled 16Jul48.
1064 (MSN DHC-1403) To RAF as FE200; to Canadian AF as 1200 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Damaged at Assiniboia 25May42. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1065 (MSN DHC-1404) To RAF as FE201; to Canadian AF as 1201 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. Damaged at de Winton, Alberta 17Apr42. SOC 18Aug42.
1066 (MSN DHC-1405) To RAF as FE202; to Canadian AF as 1202 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. No. 25 Elementary Flying School, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CLK assigned 19Feb46; cancelled 22Jun52.
At Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton, Alberta. Restoration for display.
1067 (MSN DHC-1406) To RAF as FE203; to Canadian AF as 1203 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. No. 32 Elementary Flying School, Bowden, Alberta. SOC 11Feb44. Salvaged.
1068 (MSN DHC-1407) To RAF as FE204; to Canadian AF as 1204 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 25May45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered 26Jul45 as TF-KBD;
cancelled 23Jul55. Stored dismantled somewhere in Iceland [1987].
1069 (MSN DHC-1408) To RAF as FE205; to Canadian AF as 1205 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Destroyed. SOC 15Oct43.
1070 (MSN DHC-1409) To RAF as FE206; to Canadian AF as 1206 on 2 Feb 1942; . No. 31 Elementary Flying School,
de Winton, Alberta. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1071 (MSN DHC-1410) To RAF as FE207; to Canadian AF as 1207 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1072 (MSN DHC-1411) To RAF as FE208; to Canadian AF as 1208 on 2 Feb 1942; . No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. Crashed 14Aug42. SOC 3Mar43.
1073 (MSN DHC-1412) To RAF as FE209; to Canadian AF as 1209 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1074 (MSN DHC-1413) To RAF as FE210; to Canadian AF as 1210 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 34 Elementary Flying School,
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CSY
assigned 12Jul46; cancelled 22May51.
1075 (MSN DHC-1414) To RAF as FE211; to Canadian AF as 1211 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 32 Elementary Flying School,
Bowden, Alberta. No. 16 Elementary Flying School, Edmonton, Alberta. No. 7 Elementary Flying School,
Windsor, Ontario. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CTL
assigned 5Sep46; not taken up. Registration assigned 31Oct46 as CF-CTO. Reregistered as C-GDWI; current [Jul20].
1076 (MSN DHC-1415) To RAF as FE212; to Canadian AF as 1212 on 2 Feb 1942; No. 5 Elementary Flying Training
School, High River, Alberta. SOC 26Apr44.
1077 (MSN DHC-1416) To RAF as FE213; to Canadian AF as 1213 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 16 Elementary Flying Training
School, Edmonton, Alberta. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CVI
assigned 27Jun47; cancelled 7Mar50. Registered as N1310V; cancelled 3Mar52.
1078 (MSN DHC-1417) To RAF as FE214; to Canadian AF as 1214 on 12 Feb 1942; . SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying
Club Association. Registration CF-CIX assigned 28Aug45; current as C-FCIX [Jul20].
1079 (MSN DHC-1418) To RAF as FE215; to Canadian AF as 1215 on 12 Feb 1942; . SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1080 (MSN DHC-1419) To RAF as FE216; to Canadian AF as 1216 on 12 Feb 1942; SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying
Club Association. Registration CF-CSO assigned 24Jun46; cancelled 18Oct54.
1081 (MSN DHC-1420) To RAF as FE217; to Canadian AF as 1217 on 12 Feb 1942; . No. 32 Elementary Flying
School, Bowden, Alberta. No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School, Stanley, Nova Scotia. SOC 24Apr45.
No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal
1082 (MSN DHC-1421) To RAF as FE218; to Canadian AF as 1218 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 20 Elementary Flying Training
School, Oshawa, Ontario Dec42. Accident 6Mar43. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1083 (MSN DHC-1422) To RAF as FE219; to Canadian AF as 1219 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 20 Elementary Flying Training
School, Oshawa, Ontario Dec42. SOC 25Sep45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Bill of Sale from War
Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association 14Jun45. Registered 1Feb46 as CF-CKD.
Crashed at Shelburne, Ontario 22Aug48. The pilot took off from a field near Shelburne with one passenger.
Shortly afterwards the aircraft was observed flying low over the fields and home of the passenger.
An eye-witness stated that the aircraft pulled up to clear wires running parallel to the road.
The next moment the nose dropped and the aircraft crashed, immediately bursting into flames and
killing both men. Registration cancelled 6Nov48
1084 (MSN DHC-1423) To RAF as FE220; to Canadian AF as 1220 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 20 Elementary Flying
Training School, Oshawa, Ontario. Accident 4Apr42. SOC 2Feb43.
1085 (MSN DHC-1424) To RAF as FE221; to Canadian AF as 1221 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 1 Elementary Flying
Training School, Malton, Ontario. Accident 26Apr42. SOC 16Jun42.
1086 (MSN DHC-1425) To RAF as FE222; to Canadian AF as 1222 on 12 Feb 1942; . No. 10 Elementary Flying
Training School, Hamilton, Ontario. Accident 24Apr42. SOC 8Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg,
Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1087 (MSN DHC-1426) To RAF as FE223; to Canadian AF as 1223 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 10 Elementary Flying
Training School, Hamilton, Ontario. Accident 15Jun42. SOC 1Jun43.
1088 (MSN DHC-1427) To RAF as FE224; to Canadian AF as 1224 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 20 Elementary Flying
Training School, Oshawa, Ontario Dec42. Accident 22Jun42. SOC 25May44.
1089 (MSN DHC-1428) To RAF as FE225; to Canadian AF as 1225 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 1 Training Command,
Toronto, Ontario. Accident. SOC 20Jun44.
1090 (MSN DHC-1429) To RAF as FE226; to Canadian AF as 1226 on 12 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 29Aug44. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian
Flying Club Association. Registration CF-ESR assigned 21Oct46; cancelled 14Aug47.
1091 (MSN DHC-1430) To RAF as FE227; to Canadian AF as 1227 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. War Assets Corporation for disposal. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying
Club Association. Registration CF-CSZ assigned 12Jul46; cancelled 13Mar19 on export to USA.
Used at Brandon Flying Club in early 1950s, to train Canadian Army ab initio pilots.
1092 (MSN DHC-1431) To RAF as FE228; to Canadian AF as 1228 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1093 (MSN DHC-1432) To RAF as FE229; to Canadian AF as 1229 on 12 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Jun45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 6Jun45 as CF-BFV; cancelled 24Apr53.
w/o 13 May 1950 at Big River, Saskachewan, Canada. Reduced to spares
1094 (MSN DHC-1433) To RAF as FE230; to Canadian AF as 1230 on 12 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 16Sep43. Salvaged.
1095 (MSN DHC-1434) To RAF as FE231; to Canadian AF as 1231 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 9Nov45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Bill of Sale from War Assets Corporation May45.
Registered as CF-DAI 5Dec45; cancelled 27Sep54.
1096 (MSN DHC-1435) To RAF as FE232; to Canadian AF as 1232 on 18 Feb 1942; . No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Crashed 16Dec43. SOC 11Jan44.
1097 (MSN DHC-1436) To RAF as FE233; to Canadian AF as 1233 on 18 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Accident 6May42 Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 8Jun42.
1098 (MSN DHC-1437) To RAF as FE234; to Canadian AF as 1234 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Instructional airframe 16Dec43 as A342. SOC 5Aug48
1099 (MSN DHC-1438) o RAF as FE235; to Canadian AF as 1235 on 18 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 12Jan46 as CF-CII. Broke through the ice and sank while taxying on Azure Lake,
British Columbia 2Jan47. Registration cancelled 6Jun50.
1100 (MSN DHC-1439) To RAF as FE236; to Canadian AF as 1236 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 22Feb44. Salvaged.
1101 (MSN DHC-1440) To RAF as FE237; to Canadian AF as 1237 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-COW assigned 1Apr46; cancelled 13Jun52.
1102 (MSN DHC-1441) To RAF as FE238; to Canadian AF as 1238 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1103 (MSN DHC-1442) To RAF as FE239; to Canadian AF as 1239 on 18 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 16Sep43. Salvaged.
1104 (MSN DHC-1443) To RAF as FE240; to Canadian AF as 1240 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed at Neepawa, Canada 7May42. Instructional airframe 16Jul42
as A159. SOC 7Nov44.
1105 (MSN DHC-1444) To RAF as FE241; to Canadian AF as 1241 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Accident at Neepawa, Canada 2Sep42. SOC 15Apr43.
1106 (MSN DHC-1445) To RAF as FE242; to Canadian AF as 1242 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Accident at Neepawa, Canada 15Jul42. SOC 12Sep42.
1107 (MSN DHC-1446) To RAF as FE243; to Canadian AF as 1243 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 18Jun46 as CF-CHV; cancelled 25Nov70.
1108 (MSN DHC-1447) To RAF as FE244; to Canadian AF as 1244 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 25Aug43. Salvaged.
1109 (MSN DHC-1448) To RAF as FE245; to Canadian AF as 1245 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 19Jun46 as CF-CHU. Damaged beyond repair after an in-flight engine failure while en
route from Vancouver to Tahsis, British Columbia 17Aug48. Registration cancelled 15Nov48.
1110 (MSN DHC-1449) To RAF as FE246; to Canadian AF as 1246 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed at Neepawa, Canada 18Nov42. SOC 28Jan43.
1111 (MSN DHC-1450) To RAF as FE247; to Canadian AF as 1247 on 18 Feb 1942; wfu; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 21Mar46. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Registration CF-DXL assigned 14Jun46; cancelled 8Oct54.
1112 (MSN DHC-1451) To RAF as FE248; to Canadian AF as 1248 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CTP
assigned 16Nov46; cancelled 6Oct69. Registration CF-AMI assigned 25Apr73; not taken up, cancelled 15Jan94
1113 (MSN DHC-1452) To RAF as FE249; to Canadian AF as 1249 on 18 Feb 1942;No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 16Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1114 (MSN DHC-1453) To RAF as FE250; to Canadian AF as 1250 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 9Aug44.
1115 (MSN DHC-1454) To RAF as FE251; to Canadian AF as 1251 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed at Neepawa, Canada 21Oct42. SOC 28Jan43.
1116 (MSN DHC-1455) To RAF as FE252; to Canadian AF as 1252 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 7 Elementary Flying
Training School, Windsor, Ontario. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
1117 (MSN DHC-1456) To RAF as FE253; to Canadian AF as 1253 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed at Neepawa, Canada 8Dec43. SOC 11Jan44.
1118 (MSN DHC-1457) To RAF as FE254; to Canadian AF as 1254 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 3Feb46. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Registration CF-DKZ assigned 8Apr46; cancelled 20Jul49
1119 (MSN DHC-1458) To RAF as FE255; to Canadian AF as 1255 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 4Sep45 as CF-CHQ; cancelled 27Oct72.
1120 (MSN DHC-1459) To RAF as FE256; to Canadian AF as 1256 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 5 Elementary Flying
Training School, High River, Alberta. Damaged 18May42 at High River, Manitoba. SOC 14Dec42.
1121 (MSN DHC-1460) To RAF as FE257; to Canadian AF as 1257 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. w/o 4 Jun 1942 at Neepawa, Canada. SOC 28Aug43.
1122 (MSN DHC-1461) To RAF as FE258; to Canadian AF as 1258 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 28Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-COM assigned 4Mar46; cancelled 10May51.
1123 (MSN DHC-1462) To RAF as FE259; to Canadian AF as 1259 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-CSJ assigned 20Jun46; cancelled 28Nov49. Registration C-FCSJ assigned 20Apr82;
registered 20Sep82, current [Jul20].
1124 (MSN DHC-1463) To RAF as FE260; to Canadian AF as 1260 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1125 (MSN DHC-1464) To RAF as FE261; to Canadian AF as 1261 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 10Aug43. Salvaged.
1126 (MSN DHC-1465) To RAF as FE262; to Canadian AF as 1262 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed. SOC 27Apr44 at Neepawa, Canada
1127 (MSN DHC-1466) To RAF as FE263; to Canadian AF as 1263 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Registration C-FAAP assigned 18Oct82;
not taken up, cancelled 23May86. Registered 6Jun07 as C-FTMH. Reregistered 26Aug11 as CF-TMH; current [Jul20].
1128 (MSN DHC-1467) To RAF as FE264; to Canadian AF as 1264 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying Training
School, Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 13Mar45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered 30Apr46 as CF-CIA;
cancelled 30Mar53. Salvaged 21May49, reduced to spares
1129 (MSN DHC-1468) To RAF as FE265; to Canadian AF as 1265 on 18 Feb 1942; . No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Crashed 12Apr42 at Neepawa, Manitoba. SOC 23Jun42.
1130 (MSN DHC-1469) To RAF as FE266; to Canadian AF as 1266 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 35 Elementary Flying
Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba. Accident 4Jun42 at Neepawa, Canada . SOC 15Jun43.
1131 (MSN DHC-1470) To RAF as FE267; to Canadian AF as 1267 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Accident 7May44. SOC 8Jun44.
1132/1163 (MSN DHC-1471/1502) to RAF as FH619/FH650, also RCAF serials 1268/1299. Delivered to USAAF.
1132 (MSN DHC-1471) To RAF as FH619; to Canadian AF as 1268 on 18 Feb 1942; No. 2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Crashed 4Jan44. SOC 14Feb44. Salvaged.
1133 (MSN DHC-1472) To RAF as FH620; to Canadian AF as 1269 on 28 Mar 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 28Jun45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal. Registered 30Jun455 as CF-BZD. Crashed on ice during approach
to Wabanosh Lake, Ontario 3May47. Registration cancelled 9Jul47.
1134 (MSN DHC-1473) To RAF as FH621; to Canadian AF as 1270 on 28 Mar 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 25Sep45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 2Oct45 as CF-BQY. Ground looped during landing at Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette,
Quebec 1Aug51. Registration cancelled 17Oct51.
1135 (MSN DHC-1474) To RAF as FH622; to Canadian AF as 1271 on 28 Mar 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 27Jul45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for
storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Bill of Sale
from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association 14Jun45. Registered
6Aug46 as CF-CKX. Accident at Hamilton Airport, Ontario 23Jan49. On the pilot's second solo
take-off, just as the aircraft was about to become airborne, the pilot lost directional control
and the aircraft ground looped. Registration cancelled 1Feb49.
1136 (MSN DHC-1475) To RAF as FH623; to Canadian AF as 1272 on 28 Mar 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 12Feb43.
1137 (MSN DHC-1476) To RAF as FH624; to Canadian AF as 1273 on 28 Mar 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Accident 11Jun42. SOC 30Jul44. Salvaged.
1138 (MSN DHC-1477) To RAF as FH625; to Canadian AF as 1274 on 28 Mar 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 26May44.
1139 (MSN DHC-1478) To RAF as FH626; to Canadian AF as 1275 on 28 Mar 1942; w/o Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1140 (MSN DHC-1479) To RAF as FH627; to Canadian AF as 1276 on 28 Mar 1942; Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1141 (MSN DHC-1480) To RAF as FH628; to Canadian AF as 1277 on 28 Mar 1942; Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1142 (MSN DHC-1481) To RAF as FH629; to Canadian AF as 1278 on 28 Mar 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 14Nov44. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registration CF-CVZ assigned 30Nov49; current [Jul20].
1143 (MSN DHC-1482) To RAF as FH630; to Canadian AF as 1279 on 28 Mar 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Crashed 25Jun42 Goderich, Ontario . SOC 4Aug42.
1144 (MSN DHC-1483) To RAF as FH631; to Canadian AF as 1280 on 28 Mar 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1145 (MSN DHC-1484) To RAF as FH632; to Canadian AF as 1281 on 28 Mar 1942; Destroyed in fire at
Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1146 (MSN DHC-1485) To RAF as FH633; to Canadian AF as 1282 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 26Aug43.
1147 (MSN DHC-1486) To RAF as FH634; to Canadian AF as 1283 on 8 Apr 1942; Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1148 (MSN DHC-1487) To RAF as FH635; to Canadian AF as 1284 on 8 Apr 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 25Sep45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registered 13May46 as CF-BSX; cancelled 8Sep50. Derelict at Terrebonne, Montreal, Quebec 9Dec48.
1149 (MSN DHC-1488) To RAF as FH636; to Canadian AF as 1285 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 26May44.
1150 (MSN DHC-1489) To RAF as FH637; to Canadian AF as 1286 on 8 Apr 1942; . Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1151 (MSN DHC-1490) To RAF as FH638; to Canadian AF as 1287 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 25Sep45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
Registration CF-CTE assigned 14Aug46; cancelled 7Nov50.
1152 (MSN DHC-1491) To RAF as FH639; to Canadian AF as 1288 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 9 Elementary Flying
Training School, St. Catharines, Ontario. SOC 26May44.
1153 (MSN DHC-1492) To RAF as FH640; to Canadian AF as 1289 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. SOC 26May44.
1154 (MSN DHC-1493) To RAF as FH641; to Canadian AF as 1290 on 8 Apr 1942; . No. 1 Training Command,
Toronto, Ontario. Damaged during ferry flight to Toronto 14Apr42. SOC 10Feb45. No. 2 Training
Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal.
1155 (MSN DHC-1494) To RAF as FH642; to Canadian AF as 1291 on 8 Apr 1942; Destroyed in fire
at Leavens Brothers Aircraft, London, Ontario 30Jun44. SOC 30Jun44.
1156 (MSN DHC-1495) To RAF as FH643; to Canadian AF as 1292 on 8 Apr 1942; . No. 12 Elementary
Flying Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Crashed 29 Nov 1943 at Goderich, Canada. SOC 29Nov43.
1157 (MSN DHC-1496) To RAF as FH644; to Canadian AF as 1293 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Crashed. SOC 26May44.
1158 (MSN DHC-1497) To RAF as FH645; to Canadian AF as 1294 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Crashed. SOC 29Oct42 at Goderich, Canada.
1159 (MSN DHC-1498) To RAF as FH646; to Canadian AF as 1295 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 9 Elementary Flying
Training School, St. Catharines, Ontario. SOC 1Jun45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba
for storage. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Registered 25Jun45 as CF-BEK; cancelled 22Nov85.
Registered 14Nov91 as N822EK; current [Jul20].
1160 (MSN DHC-1499) To RAF as FH647; to Canadian AF as 1296 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 9 Elementary Flying
Training School, St. Catharines, Ontario. No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School, Windsor Mills,
Quebec. SOC 8Feb45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage. War Assets
Corporation for disposal. wfu 8 Feb 1945
1161 (MSN DHC-1500) To RAF as FH648; to Canadian AF as 1297 on 8 Apr 1942; . No. 12 Elementary Flying
Training School, Goderich, Ontario. Crashed 8Jul44 at Goderich, Canada. SOC 28Jul44.
1162 (MSN DHC-1501) To RAF as FH649; to Canadian AF as 1298 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 9 Elementary Flying
Training School, St. Catharines, Ontario. SOC 9Sep43. Salvaged.
1163 (MSN DHC-1502) To RAF as FH650; to Canadian AF as 1299 on 8 Apr 1942; No. 1 Training Command,
Toronto, Ontario. SOC 23Jan45. No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba for storage.
War Assets Corporation for disposal.
42-1164/1743 Vultee BT-13A
Model 74. Dispositions from Jos Heyman
1167 W/o 9 Jul 1943 at Coffeyville AAF, KS
1169 W/o 8 Aug 1943 at Goodland, KS
1172 W/o 31 May 1943 at Coffeyville AAF, KS
1175 W/o 17 Jul 1944 at Curtis Field, TX
1183 W/o 7 Apr 1944 at Marana AAF, AZ
1185 W/o 2 Jul 1944 at Hayden, AZ
1187 on display a Evergreen Museum, McMinnville, OR in 2014
1189 W/o 21 Sep 1943 at Shorter Field, AL
1191 W/o 29 Nov 1943 at Crosville, TN
1205 W/o 20 Mar 1943 at Arkansas City, KS
1213 W/o 24 May 1944 at Highland AAAF, CA
1214 W/o 15 Feb 1943 at Toyah AAAF, TX
1216 (MSN 7861) In September 2000 based at Commemorative Air Force-Heart of America Wing,
Olathe, Kansas. Registered N56665 on August 15, 2012 to Alj Engines Supply Inc at Miami and
cancelled on November 26, 2013 on export to Brazil. Currently in storage at Museu TAM São
Carlos, São Paulo.
1218 W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Vaiden, MS
1227 W/o 15 Feb 1944 at Strother AAAF, KS
1230 W/o 6 Apr 1944 at Winfield, KS
1231 W/o 14 Apr 1942 at Goodfellow Field, TX
1238 W/o 13 May 1944 at Newport AAF, AR
1239 W/o 21 Jan 1943 at Newport, AR
1240 W/o 19 Jul 1943 at Newport AAF, AR
1245 W/o 27 Apr 1943 at Prairie Du Rocher, IL
1252 W/o 31 Dec 1943 at Strother AAF, KS
1255 W/o 28 Feb 1943 at Strother AAF, KS
1256 W/o 16 Jul 1944 at Kerrville, TX
1257 W/o 14 Jan 1943 at Lancaster, CA
1262 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1263 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1264 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1265 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1266 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1267 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1268 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1269 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1270 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1271 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1272 W/o 19 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1273 W/o 18 Nov 1943 at Weiner, AR
1276 W/o 16 Nov 1943 at Newport AAF, AR
1284 W/o 28 Oct 1943 at Coffeyville AAF, KS
1287 W/o 8 Jul 1943 at Friant Dam, CA
1290 (MSN 8042) to civil registry as N67496 feb 6, 1954. In 1972 noted at Sweet's Flying service, Visalia,
California as a roadside beer advertisement. Currently airworthy.
1295 W/o 28 Mar 1943 at Merced, CA
1297 W/o 30 Nov 1944 at Andalusia, AL
1299 W/o 2 Oct 1944 at Bainbridge AAF, GA
1305 W/o 15 Apr 1943 at Newport AAF, AR
1307 W/o 28 Sep 1943 at Robins AAAF, TX
1312 W/o 26 Jun 1944 at Goodfellow Field, TX
1313 W/o 23 Apr 1943 at Waco AAF, TX
1320 W/o 29 Jul 1943 at Gardner Field, CA
1324 W/o 17 Nov 1943 at Malden AAF, MO; repaired (?); w/o 30 Aug 1944 at Gardner Field, CA
1327 (MSN 8091) to CAA as NC274
1338 W/o 4 Mar 1943 at Strother AAAF #3, KS
1341 W/o 25 Jan 1944 at Garden City AAF, KS
1352 (MSN 9102) registered as N93, current
1357 (MSN 74-5196) To Bolivian AF as 105 in Feb 1943
1358 (MSN 74-5197) To Bolivian AF as 106 in Feb 1943
1359 (MSN 74-5198) To Bolivian AF as 107 in Feb 1943
1360 (MSN 74-5199) To Bolivian AF as 108 in Feb 1943
1361 (MSN 74-5200) To Bolivian AF as 109 in Feb 1943
1362 (MSN 74-5201) To Bolivian AF as 110 in Feb 1943
1363 (MSN 74-5202) To Bolivian AF as 111 in Feb 1943
1364 Lend-Lease to Paraguay as 0061
1365 Lend-Lease to Paraguay as 0063
1366 Lend-Lease to Paraguay as 0065
1367 Lend-Lease to Paraguay as 0067
1369 Lend-Lease to Paraguay as 0069. W/o 4 Jul 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1370 W/o 22 Jan 1944 at Vaiden, MS
1371 W/o 15 Mar 1944 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1373 W/o 19 Oct 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1375 W/o 14 Apr 1943 at McLemore AAAF, AL
1387 W/o 10 Jul 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1388 W/o 7 Apr 1944 at Garden City AAF, KS
1391 W/o 14 May 1943 at Cottage Grove, OR
1395 crashed Jul 9, 1943 in Santa Catalina Mountains 20 mi N of Tucson, AZ. Both crew onboard killed.
1407 W/o 17 Jul 1944 at Tchuka AAAF, MS
1409 W/o 10 May 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1411 W/o 12 Jan 1943 at Winfield, KS
1418 W/o 11 May 1943 at Stout Field, IN
1420 W/o 16 May 1944 at Lancaster, CA
1423 W/o 3 Feb 1943 at Helendale, CA
1425 (MSN 8189) to FAA as NC316
1426 W/o 28 May 1943 at War Eagle Field, CA
1429 W/o at Andalusia, AL
1430 W/o 6 Jun 1944 at Black Hawk, MS
1434 W/o 29 Oct 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1435 (MSN 5274) to civil registry as N11FW. Underwent restoration in 1988 by Southern Minnesota Wing of
Confederate AF.
1438 to RFC at Embry-Riddle Field, FL Nov 3, 1945.
1439 W/o 15 Feb 1944 at Strother Field, KS
1443 W/o 1 Feb 1944 at Strother Field, KS
1450 W/o 1 Feb 1943 at Lancaster, CA
1457 W/o 10 Mar 1944 at Semi Tropic Aux, CA
1459 W/o 24 Jun 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1469 W/o 11 Jun 1944 at Cherokee, AL
1470 W/o 27 Oct 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1472 W/o 4 Mar 1943 at Garden City, KS
1477 W/o 19 Nov 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1499 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1500 W/o 23 May 1943 at Strother AAF, KS
1511 W/o 6 Feb 1944 at Gardner Field, CA
1512 W/o 7 Jan 1945 at Taft, CA
1520 W/o 13 Feb 1945 at Frankfort, IN
1521 W/o 24 Jun 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1527 W/o 16 Jan 1944 at Oakland, MS
1531 W/o 10 Feb 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1535 W/o 23 Dec 1943 at Deatsville AAAF, AL
1536 W/o 9 Jan 1945 at Greenville AAB, MS
1544 W/o 22 Aug 1943 at Tallulah, LA
1545 W/o 20 Mar 1943 at Greenwood AAF, MS
1553 W/o 7 Jun 1943 at Courtalnd AAF, AL
1554 W/o 7 Jun 1943 at Courtland AAF, AL
1561 W/o 19 Jun 1943 at Mount Calm, TX
1572 (MSN 8386) W/o 26 Feb 1943 at Marana AAF, AZ; repaired (?); wfu; to CAA as NC329 in 1946
1573 W/o 19 Jan 1944 at Sahuaro AAAF, AZ
1574 stored as wreck at Falcon Field, AZ
1575 W/o 18 Sep 1943 at Picacho AAAF, AZ
1585 W/o 30 Jul 1943 at Courtland AAF, AL
1590 W/o 10 Jan 1944 at Ark City, KS
1591 W/o 26 Feb 1944 at Welch, OK
1593 W/o 22 May 1943 at Coffeyville, KS
1594 W/o 7 Jun 1943 at Garden City, KS
1598 (MSN 5111) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-13
1599 (MSN 5112) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-14
1600 (MSN 5113) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-15
1601 (MSN 5114) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-16
1602 (MSN 5115) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-17
1603 (MSN 5116) to Peruvian AF Feb 1943 as 28-3-18
1608 W/o 9 Oct 1944 at Marana AAF, AZ
1609 W/o 7 Jul 1943 at Marana AAF, AZ
1613 W/o 7 May 1943 at Sahuaro Field, AZ
1618 W/o 11 Mar 1944 at Courtland AAF, AL
1624 W/o 10 Mar 1943 at Trinity, AL
1627 W/o 14 Apr 1944 at Oregon, IL
1630 W/o 15 Nov 1943 at Strother AAF, KS
1636 (MSN 8557) registered as N56985, current 2017
1639 Delivered to USAF Jan 13, 1943. To 3026th AAF Base Unit, Merced AAF, CA Jan 13, 1943
Jan 1945 to 3021st AAF Base Unit (ATC), Las Vegas AAF, NV. On Apr 7, 1945 to Reconstruction
Finance Corp. facility, Phoenix, AZ and dropped from USAF inventory as surplus
On display at Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware.
1660 W/o 13 Apr 1943 at Garden City AAAF #1, KS
1663 W/o 18 May 1943 at Rexford, KS
1677 W/o 28 Oct 1943 at Gore Field, MT
1680 W/o 30 Nov 1943 at Kansas City, MO
1681 W/o 11 Oct 1943 at Love Field, TX
1683 W/o 9 Jul 1943 at Newport AAF, AR
1684 (MSN 8718) to CAA as NC276 in 1946
1688 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Strother AAF, KS
1690 W/o 4 Mar 1943 at Guymon, OK
1697 W/o 3 Apr 1943 at Rosamond Dry Lake, CA
1704 W/o 20 Nov 1943 at War Eagle Field, CA
1705 W/o 18 Sep 1943 at Tuckerman, AR
1708 W/o 21 Sep 1944 at Gunter Field, AL
1711 W/o 30 Jun 1943 at Amagon AAAF, AR
1720 W/o 1 Apr 1943 at Garden City, KS
1722 W/o 20 May 1943 at Ralston, OK
1723 W/o 23 Dec 1943 at Garden City AAF, KS
1726 W/o 14 Aug 1943 at Gardner Field, CA
1731 W/o 8 Jun 1944 at Garden City AAAF #3, KS
1732 W/o 26 Jul 1944 at Gardner Field, CA
1737 W/o 24 Sep 1943 at Fisher, AR
42-1744/2063 Vultee BT-15
Model 74A. Dispositions from Jos Heyman
1746 crashed Aug 14, 1943 8 mi S of Gardner Field, CA
1756 W/o 5 Nov 1942 at Pearson, TX
1758 crashed and burned 1 mi N of Breckenridge AAF E of Enid, OK Dec 16, 1943.
1760 W/o 1 Apr 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
1763 W/o 1 Jul 1943 at Randolph Field, TX
1778 W/o 8 May 1943 at Bainbridge, GA
1782 W/o 1 Aug 1943 at Bainbridge AAF, GA
1795 W/o 5 Feb 1944 at Blythe AAF, CA
1798 destroyed in training crash at Paradise Valle, Arizona Mar 27, 1944. Pilot killed.
1810 W/o 2 Sep 1943 at Bainbridge AAF, GA
1814 W/o 20 Oct 1942 at Thomaston, GA
1820 W/o 25 Jul 1943 at Zuehl Field, TX
1821 W/o 2 Aug 1944 at Seguin, TX
1827 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 27
1828 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 28
1829 W/o 11 Dec 1942 at Mirage Lake, CA
1832 W/o 28 Feb 1943 at Victorville AAF, CA
1833 W/o 10 Nov 1942 at Harpers Lake, CA
1835 W/o 12 May 1943 at Roswell AAF, NM
1841 W/o 14 Feb 1943 at Fowlstown, GA
1843 W/o 2 Apr 1943 at Madison, GA
1846 W/o 23 Dec 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
1847 Lend-Lease to Brazil
1856 W/o 24 Jun 1943 at Hobbs, NM
1857 W/o 31 Jan 1944 at Phoenix, AZ
1861 W/o 25 Jan 1943 at 60 miles from Roswell, NM
1863 W/o 24 Jan 1943 at Roswell, NM
1866 W/o 1 Feb 1944 at Enid, OK
1868 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 68
1869 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 69
1879 W/o 23 Mar 1944 at Enid AAF, OK
1880 struck poser lines and crased near the Arkansas River in Saltfork,
Oklahoma while flying from Enid AAF to Winfield,
Kansas Dec 22, 1942. Pilot was killed.
1885 W/o 30 Nov 1942 at Anthony, KS
1886 W/o 1 Feb 1944 at Enid, OK
1889 W/o 27 Feb 1944 at Helm AAAF, CA
1890 W/o 9 Oct 1943 at Hardwick, CA
1891 W/o 22 Apr 1943 at Garden City, KS
1894 W/o 26 Nov 1943 at Helm AAAF, CA
1896 W/o 9 Feb 1944 at Santa Maria AAB, CA
1903 W/o 25 Oct 1942 at New Orleans AAB, LA
1906 W/o 25 Nov 1942 at Grand Ridge, FL
1909 W/o 3 Jul 1943 at Waynoka, OK
1910 W/o 21 Dec 1943 at Anthony, KS
1915 W/o 23 Dec 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
1916 W/o 28 Jan 1944 at Enid AAF, OK
1921 W/o 18 Feb 1944 at Indian AAAF, CA
1936 W/o 25 Aug 1943 at Bainbridge AAAF, GA
1941 W/o 1 Apr 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
1943 W/o 14 Jan 1943 at Carrier AAAF, OK
1945 W/o 15 Nov 1943 at Woodring AAAF, OK
1946 crashed 5 mi N of Curtis Field, Brady, TX Apr 29, 1944. Pilot killed.
1947 W/o 30 Dec 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
1948 W/o 11 Jan 1943 at Coalinga, CA
1964 W/o 14 Dec 1942 at Bainbridge AAF, GA
1980 W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Lemoore, CA
1993 W/o 4 Jun 1943 at Bainbridge AAF, GA
1995 10/31/42: TOS USAAF. By 10/55: Unknown owner with c/r N67316. Registered as a BT-13A
Registered Nov 28, 1988 as BT-13A N67316 based with the Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, Kansas.
Later formally donated to them . N67316 cancelled Aug 21, 2012.
2002 W/o 27 Apr 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
2003 W/o 23 Mar 1944 at Enid AAF, OK
2027 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 027
2028 Lend-Lease to Colombia as FAC 028
2036 W/o 13 Jul 1943 at Bison, OK
2042 W/o 8 Dec 1942 at Lemoore AAF, CA
2052 W/o 9 Mar 1944 at Carrollton, MS
2056 W/o 1 Sep 1943 at Enid AAF, OK
2057 Lend-Lease to Brazil. W/o 26 Feb 1943 at Guthrie, OK
42-2064/2413 Beechcraft AT-10-BH
MSN 2607/2956. Dispositions from Jos Heyman
2064 (MSN 2607) 1080th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Mid-air
collision with Beech AT-10 42-2126 approaching to land at Freeman Field 18Sep43. The instructor
was demonstrating a single-engine landing to his student. His altitude was slightly lower than
normal as only one engine was producing power. The other aircraft was approaching to land
and was above and slightly behind, unable to see the lower aircraft. At about 50 ft, the higher
aircraft struck this aircraft causing damage to the propellers and upper fuselage but the
pilot was able to make a normal landing. Fatal crash ten miles east of North Vernon, IN 23Mar44.
2066 (MSN 2609) W/o 16 Jun 1944 at Blytheville AAF, AR
2067 (MSN 2610) W/o 16 Oct 1943 at Blackland AAAF #3, TX
2074 (MSN 2617) W/o 2 Dec 1943 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2079 (MSN 2622) W/o 9 Sep 1943 at George Field, IL
2080 (MSN 2623) W/o 21 Apr 1944 at Emison AAAF #1, IN
2090 (MSN 2633) W/o 11 Jun 1943 at Temple, TX
2091 (MSN 2634) W/o 8 Apr 1944 at Columbus AAAF #3, MS
2094 (MSN 2637) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Demonstrating
to a student a crosswind landing at Freeman Field 28Oct43, a foot, wearing heavy winter flying
boots, slipped off the brake pedal and jammed, making it impossible to release the brake.
In trying to hold the airplane straight, the other brake was applied which resulted in the aircraft
nosing over, damaging the propellers and engine nacelles.
2095 (MSN 2638) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Crash landed
when the student pilot forgot to lower the wheels prior to landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2,
St Anne, IN 29Jan44, damaging the propellers and engine nacelles.
2097 (MSN 2640) W/o 10 Jan 1945 at South City, IN
2098 (MSN 2641) 466th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. During a check ride,
the student was given a single-engine landing on the downwind leg. The student failed to raise
the landing gear as per SOP; the check pilot retracted the landing gear. On the approach to land,
the student failed to lower the landing gear and the check pilot failed to physically check
the landing gear position. The aircraft crash landed at Freeman Field 8Oct43, damaging the
engine nacelles and propellers. Force landed near Freeman Field 23Nov43. The pilot was making
a simulated single-engine landing and attempted a go-around. The idling engine would not pick
up power; unable to hold altitude on one engine the pilot elected to crash land straight
ahead in a field adjoining the airfield, damaging the engine nacelles and propellers.
2099 (MSN 2642) 466th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Damaged landing
at Freeman Field 21Nov43. The pilot used excessive force on the left brake trying to correct a
swing to the right, causing the aircraft to tip onto its nose, damaging both propellers and then
settle back to a three-point attitude. Crashed after fuel exhaustion in bad weather and the
crew bailed out five miles east of Carthage, IN 22Feb44.
2103 (MSN 2646) W/o 25 Feb 1944 at Raywood, TX
2104 (MSN 2647) 467th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. During instrument
circuit training following three normal takeoffs from Atterbury Field, Columbus, IN 20Aug43,
on the next downwind no pre-landing check was made. Levelling off to land, the propellers struck
the ground. The instructor opened the throttles and went around for another landing.
2111 (MSN 2654) W/o 10 Jul 1944 at Cooter AAAF, MO
2116 (MSN 2659) W/o 27 Dec 1943 at Moody Field, GA
2118 (MSN 2661) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The student
failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 22Nov43,
damaging the engine nacelles and propellers.
2121 (MSN 2664) 467th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Damaged when the
landing gear collapsed landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 12Jan44. The landing
gear motor fuse was found to have burnt out preventing the landing gear from fully extending
into the locked position.
2123 (MSN 2666) W/o 3 Apr 1944 at Walesboro AAAF, IN
2126 (MSN 2669) 1080th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Mid-air collision
with Beech AT-10 42-2064 approaching to land at Freeman Field 18Sep43. The aircraft was above
and slightly behind and unable to see the lower aircraft. At about 50 ft, this aircraft struck
the lower aircraft causing minor damage but the pilot was able to stay in the air and go-around
to make a normal landing.
2137 (MSN 2680) W/o 22 Mar 1945 at Osceola, AR
2141 (MSN 2684) W/o 14 Dec 1943 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2145 (MSN 2688) W/o 24 May 1944 at Sturrgard AAF, AR
2154 (MSN 2697) W/o 24 Oct 1943 at Blackland AAF, TX; repaired (?); w/o 30 Jul 1944 at Wabbaseks, AR
2156 (MSN 2699) W/o 16 Jul 1943 at Arkadelphia, AR
2158 (MSN 2701) W/o 27 Apr 1944 at Carlisle AAAF, AR
2161 (MSN 2704) W/o 4 Aug 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2166 (MSN 2709) W/o 2 Jun 1944 at Blytheville AAF, AR
2174 (MSN 2717) W/o 6 Jan 1944 at Blackland AAF, TX
2181 (MSN 2724) W/o 25 Jul 1944 at Ellington Field, TX
2182 (MSN 2725) W/o 23 Jun 1944 at Jonesville, IN
2183 (MSN 2726) W/o 12 Jul 1944 at Hazen AAAF, AR
2194 (MSN 2737) W/o 17 Oct 1943 at Manila AAAF, AR
2201 (MSN 2744) W/o 1 Dec 1944 at Moro, AR
2205 (MSN 2748) W/o 10 Jul 1944 at Hazen AAAF, AR
2212 (MSN 2755) 1080th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The landing
gear collapsed landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 14Dec43, damaging the propellers
and engine nacelles.
2215 (MSN 2758) W/o 1 Mar 1944 at Hazen AAAF
2221 (MSN 2764) W/o 13 Jan 1944 at Stuttgart, AR
2223 (MSN 2766) W/o 19 May 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2224 (MSN 2767) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The landing gear
collapsed landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 17Nov43, damaging the propellers
and engine nacelles.
2227 (MSN 2270) 1080th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The student
failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 20Dec43,
damaging the engine nacelles and propellers.
2230 (MSN 2773) W/o 6 Aug 1943 at Bridgeport, IL
2231 (MSN 2774) 466th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The landing gear
collapsed during takeoff from Freeman Field 30Dec43, damaging the propellers and engine nacelles.
2240 (MSN 2783) W/o 6 Mar 1944 at Chesterfield, IL
2242 (MSN 2785) W/o 29 Dec 1943 at George Field, IL
2244 (MSN 2787) W/o 14 Jan 1945 at Drummons, TN
2255 (MSN 2798) 466th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The landing gear
collapsed landing at Freeman Field 15Sep43, damaging the propellers and engine nacelles.
2260 (MSN 2803) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The landing
gear collapsed during takeoff from Freeman Field 23Oct43, damaging the propellers and engine
nacelles. Mid-air collision with Beech AT-10 41-27324 on final approach to land at Freeman
Auxiliary Field #2, St Anne, IN 13Nov43. While on base leg, the pilot noticed another airplane
on the inside and slightly behind his traffic pattern. Increasing his pattern to make room,
the pilot turned to make a normal approach. About 50 ft from the ground, the aircraft struck
an airplane ahead with the left engine. This airplane stalled and struck the ground nose first,
cart wheeled tearing off an engine and a wing. Neither occupant was seriously injured.
2262 (MSN 2805) 467th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Damaged when
nosed over landing at Freeman Field 15Oct43. The runway was segregated into two and being used
by different aircraft for takeoffs and landings at separate ends. The aircraft landed long and,
in an attempt to avoid a collision with aircraft ahead waiting to takeoff, both pilots used
excessive force on the brakes, causing the aircraft to tip onto its nose. Damaged when nosed over
landing at Freeman Field 16Nov43. The aircraft started to pull to the left and it was found that
he brake had seized. When the airplane speed had decayed it tipped onto its nose, causing damage
to the propellers. An oil leak had contaminated the brake which was also very dusty.
2266 (MSN 2809) W/o 3 Aug 1943 at Matagorda Island, TX
2272 (MSN 2815) experimentally fitted with V-tail in 1945 and redesignated XAT-10A.
2277 (MSN 2820) W/o 11 May 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2281 (MSN 2824) W/o 23 Jan 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2285 (MSN 2828) W/o 7 May 1944 at Foster AAF, TX
2287 (MSN 2830) W/o 21 Sep 1944 at Kelly Field, TX
2290 (MSN 2833) W/o 18 Sep 1943 at Camden, AR
2304 (MSN 2847) W/o 29 Nov 1943 at Stuttgart, AR
2305 (MSN 2848) W/o 14 Dec 1943 at Stewart Field, NY
2315 (MSN 2858) W/o 31 Jan 1944 at Stewart Field, NY
2320 (MSN 2863) W/o 12 Nov 1943 at Stewart Field, NY
2336 (MSN 2879) 1079th Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. The instructor
was demonstrating a simulated single-engine landing at Freeman Auxiliary Field #1, Walesboro, IN
4Sep43. When power was applied for a go-around, icing conditions prevented the right engine from
increasing power. The airspeed was too low for a single-engine go-around so a forced landing was
made in a farmer's field off the end of the runway. The tail wheel hooked a fence and the
aircraft landed on uneven ground causing damage to the left wing tip, propellers and engine nacelles
2337 (MSN 2880) W/o 5 Nov 1943 at George Field, IL
2344 (MSN 2887) W/o 6 Dec 1943 at George Field, IL
2355 (MSN 2898) W/o 30 Oct 1944 at Valdosta, GA
2359 (MSN 2902) W/o 8 Feb 1944 at Freeman Field, IN
2361 (MSN 2904) W/o 2 May 1944 at Freeman Field, IN
2365 (MSN 2908) W/o 21 Nov 1943 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2370 (MSN 2913) W/o 19 Jan 1944 at Hazen AAAF, AR
2371 (MSN 2914) W/o 6 Apr 1944 at Shaw Field, SC
2374 (MSN 2917) W/o 2 Mar 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2377 (MSN 2920) W/o 24 Jan 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2382 (MSN 2925) W/o 25 Jan 1944 at George Field, IL
2385 (MSN 2928) W/o 12 Aug 1944 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2392 (MSN 2935) W/o 30 Sep 1943 at Stuttgart AAF, AR
2396 (MSN 2939) W/o 17 Oct 1943 at Temple, TX
2398 (MSN 2941) W/o 6 Sep 1943 at Brooks AAAF #4, TX; repaired (?); w/o 19 Jul 1944 at Freeman Field, IN
2405 (MSN 2948) W/o 3 Jun 1944 at Turner AAAF #3, GA
2413 (MSN 2956) W/o 15 Jun 1944 at Hornersville, AR
42-2414 Beech AT-7B
MSN 4790. To CC-CLN, LV-ZIS
42-2415/2513 Beech AT-7
Redesignated T-7 in 1948. Dispositions from Jos Heyman
2415 (MSN 4095) to Chinese AF
2416 (MSN 4096) to Chinese AF
2417 (MSN 4097) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11646 in 1952.
2419 (MSN 4244) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11479 in 1952.
2420 (MSN 4245) transferred to US Navy as SNB-2 BuNo 12366. Remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11647 in 1952.
2421 (MSN 4246) W/o 21 Jun 1943 at Whartom, TX
2422 (MSN 4247) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11648 in 1952.
2423 (MSN 4103) remanufactured by Beech as TC-45G 51-11508 in 1952.
2424 (MSN 4104) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11843 in 1953.
2425 (MSN 4105) W/o 5 Feb 1943 at Clinton, IL
2426 (MSN 4258) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10925 in 1954.
2427 (MSN 4107) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11649 in 1952.
2428 (HQ 8th AF) DBR at Hethel, England May 24, 1945
2429 used by 8th AF HQ/A Flight and w/o in landing accident at Horsham St. Faith in England Oct 21, 1944
2430 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2431 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2433 (MSN 4113, 2346 AFRTC) damaged in takeoff accident at Hamilton AFB, CA Oct 1, 1950. Remanufactured by
Beech as C-45G 51-11889 in 1953
2434 (MSN 4114) W/o 15 Jul 1944 at Spearfish, SD; repaired (?); wfu; to ZP-CBF
2435 to Mexican AF Aug 1942 as FAM-1
2436 to Mexican AF Aug 1942 as FAM-2
2437 (MSN 4259) To US Navy as SNB-2 67174; conv to SNB-5
2438 MSN 4260. (3380 AMS/3380 AMG) forcelanded 25 mi E of Lafayette, LA May 20, 1951. To civil registry as
N8073H. Now at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
2439 (MSN 4261, 2589 AFRTC) damaged in landing accident at Dobbins AFB, GA May 20, 1951. Remanufactured by
Beech as C-45H 52-10922 in 1954
2440 (MSN 4262) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11650 in 1952.
2441 (MSN 4263) Lend Lease to Brazil
2442 (MSN 4264) to Colombian AF
2443 (MSN 4265) to Chilean AF
2445 (MSN 4125) W/o 24 Dec 1942 at Eagle Pass, TX
2446 (MSN 4126) W/o 27 May 1943 at Bryan, TX
2447 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2448 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2449 (MSN 4129)
2450 (MSN 4130) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10839
2453 (MSN 4133) damaged in takeoff accident at Ontario Airport, CA Jan 25, 1950. Remanufactured by Beech as
51-11505 in 1952.
2455 (MSN 4135) damaged in landing accident at Memphis MAP, TN Jan 7, 1950. To N6781C. Remanufactured
by Beech as TC-45G 51-11504 in 1952.
2456 (MSN 4136) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11652 in 1952.
2457 (MSN 4137) to civil registry as N31 in 1946, to N52 in 1951, to N312 in 1951. Preserved at Forney
Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado
2458 (MSN 4138) To US Navy as SNB-2 67292; conv to SNB-5
2459 (MSN 4139) to Brazil
2460 (MSN 4140) To US Navy as SNB-2 67157
2461 (MSN 4141) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11653 in 1952
2462 (MSN 4142) W/o 7 Jul 1944 at Cliff, TX
2463 (NSN 4143) W/o 30 Mar 1943 at Mountain Home, TX
2464 (MSN 4272) to Chinese AF
2465 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2466 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2467 (MSN 4275) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11654 in 1972.
2468 (MSN 4144) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11470 in 1952.
2469 (MSN 4145) W/o 14 Jun 1943 at Hammond, LA
2470 (MSN 4146) remanufactured by Beech to C-45H 52-10571
2472 (MSN 4148) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11696 in 1952.
2473 (MSN 4149) to Argentine AF
2474 (MSN 4150) modified and redesignated UC-45D. To N1065
2475 (MSN 4151) W/o 24 Aug 1943 at Moody Field, GA
2476 (MSN 4152) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11697 in 1952.
2477 (MSN 4153) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11698 in 1952.
2478 (2536 BU) crashed 5 mi NW of South Bend, IN May 12, 1945
2479 (MSN 4155, 2472 AFRTC) damaged in landing accident at NAS Olathe, KS Dec 16, 1950. Remanufactured by Beech
as C-45H 52-10841 in 1954.
2480 (MSN 4156) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11699 in 1952.
2481 (MSN 4157) (44 AAFBU) damaged in landing accident at Craig Field, AL Dec 23, 1946. To N6280C
2482 (MSN 4158) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11700 in 1952
2483 (MSN 4159) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10838 in 1954.
2484 (MSN 4160) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10622 in 1953
2486 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2487 Lend-Lease to Brazil
2488 (MSN 4164) to N58911, N451HC, N58911
2489 (MSN 4165) (2471 AFRTC) forcelanded at Chicago O'Hare Airport, IL Jul 6, 1950. Remanufactured by
Beech as C-45H 52-10817 in 1954.
2490 (MSN 4166) rebuilt Apr 1952 as C-45G 51-11701 with MSN AF-258.
2491 (MSN 4167) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11702 in 1952.
2493 (MSN 4169) (303 AAFBU) crashed 4 mi NE of Gallatin, TN Jan 28, 1946.
2494 (MSN 4170) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11481 in 1952.
2495 (MSN 4171) to N8023H
2496 (MSN 4172) damaged in taxi accident with 433 CTG HQ Sq at Biggs Field, TX Nov 16, 1943.
Converted from AT-7 in 1951. Damaged at Donaldson AFB, SC Jul 7, 1951 in ground
accident.
2497 (MSN 4173) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11703 in 1952
2499 (MSN 4175) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11704 in 1952.
2500 (MSN 4176) to NC53203, N1181
2501 (MSN 4177) to US Navy as SNB-2 67290.
2502 (MSN 4178) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11474.
2503 (MSN 4179) to Chinese AF
2504 (MSN 4180) to Chinese AF
2505 (MSN 4181) (1 ATG) missing in CBI Theatre May 16, 1944
2506 (MSN 4182) to Chinese AF
2507 (MSN 4183) to Chinese Nationalist AF as AT-110, to B-203 with Far Eastern Air Transport, Taipei
2509 (MSN 4185) to Royal Navy as FR880, based at NAS Anacostia, NAS Patuxent River. Returned to
USAAF in 1946. To NC20, N20, N20D, N79MB. Current in 2011
2510 (MSN 4186) remanufactured by Beecn as C-45G 51-11705
2511 (MSN 4187) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10828 in 1954.
2512 (MSN 4188) to PI-C397. Ditched off Siquedor Island, Negros, Phillippines Jul 14, 1964.
2513 (MSN 4189) to NX51800, N51800. Seen derelict in Goldman aircraft parts storage yard, Salisbury, MD in 2002.
42-2514/2961 Fairchild PT-19A-FA
Dispositions from Jos Heyman
2514 W/o 14 May 1942 at Francena AAAF #2, T
2516 W/o 15 Jun 1944 at Francena, TX
2517 W/o 30 Dec 1942 at Eureka, TX
2518 ground-looped on takeoff 3/11/1943 Marianna, FL
2520 W/o 13 Jul 1942 at Cimarron Field, OK
2523 W/o 16 Jun 1943 at Mustang Field, OK
2524 W/o 13 Jul 1942 at Cimarron Field, OK
2525 W/o 11 Oct 1943 at Grider Field, AR
2539 W/o 30 Jun 1943 at Bertrand Field, MO
2540 W/o 25 Aug 1943 at La Forge, MO
2560 W/o 26 May 1942 at Moscow, AR
2562 W/o 29 Jun 1942 at Long AAAF, AR
2566 W/o 13 May 1943 at Hot Springs, AR
2570 W/o 31 Jul 1942 at Grider Field, AR
2574 W/o 30 Jul 1942 at Moscow, AR
2576 W/o 13 Apr 1943 at Matthews Field, MO
2579 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 41, later 0191.
2580 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 42, later 0192.
2581 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 43, later 0193.
2582 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 44, later 0194.
2583 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 60, later 0195.
2584 W/o 7 Jan 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
2591 W/o 3 Mar 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
2593 W/o 12 Oct 1942 at Kelly AAAF #5, TX
2597 W/o 1 Jan 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
2600 W/o 10 Apr 1943 at Wetmore, TX
2601 W/o 4 Jun 1942 at Brooks Field, TX
2604 W/o 10 Sep 1942 at Ballinger, TX
2613 W/o 11 Mar 1943 at Coleman, TX
2616 W/o 10 Jun 1943 at Coleman AAAF #2, TX
2618 W/o 22 Mar 1943 at Coleman AAAF 2, TX
2620 W/o 28 Nov 1942 at Francena AAF #2, TX
2623 W/o 27 Aug 1943 at Bruce Field, TX
2626 W/o 3 Oct 1942 at Verden, OK
2628 W/o 25 Apr 1942 at Chickasha Field, OK
2631 W/o 9 Feb 1943 at Chickasha AAAF #3, OK
2633 W/o 5 Jan 1943 at Garner Field, TX
2637 W/o 2 Nov 1942 at Victory Field, TX
2646 W/o 23 Jun 1943 at Melvin, TX
2647 W/o 28 Oct 1943 at Herring Field, TX
2658 W/o 18 Nov 1942 at Hrdlicka AAAF,TX
2663 W/o 22 Apr 1942 at Palmetto, GA
2671 W/o 21 Apr 1943 at Coleman, TX
2673 W/o 13 Apr 1943 at Satellite Field, TX
2674 W/o 23 Jun 1942 at Francena AAAF #2, TX
2675 W/o 9 Mar 1943 at Francena AAAF #1, TX
2676 W/o 20 Oct 1943 at Fort Stockton, TX
2679 W/o 21 Jun 1942 at Francena, TX
2681 W/o 12 Apr 1943 at Francena Field, TX
2684 W/o 28 May 1943 at Chickasha, OK
2693 W/o 27 Apr 1942 at Camp Crowder, MO
2695 W/o 5 Aug 1942 at Cimarron Field, OK
2712 W/o 4 Dec 1942 at Stamford-Arledge Field, TX
2728 W/o 21 Mar 1945 at Shingbwiyang, Burma
2731 W/o 14 Jul 1944 at Alamo Field, TX
2736 W/o 20 Jul 1942 at Matthews Field, MO
2739 W/o 20 Jul 1943 at Curtiss Steinberg Field, IL
2746 W/o 27 Mar 1943 at Marianna, AR
2752 W/o 19 Oct 1943 at Angus, TX
2758 W/o 23 Jun 1944 at Bruce Field, TX
2759 W/o 24 Jun 1942 at Sherman Field, KS
2772 W/o 29 Jun 1942 at Sherman Field, KS
2773 W/o 2 Mar 1944 at Muskogee AAAF #1, OK
2774 W/o 12 Jun 1942 at Sherman Field, KS
2780 W/o 25 Aug 1943 at Ft Stockton, TX
2796 W/o 8 Oct 1942 at Bastrop, LA
2802 on display at Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA in 2009
2803 W/o 28 Mar 1943 at Bruce Field, TX
2807 W/o 21 Jun 1943 at Bruce Field, TX
2810 W/o 10 Dec 1942 at Jones Field, TX
2824 W/o 9 Nov 1943 at Francena, TX
2829 W/o 8 May 1944 at Spur, TX
2844 W/o 17 May 1943 at Francena AAAF #2, TX
2845 W/o 14 May 1943 at Francena AAAF #2, TX
2847 W/o 13 Nov 1942 at Francena Field, TX
2848 W/o 13 Nov 1942 at Francena AAAF #2, TX
2849 W/o 13 Nov 1942 at Francena Field, TX
2853 hard landing Corsicana Field, TX 3/11/1943. W/o 11 Mar 1943 at Francena Field, TX
2854 W/o 14 Mar 1943 at Satellite Field, TX
2856 W/o 12 Sep 1942 at Francena, TX
2861 W/o 1 Apr 1943 at Francena AAAF #3, TX
2873 W/o 28 Aug 1942 at Muskogee, OK
2883 W/o 4 Dec 1942 at Cimmarron Field, OK
2887 W/o 27 Jun 1942 at Grider Field, AR
2895 5/42: Constructed. 6/21/42: TOS USAAF 6/21/42 to 10/44: USAAF Flying School, Pine Bluff, AR.
1944: Reconstruction Finance Corporation. By 7/58 to current (4/2022): Registered N57771..
2897 W/o 27 May 1943 at Grider Field, AR. Crashed 23 miles south of Grider Field,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, when pilot could not recover from an intentionally entered barrel roll.
2901 W/o 20 Dec 1943 at Mathews Field, AR
2911 W/o 19 Jul 1943 at Hudson AAAF, TX
2915 W/o 25 Apr 1944 at Avoca, TX
2921 W/o 13 May 1943 at Uvalde AAAF #3, TX
2922 W/o 8 Jan 1943 at Garner Field, TX
2923 (MSN T42-3011) assigned to US Embassy, London, UK. Crashed Jun 29 1946 at Exeter, Devon, UK
2926 W/o 28 Dec 1943 at Garner Field, TX
2927 W/o 21 Apr 1944 at Victory Field, TX
2929 W/o 3 May 1943 at Victory Field, TX
2934 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 45, later 0196.
2935 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 46, later 0197.
2936 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 47, later 0198.
2937 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 48, later 0199.
2938 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 49, later 0200.
2939 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 50, later 0201.
2940 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 51, later 0202
2941 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 52, later 0203
2942 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 53, later 0204
2943 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 54, later 0205.
2944 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 55, later 0206.
2945 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 56, later 0207.
2946 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 57, later 0208.
2947 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 58, later 0209
2948 Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 59, later 0210.
2954 W/o 20 May 1943 at Harvey Parks Airport, MO
2955 W/o 18 Sep 1942 at Harvey Parks Airport, MO
2959 W/o 3 Sep 1942 at North AAAF, MO
42-2962/2963 Fairchild PT-23-FA
2962 (MSN T42-6001) to civil registry as N62476. Still active in 2008.
42-2964/2966 Boeing B-17F-1-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-1-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: R-1820-97 engines. A-11 supercharger regulator. Frameless Plexiglas nose. Wide-blade
propellers. Leak-proof oil tanks. Oxygen system change. Engine cowlings modified to permit unimpeded
propeller feathering.
2964 (MSN 7900) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jun42. Retained by Douglas
Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA. Loaned to Accelerated Service Test Branch, Materiel Command,
Wright Field, Dayton, OH for acceptance testing 1Jul42. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command,
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 2Jul42. Accelerated Service Test Branch, Materiel Command, Wright
Field, Dayton, OH 24Jun43. Crashed with fuel exhaustion in bad weather between Frostburg and
Midland, near Cumberland, MD 21Nov43. The pilot set the autopilot as the crew bailed out safely over
Barnesboro, PA. Surveyed 22Nov43.
2965 (MSN 7901) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Jun42. Retained by Douglas
Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA. Accelerated Service Test Branch, Materiel Command, Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 20Jul42. School of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 26Jul42. Loaned to
Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 30Jul42. 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Walla
Walla AAB, WA 5Aug42. Major damage in an accident landing at Redmond Field, OR 6Aug42. Condemned
18Aug42. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 9Sep42.
2966 (MSN 7902) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jul42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 26Jul42. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek,
MI 14Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Oct42. Assigned to
WILDFLOWER (Britain) 28Oct42. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 31Oct42. VIII Bomber Command, England 1Nov42. 427th Bomb Squadron
[GN*U], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire Nov42. {first combat mission
17Nov42}. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge
(Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland 1Mar43. Regained by Group 22Mar43. 11th Combat Crew
Replacement Center Group, Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 4Jul43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned non-battle damage 22Jun45.
42-2967/2978 Boeing B-17F-5-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-5-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Improved carburettor air filters. Fuel transfer switch changes.
2967 (MSN 7903) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 26Jul42. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek,
MI 17Sep42. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 3Oct42.
Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 3Oct42. 360th Bomb Squadron,
303rd Bomb Group, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, MI 11Oct42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Oct42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 16Oct42. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Oct42. VIII
Bomber Command, England 22Oct42. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station
107), Huntingdonshire Oct42. {first combat mission 17Nov42}. Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 16Feb43 (10MIA). Flak crossing the French coast was
moderate but over the target it was intense; enemy fighters attacked vigorously as the bombers came
out of the flak barrage. Attacked by enemy fighters and crashed in the English Channel 32km
northeast of the island of Bréhat, France. SHAK-HAK.
2968 (MSN 7904) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Jul42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 9Aug42. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field,
Wilmington, DE 19Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field
(Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 27Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa 3Jan43.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 8Feb43. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Milo, Trapani, Sicily
13Apr43 (10MIA). Damaged by flak leaving the target and then attacked by enemy fighters. Crashed in
the Mediterranean Sea.
2969 (MSN 7905) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Jul42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 31Jul42. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Syracuse AAB, NY 17Sep42. 8th
Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME
19Oct42. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station
500), Scotland 24/25Oct42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 29Oct42. VIII Bomber Command, England.
305th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 31Oct42. 341st Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 4Nov42. Departed RAF Predannack, Cornwall
en route to Maison Blanche via Gibraltar 17Nov42 with Brigadier General Asa Duncan (Chief of Staff,
Headquarters, Eighth Air Force) as a passenger to witness Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of
French North Africa. The aircraft was flying in loose formation at about 400 feet when it was seen
with one engine on the right wing on fire. The formation had been flying about one hour after
departure from Predannack and was about ninety miles west of Brest, France. A propeller was
feathered and the whole wing appeared to be on fire. Moments later it crashed in the Celtic Sea
enveloped in a sheet of flames and sank immediately. One man was seen in a dinghy and five or six
other in the water with Mae Wests. The men were over flown in the next hour by another B-17 and
later by other aircraft but no one was rescued. Two bodies were later recovered and the rest of the
crew and passenger were never located [9MIA:2KIA].
2970 (MSN 7906) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Aug42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 19Aug42. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field,
Wilmington, DE 13Oct42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 23Nov42. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 6Dec42. VIII Bomber
Command, England 6Dec42. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*E:DF*C], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station
121), Cambridgeshire Dec42. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Hamm,
Germany 4Mar43. The weather was bad from takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups
rendezvousing with the 91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the
toughest fighter defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet
into Germany. The reception was immediate with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the
return flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a strong jet stream. Mobile Repair Unit,
VIII Air Service Command 12Jun43. Regained by Group 19Jun43. Accident landing at Bassingbourn 1Aug43.
Failed to return from mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43
(10RMC). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered
most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. Cloud cover over most of northwest France
and Germany caused the formation to become disorganized and separated. This formation bombed a
target of opportunity, an unknown marshalling yard in the vicinity of Strasbourg, France. It was
vulnerable to enemy fighter attack and difficult for the P-47 Thunderbolts escorts to cover. With
fuel exhaustion just as it reached the English south coast, the crew bailed out over Winchelsea
while the pilot remained to dead stick and crash land the plane at Pett Level, east of Hastings,
East Sussex. {36 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 10Sep43.
CONNECTICUT YANKEE. Painted by Tony Starcer.
2971 (MSN 7907) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Aug42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Middletown Air Depot, Olmsted Field, Middletown, PA 20Aug42.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 21Aug42. 5th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New
Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 10Oct42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 30Oct42. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route; Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
8Nov42. VIII Bomber Command, England. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned inventory 31Oct44.
2972 (MSN 7908) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Aug42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Aug42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX. Class 26; ground instructional airframe.
Surveyed 16Dec44.
2973 (MSN 7909) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Aug42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 28Aug42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 19Oct42. 8th Ferrying Group,
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 17Nov42. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
12Dec42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 12Dec42. VIII Bomber Command, England. 360th Bomb Squadron
[PU*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire Dec42. {first combat mission
30Dec42}. Failed to takeoff for a mission to Hamm, Germany 2Feb43; brakes failed and aircraft became
stuck in mud. Failed to takeoff for a mission to Osnabrück, Germany 4Feb43; brake failure. VIII Air
Service Command 30Apr43. Regained by Group 3May43. VIII Air Service Command 20May43. Regained by
Group 24May43. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker
at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 27Aug43. Intense flak was encountered as the formation approached
the target; enemy air opposition was slight with twenty to thirty fighters observed but only a few
attacks on the Group. The number one engine's controls were disabled, the number two engine was on
fire and the propeller had to be feathered and the number three engine's oil lines were destroyed.
With three engines damaged and the fuselage riddled with holes from flak shrapnel, force landed at
the emergency landing field, RAF Manston, Kent. The crew counted 200 flak holes from the nose to the
tail. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 30Aug43. Regained by
Group 9Sep43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 15Sep43. Regained by Group 30Sep43.
Battle damaged during a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43.
Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target.
On the return journey, the combat wing leader took a course that led the formation near Antwerp,
Belgium, and subjected the aircraft to severe flak defenses in that vicinity. Battle damaged on a
Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site at Gueschart in the Pas-de-Calais, France
14Jan44. The lead squadron was on its bomb run for the primary target when intense flak was
encountered. Violent evasive action caused the bomb sight gyroscope to tumble. On the second bomb
run, the formation was on a collision course with the 379BG formation. They turned and bombed the
low squadron's target at Le Meillard. No enemy fighters were encountered. Battle damaged during a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Feb44. Intense and accurate
flak was encountered over most of the route to and from the target; there was no enemy fighter
opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 8Feb44. Moderate and accurate flak was encountered over the target; returning home, a
couple of enemy fighters were seen but kept at bay by the friendly escort. Battle damaged on an
Operation Argument mission to the Junkers Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Aschersleben, Germany
22Feb44. Enemy fighters attacked during gaps in the escort cover at several places en route to the
target; there was heavy flak over the Ruhr valley. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission
to the Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF) ball bearing factory at Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany
25Feb44. Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target; there was weak
enemy fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch
site at Bois Coquerel, Marbeuf, Normandy, France 28Feb44. No enemy fighter aircraft were seen;
anti-aircraft fire was encountered for almost the entire time that the Group was over enemy territory.
Clouds and haze prevented the squadron from seeing the target and made additional bomb runs; flak
over the target area was intense and extremely accurate at the low altitude flown. Battle damaged on
a Crossbow mission to La Coupole V-2 rocket bunker at Wizernes, France 19Mar44. No enemy aircraft
were seen; flak was moderate to intense and accurate all the way from the coast to the target and out
again. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. Substantially damaged when force landed after engine failure at
Memphis Municipal Airport 12May44. Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 15Jun44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Aug44.
Technical Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Nov44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Arledge Field, Stamford, TX for
storage 22Nov44. IZA VAILABLE - artwork of a naked woman lying back.
2974 (MSN 7910) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Aug42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 30Aug42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
34th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 2Sep42. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 8Dec42.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Jan43. 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 16Jan43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Ephrata AAB, WA 31Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
22Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25Feb43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 13Mar43. While parked the aircraft was
substantially damaged by B-17F 42-5399 taking off from Ephrata AAB, WA 20Mar43. Operational Training
Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Mar43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training
Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 5Apr43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 7Aug43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School-Very Heavy), 16th Bomber Operational Training Wing,
Clovis Field, NM. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield,
OH 21Jun44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 10Sep44. 330th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 1Mar45. Designated TB-17F 9Apr45. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM
3Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal
3Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati,
OH Jul46; scrapped.
2975 (MSN 7911) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Aug42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Sep42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 20Oct42. 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb
Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 17Nov42. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME Nov42. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 24Nov42. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain)
25Nov42. VIII Bomber Command, England. 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station
111), Bedfordshire Nov42. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Pointe de
Keroman, Lorient, Brittany, France 30Dec42 (9MIA:1POW}. Moderate flak was encountered at coast on
way into France with intense and accurate flak over the target; there were vicious attacks by enemy
fighter opposition. On the return route strong westerly winds took the formation of three planes,
two from the 91st Bomb Group, over the Brest peninsula. This plane broke away to head back to
Thurleigh, thinking they were over England. A Fw 190 fighter arrived on the scene, quickly exploited
the situation and began concerted attacks. The flight controls were damaged and the bomber was back
over water. The crew bailed out at about 4,000ft and the plane crashed in the harbour off Brest,
France.
2976 (MSN 7912) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 9Sep42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 18Oct42. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux
City AAB, IA 5Mar43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 31Mar43.
Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 5May43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB,
IA 11Jun43. 581st Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Mitchell Field, SD 8Jul43. Combat Crew Training
School, Sioux City AAB, IA 12Jul43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY
13Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 26Jul43. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing,
Walla Walla AAB, WA. 21st Tow Target Squadron, Felts Field, Spokane, WA 29Oct43. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 20Apr44. Designated TB-17F 20Apr44. Damaged
taxying at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 18Jan45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped.
2977 (MSN 7913) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 11Sep42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 15Sep42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. Air Service Command, Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA
17Nov42. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 20Nov42. 3rd
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Dec42. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 5May43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
76th Flying Training Wing, Smyrna Field, TN Field, TN 5Jun43. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM
11Jun43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 7Jul43. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM
10Aug43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Oct43. 434th Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School,
Ardmore Field, OK 27Nov43. 6th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field,
NB. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 21Aug44. 6th Bomb Group,
17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Aug44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 29Aug44. Damaged while parked in collision by Lockheed RA-29
Hudson 41-3955 taxying with mechanical failure at Grand Island Field, NB 26Sep44. 249th Base Unit
(Special), Alliance Field, NB 14Oct44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Davis-Monthan
Field, Tucson, AZ 1Feb45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 18Jun45.
Designated TB-17F 19Jul45. Designated RB-17F 18Nov45. 301st Base Unit (Separation Station), Drew
Field, Tampa, FL 18Nov45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman
Field, AZ 12Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company,
Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
2978 (MSN 7914) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 26Sep42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Romulus
Field, Detroit, MI 2Nov42. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
24Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL 15Dec42. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to
BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 22Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa 12Jan43. Assigned
to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 7Feb43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*M], 306th Bomb
Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Feb43. Battle damaged during a mission to the Focke-Wulf
Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 26Feb43. The primary target was overcast so
diverted to the docks and harbour at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Enemy fighters were first encountered
crossing the enemy coast where there was moderate and inaccurate flak. At the target flak was
intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Pointe de Keroman,
Lorient, Brittany, France 6Mar43. Flak over the target was intense and accurate; enemy fighters made
feeble attacks after the target. Attacked by enemy fighters and struck by flak over the target
causing large holes in wings and fuselage as well as compete electrical system failure. The no.3
supercharger was disabled but the plane landed as planned at RAF Exeter, Devon. VIII Air Service
Command 7Mar43. Regained by Group 17Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at
Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43. Enemy opposition was intense with a large force of fighters first
encountered near Heligoland island but did not attack until the formation reached the I.P. Flak over
the target was moderate to intense and accurate. Fighting continued until the formation was well out
to sea on the return home. Battle damaged on a mission to lock gates in the port of Saint-Nazaire,
France 29May43. A small force of enemy fighters was encountered, but only a few came within range.
Moderate flak was encountered over Guernsey and moderate, accurate flak over the target. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag)
shipyard at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition was light; heavy but inaccurate flak
was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at
Villacoublay, Paris, France 29Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition was first encountered at the I.P. and
continued back to the French coast then light flak passing out over Dieppe. Left elevator and
horizontal stabilizer badly damaged by bullets and were replaced. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aeronautical workshops on the airfield at Château-Bougon near Nantes,
France 4Jul43. Flak over the target was heavy and accurate; enemy fighter opposition was strong from
after the target until well out to sea on the return. Major battle damage on a mission to the S
cholven AG synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. Because of solid
clouds at the Initial Point, the Group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at
Recklinghausen, Germany. There was intense enemy fighter opposition from the I.P. which continued
until the P-47 escort arrived on the way out. Flak in the Ruhr valley was heavy, intense and
accurate, forming a solid wall in the target area. The Group was attacked by a flight of Fw 190
fighters firing 20mm cannon shells into the formation. One of the shells penetrated the cockpit and
exploded, shrapnel hitting the co-pilot. The plane had taken a number of hits; no.4 engine was out
of service and the left wing had been struck about halfway between the no.1 engine and the wing tip.
As a result of this damage, the plane was knocked out of formation and lost altitude. The pilot kept
the plane in a controlled, steep dive until it reached 8,000ft. The bomber encountered further enemy
attacks shortly before reaching the North Sea. The rest of the return trip was uneventful as the
plane landed at base with the left wing still hanging on, but drooping almost to the ground at the
tip. There was other damage by 20mm cannon shells to no.1 propeller, no.4 engine, and dorsal fin as
well as flak damage throughout the plane. VIII Air Service Command 12Aug43. 534th Bomb Squadron,
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 25Sep43. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*V]. {5 missions}.
Eighth Air Force Service Command 6Apr44; not equipped with 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US 11/16May44. Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 20Jul44. Bedford Field, MA 23Jul44. 4147th Base Unit (Rome T
echnical Service Command), Bedford Field, MA 4Dec44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Technical Service
Command), Rome Air Depot, NY 2Feb45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 10Apr45. 4147th Base Unit (Rome Technical Service Command), Bedford
Field, MA 12May45. Major damage in a collision with parked North American RB-25C 41-12067 and North
American B-25J 44-86895 at Bedford Field, MA 4Dec45. Salvage 5Dec45. Reclaim 30Apr46. SIS - artwork
of a young lady.
42-2979/3003 Boeing B-17F-10-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-10-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: SCR-269G radio compass and bomb selector switch added. Emergency brake lines added.
Circumferential armour at waist guns added. Armour plate for tail servo motors added. 0.30 nose gun deleted.
2979 (MSN 7915) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 25Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 29Sep42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 3rd Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Nov42. 97th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 29Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field
(Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 21Jan43. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne,
Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 21Nov43. {first
combat mission 22Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. 96th Bomb Squadron Mar44. {6 missions}.
346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {1 mission}.
815th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Failed to
return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Turnu Severin, Rumania 16Apr44 (4KIA:6RMC).
Diverted to an alternate target at Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia, flak was moderate to heavy and extremely
accurate. The bomber was trailing and losing altitude when rallying to the right after bomb release.
A large hole was noticed in the right wing behind no.3 engine. Five members of the crew were seen to
bail out over Tulare, Serbia, approximately ten minutes after leaving the target. Immediately after
that the plane started to gain altitude, the formation circled and the bomber caught up with them
but couldn't manage to stay with it. After a few minutes two airmen were seen in the waist throwing
equipment overboard. The plane was following the formation and a little later several P-38
Lightning's started escorting the bomber. It was last seen over the Adriatic Sea off Yugoslavia.
Believed ditched in the Adriatic; survivors rescued. {1 mission}. The airmen were assisted by
Chetnik guerrillas to evade capture; rescued by the Halyard Mission from Pranjani, Yugoslavia
9/10Aug44. GRIM REAPER -artwork of Bugs Bunny as the Grim Reaper and chewing on a carrot.
2980 (MSN 7916) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 3rd Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Nov42. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb
Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 22Dec42. 352nd Bomb
Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {48 missions}. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 14Dec43. {19 missions}. Air
Depot Apr44. Damaged by fire at Foggia #3, Salsola, Italy 23Jun44. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air
Force, Italy). Condemned salvage 29Jun44. SADIE HAWKINS [a cartoon character in Al Capp's comic
strip 'Li'l Abner'].
2981 (MSN 7917) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Oct42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI Nov42.
97th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Oklahoma City Air Depot,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 22Jan43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 25Jan43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 30Jan43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 26Apr43. 414th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 26Apr43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia
11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 348th Bomb Squadron,
9th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy
13Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Centocelle, Italy 19Jan44 (1WIA).
{>40 missions}. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned 1May44. Repaired 30Sep44. Condemned
salvage 8May45. SNOOZIN' SUZAN - artwork of a naked woman lying on her back on a cloud with bombs
dropping underneath.
2982 (MSN 7918) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Nov42.
97th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 7Jan43. Ferried overseas on the
South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 15Jan43.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria Feb43.
Major battle damage during a mission to shipping and the docks at Palermo, Sicily 17Apr43
(2KIA:2WIA). Flak was heavy and accurate, damaging the plane. Air Force Service Command/MTO.
Condemned 17Apr44. LADY LUCK. Aircraft identification number 19 on nose.
2983 (MSN 7919) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Sep42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 381st Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 26Jan43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 9Apr43. 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5May43.
Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Geiger Field 10May43. 17th Bomb Operational Training
Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 16Jul43. 595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 17Jul43. Substantially damaged with mechanical failure in collision with
parked B-17F 41-24622 when taxying at Moses Lake AAB 31Jul43. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Gulfport Field, MS. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 11Jun44. 554th
Base Unit (4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. 3701st Base
Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 13Jun44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 26Jan45. Designated TB-17F 27Feb45. 4160th Base Unit
(Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 10Aug45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 13Aug45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
2984 (MSN 7920) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 20Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field,
Wilmington, DE 25Nov42. Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 26Nov42. Fairfield Air
Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 10Jan43. Photographic Reconnaissance
Operational Training Unit, Colorado Springs AAB, CO 26Jan43. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9B. 3rd Photographic Mapping Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS. 19th Photographic Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 17Sep44.
247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Oct44. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 23Jan45. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Apr45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Apr45. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Clovis
Field, NM 19Apr45. 2526th Base Unit (Instrument School, Instrument Pilot) Lubbock Field, TX 2May45.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Clovis Field, NM 15May45. 4121st Base Unit (San
Antonio Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 25May45. 234th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training School), Clovis Field, NM 5Jun45. Substantially damaged while parked in a collision
caused by mechanical failure by B-17G 42-102755 at Clovis Field, NM 28Aug45. 3018th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 20Nov45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Nov45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
2985 (MSN 7921) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 21Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Nov42. 97th Bomb Group,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 8Jan43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West
Africa route. Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 11Jan43. 414th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Capodichino, Naples, Italy 1Aug43
(5KIA:5POW). Struck by flak over the target which knocked off the right wing outboard of the engines,
it did a snap roll and then went into a tight spin. The crew was ordered to bail out, but it is
believed that the five gunners in the rear were unable to leave. The aircraft crashed and burned at
the base of Mount Vesuvius near the target area. NUTCRACKER - artwork of Hirohito, Hitler and
Mussolini on nose, in a nutcracker. Two females are pushing the nutcracker closed, crushing their
heads. A ribbon envelops the females.
2986 (MSN 7922) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 21Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 23Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 27Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 416th Bomb
Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 24Nov42. Accident landing
at Sioux City AAB 6Dec42. During approach the plane struck a snow bank with the a main wheel and
sheared the drag link. The pilot opened the throttles and took off again, returning for a one point
landing. The plane ground looped to the right damaging the propellers and wing tip. 29th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 30Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover
Field, UT 5May43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 4Jun43. 331st Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 8Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA
10Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 13Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA
15Jun43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 3Jul43. Combat Crew Training
School, Sioux City AAB, IA 15Jul43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 555th Base Unit (5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Love
Field, Dallas, TX 16Dec44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Fairfield, OH 30Jan45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 4May45. 64th Base
Unit (Headquarters, Strategic Air Command), Andrews Field, Camp Springs, MD. Designated RB-17F.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 29Aug45.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 11Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
2987 (MSN 7923) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 25Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
6th Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 29Nov42.
Destroyed while parked in a collision by B-17F 42-5751 during takeoff at Gowen Field 13Apr43. The
sortie for B-17F 42-5751 was an instrument check ride which included a blind takeoff and the student
was taking his first check. The B-17 started to takeoff with the student under the hood and an
instructor pilot sitting in the right hand seat. The airplane ran 1,550 feet down the runway then
turned off the runway under full power. It was straightened out momentarily while still under full
power and swerved further to the right. Finally, after proceeding in a wide arc for approximately
3/10 of a mile from the runway, it hit the left wing of B-17F 42-29548 parked on the north side of
the ramp. It swung further to the right, still under full power at an estimated speed of 70 or 80
miles an hour and proceeded south across the ramp. It collided with the transformers furnishing
power to one of the main water wells on the field and smashed head-on into another parked plane,
B-17F 42-2987. Both planes were badly damaged and fire started, without an explosion, which
completely destroyed both planes. Surveyed 14Apr43.
2988 (MSN 7924) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 27Oct42. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. 5th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID
11Nov42. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Topeka Field, KS 14Nov42. Operational Training
Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 24Nov42. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 31Jan43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 25Mar43. Madras Field,
OR 18Jun43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jun43. Operational Training
Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 9Aug43. 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS.
Substantially damaged by mechanical failure taxying at Great Bend Field 14Jun44. 243rd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 28Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 7Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical
Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 13Feb45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Fairfield, OH 14Feb45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 20Jul45.
Designated RB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal
17Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47;
scrapped.
2989 (MSN 7925) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 28Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Nov42. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City
AAB, SD 30Dec42. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Mar43.
383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 29Mar43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational
Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT. Sioux Falls Field, SD 9May43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 6Jun43. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical
failure at Moses Lake AAB 29Jul43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL.
Substantially damaged in a forced landing with mechanical failure at Drew Field, Tampa, FL 19Nov43.
Major damage landing with mechanical failure at Drew Field, Tampa, FL 29Mar44. 3705th Base Unit
(Technical School), Lowry AFB, Denver, CO. 2536th Base Unit (Navigation School), San Marcos Field,
TX 14May44. Salvage 5Dec44. Reclaim complete 13Feb46.
2990 (MSN 7926) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 31Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Nov42. 322nd Bomb Squadron,
91st Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route, departed
Morrison Field 20Dec42. Waller Field, Piarco, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brazil
21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 26Dec42. Roberts
Field, Monrovia, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco.
Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 29Dec42. VIII Bomber Command, England. 322nd
Bomb Squadron [LG*R], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn 10Jan43. Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43. The weather was bad from takeoff through to Germany
preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the 91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the
target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and
on the deepest penetration yet into Germany. The reception was immediate with German fighters
determined to stop the attack; the return flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a
strong jet stream. Two engines were disabled but the plane returned safely to base. VIII Air Service
Command 4Mar43. Regained by Group 5Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Battle damaged on a
mission to the submarine construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 15May43. Weather over the
target was bad and conditions were unfavourable for bombing; the Group turned to an alternate target,
naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany. A large force of enemy fighters attacked the
formation viciously during the bomb run. Flak was meagre and inaccurate. Damaged by flak and 0.50
calibre cannon shells. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 22May43. Regained by Group
19Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau,
Kassel, Germany 30Jul43. En route the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy fighters
beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out at sea on the way home. Intense and very
accurate flak was experienced over the target; along the route to/from the target flak was meagre
and inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Evere, Brussels, Belgium
15Aug43. Weather over the Belgian coast was overcast and the formation headed for the Luftwaffe
airfield at Vlissingen, Netherlands. Moderate, accurate flak was experienced over target area.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France
16Aug43. Enemy fighters were seen, although they stayed with the formation for only a short time;
some flak was encountered, it was only moderate but accurate. Failed to return from a mission to
ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (2KIA:4POW:4EVD). The formation was subject
to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the
bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. Nearing the target, enemy
aircraft hit no.2 engine turbocharger and the aircraft dropped back from the formation. The bombs
were jettisoned but the plane was unable to keep up with the group. Vulnerable, more fighters
attacked and the pilot turned back for England. Approaching Brussels, Belgium, the bomber was again
attacked by enemy fighters wounding the radio operator. Shot down by Oberleutnant von Arnim of
5./(F) 123. The crew bailed out but the pilot remained to keep the plane steady and was killed when
the plane crashed at Montroeul-au-Bois, southwest of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Hainaut, Belgium.
{29 missions}. DAME SATAN - artwork of a woman dressed as Satan. Nose art painted by Tony Starcer
(Tony's first nose art). Two weeks after the crash, the wreckage was salvaged by the Bergungstruppe
of Gosselies, Belgium.
2991 (MSN 7927) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Oct42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 31Oct42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Dec42. 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th
Bomb Group, Rapid City AAB, SD 17Dec42. Major damage when force landed with fuel exhaustion in bad
weather nine miles north-northwest of Pierre, SD 24Dec42. Surveyed 26Aug43.
2992 (MSN 7928) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 20Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), 76th Flying Training Wing, Smyrna Field, TN 23Jan43. Advanced Twin-
Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 3Feb43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 351st Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 6Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field,
NM 15Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School,
Hobbs Field, NM 25Apr43. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV 18Jun44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 23Sep44. 3010th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 9Dec44. Designated TB-17F
29Jan45. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 1Apr45. Searcey
Field, Stillwater, OK 29Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46;
scrapped.
2993 (MSN 7929) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 22Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 302nd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27Jan43. 330th Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 4Mar43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 6Mar43. 351st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Blythe Field, CA 14Apr43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 24May43.
Redmond Field, OR 18Jun43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 18Jul43.
Redmond Field, OR 1Aug43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 4Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 9Aug43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Pyote Field, TX. 555th Base Unit (5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Love Field, Dallas, TX
Jun44. 901st Base Unit (Heavy Bombardment), Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 10Jun44. Ferrying Wing,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 15Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 18Jun44. 9th Bomb
Group, 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, McCook Field, NB 8Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 22Jul44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45. 4202nd Base Unit
(Rome Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 9Apr45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 10Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
2994 (MSN 7930) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 22Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 302nd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 26Jan43. 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group,
Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 6Mar43. Major damage in collision with parked B-17F
42-5802 when taxying at Pyote Field 1Oct43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX. 19th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 351st
Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 7Dec43. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane Field, WA 7Dec43.
901st Base Unit (Heavy Bombardment), Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL. Ferrying Wing, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK 16Jun44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 26Jul44.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 21Sep44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX Sep44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome
Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 9Apr44. 3505th Base Unit (Technical School), Scott
Field, Belleville, IL. Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
29Oct45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 30Oct45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
2995 (MSN 7931) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 1Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 34th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 25Jan43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training
Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 12May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 8Jun43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX
27Jul43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 500th Bomb Group,
17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. 248th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 11Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Dalhart Field, TX 15Jul44. 555th Base Unit (5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Love Field,
Dallas, TX 20Oct44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 21Oct44. Designated
RB-17F. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 21Oct44. Reclaim complete 7Jun46.
2996 (MSN 7932) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 302nd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27Jan43. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM.
Amarillo Field, TX 8Feb43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO. 351st Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 24Feb43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 18Mar43. Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 4Apr43. Brooksville Field, FL.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3May43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City
AAB, SD 21Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 1Aug43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 62nd Sub Depot, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 18Nov43. 3701st
Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX. Designated TB-17F 26Jan45. Designated RB-17F.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 4Nov45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
2997 (MSN 7933) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 29Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. (Delmonte)
North Ogden, UT 31Jan43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27Jan43. 330th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 24Feb43. 351st Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 26Feb43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Blythe Field, CA 15Apr43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 2May43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 26Jul44. 327th
Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 27Jul44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield
Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 27Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH 28Apr45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL
4May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 27Sep45. 4124th Base Unit (Air
Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field,
OK for storage and disposal 1Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining
Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
2998 (MSN 7934) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 30Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Combat Crew
Training School, Wendover Field, UT 27Jan43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43.
Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM
28Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 10May43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 14May43. 592nd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 8Jun43. Disintegrated in mid-air and crashed thirty miles southwest of
Moses Lake 21Jun43 (8KIS). The aircraft left Moses Lake Army Air Field with ten bombs on a routine
training mission. One radio operator on another B-17 about ten miles away reported seeing a B-17
apparently practicing stalls, and that it seemed 'out of the ordinary', but he did not see it crash.
Another aircraft was apparently nearby when 42-2998 crashed. The pilot stated that he saw the tail
and then wings depart the aircraft, and had to change his heading to avoid possible parachutes or
wreckage. Given the information in the accident report, it seems likely that the pilot had been
practicing stalls after dropping bombs and somehow either became disoriented or lost control. The
aircraft went into a dive and broke up. There was no explosion, although there were some small fires
at the scene of the crash. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 26Aug43.
2999 (MSN 7935) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 31Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 26Jan43. 469th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Alexandria AAB,
LA 11Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Clovis Field, NM. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Clovis Field, NM. Designated TB-17F 15Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28Aug44. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Clovis Field, NM. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Galveston Field, TX 2Sep44. 234th
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Clovis Field, NM 2Nov44. 299th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Jan45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational
Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 3Feb45. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command),
Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 23May45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational
Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 28May45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing),
Deming Field, NM 28Jun45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command),
Albuquerque AAB, NM. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 2Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel
Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3000 (MSN 7936) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 27Jan43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO
9Apr43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 15Apr43. Operational Training
Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 7Jun43. Glasgow Field, MT 8Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 22Jun43. Glasgow Field, MT 26Jun43. Cut Bank Field, MT 29Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB,
SD 26Jul43. 395th Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore Field, OK. Major damage caused by mechanical
failure taxying at Ardmore Field 24Feb44. 504th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Fairmont
Field, Geneva, NB. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 29Jun44.
504th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 17Jul44. 146th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI 26Aug44. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 24Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH. Ferried Geneva - El Paso, TX 2/3Nov44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Nov44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45. 299th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jan45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber
Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 24Feb45. Departed US 24Feb45. Returned to US 29Jun45.
290th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pueblo AAB, CO 29May45. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Sioux City AAB, IA 10Jun45. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard
Field, NB 22Jun45. Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
28Jul45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3001 (MSN 7937) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 962nd
Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 3Feb43. San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San
Antonio, TX 12Feb43. 962nd Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 14Feb43. 5th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 30Mar43. Substantially damaged in a forced landing at
Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 1Apr43. 962nd Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 15Jun43.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 29Jul44. Designated
TB-17F 8Nov44.
3002 (MSN 7938) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. 96th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID
31Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 9Jan43.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry
Field, Denver, CO 31Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
346th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 24Feb43. San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San
Antonio, TX 27Feb43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm
Beach, FL 5Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 27Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco
to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 28Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 359th Bomb Squadron
[BN*Z], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 17Apr43. {first combat mission 1May43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the U-boat base and
shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43. Flak over the target was slight to moderate but inaccurate.
On return a navigational error took the entire formation at low level over the Brest peninsula where
light and heavy flak was fired from land and navy flak boats, fragmenting the group. German fighters
arrived on the scene, quickly exploited the situation and began concerted attacks. VIII Air Service
Command 3May43. Regained by Group 10May43. VIII Air Service Command 20May43. Regained by Group
24May43. 427th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to the Robert Bosch electrical factory
at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (10RMC). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not
attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. From the
Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse
patches of farm land. The group had a difficult time locating one of the targets and bombs were
dropped at several different times on the city of Stuttgart. Having circled the target area several
times, this had a disastrous effect on fuel consumption; the planes didn't have any reserve fuel.
Over the target area the Group met the most fighter opposition of the mission; fighter opposition
was meagre on the rest of the mission. The pilot was taking violent evasive action to avoid fighters
on the tail after leaving the target. The crew was figuring their fuel consumption all the way and
knew over Germany that the best they could hope for was to ditch in the English Channel and that
they possibly might not get out of France. About halfway across France the crew started jettisoning
excess equipment to reduce the weight and aid fuel consumption, just keeping enough ammunition to
ward off fighter attacks. Twenty miles short of the French coast the plane was alone because it had
gradually lagged behind the formation. The plane left the French coast at 14,000 feet; by that time
the crew had started throwing out gun barrels. Before leaving France, no.1 and no.3 engines had
stopped with fuel exhaustion. Soon after leaving France the bailout alarm was sounded and the crew
except the pilot and co-pilot assembled in the radio room to prepare for ditching. Soon no.2 engine
stopped. At about 1,000 feet the pilot said he was going straight for a boat he had seen. The plane
made a nice landing into the wind; the tail hit first then the nose and whole fuselage hit and it
stopped dead with a violent jolt. The water immediately rushed in from the bomb bays and the camera
well as the plane seemed to be sinking fast. The bomber ditched in the English Channel six miles
southwest of Beachy Head, Sussex, narrowly missing a couple of minefileds; the crew was immediately
rescued by British Air-Sea Rescue launch and taken to Newhaven, Sussex. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned Air Force Service Command 6Sep43. THE OLD SQUAW.
3003 (MSN 7939) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 18Nov42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
96th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID 30Dec42. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th
Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 22Jan43. Substantially damaged in a forced
landing after engine fire at Pyote Field 29Mar43 (1 crew bailed out). Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 361st Sub Depot, Pyote Field, TX 23Sep43. 28th Bomb
Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 23Sep43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Nov43. 434th Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training
School, Ardmore Field, OK. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB 11Jun44.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 28Jul44. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 29Aug44. 569th Base Unit Fairfax Field, Kansas City, KS. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 30Aug44. 610th Base
Unit (Air Proving Ground), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 16Feb45. Designated RB-17F 3Mar45. Designated
RB-17F 9Sep45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 23Sep45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 23Dec45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
42-3004/3038 Boeing B-17F-15-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-15-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Staggered 0.50 calibre Browning guns installed either side of the nose for frontal
defence. Flexible gun mount in radio room hatch. Flexible ammunition feed for waist guns. Astrodome and
astrocompass. Provision for Lorenz blind approach equipment. Vacuum operated instrument air filters.
Pyrotechnic signals and pistol stowage. A-12 oxygen regulators.
3004 (MSN 7940) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 383rd Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Ainsworth Field, NB 21Jan43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational
Training Unit, Pierre AAB, SD 22Jan43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB,
SD 2Feb43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Pierre AAB, SD 9Feb43. 383rd Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 17Feb43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Pierre AAB, SD 25Mar43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 28Apr43.
383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. 541st Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Pendleton Field, OR 8Jul43. Crashed two miles west of
Pendleton, OR 15Jul43 (4KIS). Class 26; ground instructional airframe 16Jul43.
3005 (MSN 7941) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 508th Bomb
Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 19Jan43. Accident on the Oscura bombing range,
Biggs Field, TX 20Jan43. Damaged by 'friendly fire' caused by a malfunction of the top turret. 351st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27Mar43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Blythe Field, CA 13Apr43. Sacramento Air Depot, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 16May43. 590th
Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 16Jun43. Substantially
damaged landing with mechanical failure at Ephrata AAB 17Aug43. 395th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Ardmore Field, OK 25Oct43. Substantially damaged when nosed over landing at Ardmore
Field 16Nov43. 395th Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore Field, OK 24Nov43. Major damage by
mechanical failure when crash landed at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Mar44. The crew departed
Ardmore Army Air Field on a routine training flight to practice instrument flying. They flew locally
for approximately three hours before returning to the field to land. When lowering the wheels, the
right wheel could not be lowered. They were diverted to Tinker Field. After reaching Tinker Field,
the left gear was lowered and the aircraft landed without difficulty, travelling approximately 1,500
feet before it ground looped slightly to the right off the runway and came to a stop. 248th Base
Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Sioux City AAB, IA 24Jun44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 8Aug44. Class 01Z;
ground instructional training 31Jan45. Reclaim complete 3Jan46.
3006 (MSN 7942) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 15Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Combat Crew
Training School, Wendover Field, UT 30Jan43. (Delmonte) North Ogden, UT 31Jan43. Combat Crew
Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 7Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Dalhart Field, TX 15Apr43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 18Apr43. Combat Crew Training
School, Dalhart Field, TX 19Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 6Aug43. 330th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Alamogordo Field, NM. 231st Base
Unit (Operational Training Unit), Alamogordo Field, NM. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 2Nov44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Materiel Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio,
TX 4Nov44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe Dec44. Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jan46. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Kingman Field, AZ 12Jan46. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 12Jan46. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3007 (MSN 7943) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 383rd Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Ainsworth Field, NB 20Jan43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational
Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 10Apr43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 22Jun43. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard
Field, NB 14Jun44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 16Sep44. 233rd
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Fort Worth Field, TX 21Oct44. Designated TB-17F 7Nov44.
201st Base Unit (Headquarters, Second Air Force), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 7Dec44.
Damaged in an accident with parked B-24D Liberator 43-30574 while taxying at Peterson Field, CO
9Feb45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Lincoln Field, NB 23Apr45. 316th Headquarters
and Headquarters Squadron, Second Air Force, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 11Jun45.
Designated RB-17F. 4124th Base Unit (Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 21Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3008 (MSN 7944) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 96th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID 31Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX 22Jan43. Oklahoma City Air Depot, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Feb43. Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 10Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 5Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 10Sep43. 373rd Sub
Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. 356th Sub Depot, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 4Oct43. 468th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, Dalhart Field, TX 7Oct43.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH. Major damage
during a flight test caused by structural failure at Port Columbus, OH 28Jun44. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 15Jul44.
3009 (MSN 7945) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Nov42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 31Dec42.
(Morrow) San Bernardino, CA 3Jan43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA
23Jan43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 14Apr43. 34th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 10May43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Dyersburg AAB, TN 15May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43.
346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Dyersburg AAB, TN 7Jul43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Service Command), Robins Field, Warner
Robins, GA. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 15Jun44. 249th Base
Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 12Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Sioux
City AAB, IA 22Jan45. Designated TB-17F 6Mar45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 23May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 25May45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
Jul46; scrapped.
3010 (MSN 7946) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
410th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 30Dec42.
351st Bomb Group, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 9Feb43. 46th Bomb Wing, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 18Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
27Mar43. 46th Bomb Wing, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 10Apr43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 22Jul43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Aug43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dalhart Field, TX. 610th Base Unit (Air Proving
Ground), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL. Designated TB-17F 26Apr44. 215th Base Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO.
Substantially damaged while parked in a collision by TB-17F 42-5799 at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque,
NM 3Jun45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 4Jun45.
215th Base Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Jun45. Designated RB-17F 19Sep45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino
Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 29Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Oct45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3011 (MSN 7947) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 8Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jan43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8May43. Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 2Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ
19Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 21Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 29Jul43. 62nd Sub Depot, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Ardmore Field, OK. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB
9Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, McCook Field, NB 30Jun44. 245th Base
Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 2Sep44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Dalhart Field, TX 7Oct44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 14Oct44.
Class 26; ground instructional airframe 20Oct44. Designated RB-17F. Class 01Z; ground instructional
training 31Jan45. Reclaim 31Jan45. Reclaim complete 27Feb46
3012 (MSN 7948) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 3Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27Jan43. (Delmonte) North Ogden, UT
31Jan43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO. 351st Bomb Group, Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 24Feb43. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 28Mar43. Lewistown
Field, MT 2May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5May43.
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 9Jun43. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver,
CO. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 26Jun43. Orlando AAB, FL 3Jul43. Leesburg Field,
FL 28Jul43. 9th Bomb Group, Brooksville Field, FL 1Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB,
SD 2Aug43. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB, WA. 402nd Sub Depot, Pratt Field, KS
17Nov43. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH. 472nd Combat Crew
Training School, Clovis Field, NM. Substantially damaged in an accident caused by bad weather on the
ground at Clovis Field, NM 28Mar44. 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
2Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney Field, NB. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 15Nov44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 20Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45.
4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 30Jun45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
3013 (MSN 7949) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
(Delmonte) North Ogden, UT 31Jan43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 31Jan43. Combat
Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen
Field, Boise, ID 19Apr43. Great Falls AAB, MT 23May43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 7Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 9Jun43. 600th
Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Jun43. Crash after engine failure near Salix,
fifteen miles south east of Sioux City, IA 27Jul43 (2KIS). Surveyed 1Aug43. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 5Aug43.
3014 (MSN 7950) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Mobile Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 6Dec42. United
Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42. 96th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID 28Dec42. 96th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 7Jan43. Oklahoma
City Air Depot, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Feb43. 96th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 19Feb43.
28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. Major damage when
force landed after engine failure two miles north west of Pyote 19Apr43. Surveyed 27Apr43.
3015 (MSN 7951) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID
27Dec42. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 6Jan43. 302nd Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 20Mar43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA
30Apr43. Spokane Air Depot, Spokane Field, WA 12May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23May43. Ephrata AAB, WA 4Jun43. 500th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Operational
Training Wing, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field,
Victoria, KS 30Jun44. 500th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walker Field, Victoria,
KS 2Jul44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 31Jul44. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 5Aug44. 221st Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA 18Jan45. 248th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Apr45. Designated TB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Technical Service Command),
Albuquerque AAB, NM 31May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for
storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel
Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3016 (MSN 7952) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID
28Dec42. 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 22Jan43.
Major damage in an accident landing at Pyote Field 12Apr43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training
School, Pyote Field, TX. 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX 21Aug43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Nov43. 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing,
Pratt Field, KS. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 11Jun44. 232nd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jul44. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 2Dec44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Dalhart Field, TX 3Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Lincoln Field, NB
6Jan45. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX 18Mar45. Designated TB-17F 1
8Mar45. 4208th Base Unit (San Bernardino Technical Service Command), Mines Field, Los Angeles, CA
24May45. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX 3Jun45. 3018th Base Unit
(San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 30Oct45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3017 (MSN 7953) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 10Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 26Jan43. Combat Crew Training School,
Gulfport Field, MS 16Mar43. Sacramento Air Depot, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 16May43. 589th
Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 12Jun43. Substantially
damaged in an accident landing at Ephrata AAB 24Aug43. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing,
Harvard Field, NB. 4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Service Command), Lambert Municipal Airport,
Robertson, MO Jun44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 27Jul44. 553rd Base
Unit (3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. 235th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training School), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 29Jul44. Crashed after fuel exhaustion when the crew
bailed out fifteen miles northwest of Tatum, NM 3Dec44. Surveyed 5Dec44.
3018 (MSN 7954) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 11Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 2Feb43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route departing Morrison Field 4Feb43: Borinquen
Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 4Feb43; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana 7Feb43; Val de Cães
Field, Belém, Brazil 8Feb43; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil 9Feb43; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia
11Feb43; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco 12Feb43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force,
Oran, Algeria) 20Feb43. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria 2Mar43. 347th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 22Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El
Eulma, Algeria 25Mar43. Assigned to BLOT (Twelfth Air Force, French Morocco) 17Apr43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. 368th Air Service Squadron, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 16Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Declared 'war
weary'. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy) 5Apr44. Reassigned for utility, training and
weather check aircraft. Air Depot 10Oct44. Returned to US May45. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean
Division, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL May45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 18May45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. RED ASS / SAD SACK. Named after an American comic character created
by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States Army, Sad Sack depicted a lowly
private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life.
3019 (MSN 7955) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 11Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 26Jan43. 302nd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 30Apr43.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11May43. 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 1Jul43. Major damage when force landed with mechanical
failure at Spokane Field, WA 15Oct43. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB,
LA. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Service Command) Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 29Jun44.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA 7Aug44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45.
329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA 1Mar45. 4124th Base Unit
(Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 23Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus
Field, OK for storage and disposal 23Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado
Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3020 (MSN 7956) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 14Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
381st Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 27Jan43. Replacement Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Pueblo AAB, CO
9Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 30Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 13May43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 21May43. 383rd Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 30May43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 12Jun43. Pratt Field, KS 13Jul43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 16Jul43. Pratt Field, KS 18Jul43. 271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney AAB, NB.
499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 17Jun44. 247th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Jun44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 22Sep44. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 8Oct44. Designated TB-17F 3Feb45. Designated RB-17F 25Aug45. 3018th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 31Oct45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Oct45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3021 (MSN 7957) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 15Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 26Jan43. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 27Feb43. 390th Bomb Group, Orlando AAB, FL 14Mar43. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 29Mar43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 4Jun43. 554th
Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 4Jul44. 3701st
Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 8Jul44. Designated TB-17F 17Nov44. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 16May45. Reclaim 25Aug45. Reclaim complete 7Jun46.
3022 (MSN 7958) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 15Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
381st Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 26Jan43. San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
381st Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 25Feb43. 302nd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB,
CO 6Apr43. Lewistown Field, MT 20Apr43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB,
SD 22Apr43. 330th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Alamogordo Field, NM 26Apr43. 93rd Bomb
Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 13May43. Accident on a
training flight and crashed ten miles northeast of Pyote Field, TX 14Jul43 (5KIS:4RMC). The bomber
caught fire and an order was given for the crew to bail out. Only four of the nine aboard had a
successful bailout and survived before the craft lost control and crashed. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 16Jul43.
3023 (MSN 7959) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Garden City Field, KS 31Mar43. 12th
Ferrying Squadron, 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE. The
tail was substantially damaged in a collision by B-17F 42-3103 landing at Kansas City Airport, MO
7Apr43. Condemned 9Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
15Apr43. Rosecrans Field, Saint Joseph, MO 18Apr43. Kansas City, KS 3May43. 335th Bomb Squadron,
95th Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 18May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 25May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*V], 95th Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*F], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 8Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Klöckner
Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (5KIA:5POW). Weather and
contrails made formation flying too difficult and dangerous. As a result, the Group was forced to
bomb a target of opportunity, flak batteries on Wangerooge island, Germany. Fighter opposition was
heavy and the lack of tight formation among the bombers gave the Germans ample opportunities to
attack the bombers. Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed near Brahe, East Friesland, Germany.
ROSE OLIVE / BOOZENESS. Claimed by Hptm Wilhelm Gath of JG 26 in a Fw 190 A-5.
3024 (MSN 7960) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 10Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jan43. 346th Sub Depot, Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Feb43. 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb
Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 13Mar43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French
Morocco to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2/3May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 546th Bomb S
quadron [BK*K], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire UK 28Jun43.
{first combat mission 25Jul43}. Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner
Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (7KIA:3POW). Because of a
heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm &
Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy
coast to the target and back out to the coast; there was heavy flak over Hamburg. Attacked by enemy
fighters and crashed near Neritz, four miles southwest of Bad Oldesloe, Germany. {1 mission}. ROYAL
FLUSH.
3025 (MSN 7961) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 10Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 15Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA
27Jan43. Combat Crew Training School, March Field, Riverside, CA 31Jan43. 34th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 19May43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 23May43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 8Aug43. 333rd Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 11Aug43. 356th Sub Depot, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Sep43. 373rd
Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 2Nov43. 62nd Sub Depot, MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 3Dec43. 326th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 4119th Base
Unit (Mobile Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 14Nov44. 554th Base Unit
(4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 27Nov44. Crashed
seventeen miles west of Georgiana, AL 26Nov44 (3KIS). The plane was flying through a heavy rainstorm
during a ferry flight from Brookley Field to Patterson Field, OH. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH 27Nov44. Surveyed 30Nov44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 30Nov44.
Reclaim complete 16Dec44.
3026 (MSN 7962) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 10Dec42. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 15Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 5Feb43. San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX 21Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 15Mar43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Apr43. 99th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Apr43. 346th
Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 21Apr43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 26Apr43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat),
El Eulma, Algeria May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. 368th Air Service Squadron, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 16Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella,
Italy 13Dec43. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia,
Italy 22Apr44. Returned to US Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson
Field, Fairfield, OH 9Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 4May45.
Continental Air Forces, Andrews Field, Camp Springs, MD 5Jul45. 4209th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA 6Jul45. Continental Air Forces, Andrews
Field, Camp Springs, MD 13Aug45. 272nd Base Unit (Staging Base),Topeka Field, KS 14Aug45.
Continental Air Forces, Andrews Field, Camp Springs, MD 20Aug45. Air Technical Service Command,
Boeing Field, Seattle, WA 23Sep45. Continental Air Forces, Andrews Field, Camp Springs, MD 26Sep45.
Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Oct45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 11Oct45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. RODGER
THE LODGER [a cartoon character in Al Capp's comic strip 'Li'l Abner'].
3027 (MSN 7963) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 17Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jan43. 346th Sub Depot, Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Feb43. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL [3Mar43].
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 4Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Force landed after problems with all four engines in a swamp in Portuguese Guinea
c13Mar43. The aircraft stopped with a wheel jammed in the mud and a broken propeller. The crew was
released and flown out by Pan American Airways 29Mar43. A Portuguese army officer with the help from
a private pilot recovered the plane out of the swampy area, transported it to a place where it was
less exposed to the rain, floods and weather in general. The engines were started from time to time
so the systems were kept running and avoiding the batteries from discharging. Later a pilot of the
Aeronáutica Militar was able to take off and land it at Bolama where the plane spent its last days
until it was scrapped. Condemned - interned 31Aug43.
3028 (MSN 7964) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 11Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Lowry
Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 16Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX. 313th Air Base Squadron, 76th Flying Training Wing, Smyrna Field, TN 1Feb43.
Substantially damaged landing at Smyrna Field 27Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Lincoln Field,
NB 21Apr43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), 76th Flying Training Wing, Smyrna Field, TN
29Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 7May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. 959th Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 11Jun43.
Substantially damaged landing at Hobbs Field 26Jun43. 960th Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs
Field, NM. Major damage when crashed on takeoff at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #1, Knowles, NM 19Jan44
(1KIS). 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM. Designated
TB-17F 8Nov44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio,
TX 2Jan45. 4511th Base Unit (San Antonio Technical Service Command) Stinson Field, San Antonio, TX
21Mar45. Designated RB-17F 30Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Reclaim - scrap Dec45.
4511th Base Unit (San Antonio Air Materiel Command) Stinson Field, San Antonio, TX 1Jan46. Reclaim
complete 3Jan46.
3029 (MSN 7965) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 11Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jan43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Berry Field, Nashville, TN 18Feb43. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Homestead Field, FL
5Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St. Eval
(Station 129), Cornwall 28Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 359th Bomb Squadron [VK*N], 303rd
Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 9Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43.
{first combat mission 17Apr43}. Received a field modification to counter the German tactic of head
on attacks; the bombsight was removed, a twin 0.50 caliber gun was installed and armoured plate to
protect the gunner. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Kiel, Germany 14May43
(1WIA:9RMC). Flak over the target was moderate. Enemy air opposition was heavy with a large force
of fighters. The German fighters began their attacks as soon as the bombers crossed the German coast
and kept up a running fight until they had dropped their bombs, turned back, and were well out to
sea. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands 19Aug43. With
haze prior to the Initial Point, over the target moderate and accurate flak was coming from the
centre of the target and the lead bombardier was unable synchronize the bomb sight. Going round for
another run over the target, the formation was heading into the sun causing the bombers to drop
their bombs haphazardly, none hitting the target. By this time other groups were heading home along
with their fighter escort. The formation was then attacked by a small force of enemy fighters. No. 4
engine was struck, caught fire but later extinguished. Battle damaged during a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made visibility in the target area very
poor. The 384th Bomb Group led the combat wing across the northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls,
subjecting the formation to the fire of approximately one hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely
accurate for altitude and deflection; the lead Group took no evasive action. At the start of the
bomb run, the lead bombardier observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the
bomb run on it; the town was later identified as Coesfeld, Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but
did not attack; the P-47 Thunderbolt escort gave excellent protection and coverage. Battle damaged
during a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt,
Germany 14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a l
arge number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the
target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various
places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refueled, attacked again until,
finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western France and relative safety. Battle damaged
during a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition
was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. On the return journey,
the combat wing leader took a course that led the formation near Antwerp, Belgium, and subjected the
aircraft to severe flak defenses in that vicinity. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at
Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was
very intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter
factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44. While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in
ver English bases and a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander
of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater
exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the
penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal support
but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers to fend for themselves on
the return trip. It proved to be the most disastrous of the 303rd Bomb Group combat missions flown
to date; the 303rd lost eleven of the forty B-17s flying the mission. Luftwaffe attacks started over
the IJsselmeer and intensified when the American fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate
flak was experienced on the bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. During
the a fighter attack, the plane received damage from a 20mm cannon shell that was fired from a
little above and to the left of the cockpit, going just over the cockpit, grazing the fuselage,
going through the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator; this shell didn't explode when it hit.
Another cannon shell made a large hole through the no.3 engine oil cooler, just grazed a fuel tank
and then struck the hydraulic line which operates the no.4 engine cowl flaps. Upon reaching England,
the pilot found a very dense overcast. He finally located the runway and landed. Immediatelyupon
touching the ground, he locked the brakes because he had landed too far down the runway for a normal
landing roll. The plane slid both wheels - the runway was wet from the rain and sleet - and slid to
a stop not more than thirty feet from the end of the runway. There was just enough room left to turn
the plane around by locking one wheel and turning on a point. Failed to return from a Crossbow
mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site at Gueschart in the Pas-de-Calais, France 14Jan44
(11POW). The lead squadron was on its bomb run for the primary target when intense flak was
encountered. Violent evasive action caused the bomb sight gyroscope to tumble. On the second bomb
run, the formation was on a collision course with the 379BG formation. They turned and bombed the
low squadron's target at Le Meillard. No enemy fighters were encountered. In the vicinity of Forêt
de Crécy, France, the plane sustained a direct flak hit. The control cables were severed and the
aircraft went out of control, spiralled towards the ground and exploded. The crew successfully
bailed out and watched their B-17 crash near their landing area. It crashed near the anti-aircraft
gun that shot them down, near the Forêt Domaniale de Crecy, Crécy-en Ponthieu, north of Abbeville,
France. {35 missions}. WALLAROO.
3030 (MSN 7966) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 19Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 21Feb43. 54th Ferrying Squadron, 15th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force,
Oran, Algeria) 25Feb43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route departing US 4Apr43.
97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 17Apr 43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia
11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy
15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Condemned
8Apr44. Condemned inventory 8Jul44.
3031 (MSN 7967) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Feb43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 324th Bomb S
quadron [DF*F], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 19Apr43. 1st Strategic
Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 26Apr43. Regained by Group 27Apr43. Failed to return from
a mission to the Blohm & Voss shipyard at Hamburg, Germany 26Jul43 (2KIA:2DOI:6POW). A smoke screen
and intense flak was experienced over Hamburg; there was no fighter opposition. The bomber sustained
flak damage before and after the target; the radio operator was fatally wounded. With two engines on
fire, it started down from 27,000 feet out of control. The pilot regained control as it subsequently
lost altitude in a low gradual glide following approximately the course taken by the formation but
of necessity always lagging behind. It was last seen at 3,000 feet and alone losing altitude with
three enemy fighters attacking it. The crew bailed out and the bomber crashed into a house at
Nindorf, ten miles southeast of Rotenburg, Germany. {7 missions}. NITEMARE.
3032 (MSN 7968) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 27Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 5Mar43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 26Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Received in North Africa 1May43. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria May43. {first combat mission 24May43}. Aïn M'lila
(Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy
1Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. {22 missions}. 840th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Assigned to DUKO
(Twelfth Air Force). Returned to US Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 11Jun44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
28Jul44. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 30Jul44. Designated
TB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 28Sep45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped. MARY JANE.
3033 (MSN 7969) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA. CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft
Company, Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Denver CO 26Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 31Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 4Feb43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE
20Feb43. 54th Ferrying Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field
(Station 8), FL 5Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Mar43. Ferried overseas
on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 20Apr43. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 26Jun43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jun43. 533rd Bomb
Squadron [VP*U], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell, Essex Jul43. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*U], 381st Bomb
Group. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 23Sep43. Returned to Group 9Nov43. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 16Nov43. Returned to Group 17Nov43.
{>4 missions}. 11th Combat Crew Replacement Center Group, Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire
1Sep44. Returned to US 25Dec44. 1105th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Miami 36th
Street Airport, Hialeah, FL 2Jan44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Jan45. Departed US 27Feb45. Returned to US
9Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Mar45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 27Mar45. Designated TB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and
disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
3034 (MSN 7970) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Denver CO 25Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Feb43. 54th Ferrying Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 25Feb43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 26Feb43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 12Mar43. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 12Mar43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*U], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire Mar43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany
22Mar43. Enemy fighter opposition was determined and persistent, following the formation from and
back to the coast. After a lull, twin engine fighters attacked almost as far as the English coast,
catching the formation by surprise. Flak was severe and intense over much of the route to and from
the target. Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at
Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (10MIA). On the bomb run, heavy flak was encountered; enemy fighters,
disregarding their own flak, made attacks on the formation. Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed
in North Sea.
3035 (MSN 7971) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jan43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 13Feb43. Combat Crew
Training School, Wendover Field, UT 14Apr43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 26Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 7Jun43. Operational Training Unit,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 8Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Jun43. Operational
Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 31Jul43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field,
TX. Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44. Designated TB-17F 10Sep44. En route
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS to Pyote, major damage when force landed in bad weather at Ellington
Field, Houston, TX 27Jan45. Surveyed 28Jan45. Reclaim complete 9Feb45.
3036 (MSN 7972) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jan43. 29th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 13Feb43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew
Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 17Jul43. 373rd Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg
AAB, TN. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane Field, WA 2Dec43. 346th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN. Crashed when the crew bailed out after fuel exhaustion in bad
weather near Princeton, KY 6Mar44. Surveyed 8Mar44.
3037 (MSN 7973) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 26Feb43.
Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 26Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb
Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN
20Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 28Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Apr43. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*N], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Aug43. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*Z], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 20Sep43. Gee-H radio navigation system installed.
{first combat mission 9Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster,
Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made visibility in the target area very poor. The 384th Bomb Group led
the combat wing across the northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls, subjecting the formation to
the fire of approximately one hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely accurate for altitude and
deflection; the lead Group took no evasive action. At the start of the bomb run, the lead bombardier
observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run on it; the town was
later identified as Coesfeld, Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but did not attack; the P-47
Thunderbolt escort gave excellent protection and coverage. Failed to return from a mission to the
Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RMC).
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of
Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the
Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during
the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the
bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. Unable to locate a suitable
place to land in England in bad weather, the crew bailed out safely over Deenethorpe, England. The
aircraft crash landed at Wakerley, near Corby, Northants. {3 missions - 384BG}. Salvaged by Mobile
Repair Unit, 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton 15Oct43. Condemned salvage 12Oct43 [sic].
WINDY CITY AVENGER - artwork of the city flag of Chicago, Illinois with an airman holding a Nazi
flag and giving the victory sign.
3038 (MSN 7974) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Feb43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 19Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Returned to US. 4160th Base
Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 3Aug45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 3Aug45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
42-3039/3073 Boeing B-17F-20-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-20-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: External bomb racks added under the inner wings for the carriage of two 2000-pound bombs.
Improved brakes. B-5 Drift Recorder added.
3039 (MSN 7975) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Feb43. 29th Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 15Feb43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 10May43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 21Jul43.
Combat Crew Training School, Pocatello AAB, ID 11Aug43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field,
UT 14Aug43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK. 2530th Base Unit
(Navigation School), Selman Field, Monroe, LA 1Sep44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Ardmore Field, OK 21Sep44. Designated TB-17F 22Jan45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero
Field, Ontario, CA May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field,
Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 11Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows
Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3040 (MSN 7976) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 28Jan43. 346th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 25Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 18Mar43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 22Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 5Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
Station 107), Huntingdonshire 11Apr43. {nil missions}. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*R], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 17Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the U-boat base and
shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43. After the target German fighters engaged the group; as the
fighters came up, the formation managed to elude them by flying into a large cloud bank. On return a
navigational error took the entire formation at low level over the Brest peninsula where light and
heavy flak was fired from land and navy flak boats, fragmenting the group. German fighters arrived
on the scene, quickly exploited the situation and began concerted attacks. Battle damaged on a
diversionary mission to the naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43. Weather over the
target was bad and conditions were unfavourable for bombing; the Group turned to an alternate target,
the airfield at Wangerooge, East Frisian Island, Germany. A large force of enemy fighters was
encountered around the North Frisian Islands; flak was generally slight and inaccurate. Battle
damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43 (1WIA:9RMC). Enemy
opposition was intense with a large force of fighters first encountered near Heligoland island but
did not attack until the formation reached the I.P. Flak over the target was moderate to intense and
accurate. Fighting continued until the formation was well out to sea on the return home; the tail
gunner was wounded by 20mm cannon shell fragments. Major battle damage on a mission to the Deutsche
Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. Enemy
fighter opposition was light; heavy but inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. VIII Air
Service Command. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 18Jun43.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*Q], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Aug43.
{first combat mission 6Sep43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany 3Nov43 (1WIA:9RMC). Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. Escort
fighters were scheduled to cover the whole route over enemy territory but were not on hand for
approximately ten minutes between the I.P. and the target, during which time the Group was attacked
by enemy fighters. The navigator was severely wounded by a 0.303 calibre slug. Major battle damage
on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44. Enemy
fighter attacks were very numerous; flak was moderate but accurate due to the low altitude of the
mission. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Gütersloh,
Germany 21Feb44 (2KIA:8POW). En route to the target and flying over the North Sea, the spare element
was lagging well behind the main body of the Group formation. About midway across the sea, the spare
element was attacked by four Bf 109 fighters. Poor weather conditions over the primary target forced
the formation to strike an alternate target, a Luftwaffe airfield at Achmer, Bramsche, Germany. The
weather was poor that day, and things went wrong from the start. The First Bombardment Wing had no
pathfinder aircraft; the fighter escort failed to meet them at the rendezvous point, and just as the
large formation came to a place deep inside enemy territory where they needed to make a turn they
flew into a large cloudbank. When they finally broke into the clear, this bomber was separated from
the rest of the formation by about one mile. As the pilot attempted to rejoin the group, Fw 190s
attacked and knocked out an engine, badly wounded the radio operator, killed the top turret gunner,
shot away the rudder controls, and made many gun positions inoperable. The pilot reduced altitude,
jettisoned the bombs, and turned for home. A second engine failed and the pilot gave the bail out
order. Two men jumped, but one engine was restarted and the remaining crew decided to stay with the
plane in hope of getting home safely. Flying over Germany at treetop level for more than an hour,
they had the additional bad luck to fly right across a Luftwaffe fighter base. This time the plane
came under attack by Major Heinz 'Pritzel' Bär of the VI./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-7 from Hopsten
airfield, Rheine. A shell exploded inside the cockpit wounding the pilot and killing the co-pilot.
The pilot successfully crash landed into an open field at Bexten, near Salzbergen, northwest of
Rheine, Germany. {13 missions}. MISS OUACHITA - artwork of a young woman wearing a bathing suit and
crown. Luftwaffe salvage experts soon began removing equipment and considered the plane repairable.
However, Allied fighter aircraft spotted the bomber on the ground and strafed it until fire took a
hold and damaged the plane beyond repair.
3041 (MSN 7977) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 28Jan43. 346th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 19Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 25Feb43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17Mar43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried Gibraltar to St. Eval
(Station 129), Cornwall 1/2Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 9Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43. {nil missions}. 369th
Bomb Squadron [WW*U], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 17Apr43. Battle
damaged on a diversionary mission to the naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43.
Weather over the target was bad and conditions were unfavourable for bombing; the Group turned to an
alternate target, the airfield at Wangerooge, East Frisian Island, Germany. A large force of enemy
fighters was encountered around the North Frisian Islands; flak was generally slight and inaccurate.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*H], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire
22Aug43. {1 mission, 384BG}. Failed to return from a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (9POW:1EVD). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not
attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. From the
Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse
patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice without dropping their bombs. Bombs
were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany. Having spent
too long over the target, the formation was beginning to realise that fuel exhaustion would likely
lead to many not being able to return to base. On the return home an inboard engine failed and the
pilot dove for cloud cover. With the propeller feathered, the plane had lost sight of the formation
when the other inboard engine failed. The remaining engines, running at higher power, were using up
fuel and there was not enough to return to England. The pilot headed for France with a chance that
the crew might be able to evade capture. The crew bailed out when the aircraft ran out of fuel and
crashed on the side of a hill between Dorviller and Elvange, 32km east of Metz, France.
3042 (MSN 7978) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Operational
Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 26Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 8Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 23Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43. Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Failed to
return from a mission to the naval storage depot at Rennes, France 29May43 (7KIA:3POW). When the
friendly fighter escort had to turn back at the IP, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters en
route to the target and return twenty miles off the French coast. Flak between the target and rally
point was intense but inaccurate. After the target the plane was seen to dive sharply out of
formation and lose altitude rapidly; it was later observed to regain its altitude slowly and to
gradually come up to its proper position in the formation. It was later observed apparently under
control and no smoke or flame was observed coming from the airplane. At this point it was losing
both speed and altitude and apparently attempting to make the south coast of England. Its altitude
at that time was approximately 6,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. Later, an attack by enemy
fighters disabled no.2 and no.3 engines and set both wings on fire. The navigator, tail and ball
turret gunners bailed out but the remaining crew were still onboard as the bomber crash landed in a
field between Parthenay-de-Bretagne and Clayes at a place called 'Le Grand Clos', nine miles
northwest of Rennes, France. Cutting through high voltage power lines caused ignition of the fuel
and the plane exploded, scattering debris over several hundred yards towards farm buildings. Claimed
by Hptm. Helmut -Felix Bolz of I./JG 2. Condemned 29May43. Salvaged by the Germans 30May43. CABIN
HEATER - artwork of a lightly clad and lovely lady.
3043 (MSN 7979) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 29Jan43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Feb43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Topeka Field, KS 14Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville,
TN Feb43. 54th Ferrying Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field
(Station 8), FL 25Feb43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 2Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 13Apr43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*B], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 22Apr43. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 23Apr43. Regained by
Group 27Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43. With
poor visibility over the target, the formation turned to the secondary target, the port facilities
at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The lead aircraft of the formation was hit by anti-aircraft fire while on
the bomb run which knocked out two engines. A switch to the secondary target was initiated, causing
some confusion among the groups from the I.P. on. Radio operator was looking upward from his post at
the radio room gun and saw a higher group immediately overhead, their bomb bay doors open. Just
after this plane dropped its bomb load and closed the bomb bay doors, two 500lb bombs dropped from
the plane above, the first hitting the outer portion of the right horizontal stabilizer, the second
chopping it completely off about two feet from the tail section. Loss of the stabilizer threw the
plane completely out of control, causing it to plunge earthward. The plane didn't hit any others as
it fell out of formation, but enemy fighters showed an interest Finally the pilot got the aircraft
under some sort of control and cautiously slid over the middle of a lower group for fighter
protection. The 91st bomb group went down over it and the fighters left them alone. Trying to fly
formation, sandwiched between the two groups, was an almost impossible job. Over the North Sea the
pilot left both groups for more manoeuvring space, and headed for Bassingbourn where it landed
safely. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (
10RMC). The turbocharger on an engine failed during assembly and should have turned back. The pilot
was determined to do his tour of duty and continued on using full power on the remaining three
engines. The increased fuel consumption meant that it would not be able to make it back to a safe
landing in England. The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed
over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft
defence zones. Severely damaged by enemy aircraft, a 20mm cannon shell blew off the left wing tip
and there was a large hole in the right horizontal stabilizer. Another cannon shell struck no.3
engine; the pilot did not feather the propeller, hoping that enemy fighters would not realise that
the bomber was in trouble. The bomb load was jettisoned but the crew continued to the target for
protection by the group. The pilot kept up with the formation on return as far as the Belgian coast
but was then down to two operating engines. As the bomber started a gentle glide across the North
Sea the remaining two engines stopped because of fuel exhaustion. The aircraft ditched in the North
Sea forty-five miles from the English coast, the crew being rescued by a Royal Air Force Air-Sea
Rescue Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft from 277 Squadron, RAF Hawkinge, Kent. Unable to
takeoff with a heavy load into the swell, the Walrus was taxyed to Ramsgate, Kent, arriving early
the following morning. The pilot, who was on the first American raid of August 17, 1942 with 97th
Bomb Group, said when picked up "This is a hell of a way to celebrate an anniversary." {17 missions}.
OLD IRONSIDES / HITLER'S GREMLIN.
3044 (MSN 7980) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 28Jan43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 12Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route departing Morrison Field 18Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force,
Oran, Algeria) 16Apr43. 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 17Apr43.
Condemned 4May43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8
(Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 12Apr44. {2 missions}. Condemned inventory 30Apr44.
3045 (MSN 7981) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 1Feb43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 18Mar43. Ferried overseas on the
South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 8Apr43. 97th
Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 17Apr43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia
11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned after
crash 20Sep43.
3046 (MSN 7982) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. 95th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 20Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 14Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Gulfport Field, MS 27Mar43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 7Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route via Florida; Waller
Field, Trinidad; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brazil; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Mallard Field,
Dakar, Senegal; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco; Alconbury, England. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*V], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Apr43.
334th Bomb Squadron [BG*V]. {first combat mission 19May43}. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43.
412th Bomb Squadron [QW*V]. {2 missions}. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*X], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 16Jun43. {first combat mission 26Jun43}. Battle damaged on a
tactical mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Glisy, Amiens, France 14Jul43. Fighter attacks on the
Group were infrequent and not closely pressed home. Flak, however, while light, was extremely
accurate from the target to Abbeville. Flak hole through corrugation of left outer wing panel; flak
hole in leading edge of left horizontal stabilizer; flak hole in right outer wing panel through the
skin corrugation. Battle damaged during a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard at Kiel,
Germany 29Jul43. Flak was intense and accurate at the target; meagre but accurate from Flensburg;
meagre and inaccurate from South Sylt and Amrum islands. After the target there was large enemy
fighter opposition but did not press home their attacks. One flak hole right wing leading edge
between no.3 and no.4 engine; one hole in right aileron; one hole in left horizontal stabilizer
leading edge. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at
Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (10RMC). En route the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy
fighters beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out at sea on the way home. Intense
and very accurate flak was experienced over the target; along the route to/from the target flak was
meagre and inaccurate. After the rally, the formation was south of course and struck by accurate,
light flak near Hamm. A large force of enemy fighters came up to attack as the formation was nearing
the enemy coast on the way home. While crossing the French coast on the way back, the four fuel
warning lights came on. This was quite unexpected and caused consternation in the cockpit. The pilot
elected to stay with the formation, but halfway across the North Sea one engine stopped. Feathering
the propeller, the pilot put the plane into a shallow dive towards the English coast, aiming for an
airstrip at RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. Lining up for the runway, the pilot discovered that the
undercarriage would not lower as gunfire from fighter attacks had damaged it. Going around again,
praying that the remaining engines would not cut out, he set the plane down on the grass. None of
the crew were injured. {6 missions}. Salvaged 2Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned
inventory 31Oct44. OL' JACKSON - THAT FRISCO KID.
3047 (MSN 7983) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Feb43. 17th
Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 5Apr43. McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 8Jul43. 17th
Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43. Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO
27Jul43. Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Jul43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla
Walla Field, WA 6Aug43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 10Aug43.
326th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 4117th Base Unit (Warner
Robins Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 12Jul44. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Substantially damaged in a forced landing caused
by engine failure at Drew Field 1Nov44. Surveyed 14Nov44. Reclaim complete 20Nov44.
3048 (MSN 7984) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Feb43. 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach,
FL 5Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 6Mar43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
19Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*A], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 21Mar43. VIII Air Service Command 16May43. Regained by Group 16Jun43.
533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*U], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 22Aug43. 524th Bomb
Squadron [WA*I], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 26Sep43. {24 missions}.
Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 4Apr44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 25Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 14Feb45. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 15Feb45. 4124th Base Unit (Air
Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 10Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field,
OK for storage and disposal 4Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining
Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. BIG BUST
3049 (MSN 7985) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Dec42. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jan43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Feb43. Kansas City, KS 17Feb43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Feb43. Ellington Field, Houston, TX 5Mar43. 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach,
FL 10Mar43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 17Mar43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 21Mar43. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 21Mar43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*W], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 25Mar43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft
factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43. On the bomb run, heavy flak was encountered; enemy fighters,
disregarding their own flak, made attacks on the formation. Flak damaged the bomb bay doors. Battle
damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Pointe de Keroman, Lorient, Brittany, France 17May43.
The formation was attacked by a force of enemy fighters en route to the target and return as far as
the French coast; flak was moderate and ineffective to/from and over the target. Attacked by enemy
fighters en route to the target, the rudder controls were damaged. The bombardier and another crew
member patched up the controls and the pilot was able to use it to return to England but it was not
sufficiently robust to use for the landing. The pilot stalled the plane over the end of the runway
by running over the grass while the co-pilot applied the brakes. Failed to return from a mission to
a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 14Jul43 (7KIA:4POW). Intense and
accurate flak was encountered on crossing the coast into France but the heaviest and most accurate
flak was fired from Le Havre as the Group returned home; there were some enemy fighters but these
made very few attacks on the formation. Damaged by flak and, after extinguishing several fires, was
attacked by enemy fighters setting fire to no.3 engine. A frontal attack sent the plane onto its
back and heading down with damage to the ball and top turrets. The crew was seen to bail out before
it crashed and exploded 500 metres west of Lieusaint, 16km northwest of Melun, Paris, France. WINDY
CITY CHALLENGER.
3050 (MSN 7986) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Feb43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Feb43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 10Mar43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 24Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 8Apr43. Major damage taxying at Tinker Field 8Apr43. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 14May43. Surveyed 16May43. Returned to US from GLEN 20May43.
3051 (MSN 7987) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Feb43. 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach,
FL 5Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 10Mar43. Ferried overseas on the
South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 18Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 19Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*M],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston, 31May43. VIII Air Service Command 27Jul43. Regained by Group 13Aug43.
Gee-H radio navigation system installed. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*C], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 19Sep43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Severe battle
damage on a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. On the way
out and returning home the formation passed Denmark where German fighters attacked the bombers; no
flak or fighters were encountered in the target area. After bombing and leaving the target, the
first flak was encountered at Rostock; it was intense and accurate. From the target to Rostock,
enemy fighter attacks were spasmodic. They then became persistent until out in the North Sea about
one hundred miles from the Kiel Peninsula. Battle damaged on a mission to the shipyard and
industrial area at Kiel, Germany 5Jan44. Flak was moderate and accurate over the target area and the
route home; a brief but violent attack by enemy fighters was encountered after leaving the target
until the return of the friendly fighter support. Battle damaged on a mission to the Junkers
Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Halberstadt, Germany 11Jan44. While the aircraft were airborne,
the weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert
F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. Most of the 2nd and
3rd Bomb Division aircraft elected to return to England; this left the 1st Bomb Division with
greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. The wing leader initially gave instructions for PFF
bombing but changed to visual while making the turn onto the bomb run. Bombs were dropped on a city
about five miles north by northwest of Brunswick, the secondary target; this appears to have been
Veltenhof, Germany. Fighter support was not seen on the penetration or over the target; P-47
Thunderbolts were airborne to provide withdrawal support but they obeyed the recall order and left
the bombers exposed to enemy attacks on the return home. No flak was experienced on the bomb run,
but intermittent and accurate flak most of the way back. {final combat mission 14Jan44}. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 26Feb44. Regained by Group 17Mar44.
{6 missions, 384BG}. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 4Apr44. Returned to the
US. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field
(Station 8), FL 24Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 8Jul44. Materiel Command, Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 28Jul44. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 3Sep44. Designated TB-17F. 4124th Base
Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus
Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado
Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus, OK 22Aug45.
HELL'S ANGELS.
3052 (MSN 7988) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Feb43. 25th
Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Substantially damaged while
parked when B-17F 42-29652 ground looped taxying at Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Feb43. Condemned
9Apr43. Surveyed 20Sep43.
3053 (MSN 7989) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Feb43. 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach,
FL 5Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
18Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 19Mar43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*Z], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire
25Mar43. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 30Mar43. Regained by Group 31Mar43.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43 (8KIA:2POW).
As the bomber reached the target, the crew could see enemy aircraft in the area but standing off to
the side. When they reached the Initial Point of the bomb run, the enemy fighters attacked head on
with six to eight enemy fighter line abreast. The Germans didn't fire flak but intended to scatter
the Group with its fighters before bomb release. After the bomb run, a flight of six Fw 190s
attacked and damaged the bomber, starting a fire. The pilot intended to crash land, but at 1,000ft
the plane began to break up. Two of the crew managed to bail out to safety. The aircraft crashed
near Wittmundenhafen, west of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. {11 missions}. DESPERATE JOURNEY - artwork of
an eagle flying with a caricature of Hitler in his claws. Nose art painted by Tony Starcer.
3054 (MSN 7990) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 17Jan43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 31Mar43. Operational Training
Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Apr43. Lewistown Field, MT 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA
29Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 2Jul43. Operational
Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 13Aug43. Felts Field, Spokane, WA 15Aug43. 499th Bomb Group, 73rd
Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney AAB, NB 21Jul44.
499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Aug44. 247th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney Field,
NB 5Oct44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB Oct44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 1Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 22May45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero
Field, Ontario, CA May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field,
Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 22May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows
Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3055 (MSN 7991) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 19Jan43. School of
Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 20Mar43. Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH
8Apr43. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 7May43. Materiel
Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 14May43. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field,
Fairfield, OH 20May43. Boca Raton Field, FL 23May43. School of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 25May43. Mobile Air Service Command, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 2Jun43. School of
Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 5Jun43. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command,
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 11Jun43. Boca Raton Field, FL 14Jun43. Converted for the ELINT role, additional fuel
tanks were installed in the bomb bay, and a radar observer's position was built in the radio room
with racks for receivers and seats for two observers. 'Ferret V'. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air
Force, Oran, Algeria) 18Jun43. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 19Jun43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 16th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) Special, 68th Reconnaissance Group, Foch
Field, Tunisia Sep43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 97th Bomb Group, Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43.
San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. 483rd Bomb Group,
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy Jul44. Pisa Italy 15May45. United States Air Forces in Europe Aug45.
Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force) Condemned excluded inventory 30Nov45.
3056 (MSN 7992) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 18Jan43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 20Apr43. Boston Airport, East Boston, MA. 527th Bomb Squadron,
379th Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 29Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*R],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton 20Jun43. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 23Sep43.
Regained by Group 14Oct43. Failed to return from a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft
factory, Anklam, Prussia 14Oct43 (10KIA). Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed near Singhofen,
twelve miles southwest of Limburg, Germany.
3057 (MSN 7993) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 28Jan43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Berry Field, Nashville, TN 27Feb43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 11Mar43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 21Mar43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 21Mar43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*N], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 26Mar43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Kiel,
Germany 14May43. Flak over the target was moderate. Enemy air opposition was heavy with a large
force of fighters. The German fighters began their attacks as soon as the bombers crossed the German
coast and kept up a running fight until they had dropped their bombs, turned back, and were well out
to sea. The vertical stabilizer was badly damaged. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yard
at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43. With poor visibility over the target, the formation turned to the
secondary target, the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Flak was meagre and inaccurate.
Enemy fighter attacks began at a point southwest of Heligoland and continued until the Group was
about fifty miles off the German coast on the way home. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische
Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (1WIA:9RMC). Flak over the target was
intense and the Group encountered strong enemy fighter attacks on the way home. The bombardier was
wounded by the explosion of a 20mm cannon shell. Battle damaged on a mission to the Continental
Gummiwerke A.G. synthetic rubber works at Nordhafen, Hannover, Germany 17Jul43. Weather caused the
mission to be recalled before reaching the primary target. A few breaks in the clouds were occurring;
the formation bombed a small, unidentified, village. Enemy fighter opposition began in the vicinity
of the IJsselmeer after the formation turned back over Germany; it soon became determined and heavy,
continuing to within sight of the English coast. Only a small amount of flak was encountered passing
IJmuiden, Netherlands. Attacked by enemy fighters, the plane was damaged by several 20mm cannon
shells. Enemy fighter attacks continued to within sight of the English coast. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43. Enemy fighters
were seen, although they stayed with the formation for only a short time; some flak was encountered,
it was only moderate but accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to attack a submarine supply ship in
the Loire River at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so the Group
attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping. There was moderate and accurate flak
from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was moderate and inaccurate. A large force of enemy fighters was
encountered. Battle damaged on a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at
Nantes, France 23Sep43. Moderate and accurate flak over the target; a large force of enemy fighters
was encountered to and from the target. Battle damaged on a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (1WIA:9RMC). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was
repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported
over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak
was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and
relative safety. A gunner was seriously wounded by a 20mm cannon shell. Failed to return from a
mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (2KIA:8POW).
While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was
issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to
the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good
fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the
target. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer; meagre and fairly accurate flak was
experienced on the bomb run. Despite the flak, four test pilots of the AGO Industrieschutzstaffel
(Industrial protection squadron) took off with their Fw 190 A-7 fighters and began dog fighting west
of Oschersleben. During the bomb run the bomber was attacked by a fighter and the left wing was set
on fire next to the fuselage. The radio operator was fatally wounded, the other airmen bailed out
over Ausleben, 10km northwest of Oschersleben; the pilot was killed when his parachute failed to
open. Crashed into woods at Hohes Holz, near Altbrandsleben, 8km north-northeast of Oschersleben,
Germany. Claimed by Fritz Kuhlmann who was injured during the attack. {23 missions}. PICADILLY
COMMANDO / BLONDE BOMBER - artwork of a naked lady. Nose art designed and painted by Lt. Leonard S.
Salleng.
3058 (MSN 7994) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Feb43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 23Feb43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Marrakech, French Morocco Mar43. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin
(Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Condemned, flak 7Dec43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. Damaged during a non-operational mission 18Dec43.
Struck by eight fragmentation bombs from a 347th Bomb Squadron aircraft. Crash landed at Naples,
Italy. United States Air Forces in Europe Aug45. Designated RB-17F. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air
Force). Excluded inventory 30Nov45. Foreign Liquidation Commission 4May46. Air Transport Command,
Europe. Condemned salvage 14Oct46. Reclaim 28Nov47. Reclaim complete 1Dec47.
3059 (MSN 7995) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Jan43. Advanced Twin-
Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 30Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 3Jun43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 16Jun43. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible
Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV 18Jun44. Accident taxying at Mather Field, Sacramento, CA
25Jun44. 3031st Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Mather Field, Sacramento, CA 28Jun44.
3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV 3Jul44. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot
School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 23Sep44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 9Dec44. 3009th Base Unit (Bombardier School),
Carlsbad Field, NM 4Jan45. 2619th Base Unit (Bombardier School), Carlsbad Field, NM 1Mar45. Class 26;
ground instructional airframe 2Jul45. Picked up from Class 26 26Sep45. Designated RB-17F 26Sep45.
2536th Base Unit (Navigation School), San Marcos Field, TX 27Sep45. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX 29Nov45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino
Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 15Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3060 (MSN 7996) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Lowry
Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 15Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2May43. 385th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
30May43. 385th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), S
cotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*V], 385th Bomb Group, Great
Ashfield, UK 26Jun43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*G], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 3Sep43. Accident on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (2WIA:8RMC). The effectiveness of
a smoke screen, in combination with a haze that extended to altitude, caused the Group to attack the
secondary target, the city of Bremen. The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters
the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the Initial
Point and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. The ball turret door came open causing the
gunner to fall out head first. The gunner managed to pull himself back in but became caught in the
mechanism. Assisted by the bombardier, the gunner was pulled out of the ball turret. Blood running
from the gunner's forehead had frozen and he was choking on the ice. The bombardier removed the ice
and dragged the gunner to the radio room. He survived and eventually returned to duty. Failed to
return from a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany
1Dec43 (10POW). A force of enemy fighters was encountered in the vicinity of the Initial Point where
the friendly fighter escort turned back; flak was intense and accurate. An attack by enemy aircraft
damaged engines no.1 and no.4 and both propellers were feathered. The aircraft crash landed in a
farm field, uphill on a small hill beside a valley at Boich, five miles south of Düren, Germany. The
landing gear was sheared off when it struck a large pile of sugar beets. {6 missions}. Despite
crew's attempts to destroy their aircraft, the Luftwaffe salvaged it for spares within four days.
HELL'S BELLE - artwork of a female with wings riding a large bomb.
3061 (MSN 7997) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Jan43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. First Air Force,
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 13Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 27Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*J], 95th Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. {first combat mission 17May43}. 334th Bomb Squadron
[BG*J]. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*J]. {3 missions}. 527th
Bomb Squadron [FO*L], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 28Jun43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire. Regained by Group 10Jan44. Base
Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 20Jan44. 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 1Mar44. Declared 'war weary'. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*L], 306th Bomb
Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 2May44. Used as a 'Cycle' radio relay plane. During a
relay mission the plane was fired on several times by allied anti-aircraft defence units on the
Norfolk coast 19May44. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 6Nov44. 305th Bomb
Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 16Feb45. 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 18May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 20Jul45.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 24Jul45. Designated RB-17F.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. SKUNKFACE II
- artwork of a cartoon skunk riding and carrying a bomb / DIXIE LEE / BELLE OF BALTIMORE II.
3062 (MSN 7998) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 13Jan43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jan43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Mar43. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 18Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN. Ferried South Atlantic route Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL; Menara
Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco 21Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria)
21Mar43. En route Marrakech to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall an engine fire caused the aircraft
to crash land and burn out on Towans beach, Hayle, Cornwall 5Apr43 (5RMC). Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Salvaged 5Apr43.
3063 (MSN 7999) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 31Jan43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 6Feb43. Replacement Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Mar43. 94th Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 7Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 410th
Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 12May43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43 (9MIA:1POW).
The formation was attacked by a large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target.
After numerous attacks by Luftwaffe fighters there was a fire in the radio room and engine no.1 was
on fire. Unable to keep with the formation, the pilot might have tried to reach land in Denmark or
Sweden. The navigator had been wounded and the bombardier jettisoned the bombs before bailing out
just as a wing came off. The aircraft crashed into the Baltic Sea, off Langeland Point, Denmark.
OLE TOBE.
3064 (MSN 8000) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 20Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
25Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Gulfport Field, MS Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 12Apr43. 95th Bomb Group, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 25Apr43. 95th Bomb Group, Presque Isle
Field, ME 7May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 14May43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk May43. 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1943. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*I], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 13Jul43. {first combat mission 24Jul43}. Battle damaged during a
mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen,
Germany 8Oct43. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered at various points to and from the target.
A large force of enemy aircraft was seen, but there were very few attacks. The effectiveness of the
target smoke screen, in combination with a haze that extended to altitude, caused the Group to
attack the secondary target, the city of Bremen. Over the target flak struck the plane, damaged an
engine supercharger and caused an overspeeding propeller. Flying on three engines, the bomber fell
behind the rest of the formation, but went on to bomb the target. Two bombs stuck in the racks and
the bomb bay doors refused to close, slowing the plane down even more. To complicate matters, oxygen
masks froze at the sub-zero altitude. The engineer went back to the bomb bay to try to close the
doors and increase the speed of the plane a little. He dislodged the two bombs, which rolled out of
the partially closed doors then he passed out from lack of oxygen on the narrow catwalk over the
open bomb bay doors. Leaving the co-pilot to fly the plane, the pilot went back and gave the
engineer oxygen to revive him. Battle damaged on a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43
(1KIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and
back out to the coast. There was intense flak over Bremen but moderate and inaccurate elsewhere.
Seriously damaged when three German fighters attacked as the bomber began its bomb run. Their 20mm
cannons blasted out all of the Plexiglas in the Fortress' nose, killing the navigator, destroyed
one-half of the oxygen system, disabled one engine, partially wrecked communication equipment and
left a gaping hole in one wing. The bombardier was injured, his helmet and oxygen mask were torn
away, and he lay gasping for breath as frigid winds in the -67F atmosphere whipped about his
unprotected face and head. The top turret gunner and engineer assisted the co-pilot whose oxygen
mask had been shot away; he also assisted the pilot with his oxygen mask and attempted to thaw out
his frozen hands. In the meantime, the bombardier, barely conscious, realized that the enemy
fighters were still attacking and struggled to get back to his nose guns. He exposed himself to the
extreme cold blast through the nose and faced the possibility of being thrown out by evasive action;
he remained at his guns until the attacks ceased. After landing, he was unconscious beneath his guns.
Arriving back in England, the pilot, his frost bitten hands so stiff he could barely manipulate the
throttles, made a forced landing at RAF Docking, Bircham Newton, Norfolk. As he landed, another
engine stopped with fuel exhaustion. VIII Air Service Command. Regained by Group 28Feb44. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 9Mar44. Regained by Group 27Mar44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Apr44; not equipped with 'Tokyo' long
range fuel tanks. Substantially damaged in an accident taking off from Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 27Apr44. Returned to US Jun44. 3505th Base Unit (Technical School), Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 11Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 3Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 1Sep44. 3541st Base Unit (Technical School), Lincoln Field, NB 3Dec44. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 12Dec44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 3May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 12Jul45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB,
NM 15Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and
disposal 17Jul45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped. STAR DUST.
3065 (MSN 8001) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Mar43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 1Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 7Jun43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air
Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Jun43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 353rd Bomb
Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {24 missions}. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb
Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 22Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola,
Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the Messerschmitt AG aircraft factory at Augsburg,
Germany 19Dec43 (5KIA:5POW). Because of poor weather the Group diverted to an alternate target, the
railway marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria. The two left engines were damaged by flak and the
left wing caught fire. The bomber was subjected to severe strafing by enemy fighters. Fire broke out
in the radio room. The plane, Major damage and under constant attack by enemy fighters, fell out of
formation. With only one aileron and horizontal stabilizer left and two engines not functioning, the
plane was losing altitude rapidly and almost impossible to control. The crew was ordered to bail out.
The aircraft exploded and crashed at Sankt Jakob, South Tyrol, Italy. {9 missions}.
3066 (MSN 8002) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 9Feb43. 2nd Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Mar43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean
Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL Mar43. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa
route via Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French
Morocco Apr43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first combat mission 28Apr43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield at Comiso, Sicily 26May43 (1WIA:9RMC); the engineer/top turret gunner was wounded.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to a bomber airfield
three miles west of Catania, Sicily 4Jul43. An engine failed just after leaving the target and was
then heavily attacked by enemy aircraft. The plane made a forced landing at Malta for repairs.
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {48 missions}. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2,
Tunis, Tunisia Oct43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {3 missions}. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb
Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia Nov43. {first combat mission 16Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy
10Dec43. Major battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria 24Jan44
(1WIA:9RMC). Over the target, the formation found it impossible to bomb and proceeded to a secondary
target at Nis, Yugoslavia. After going 80 to 100 miles beyond Sofia, the Group turned and headed for
home base. Heavy cloud formations were encountered along the route. Attacked by enemy fighters, the
bombardier was struck by shrapnel from a 20mm cannon shell. Battle damaged on mission to
Salon-de-Provence, France 27Jan44. The mission was against Luftwaffe He 111 and Ju 88 bombers and
their base used to attack shipping supporting the Anzio beachhead. The enemy sent up flak and twenty
to thirty fighters, some avoided the escort to on a forty-eight minute attack. {42 missions}. 348th
Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy, 28Mar44. {1 mission}. 483rd
Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44.
Returned to US Jun44. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field
(Station 8), FL 3Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 4Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 12Feb45. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 19Feb45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Jul45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 11Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal
6Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47;
scrapped. BETSEY.
3067 (MSN 8003) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Feb43. 317th
Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 5Mar43. Force landed caused by engine failure
when the oil pressure dropped and the engine caught fire at Pendleton Field, OR 2Jun43. Redmond
Field, OR 18Jun43. Madras Field, OR 21Jun43. Major damage in an accident taking off from Madras
Field, OR 26Jun43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 29Jun43. Surveyed
30Jun43.
3068 (MSN 8004) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Feb43. 318th
Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 19Feb43. Substantially damaged in collision
with an object near Adrian, OR 18Mar43. Technical School, Lowry Field, Denver, CO; code 1122 on tail.
3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO. Surveyed 17May45. Designated RB-17F.
Reclaim complete 2Oct45.
3069 (MSN 8005) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Feb43. 94th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 18Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Gulfport Field, MS 18Mar43. 94th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. Mobile Air Service Command,
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 9Apr43. 94th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 26Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd
Bomb Squadron [XM*A], 94th Bomb Group, Bury St. Edmonds, Rougham, May43. {first combat mission
19May43}. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*F], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 12Jul43. {first combat mission 25Jul43}. Failed to return from an Operation
Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany
25Jul43 (10POW). Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the
briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Enemy fighter opposition was strong
with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and back out to the coast; there was heavy flak over
Hamburg. A flak barrage was thrown up in the target area but caused little damage; an estimated 300
enemy fighters attacked the formation in the target area. Attacked by enemy fighters and crashed near
Tensbuttel, west of Albersdorf, fifty miles northwest of Hamburg, Germany. {1 mission}. PASSES
CANCELLED.
3070 (MSN 8006) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17Feb43. Combat
Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 18Feb43. 19th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 7May43. Combat
Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 21May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 5Aug43. 775th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged
by mechanical failure taxying at MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 5Dec43. Accident landing at MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 5May44. 326th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 4100th Base
Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 27Oct44. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 4Feb45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 4Feb45. Designated TB-17F 22May45. Designated RB-17F. 4119th Base
Unit (Mobile Air Materiel Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 24Aug45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Sep45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Oct45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM
2Oct45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 21Oct45.
Reclaim complete 13Nov45.
3071 (MSN 8007) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Feb43. 94th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Gulfport Field, MS 18Mar43. 94th Bomb Group,
Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*B], 94th Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Apr43. Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex (Station 358),
Essex 12May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*B].
Failed to return from a mission to Le Bourget, Paris, France 14Jul43 (2KIA:2POW:6EVD). Enemy fighter
attacks were experienced en route to the target after the escort had to turn back. Before reaching
the target, two enemy fighters exploded in front of the bomber. The pilot took severe evasive action
and put the bomber in a steep dive as it dropped out of formation. No.3 engine had been damaged and
the propeller oversped. By boosting all engines, the pilot caught up with his group but fell away
again when no.3 propeller would not feather. A 20mm cannon shell burst in the bomb bay setting fire
to an oxygen tank; the engineer reported that there was oil loss from no.3 and no.4 engines. Power
was gone from three of the engines so the pilot ordered the crew to bail out and jettisoned the
bombs. The two waist gunners had been fatally wounded by 20mm cannon shells. Four fighters were
still attacking the plane as it crashed and exploded near the railway station at Louvres, north of
Paris, France.
3072 (MSN 8008) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Feb43. 94th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 18Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK Mar43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Mar43. 94th
Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire Apr43. Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex (Station 358), Essex 12May43. Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*B], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 16Sep43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*B], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 27Sep43. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582),
Lancashire 4Apr44; not equipped with 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks. Returned to US 21May44. Ferrying
Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 5Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 25Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 15Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 26Jul45. 4124th Base Unit (Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 28Jul45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3073 (MSN 8009) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Bombardier Training
School, Victorville Field, CA 8Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 18Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. 94th Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Feb43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
17Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Jun43. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*A], 91st Bomb
Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton
(Station 127), Bedfordshire 13Sep43. Regained by Group 14Sep43. {first combat mission 15Sep43}.
Battle damaged on a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes,
France 23Sep43. Before the target, the plane was attacked by enemy fighters and in poor weather,
it became separated from the main formation. Not sure of his position, the pilot turned north
knowing that he would soon be over the English Chanel heading for England. Leaking fuel from the
enemy damage, the pilot headed across southern England and came to Whitchurch airfield on the
outskirts of Bristol. With fuel exhaustion, the pilot force landed at Whitchurch, a civilian
irfield used by BOAC and KLM. After refuelling, the plane departed for Bassingbourn later the same
day. Battle damaged during a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
(Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (1WIA:9RMC). The formation was met with stiff r
esistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and back
again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. The Plexiglas nose was
shattered, wounding the bombardier. Battle damaged during a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43 (1WIA:9RMC). The formation was attacked by a large force of
Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish coast. They followed all the way
in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre and inaccurate. Before reaching
the target, the no.4 engine was disabled by an enemy fighter attack and the no.3 was damaged and
smoking. The bomber continued and, having dropped its bombs, flak damaged the hydraulic system
preventing closure of the bomb bay doors. Falling behind the formation, the bomber was continuously
attacked by fighters; the bombardier was wounded on at least three separate occasions. Over the
North Sea, the no.3 engine failed. The bomber dropped low to avoid fighters but managed to return to
Bassingbourn where it was landed on the grass alongside the runway. The right main landing gear
collapsed and the plane ground looped to stop it within the airfield boundary. Battle damaged during
a mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak
but flak between the I.P. and over the target was intense causing numerous holes in the plane.
Battle damaged during a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy fighter
opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and back out to the coast.
There was intense flak over Bremen but moderate and inaccurate elsewhere. Battle damaged during a
mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 13Dec43. Moderate to intense accurate flak was
encountered over Den Helder at the Dutch coast; meagre, inaccurate flak was seen in the target area.
The formation did not see any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent. Battle damaged on a
mission to a Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft component factory at Brunswick, Germany 30Jan44. The
formation was subjected to two major enemy attacks, one just before the Initial Point to the target
and the other on the way back from Dümmer See to the IJsselmeer. One fighter was reported attacking
with an aerial bomb; other enemy aircraft dropped parachute bombs on the formation. Meagre,
inaccurate flak was reported at Dümmer See, Minden and over the target; moderate flak was seen at
Hannover. Attacked by enemy fighters damaging a wing leading edge. Failed to return from an
Operation Argument mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Gütersloh, Germany 21Feb44 (10POW). Poor
weather conditions over the primary target forced the formation to strike an alternate target, a
Luftwaffe airfield at Achmer, Bramsche, Germany. Over the target a small force of enemy fighters was
encountered; most of these did not make vigorous attacks, but there was considerable and accurate
flak. The leader turned too sharply throwing the tail-end planes out of formation and exposed to
attacks by enemy fighters over Holzminden. Engine no.3 was struck by a 20mm cannon shell which blew
off the cowlings and blew out three cylinders. The propeller could not be feathered. Flight controls
froze and the right wing was on fire. The crew bailed out before the plane exploded, the wreckage
crashed on open fields in the district of Bischofshagen, northeast of Herford, Germany and debris
was spread over a large area. Claimed by Lieutenant Hans Weik of X./JG 3, flying a Fw 190 A-8/R2,
werke number 680.747, code White 7. {15 missions}. LIGHTNING STRIKES - artwork of Hitler escaping
an outhouse hit by lightning.
'42-3057/3080' Beech AT-11 Kansan
Formerly owned by Dutch Marine Luchtvaard Dienst (navy), were to become A-1 to A-24. Serving with Royal
Netherlands Military Flying School at Jackson, Mississippi, received 'bogus' USAAF serials based on their
MSNs. They were transferred to the USAAF in Feb44 and given real serial numbers (44-72005/72026).
'3057' (MSN 3057) Was to become MLD A-1. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3058' (MSN 3058) Was to become MLD A-2. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3059' (MSN 3059) Was to become MLD A-3. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3060' (MSN 3060) Was to become MLD A-4. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3061' (MSN 3061) Was to become MLD A-5. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3062' (MSN 3062) Was to become MLD A-6. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3063' (MSN 3063) Was to become MLD A-7. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3064' (MSN 3064) Was to become MLD A-8. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3065' (MSN 3065) Was to become MLD A-9. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3066' (MSN 3066) Was to become MLD A-10. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3067' (MSN 3067) Was to become MLD A-11. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS. 735th
Basic Flying Training Squadron, 74th Flying Training Wing, Jackson AAB, MS. The pilot lost control
before the plane crashed at Utica, MS 16Mar43 (1KIS:3RMC). The pilot was killed attempting to bail
out; the co-pilot and two passengers parachuted to safety. The accident possible pre-dates the
issuing of the bogus USAAF serials.
'3068' (MSN 3068) Was to become MLD A-12. May not have been issued 'bogus' USAAF serial, probably crashed
before then.
'3069' (MSN 3069) Was to become MLD A-13. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS. 735th
Basic Flying Training Squadron, 74th Flying Training Wing, Jackson AAB, MS. Substantially damaged in
a collision with North American AT-6A 41-16646 taxying at Tyndall Field, Panama City, FL 25Oct43.
To USAAF 1944 as 44-72015.
'3070' (MSN 3070) Was to become MLD A-14
'3071' (MSN 3071) Was to become MLD A-15. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS. 489th
Bombardier Training Squadron, Midland Field, TX. Major damage landing at Midland Field, TX 13Oct42.
To USAAF 1944 as 44-72017.
'3072' (MSN 3072) Was to become MLD A-16. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
5th Ferrying Group, Hensley Field, Dallas, TX. Substantially damaged landing at Midland Field, TX
4Sep42. To USAAF 1944 as 44-72018.
'3073' (MSN 3073) Was to become MLD A-17. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3074' (MSN 3074) Was to become MLD A-18. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3075' (MSN 3075) Was to become MLD A-19. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3076' (MSN 3076) Was to become MLD A-20. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3077' (MSN 3077) Was to become MLD A-21. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3078' (MSN 3078) Was to become MLD A-22. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3079' (MSN 3079) Was to become MLD A-23. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
'3080' (MSN 3080) Was to become MLD A-24. Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson AAB, MS.
42-3074/3148 Boeing B-17F-25-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-25-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks installed in the aircraft's outer wing panels. B-4 starter
and battery relays added.
3074 (MSN 8010) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 7Feb43. 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO
19Feb43. 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 25Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20Mar43. 331st Bomb
Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Mar43.
Substantially damaged when collided with parked B-17F 3147 at Smoky Hill Field 6Apr43. 331st Bomb
Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron
[QE*U], 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Apr43. Earls Colne (Station 358),
Essex (Station 358), Essex 12May43. {first combat mission 19May43}. Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*B], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 10Jul43. {first combat mission 16Aug43}. {final combat mission
17Aug43}. {2 missions}. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*Y], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 23Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak
was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. On return force landed at
Hendon (Station 575), Middlesex. VIII Air Service Command 7Sep43. Regained by Group 29Sep43. VIII
Air Service Command 30Nov43. Regained by Group 2Feb44. Cheddington (Station 113), Buckinghamshire
29Feb44. Returned to the US Jul44. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command),
Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 26Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
18Feb45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH
19Feb45. Departed US 15Jun45. Ancona, Italy. Assigned to UCIP (Thirteenth Air Force, Manila,
Philippines). Far East Air Materiel Command. Salvaged 27Jan47. Excluded inventory list 1Feb47.
Designated RB-17F. 13th Air Repair Squadron, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 15Jun45. 358th Air
Service Group, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 8Apr48. 6th Air Service Group, Clark Field, Luzon,
Philippines 1Jul48. Reclaim 9Jul48. GOODTIME CHOLLY / KATHLEEN / LOMA LEE.
3075 (MSN 8011) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 1Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. 94th Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20Mar43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
1Apr43. 94th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*E], 94th
Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Apr43. Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex
12May43. {first combat mission 15May43}. Bury St. Edmonds (RAF Rougham), 13Jun43. 546th Bomb
Squadron [BK*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 10Jul43. {first
combat mission 25Jul43}. Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner
Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (7KIA:3POW). Because of a
heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm &
Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy
coast to the target and back out to the coast; there was heavy flak over Hamburg. Shot down by flak
and crashed southeast of St Peter-Ording, Germany. {1 mission, 384BG}. LONGHORN - artwork of a
Longhorn bull (painted both sides with different artwork).
3076 (MSN 8012) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 3Feb43. 306th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
20Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Mar43. 306th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 12Mar43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 22Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
367th Bomb Squadron [GY*H], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 20Apr43. Battle
damaged returning from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43
(1KIA:2WIA:7RMC). On return a navigational error took the entire formation at low level over the
Brest peninsula where light and heavy flak was fired from land and navy flak boats, fragmenting the
group. German fighters arrived on the scene, quickly exploited the situation and began concerted
attacks. A waist gunner was killed and two gunners wounded; the top turret was destroyed. On return
force landed at RAF Predannack, Cornwall. Right wing and fuel tank damaged by 20mm cannon shells;
top of fuselage ripped by flak; large hole in tail gunner's compartment; numerous holes throughout
plane. Maintenance Unit 2May43. Regained by Group 1Jul43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard
Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Bettenhausen Kassel, Germany 28Jul43 (10RMC). With heavy
cloud cover over Germany, the mission was aborted. After turning back, there was a break in the
clouds and the formation was attacked by forty to fifty enemy aircraft of various types. Moderate,
inaccurate flak was encountered en route. On return, crash landed at RAF Hawkinge, Kent, caught fire
and burned out. Salvaged 28Jul43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 4Jan44. Condemned 31Jan44.
3077 (MSN 8013) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 3Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Mar43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL Apr43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 7Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet,
Algeria 7Apr43. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 5Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8
(Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {23 missions}. 816th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone,
Foggia, Italy 26Apr44. Crashed returning from Cairo, Egypt 28Nov44 (5KIS). The plane was carrying
men from a rest camp and trying to land at the fog enveloped airfield at Bari, Italy. It struck a
hill ten miles south of Ruvo and burned out. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy).
Condemned 29Nov44. JENNY LOU. Named for Jenny Lou Carson, a budding Country Western singer of the
day.
3078 (MSN 8014) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jan43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17Feb43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 17Feb43. Operational
Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 20Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1943.
534th Bomb Squadron [GD*M], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 15Jun43. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 13Nov43. Regained by Group 15Nov43. Failed
to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 7Jan44
(2KIA:8POW). Over the target, flak was moderate but inaccurate; enemy aircraft attacked after the
friendly fighter escort departed. Damaged by flak with no.1 engine smoking, the plane was seen going
into clouds under control but with four enemy fighters attacking. Crashed at Schiffweiler, near
Saarbrücken, Germany. {>12 missions}. WINSOME WINN.
3079 (MSN 8015) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 346th Sub Depot,
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 17Feb43. Operational Training
Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 20Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 14Mar43. Assigned to
WILDFLOWER (Britain) 29Mar43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 8Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*O], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire Apr43. Substantially damaged in an accident taxying at Alconbury
27Apr43. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*O]. {first combat mission 19May43}. Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk Jun43. {2 missions}. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*X], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 16Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to attack a submarine supply ship in the
Loire River at Nantes, France 16Sep43 (1KIA:9POW). There was moderate and accurate flak from Rennes.
Damaged by flak south of Rennes, disabling an engine, the crew bailed out at 16,000 feet; the bomber
flew on heading for the sea. After having flown over the bay of Bourgneuf, the plane grazed the
roofs of Saint-Jean-de Monts, lost an engine by striking a row of poplar trees then crash lands in a
meadow of the Champ-Gaillard farm, near the Plage des Demoiselles, south of Saint-Jean-de-Monts,
Nantes, France. It ploughed through a hedge, crossed a meadow where cows were grazing, without
touching them and ended in an adjoining corn field, where it came to a stop without overturning.
{9 missions}.
3080 (MSN 8016) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
17Feb43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 20Feb43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Jul43. 373rd Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training
School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 28Sep43. 346th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Oct43. 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jul44. 499th
Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Jul44. 247th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field (Station 3), Bangor, ME. 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 21Oct44. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 20Nov44. 273rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Lincoln Field, NB 13Jan45. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training
Unit), Pratt Field, KS 24Feb45. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement, Proving Ground Command), Orlando
AAB, FL 19Mar45. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Barksdale Field, Shreveport, LA
25Apr45. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS. Designated TB-17F 9May45.
Designated RB-17F 17Sep45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman
Field, AZ 31Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 31Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company,
Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3081 (MSN 8017) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Feb43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 18Feb43.
381st Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX Apr43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School,
Pyote Field, TX 23Sep43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 23Sep43.
373rd Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 8Nov43. 62nd Sub Depot, MacDill
Field, Tampa, FL 3Dec43. 326th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
325th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Avon Park Field, FL 23Jan45. 331st Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training School), Barksdale Field, Shreveport, LA 2Mar45. Designated TB-17F 10Apr45. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 28May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Technical
Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 28May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3082 (MSN 8018) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
94th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 18Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 9Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*E], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the port at Bremen, Germany 25Jun43. Bad weather
caused the formation to abort the mission and turned back over the North Sea near Heligoland,
Germany. An attack by enemy fighters disabled two engines but the aircraft returned to England and
landed safely despite a full bomb load. Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area of
Saarlautern, Germany 4Oct43 (1WIA:9RMC). Cloud cover over the target area forced the bombers to move
on to their secondary target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Robinson, Saint-Dizier, France. Enemy
fighters knocked out no.3 engine oil cooler. The propeller was feathered but, as the bomber had
fallen behind the formation and enemy fighter attacks increased, the engine was restarted. But the
engine would not start and, having lost the oil, the propeller could not be feathered again. The
pilot dove down to shake off the fighter attacks. With the bomber vibrating badly, the pilot coaxed
it back to the English coast and crash landed at Margate, Kent. {23 missions}. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 17Oct43. Salvaged 11Apr46. DOUBLE TROUBLE - artwork of two
attractive women.
3083 (MSN 8019) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. 2nd Bomb Group,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 22Feb43. Mobile Air Service Command, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL
15Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 28Mar43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force,
Oran, Algeria) 13Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 429th Bomb
Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco 20Apr43. Telergma, Constantine, Algeria 22Apr43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first combat mission 3May43}. Aïn
M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Failed to return from a tactical mission to Satellite #4
and #5 airdromes at Gerbini, Sicily 8Jul43 (8MIA:1KIA:1RMC). The plane was lagging, the engines
couldn't put out enough power to maintain position. Pilot decided that if he couldn't catch up
before crossing the coast of Sicily, he would turn back. He turned back approximately at the coast
of Sicily at 18,000ft, on a reciprocal course. All four engines were running. A few minutes later a
couple of Bf 109 fighters attacked. No.2 and 4 engines were disabled and the propellers feathered.
The plane was losing altitude to 15,000ft. The crew bailed out over the sea. Shot down by Obfw
Maximilian Volke flying a Bf 109G-6 Wnr 13219 off the south coast of Sicily and crashed in
Mediterranean Sea 47km south of Porto Empedocle, Sicily. The plane had one wing sticking out of the
water; the life raft was damaged with only one half inflated. Half an hour later, a P-51 Mustang was
circling above. The bombardier was wounded and lost consciousness. There was no sign of any other
crew members. By the next morning the bombardier had died; the navigator let him into the water. The
navigator was rescued by a British destroyer and taken to Malta late on 10Jul43. {17 missions}.
MISS CARRIAGE.
3084 (MSN 8020) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 5Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa
route. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 21Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French
Morocco to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 21Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb
Squadron [BO*A], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 10Apr43. Maintenance Unit
29Apr43. Regained by Group 6May43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Kiel,
Germany 14May43. Flak over the target was moderate and inaccurate. Enemy air opposition was heavy
with a large force of fighters. The German fighters began their attacks as soon as the bombers
crossed the German coast and kept up a running fight until they had dropped their bombs, turned back,
and were well out to sea. Bullets damaged no.4 engine and mount. Battle damaged on a mission to the
submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43. With heavy cumulus clouds over the target, the formation
turned after crossing the German coast to the secondary target, the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany. Flak was slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy fighter attacks began at a point
southwest of Heligoland and continued until the Group was about fifty miles off the German coast on
the way home but were ineffective. Failed to return from a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel
shipyard at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43 (9KIA:1POW). Flak was intense and accurate at the target. Damaged
by flak over the target, the bomber dropped out of the formation and was then attacked by enemy
fighters. Several enemy fighters were claimed as destroyed, one of which exploded fifty yards in
front of the bomber. Debris, including the fighter pilot's body, struck the right wing, weakening it
causing it to break away, sending the bomber into a spin from 29,000ft. The B-17 exploded in the air
over Kiel Bay about thirty miles north of Kiel and ejected two crew members from the nose
compartment, crashing into the water south of Denmark.
3085 (MSN 8021) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 94th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 18Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Mobile Air Service Command, Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS 17Mar43. 94th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. Mobile Air Service
Command, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL. Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN 10Apr43. 94th Bomb Group, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26Apr43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*N], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 28Apr43. {first combat mission 13May43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards
at Emden, Germany 21May43. Enemy fighters first attacked en route to the target as the formation
crossed the enemy coast and continued all the way over and back until the formation crossed out to
the North Sea. Light and inaccurate flak was noted to and from the target but there was accurate
flak over Emden. On return, crash landed at RAF North Weald, Essex. {3 missions}. VIII Air Service
Command 21May43. The plane was declared repairable but when inspected again, it had been completely
cannibalised and was considered to be beyond economical repair. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned salvage 6Jul43. HELNO-GAL.
3086 (MSN 8022) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 5Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 94th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 20Feb43. 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Electrical fire caused some of the
crew to bail out before the plane force landed and destroyed by fire at Rosedale, LA 17Mar43.
Class 26; ground instructional airframe 18Mar43.
3087 (MSN 8023) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 10Mar43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 12Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route;
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 21Mar43. Assigned to
WILDFLOWER (Britain) 21Mar43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*W], 306th Bomb
Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 11Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the former
Avions Potez aircraft factory at Méaulte, France 13May43. Flak and enemy fighter opposition was
moderate. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire
31Jul43. VIII Air Service Command; still on repair 8Aug43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton
(Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Sep43. Gee-H radio navigation system installed. 547th Bomb Squadron
[SO*O], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 4Sep43. {first combat
mission 27Sep43}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 25Oct43. Regained by
Group Nov43. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*A]. Battle damaged on a mission to the shipyard and industrial
area at Kiel, Germany 5Jan44. Flak was moderate and accurate over the target area and the route home;
a brief but violent attack by enemy fighters was encountered after leaving the target until the
return of the friendly fighter support. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 7Jan44. Over the target, flak was moderate but inaccurate;
enemy aircraft attacked after the friendly fighter escort departed. Battle damaged on a Crossbow
mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site at Le Meillard in the Pas-de-Calais, France 14Jan44
(1WIA:9RMC). Intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target; there was no enemy fighter
opposition. Moderately damaged with twenty flak holes; the ball turret gunner was wounded. Battle
damaged on a mission to a Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft component factory at Brunswick, Germany
30Jan44. Enemy opposition was light; flak was moderate and not accurate. Battle damaged on a mission
to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 8Feb44. Crossing the enemy coast and
before the Group could assemble in the combat wing, an attack was made by enemy fighters. Flak over
the target was intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte Deutsche
Metallwerke propeller factory at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11Feb44. Enemy fighters were observed
but did not attack this Group. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered along the route; flak at
the target was intense and accurate. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to the
Junkers Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Aschersleben, Germany 22Feb44 (2KIA:8POW). Enemy fighters
attacked during gaps in the escort cover at several places en route to the target. Attacked by a
large force of enemy fighter aircraft near Münster. There was a fire in the nose; most of the crew
bailed out before the bomber entered a spin, exploded and crashed at Gahlen, west of Dorsten,
Germany. {21 missions - 384BG}. CLEAN CUT.
3088 (MSN 8024) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 94th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 14Mar43. 94th Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 9Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 410th
Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Apr43. Earls Colne
(Station 358), Essex 12May43. Bury St. Edmonds (RAF Rougham), 13Jun43. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*G],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 12Jul43. {1 mission, 384BG}.
Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine
factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (5KIA:5POW). Because of a heavy smoke screen over
Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and
ship yard. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and
back out to the coast; there was heavy flak over Hamburg. Attacked by enemy fighters and crashed
between Bliedersdorf and Harsefeld, twenty miles west of Hamburg, Germany. SUGAR PUSS.
3089 (MSN 8025 Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 13Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 95th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
25Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 8Apr43. 95th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26May43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*V], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Jun43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to
US Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Nov44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
1Apr45. 610th Base Unit (Air Proving Ground), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 2Apr45. Surveyed 3Apr45.
CAPTAIN EDDIE.
3090 (MSN 8026) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.21st Bomb Wing,
Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 13Mar43.
95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 1Apr43. Accident on the final leg of its
delivery flight from USA to UK, having departed from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco en
route to St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall, England 7Apr43. The pilot became lost and, with fuel
exhaustion, was forced to land in Eire. The aircraft made a forced landing on White's Marsh,
Garrnagoleen, near the town of Clonakilty on the south coast of Eire. The only victim of the
incident was a small pet monkey the crew had obtained while flying through Brazil. Over the few days
in Ireland, Tojo, as he had been named by the crew, succumbed to the climate and perhaps the
hospitality and died. Condemned 21Apr43. Temporary steel planking was sent from Northern Ireland and
a ferry crew sent south who managed to fly the stricken aircraft out of White's Marsh. It was flown
to the airbase at Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland and was delivered to
the Lockheed Overseas Corporation, Base Air Depot No.3, where over a twenty-three day period it
underwent a maintenance inspection and a post 200 hour flying time overhaul. Picked up from
condemned. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*C], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
2May43. {first combat mission 13Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp
Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43. The formation was attacked by a large force
of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target and until the formation had departed over the
North Sea. Flak was moderate over the target and accurate in range. Flak damaged the oxygen system
and the wings were damaged. The bombardier had gone back to help the ball turret gunner whose feet
were frozen. Firing a waist gun at an enemy fighter, the bombardier had brought the gun muzzle
inside the fuselage and had blasted a larger opening in the right waist window. {1 mission}. 508th
Bomb Squadron [YB*N], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Jun43. {first
combat mission 26Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at
Villacoublay, Paris, France 10Jul43. Cloud cover forced the formation to abort and return. Heavy
enemy fighter attacks were experienced when the friendly fighter support failed to arrive. No.1
engine was damaged and required replacement; flak hole in left wing outboard panel leading edge;
hole in left horizontal stabilizer leading edge caused by empty shell casings or flak shrapnel;
hole on top of Plexiglas nose caused by flak. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler
Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43. En route the combat wing
encountered a large force of enemy fighters beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out
at sea on the way home. Intense and very accurate flak was experienced over the target; along the
route to/from the target flak was meagre and inaccurate. After the rally, the formation was south of
course and struck by accurate, light flak near Hamm. A large force of enemy fighters came up to
attack as the formation was nearing the enemy coast on the way home. Battle damaged on a mission to
a Luftwaffe airfield at Evere, Brussels, Belgium 15Aug43. Weather over the Belgian coast was
overcast and the formation headed for the Luftwaffe airfield at Vlissingen, Netherlands. Moderate,
accurate flak was experienced over target area. Battle damaged on a mission to a roller bearing
factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43. The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks
from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they
passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. Flak hole right horizontal stabilizer; hole in right wing.
Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten,
Pas-de-Calais, France 27Aug43. There was moderate and accurate flak in the vicinities of Caen and
the target; a force of enemy fighters attacked during the bomb run. Battle damaged on a mission to
the Luftwaffe airfield at Evere, Brussels, Belgium 7Sep43. Around the target area flak was black,
meagre, and good for accuracy. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire
22Oct43. Regained by Group 25Oct43. {final combat mission 7Sep43}. {12 missions}. Base Air Depot
No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 10Nov43. 11th Combat Crew Replacement Unit [CCRC], Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 18Jun45.
T'AINT A BIRD.
3091 (MSN 8027) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
25Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS. 95th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 8Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Apr43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field,
Wilmington, DE 18Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*K], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. {first combat mission 29May43}. Battle damaged on a mission to
the naval storage depot at Rennes, France 29May43. When the friendly fighter escort had to turn back
at the IP, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters en route to the target and return twenty
miles off the French coast. Flak between the target and rally point was intense but inaccurate.
Cannon shells caused a hole in a wing flap and punctured a main landing gear tire. Framlingham
(Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43. The formation was attacked by a large force of aggressive
enemy fighters en route to the target and until the formation had departed over the North Sea. Flak
was moderate over the target and accurate in range. Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43.
{2 missions}. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*S], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 17Jun43. Experimented in night bombing alongside the RAF and operated night leaflet
and propaganda missions. Failed to return from a night leaflet mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3/4Oct43 (5KIA:5POW). The plane developed engine problems before takeoff and departed about ½ hour
late. The bomber completed its bomb run over the target and was then caught by searchlights. The
pilot dove down to escape the lights which suddenly extinguished. That was when a German fighter
came in to attack the bomber and started a small fire in the wing between no.3 and no.4 engines. The
pilot dove down again and evidence of the fire disappeared. The plane had also been hit below the
cockpit and started a fire. Cannon fire raked the fuselage killing a gunner. A Fw 190 had attacked
from below; its tail was shot off by a gunner and as the pilot lost control of his fighter it came
up and sideswiped the bomber beneath the radio room. By now the whole of the right wing was on fire.
Some of the crew managed to bail out before the aircraft crashed on fire at Groß-Karben, ten miles
northeast of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
3092 (MSN 8028) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Operational
Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 27Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Mar43. Replacement Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Apr43.
Operational Training Unit, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 2May43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire 29May43. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*T], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 7Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (1KIA:9POW). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks
from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they
passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. En route to the target, the bomber was shot down by enemy
aircraft and crashed at Pesch, four miles southwest of Münsterreifel, Germany. {7 missions}.
STRATO SAM (TOUGHEST CREW THAT EVER FLEW).
3093 (MSN 8029) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 18Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 1Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb
Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Mar43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 5Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb
Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43. Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex
May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*K], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 12Jul43. {first combat mission 3Sep43}. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Oct43. Regained by Group 6Oct43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. The formation was
attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish
coast. They followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre
and inaccurate. The formation turned for home and flew straight into the Luftwaffe's assembled
forces. The fighter attacks persisted for some three and a half-hours after leaving the target. In
the final stages, fighters from coastal airfields joined in the attacks. Damaged by flak with three
0.30 calibre bullet holes in bottom of left wing; four holes in left wing, damaging main fuel tanks
and 'Tokyo' fuel tanks; one 20mm cannon shell hole through right wing damaging fuel tank and wing
spar; other flak damage throughout aircraft. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen,
Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very
intense and accurate. On return, force landed at Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire. Failed to
return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 31Dec43 (10RMC). With
the primary target obscured by cloud, the formation headed for the secondary target, a Luftwaffe
airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Flak over the target was accurate and intense. Enemy
fighters were picking on stragglers back to within thirty miles of the English coast. With one
engine smoking and surviving a fighter attack over the Brest peninsular, short of fuel and alone,
the pilot desperately looked for some place to land. The bomber was too low for the crew to bail out
and, expecting to ditch, all except the two pilots took up their crash positions. The bomber managed
to fly across the south west of England to the Bristol Channel and, flying over St Andrew's church,
the pilots saw the beach and made a successful wheels-up landing at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
{7 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 3Jan44. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire. NOBODY'S DARLIN'.
3094 (MSN 8030) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field,
Wilmington, DE 16Feb43. Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 29Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 21Jun43. Eleventh Air Force, Alaska. Fort Richardson,
Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, AK 25Jun43. Returned to US Dec43. 84th Sub Depot, Will Rogers Field,
Oklahoma City, OK Dec43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Dec43.
Processing and Staging Group, Third Air Force, Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar44. 272nd Base Unit
(Staging Base), Topeka Field, KS 31Jul44. Designated RB-17F. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air
Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 14Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Nov45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3095 (MSN 8031) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 5Feb43. 302nd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Mobile Air Service
Command, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 19Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. Mobile Air Service Command, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 17Apr43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 28May43. Operational Training
Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 18Jun43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
25Jun43. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*Z], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 2Jul43. {first
combat mission 26Sep43}. Battle damaged on mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany
14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number
of Luftwaffe fighters; flak over the target was intense. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting
foundry at Solingen, Germany 30Nov43. Flak in the target area was moderate but inaccurate. Flak
damaged no.2 and no.4 engines. Damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at
Kiel, Germany 13Dec43. Flak throughout the mission was meager to moderate but quite accurate. The
formation did not encounter any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent. Returning home, the
PFF navigator found that the combat wing was forty miles south of course; checking back on the dead
reckoning route, he found that Hamburg had been bombed instead of Kiel. The plane returned to base
on two engines. Battle damaged on a mission to the Deschimag submarine construction yard at Vegesack,
Bremen, Germany 16Dec43. Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered at the target with meagre
flak along the route. German fighters started a determined attack as soon as the bombers turned off
the target. The right horizontal stabilizer was damaged by the waist gunner when firing his guns.
{11 missions}. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 1Mar44. 8th
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional), 802nd Reconnaissance Group, Watton
(Station 376), Norfolk 1Apr44. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire
19Jun44. Returned to US 26Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 31Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 16May45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal for disposal
19May45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. PEGGY ANN.
3096 (MSN 8032) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 13Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 383rd
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. 2nd Bomb Group, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 3Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field
(Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 14Mar43. Assigned to WILDFLOWER (Britain) 29Mar43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 22Apr43. Marrakech, French Morocco Apr43. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Telergma,
Constantine, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first
combat mission 28Apr43}. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 24May43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to
airfields at Istres-Le Tubé and Salon-de-Provence, Marseille, France 17Aug43 (1WIA:9RMC). Flak was
moderate to intense and wounded a waist gunner. Battle damaged on a mission to the satellite landing
grounds around Foggia, Italy 25Aug43. The plane was attacked by three Regia Aeronautica Italiana
Macchi MC.202 fighters before reaching the target. The fighters dove into the formation, coming in
very close before rolling down and away. Right after that, the number four engine failed and the
pilot jettisoned his bombs to keep up with the formation over the target. Just after the target,
number one engine failed and the plane fell behind the formation. As soon as it was over water, the
crew began throwing lose weight overboard. The pilot made it safely for a forced landing at the east
airdrome, Termini, Palermo, Sicily. {55 missions}. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8
(Longskirt), Lucera, Italy. {4 missions}. Returned to US May45. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Division,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 7May45. 1105th Base Unit
(Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command), Miami Field (36th Street Airport), Hialeah, FL.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush
Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 29May45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
3097 (MSN 8033) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 95th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. 95th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
25Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 5Apr43. 95th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Apr43. 95th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field,
WA 7May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 15Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*Z], 385th Bomb Group, Great
Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jun43. {first combat mission 27Aug43}. Major damage while parked
when B-17F 30414 exploded at Great Ashfield 3Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G.
Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43 (2KIA:5POW:3EVD). Flak over the target
was meagre and accurate. A small group of enemy fighters attacked the formation from the Initial
Point, over the target and continued back to France. Before reaching the target, no.3 engine failed
and, leaking oil, the propeller could not be feathered. The formation did a 360 degree turn over the
target before the bombs were dropped. The propeller was wind milling and causing severe vibration.
When the engine froze, the propeller broke away and tore a large hole in the nose of the fuselage.
The plane was losing altitude at 200 feet a minute when two enemy fighters attacked. The crew was
ordered to bail out and the plane went into a slow spin to the right caused by damage to the flight
controls; eight of the crew bailed out at 15,000 feet. On fire, the plane crashed and exploded near
Verdrel, 1.5km northeast of Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen, 6km southeast of Houdain, France. GROUND HOG.
Named by the ground crew after repairing and modifying the plane to prepare it for combat operations
Aug43.
3098 (MSN 8034) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 5Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
20Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 22Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Mar43.
Operational Training Unit, Jackson AAB, MS 17Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL. Assigned to WILDFLOWER
(Britain) 28Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 9Apr43. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French
Morocco 9Apr43. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 15Apr43. Telergma, Constantine,
Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first combat mission
5May43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the
airfield west of Leverano, Lecce, Italy 23Jul43 (1KIA:1WIA:8RMC). Twenty to thirty enemy fighters
attacked the formation between Gallipoli and Cape Trento. The ball turret gunner was instantly
killed by 20mm cannon fire. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
{48 missions}. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #1,
Cerignola, Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the harbour installations at Piraeus,
Greece 11Jan44 (9KIA:1EVD). As the formation neared the target, a large overcast was encountered,
and the formation attempted to fly through it. Winds were excessive, then icing conditions developed.
Two of the lead aircraft decided to abort, but in turning back, they turned across the track of the
second element. Two of the aircraft collided, B-17F 42-5470 shearing the tail section off this
aircraft. Somehow, the tail section fluttered to the ground 19,000ft below, and landed in a small
grove of trees. This allowed the tail gunner, trapped in the wreckage, to emerge unscathed but with
internal injuries. He evaded captured with help from Greek Orthodox priests. The rest of the
wreckage fell to earth at Patrai, Greece, killing the others on board. {9 missions}. SKIPPY -
artwork of Skippy who was a four year old Pit Bull Pointer, a mascot for 3098 and crew member as a
3rd Lieutenant, logging over 200 hours of flying time in seven combat missions and two transatlantic
crossings. Skippy was also a survivor in a crash landing during training in the US. As mission
intensity increased, Skippy became gun shy because of the amount of noise and clutter from nearby
0.50 calibre guns and had to be grounded. When the Group came back from a mission, Skippy would race
down the hardstand looking for his master, Captain Ken Spinning. The day that Spinning did not
return, the dog was disconsolate and finally returned to the tent area. The next day or so, he would
charge down to the hardstand, only to be disappointed. After that, hearing the planes returning, he
would start to get up and then stop and sag in sorrow. It was a very sad thing to watch, until
someone going home took him back to Peg Spinning.
3099 (MSN 8035) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jan43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Mar43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 4Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training
School, Sioux City AAB, IA 14Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43. 379th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*R], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire May43. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yard at Bremen, Germany
11Jun43 (9KIA). With poor visibility over the target, the formation turned to the secondary target,
the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Flak was slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy
fighter attacks began at a point southwest of Heligoland and continued until the Group was about
fifty miles off the German coast on the way home. Damaged by enemy aircraft and flak, the aircraft
crashed near Borkum, Juist Island, North Sea.
3100 (MSN 8036) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 95th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Mar43. 95th Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 95th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 4Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 13Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 19Apr43.
First Air Force, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 27Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb
Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43.
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43. {nil missions}. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*A-1], 381st Bomb
Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 20Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Gerhard
Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (1KIA:7POW:2EVD). En route
the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy fighters beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and
continuing on the way home. Intense and very accurate flak was experienced over the target; along
the route to/from the target flak was meagre and inaccurate. Flak over the target disabled no.3
engine and the bottom of no.2 fuel tank. Soon afterwards, no.2 propeller was feathered and believed
this was due to loss of fuel supply. The aircraft stayed slightly below the formation until near
Münster at which time fighters made heavy attacks on the crippled bomber. After using evasive action
it was seen to slide off to the right of the formation and head for the clouds below, about five
enemy fighters following. During this action, two enemy fighters were shot down by the crew aboard
the bomber. Since most of the controls were shot away, three engines gone, radio gone, out of
ammunition for the 0.50 calibre machine guns, oxygen supply in the rear gone, near 25-30 fighters on
it, and inside of cockpit windows covered with black smoke so the windows had to be opened in order
to see out, the pilot had no chance to contact the crew. The aircraft crash landed near Groot
Schuylenburg on Zutphensestraat, Apeldoorn, Netherlands. {>1 missions}. Claimed by Major Wilhelm-
Ferdinand 'Wutz' Galland, II./JG 26, flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter.
3101 (MSN 8037) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 95th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
12Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Mar43. 95th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS Apr43. 95th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 5Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Apr43.
2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 17Feb43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 19Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 1May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 3May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th
Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43.
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43. {nil missions}. 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 21Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands 19Aug43 (4KIA:6POW). With haze prior to the Initial Point, over the target
moderate and accurate flak was coming from the centre of the target and the lead bombardier was
unable synchronize the bomb sight. Going round for another run over the target, the formation was
heading into the sun causing the bombers to drop their bombs haphazardly, none hitting the target.
By this time other groups were heading home along with their fighter escort. The plane had made a
second run on the target, dropped its bombs and turned on course to England. The formation met
attacks by several enemy fighters and during an attack the aircraft was hit by 20mm cannon fire.
No.3 fuel tank and then the entire inboard sector of the right wing were on fire. The aircraft was
still under control as it left formation in an easy, slightly diving turn to the right, turning back
into enemy-occupied territory as the crew bailed out. The aircraft disintegrated, crashing at
Oud-Rozenberg, west of Rotterdam, Netherlands. {>3 missions}. MAN 'O WAR.
3102 (MSN 8038) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 24Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
15Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL 30Apr43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 1May43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat
(New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria Jul43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. {8 missions}.
Condemned inventory 8Jul44.
3103 (MSN 8039) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Operational
Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Mar43. 59th Ferrying
Squadron, 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. Major damage
when collided with the tail of B-17F 3023 landing at Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO 7Apr43.
Condemned 9Apr43. Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO 15Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 4May43. Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO 10May43.
Technical School, Amarillo Field, TX 15May43. Class 26; ground instructional airframe at Amarillo
Field, TX 20May43. Designated RB-17F. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX.
Reclaim complete 17Jul45.
3104 (MSN 8040) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Feb43. 94th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Feb43. 94th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Mobile Air Service Command,
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 19Mar43. 94th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 23Mar43. Rome Air Depot, Syracuse AAB, NY 14Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26Apr43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire Apr43. Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 12May43. VIII Air Service Command 21May43.
547th Bomb Squadron [SO*A], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire
10Jul43. {first combat mission 29Jul43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Scholven AG
synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (6KIA:4POW). The bombers had
made a good run on the target with evasive action, dodging the most intense flak yet encountered.
Formation problems prevented dropping bombs on the primary target; unidentified military
installations were bombed leaving the primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over
an hour after leaving the target and only broke off when the friendly P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
appeared. Scattered flak was encountered at different stages of the journey, but the Ruhr valley
barrages were intense and accurate. Crashed at Haus Oelgarten, a wooded hill between the villages of
Hennef Geistingen and Dambroich near Hennef, seven miles east of Bonn, Germany. Claimed by Lt Kurt
Ibing of JG 1/4 flying a Fw 190A-6. {2 missions, 384BG}. RAIDER.
3105 (MSN 8041) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 14Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Feb43. 96th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Mar43. 96th Bomb Group, Operational
Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 25Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Apr43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington,
DE 22Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 26Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 27Apr43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire May43. 407th
Bomb Squadron [PY*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Aug43. Regained by Group 5Aug43. 1st
Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 12Oct43. Headquarters, 2nd Combat Crew
Replacement Center, Cluntoe (Station 238), County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Major damage on a non-
operational flight taking pilots to a firing range from 495th Fighter Training Group, Atcham
(Station 342), Salop 3Sep44. The brakes failed on landing and the plane ran onto soft ground at
RAF Llanbedr, Wales 3Sep44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Salvaged 2Jun45.
3106 (MSN 8042) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 14Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Feb43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17Mar43. 96th Bomb Group, Operational Training
Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle
Field, Wilmington, DE 7Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43.
Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*M], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 28May43. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk
2Jun43. Regained by Group 4Jun43. {first combat mission 13Jun43}. Battle damaged on a tactical
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Glisy, Amiens, France 14Jul43. Fighter attacks on the Group
were infrequent and not closely pressed home. Flak, however, while light, was extremely accurate
from the target to Abbeville. Small flak hole in navigator's compartment damaging hydraulic lines.
Major damage during takeoff on a test flight from Polebrook 13Aug43 (5RMC); the pilot raised the
landing gear in error. {final combat mission 17Jul43}. {4 missions}. Salvaged. DOUBLE TROUBLE.
3107 (MSN 8043) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 13Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Feb43. 96th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Mar43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
17Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb
Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43. Andrewsfield
(Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43 (7MIA:3POW).
The formation was attacked by a large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target.
Flak was moderate over the target and accurate in range. Attacked by enemy aircraft, the crew bailed
out but strong westerly winds carried them out into the Baltic Sea. The plane crashed at Dörphof,
six miles south of Kappeln, Germany. MISS CARRIAGE.
3108 (MSN 8044) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 13Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 95th
Bomb Group, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group,
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. Major damage when force landed after engine
failure at Bogalusa, LA 24Mar43. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 25Mar43.
3109 (MSN 8045) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23Feb43.
Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 26Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb
Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field,
WA 7May43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 19May43. Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24May43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*H], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk Jun43. Substantially damaged by structural failure landing at Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire 17Aug43. Substantially damaged in an accident landing when the right
landing gear collapsed and the plane ground looped to the right at Rougham 29Sep43. Major damage
when the aircraft was recalled from a mission, on landing back the landing gear collapsed at Rougham
9Feb44. Condemned salvage 22Jun45. STUD DUCK - artwork of a duck urinating in flight.
3110 (MSN 8046) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 24Feb43. 336th
Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Rapid City AAB, SD 24Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Kearney AAB,
NB 12Mar43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 24Mar43. Ferried overseas on
the South Atlantic/West Africa route departing Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Borinquen Field,
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 30Mar43; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana 31Mar43; Val de Cães
Field, Belém, Brazil 1Apr43; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil 2Apr43; Mallard Field, Dakar, Senegal
5Apr43; Marrakech, French Morocco 6Apr43; St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 8Apr43; Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire 9Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
336th Bomb Squadron [ET*D], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 9Apr43. Failed
to return from a mission to the port area of Emden, Germany 21May43 (4KIA:6POW). Enemy fighters
first attacked en route to the target as the formation crossed the enemy coast and continued all the
way over the target. Light and inaccurate flak was noted en route to the target but there was
accurate flak over Emden. After the target the plane was damaged by flak with a direct hit in the
pilot's compartment. Over the Dollard estuary of River Emse between Netherlands and Germany, it was
attacked by enemy fighters. Crashed and exploded at Schanskerdijk, Drieborg, east of Groningen,
Netherlands. Claimed by Leutnant Horst Grimm of the 2./JG 27, flying a Bf 109 G-4. {3 missions}.
3111 (MSN 8047) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 13Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 16Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Mar43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*T], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
21Apr43. {first combat mission 13May43}. {final combat mission 11Jun43}. {6 missions}. The BRASS
RAIL. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*A1], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire
16Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau,
Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (1WIA:9RMC). En route the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy
fighters beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out at sea on the way home. Intense
and very accurate flak was experienced over the target; along the route to/from the target flak was
meagre and inaccurate, wounding the tail gunner. No.3 engine was disabled, the right wheel damaged
and holes all over the plane. Failed to return from the first Eighth Air Force operational use of
Pathfinder aircraft on a mission to the port area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43 (4KIA:6POW). A force of
enemy fighters was encountered in the target area but attacks were not pressed home; flak over the
target area was meagre and inaccurate. Returning from the target, the bomber was attacked by Bf 109
fighters which set no.2 engine ablaze and a cannon shell exploded in the radio room. The pilot held
the controls while the crew bailed out over the coast of Eems, the aircraft crashing on a farm at
Geefsweer south of Delfzijl, Netherlands. Claimed by Hauptmann Paul-August Stolte of the 6./JG 3,
flying a Bf 109 G-6. {8 missions}. LOCAL GIRL. One of the propellers fell off into soft ground on a
farm. After the war, the farmer dug it out and mounted it on the wall of a rock garden outside the
family home. In 1980, the propeller was taken to the USA at the request of radio operator Orlo
Natvig (the radio operator on the crew shot down), who put it in his garden as a tribute to all
former American prisoners of war. After the death of Natvig in 1995, in 1997 the propeller was
transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
in Ohio.
3112 (MSN 8048) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 13Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 16Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Will
Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 4Apr43. Operational Training Unit, 21st
Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry
Field, Nashville, TN 3May43. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 9May43. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry
Field, Nashville, TN 12May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 12May43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces)
24May43. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria May43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy
9Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {32 missions}. Returned to US 10/17Apr44. First
Air Force, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 9Jun44. 4149th Base Unit (Air Service Command),
Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 10Jun44. Tactical Center, Orlando AAB, FL 14Jul44. 4149th Base Unit
(Air Service Command), Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 17Jul44. 4112th Base Unit (Middletown Technical
Service Command), Olmsted Field, Middletown, PA 11Nov44. 4149th Base Unit (Technical Service
Command), Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 5Dec44. Tactical Center, Orlando AAB, FL 24Mar45. Air Forces
Center, Orlando AAB, FL 7Jun45. Technical Service Command, Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 27Jul44.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3113 (MSN 8049) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 20Mar43. 379th Bomb
Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43.
379th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 525th Bomb Squadron
[FR*F], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire May43. {first combat mission
29May43}. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 29May43
(10POW). A small force of enemy fighters was encountered, but only a few came within range. Moderate
flak was encountered over Guernsey and intense, accurate flak over the target. The bomber, already
damaged by flak, deviated from its route, and was pursued by two German fighter planes. Flying low,
the plane crash landed and caught fire between Tréhouët and Carmoise, east of Guerlédan, France. The
crew was injured but safe and quickly handed over to organized resistance networks, responsible for
repatriating them, but they were later taken prisoner. {1 mission}.
3114 (MSN 8050) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Feb43. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 16Mar43. 379th Bomb
Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Apr43.
379th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 525th Bomb Squadron
[FR*T], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire May43. Failed to return from a
mission to the submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43 (10POW). With poor visibility over the
target, the formation turned to the secondary target, the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Flak was slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy fighter attacks began at a point southwest of
Heligoland and continued until the Group was about fifty miles off the German coast on the way home.
Attacked by enemy aircraft and ditched in North Sea off Borkum, Germany. Crew rescued by German navy
and taken prisoner. Claimed by Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4
G9+CX.
3115 (MSN 8051) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 336th Bomb
Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Rapid City AAB, SD 21Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Kearney AAB, NB
12Mar43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL Mar43. Assigned to
WILDFLOWER (Britain) 28Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route departing
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field,
Georgetown, British Guiana; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brazil; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil;
Mallard Field, Dakar, Senegal; Marrakech, French Morocco; St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall;
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 8Apr43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*N], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Apr43.
{first combat mission 13May43}. Failed to return from a mission to the General Motors factory at
Antwerp, Belgium 14May43 (10KIA). When the friendly fighter escort had to turn back, the formation
was attacked by a large force of German fighters from the I.P until after the target and back over
the North Sea. Flak over the target was dense and accurate. Attacked above the Scheldt estuary and
shot down by three Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters of JG 26. Crashed in flames in the
Oud-Noord-Bevelandpolder along the Noord-Langeweg, Noord Beveland, Netherlands. {2 missions}.
3116 (MSN 8052) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 26Feb43. 96th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 26Feb43. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Mar43. 20th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 96th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire May43. Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*U], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. VIII Air Service
Command 17May43. Regained by Group 4Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler
Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Bettenhausen Kassel, Germany 28Jul43 (2KIA:8POW). With heavy cloud
cover over Germany, the mission was aborted. After turning back, there was a break in the clouds and
the formation was attacked by forty to fifty enemy aircraft of various types. Moderate, inaccurate
flak was encountered en route. The aircraft was hit by flak causing the plane to lose speed and drop
out of formation becoming an easy target for five Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters. Approaching the village
of Asperen it was still under attack. The gunners managed to shoot down one German plane which
crashed near Asperen. With the plane heavily damaged the pilot gave the signal for the crew to bail
out. Six out of the ten men eventually bailed out and landed in and around Asperen. The plane
approached north of Gorinchem, the Germans were firing their flak at the B-17 and suddenly the
bomber broke up in pieces over the fields between Gorinchem and Hoogblokland. Crashed 3km northeast
of Schelluinen on the former boundary between Gorinchem and Hoornaar, Netherlands.
3117 (MSN 8053) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 13Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 16Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 22Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Mar43. La Guardia Field, New York City, NY 4May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 7May43. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 17Aug43. Combat Crew Training School,
Pyote Field, TX. Assigned to 62nd Sub Depot, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 1Dec43; cancelled 2Dec43,
plane not ready. 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Major damage by
fire at Walker Field 8Jan44. 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS.
Substantially damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5083 taxying at Walker Field, Victoria, KS 21Apr44.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 6Jun44. 224th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Sioux City AAB, IA 6Aug44. Designated RB-17F. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 15Aug44. Class 01Z; ground instructional training 31Jan45. Reclaim complete
3Jan46.
3118 (MSN 8054) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 13Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 27Feb43. 96th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 27Feb43. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Mar43. 8th Ferrying Group,
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 8Apr43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*A], 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43.
Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. DAISY JUNE.
413th Bomb Squadron. SHACK RABBIT - artwork of a naked blonde woman sitting up and looking back.
534th Bomb Squadron [GD*N], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 6Jul43. Failed to
return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany
11Jan44 (1KIA:9POW). While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and
a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb
Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy
fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration and by
P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal support but they obeyed the
recall order to return to England and left the bombers to fend for themselves on the return trip.
Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and intensified when the American fighters returned
home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was experienced on the bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate
flak on the return trip. Two engines damaged by enemy aircraft and flak. The aircraft crashed out of
control at Goslar near Bernburg, twenty miles southwest of Oschersleben, Germany. {14 missions}.
The GREEN HORNET.
3119 (MSN 8055) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 26Feb43. 96th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 26Feb43. 96th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 7Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 19Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 28Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*M], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische
Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43. Flak over the target was intense and
the Group encountered strong enemy fighter attacks on the way home. Battle damaged on an Operation
Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany
25Jul43. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and
back out to the coast. Flak was experienced from Cuxhaven to the target; over the target flak was
intense and accurate. Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Blohm & Voss
shipyard, Hamburg, Germany 26Jul43 (10RMC). The plane was a spare to fill in any position aborted by
one of the group's planes. It was somewhat the worse for wear and tear in combat and reported to be
an oil burner. There was some confusion among the groups in formation assembly at altitude, but none
of the 91st planes appeared to have aborted and the pilot followed the formation to the coast line.
He spotted a vacant slot in another group and filled the position before reaching the enemy coast.
A smoke screen and intense flak was experienced over Hamburg; there was no fighter opposition. Going
in to the target there was some enemy fighter action behind and a heavy flak barrage over the target.
When it reached the North Sea the crew was startled to hear the pilot say prepare for ditching soon
after they left the coast. It had not been possible to switch fuel tanks and the tanks were empty.
There was a jolt as the ball turret hit the water first. The plane bounced up and came down again.
The bomber was ditched in the North Sea forty miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The dinghy releases
were pulled and the two of them popped out on the wings. The crew pushed the inflated dinghies to
the end of each wing and hopped in, five in each, and shoved off. Fortunately the sea was fairly
calm and the weather was clear and mild but the water was cold. Within a few minutes the plane had
sunk enough so that the stabilizer was below the water surface. The fuselage had been damaged when
the ball turret hit the water and caused the plane to break in two at the mid-section. then the
plane sank forward as it broke in the middle. The radio operator had sent out May-Day signals before
they ditched. Rescue was not long in coming, At first, two Spitfires buzzed and kept circling. Then
a converted Lockheed Hudson bomber appeared, made a large circle and dropped a large dinghy. Shortly
afterwards two Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft landed and each
one taxyed up to the dinghies. Five of the crew loaded into RAF Walrus L2307 and took off, five got
into the second Walrus K8549 and prepared to takeoff, but by then the wind had picked up. The pilot
made a take-off run but was sadly over-loaded and despite valiant efforts by the RAF pilot could not
get airborne in the choppy sea. The plane bounced along and finally hit into a jolting wave that
broke the tail stabilizer, There was nothing left to do but taxi towards England, about forty miles
from their position, and hope for the best. Just before dark an Air-Sea Rescue launch found them,
and with the damaged Walrus taxying behind, proceeded to port at Yarmouth, arriving about midnight.
{5 missions}. FRISCO JINNY / DESTINY'S TOT.
3120 (MSN 8056) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 351st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. Ford Airport, Lansing, IL. 351st Bomb
Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*O], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 19May43}. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 26Jun43. Over Paris,
the clouds completely obscured the target; as a result, the Group did not make a bomb run. There
were some fighter attacks by a flight of Fw 190s; the plane had no.4 engine shot out in a fighter
attack. The pilot was having difficulty maintaining formation, fired a green flare and friendly
fighters gave close support for the remainder of the return to the English coast. 0.30 calibre
bullet through leading edge of right wing, damaging spar; 0.30 calibre bullet in no.3 engine nacelle;
0.30 calibre bullet in no.4 engine nacelle; 0.30 calibre bullet hole in a tire; 0.30 calibre bullet
in nose section one foot below co-pilot's window; 0.30 calibre bullet hole through base of rudder;
0.30 calibre bullet hole near waist window emerging from under left horizontal stabilizer. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 21Jul43. Regained by Group 23Jul43.
Battle damaged on a mission to a roller bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43. The
formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over the enemy coast.
In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. Empty
shell casings through Plexiglas nose and top turret; dent in right horizontal stabilizer caused by
spent shell case. Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at
Villacoublay, Paris, France 24Aug43. Flak was encountered at Rouen, where there were meagre bursts
which were fair for height and good for deflection, and over the target itself, where the moderate
bursts were accurate both as to height and deflection. Battle damaged on a mission to attack the
submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43. Moderate and accurate flak over
the target; a large force of enemy fighters was encountered to and from the target. One 20mm cannon
shell exploded above landing light top of left wing, wing spar damaged, gasoline lines and vacuum
lines to de-icer boots severed; one 0.30 calibre bullet hole through right wing cowling no.2 engine
and spent itself in no.1 cylinder collector; one flak hole under life raft compartment; wing spar
damage above no.3 engine oil cooler by a 0.30 calibre bullet; one 0.30 calibre bullet struck no.8
cylinder exhaust rocker rod cover on no.4 engine; 0.30 calibre bullet severed no.4 propeller
governor control cable, no.2 engine and hydraulic cowl flap lines to no.4 engine. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. The formation was
attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish
coast. They followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre
and inaccurate. The formation turned for home and flew straight into the Luftwaffe's assembled
forces. The fighter attacks persisted for some three and a half-hours after leaving the target. In
the final stages, fighters from coastal airfields joined in the attacks. One 20mm cannon shell hole
in right elevator; one 0.30 calibre hole in right outboard wing panel, damaging the fuel tanks;
three flak holes left side of vertical stabilizer; twenty flak holes right side of vertical
stabilizer. Battle damaged on a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43.
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of
Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the
Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places
during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally,
the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. On return, force landed at
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 27Oct43. Regained by Group. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 10Dec43. Regained by Group 19Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air
depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 31Dec43. The target was covered in solid cloud so the Group
diverted to the secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Enemy
fighters attacked off the French coast en route to the I.P.; flak at the target was moderate and
accurate. Enemy fighters were picking on stragglers back to within thirty miles of the English
coast. On return, force landed at RNAS Henstridge, Somerset. Flak tear in right wing outer panel
fourteen inches in length, skin, corrugation and stringers damaged; hole in leading edge of right
horizontal stabilizer; hole in ring cowling of no.4 engine; hole on leading edge of right wing
between no.3 and no.4 engine nacelles; hole in skin of leading edge of right wing between no.3
engine nacelle and fuselage about three inches in length; left aileron fabric torn by flak. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 20Jan44. Regained by Group
25Feb44. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at
Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 19Mar44. Fighter support was good and no enemy fighters were
encountered. There was heavy flak on the bomb run and light flak crossing the French coast. As the
plane departed the enemy coast the pilot successfully feathered no.2 propeller but failed to
feather no.1 which had started vibrating, necessitating a slower air speed. The pilot extended the
landing gear, dropped out of formation and made a normal landing at New Romney, Kent. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 21Mar44. Regained by Group 17Apr44. Battle
damaged on a mission to Friedrichstraße railway station, Berlin, Germany 7May44. No enemy fighters
were seen and friendly support was satisfactory; accurate flak was encountered at Vechta, Germany,
but was inaccurate over Berlin. Battle damaged during a mission to government buildings in Berlin,
Germany 19May44. En route to the target, the formation encountered enemy fighters; flak was
moderate over the target and on the route. {final combat mission 19May44}. {24 missions}. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 8Jun44. Returned to US 18Jun44.
Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 27Jun44. 553rd Base Unit (3rd Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. 613th Base Unit (Air Forces Center), Phillips
Field, Aberdeen, MD 26Jul44. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 29Nov44. Salvaged. GREMLIN'S DELITE.
3121 (MSN 8057) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 22Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 336th
Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Rapid City AAB, SD 25Feb43. Operational Training Unit, Kearney AAB,
NB 12Mar43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL Mar43. Assigned to
WILDFLOWER (Britain) 28Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route departing
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Waller Field, Piarco,
Trinidad; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brazil; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil. En route to Dakar,
Senegal, West Africa, engine failure caused the plane to be ditched in the South Atlantic thirty
miles off shore near Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa 5Apr43 (10RMC). Crew rescued by RAF Sunderland
flying boat and taken to Bathurst. Condemned 17Apr43.
3122 (MSN 8058) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 20Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 8Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 27Mar43. Middletown Air Depot, Olmsted Field, Middletown, PA. 8th Ferrying Group,
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 5Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th
Bomb Squadron [MZ*Q], 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43.
Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. 545th Bomb
Squadron [JD*N], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 6Jul43. {first
combat mission 25Jul43}. Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner
Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (10POW). Because of a heavy
smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm & Voss
aircraft works and ship yard. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast
to the target and back out to the coast; there was heavy flak over Hamburg. The aircraft was shot
down by enemy fighters, crash landed and destroyed by fire at Glashutte, six miles north of Hamburg,
Germany. {1 mission, 384BG}. APRIL'S FOOL.
3123 (MSN 8059) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 96th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 28Feb43. 96th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43. Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*Z], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 16Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und
Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (10KIA). The
formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all
the way to the target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense
flak. Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed at Fladdderlohausen, ten miles southeast of Quakenbrück,
Germany. {7 missions}. RON-CHEE.
3124 (MSN 8060) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 20Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 8Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Apr43. 3rd
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 427th
Bomb Squadron [GN*N], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 2Jun43. {first
combat mission 11Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43
(5WIA:5RMC). Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very intense
and accurate. The bomber returned home safely after a wing tip was shot away and an engine disabled.
The tail gunner and two waist gunners were unconscious; the chin turret and ball turrets were
inoperative The co-pilot's electric flying suit caught fire twice and the engineer had to use a fire
extinguisher to douse it. On a night cross-country training flight the aircraft crashed on the
summit [2,800 feet] of Arenig Fawr Mountain, Snowdonia, six miles west of Bala, Merioneth, Wales
4Aug43 (8KIS). Apart from the tail unit, the aircraft was burnt out.
3125 (MSN 8061) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 20Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 34th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 4Mar43. Sacramento Air Depot, McClellan
Field, Sacramento, CA 6Apr43. 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 12Apr43.
28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 30May43.
Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure at Pyote Field 28Jul43. 351st Sub Depot,
Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 22Sep43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field,
TX. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat
Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 4Dec43. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane Field, WA 5Dec43.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK. Designated TB-17F. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air
Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 7Jun45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3126 (MSN 8062) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 20Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 4th
Bomb Squadron [61], 34th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Blythe Field, CA 5Mar43. Crashed
after the pilot failed to recover from a stall, lost control and was destroyed by fire twenty miles
southeast of Blythe, CA 26Apr43 (4KIS:4INJ). Class 26; ground instructional airframe 27Apr43.
3127 (MSN 8063) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 21Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 26Mar43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 4Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*M], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 5May43. {first combat mission 15May43}. Failed to return from
a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43 (10MIA). Enemy opposition was
intense with a large force of fighters first encountered near Heligoland island but did not attack
until the formation reached the I.P. Flak over the target was moderate to intense and accurate.
Fighting continued until the formation was well out to sea on the return home. Damaged in an attack
by enemy fighters and ditched in North Sea. {3 missions}.
3128 (MSN 8064) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 22Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Searcey
Field, Stillwater, OK 8Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Apr43. Carter Provisional Bomb Group. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. Crashed
Iceland 17Apr43. The aircraft was being ferried from USA to England. The plan was to stop at Meeks
airfield (Keflavík) for fuel and crew rest. The weather was bad, snow storm and darkness. The pilot
got lost in the poor visibility and after fourteen hours flight the plane ran out of fuel and had to
force land on a snow covered flat lava field east of Eldvörp, Iceland. The crew survived but had no
idea where they had landed; they removed machine guns from the aircraft for defence as they assumed
that they had landed in German occupied Norway. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Condemned 4Jun43.
BOO HOO.
3129 (MSN 8065) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 21Feb43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Mar43. 15th
Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach,
FL 30Mar43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa
route. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 22Apr43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb
Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 5May43. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at
Naples, Italy 1Aug43 (10KIA). The bomber was attacked by enemy fighters, one engine was disabled and
there was other major damage to the plane. During an emergency landing, the pilot was forced to
manoeuvre to avoid a collision with a Martin B-26 Marauder at Djedeida, west of Tunis, Tunisia. The
plane turned on its side and burst into flames. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned
27Jul43 [sic]. STARS AND STRIPES II.
3130 (MSN 8066) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Feb43. Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 20Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 5Mar43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 4Apr43. Mobile Air Service Command,
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 16Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 26May43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*O],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Dürener Metallwerke AG duralumin foundry, Düren, Germany 20Oct43 (8KIA:2POW). Flak,
meagre and inaccurate, was encountered before the target. Damaged by flak on return from the target
and crashed on Overbroekseweg, between Luenen and Castenray, 4km south of Venray, Netherlands.
Claimed by Obfw Helmut Ruffler of the 4./JG 3, flying a Bf 109 G-6; also claimed by Hauptmann Werner
Lucas. NIP 'N TUCK II.
3131 (MSN 8067) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 20Feb43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 427th Bomb Squadron
[GN*U], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 13Jun43. {first combat mission
22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43
(1KIA:9RMC). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over
the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence
zones. After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort
home, the squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter attacks for about ninety minutes;
a waist gunner was killed. Battle damaged during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster,
Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made visibility in the target area very poor. The 384th Bomb Group led
the combat wing across the northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls, subjecting the formation to
the fire of approximately one hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely accurate for altitude and
deflection; the lead Group took no evasive action. At the start of the bomb run, the lead bombardier
observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run on it; the town was
later identified as Coesfeld, Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but did not attack; the P-47
Thunderbolt escort gave excellent protection and coverage. Battle damaged during a mission to a
railway marshalling yard at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak but intense,
heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. On the return journey, the combat wing
leader took a course that led the formation near Antwerp, Belgium, and subjected the aircraft to
severe flak defenses in that vicinity. Battle damaged on a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany
26Nov43. Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and
back out to the coast. There was intense flak over Bremen but moderate and inaccurate elsewhere. A
20mm cannon shell damaged a propeller and flak seriously damaged the fuselage nose section. Battle
damaged on a mission to bomb a blockade runner ship 'Orsone' at the mouth of River Garonne, Gironde,
France 31Dec43. Upon reaching the target area, it was found impossible to bomb because of complete
cloud coverage; the Group had to abandon their primary target. It had been assigned to three
alternate targets, so proceeded to fly to their first alternate. This target, too, proved to be
completely covered with clouds, though they did receive a little attention in the form of flak. The
Group then continued their aerial tour of France by going to the second alternate target; complete
cloud coverage stopped them from bombing, though it received a few bursts of flak. The third target
was no different; therefore it was necessary to return to base with their load of bombs. Failed to
return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany
11Jan44 (7KIA:3POW). While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and
a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb
Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy
fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration. It
proved to be the most disastrous of the 303rd Bomb Group combat missions flown to date; the 303rd
lost eleven of the forty B-17s flying the mission. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer.
Attacked by enemy fighters and exploded, crashing at Kloster Oesede, southeast of Osnabrück, Germany.
{46 missions}. WINNIE THE POOH / FLAK WOLF.
3132 (MSN 8068) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 20Feb43. 379th Bomb Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Apr43. 379th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Apr43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. Missing en route from Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland, 23Apr43
(10MIS). A radio operator in another B-17 heard a SOS call presumed from #3132; no trace of the
aircraft was found. Condemned 5May43.
3133 (MSN 8069) Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA. Substantially damaged in
collision with B-17F 3135 while taxying by a crew chief during maintenance at Long Beach Field
18Feb43. Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Mar43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 21Mar43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route departing Morrison Field 8May43. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces)
19May43. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 5Jun43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 5Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 14Dec43. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy. Accident landing at Foggia Main, Italy 22Feb44. 353rd Bomb Squadron Mar44. {19 missions}.
463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 25Apr44. Declared 'war weary'. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth
Air Force). Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. Condemned salvage 12May45.
NOBODY'S BABY - artwork of a cartoon character [on vertical stabilizer].
3134 (MSN 8070) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 20Feb43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 9Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 20Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*P], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 23May43. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 9Aug43. Regained by Group 11Aug43. Base Air
Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 29Jan44. 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 6Mar44; radio relay aircraft. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 17Jul44 radio relay aircraft. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 14Jun45.
3135 (MSN 8071) Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA. Damaged while parked in a
collision by B-17F 3133 taxying with a crew chief at Long Beach Field, CA 18Feb43. Accepted by USAAF
at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Long Beach
Municipal Airport, CA 26Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Feb43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain).
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron
[XM*K], 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Apr43. 511th Bomb Squadron,
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire Apr43. 8th Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional), 802nd Reconnaissance Group, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 1Mar44.
Returned to US 9Jun44. LARRUPIN' LOU. Named after Lou Gehrig, baseball player.
3136 (MSN 8072) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Mar43.
351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO Mar43. 351st Bomb Group, Presque Isle
Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*P], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 15May43}. Damaged on a mission to the submarine yards
at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43. During assembly over the North Sea, the pilot experienced a minor
problem with the propeller governor on no.2 engine which caused difficulty in keeping the aircraft
in close formation, but was insufficient to break formation. At a point near the Frisian Islands and
at an altitude in excess of 20,000 feet, the no.2 propeller oversped; the pilot's efforts to feather
the propeller were unsuccessful. A decision was made to abort the mission and attempt to return to
base with the no.2 propeller wind milling out of control. The vibration from the wind milling
propeller would increase during the descent causing the pilots to pull the aircraft up into a semi-
stall position. This reduced the flying speed to about 125 mph, slowed the wind milling propeller
and lessened the vibration. As the aircraft seemed to survive the continuous engine vibration, hope
of reaching England without ditching emerged from the crew. However, observation of the engine from
the nose section of the aircraft indicated that the reduction gear housing between the engine and
the propeller showed metal discoloration caused by extreme heat; this indicated the possibility that
the housing might disintegrate. Rivets around the engine cowling and the wing sections adjacent to
the engine were observed to be popped. Upon reaching the English coast, with the aircraft under
reasonable control but the propeller wind milling and engine vibration continuing, a new crisis was
created when the planetary gears in the reduction gear assembly apparently seized and disintegrated;
this caused the shaft between the engine and the propeller to shear. Only the force of air against
the wind-milling propeller held the propeller from falling off the engine. The possibility of such a
separation occurring became obvious when the aircraft was flown in a slight nose down attitude in
that the pilot could see the wind milling propeller and propeller shaft move forward away from the
engine. By bringing the nose of the aircraft to a slightly nose up attitude, the propeller and shaft
would settle back into what appeared to be a more normal position. The aircraft landed safely at
Polebrook, except that during the landing roll the propeller and shaft from the number two engine
fell off about 200 yards after touchdown. One or more propeller blades struck the 0.50 calibre
machine gun mounted in the left nose section of the aircraft, causing the gun to strike the
navigator who was in the nose during the landing. The propeller striking the gun, rather than
slicing through the nose section of the aircraft probably prevented serious injury to the navigator
who was unhurt, although the gun was destroyed. The propeller did, however, cause extensive skin and
structural damage to the bomber as it ran over the propeller that had dropped from the no.2 engine
during the landing roll. Inspection of the aircraft after landing revealed extensive skin and
structural damage to the left wing, fuselage, and no.2 engine nacelle. The engine was heavily
damaged probably as the result of a fragment of the propeller governor entering the reduction gear
assembly, disintegration of the gear assembly, and subsequent failure and disintegration of the gear
housing and shearing the propeller shaft. Battle damaged on a mission to the port facilities at
Nantes, France 16Sep43. The primary target was obscured by smoke and a target of opportunity, the
railway marshalling yards on the Gare de l'Etat, Nantes, was selected. There was moderate and
accurate flak from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was meagre and inaccurate; a large force of enemy
fighters was encountered over Rennes. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 2Oct43. Regained by Group 5Oct43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte
Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the
target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters.
Flak in the target area was moderate in intensity and fair for accuracy. After the target, German
fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again. One 20mm cannon shell hole through tip of
right horizontal stabilizer; 0.50 calibre bullet hole in sill of right waist window; four small flak
holes in skin of rudder right side. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany 3Nov43. Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. Escort fighters were
scheduled to cover the whole route over enemy territory but were not on hand for approximately ten
minutes between the I.P. and the target, during which time the Group was attacked by enemy fighters.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter
opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. Battle
damaged on a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy fighter opposition was
slight; flak was accurate and moderate in the target area, dispersed areas over the continent and
outlying islands. On return, landed at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire. Battle damaged on a mission to
the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany 4Jan44. No enemy fighter opposition was
encountered; flak was meagre and inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft
shipyard at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3Feb44. There was no enemy fighter opposition; flak was light and
accurate over the target. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to the FAG
Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 24Feb44 (10POW). Because of
a very heavy pall of dark smoke caused by the bombing from previous combat wings, this Group bombed
the Deutsche Star works in the southwest corner of the general target area. A few fighter attacks
were experienced and flak at the target was moderate; other flak areas to and from the target were
avoided. Damaged by flak and enemy fighters, no.3 engine was hit and lost oil pressure preventing
the propeller from being feathered. After dropping bombs on the target, the bomb bay doors would not
close. Drag was slowing the aircraft and falling behind the rest of the group. Attacked by two
Bf 109s, a fire started in no.2 engine. A steep dive extinguished the fire and the bomber could
maintain airspeed but was now very low. Part of the crew bailed out. Having passed over the
IJsselmeer, flak damaged the remaining three engines. The bomber was crash landed in a field at the
Kromme Spieringweg between the village of Vijfhuizen and Schiphol airfield, south of Amsterdam,
Netherlands, stopping nose down in a drainage ditch. {31 missions}. EIGHT BALL. A propeller came
off erasing the EIGHT on a flight 21May43; repaired and thereafter known as NO BALLS AT ALL. Named
in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the
squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball. Salvaged by the Germans, the fuselage was taken to a
salvage facility in Utrecht, Netherlands 1944.
3137 (MSN 8073) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Mar43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 22Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL 29Apr43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 14May43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat
(New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 22May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air
Force, Italy 1Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the airfield at Eleusis, Athens, Greece
8Dec43 (3KIA:6POW). Nearing the target, a couple of bombs were noted leaving the aircraft.
Immediately after there was an internal explosion in the bomb bay, the left door was blown off and
the right door was shattered and sticking outwards. Six crew members bailed out, the bomber circled
slowly losing height, then exploded before hitting the water in the Gulf of Elefsina, Greece. The
accident is believed to have been caused by the premature explosion of a fragmentation bomb in the
bomb bay held in place by new shackles which were not suitable for the weight of the bomb.
{38 missions}.
3138 (MSN 8074) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA
7Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 18Mar43. 379th Bomb Group,
Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43. 527th
Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th Bomb Squadron
[FO*M], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire May43. Nose compartment damaged
by an overspeeding propeller which came loose. Repaired using the nose section from SWEET PEA 1st.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43 (8KIA:2POW). With
poor visibility over the target, the formation turned to the secondary target, the port facilities
at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Flak was slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy fighter attacks began
at a point southwest of Heligoland and continued until the Group was about fifty miles off the
German coast on the way home. Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed at the low watermark at
Tossens, Germany. EIGHT BALL
3139 (MSN 8075) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 27Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 31Mar43.
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA
10Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 14Apr43. Spokane Air Depot, Spokane Field, WA
26Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 7May43. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane
Field, WA 14Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 9Jul43. Spokane Air Service Command,
Spokane Field, WA 15Aug43. 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Major
damage when crash landed at Fairfax Field, KS 28May44. Surveyed 30May44.
3140 (MSN 8076) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 351st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. 351st Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 12Apr43. Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH
17Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 23Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2/3May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 509th Bomb
Squadron [RQ*P], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat
mission 14May43}. Accident during a mission to the Deutsche Werke Kiel AG shipyard at Kiel, Germany
19May43 (1INJ). Fighter opposition was first encountered just before reaching the Danish peninsular
and continued to the target. Light flak was encountered in the target area. The tail gunner passed
out from lack of oxygen and suffered frostbite. Battle damaged on a mission to lock gates in the
port of Saint-Nazaire, France 29May43. The pilot turned back twenty miles short of the French coast
on course for the target because of a malfunction in the right waist gun, in which the right
horizontal stabilizer and elevator were damaged while the gunner was attempting to clear the gun.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Continental Gummiwerke A.G. synthetic rubber works at Nordhafen,
Hannover, Germany 17Jul43. Weather caused the mission to be recalled before reaching the primary
target. A few breaks in the clouds were occurring; the formation bombed a small, unidentified,
village. Enemy fighter opposition began in the vicinity of the IJsselmeer after the formation turned
back over Germany; it soon became determined and heavy, continuing to within sight of the English
coast. Only a small amount of flak was encountered passing IJmuiden, Netherlands. Returning to base,
the plane was damaged in an attack by enemy fighters near the Dutch coast. Enemy fighter attacks
continued to within sight of the English coast. Hole in left aileron caused by empty shell casings;
hole top of left horizontal stabilizer caused by shell cases; hole in leading edge of right
horizontal stabilizer caused by shell cases; hole both sides of no.3 engine caused by shell cases;
0.30 calibre hole on top of right wing outboard panel. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard
Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43. En route the combat wing
encountered a large force of enemy fighters beginning near Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out
at sea on the way home. Intense and very accurate flak was experienced over the target; along the
route to/from the target flak was meagre and inaccurate. After the rally, the formation was south of
course and struck by accurate, light flak near Hamm. A large force of enemy fighters came up to
attack as the formation was nearing the enemy coast on the way home. On return with fuel exhaustion,
force landed at Boxted (Station 150), Essex. Battle damaged on a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. The formation was attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe
fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish coast. They followed all the way in,
attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre and inaccurate. The formation turned
for home and flew straight into the Luftwaffe's assembled forces. The fighter attacks persisted for
some three and a half-hours after leaving the target. In the final stages, fighters from coastal
airfields joined in the attacks. One 20mm cannon shell hole in right horizontal stabilizer; one flak
hole in left elevator; two 20mm cannon shell holes in left side of fuselage on each side of waist
window; one 13.9mm hole top of left wing; five 0.30 calibre holes in left side of fuselage at
pilot's compartment; one 20mm cannon shell hole in no.2 engine nacelle; one 20mm cannon shell hole
in no.4 propeller; one flak hole in left side of dorsal fin; one 20mm cannon shell hole in left side
of vertical stabilizer. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen,
Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over
the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy fighter
opposition was slight; flak was accurate and moderate in the target area, dispersed areas over the
continent and outlying islands. Flak made a large hole in the rudder which necessitated replacement.
Failed to return from a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen,
Germany 1Dec43 (3MIA:4KIA:3RMC). A force of enemy fighters was encountered in the vicinity of the
Initial Point where the friendly fighter escort turned back; flak was intense and accurate. The
plane ran into trouble over the target when no.3 engine failed. The bombardier jettisoned the bombs,
but those in the left-hand rack did not fall. Then no.4 engine failed and the propeller could not be
feathered. Immediately the plane dropped out of formation and began to lose height rapidly. A waist
and ball turret gunners went into the bomb bay to try to release the bombs. While they were
struggling to free the bombs, an enemy Bf 110 and a Ju 88 made a single pass at the bomber, riddling
the wings with cannon fire. By the time the two gunners had released the bombs, half an hour had
passed and the Fortress was down to 4,200 feet. Relieved of the weight of the bombs, the pilot was
able to pull the plane up to 5,000 feet. Then a Bf 110 roared in from the right and his guns cut a
line along the fuselage. Shell fragments struck and wounded the other waist gunner. The bomber
limped on towards the coast, sneaking into the clouds to hide every time it passed over a city. Not
far from the French coast, the plane rode through thick flak but survived. The gunners, preparing to
ditch, threw everything they could overboard, ammunition, flak suits, guns, and radio equipment.
Near Dunkerque, after the last of the ammunition had gone over the side, the tail gunner caught
sight of a Bf 109 fighter taking off from an airfield below. The fighter came up, circled the bomber
a couple of times, and then disappeared; apparently the pilot realized that the bomber could never
struggle back to England. By this time the plane was practically at water level and most of the crew
had assembled in the radio room for ditching. One of the two good engines started to sputter. When
the pilot tilted the wings, the engine would roar normally for a brief interval, then choke and die
again. However, the pilot managed to coax the plane five miles beyond the French coast before
ditching. The plane skimmed the water in a perfect landing; nobody was injured during the ditching
and all the crew managed to climb into dinghies. The plane sank in two minutes, five miles off
Dunkerque, France. The ten men were divided into four dinghies. Because of rough seas and a strong
wind, the small dinghy carrying three crew members drifted away from the others and are still
missing. While drifting around, one crew member died from exposure and another became delirious.
While continuing to drift in the Channel, two more crew members died from shock and exposure. Their
bodies and the three remaining men were all picked up by a British Air-Sea Rescue launch ten miles
off the French coast after seventy hours adrift in rough seas. {22 missions}. PATTY ANN II.
3141 (MSN 8077) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 27Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 351st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 13Mar43. 351st Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*A], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 14May43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Gnome et Rhône aero engine works at Le Mans, France 15Jun43. The weather was too bad to
continue and the 103rd Combat Wing turned back towards England. On the return trip, the route went
over Brest, France, as sparse but accurate flak was encountered. Battle damaged on a mission to the
submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En route to the target, after the friendly fighters
had to return to base, the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Flak was
moderate but very accurate over the target. Enemy fighters attacked again on the route home off the
Brest peninsula. On return, force landed at RAF Filton, Bristol. Battle damaged on a mission to a
roller bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43. The formation was subject to continuous
fighter attacks from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by
flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. Flak hole in fuselage near nose; left waist
window damaged by the waist gunner when firing his guns. Battle damaged on a mission to the center
of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43. Flak over the target was moderate and accurate; a
large force of enemy fighters was encountered, Bf 110 twin-engined fighters firing rockets from a
distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. On return, force landed at Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex. Battle damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
(Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. Owing to difficulty with the Automatic Flight
Control Equipment and misunderstanding on the interphone, the run on the primary target was missed.
A run on the secondary target was impossible because of the approach of another bomb group,
therefore, after reaching the rally point, a target of opportunity, the hangars at Quakenbrück was
attacked. At the target, flak was accurate and intense; fighter opposition was mediocre and attacks
were not pressed home. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting
foundry at Solingen, Germany 1Dec43. A force of enemy fighters was encountered in the vicinity of
the Initial Point where the friendly fighter escort turned back; flak was intense and accurate. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 2Jan44. Regained by Group 21Jan44.
Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer ball bearing
factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 24Feb44. Because of a very heavy pall of dark smoke caused by the
bombing from previous combat wings, this Group bombed the Deutsche Star works in the southwest
corner of the general target area. A few fighter attacks were experienced and flak at the target was
moderate; other flak areas to and from the target were avoided. Small flak hole through fabric of
right horizontal stabilizer; fabric torn from mount of left horizontal stabilizer caused by flak;
hole in left wing inner panel near trailing edge behind no.2 engine nacelle, skin, corrugation and
stiffeners damaged. Declared 'war weary' 6Mar44. {22 missions}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood
(Station 590), Lancashire 31Mar44; not equipped with 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Returned to US 4May44. 555th Base Unit (5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command),
Love Field, Dallas, TX. 611th Base Unit (Flight Test, Air Proving Ground), Eglin Field, Valparaiso,
FL 16Jun44. 610th Base Unit (Air Proving Ground), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 4Sep44. 610th Base
Unit (Tactical Center), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 9Sep45. 611th Base Unit (Flight Test, Tactical
Center), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 29Nov45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
12Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX
Sep46; scrapped. HITLER'S HEADACHE.
3142 (MSN 8078) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 28Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Mar43.
331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN 16Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
22Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*I], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 18May43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Nordisk Aluminium A/S works at Herøya,
Norway 24Jul43. There was fairly accurate flak during the bomb run over the target. With a critical
fuel load, the formation cut the route home by flying down near the coast of Norway. This attracted
some more flak and a small force of enemy fighters which made a vigorous attack on the formation.
Battle damaged during a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes,
France 23Sep43. The primary target was hidden by an effective smoke screen; bombs were dropped in
the dock area. Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target and at Rennes;
there was no enemy fighter opposition, kept at bay by the friendly fighter escort. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Weser Flugzeugbau aircraft factory at Lemwerder, Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. Enemy
fighter opposition was strong and the flak intense and accurate. Crashed after takeoff for a mission
to the port area of Bremen, Germany 13Nov43 (10KIA). During assembly, the plane encountered a
developing thunderhead with severe turbulence and icing conditions. Still with the bomb load onboard,
the plane stalled and started to disintegrate, crashed at Great Haseley, near Oxford, exploded and
disintegrated. BUTTERCUP.
3143 (MSN 8079) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 23Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 18Mar43. 379th Bomb Group,
Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43. 379th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. 524th Bomb Squadron,
379th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
9/10May43. Lost and with fuel exhaustion, the aircraft force landed on the beach at Tullan Strand,
one mile north of Bundoran, County Donegal, Eire 10May43 (10RMC). The crew was met by guests from a
nearby hotel. The aircraft was dismantled and sent across the border to Northern Ireland. Condemned
4Jun43. Salvaged. WEREWOLF / BUGS - Bugs Bunny motif painted on fuselage.
3144 (MSN 8080) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 24Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
Apr43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria May43.
Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 24May43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria
17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {26 missions}. 32nd
Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air
Force, Italy). Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 11Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44.
Failed to return from a mission to the Steyr-Daimler-Puch ball bearing factory at Steyr, Austria
2Apr44 (10KIA). En route to the target, shortly after reaching the Yugoslavian coast, this aircraft
lagged behind the formation until the bomb run with no.1 engine smoking. After the target, it was
attacked by several German fighters and pieces were seen to come off the left wing. It went into a
slow spin, levelled out then broke into two pieces. Several men fell out but no parachutes were
observed. The aircraft crashed at Kleinrifling, approximately 24km southeast of Steyr, Austria.
{40 missions}.
3145 (MSN 8081) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 24Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 20Mar43. 379th Bomb Group,
Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43. 379th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. 379th Bomb Group, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 20Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*B:FO*W], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 30May43. Failed to return from a mission to the Robert
Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (10RMC). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the
target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the
target. From the Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except
for small sparse patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice without dropping
their bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden,
Germany. Having spent too long over the target, the formation was beginning to realise that fuel
exhaustion would likely lead to many not being able to return to base. With fuel exhaustion, ditched
in the English Channel; crew rescued by Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue. The GREMLIN / PEGASUS.
3146 (MSN 8082) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL 30Apr43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried
overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 1Jun43. {first combat mission 10Jun43}. Aïn
M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Lorenzo, Naples, Italy 15Jul43 (3WIA:7RMC). Eight fighters attacked the formation, wounding
three airmen. On return the plane force landed at Bizerte, Tunisia, to hospitalise the wounded
airmen. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Reported as flown
Portreath (Station 504), Cornwall to Gander, Newfoundland 6Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy
10Dec43. {16 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 4Jan44. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air
Force, Italy) 5May44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 6Oct44. Assigned to DUKO
(Twelfth Air Force). Condemned salvage 23Jan45. NINO DIABLO [Devil Child].
3147 (MSN 8083) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 94th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. Substantially damaged while parked
by B-17F 3074 taxying at Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20Jun43. Alachua Field, Gainesville, FL 22Jun43. Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Casper AAB, WY 23Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 30Jun43. School of
Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 7Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 11Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/North Africa
route. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 18Jul43.
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 17Aug43}. {25 missions}. 341st Bomb
Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to
Istres-Le Tubé air base, Marseille, France 16Nov43 (9KIA:1POW). For some unknown reason, the lead
plane overshot the target without dropping the bombs, then headed back towards the Mediterranean. A
decision was taken by the deputy leader to carry out a second bomb run. Flak was heavy and intense
and the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. The plane, flying in the no.3
position of the 2nd element, was making its second pass on the target when flak hit under the
co-pilot's seat, near the right front side of the bomb bay setting it on fire; the entire area from
the left side of the bomb bay out to the no.3 engine on the right wing was on fire. The plane
momentarily held course then dropped down to the right and was observed to crash into a lake; only
one airmen (a waist gunner) was able to bail out. Crashed in the Étang de Lavalduc, a lake 4km
south-southeast of Istres, 25km northwest of Marseille. {15 missions}. HOMESICK ANGEL. The wreckage
of the B-17 was discovered when the lake was drained 1965/7 and reportedly removed by US authorities
in the 1970s.
3148 (MSN 8084) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Feb43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 4Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 379th
Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 16Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Mitchell
Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Apr43. 379th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. 379th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 16Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI. Fairfield Air Depot,
Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 17Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station
500), Scotland 3May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*A:LF*B], 379th Bomb
Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 30May43. Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43 (8KIA:2POW). With poor visibility over the target, the
formation turned to the secondary target, the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Flak was
slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy fighter attacks began at a point southwest of Heligoland.
The bomber collided head on with an enemy fighter and crashed close to an airfield at Marx, Germany.
42-3149/3188 Boeing B-17F-30-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-30-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Engine fire extinguisher system deleted. D-16 fuel pump.
3149 (MSN 8085) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 18Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 9th Bomb Group, Brooksville Field, FL 8Apr43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 5Jun43.
505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training
Unit), Harvard Field, NB. Major damage in an accident in the Sub Depot hangar at Harvard Field, NB
19May44. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB 19Aug44. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 28Aug44. Designated TB-17F 28Aug44. Departed US
22Sep44. Returned to US 6Oct44. 561st Base Unit (1st Operational Training Unit, Air Transport
Command), Rosecrans Field, St. Joseph, MO 13Jan45. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 24Jan45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 24May45. 4160th
Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
3150 (MSN 8086) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 27Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 13Mar43. Combat Crew Training School,
Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*Q], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 14May43}. Battle damaged on
a mission to the submarine yard at Bremen, Germany 11Jun43 (1KIA:1WIA:8RMC). With poor visibility
over the target, the formation turned to the secondary target, the port facilities at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany. Flak was slight to moderate and inaccurate. Enemy fighter attacks began at a point
southwest of Heligoland and continued until the Group was about fifty miles off the German coast on
the way home. The navigator was fatally wounded by gun shots; the bombardier was wounded by flak
shrapnel. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl,
Germany 22Jun43. A large force of enemy fighters attacked as the formation approached the
Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally inaccurate just south of the target area. A 20mm
explosive shell in left inboard wing panel; about twenty small skin holes and punctured gasoline
lines. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En route
to the target, after the friendly fighters had to return to base, the formation was attacked by a
large force of enemy fighters. Flak was moderate but very accurate over the target. Enemy fighters
attacked again on the route home off the Brest peninsula. Battle damaged on a tactical mission to
the Luftwaffe airfield at Glisy, Amiens, France 14Jul43. Fighter attacks on the Group were
infrequent and not closely pressed home. Flak, however, while light, was extremely accurate from the
target to Abbeville. Flak hole in cover of no.3 engine oil cooler; carburettor dented and hole in
leading edge left wing outer panel; flak hole in left horizontal stabilizer leading edge. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Continental Gummiwerke A.G. synthetic rubber works at Nordhafen,
Hannover, Germany 17Jul43. Weather caused the mission to be recalled before reaching the primary
target. A few breaks in the clouds were occurring; the formation bombed a small, unidentified,
village. Enemy fighter opposition began in the vicinity of the IJsselmeer after the formation turned
back over Germany; it soon became determined and heavy, continuing to within sight of the English
coast. Only a small amount of flak was encountered passing IJmuiden, Netherlands. Returning to base,
the plane was damaged in an attack by enemy fighters near the Dutch coast. Enemy fighter attacks
continued to within sight of the English coast. Shell casing hole in right horizontal stabilizer
leading edge; dent in no.2 engine ring cowling caused by an empty shell casing. Battle damaged on an
Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg,
Germany 25Jul43. Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the
briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Heavy flak was experienced over
Hamburg; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Flak hole in Plexiglas nose; hole in leading edge
of left wing caused by empty shell case; flak hole above co-pilot's window. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Scholven AG synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. A
force of German fighters was sighted shortly after entering Germany and attacked the formation. The
Lead Bombardier mistook the blast furnaces of the Vereinigte Stahlwerke at Bochum for the target at
Gelsenkirchen. Flak at the target was heavy and accurate. The enemy fighters attacked again
afterwards until the friendly fighter escort arrived. 2 inch flak hole leading edge of right wing,
eight feet from tip; 2 inch tear top of right wing tip; 6 inch rip in skin of leading edge of wing
between no.3 and no.4 engines; 1 inch hole right side fuselage below #1 battery; 2 inch hole next to
left landing light on leading edge; several small holes in left outboard wing panel; 1 inch rip
above left waist window hole in left horizontal stabilizer leading edge, near fuselage; 2 inch flak
hole at rear edge of vertical stabilizer and through rudder; one foot rip in right horizontal
stabilizer on top caused by the waist gunner when firing his guns. Failed to return from a mission
to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (2INJ:8RMC). Enemy fighters were
seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming
heavy approaching the target. The primary target was obscured by a heavy undercast; as a result, the
railway marshalling yards in Offenburg were selected as a target of opportunity. Flak was meagre and
inaccurate on the route in and out; a barrage was seen over the primary target. Twenty to thirty
enemy fighters were seen but were hesitant in their attacks. With fuel exhaustion, the pilot ditched
off Beachy Head, East Sussex; the crew swam ashore to safety. {14 missions}. FOUL BALL. Named in the
tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's
first commander Clinton F. Ball.
3151 (MSN 8087) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. 20th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 4May43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 9May43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 17May43.
Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 28May43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria
17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. {7 missions}. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {61 missions}.
815th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy Apr44. Sterparone,
Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Landing accident at Sterparone 4May44. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force).
Condemned salvage 30Mar45.
3152 (MSN 8088) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. Ford Airport, Lansing, IL.
351st Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*A],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 29May43}.
One flak hole, one-half inch in diameter, in a trim tab. Battle damaged on an Operation Gomorrah
mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43.
Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target,
the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Heavy flak was experienced over Hamburg; there was
weak enemy fighter opposition. Small flak holes in right aileron; two small breaks top of right wing
caused by flak; the left elevator was damaged by the waist gunner when firing his guns. Battle
damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43.
Enemy fighters were seen, although they stayed with the formation for only a short time; some flak
was encountered, but it was only moderate in intensity. Battle damaged on a mission to the port
facilities at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The primary target was obscured by smoke and a target of
opportunity, the railway marshalling yards on the Gare de l'Etat, Nantes, was selected. There was
moderate and accurate flak from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was meagre and inaccurate; a large
force of enemy fighters was encountered over Rennes. Failed to return from a mission to the Arado
Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43 (1KIA:9POW). The formation crossed the North
Sea at 4,000 feet and prior to climbing to bombing altitude, the fuel was cross-fed into the main
tanks and the bomb bay tanks jettisoned. As this operation was being carried out fire broke out but
the crew managed to extinguish the flames and the plane continued in formation. The formation was
attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish
coast. They followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre
and inaccurate. The pilot was forced to jettison the bombs after the target when the bomb bay doors
had to be hand-cranked open. The formation turned for home and flew straight into the Luftwaffe's
assembled forces. Attacked by enemy fighters and crashed at Kappeln, near Schleswig, Germany.
{21 missions}. SLEEPY LAGOON.
3153 (MSN 8089) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Feb43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb
Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Apr43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field,
WA 7May43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20May43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 25May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 10Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk
Jun43. The WORRY WART. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*A], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk
Jul43. Gee-H radio navigation system installed. {first combat mission 24Jul43}. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Woensdrecht, Netherlands 19Aug43. Neither the primary nor
secondary targets were attacked because of heavy cloud cover. A small force of enemy fighters
attacked after the friendly escort returned home near Roosendaal, Netherlands. Flak over Ostend,
Belgium was intense and accurate and damaged the left wing. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 3Sep43. A large number of
enemy fighters attacked but were ineffective en route to the target. Flak over the target was
intense but inaccurate. Flak damaged the bomb bay doors. Battle damaged on a mission to the Norma
Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. The Group encountered an estimated
forty enemy fighters. However, the German pilots made only cautious and inexpert attacks against the
formation. Cloud cover over the target caused the Group to return home and bomb any target they
could find. On the way back, the Group strayed from course and encountered considerable flak from
numerous places which was moderate and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf
Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 30Nov43. Flak in the target area was
moderate but inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard
at Kiel, Germany 13Dec43. Flak throughout the mission was meager to moderate but quite accurate. The
formation did not encounter any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent. Returning home, the
PFF navigator found that the combat wing was forty miles south of course; checking back on the dead
reckoning route, he found that Hamburg had been bombed instead of Kiel. Battle damaged on a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43. Flak over the target was
meagre and accurate. A small group of enemy fighters attacked the formation from the Initial Point,
over the target and continued back to France. {final combat mission 8Mar44}. {25 missions}. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US 23/26Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 3Jun44. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 12Jun44.
Air Transport Command, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 14Jun44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH 14Oct44. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael,
CA 16Oct44. Departed US 18Oct44. Pacific Wing, Air Transport Command, Hickam Field, O'ahu, Honolulu,
TH. Returned to US 20Dec44. 1504th Base Unit (West Coast Wing, Pacific Division, Air Transport
Command), Fairfield-Suisun Field, CA 15Jun45. Designated TB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH Aug45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command),
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero
Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 5Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and
Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped. The DEVIL'S DAUGHTER.
3154 (MSN 8090) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
379th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 14Mar43. 379th Bomb Group,
Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Apr43. 379th
Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Apr43. 379th Bomb Group, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*B], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton 30May43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Geisenberg Benzine & Hydrogenation synthetic
oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (10RMC). The formation was subject to intense enemy
fighter attacks which started about an hour after crossing the coast. On return, crash landed at
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned
salvage 16Aug43.
3155 (MSN 8091) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 30Mar43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Jun43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 12Jun43. Galveston Field, TX 4Aug43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Dalhart Field, TX 14Aug43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
16Aug43. 234th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Clovis Field, NM. The aircraft lost control caused by
severe icing conditions and crashed ten miles west of Palmer Lake, Colorado, while on a flight from
Lowry Field, Denver, CO to Clovis Field, NM 26Feb44 (10KIS). Surveyed 28Feb44.
3156 (MSN 8092) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison
Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 2May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria)
17May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb
Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 2Jun43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine,
Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Accident departing for a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Bolzano, Italy 9Nov43 (10RMC). Just after takeoff and wheels up, the propeller
came off the number four engine. The pilot made a crash landing at Massicault, damaging the airplane
beyond repair but the crew came out unscathed. {5 missions}. Salvaged. Condemned MIA 23Mar44.
Condemned inventory 8Jul44. STRIPPED ASS BURD.
3157 (MSN 8093) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Mar43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 24Mar43. Warner
Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 8May43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean
Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 10May43. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 21May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa
route. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 12Jun43. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 11Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt),
Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. Accident landing at Lucera 18May44. Failed to return from a mission to the
Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at Wiener Neustädt, Vienna, Austria 26Jul44 (5KIA:5POW).
Shortly after crossing the Austrian border, the Group formation was attacked by a large number of
enemy fighters. Attacked by a Bf 109 fighter, the bomber left its left wing position in the
formation to drift approximately fifty feet above other aircraft to the right. Fire was seen coming
from the fuel tank of the right wing. The aircraft was losing altitude then exploded and split into
three major pieces; the tail section, waist and forward fuselage with wings. It crashed at Sankt
Jakob im Walde, Austria, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria, Austria still with bombs onboard which
detonated later in the post-crash fire. {26 missions}. LAURA.
3158 (MSN 8094) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 6Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 31Mar43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 29Mar43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 20Apr43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 20Apr43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*X], 379th Bomb
Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*Y], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 2Jun43. {first combat mission 13Jun43}. Mobile Repair Unit,
VIII Air Service Command 27Jun43. Regained by Group 7Jul43. Battle damaged during a mission to
railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made visibility in the target
area very poor. The 384th Bomb Group led the combat wing across the northern end of the Ruhr Valley
over Hüls, subjecting the formation to the fire of approximately one hundred flak guns. The fire was
extremely accurate for altitude and deflection; the lead Group took no evasive action. At the start
of the bomb run, the lead bombardier observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made
the bomb run on it; the town was later identified as Coesfeld, Germany. Enemy fighters were observed
but did not attack; the P-47 Thunderbolt escort gave excellent protection and coverage. Battle
damaged during a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly
attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the
target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was
encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refueled,
attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western France and relative
safety. On return, force landed at RAF Northolt, Middlesex. Battle damaged during a mission to
railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Feb44. Intense and accurate flak was
encountered over most of the route to and from the target; there was no enemy fighter opposition.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11Feb44.
Moderate and accurate flak was encountered over and past the target; rockets fired from the ground
were seen just after leaving the target, but went far above the formation with no explosions
observed. A few enemy fighters were seen but kept at bay by the friendly escort. Battle damaged
during a mission to industrial areas in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany 6Mar44. Weather conditions
over the primary target were unfavourable and the formation concentrated on a secondary target at
Templin, north of Berlin. Vicious enemy fighter attacks were experienced en route to the target
after the escort had to turn back. Flak en route was moderate and accurate but intense and accurate
over Berlin; rockets were fired from several locations. More fighters and flak were encountered over
Magdeburg on the route home. Battle damaged on a mission to the FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer ball
bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 13Apr44. Enemy fighters attacked before the target; moderate
to intense and accurate flak was experienced over the target. Failed to return from a mission to
targets in the city of Berlin, Germany 29Apr44 (8KIA:2POW). Flak was intense and accurate over the
target. Enemy fighters were reported but did not attack the formation; attacks were concentrated on
stragglers. The plane straggled en route to the target area and the pilot was attempting to catch up
to the formation. It was attacked by enemy fighters just before the target. Flak struck the right
wing between no.3 and no.4 engines on the trailing edge and started smoking. It then dropped back
and was attacked by enemy fighters. Exploded and crashed in the Schwielowsee, west of Caputh,
southwest of the Berlin to Potsdam road, Germany. {33 missions}. MAX.
3159 (MSN 8095) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 3Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 28Apr43.
Fairfield Air Depot, Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 1May43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 9May43.
Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 12May43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 22May43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 27May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Bizerte, Tunisia. Returned by GLEN to US 20Jun43. Fairfield Air Service Command,
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 20Jun43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 2Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 25Aug43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to ELMS
(Northwest African Air Forces) 25Aug43. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 25Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {first combat mission 9Nov43}. {1 mission}. 32nd
Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy
11Dec43. Accident taking off at Cerignola 7Jan44. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44.
Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at Lucera 15May44. {13 missions}. Air Depot 4Jun44.
Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy). Condemned salvage 6Sep44.
3160 (MSN 8096) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 5Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
16Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 5May43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux
City AAB, IA 8May43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY
31May43. Operational Training Unit, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 1Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 23Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
25Jul43. 581st Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Kearney AAB, NB 6Aug43.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Kearney AAB 7Aug43. 347th Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training
School, Sioux City AAB, IA. 393rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Sioux City AAB, IA 18Nov43.
347th Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA. 350th Sub Depot, Peterson Field,
Colorado Springs, CO 26Nov43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
Dec43. Armament and armour removed. Ferried to Rockcliffe, ONT 4Dec43. Delivered to Royal Canadian
Air Force 6Dec43 as Fortress Mark IIIA, serial 9202. 168th Heavy Transport Squadron, Rockcliffe, ONT
6Dec43. Used for cargo and mail flights to Europe and North Africa. First trans-Atlantic mission
22Dec43. Departed Ottawa 31Oct45 with penicillin and medical supplies, landed at RAF Prestwick,
Scotland and later RAF Manston, Kent, England 1Nov45. Departed RAF Manston en route to Poland 4Nov45.
Flying low in cloud, the aircraft crashed after striking trees at about 1,000ft at the top of a high
point known as Eggeberg Hill near Halle, Germany (5KIS).
3161 (MSN 8097) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Mar43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
30Apr43. Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 10May43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
15May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces) 4Jun43. 20th Bomb
Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 4Jun43. Aïn M'lila
(Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission
21Oct43}. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {4 missions}. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 11Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy 2Feb44. {28 missions}. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy). Condemned 14Apr44.
Returned to US Sep45. Designated RB-17F. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Sep45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical
Service Command), Altus Field, OK Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company,
Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. SKY WITCH
3162 (MSN 8098) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Mar43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 26Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Apr43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*C], 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Apr43. BLACK
JACK / BLOOPY BLOOMERS. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*A], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 15Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Scholven AG synthetic fuel
hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (10POW). Enemy aircraft began their attacks on
the formation from the Dutch coast on in. Flak in the Ruhr valley was heavy, intense and accurate,
forming a solid wall in the target area. On the way in to the target, over Ahrweiler, Germany,
mid-air collision with JOLLY ROGER [B-17F 42-29587]. The pilot managed to stay with the formation
until just beyond the target even though the vertical stabilizer was ripped off at the top, but the
rudder was not damaged. Ditched in North Sea 14km southwest of Hoek van Holland. Next day the crew
was saved and taken POW by a German Vorpostenboot. {3 missions}. BUCCANEER - artwork of a blonde
woman barely dressed in a pirate's uniform and holding a cutlass; a sword is through the name.
3163 (MSN 8099) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 7Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 30Mar43. Combat Crew Training School,
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 15May43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX
19May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28May43. 467th Bomb
Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 6Jun43. Major damage when
the right landing gear collapsed during a hard landing at Dalhart Field 29Jun43. Surveyed 27Jul43.
3164 (MSN 8100) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 9Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Mar43. 20th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 31Mar43. 54th Ferry Squadron, 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 10Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 13Apr43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 16Apr43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria
4Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a tactical mission in support of the US Fifth Army
at Anzio to Lake Albano, southeast of Rome, Italy 17Feb44 (10RMC). The bomb bay doors had been
opened but the target was obscured by scattered clouds. The formation turned back and made another
approach at a lower altitude when it was boxed in by heavy and accurate flak. Damaged by flak before
reaching the target and disabled two engines. The plane lost altitude very fast and skimmed over
land until reaching the beachhead. Going over the front lines, another engine failed and the plane
was ditched in Tyrrhenian Sea about ten miles off Anzio, Italy. The crew was rescued by a British
Air-Sea Rescue launch which had spotted and followed the bomber until it ditched.
3165 (MSN 8101) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*G], 92nd
Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 23Apr43. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*G]. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*T]. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*T]. Failed to return from a mission to the city of Bremen,
Germany 26Nov43 (7KIA:3POW). Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast
to the target and back out to the coast. There was intense flak over Bremen but moderate and
inaccurate elsewhere. Flak damaged no.3 engine, then the aircraft exploded and crashed on a railway
track at Mahndorf, southeast Bremen, Germany. MELANCHOLY BABY.
3166 (MSN 8102) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL May43.
Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 11May43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 24May43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 30May43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43.
{first combat mission 10Oct43}. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {6 missions}. Assigned to ELMS
(Northwest African Air Forces) 10Nov43. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis,
Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Fréjorgues, Montpellier, France 27Jan44 (9KIA). En route to the target, the bomber was
seen with one propeller feathered and another engine started smoking as the formation was flying off
the Italian coast. The aircraft dropped from the formation, and made a slow spiral into the ocean.
{42 missions}.
3167 (MSN 8103) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*Z], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire May43. Battle damaged on a diversionary mission to the naval
facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43. Weather over the target was bad and conditions
were unfavourable for bombing; the Group turned to an alternate target, the airfield at Wangerooge,
East Frisian Island, Germany. A large force of enemy fighters was encountered around the North
Frisian Islands; flak was generally slight and inaccurate. Seriously battle damaged on a mission to
the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany
13Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition was light; heavy but inaccurate flak was encountered over the
target. Innumerable flak holes through tail, rudder, vertical stabilizer and waist fuselage. VIII
Air Service Command. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*S], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 17Jun43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 8Sep43. Regained by Group
8Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 2Nov43. Regained by
Group 8Nov43. Battle damaged during a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43
(2KIA:8RMC)). Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very
intense and accurate. On return, force landed at Seething (Station 146), Norfolk. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 22Dec43. Regained by Group. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 21Jan44. Regained by Group 2Mar44. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Mar44. Regained by Group 29Mar44. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Apr44. Returned to US Jun44.
1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field (Station 8), FL 15Jun44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17Jun44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 24Jul44. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 26Aug44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26Aug44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four
Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 27Aug44. Designated TB-17F. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 10Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 16Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped. YE OLDE PUB. Charles Brown was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 379th Bomber
Group at Kimbolton, England. His B-17 was called 'Ye Old Pub' and was in a terrible state, having
been hit by flak and fighters during a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. The
compass was damaged and they were flying deeper over enemy territory instead of heading home to
Kimbolton. After flying over an enemy airfield, a Luftwaffe pilot named Franz Steigler was ordered
to takeoff and shoot down the B-17. When he got near the B-17, he could not believe his eyes. In his
words, he 'had never seen a plane in such a bad state'. The tail and rear section was severely
damaged, and the tail gunner wounded. The top gunner was all over the top of the fuselage. The nose
was smashed and there were holes everywhere. Despite having ammunition, Franz flew to the side of
the B-17 and looked at Charlie Brown, the pilot. Brown was scared and struggling to control his
damaged and blood-stained plane. Aware that they had no idea where they were going, Franz waved at
Charlie to turn 180 degrees. Franz escorted and guided the stricken plane to and slightly over the
North Sea towards England. He then saluted Charlie Brown and turned away, back to Europe. When Franz
landed he told his CO that the plane had been shot down over the sea, and never told the truth to
anybody. Charlie Brown and the remains of his crew told all at their briefing, but were ordered
never to talk about it. More than 40 years later, Charlie Brown wanted to find the Luftwaffe pilot
who saved the crew. After years of research, Franz was found. He had never talked about the incident,
not even at post-war reunions. They met in the USA at a 379th Bomber Group reunion, together with
five people who are alive now - all because Franz never fired his guns that day. Research shows that
Charlie Brown lived in Seattle, WA and Franz Steigler had moved to Vancouver, BC after the war. When
they finally met, they discovered they had lived less than 200 miles apart for the past 50 years!
3168 (MSN 8104) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 29Apr43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria Jun43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy
16Jan44. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 3May44. {nil
missions}. Air Depot 9May44. Returned to US Aug44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Service Command), Rome
Air Depot, NY 17Aug44. Crashed after engine failure during a test flight one mile west of Troupsburg,
NY 7Nov44 (3KIS:3INJ). The plane crashed into the side of a hill on the Delbert Potter farm,
exploded on impact and scattered wreckage over a wide part of the hill. Some of the crew, which
consisted of two airmen pilots and four civilians, bailed out but were too close to the ground.
Surveyed 13Nov44. Reclaim complete 20Nov44.
3169 (MSN 8105) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 12Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 385th Bomb Group, Great
Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Apr43. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*S], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh
(Station 111), Bedfordshire 18Jun43. VIII Air Service Command 5May43. Regained by Group. VIII Air
Service Command 30Jun43. Regained by Group 13Jul43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Scholven AG
synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. Because of solid clouds at the
Initial Point, the Group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at Recklinghausen, Germany.
There was intense enemy fighter opposition from the I.P. which continued until the P-47 escort
arrived on the way out. Flak in the Ruhr valley was heavy, intense and accurate, forming a solid
wall in the target area. Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at
Villacoublay, Paris, France 24Aug43. Flak over the target was moderate but accurate; although seen,
enemy fighters did not attack this Group; flak damage to left wing and elevator. Battle damaged
during a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43.
The primary target was hidden by an effective smoke screen; bombs were dropped in the dock area.
Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target and at Rennes; there was no
enemy fighter opposition, kept at bay by the friendly fighter escort. Major battle damage during a
mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the target area, the
bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters. The engineer/top
turret gunner was wounded but was able to continue firing. During the bomb run flak was intense and
accurate. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was
encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled,
attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative
safety. 20mm cannon shells struck around the cockpit and the right wing structure also disabling the
oxygen and hydraulic systems. Maintenance Unit 14Oct43. Regained by Group. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 23Oct43. Regained by Group. Mobile Repair Unit, Air
Force Service Command 9Nov43. Regained by Group 15Nov43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton
(Station 127), Bedfordshire Dec43. Regained by Group 25Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to the
shipyard and industrial area at Kiel, Germany 5Jan44. The formation encountered a brief but violent
attack by enemy fighters after leaving the target until the return of the friendly fighter support;
flak was moderate and accurate over the target area and the route home. Battle damaged on a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 7Jan44. Over the target, flak was
moderate but inaccurate; enemy aircraft attacked after the friendly fighter escort departed. Serious
battle damage on a mission to the Junkers Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Halberstadt, Germany
11Jan44 (1WIA:9RMC). While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and
a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb
Division, continued on to the target. Most of the 2nd and 3rd Bomb Division aircraft elected to
return to England; this left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks.
Fighter support was not seen on the penetration or over the target; P-47 Thunderbolts were airborne
to provide withdrawal support but they obeyed the recall order and left the bombers exposed to enemy
attacks on the return home. No flak was experienced on the bomb run, but intermittent and accurate
flak most of the way back. The right waist gunner was wounded by a 0.30 caliber bullet. On return,
force landed at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk. JO ANN - artwork of a young woman lying on the ground.
Transferred to Royal Air Force 3Feb44 as Fortress Mark II, serial SR389. H2S airborne, ground
scanning radar installed. Used for radio counter measures. No.214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron,
No.100 Group, RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk 5Feb44. RAF Oulton, Aylsham, Norfolk 16May44. No.51
Maintenance Unit, RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 7Jan45 for storage. Sold to International Alloys Ltd
11Mar47. SOC 11Mar47.
Conflict:
Quoted as transferred to Royal Air Force 21Jan44 as Fortress Mark II, serial SR379. No.214
(Federated Malay States) Squadron [BU-D], No.100 Group, RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk 3Feb44. RAF Oulton,
Aylsham, Norfolk 16May44. No.51 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 31Dec44. Royal
Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire 22Feb45. Used for trials involving Oboe, altimeters,
and 'supersonic bombs'. Sold to International Alloys Ltd 11Mar47. SOC 11Mar47.
Conflict:
The RAF Record Card does not quote the USAAF serial but states that the aircraft came from a unit at
Snetterton Heath. The RAF serials were allocated in sequence with the USAAF serials. This would
suggest an aircraft from the block 42-30241 (SR378) to 42-30639 (SR380) but there doesn't appear to
be an obvious candidate from the 96th Bomb Group. Also quoted as being B-17F 42-30328 and 42-30451.
Conflict [IARC]:
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3Feb44. Condemned inventory 8Jul44. Assigned to
GLUE (United States Air Forces in Europe). DIV BRT ADO [Diverted to Britain - Aircraft Distribution
Office] 24Jan46.
3170 (MSN 8106) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 4May43.
Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 8May43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 19May43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 21May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. Accident landing at São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil 23May43. 353rd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria Jul43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Capua, near Naples, Italy 27Jul43 (9KIA:1RMC). The bomb run was
completed, and all seemed normal. Then it was noticed that the bomb bay doors were not closed and
the top turret was empty. The aircraft nosed up into a slow stall, nearly hitting another aircraft.
The pilot pushed the nose down abruptly, the aircraft went into a steep dive and plunged into the
sea northwest of the island of Ventotene, Italy. Claimed by four pilots flying Macchi 202 fighters
of 22º Gruppo, Regia Aeronautica Italiana. {2 missions}.
3171 (MSN 8107) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 26Mar43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*S], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. {first combat mission
13May43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the General Motors factory at Antwerp, Belgium 14May43.
When the friendly fighter escort had to turn back, the formation was attacked by a large force of
German fighters from the I.P until after the target and back over the North Sea. Flak over the
target was dense and accurate. Flak caused damage to the right wing, left aileron and lower skin of
the left wing. Battle damaged on a mission to the north power station at Lorient, Brittany, France
17May43. The formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters en route to the target and
return as far as the French coast; flak was slight but accurate. The right wing and the no.4 engine
were damaged, the right fuel tank punctured. {3 missions}. VIII Air Service Command 17May43. 326th
Bomb Squadron [JW*S], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 11Aug43. VIII Air
Service Command 13Aug43. Regained by Group 18Aug43. Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire Sep43.
Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RMC).
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of
Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the
Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during
the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the
bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. On return to base, the aircraft
ran out of fuel and crash landed at Shiplake, Berkshire. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned salvage 18Oct43. The BLIVIT [something useless or impossible].
3172 (MSN 8108) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*R],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 5May43. Battle damaged on a diversionary
mission to the naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43. Weather over the target was
bad and conditions were unfavourable for bombing; the Group turned to an alternate target, the
airfield at Wangerooge, East Frisian Island, Germany. A large force of enemy fighters was
encountered around the North Frisian Islands; flak was generally slight and inaccurate. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag)
shipyard at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition was light; heavy but inaccurate flak
was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at
Tricqueville, France 26Jun43 (1KIA:3WIA:1EVD:5RMC). The pilot took off on his twenty-fifth mission,
and which should have been the last of his tour; a big party was planned for the evening of his
return. During the bomb run, the pilot's temporary co-pilot, an old squadron leader who wanted to go
on the pilot's final mission, removed his gloves to make some adjustments to the engine. During the
final seconds of the bomb run, a German fighter swooped down unnoticed from the sun. One 20mm cannon
shell hit the pilot in the neck, exploded and killed him. A fire started in the cockpit, badly
burning the co-pilot's hands. A crewmate put out the fire with an extinguisher. The co-pilot
continued flying with a melted oxygen mask, steering with his arms above the elbows, since his hands
were too badly burned. The bombardier bailed out when he heard the alarm bell sounding. Still under
attack, a machine gun bullet hit the box of flares behind the pilot's seat. The flares exploded,
created another fire and blew open the bomb bay doors. Fortunately, there was a third pilot on board,
the usual co-pilot, who was acting as a waist gunner that day. He took over the co-pilot seat. With
only one other uninjured man on board, he brought the plane back to base. The radio was out and
there were no remaining flares to announce an emergency landing. Instead of landing the plane into
the wind as normal, the co-pilot purposefully landed the plane downwind against incoming traffic. He
wanted to avoid the reception group waiting to celebrate the pilot's 25th mission; it included an
American army nurse who was going to marry the pilot the next day. VIII Air Service Command 27Jun43.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*R:OR*X], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 25Sep43.
{first combat mission 9Oct43}. Major battle damage on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190
fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44. Enemy fighter attacks were very numerous; flak was
moderate but accurate due to the low altitude of the mission. Battle damaged on an Operation
Argument mission to the Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109 aircraft factory at Mockau, Leipzig, Germany
20Feb44. Cloud cover hid the target and the Group diverted to an alternate target, the industrial
areas of Oschersleben, Germany. Flak was moderate but accurate over the target. On the homebound leg,
northwest of Stavelot, Belgium, the aircraft was attacked by a number of enemy fighters. It had
seventy-five holes in it; one large piece of flak struck right outside the co-pilot's window and
tore a long hole in the window frame. Another piece went through the dinghies. There were a couple of
20mm holes in the horizontal stabilizer; they didn't explode. The right wing was peppered with 7.9mm
bullets and holes in two of the propellers. Sent to the Sub- Depot for repairs. There were thirty-
six bullet holes in the right wing, some just missing the supercharger; the main spars had been cut.
Twelve slugs were removed from the gasoline tank. {91BG: 12 missions}. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Apr44. Returned to US Aug44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Aug44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Cincinnati, OH 18May45. 332nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK
23May45. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 23May45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and
disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped. CHENNAULT'S PAPPY III. The name was the creation of a pilot who thought that the
B-17 was a suitable father for the Curtiss P-40 Warhawks flown by Chennault's Flying Tigers.
3173 (MSN 8109) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 351st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 29Mar43. Ford Airport, Lansing, IL.
351st Bomb Group, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*R],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6May43. {first combat mission 15May43}.
Failed to return from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Emden, Germany 15May43 (10MIA).
Returning across the Frisian Islands, the Group came under attack from a force of enemy fighters.
The bomber had probably been damaged by flak and was lagging behind the formation. It then fell into
a slow spiral whereupon five fighters attacked. During that attack, the bomber exploded and crashed
in the North Sea about 80km north of Ameland, Netherlands. {1 mission}. SPARE BALL. Named in the
tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's
first commander Clinton F. Ball.
3174 (MSN 8110) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 9Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 29Apr43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria
20May43. Failed to return from a mission to rail installations at Messina, Sicily 25May43 (10MIA).
The plane had dropped its bomb load on the target and was returning home when the right wing was
struck by flak behind no.3 engine and the escaping fuel caught fire. The aircraft went into a spiral
dive and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea 40km northwest of the island of Marettimo, Sicily,
exploding as it hit the water. Three airmen were seen to bail out by another crew who followed the
disabled aircraft in its downward path and threw several life vests into the sea where the men had
bailed out. They also threw a life raft out of the aircraft but it unfortunately caught in the right
horizontal stabilizer. After a short time the pilot was forced to gain altitude and the men and
aircraft disappeared from view. THUNDERBIRD.
3175 (MSN 8111) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 10Mar43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Mar43. 379th Bomb
Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Apr43.
379th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*T],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire May43. {first combat mission 29May43}.
Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine
factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (10POW). Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg,
it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard.
Enemy fighter opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target. There was heavy
flak over Hamburg. Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed at Wandsbek, Hamburg. The HA. Personal
plane of Colonel Maurice A. Preston, first Commander of the 379th BG.
3176 (MSN 8112) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Mar43. 379th Bomb
Group, Mitchell Field, SD. 379th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 20Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
335th Bomb Squadron [OE*K], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Apr43. {first
combat mission 21May43}. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*K]. Battle damaged on a mission to the naval
storage depot at Rennes, France 29May43. When the friendly fighter escort had to turn back at the IP,
the formation was attacked by enemy fighters en route to the target and return twenty miles off the
French coast. Flak between the target and rally point was intense but inaccurate. The right wing was
damaged by flak. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43.
{2 missions}. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*E], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire
22Jun43. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*E] 27Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (6KIA:4POW). En route to the target area, the bomber
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak
was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England;
moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having
landed and refuelled, attacked again. Attacked by an enemy fighter, the crew was instructed to bail
out. Suddenly an 88mm flak shell exploded in the waist area; the co-pilot and bombardier were
injured. There was total destruction of the waist section and all there were either dead or
unconscious; the rest of the crew bailed out just before the plane exploded. Crashed in Limpurger
Forst south of Dornheim, Iphofen, southeast of Wurzburg, Germany. SPOOK II / LADY ASTRID.
3177 (MSN 8113) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 26Apr43. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*K], 96th Bomb Group,
Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. HELLER'S
ANGEL. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*O], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 15Jul43. H2S
airborne, ground scanning radar installed. Used for radio counter measures. The HELLION.
{28 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Delivered to Royal Air Force 25Jan44 as Fortress
Mark II, serial SR376. No.214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron [BU-C], No.100 Group, RAF Sculthorpe,
Norfolk 2Feb44. RAF Oulton, Aylsham, Norfolk 16May44. No.51 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lichfield,
Staffordshire 31Dec44 for storage. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Diverted to Royal Air Force
22Feb45. Sold to International Alloys Ltd 11Mar47. SOC 11Mar47.
3178 (MSN 8114) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 24Mar43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL Apr43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/
West Africa route. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria
20May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2
(Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy
31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 6May44. Accident returning from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at
Saint-Étienne, France 26May44. On return, crash landed at Calvi, Corsica 26May44. Salvaged.
3179 (MSN 8115) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Mar43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
30Apr43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 3May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma,
Algeria 20May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Bolzano, Italy 10Nov43. Just short of the
target, engine failure caused the propeller to be feathered and the plane dropped back from
formation. Four Bf 109 fighters attacked and sent a 20mm cannon shell into the no.5 fuel tank but
failed to detonate. With fuel exhaustion, the plane was force landed at Ajaccio, Corsica. Repaired
and returned to Oudna 14Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the airfield at Eleusis, Athens,
Greece 18Nov43. The plane was returning from the mission, probably damaged by flak, and was too slow
to keep with the Group formation. It landed as planned for fuel at San Panarazio, southern Italy,
too late in the day to takeoff for return to Tunisia. The next morning the plane took off in bad
weather to return to base at Oudna. The pilot didn't climb above the clouds and, off course, crashed
on a plateau and hit a rock wall in a farmer's field, north of Marina-di-Ragusa, Sicily 19Nov43
(10KIA). Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy). Condemned 20Nov43. CALIFORNIA COMET.
3180 (MSN 8116) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Mar43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 2May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 3May43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron,
96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk
12Jun43. KIPLING'S ERROR. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*Y], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 16Jul43. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*Y]. Failed to return from a mission to the Arado
Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43 (10MIA). The formation was attacked by a
large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish coast. They
followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre and
inaccurate. Attacked by enemy aircraft and ditched in North Sea. {>12 missions}. FORGET ME NOT II -
artwork of a lady wearing a bikini and lying on her back.
3181 (MSN 8117) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 12Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 2Apr43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla
Walla Field, WA. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
14May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 95th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*L], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Aug43. VIII Air Service Command 12Aug43. Regained by Group 8Oct43.
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44. Salvaged 26Jan46. LIMITED SERVICE.
3182 (MSN 8118) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. School of Applied
Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 9Apr43. 9th Bomb Group, Brooksville Field, FL 20Apr43. School of Applied
Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 25Apr43. 85th Sub Depot, School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL. 330th
Sub Depot, Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 13Dec43. 231st Base Unit (Operational Training
Unit), Alamogordo Field, NM 1Apr44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Nov44.
4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 2Nov44.
Class 26; ground instructional airframe 29Nov44. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical
Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Jan46. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3183 (MSN 8119) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 7Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
17Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb
Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Apr43. Andrewsfield
(Station 485), Essex May43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. 327th Bomb Squadron
[UX*O], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 19Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 4Aug43. Regained by Group 5Aug43. VIII Air Service
Command 13Aug43. Regained by Group 5Sep43. Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire Sep43. Accident
departing for a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France
23Sep43 (3KIS:7RMC). During the assembly of the bomber formation, the aircraft caught fire and
exploded, subsequently crashing with structural failure caused by the explosion and fire. Seven of
the crew bailed out and were able to return to duty; three of the crew were unable to escape and
were killed. The aircraft crashed at Deeping St Nicholas, near Crowland, Lincolnshire. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned 25Sep43. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton.
3184 (MSN 8120) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 12Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
17Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*C:PY*Q], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 24Apr43.
Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-29853 one mile north of Alconbury 21Jul43.
VIII Air Service Command 26Aug43. Regained by Group 12Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to
railway marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany 22Dec43 (10POW). Enemy fighter opposition was
mediocre until the I.P. but then strong through the target when the friendly escort was not
available; flak was meagre to moderate and accurate over the target. Three engines were damaged and
disabled caused by battle damage over the target but the bomber headed for home. Crash landed safely
at De Haar farm, near Bornerbroek, Netherlands. USS ALIQUIPPA.
3185 (MSN 8121) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Mar43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6May43. Combat Crew Training School, Lincoln Field, NB 17May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*Y], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Jun43. Base Air Depot
No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 2Aug43. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*L], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the ball bearing
industries at Ivry, Paris, France 26Nov43 (2KIA:6POW:2EVD). Because of an overcast, the bombs were
not released on the target and the mission was aborted. As the plane continued, no.1 and no.3
engines were struck and disabled by flak and the bomber dropped out of the formation. Outside of the
city the bombs were jettisoned in open country but the plane was unable to rejoin the formation.
Another engine was overspeeding and the final engine was running rough with a high oil temperature.
It was then attacked by enemy fighters who severely damaged the bomber and wounded three airmen. Now
down at 3,000 feet, the crew bailed out and the plane crashed 2km north of Londinières, 18km
northwest of Neufchâtel-en-Bray, France. QUEEN BEE.
3186 (MSN 8122) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th
Bomb Squadron [PY*Y], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 23May43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 7Aug43. Regained by Group 9Aug43.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 6Oct43. Regained by Group
17Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 31Oct43. Regained by
Group 12Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux,
France 31Dec43 (4POW:6EVD). With the primary target obscured by cloud, the formation headed for the
secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. About thirty minutes
before the target, no.4 engine was overspeeding but the propeller would not feather. Losing altitude
despite jettisoning the bombs, the pilot aborted the mission and turned for home. The crew prepared
for a ditching but then the pilot turned back into France. All loose equipment was jettisoned and the
crew changed out of their flying clothes before the pilot force landed in a farmer's field at
Jauriac, near Expiremont, 5km northeast of Montendre, north of Bordeaux, France. The crew was safe,
destroyed equipment and set the plane on fire to destroy it.
3187 (MSN 8123) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 16Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Mar43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12May43. Combat Crew Training School, Lincoln Field, NB 21May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 410th Bomb
Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex Jun43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43 (6MIA:3KIA:1POW). The formation was attacked by a large
force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target. Flak was moderate over the target and
accurate in range. During aerial combat over the Baltic Sea approximately six miles south of
Keldsnor, Langeland Island, Denmark, three bombers and three German fighters were observed crashing
into the sea. Parachutes were seen but no survivors were found. Attacked by enemy aircraft and
ditched in Baltic Sea off Langeland, Denmark. BUCKSHOT.
3188 (MSN 8124) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 29Mar43. 331st Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Scottsbluff AAB, NB 10Apr43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Casper AAB, WY 14Apr43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
17Apr43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 5May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*F], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 9Jun43. {first combat mission 25Jun43}. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany
25Jun43. Encountering dense clouds and rain enroute to the target, the Group was ordered to disperse
and reform above the clouds; only eight planes were successful in getting through to the rendezvous
point. After crossing into hostile territory, approximately one-hundred and fifty enemy fighters,
quick to observe the Group's tactical disadvantage, attacked in such force that the small formation
scattered. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay,
Paris, France 26Jun43 (5KIA:4POW:1EVD). Struck by flak over Le Havre, damaging no.2 engine, the
bomber lagged behind the formation. Attacked by enemy fighters east of Caen setting the left wing on
fire and fatally wounding the two waist gunners. With three engines seen to be smoking, the bomber
stalled and lost altitude rapidly before the crew bailed out. The aircraft crashed at La Vallée
Samson, 1km south of La Chapelle-Hareng, 13km west of Bernay, France. {2 missions}. FLAK ALLEY LIL'
/ MISS CARRIAGE.
42-3189/3228 Boeing B-17F-35-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-35-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Improved brakes and main landing gear; cockpit windshield wipers; increased hydraulic
system capacity.
3189 (MSN 8125) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 15Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Scottsbluff AAB, NB 31Mar43. Operational Training
Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux
City AAB, IA. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field
(Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 5May43.
Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 6Jun43. {first combat mission 5Jul43}. Battle damaged by flak
on a tactical mission to the Messina-Villa San Giovanni ferry terminals, Italy 16Jul43. With an
engine failure, the plane was flying below the formation. The pilot feathered the propeller and
tried to climb up for protection. Failing to do so, the crew made an individual run over San
Giovanni. Despite a barrage of flak and then attacked by enemy fighters, the bombs were dropped and
the bomber returned home badly damaged. Damaged taxying at Navarin 27Jul43. 368th Service Squadron
28Jul43. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force).
Condemned salvage 11Jun45. The RED ASS (SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIUS - the name of a popular cartoon
character).
3190 (MSN 8126) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 15Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 28Mar43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6May43. Combat Crew Training School, Lincoln Field, NB 18May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd Bomb
Squadron [TS*W], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jun43. {first
combat mission 11Jun43}. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*W]. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 14Jul43 (6POW:4EVD). Enemy fighter attacks were
experienced en route to the target after the escort had to turn back. An attack by enemy fighters
over Évreux had damaged no.2 and no.4 engines and destroyed oxygen bottles. A 20mm cannon shell
exploded and set fire to the cockpit; the engineer extinguished the fire but thick smoke prevent the
pilot from seeing his instruments. Fires broke out between the no.2 engine and the fuselage, and
between the no.3 and no.4 engines, causing the plane to drop out of formation. Still under attack,
the pilot tried violent evasive actions, knowing that the weight of the bomb load would prevent any
chance of returning to the formation. Down at 1,000 feet, the pilot instructed the crew to bail out.
Some of the crew bailed out but one parachute had been burnt so the pilot remained to force land the
bomber, still with its bomb load, at Berengeville-la-Campagne, five miles northeast of Évreux,
France. {3 missions}. Claimed by Oberst Egon Mayer flying a FW 190 of III./JG 2. MR FIVE BY FIVE /
NIP 'N TUCK. The aircraft was repaired and used by Luftwaffe at the Luftwaffen Erprobungsstelle
Rechlin, Germany. Operated by the Luftwaffe KG200 [code A3+BB].
3191 (MSN 8127) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 1Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 11May43. Pilot School (Specialized,
Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 23May43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 26May43. San
Antonio Air Service Command, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 9Jun43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs
Field, NM 11Jun43. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM.
Designated TB-17F 8Nov44. 2508th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Four Engine) Altus Field, OK
2Jan45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 12Jan45. 4210th
Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 23Feb45.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 27Feb45. Reclaim 5Jul45.
Reclaim complete 13Nov45.
3192 (MSN 8128) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 16Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 22Mar43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 23Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26Apr43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire
16May43. {first combat mission 19May43}. Substantially damaged in an accident during takeoff for a
mission to the submarine shipyards at Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43. The plane aborted and returned early
when the left landing gear would not retract. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 27Jun43.
Regained by Group 7Jul43. Battle damaged on a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 17Aug43 (1WIA:9RMC). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time
it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-
aircraft defence zones. During the bomb run the lead bombardier in this plane was seriously wounded
by flak and not able to sight the target; the navigator salvoed the bombs a little late. Failed to
return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands 19Aug43 (4KIA:7POW). With
haze prior to the Initial Point, over the target moderate and accurate flak was coming from the
center of the target and the lead bombardier was unable synchronize the bomb sight. Going round for
another run over the target, the formation was heading into the sun causing the bombers to drop
their bombs haphazardly, none hitting the target. By this time other groups were heading home along
with their fighter escort. The formation was then attacked by a small force of enemy fighters.
Leading the squadron, attacked by several Fw 190s, the plane was hit and a fire started in no.3
engine, spreading across to no.4 engine. The bomber fell away, exploded and a wing came off. Crashed
at Kartuizerpolder, near Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands. Claimed by Oberleutnant Georg Schott of
1./JG 1, flying a Fw 190 A-6 and Flak unit 2./665. {12 missions}. G-FOR-GEORGE. Wreckage located
1983.
3193 (MSN 8129) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 19Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 31Mar43. Advanced Twin-Engine
School, Hobbs Field, NM 21Apr43. Great Falls Field, MT. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB,
IA 8May43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 30May43. 955th Two Engine Flying Training
Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Fatal crash into terrain at Carlsbad Field, NM 9Jul43. Surveyed 11Jul43.
3194 (MSN 8130) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 2Apr43. Operational Training Unit,
21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 19Jun43. {first combat mission 28Jul43}. Failed to return from a shuttle
mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (4KIA:7POW). The
formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps
and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. Damaged by fighter attacks near the
target, the bomber made it over the Alps but was too Major damage to reach North Africa. The crew
was ordered to bail out over Italy. The tail gunner opened his parachute too early and became caught
on the tail; the other gunners were presumably unnerved by this and refused to jump, dying when the
bomber crashed at Santa Margherita, fifteen miles northwest of Parma, Italy. {3 missions}.
LITTLE HELL.
3195 (MSN 8131) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 22Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 20th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 7Apr43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY
Apr43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 27Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2May43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*O], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire
22Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43
(4KIA:6POW). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large
number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the
target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various
places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again.
Departing late, approaching the river Rhine, the four-plane high squadron of the 305th Bomb Group
was still trying to catch up with the lead squadron. Several enemy fighters came at the B-17s and
attacked. The bomber lost power on one engine and the pilot was having trouble controlling it; the
fighters continued to rake the bomber with cannon fire and the pilot instructed the crew to bail out.
The navigator and bombardier were trying to open the nose hatch but it would not open and headed for
the bomb bay. As the two of them reached the cockpit, the co-pilot was crawling through the top
turret into the bomb bay. He stood there for a moment, noticed the bombs still in the racks, passed
out from anoxia, and fell into the open bomb bay. Crashed at Waldenrath, near Geilenkirchen,
seventeen miles north of Aachen, Germany. The navigator's remains were never found.
3196 (MSN 8132) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 22Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 2Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Pilot School (Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 23May43. Advanced Twin-
Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 30May43. Substantially damaged when crash landed at Hobbs Field
31May43. San Antonio Air Service Command, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX. Substantially damaged in a
collision with parked Consolidated B-24E Liberator 41-29051 while being taxied by a mechanic at
Kelly Field 12Jul43. Four Engine Advanced Flying School,. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Fort Worth Field, TX. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs
Field, NM 20Aug44. Designated TB-17F 8Nov44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus
Field, OK 11Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal
19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47;
scrapped.
3197 (MSN 8133) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 2Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 5May43. Pilot School (Specialized,
Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 959th Bombardier Training Squadron, Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 30May43. Major damage in an accident landing at Hobbs
Field 7Jun43. San Antonio Air Service Command, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX. Advanced Twin-Engine
School, Hobbs Field, NM 5Aug43. 954th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM.
Substantially damaged in a accident landing at Hobbs Field 30Dec43. 1172nd Pilot Transition Training
Squadron, 29th Specialized Pilot Training Group, Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL. Substantially damaged
by mechanical failure landing at Chanute Field 24Apr44. 2112th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL. 2115th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Courtland AAB, AL 13Sep44. Damaged in collision with parked Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-32209 while
taxying at Ellington Field, Houston, TX 6Dec44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four
Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 10Jan45. Designated TB-17F 11Jan45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 12Feb45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 22Feb45. Designated B-17F 20Apr45. Designated RB-17F.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical
Service Command), Altus Field, OK Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company,
Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3198 (MSN 8134) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*Z], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 5May43. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot,
Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland 15May43. 407th
Bomb Squadron [PY*M], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 25Jul43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 7Aug43. Regained by Group 9Aug43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (10RMC).
Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the
way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. With fuel exhaustion, the aircraft crash landed at
the Convent of Notre Dame, Hartfield, East Sussex. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). VIII Air
Service Command. Condemned salvage 9Sep43.
3199 (MSN 8135) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Apr43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Apr43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
26Apr43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*S:WA*Z], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 20May43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 17Jun43.
Regained by Group 29Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Geisenberg Benzine & Hydrogenation
synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (5KIA:6POW). The bombers had made a good
run on the target with evasive action, dodging the most intense flak yet encountered. Formation
problems prevented dropping bombs on the primary target; unidentified military installations were
bombed leaving the primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over an hour after
leaving the target and only broke off when the friendly P-47 Thunderbolt fighters appeared.
Scattered flak was encountered at different stages of the journey, but the Ruhr valley barrages were
intense and accurate. Damaged by flak and crashed at Lindlar, 30km east of Cologne, Germany.
CALAMITY JANE.
3200 (MSN 8136) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 31Mar43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Pilot School (Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 24May43. Advanced Twin-
Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 30May43. 957th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM.
Substantially damaged in an accident on the parking ramp at Hobbs Field 19Mar44. 3036th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 24Jun44. Designated TB-17F 4May45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH May45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 26May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3201 (MSN 8137) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 18Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 2Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 3Jun43. San Antonio Air Service
Command, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 30Jun43. 956th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs
Field, NM. Substantially damaged when a drag link on the left landing gear failed causing the wheel
to retract and the plane ground looped to the left at Hobbs Field 2Jun43. Major damage when crash
landed caused by mechanical failure four miles northeast of Brownfield, TX 24Jan44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot
School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 15Jul44. Designated TB-17F 8Nov44. 4124th Base
Unit (Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 10Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus
Field, OK for storage and disposal 27Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado
Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3202 (MSN 8138) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 19Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Mar43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Mar43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 7Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 17Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 92nd
Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 24Apr43. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb
Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 15May43. {first combat mission 17May43}. Battle
damaged on a mission to the north power station at Lorient, Brittany, France 17May43. The formation
was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters en route to the target and return as far as the
French coast; flak was slight but accurate. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43
(2WIA:8RMC). The formation was attacked by a large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to
the target and until the formation had departed over the North Sea. Flak was moderate over the
target and accurate in range. Before the target, no.1 engine was disabled in a fighter attack. The
bomb bay door mechanism had been damaged and the doors could not be closed. With no.4 engine damaged
but still running, the pilot was unable to keep up with the formation. On return, the plane crash
landed in a barley field near Rackheath, Norfolk. {3 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Salvaged. Condemned inventory 31Oct44. BLONDIE.
3203 (MSN 8139) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 19Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 31Mar43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 24Apr43. 957th Two Engine Flying
Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Substantially damaged landing caused by mechanical failure at
Hobbs Field 26Apr44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM
15Jul44. Designated TB-17F 8Nov44. Designated RB-17F. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 24Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped.
3204 (MSN 8140) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 20Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 31Mar43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs
Field, NM 26May43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Jun43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM
23Jun43. 954th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Approaching to land, the bomber
struck the ground and crashed one mile east of Hobbs Field 19Dec43 (3KIS). Surveyed 20Dec43.
3205 (MSN 8141) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 23Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 3Apr43. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM. 3018th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Kingman Field, AZ 18Jun44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 22Sep44. Substantially
damaged in a collision while parked by B-17F 42-5454 at Hobbs Field 13Nov44. Surveyed 28Nov44.
Reclaim complete 13Nov45.
3206 (MSN 8142) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 28Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Mar43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 9May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*T], 95th Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. {first
combat mission 13Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43 (1KIA:9POW). The formation was attacked by a large force of
aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target. Flak was moderate over the target and accurate in
range. The plane was last seen over Kiel with three engines disabled and the tail damaged. A waist
gunner was killed by a 20mm cannon shell as he prepared to bail out. Crashed in Lake Barkau,
thirteen miles northwest of Lübeck, Germany. {1 mission}.
3207 (MSN 8143) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 24Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 20th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 20Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire Apr43. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*Q], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 14Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire
2Aug43. Regained by Group 4Aug43. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*G] Aug43. Experimented in night bombing
alongside the RAF and operated night leaflet and propaganda missions. Battle damaged on a joint RAF
night mission to railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 23Sep43. The plane was coned by
searchlights and a barrage of flak damaged the left wing. Accident during takeoff for a joint RAF
night mission to Munich, Germany 2Oct43. The pilot aborted takeoff when a tire burst just after
liftoff, the plane was kept under control but with minor damage. Accident returning from a night
leaflet and propaganda mission over France 27Dec43. On landing at Chelveston the landing gear
collapsed causing considerable damage. 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44.
Salvaged 2Jun45. MONKEY'S UNCLE.
3208 (MSN 8144) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 24Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 6Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 8Jun43. 960th Bombardier Training
Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Substantially damaged when force landed after engine failure one mile
north of Hobbs Field 1Dec43. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 16Dec43.
3209 (MSN 8145) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 25Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Mar43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 21Apr43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 5May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*Q], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 25May43. Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische
Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (1KIA:8POW). A large force of enemy
fighters attacked as the formation approached the Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally
inaccurate just south of the target area. Attacked by enemy aircraft, the oxygen system exploded and
the crew bailed out. Crashed at Welte, near Dülmen, Westfalen, Germany. JANELL.
3210 (MSN 8146) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 20th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 10Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18May43. Major damage when a flare caught fire in the
nose while taxying for a practice mission 1Jun43. {1 mission}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned salvage 6Jul43.
3211 (MSN 8147) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 26Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Apr43. Replacement
Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station
500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 29May43.
535th Bomb Squadron [MS*O], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 7Jun43. Battle damaged
on a tactical mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Glisy, Amiens, France 14Jul43 910RMC). Fighter
attacks on the Group were infrequent and not closely pressed home. Flak, however, while light, was
extremely accurate from the target to Abbeville. After dropping its bombs the plane came under
attack by a flight of Fw 190 fighters. In the nose the bombardier returned fire on one of the
fighters, apparently killing the pilot. Out of control, the enemy fighter smashed into the bomber's
right wing between the inner engine and the fuselage, knocking off the no.3 propeller. The engine
and propeller came free and departed over the top of no.4 engine, cutting a deep gash in the nacelle
top which immediately poured forth a black stream of oil into the air. The rest continued on over
the wing, doubled up the right waist guns, the impact knocking the gunner to the floor, and sliced
into the right horizontal stabilizer before falling away. Pieces of metal from the Focke-Wulf tore
through the fuselage, and a gun barrel buried itself in the wall between the radio room and the bomb
bay. Knocked out of formation by the impact, in a deep stall and apparently out of control, the
pilots struggled in the cockpit and somehow managed to bring their bomber back under control. Acting
on reflex, the two pilots rammed the control yokes forward to their full extent and pushed the
throttles forward for maximum power. As their group began to fade into the distance and the bomber
was letting down at 500 feet a minute to maintain flying speed, the navigator reported that all was
okay and that the nearest airfield was Manston, Kent. The pilots could see the English Channel when
the plane flew over a flak battery; it received a number of hits, none direct (the crew later
counted over 1,000 holes in T.S.). The crew fought off a subsequent attack on the tail by more
Fw 190s; a 20mm cannon shell exploded under the pilot's seat. Escorted by P-47 Thunderbolts to keep
off any more marauding enemy fighters, the badly damaged bomber made a smooth crash landing at the
emergency landing field, RAF Manston, Kent, UK. Not one crew member was injured. {>4 missions}.
Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 14Jul43. T.S. (Tough Sh*t).
3212 (MSN 8148) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Mar43. 20th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 8Apr43. La Guardia Field, New York City, NY
Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 14Apr43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
24Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th Bomb
Squadron [FO*H], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 12Jul43. Major battle
damage on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Waldau, Kassel, Germany
30Jul43 (10KIA). En route the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy fighters beginning near
Antwerp, Belgium and continuing until out at sea on the way home. Intense and very accurate flak was
experienced over the target; along the route to/from the target flak was meagre and inaccurate. On
return the aircraft crashed on a field 3/4 mile northeast of Parham House, Parham, Suffolk
attempting a forced landing at Framlingham. The bomber was believed to have been waved off due to a
truck on the runway. The crippled aircraft crashed whilst pulling up to go around. The aircraft was
practically burnt out and all ten crew members were killed. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned salvage 30Jul43. A propeller blade from this B-17 is on display in the 390th Bomb Group
Memorial Air Museum at Parham.
3213 (MSN 8149) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN Apr43. La Guardia Field,
New York City, NY 10Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Patterson Field, Reykjavik,
Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Apr43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 24Apr43. 335th
Bomb Squadron [OE*W], 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 19May43. {first
combat mission 29May43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the naval storage depot at Rennes, France
29May43. When the friendly fighter escort had to turn back at the IP, the formation was attacked by
enemy fighters en route to the target and return twenty miles off the French coast. Flak between the
target and rally point was intense but inaccurate. A bullet entered the right side of the fuselage
and punctured the oxygen system. Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43. The formation
was attacked by a large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target and until the
formation had departed over the North Sea. Flak was moderate over the target and accurate in range.
No.1 engine was disabled. {3 missions}. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*M], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 16Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield and
air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43 (10RMC). An internal explosion severed no.1 and no.2
engine control cables. The aircraft turned back but ditched in the English Channel four miles
offshore, the crew being rescued by Air-Sea Rescue and taken to Newhaven, Sussex. {7 missions}.
ALL AMERICAN.
3214 (MSN 8150) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 31Mar43. 21st
Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43. Kansas City Municipal Airport, MO 13Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 19Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 423rd
Bomb Squadron [RD*F], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 5May43. 368th Bomb
Squadron [BO*F]. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany
21May43 (3KIA:7POW). Enemy opposition was intense with a large force of fighters first encountered
near Heligoland island but did not attack until the formation reached the I.P. Flak over the target
was moderate to intense and accurate. Attacked on the bomb run by enemy fighters. Crashed near
Waddewarden, northeast of Jever, Germany. Claimed by Uffz Helmut Beckmann flying a Bf 109 of 2/JG 27.
3215 (MSN 8151) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 8Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
6May43. 381st Bomb Group, Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 29May43. 533rd Bomb
Squadron [VP*S], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 7Jun43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 26Aug43. Regained by Group 2Sep43. Failed to return
from a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing factory at Erkner, Berlin,
Germany 6Mar44 (1KIA:9POW). The formation was flying over a complete overcast so, unsure of their
position, looked for a target of opportunity. Flak over the target was intense and accurate; strong
enemy fighter opposition was encountered to/from the target. Attacked by enemy fighters northeast of
Magdeburg, no.3 engine and the right wing started burning but the plane continued with the formation
under control for about two minutes then the waist door and tail door flew off. During another
fighter attack the airplane dropped out of formation and crashed in the Magdeburg area, Germany.
LINDA MARY - artwork of a stork carrying a baby by its diaper; the baby is dropping a bomb. Also
named MARGARET ANN.
3216 (MSN 8152) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 2Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney AAB,
NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 4May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
27May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb
Squadron [JD*S], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Jun43. {first
combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp,
Belgium 22Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition started about ten miles inland from the French coast and
continued until the formation departed the French coast on return home; accurate flak was
encountered on leaving the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the Scholven AG synthetic fuel
hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. The bombers had made a good run on the target
with evasive action, dodging the most intense flak yet encountered. Formation problems prevented
dropping bombs on the primary target; unidentified military installations were bombed leaving the
primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over an hour after leaving the target and
only broke off when the friendly P-47 Thunderbolt fighters appeared. Scattered flak was encountered
at different stages of the journey, but the Ruhr valley barrages were intense and accurate. Battle
damaged on a mission to Luftwaffe airfields at Poix-de-Picardie and Glisy, Amiens, France 15Aug43.
The Group split their bomb load and attacked both targets. Meagre to moderate, intense and accurate
flak was encountered in the target area. No enemy fighters were seen and the Spitfire escort was
excellent. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris,
France 16Aug43. Enemy fighters were seen, although they stayed with the formation for only a short
time; some flak was encountered, but it was only moderate in intensity. Gee-H radio navigation
system installed Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to attack a submarine suppy ship in the Loire
River at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so the Group attacked
the secondary target, port facilities and shipping. There was moderate and accurate flak from Rennes
but at Nantes the flak was moderate and inaccurate. A large force of enemy fighters was encountered.
Battle damaged during the first Eighth Air Force operational use of Pathfinder aircraft on a mission
to the port area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43. Clouds obscured the primary target forcing the wing
leader to seek a target of opportunity, the city of Aurich, northeast of Emden. A force of enemy
fighters was encountered in the target area but attacks were not pressed home; flak over the target
area was meagre and inaccurate. One engine failed before reaching the target, no.2 engine was struck
by flak. A third engine failed on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard to
reduce weight and the pilot was able to bring the plane back to base on one engine. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at
Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. The effectiveness of a smoke screen, in combination with a haze that
extended to altitude, caused the Group to attack the secondary target, the city of Bremen. The
formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all
the way to the target and back again. Over the Initial Point and the target, the Group encountered i
ntense flak. Failed to return from a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball
bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (7KIA:3EVD). En route to the target area, the bomber
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak
was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England;
moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having
landed and refuelled, attacked again. After the target all the guns failed. When enemy fighters
attacked, the crew was unable to fight back. Damaged by the enemy fighters with the plane on fire
and the pilot shot, the crew was unable to open the bomb bay or waist exits before the bomber
exploded, blowing off the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed by fire at
Rambluzin-Meuse, 30km south of Verdun, France. {17 missions}. The JOKER.
3217 (MSN 8153) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 8Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
11May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 21May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire 29May43. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*T], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 7Jun43. Accident returning from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-
Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En route to the target, after the friendly fighters had to return to base,
the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Flak was moderate but very accurate
over the target. Enemy fighters attacked again on the route home. A life raft broke loose and caught
round the vertical stabilizer. The aircraft spiralled down, out of control. A crew member was able
to tie the raft's lifelines to a waist gun, and using the gun as a lever, prised the raft loose and
enabled the pilot to regain control of the aircraft. Not too soon as two German fighters swept in to
attack the stricken aircraft, but they were both shot down and the bomber headed home. Failed to
return from a mission to the Nordisk Aluminium A/S works at Herøya, Norway 24Jul43 (10INT). There
was fairly accurate flak during the bomb run over the target. With a critical fuel load, the
formation cut the route home by flying down near the coast of Norway. This attracted some more flak
and a small force of enemy fighters which made a vigorous attack on the formation. Struck by flak
disabling no.2 engine along with a hole in the left wing which had punctured a fuel tank and was
leaking. No.3 engine was leaking oil and smoking. Realising that it couldn't make it back to England,
the pilot turned the plane and headed for Sweden. Crash landed in a bog 2km south-southwest of
Vännacka station, Sweden and crew interned. The crew was later freed. First US bomber to land in
Sweden in WWII. No opportunity was given to the crew to destroy any of the equipment in the aircraft;
the Swedish military seized navigation equipment, maps and a camera. The aircraft was dismantled and
shipped to Karlstad where it was ferried across Vänern to Såtenäs by boat. Its subsequent fate is
shrouded in obscurity; it may have become a shooting target for F7 Wing at Såtenäs. Some parts are
alleged to have been used in the conversion of later crash landed B-17F and B-17G into civilian
commercial aircraft by AB Aerotransport. {6 missions}. GEORGIA REBEL.
3218 (MSN 8154) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney AAB,
NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 4May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
27May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb
Squadron [JD*R], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 29May43. {first
combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp,
Belgium 22Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition started about ten miles inland from the French coast and
continued until the formation departed the French coast on return home; accurate flak was
encountered on leaving the target. Battle damaged on an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner
Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43. Because of a heavy smoke
screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft
works and ship yard. Heavy flak was experienced over Hamburg; there was weak enemy fighter
opposition. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket
bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 27Aug43. Intense flak was encountered as the formation
approached the target; enemy air opposition was slight with twenty to thirty fighters observed but
only a few attacks on the Group. Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak
was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. From the Initial Point
until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of
farm land. This group followed the lead group over the target area twice without dropping their
bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany.
Gee-H radio navigation system installed Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to attack a submarine
suppy ship in the Loire River at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The ship was not found in the briefed area,
so the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping. There was moderate and
accurate flak from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was moderate and inaccurate. A large force of enemy
fighters was encountered. Battle damaged during the first Eighth Air Force operational use of
Pathfinder aircraft on a mission to the port area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43. Clouds obscured the
primary target forcing the wing leader to seek a target of opportunity, the city of Aurich,
northeast of Emden. A force of enemy fighters was encountered in the target area but attacks were
not pressed home; flak over the target area was meagre and inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. The formation was attacked by a
large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing rockets soon after it crossed the Danish coast. They
followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb run and over the target. Flak was meagre and
inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 13Dec43. Moderate to
intense accurate flak was encountered over Den Helder at the Dutch coast; meagre, inaccurate flak
was seen in the target area. The formation did not see any enemy fighters; fighter support was
excellent. {final combat mission 13Dec43}. {21 missions}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station
590), Lancashire 4Jan44. Britain 7Sep44. DORIS MAE.
Conflict:
Quoted as transferred to Royal Air Force 5Feb44 as Fortress Mark II, serial SR389. The RAF Record
Card does not quote the USAAF serial but states that the aircraft came from a unit at Thurleigh.
This is likely to be B-17F 42-3169 [qv].
3219 (MSN 8155) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Mar43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 8Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
7May43. 381st Bomb Group, Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18May43. 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 29May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
7Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd Bomb
Squadron [TS*N], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jun43. 331st Bomb
Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to the Klockner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory at
Hamburg, Germany 17Jul43 (10KIA). Weather caused the mission to be recalled before reaching the
target. On return, the Group spotted a German ship convoy but failed to drop any bombs on the target.
Two engines damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed at Heligoland, Germany. DEAR MOM.
3220 (MSN 8156) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
11May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire 29May43. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*M], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
7Jun43. Battle damaged during a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En
route to the target, after the friendly fighters had to return to base, the formation was attacked
by a large force of enemy fighters. Flak was moderate but very accurate over the target. Enemy
fighters attacked again on the route home. The right wing was struck on the trailing edge aft of the
engines causing a large section to be destroyed. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). The formation was subject to continuous fighter
attacks from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as
they passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. Damaged by enemy fighters but continued to the target.
After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort home, the
squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter attacks for about ninety minutes. Turning
for home, the bomber was attacked again by enemy aircraft, damaging an engine. The aircraft
continued to fly but the crew bailed out before it suddenly entered a spin and crashed near Sulzbach,
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. {>9 missions}. DAMFINO.
3221 (MSN 8157) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
7May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire 29May43. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*E], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
8Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43
(10RMC). Flak was intense and accurate at the target; meagre but accurate from Flensburg; meagre and
inaccurate from South Sylt and Amrum islands. There was large enemy fighter opposition but did not
press home their attacks. On return with three engines failed, crash landed three miles from
Thetford, Norfolk. {>5 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 4Aug43.
WHALE TAIL.
3222 (MSN 8158) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. 384th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 4May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*P], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire Jun43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp, Belgium 22Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition started
about ten miles inland from the French coast and continued until the formation departed the French
coast on return home; accurate flak was encountered on leaving the target. Battle damaged on a
mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 14Jul43 (1WIA:9RMC).
Intense and accurate flak was encountered on crossing the coast into France but the heaviest and
most accurate flak was fired from Le Havre as the Group returned home; there were some enemy
fighters but these made very few attacks on the formation. The ball turret gunner was wounded.
Battle damaged on an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory,
Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43. Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary
to bomb west of the briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Heavy flak was
experienced over Hamburg; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to
the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Bettenhausen Kassel, Germany 28Jul43. With
heavy cloud cover over Germany, the mission was aborted. After turning back, there was a break in
the clouds and the formation was attacked by forty to fifty enemy aircraft of various types.
Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered en route. Battle damaged on a mission to the Scholven AG
synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. The bombers had made a good
run on the target with evasive action, dodging the most intense flak yet encountered. Formation
problems prevented dropping bombs on the primary target; unidentified military installations were
bombed leaving the primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over an hour after
leaving the target and only broke off when the friendly P-47 Thunderbolt fighters appeared.
Scattered flak was encountered at different stages of the journey, but the Ruhr valley barrages were
intense and accurate. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 17Aug43 (2KIA:8POW). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time
it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-
aircraft defence zones. Attacked by enemy fighters before reaching the target. Forced out of
formation, the bomber headed towards Mannheim still under attack. The bombardier had been killed and
the crew bailed out northeast of Mannheim. The plane crashed at Sickershausen, Lower Franconia,
Bavaria, south of Schweinfurt, Germany. {13 missions}. DUECES WILD. Named for the serial number and
poker hand.
3223 (MSN 8159) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
6May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 29May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
2Jun43. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*R], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 8Jun43. {first
combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp,
Belgium 22Jun43 (1KIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter opposition started about ten miles inland from the French
coast and continued until the formation departed the French coast on return home; accurate flak was
encountered on leaving the target. The tail gunner was killed. Accident forming up for a tactical
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Glisy, Amiens, France 14Jul43 (6KIA:3WIA:1RMC). The aircraft
caught fire, believed caused by a faulty piston in an engine, and exploded over Rattlesden airfield,
Suffolk. Six crewmen were killed instantly; four were blown out and parachuted to safety. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 15Jul43. RED HOT RIDING HOOD.
3224 (MSN 8160) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. 3rd
Sub Depot, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 23Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 17May43. Fairfield Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 24May43. Scott
Field, Belleville, IL 22Jun43. 350th Sub Depot, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 23Jun43. 1st
Mapping Group, Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 1Jul43. 16th Photographic Unit, 1st Mapping Group,
Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 7Jul43. Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 15Jul43. 16th Domestic
Photographic Unit, 1st Photographic Charting Group 11Aug43. 16th Domestic Photographic Unit, 1st
Photographic Charting Group, Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 17Aug43. Statistical Control Unit 30Sep43.
Assigned to JOGO (Accra, Gold Coast, West Africa) 31Oct43. 16th Domestic Photographic Unit, 11th
Photographic Group 1Dec43. Returned to US 2Apr44. Statistical Control Unit, Mapping 23May44.
Departed US. Returned to US 14Jun44. 16th Domestic Photographic Unit, 11th Photographic Group,
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 14Jun44. Statistical Control Unit, Mapping. Departed US. Florence, Italy.
Returned to US 12Oct44. 16th Photographic Squadron (Special Purpose), 311th Photographic Wing
(Mapping and Charting), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Oct44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Technical Service
Command), Rome Field, NY 25Oct44. 16th Photographic Squadron (Special Purpose), 311th Photographic
Wing (Mapping and Charting), Buckley Field, Aurora, Denver, CO 21Feb45. Brazil, mapping. [Condemned]
inventory 1Jun46.
3225 (MSN 8161) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
11May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland May43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 6Jun43. Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire
Jun43. 535th Bomb Squadron [PL*V:MS*V], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex Jun43.
Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43
(4POW:6EVD). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over
the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence
zones. After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort
home, the squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter attacks for about ninety minutes.
Returning from the target, between Bonn and Aachen, enemy fighters attacked and damaged no.3 engine;
the oil system was leaking so the propeller could not be feathered. The plane dragged and lost
formation. Ten minutes later other fighters attacked and damaged no.4 engine; this time the
propeller could be feathered but the plane started to lose altitude. Three minutes later no.2 engine
failed. Attacked by enemy fighters the bomber pilot tried to continue. East of Liège, near Grivegnée,
the gunners of the 1./157 German flak unit waited for the returning formation; they opened fire on
the plane. With three engines damaged, after crossing the Meuse, the first crew began to abandon the
bomber. The aircraft entered a spin and crashed at Fexhe-Slins, near Tongeren, Belgium.
{>11 missions}. WIDGET / CHUG-A-LUG LULU.
3226 (MSN 8162) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
11May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire 29May43. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*S], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
8Jun43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the General Motors truck
factory at Antwerp, Belgium 22Jun43 (1INJ:9RMC). Enemy fighter opposition started about ten miles
inland from the French coast and continued until the formation departed the French coast on return
home; accurate flak was encountered on leaving the target. Damaged by flak, with only one engine
still functioning, the plane barely made it back to England and the pilot was forced to crash land
with the wheels up in a potato field at North Foreland, Kent. {1 mission}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned salvage 1Jul43. LITTLE CHUCK.
3227 (MSN 8163) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Replacement Training Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. 381st Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24May43. 8th Ferrying Group,
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 25May43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 26May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire 29May43. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*G], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
8Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43
(6POW:4EVD). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over
the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence
zones. As it reached the Belgian/German border, the aircraft was attacked by a pair of Fw 190
fighters of JG 26. The no.1 engine was on fire and no.2 was leaking oil. The pilot turned back
towards the coast hoping for protection by friendly fighters. Meanwhile the crew started to bail out
while the aircraft continued to fly stably with the autopilot in operation. The two pilots bailed
out just before the plane exploded at Teuven, Belgium. The crash and the explosions caused
considerable damage to the surrounding buildings in the hamlet of Sinnich; the Xhonneux farm was
partly destroyed by the flames. Count Yves de Sécillon's castle was also nearby. The latter was
active in the resistance and rushed to the crash site in the hope of finding survivors. His path
crossed that of both pilots who warned him to stay clear of the wreckage. However, the man continued
to run and was hit by a piece of debris ejected after the explosion. Count de Sécillon succumbed to
his injuries. {9 missions}. GINGER K.
3228 (MSN 8164) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 18Apr43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28May43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 31May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
22Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 25Jul43. 355th Sub Depot,
Operational Training Unit, Clovis Field, NM. 472nd Bomb Group, Clovis Field, NM 23Dec43. 245th Base
Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB. Designated TB-17F 22Aug44. 356th Bomb Squadron,
331st Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB. Accident landing at NAAS Chincoteague, VA 29Dec44. Designated
RB-17F 9Sep45. 237th Base Unit, Continental Air Forces, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 29Oct45.
3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 9Dec45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
9Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO
9Aug46; scrapped.
42-3229/3283 Boeing B-17F-40-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-40-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: changes to tail gun sight linkage. Bomb bay fuel tanks deleted.
3229 (MSN 8165) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT
12May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 22May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 349th Bomb Squadron
[XR*A], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Jun43. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (2KIA:7POW:1EVD). Over Dordrecht,
Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation
was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious
fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. When the lead plane was hit, the commander
slowed and started to descend, taking the Group with him. However, this pilot recognised the danger
of being exposed to the mass of Luftwaffe fighters and climb to join another Group. Returning from
the target, the aircraft was hit by flak in no.4 engine which caused the aircraft to fly in an
uncontrollable right turn. The aircraft, too slow, joined a B-24 Liberator escorted by a P-47
Thunderbolt. A frontal attack by a German Fw 190 fighter damaged the nose and put the plane into a
spin at 20,000 feet. As it emerges from the spin at 10,000 feet, the pilot saw five parachutes
behind him. The co-pilot went to the dorsal machine gun but returned wounded after an attack; he
bailed out. The pilot is then the last to leave. The aircraft spun in, crashing at De Harskamp
military camp, Ede, near Barneveld, Netherlands. Claimed by Oberfeldwebel Adolf Glunz of V./JG 26.
PASADENA NENA. The aircraft was named Pasadena Nena by bombardier William C. Brothers. The pilot had
lived in Pasadena, California and 'Nena' was Brothers lucky word for the number 'Nine' when he
played craps.
3230 (MSN 8166) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. 384th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 27May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*U], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 29May43. {first combat mission 28Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Luftwaffe airfield at Beaumont-le-Roger, east of Bernay, France 28Jun43. Very little flak was
encountered; only two enemy fighters were observed and they did not come in to attack. No.1 engine
was damaged. Battle damaged during a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard at Kiel, Germany
29Jul43. The Group encountered cloud cover and smoke over the target and continued to another target,
an airfield at Heligoland, Germany. Flak was moderate and inaccurate; the formation was attacked by
forty to fifty enemy aircraft. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from
the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed
over anti-aircraft defence zones. After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous with
the P-47 Thunderbolt escort home, the squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter
attacks for about ninety minutes. Attacked by enemy action and crashed at Weiler, near Bingen, 60km
west-southwest of Frankfurt, Germany. {5 missions}. MARY KATHLEEN / YANKEE POWERHOUSE II.
3231 (MSN 8167) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. 384th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 28May43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp, Belgium 22Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition started
about ten miles inland from the French coast and continued until the formation departed the French
coast on return home; accurate flak was encountered on leaving the target. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 26Jun43. Over Paris,
the clouds completely obscured the target; as a result, the Group did not make a bomb run. The
formation did not encounter any flak; there were some attacks by a flight of Fw 190 fighters. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Bettenhausen Kassel,
Germany 28Jul43. With heavy cloud cover over Germany, the mission was aborted. After turning back,
there was a break in the clouds and the formation was attacked by forty to fifty enemy aircraft of
various types. Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered en route. Failed to return from a mission
to the Scholven AG synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (4MIA:6POW).
There was intense enemy fighter opposition from the I.P. En route to the target, over the Ruhr, flak
barrages were intense and accurate. Flak struck the aircraft starting a fire in the bomb bay. The
aircraft was falling out of formation when it was singled out by several enemy fighters in a head-on
attack. The pilot raised the nose of the bomber to maximise his fire power and appeared to be still
under control when last seen. The fighter attack disabled the intercom system and after some of the
crew bailed out, the bomber crashed at Erfstadt, near Liblar, Germany. {7 missions}. INFERNO.
3232 (MSN 8168) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 5Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT
13May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 21May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 350th Bomb Squadron
[LN*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 9Jun43. Failed to return from a
shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). The
formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps
and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. Enemy fighter aircraft had damaged
the bomb bay during the bomb run. The pilot jettisoned the bombs and remained in the formation. The
plane made it over the target, badly shot up and one engine out. After the target, the bomber turned
south for North Africa. No.4 engine was disabled and no.3 engine was later destroyed in enemy
attacks; the propeller was wind milling. The plane could not keep up with the formation. All alone
the pilot tried for Switzerland but the crew was forced to bail out as soon as the plane cleared
down to 3,500 feet over Milano, Italy. The crew bailed out safely and the aircraft crashed in
mountains at Ghedi, twelve miles south of Brescia, Italy. FLAK HAPPY.
3233 (MSN 8169) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT
13May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 21May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 350th Bomb Squadron
[LN*R], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Jun43. Failed to return from a
mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (11POW). The formation was met with stiff
resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and
back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Flak damaged no.3
engine then enemy fighters hit no.4 engine and eight feet of left wing was blown off. The aircraft
dropped out of formation and the crew bailed out over Essen, 5km north of Quakenbrück. The plane
crashed somewhere west of Bremen [the absence of a location may indicate that the plane flew on and
crashed in the North Sea]. OUR BABY - artwork of a bomb on a diaper carried by a stork.
3234 (MSN 8170) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 23May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*E], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk Jun43. TDY 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. Battle damaged during a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there
was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a
large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and
accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the
Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. On return, crash landed with fuel exhaustion at
Wattisham (Station 377), Suffolk. Ran off the runway and broke in half, crew all OK (flown by 390th
Bomb Group crew). Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 13Oct43. LITTLE MIKE.
3235 (MSN 8171) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
384th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. 384th Bomb Group, Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 4May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 23May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 27May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
545th Bomb Squadron [JD*T], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire
23Jun43. {first combat mission 28Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Gnome et Rhône aero
engine factory at Le Mans, France 4Jul43 (9KIA:1EVD). Enemy fighter opposition was very aggressive;
flak was meager and inaccurate. Attacked by enemy fighters after crossing the French coast en route
to the target. The life raft on top of the radio room was blown out and snagged on the tail causing
handling problems for the pilot. The aircraft went into a steep dive to try and shake off the raft;
coming out of the dive, it stalled and went into a slow spin. The tail section broke off ejecting
the tail gunner, who was the only survivor, as the aircraft crashed at Pipriac, southwest of Laval,
France. Claimed by Uffz Wolfgang Ortlepp in a Fw 190-A5 of JG 2. {2 missions}. LAKANUKI (Hawaiian
for 'lack of sexual activity among males').
3236 (MSN 8172) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Daggett Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX
17Apr43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 25May43. 333rd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 1Jun43. Replacement Training Unit, Barksdale
Field, Shreveport, LA 30Jul43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX.
4209th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Materiel Command), Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA. 4100th Base
Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 28Jul44. 553rd Base Unit (3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Biggs Field, El
Paso, TX 29Jul44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Rapid City AAB, SD 6Dec44.
Designated TB-17F 29Apr45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4856th
Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 9Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena,
CA Jul46; scrapped.
3237 (MSN 8173) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 5Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT
4May43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 7May43. Ogden Air Service
Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 17May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB,
NB 22May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
418th Bomb Squadron [LD*R], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 9Jun43. {first
combat mission 25Jun43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories
at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route
from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate.
After the target, the bomber turned south and landed at the Twelfth Air Force base at Berteaux, east
of Telergma, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. Returned to UK from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to Thorpe Abbotts 27Aug43. Severe battle damage on a mission to the
Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault aircraft
factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was encountered as the formation
made its approach to the factories. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (10POW). Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly
accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy
aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also
encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had
already been done. Enemy aircraft caused damage, and further damaged by flak over a Luftwaffe
airfield when limping home low over Germany. Crash landed at Holthausen, northwest of Velen, Germany.
{16 missions}. STYMIE.
3238 (MSN 8174) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 16Apr43. Combat Crew Training School, Rapid City AAB, SD 17Apr43. Operational Training Unit,
Ephrata AAB, WA 28Apr43. Felts Field, Spokane, WA 25Jun43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training
Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 30Jul43. 395th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Ardmore Field, OK
25Oct43. 395th Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore Field, OK 24Nov43. Damaged in a mid-air
collision with B-17F 42-5196 ten miles west of Ardmore Field, OK 2Dec43. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard
Field, NB. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 28Jul44. 505th Bomb Group,
17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB 26Aug44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 16Sep44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 21Oct44. 233rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 1Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA 15Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 15Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold
to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3239 (MSN 8175) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 1174th Pilot Transition Training Squadron, Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne
AAB, Columbus, OH 18Apr43. Major damage in an accident landing with mechanical failure at Lockbourne
AAB 11Dec43. Destroyed landing at Lockbourne AAB 22Apr44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe
28Apr44.
3240 (MSN 8176) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 17Apr43. 9th Bomb Group, Brooksville Field, FL 22Apr43. Alliance Field, NB. 249th Base Unit
(Special), Alliance Field, NB Apr44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Sioux City AAB,
IA 22Oct44. Designated TB-17F 6Mar45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
23May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
Jul46; scrapped.
3241 (MSN 8177) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 9th Ferrying Squadron, 6th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Damaged by mechanical failure taxying
at Long Beach, CA 6Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY
13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 503rd Bomb Squadron,
346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg AAB, TN 17Apr43. Replacement Training Unit, Gulfport Field, MS 16May43.
Substantially damaged in an accident taking off at Dyersburg AAB 29May43. 503rd Bomb Squadron, 346th
Bomb Group, Dyersburg AAB, TN 31May43. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 1Jun43.
3242 (MSN 8178) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Daggett Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Apr43. 1173rd Pilot Transition Training Squadron, Pilot
School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 19Apr43. Major damage when the
landing gear collapsed on landing at Lockbourne 31Aug43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Designated TB-17F 24Oct44. Crashed after engine failure
when the crew bailed out two miles southeast of Winchester, OH 11May45. Surveyed 14May45. Reclaim
complete 1Jun45.
3243 (MSN 8179) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 20Apr43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30May43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 7Jun43. Galveston Field, TX 17Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul43. 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Pratt Field, KS. 29th Bomb Group,
Dalhart Field, TX 2Sep44. Designated TB-17F 9Sep44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Pratt Field, KS 15Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Oct44. 344th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training School-Fighter), Punta Gorda Field, FL 21Oct44. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 27Oct44. Designated RB-17F. Reclaim 20Nov45. Reclaim complete 3Jan46.
3244 (MSN 8180) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Apr43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
4May43. Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 10May43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
16May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia
3Sep43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Failed to return from a mission to the Steyr-Daimler-Puch ball bearing
factory at Steyr, Austria 2Apr44 (1KIA). Attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed north of Ostarije,
southeast of Ogulin, Croatia, Yugoslavia. WIDOW MAKER.
3245 (MSN 8181) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 16Apr43. 595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 4Jun43. Substantially damaged in an accident
landing at Moses Lake AAB 4Jul43. 595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 5Nov43. Substantially damaged landing caused by mechanical failure at Drew
Field, Tampa, FL 22Mar44. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. 328th
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Gulfport Field, MS 5Aug44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Technical
Service Command), Rome Field, NY 31Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; scrap 12Jun45. Reclaim
complete 29Jun45.
3246 (MSN 8182) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Spokane Air Depot, Spokane Field, WA 16Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane,
WA 17Apr43. Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 2May43. Spokane Air Depot, Spokane Field, WA 3May43. Rapid
City AAB, SD 15May43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 18May43. II Bomber
Command, Great Falls Field, MT 12Jun43. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB, WA. 90th
Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 1Oct43. 603rd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid
City AAB, SD. Substantially damaged taxying at Rapid City AAB 15Nov43. Major damage in a landing
accident two miles short of the runway north of Rapid City AAB 19Dec43. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Rapid City AAB, SD. Designated TB-17F 29Apr44. Major damage landing at Rapid City
AAB 28Jul44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 18Jul45. 4856th Base Unit
(San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA 20May45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal
20Jul45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46;
scrapped.
3247 (MSN 8183) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Glasgow Field, MT 16Apr43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 20Apr43. 594th
Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 4Jun43. 594th Bomb
Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 5Nov43. Crashed into terrain at Drew Field, Tampa,
FL 4Apr44. Surveyed 6Apr44.
3248 (MSN 8184) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 19Apr43. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner
Field, NM 21Apr43. 955th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Pilot School (Specialized, Four
Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Jun43. Crashed when the pilot lost control after takeoff two miles west of
Hobbs Field 15Nov43. Surveyed 16Nov43.
3249 (MSN 8185) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 22Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. 21st
Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB, WA 2May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 10May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 25May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield
(Station 485), Essex Jun43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Deschimag submarine construction yard at Vegesack, Bremen, Germany 16Dec43 (10MIA).
Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered at the target with meagre flak along the route.
German fighters started a determined attack as soon as the bombers turned off the target. During the
battle, the bomber took fire from German flak and lost engine no.3. It pulled back from the
formation and jettisoned the load. On the way back to England, Luftwaffe fighter planes attacked;
crashed off northern tip of Texel, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands.
3250 (MSN 8186) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 12Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 18Apr43. Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18Jul44. Designated TB-17F 20Aug44. Substantially damaged in an
accident taking off from Hendricks Field 7Mar45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge
Field, AR for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3251 (MSN 8187) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Apr43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
11May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 14May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma,
Algeria 16Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 342nd Bomb
Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San
Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the harbour at Piraeus,
Greece 11Jan44. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-29918 and crashed at Kalami, Greece. On that fateful
day, the briefed mission was for the 5th Wing composed of the 2nd, 97th, 301st and 99th Bomb Groups,
to fly on a southerly course through the heel of Italy to the town of Lecce where the Wing would
then take a heading out over the Adriatic Sea, to a point over the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.
From this point the crews were briefed to complete a 90° degree turn to the Initial Point over
Lagousa Island. From there the mission dictated a straight run in to the target, reassemble, and
return to base. After the formation was organized and began making its way to the target, the Groups
ran into a weather front of 10/10 clouds. At eighteen thousand feet they entered an overcast. The
clouds were very thick and visibility was not much beyond the wingtips, making it almost impossible
to see other aircraft in the formation. At that altitude, and with the thickness of the clouds, ice
began to form on their wings. In such situations it was standard operating procedure for trailing
squadrons in the formation to fly off course for a couple minutes to obtain some spacing from the
lead squadron, which would continue to maintain its course. However, as the 97th Bomb Group began
making a left turn for their bomb run on the target, the lead plane of the 342nd Bomb Squadron
encountered severe turbulence made by the preceding elements of the Wing. The turbulence was so
severe that the lead aircraft of the squadron was forced into a steep left bank before it plummeted
temporarily out of control and lost altitude at a rate of 1,000ft per minute. By the time the pilot
was able to recover and regain his place in formation, the two sister planes in the flight were n
owhere to be seen. Meanwhile, the pilots of the two sister planes from the flight, B-17F 42-3251 and
B-17F 42-29918 found themselves alone in 10/10 visibility, unsure where the formation had
disappeared to, with ice forming on their wings, and experiencing engine trouble. From what was
deduced later in the accident report, the doomed B-17s made the decision to abort and turn back for
the relative safety of Italy. In a tragic turn of events, their decision to return home took them
directly into the path of the oncoming 301st Bomb Group. According to the official report of the
Board of Inquiry, the two B-17s of the 97th Bomb Group experienced engine trouble and left the
formation. Instead of making a 180-degree right turn, away from the formation, the aircraft made a
turn to the left and flew head-on into the 301st formation. According to a Bombardier assigned to
the lead ship of the 301st Bomb Group, and flown by the Group Commanding Officer, he was startled to
see a pair of 97th Bomb Group B-17s emerge out of a cloud about 20 degrees to the left and aimed
straight at his aircraft. Almost Instantly, both B-17s bracketed his aircraft, with one passing
closely over his right wing that clipped the vertical stabilizer, and the other closely passing
beneath the left wing. Almost immediately, the tail gunner witnessed a big ball of fire that lit up
the clouds as the B-17s collided with one fortress in the lead element, and two B-17s in the second
element. P-38 pilots, flying low cover escort under the overcast, reported watching pieces of B-17s
raining from the sky for what seemed like five minutes. There were eight B-17s that fell out of the
sky simultaneously. Thirteen Americans survived; 64 perished.
3252 (MSN 8188) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 15Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Apr43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
5May43. Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 8May43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
16May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 26May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria Jun43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {9 missions}.
353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy
10Dec44. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {61 missions}. Declared 'war weary'.
Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft 27Jul44. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air
Force). Condemned salvage 16May45.
3253 (MSN 8189) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 12Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 19Apr43. 2117th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18Jul44. Designated TB-17F 5Oct44.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 27Sep45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3254 (MSN 8190) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Apr43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
6May43. Warner Robins Air Service Command, Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 8May43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
14May43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried overseas on the South
Atlantic/West Africa route. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 18Jun43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy
20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. 483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy Aug44.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. Pisa Italy
15May45. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Designated RB-17F. Excluded inventory list 30Nov45.
FLAMINGO.
3255 (MSN 8191) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Apr43. 2nd Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 29Apr43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 17May43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa route.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned salvage 22Sep43.
3256 (MSN 8192) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg AAB, TN 17Apr43. Approaching to land, the
bomber crashed less than one mile north of Dyersburg, TN 17May43 (6KIS:4INJ). Surveyed 24May43.
3257 (MSN 8193) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 17Apr43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 20Apr43. Oklahoma City
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK Oct43. 417th Sub Depot, Replacement Training
Unit, Alexandria AAB, LA 3Nov43. 469th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Alexandria AAB, LA.
Crash landed after engine failure five miles north-northwest of Alexandria Field 22Jan44. Class 26;
ground instructional airframe 24Jan44.
3258 (MSN 8194) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 19Apr43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Apr43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 25May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS
29May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 1Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th
Bomb Squadron [FO*T:FO*H], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 11Jun43. 1st
Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 5Sep43. Regained by Group 9Sep43. Failed to
return from a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag)
shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (10POW). The formation was met with stiff resistance by German
fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the
I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Damaged by flak and crashed west of Bremen,
Germany.
3259 (MSN 8195) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 16Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Apr43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Apr43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1May43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron
[XM*D], 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 10May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds) 13Jun43. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*N], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 16Jul43. {first combat mission 25Jul43}. Battle damaged on
an Operation Gomorrah mission to the Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg,
Germany 25Jul43. Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the
briefed target, the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Heavy flak was experienced over
Hamburg; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard
Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft factory at Bettenhausen Kassel, Germany 28Jul43. With heavy cloud
cover over Germany, the mission was aborted. After turning back, there was a break in the clouds and
the formation was attacked by forty to fifty enemy aircraft of various types. Moderate, inaccurate
flak was encountered en route. Battle damaged during a mission to the Scholven AG synthetic fuel
hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (1WIA:9RMC). The bombers had made a good run
on the target with evasive action, dodging the most intense flak yet encountered. Formation problems
prevented dropping bombs on the primary target; unidentified military installations were bombed
leaving the primary target area. Heavy fighter attacks occurred for over an hour after leaving the
target and only broke off when the friendly P-47 Thunderbolt fighters appeared. Scattered flak was
encountered at different stages of the journey, but the Ruhr valley barrages were intense and
accurate. No.1 and no.3 engines damaged by 20mm cannon shells and many flak holes in the plane;
bombardier was wounded. On return, landed away at Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. Regained by
Group 1Sep43. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*T] Sep43. Gee-H radio navigation system installed Sep43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag)
shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. The effectiveness of a smoke screen, in combination with a haze
that extended to altitude, caused the Group to attack the secondary target, the city of Bremen. The
formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all
the way to the target and back again. Over the Initial Point and the target, the Group encountered
intense flak. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 13Dec43 (1WIA:9RMC).
Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered over Den Helder at the Dutch coast; meagre,
inaccurate flak was seen in the target area. The formation did not see any enemy fighters; fighter
support was excellent. Navigator was wounded. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43. Flak over the target was meagre and accurate.
A small group of enemy fighters attacked the formation from the Initial Point, over the target and
continued back to France. With no.4 engine shut down, the bomber returned to force land at RAF
Gatwick, Surrey. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 31Dec43.
Regained by Group 26Jan44. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am
Main, Germany 8Feb44. Crossing the enemy coast and before the Group could assemble in the combat
wing, an attack was made by enemy fighters. Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Battle
damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109 aircraft factory at Mockau,
Leipzig, Germany 20Feb44. A few enemy fighters were sighted but did not attack the Group. Flak at
the target was moderate to intense and accurate; meagre to moderate flak was encountered along the
route. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF) ball
bearing factory at Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany 25Feb44. Moderate to intense and accurate flak
was encountered over the target; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. {final combat mission
25Feb44}. {21 missions}. 44th Bomb Group, Shipdam (Station 115) Norfolk 1Mar44. Cheddington (Station
113), Buckinghamshire 14Mar44. Returned to US Aug44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Aug44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Ardmore Field, OK 26Apr45. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 26Apr45. Class 01Z; ground
instructional training 3Jan46. Reclaim complete 3Jan46. SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND.
3260 (MSN 8196) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 16Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 100th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Apr43. 100th Bomb
Group, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 26Apr43. 100th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Wendover Field, UT 2May43. 100th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 22May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 349th
Bomb Squadron [XR*K], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 9Jun43. {first combat
mission 25Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the port at Bremen, Germany 25Jun43
(7MIA:2KIA:1POW). The 100th Bomb Group never completed a proper assembly. At the time of leaving the
English coast, the lead and high squadrons were scattered all over the sky. The atrocious weather
had a part in this situation, but perhaps a larger role was that of the questionable judgment of the
Group leader. Attacked and damaged by enemy fighters twenty miles north of the Frisian islands,
Germany. The two pilots were severely wounded or killed by a burst of machine gun fire which entered
the cockpit. Directly after that the bailout signal was given; the plane exploded at that moment and
the rest of the crew was killed by the explosion or rendered unconscious and unable to operate their
parachutes. Crashed in the North Sea. {1 mission}. ANGEL'S TIT.
3261 (MSN 8197) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 16Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 21Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Apr43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43. Combat Crew Training
School, Lincoln Field, NB 20May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
22May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*Q], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 12Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to Germany Jul43 (1WIA:9RMC). The pilot became lost in
clouds and separated from the formation; it was ten miles to the left of the Group when enemy
fighters attacked. No.4 engine was disabled and the ailerons damaged. Cannon shells riddled the
radio room and started a fire, quickly extinguished by the radio operator. The crew fought back and
claimed four enemy fighters shot down but not before the fighters scored more damage and wounded the
tail gunner. The pilot was able to return to base and land safely. Accident on mission to the
Klockner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory at Hamburg, Germany 17Jul43 (4MIA:6RMC). Weather caused
the mission to be recalled before reaching the target. The life raft hatch blew open, the life raft
came out and became tangled with the vertical stabilizer of the plane. The plane was out of control
for about ten minutes during which time four gunners bailed out over the North Sea, twenty-five
miles from the German coast. The pilot subsequently recovered control and made it back to land
safely at base. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at
Kiel, Germany 13Dec43 (3KIA:7POW). Flak throughout the mission was meager to moderate but quite
accurate. The formation did not encounter any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent.
Returning home, the PFF navigator found that the combat wing was forty miles south of course;
checking back on the dead reckoning route, he found that Hamburg had been bombed instead of Kiel.
Damaged by flak, the aircraft exploded and crashed at Pulverweg, Lüneburg,, Germany. SHORT STRIDE IV.
3262 (MSN 8198) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 24Apr43. Processing and
Staging Group, Third Air Force, Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18May43. 388th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Sioux City AAB, IA 19May43. 388th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina,
KS 9Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Jun43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
561st Bomb Squadron [O], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 23Jun43. {first combat
mission 25Jul43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at
Oschersleben, Germany 28Jul43. The 4th Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw
enemy fighters away from the 1st Combat Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak
was encountered from the Frisian Islands to the Initial Point and on the route home. Enemy fighter
opposition was intense and aggressive, using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in
without being seen; some were reported to be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs
on parachutes into the formation. Flak knocked a hole in the wing behind no.2 engine. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Hispano-Suiza aero engine works, Paris, France 15Sep43. Flak was encountered at
Dieppe on the route in and over the target area which was intense and accurate. About twenty-five
enemy fighters were encountered on the bomb run. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at
Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was
very intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to targets in the city of Berlin, Germany
29Apr44. Flak was intense and accurate at the target and encountered along most of the return route.
Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Knettishall 30Apr44. Battle damaged during a mission
to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany 20Jun44. Flak
over the target was intense and accurate. {final combat mission 30Mar45}. {49 missions}. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage, non battle damage 8Jun45. STILL HUNT'N/ SWEETHEART /
JEANNIE / HOLY WILLIE / WILSON'S WILDCATS / DARLING DOROTHY.
3263 (MSN 8199) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 22Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 26May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 6Jun43. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*V], 95th
Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43. {first combat mission 28Jun43}. Battle damaged on
a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En route to the target, after the
friendly fighters had to return to base, the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy
fighters. Flak was moderate but very accurate over the target. Enemy fighters attacked again on the
route home off the Brest peninsula. Battle damaged on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190
fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 28Jul43. The lead bombardier and navigator wrongly
identified the target and bombed Großalsleben to the south and a wheat field near the town. The 4th
Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw enemy fighters away from the 1st Combat
Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered from the Frisian Islands
to the Initial Point and on the route home. Enemy fighter opposition was intense and aggressive,
using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in without being seen; some were reported to
be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs on parachutes into the formation. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. The
Group encountered an estimated forty enemy fighters. However, the German pilots made only cautious
and inexpert attacks against the formation. Cloud cover over the target caused the Group to return
home and bomb any target they could find. On the way back, the Group strayed from course and
encountered considerable flak from numerous places which was moderate and accurate. Battle damaged
during a mission to the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the
Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was
encountered as the formation made its approach to the factories. Battle damaged during a mission to
the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. The formation was met with stiff resistance by German
fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the
I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. A life raft was dislodged and struck a
stabilizer. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial area at Düren, Germany 7Nov43. Flak was
meagre and inaccurate over the target. An ammunition box damaged a horizontal stabilizer. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Deschimag submarine construction yard at Vegesack, Bremen, Germany
16Dec43. Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered at the target with meagre flak along the
route. German fighters started a determined attack as soon as the bombers turned off the target.
No.1 engine had failed and another was running rough, the plane losing altitude. On return, the
bomber was trailing some fifteen miles behind the formation and crash landed at Bungay (Station 125),
Suffolk. Returned to Group Jan44. {final combat mission 4Jun44}. {38 missions}. Strategic Air Depot
21Jun44. Returned to US Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson
Field, Fairfield, OH 30Jan45. Designated RB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH Nov45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field,
AZ 29Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company,
Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS - artwork of a naked woman blowing a kiss to
a bomb held in her right hand.
3264 (MSN 8200) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 15Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 24Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 2May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*N], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 15Jun43. {first combat mission 29Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Continental
Gummi-Werke synthetic rubber factory at Hannover, Germany 26Jul43 (10MIA). Enemy fighter opposition
was intense, following the formation from the target and back to the coast; there was intense and
accurate flak over the target. With two engines damaged, the aircraft crashed in the North Sea, west
of the River Elbe. {5 missions}.
3265 (MSN 8201) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 17th Bomb Operational
Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 10May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 28May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*Z], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 12Jun43. Crash on takeoff from Snetterton Heath 9Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to
the Deschimag submarine construction yard at Vegesack, Bremen, Germany 16Dec43 (3MIA:5KIA:2POW).
Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered at the target with meagre flak along the route.
German fighters started a determined attack as soon as the bombers turned off the target. Over Texel,
Harlingen, flak disabled an engine. The pilot turned back to the mainland, descending and, in an
evasive action, collided with B-17F 42-30860; an engine was torn off the wing. Attacked and damaged
further by an enemy fighter, the pilot ordered the crew to jump. First three airmen jumped over the
Wadden Sea and are MIA, two landed on the coast and became POW, the remaining crew were killed when
the bomber exploded. Wreckage crashed 1km southwest of Kimswerd, south of Harlingen, Netherlands.
HOLY MACKERAL! - artwork of a fish blowing bubbles through a halo and dropping bombs.
3266 (MSN 8202) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 17th Bomb Operational
Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 21May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
22May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb
Squadron [OE*T], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission
17Jul43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-
Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43
(9MIA:1KIA). The crew initially took off in their regular plane, B-17F 42-30182 but an overspeeding
propeller forced an early return to base. With this plane sitting ready as a ground spare, the crew
took off late to join their group. Dense flak was encountered as the formation made its approach to
the factories. Returning from the target, the bomber was last seen fifteen miles off Beachy Head,
Sussex. At that point, and for no apparent reason, it was seen to lose altitude and drop out of
formation. Crashed in English Channel. {7 missions}. SITTIN' BULL.
3267 (MSN 8203) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 18Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 2May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 25May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43.
{first combat mission 25Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-
Nazaire, France 28Jun43 (10RMC). En route to the target, after the friendly fighters had to return
to base, the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Flak was moderate but very
accurate over the target. Enemy fighters attacked again on the route home off the Brest peninsula.
The bomber had the rudder control cables, landing gear and interphone system shot away by German
fighter planes which had attacked the formation. Inside the plane, a shell had burst. The Fortress
had begun to slip and lose altitude. In the mid-section, the radio operator and two waist gunners
thought the ship too badly damaged to stay aloft. They sought instructions over the interphone,
discovered it had been shot away, then bailed out. The ball turret gunner saw all three men leave
the plane. Also unable to get a call through to the pilot over the interphone, he figured that the
Fortress was being abandoned by the entire crew, but he took the precaution of crawling out of his
turret to see if the pilot, co-pilot and tail-gunner were still aboard. Re-assured by the presence
of the six remaining members of the crew, the gunner tried unsuccessfully to tie together the
severed ends of the controls cables. He crawled back to his turret to find a Focke-Wulf 190
approaching at 800 yards. He fired short bursts at it; at 200 yards the enemy plane turned over and
plummeted downward in a trail of smoke. Then a second Focke-Wulf attacked the tail of the Fortress
below. This time, the gunner started firing from 1,000 yards. The German drew closer, then started
pouring black smoke, and then fell into a spin; the pilot bailed out. A third fighter streaked under
the tail of the bomber; the fighter was shot down. Meanwhile, neither the pilot, nor co-pilot was
aware that three of the crew had bailed out. They had been too busy on the bombing run under the
hail of 20-millimeter cannon fire. To give the aircraft fire-power protection in every sector, the
navigator went to the waist and manned one of the guns until the Germans were out distanced. By now
the oxygen shortage was acute. The pilot and co-pilot were suffering from hypoxia. Nearing England,
another menace developed; the fuel supply was running dangerously low. There wasn't enough to reach
their base. The pilot decided to put the plane down on the first emergency field they could find.
Then he found that the landing gear would not operate, that it would have to be a crash landing and
ditched in Mount's Bay off Newlyn, Cornwall. The remaining crew were rescued. {2 missions}. Assigned
to GLUE (Britain Zone II). Condemned 28Jul43. HARLEY CHARLEY.
3268 (MSN 8204) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. 17th
Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 2May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training
Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group[GD*H], Ridgewell (Station
167), Essex Jun43. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*Z], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 6Jul43. Crashed on takeoff for a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux,
France 5Jan44 (10KIA). The aircraft had reached 500 feet when it suffered a sudden loss of power and
veered sharply to the side. The plane hit the ground, skipped nearly thirty feet and exploded on a
rough meadow near a farm house. Crashed one mile west of Snetterton Heath at Shrub Farm, Larling,
Norfolk. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned 28Feb44. MESSIE BESSIE / CAROL JANE - artwork
of a raunchy half nude torso / BOOTS II - a smaller emblem featuring cowboy boots in a circle
positioned below the pilot's windows.
3269 (MSN 8205) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. Combat
Crew Training School, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 14May43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 527th
Bomb Squadron [FO*U], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 6Jun43. Mobile
Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 17Jun43. Regained by Group 20Jun43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII
Air Service Command 19Aug43. Regained by Group 20Aug43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command
8Sep43. Regained by Group 12Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (2KIA:8POW). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was
repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported
over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak
was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again. Attacked by an enemy fighter which flew too close to the bomber and was
hit by parts; the fighter crashed, the German pilot seriously injured in the process. The bomber
flew on for a while, smoking, before it went into a tailspin and broke apart. Shortly before, the
crew bailed out between Trimberg and Machtilshausen. Crashed at Machtilshausen, ten miles west of
Schweinfurt. Three bombs were still onboard the B-17 and had to be defused. Claimed by Kptn Karl-
Heinz Langer of the 7./JG 3 flying a Bf 109G6. PICADILLY WILLY.
3270 (MSN 8206) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 24Apr43. Combat
Crew Training School, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*Q], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 13Jun43. Returned to US May44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
31Jul44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH
4Aug44. Accident landing at Lockbourne AAB 16May45. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at
Dayton Field, OH 10Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 28Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. WACKY.
3271 (MSN 8207) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 25May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 27May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*U], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 7Jun43. {2 missions}. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*L], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 5Jul43. {first combat mission 17Jul43}. Aborted takeoff for a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43; a large piece of flak was found to
have cut an engine magneto harness and shorted out the ignition. Battle damaged on a mission to a
synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43 (1KIA:9RMC). Fighter opposition was weak but
intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. The bombardier was killed when an
88mm flak shell exploded above and between no.3 and no.4 engines sending a small sliver of shrapnel
that sliced through his gun track, missed the steel lining of his flak vest and pierced his heart.
Major battle damage on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany
4Jan44. Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the
target. An engine failed coming off the target and during the return no.2 engine lost oil and the
propeller oversped; the loss of oil prevented the propeller from being feathered causing severe
vibration through the plane. Short of fuel, the plane force landed at RAF Leconfield, Beverley,
Yorkshire. No.2 propeller seized after landing, the oxygen system was damaged and a 'Tokyo' fuel
tank was destroyed. Returned to Thorpe Abbotts 6Jan44. Accident returning from a practice sortie to
drop delayed action fused bombs over the Wash 26Jan44. The left landing gear collapsed on landing
and the aircraft skidded off the runway at Thorpe Abbotts. It was repairable but the plane was war
weary and upon further examination, it was found that the skin was warped. {28 missions}. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned 7Mar44; salvaged at Thorpe Abbotts. NINE LITTLE YANKS AND A JERK
- artwork of a shapely nude wearing only a top hat and perched on top of a huge bomb. Named because
on every flight one of the crew was a 'jerk'. Someone on the crew goofed up, a different person, on
each flight.
3272 (MSN 8208) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK Apr43. 2nd Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 29Apr43. La Guardia Field, New York
City, NY 30Apr43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 3May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 10May43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
510th Bomb Squadron [TU*M], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 29May43.
{first combat mission 13Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber
works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43. A large force of enemy fighters attacked as the formation
approached the Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally inaccurate just south of the target area.
0.30 calibre hole in left outboard wing panel, with possible wing tank damage, and front spar. 0.30
calibre hole through top of fuselage, severing several ignition wires; small hole at junction of
left horizontal stabilizer and fuselage. Failed to return from an Operation Gomorrah mission to the
Klöckner Flugmotorenbau aero engine factory, Moorfleet, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43 (6KIA:4POW).
Because of a heavy smoke screen over Hamburg, it was necessary to bomb west of the briefed target,
the Blohm & Voss aircraft works and ship yard. Heavy flak was experienced over Hamburg; there was
weak enemy fighter opposition. The plane left formation after the target at the rally point,
presumably hit by flak; the no.3 engine was smoking and the propeller was feathered. A 20mm cannon
shell from a Fw 190 fighter entered the cockpit and hit the co-pilot which killed him instantly. The
ball turret gunner was believed to have been killed in action after running out of ammunition; he
decided to remain in the turret and try to fake being OK by continuing to swing the turret. The tail
gunner was killed or mortally wounded in the first fighter attacks immediately after leaving the
formation. The radio compartment took a direct hit; the waist section suffered a direct hit in the
waist gunners' position. The surviving crew bailed out over Neumünster. Crashed at Schmalfeld, three
miles north of Kaltenkirchen, Germany. {10 missions}. CAPTAIN BILL.
3273 (MSN 8209) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*W], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 15Jun43. {first combat mission 28Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine base
at Saint-Nazaire, France 28Jun43. En route to the target, after the friendly fighters had to return
to base, the formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Flak was moderate but very
accurate over the target. Enemy fighters attacked again on the route home off the Brest peninsula.
On return with fuel exhaustion, force landed at St. Eval (Station 129), Cornwall. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft components factory at Bettenhausen, Kassel,
Germany 30Jul43. En route the combat wing encountered a large force of enemy fighters beginning near
Antwerp, Belgium; intense and accurate flak was experienced at Knocke, Belgium. No.1 engine was
struck and disabled by flak. Unable to maintain formation, the pilot aborted the mission and
returned to Horham. Battle damaged on a mission to the Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-
Moulineaux, Paris, France 3Sep43. A large number of enemy fighters attacked but were ineffective en
route to the target. Flak over the target was intense but inaccurate. Bullets damaged no.1 and no.2
propellers and the left wing at the fuselage join; the left and right horizontal stabilizers were
damaged; the right waist window was shot out. Battle damaged during a mission to the Renault
industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at
Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was encountered as the formation made its
approach to the factories. Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany
8Oct43. The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the
Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group
encountered intense flak. Battle damaged on mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany
10Oct43. Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached
the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five
minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly
fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Intense and
accurate flak was also encountered. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
shipyard at Kiel, Germany 13Dec43. Flak throughout the mission was meager to moderate but quite
accurate. The formation did not encounter any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent.
Returning home, the PFF navigator found that the combat wing was forty miles south of course;
checking back on the dead reckoning route, he found that Hamburg had been bombed instead of Kiel.
The plane had several flak holes and the ball turret glass was broken. Accident returning from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 22Dec43 (10RMC). The aircraft suffered a
loss of power and crash landed at Repps, south of Potter Heigham, Norfolk. {30 missions}. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned 12Dec43 [sic]. Salvaged by 1746th Mobile Repair Unit.
IMPATIENT VIRGIN - artwork of a semi-naked woman sitting up [the pose of the woman appears to
express the mood of the aircraft after the nose was damaged].
3274 (MSN 8210) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 29Apr43. 8th
Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME
5May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 15May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*L], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 4Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43 (1WIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter
opposition was light; heavy but inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. The ball turret
gunner was wounded by flak shrapnel. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair
depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 29Jun43. Enemy fighter opposition was first encountered at the
I.P. and continued back to the French coast then light flak passing out over Dieppe. Right inner
wing struck by 20mm cannon shells and main spar damaged. VIII Air Service Command 29Jun43. 323rd
Bomb Squadron [OR*U], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 14Aug43. Failed to
return from a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43 (1KIA:9POW). Flak
over the target was moderate and accurate; a large force of enemy fighters was encountered, Bf 110
twin-engined fighters firing rockets from a distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. Last
seen on the bombing run apparently having engine trouble and lagging behind. Attacked over
Hillscheid, Germany by a Luftwaffe Bf 110 fighter, the aircraft crashed at Limburg, Belgium.
{6 missions}.
3275 (MSN 8211) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Apr43. 21st Bomb
Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4May43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO
6May43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 7May43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 25May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 28May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 7Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 1943. Flew from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 27Aug43. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 1943. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*O], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk
1943. Salvaged 18Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US 5Jan45. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL
8Feb45. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH
22May45. Designated TB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 28Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. MARY B / SACK TIME.
3276 (MSN 8212) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. Ground
looped at Bluie West One (BW-1), Narsarsuaq, Greenland 8Jun43. Returning to collect paperwork prior
to heading for UK, a tyre blew during a heavy landing and the aircraft left the runway. Condemned
salvage 12Jun43.
3277 (MSN 8213) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Apr43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17May43. Combat Crew Training
School, Lincoln Field, NB 22May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 15Jun43. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*G], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk
16Jun43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Ernst Heinkel
Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany 25Jul43 (9KIA:1POW). Cloud cover and
weather diverted most of the formation to attack the Deutsche Werke shipyard at Kiel, Germany as a
target of opportunity. Enemy fighter opposition was light; flak was Intense and accurate over
Flensburg and Kiel. Flak over Kiel damaged engine no.3. The aircraft dropped back and exploded,
crashing at Kiel-Gaarden, Germany. {6 missions}.
3278 (MSN 8214) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Apr43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17May43. Combat Crew Training
School, Lincoln Field, NB 21May43. Freeman Goodman Provisional Bomb Group. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 26May43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route via Gander, Newfoundland. Freeman Goodman Provisional Bomb
Group, Gander, Newfoundland. Major damage caused by fire on the ground at Gander, Newfoundland
4Jun43. The previous day, maintenance crewmen left work on the aircraft uncompleted. The next day
two mechanics, without checking the status of the aircraft, started engines and the aircraft caught
fire. Assigned to OCIDENT (North Atlantic Air Transport Command) 29Jun43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I) 24Apr44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 10Jun44. Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Jun44. 1380th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 15Jun44. Returned to US
4Aug44. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field (Station 8),
FL 4Aug44. Returned to US 21Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field (Station 3), Bangor, ME 21Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Dec44. Departed US 27Feb45. Goose Bay,
Labrador. Returned to US Oct45. Designated RB-17F. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather), 308th
Reconnaissance Group (Weather), Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 24Oct45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 4Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3279 (MSN 8215) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Apr43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6May43. Combat Crew Training School,
Lincoln Field, NB 17May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire Jun43.
Thorpe Abbotts 9Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at
Le Bourget, Paris, France 10Jul43. Cloud cover forced the formation to abort at the I.P and return
to base. Head-on enemy fighter attacks were experienced and followed the bombers back to the French
coast. {6 missions}. 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional), 802nd Reconnaissance
Group, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. Ditched off Ballyfortrum, near Dingle, County Kerry, Eire
29May44 (8RMC). The aircraft was flown by the United States Army Air Forces Heavy Reconnaissance
unit, the 25th Bomb Group. At this particular time the unit was known as the 802nd Reconnaissance
Group and within that the aircraft and crew flew with the 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
(Heavy). They were based at Watton in Norfolk, but the large B-17's sometimes flew from the nearby
airfield at North Pickenham (Station 143), Norfolk which had better runways. The flight began from
the airfield at North Pickenham on the evening of May 28th, bound for the Atlantic on a weather
observation mission with the operational profile code named 'Epicure'. The normal programme for such
a flight was to fly from base to St. Eval and then head out over the Atlantic on a track of 260
degrees from true north. Meteorological observations were to be made at a pressure level of 950
millibars at fourteen numbered positions along that track, each fifty nautical miles apart. 950
millibars does not always equate to the same height since sea level pressure and air temperatures
vary a bit, it usually equals roughly 1,800 feet. At positions 4, 8, 12 and 14 the aircraft would
also descend to measure sea level pressure usually from a height of 400 feet as recorded on the
radio altimeter. Then it would climb quickly to 950 millibars again to make observations at that
level. This mission however began to go wrong when the No 1 engine had to be feathered around
midnight, forcing the crew to abandon the mission and return to base on three engines. Suddenly
engine no.3 also began to give trouble and that too had to be feathered. They flew for two hours on
the two remaining engines until the dark shadows of Ireland were made out. Knowing that there was
high ground, the Captain elected for a ditching and the non flying crew members braced themselves
into the radio compartment behind the bomb bay. Having ditched the aircraft, the crew then had to
abandon the floating aircraft and take to the two life rafts built into the aircraft's spine. This
was managed but only to reveal that one of the dinghies would not fully inflate. Four of the men
struggled to shore and raised the alarm. Following the successful rescue of the men in the dinghy,
all eight men were given food and shelter until the morning when they were returned to the UK.
HELLS BELLS / BADGER BEAUTY.
3280 (MSN 8216) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Apr43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25May43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd
Bomb Squadron [TS*M], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43.
Failed to return from a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany 26Jul43 (4MIA: 5KIA:1POW). The formation
encountered intense enemy fighter opposition. The bomber was attacked by a German Bf 109T fighter
believed to have been piloted by Uffz Rudolf Dölling of Jasta Helgoland. Dölling attacked several
times and during one of these passes he was wounded in his left arm by return fire from one of the
waist guns. Ditched in the North Sea east of the island of Heligoland, Germany. Two crew members
managed to bail out but only the co-pilot survived to become a POW.CHEROKEE MAID.
3281 (MSN 8217) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Apr43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17May43. Combat Crew Training School,
Lincoln Field, NB 22May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 29May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex Jun43.
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Continental
Gummi-Werke synthetic rubber factory at Hannover, Germany 26Jul43 (10POW). Enemy fighter opposition
was intense, following the formation from the target and back to the coast; there was intense and
accurate flak over the target. Enemy aircraft damaged two engines and the aircraft crashed at
Eindorf, near Walsrode, thirty miles east of Bremen, Germany. The MARY R.
3282 (MSN 8218) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Apr43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6May43. Combat Crew Training School,
Lincoln Field, NB 17May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*J], 95th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
Jun43. Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43. {first combat mission 24Jul43}. Failed to return from
a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 28Jul43 (10POW).
The lead bombardier and navigator wrongly identified the target and bombed Großalsleben to the south
and a wheat field near the town. The 4th Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw
enemy fighters away from the 1st Combat Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak
was encountered from the Frisian Islands to the Initial Point and on the route home. Enemy fighter
opposition was intense and aggressive, using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in
without being seen; some were reported to be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs
on parachutes into the formation. Damaged by flak and on fire over the area of Hohenhausen, 21km
south of Minden, the plane dropped out of formation on the return flight. The crew bailed out and
the plane started to disintegrate approaching the city of Bünde, Germany. At the border between the
districts of Bünde-Mitte and Bünde-Spradow, it fell on the bridge structure of the railway overpass
at Kleine Waserbreite, in the area of the freight station. Two freight wagons on the track were
pushed into the opening of the railway overpass by the force of the impact and crashed onto the road
below. The rear of the plane was torn off by the impact and thrown into the building of a nearby
wire factory. Aircraft debris was spread over a large area around the point of impact. {2 missions}.
3283 (MSN 8219) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Apr43. 17th Bomb
Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 7May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 22May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25May43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28May43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 6Jun43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*E], 95th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jun43. Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43. {first combat
mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls,
Marl, Germany 22Jun43. A large force of enemy fighters attacked as the formation approached the
Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally inaccurate just south of the target area; numerous flak
damage. Battle damaged on a mission to the Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux,
Paris, France 3Sep43. A large number of enemy fighters attacked but were ineffective en route to the
target. Flak over the target was intense but inaccurate. The cockpit windshields were damaged by
debris from a bomber of the 100th Bomb Group ahead which exploded. The left elevator and horizontal
stabilizer were damaged and the no.1 engine burned out and had to be replaced. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Deutsche Dunlop tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany 4Oct43 (10RMC). Aborting
the mission, the plane was in trouble with two engines disabled trying to force land at Earls Colne
(Station 358), Essex. The pilot aimed to crash land on a pasture, avoiding a farm house by banking
the plane over and landed hard. The aircraft had crash landed near the Bird in Hand pub; one 1,000lb
bomb exploded before the others could be made safe. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned
salvage 31Jan44. {16 missions}. YANKEE QUEEN.
42-3284/3338 Boeing B-17F-45-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-45-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Reinforcement of nose in side gun area. Rudder structural changes. Improved elevator
fabric attachment. Modified horizontal stabilizers for interchangeability. B-4 hydraulic pump and solenoid.
3284 (MSN 8220) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Apr43. Oklahoma City Air
Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 31May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 2Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at
Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (10POW). A large force of enemy fighters attacked as the formation
approached the Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally inaccurate just south of the target area.
Damaged by enemy aircraft, flak caused an explosion and the aircraft crashed near Wesel, Germany.
GUESS WHO?
3285 (MSN 8221) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls Field, MT 2May43. 385th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 22May43. 385th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 20Jun43. 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group 20Jun43. {nil missions}. MARY ELLEN. 388th Bomb
Group 20Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route 2Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
563rd Bomb Squadron [Q], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall. {first combat mission 26Sep43}. Failed to
return from a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 29Jan44 (4KIA:4POW:2EVD).
Enemy fighters were in the target area but attacked other formations with no attacks on this Group.
Flak over the Target was moderate, low and to the left of the formation. After the target no.1
engine leaked oil, the propeller could not be feathered and the plane dropped out of formation.
Enemy fighters attacked damaging the plane with 20mm cannon shells. It went into a steep climb as
the aileron controls were shot off. The pilot trimmed the plane and set the autopilot as the
fighters continued to attack. The bomber dropped down into some clouds at 3,000 feet and levelled
off while the engineer was transferring fuel. A wing tip had been shot off and the top turret had
been hit. Although continuing to attack, the bomber was not hit - the crew were fighting back. About
one hour after leaving the target, the pilot spotted some B-17s and P-38 fighter and headed towards
them. Thirty minutes later as the bomber neared the French coast, three enemy fighters came through
a break in the clouds and attacked. A fighter scored a hit on the right wing and the bomber went
into a dive. The crew prepared to bail out as the pilot pulled the plane out at 1,800 feet. No.3
engine had stopped and no.4 engine was misfiring. Then the engineer reported the right wing on fire
with no.3 fuel tank alight so the crew bailed out. Crashed on stables at Hermitage Farm, 2km
southeast of Busigny, southeast of Cambrai, France. Claimed by Fw Heinz Gomann of 6./JG26.
{20 missions}.
3286 (MSN 8222) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Apr43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43. Combat Crew Training School,
Lincoln Field, NB 20May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*E], 95th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
Jun43. {first combat mission 13Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp
Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43 (9MIA:1KIA). The formation was attacked by a
large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target. Flak was moderate over the target
and accurate in range. During aerial combat over the Baltic Sea approximately six miles south of
Keldsnor, Langeland Island, Denmark, three bombers and three German fighters were observed crashing
into the sea. Parachutes were seen but no survivors were found. {1 mission}.
3287 (MSN 8223) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Apr43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Apr43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43. Combat Crew Training School,
Lincoln Field, NB 20May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24May43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*U], 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex
Jun43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. Accident during a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 10Jul43 (1KIS:9RMC); the radio
operator died of anoxia. After a practice mission, the aircraft crash landed on the grass at
Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 5Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned 5Aug43.
Salvaged by 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. DRIBBLE PUSS / SUGAR PUSS.
3288 (MSN 8224) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 17May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19May43. 8th
Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME
1May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th
Bomb Squadron [BX*B], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to
return from a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (6KIA:4POW). Flak over the target
area was very intense. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters and crashed near a coastal radio
station on Nordeney Island, Germany. GREEN FURY II.
3289 (MSN 8225) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 30Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 388th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 4May43. 7th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 27May43. 388th Bomb Group, Operational Training
Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
562nd Bomb Squadron [A], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 23Jun43. {first combat
mission 24Jul43}. Major battle damage on a mission to the Continental Gummi-Werke synthetic rubber
factory at Hannover, Germany 26Jul43. Enemy fighter opposition was intense, following the formation
from the target and back to the coast; there was intense and accurate flak over the target. A mid-
air collision took place when the pilot of B-17F 42-30217 was injured by a 20mm shell explosion in
the cockpit while over the target. Changing seats with the co-pilot, the plane weaved up and hit the
tail of B-17F 42-3289 which took off the top half of the vertical stabilizer. Participated in a
shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The
formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps
and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned
south and landed at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma,
Algeria. On return to England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux,
France 24Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (3KIA:7POW). The Group encountered an estimated forty enemy fighters.
However, the German pilots made only cautious and inexpert attacks against the formation. Cloud
cover over the target caused the Group to return home and bomb any target they could find. Lost an
engine over France on the way in and was later damaged by flak on the bomb run. The plane dropped
out of formation and was attacked by enemy fighters. The right wing blew off, the plane went into a
spin and when the plane settled momentarily, the crew bailed out. Crashed at Dettingen an der Erms,
12km northeast of Reutlingen, Germany. {8 missions}. WOLF PACK.
3290 (MSN 8226) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 28Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls Field, MT 2May43. 385th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 30May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Jun43. 385th Bomb Group 17Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*R], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jun43.
Battle damaged on a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany
17Aug43. The formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast,
to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. During an attack by
enemy fighters, the ball turret was hit, knocking off the access door. The gunner fell out but his
feet were trapped by the range pedal of the gun, preventing him from falling to earth without a
parachute; he eventually managed to climb back into the turret and safety. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned (AFMSC) 18Aug43. Repaired and returned to service. Accident on return from a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Reims-Champagne, France 26Sep43 (10KIA). Because of bad weather,
the mission was aborted and the plane returned with its bomb load. B-17F 42-3290 collided with B-17F
42-30264 in poor visibility believed caused by windscreen fogging. #290 was feathering two
propellers and having difficulties maintaining formation as they descended prior to landing at Great
Ashfield. Suddenly the aircraft went vertical, spinning downwards hitting its wing across the
fuselage of #264, completely severing the tail at the rear near the waist gunner section. #290 went
in a deep spiral and #264 in a flat spin towards the ground, crashing at Tillingham Hall Farm,
Bulphan, south of West-Hordon, Essex. #290 exploded and left a 30 feet crater upon impact with bomb
load on board. Salvaged. EL LOBO / RAUNCHY WOLF.
3291 (MSN 8227) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 30Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 388th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 4May43. 388th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 17Jun43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 561st Bomb Squadron [P], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Jun43. {first combat mission 17Jul43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed
at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. Departed on a
mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France for the return to England 24Aug43.
The plane had mechanical trouble shortly after takeoff and returned to Telergma; returned to
Knettishall the following day. {final combat mission 15Mar44}. Substantially damaged in a training
accident landing heavily and damaged right wing at Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Jul44. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 14Jul44. {22 missions}. MISS MAC. Named after Estelle
Macauley, the granddaughter of Alvan Macauley (President Packard Motors, Detroit) by her boy friend,
Lt. Charles Penn.
3292 (MSN 8228) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls Field, MT 2May43. 385th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 30May43. Fairfield Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 15Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 19Jun43. 385th Bomb Group 20Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*O], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Jun43. Combat Weather Detachment, 1st Combat Crew Replacement Group, Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire 1Mar44. 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy), 802nd Reconnaissance Group
(Special)(Provisional), Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 12Apr44. 652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy
Reconnaissance), 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 9Aug44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US Nov44. 4126th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command) San Bernardino Field, CA 25Nov44. 4124th Base Unit (Air
Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field,
OK for storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining
Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. MARY PAT. Named after the wife of the pilot.
During the summer of 1943 at RAF St Eval, Padstow, Cornwall, no.1404 Meteorological Flight became
no.517 Squadron and began re-equipping with the Handley-Page Halifax. Because of this no.517 was
unable to maintain its operational commitment of twice-daily meteorological reconnaissance sorties
to the southwest over Biscay (code-named EPICURE). Such was the importance of these flights that the
USAAF offered four B-17s to make up the shortfall - adding another four aircraft later. Initially
these were detached to RAF St Eval and operated to the west of the UK (code-named ALLAH), but during
the autumn it was decided the USAAF aircraft should operate from an American base - Bovingdon
(Station 112), Hertfordshire. As the USAAF didn't have aircrew trained in meteorological observing,
the crews always flew with an RAF Meteorological Air Observer (MAO).
3293 (MSN 8229) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
388th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Wendover Field, UT 2May43. 388th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 11May43. 388th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 560th Bomb Squadron [A], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission 26Jul43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed
at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to
England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Failed
to return from a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43
(5KIA:3POW:2EVD). Fighter opposition was the strongest encountered to date with about 150 enemy
fighters attacking the formation. A few spasmodic attacks were made on the formation en route to
Stuttgart, but the large concentration was first met in the vicinity of the I.P. Because the
squadron formation was too loose it was open to attack by enemy fighters. The first shot that hit
the plane was a 20mm cannon shell that burst in the accessories next to the co-pilot. It damaged the
aileron and the AFCE. Altitude was decreasing and the bomber was far from the formation, but
continued to fly although slightly wing heavy, despite no.4 engine which had been damaged and
operating on emergency power. The pilot started to manoeuvre because the plane was out of formation
and another group of enemy fighters had formed and were attacking it. The elevator controls had been
operated from the co-pilot's seat since the start of the mission. In formation the plane was flying
at 21,000 feet; shortly after leaving the formation the altimeter read 17,000 feet. The aileron on
the co-pilot's side was still in working order. It was too late to put on full power and join the
formation as the fighter attacks intensified. The pilot motioned for the co-pilot to switch seats.
The pilot pulled the bomber out of a dive and turned sharply to try and shake off the fighters but
they continued to score hits in the cockpit, puncturing an oxygen bottle behind the co-pilots seat
and damaging hydraulic lines to the emergency brake levers. The plane caught fire. At that point,
the pilot instructed the crew to bail out. Five crew members bailed out before the bomber crashed
through a house and burned in a meadow on Rue de Beaumont, La Chapelle Champigny, southeast of Paris,
France (1 civilian fatality - an eighty-year old Frenchwoman in the house); the bodies of five
airmen were found in or near the wreckage. Claimed by Oberst Egon Mayer flying a FW 190 of III./JG 2.
{8 missions}. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS - artwork of the top of a naked woman appearing from a cloud.
3294 (MSN 8230) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 30Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 2May43. 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls Field, MT 19May43. 385th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 29May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 13Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 15Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*G], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Jun43. 549th Bomb Squadron. Major damage in an accident landing at Great Ashfield 28Jul43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Dec43
(10INT). When the target was found to be completely obscured, the Group turned to its secondary
target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Cognac. Finding this target also obscured and facing a fuel
shortage, the planes began jettisoning their bomb loads. Meagre flak along the route intensified
over target and about a dozen fighters attacked. Over the Bay of Biscay the plane had engine
problems and had to abandon the formation. After throwing away all the extra weight, including the
weapons, the crew was afraid of encountering German fighters over the Bay of Biscay, and decided to
head south to try and reach Gibraltar. Near Sesimbra, south of Lisbon, Portugal, with fuel
exhaustion, the pilot had to ditch in the Atlantic. The crew exited without a scratch; they were
rescued by fishing boats and delivered to the American Legation in Portugal that was able to
repatriate them to UK. SUZANNE.
3295 (MSN 8231) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 388th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 8May43. 388th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Jun43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 562nd Bomb Squadron [B], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk
23Jun43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying
bomb launch site in the Pas-de-Calais, France 24Dec43. Just inside the French coast at Dieppe, the
aircraft was struck by flak damaging the oxygen system. The pilot aborted the mission and returned
to Knettishall. There was low cloud at the airfield and flares were sent up for the pilot to locate
the runway. When he got under the clouds, he was not lined up with the runway. The plane hit hard
causing the wheels to collapse, ending up near the control tower. Repaired and returned to
operations. {final combat mission 7Jun44}. {26 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned salvage 2Jun45. WAILUIKU MAUI. The name was determined by lottery of the Rodger crew. The
bombardier was the winner with his selection of the home town of his flight school comrade. He liked
the way it rolled off the tongue and also wanted to pay tribute to his friend. TECH SUPPLY. The
'Tech Supply' name was assigned to the plane when it was down for repairs for a month and became
cannibalized for parts until the crew chief threatened anyone who would take any more parts.
3296 (MSN 8232) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 29Apr43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
9th Bomb Group, Brooksville Field, FL 27May43. Gulf Coast Training Center, Brooks Field, San Antonio,
TX 3Jun43. 85th Sub Depot, School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL. 340th Sub Depot, Advanced
Flying School, Hobbs Field, NM 28Nov43. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM May44. Designated TB-17F 8Nov44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 16Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and
disposal 29Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped.
3297 (MSN 8233) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jun43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 12Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*W], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the mission continued on to
Bertoux, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Constantine, Algeria. Returned to Framlingham on a
mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Dec43 (1KIA:9RMC). When the target
was found to be completely obscured, the Group turned to its secondary target, the Luftwaffe
airfield at Cognac. Finding this target also obscured and facing a fuel shortage, the planes began
jettisoning their bomb loads. Meagre flak along the route intensified over target and about a dozen
fighters attacked. With fuel exhaustion, the aircraft ditched in the English Channel, close to
Abbotsbury Coast Guard Station, Dorset; crew rescued by local fishermen but one died of exposure.
{16 missions}. The BAD PENNY.
3298 (MSN 8234) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27May43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 2Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*W], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk Jun43. {first
combat mission 25Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Continental rubber factory at Limmer,
Hannover, Germany 26Jul43 (2KIA:8POW). Enemy fighter opposition was intense, following the formation
from the target and back to the coast; there was intense and accurate flak over the target. Damaged
in an enemy fighter attack, with no.3 and no.4 engines failed, the aircraft fell behind and the crew
bailed out. The plane crashed to the east of Salzhemmendorf, east of Hameln, Germany. Claimed by
Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 7./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 G-4. {7 missions}.
3299 (MSN 8235) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jun43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 12Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*Q], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to a synthetic oil
plant at Wesseling, Germany 12Aug43. At the I.P. it was impossible to identify the target because of
the sun, which was directly ahead of the formation obscuring the target. As a consequence, the
primary target was abandoned and the Group proceeded to their secondary target of an optical
instrument factory in Bonn. Crash landed on return after its right landing gear failed to come down
on approach to land at Framlingham. {1 mission}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned
salvage 16Aug43.
3300 (MSN 8236) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
12May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 1Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 524th
Bomb Squadron [WA*F], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 11Jun43. Mobile
Repair Unit, VIII Air Service Command 18Jul43. Regained by Group 19Jul43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 3Sep43 (3KIA:7POW). A flight of
enemy fighters was observed but appeared reluctant to attack; flak was encountered to and from the
target, in the target area it was moderate and inaccurate. Damaged by flak and on fire, the crew
bailed out before the plane exploded and crashed at La Livrée, 1km southeast of Epinay, 14km south
of Bernay, France.
3301 (MSN 8237) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, Great
Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43. Substantially damaged landing with brake failure at Grenier Field, Manchester,
NH 24Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
25Jun43. 2nd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE 30Aug43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 7/8Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*P], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Weser Flugzeugbau
aircraft factory at Lemwerder, Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (1WWIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter opposition was
strong and the flak intense and accurate. Right waist gunner was wounded by flak. Major battle
damage during a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (1WIA). En route
to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe
fighters. En route to the target, the bomber was riddled with cannon fire from enemy fighters, an
explosion wounding a waist gunner and another damaging the radio room. The attack by the German
fighters was so intense that the crew had exhausted their ammunition before reaching the target. The
gunners pretended to fire and the pilot took evasive action to deter further attacks. During the
bomb run flak was intense and accurate. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for
England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters,
having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of
western Europe and relative safety. Returning home, the bomber made a safe landing back at Thurleigh,
despite poor weather conditions, where over 300 holes were found on the aircraft, one large enough
to fall through. Maintenance Unit 14Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 27Oct43. Regained by Group 10Nov43. Major damage when the main wheels would not lower
and crash landed at Little Staughton 15Nov43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station
127), Bedfordshire 15Nov43. Regained by Group Feb44. 652nd Squadron [G], 8th Reconnaissance Group
(Special)(Provisional), Cheddington (Station 113), Buckinghamshire 29Feb44. Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 12Apr44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage after non battle damage at
Shipdham (Station 115), Norfolk 29May45. CAVALIER.
3302 (MSN 8238) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 28Jun43. 390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky
Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
10Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 11Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via
Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb
Squadron [FC*O], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission
17Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg,
Germany 17Aug43 (1WIA). The formation faced strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the
Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. Damaged
during the mission, the tail gunner was wounded. After the target, the mission continued on to
Bertoux, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Constantine, Algeria. Returned to Framlingham Aug43.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (11POW).
Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city,
the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of
vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Flak damaged no.4
engine, the aircraft then exploded. Crashed at Suttrup, south of Freren, Germany. {6 missions}.
RICK-O-SHAY.
3303 (MSN 8239) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Apr43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
940th Bombardier Training Squadron, 325th Bombardier Training Group, Roswell Field, NM 25May43.
Major damage when crash landed with mechanical failure at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #4, Buckeye, NM
17Aug43. 548th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, 314th Two Engine Flying Training Group, Roswell
Field, NM. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #3, NM 21Apr44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM. 3715th Base Unit,
Factory School, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Aug44. Class 26; ground
instructional airframe 28Sep44. Gained from Class 26 25Oct44. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air
Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA 17May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 17Jul45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3304 (MSN 8240) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 24May43. Advanced Twin Engine School, La Junta Field, CO
6Jul43. 940th Bombardier Training Squadron, 325th Bombardier Training Group, Roswell Field, NM
26Jul43. Crashed into terrain forty-four miles southeast of Roswell Field, NM 4Dec43. Surveyed
7Dec43.
3305 (MSN 8241) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Jun43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 11Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Kindley Field, Bermuda 22Jul43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*E], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43.
{first combat mission 12Aug43}. Failed to return from a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). The formation faced strong opposition
from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea;
flak was sporadic and inaccurate. Before the target a fuel tank and the right horizontal stabilizer
were damaged by flak shrapnel. After bombing the target the bomber turned towards the Alps heading
for Algeria. Damaged by enemy aircraft and with fuel exhaustion, passing Genoa, Italy, it was
calculated that North Africa could not be reached so the pilot changed course to head for Spain.
Sometime later, with fuel almost exhausted, the plane was over a peninsula and the pilot chose a
small airfield at Le Palyvestre, France on which to land but the landing gear refused to extend so
crash landed. The location was in an area controlled by Italian troops at Hyères, 20km east of
Toulon, France. {3 missions}. PRINCESS PAT [left side]. Named for the pilot's wife. FERTILE MYRTLE
[right side]. Named by the co-pilot. Salvaged by Flugzeug Bergtrupp 41/IV 3/9Oct43 then loaded onto
a train at Hyères station 12Oct43; all aircraft instruments were taken by the Italians.
3306 (MSN 8242) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jul43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 10Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*L], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk 14Jul43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Failed to return from a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Vitry-en-Artois, southwest of Douai, France 15Aug43 (5KIA:1POW:4EVD). Forming
up over the English Channel, the Group diverted twice by flying to the French coast then back to the
English coast twice. Waiting for the bombers, enemy fighters ran low on fuel and had to land when
the bombers went into the target. Flak was not encountered into or from the target. Returning home
ten to fifteen miles east of Calais, France, the aircraft was in a mid-air collision with B-17F
42-30320. A propeller on #320 struck the tail, possibly killing the gunner, and the plane broke
completely into two sections, behind the waist doors. Those crewmen stationed in the spinning tail
section were probably unable to escape as it crashed down to earth. In the remaining front section,
as it went into a left-hand spin, the officers bailed out one by one from the nose hatch. Crashed
and burned in a field near Sainte-Marie-Kerque, 18km north-northwest of Saint-Omer, France.
{2 missions}. PHOENIX.
3307 (MSN 8243) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1May43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*N], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station
139), Norfolk 9Jun43. Accident departing in darkness for a mission to transportation and industrial
targets at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 24Jan44 (1KIA:9WIA). When it had reached 700ft, the co-pilot
saw another aircraft, a B-24 Liberator, approach at the same level and which appeared to be on a
collision course. The pilot took evasive action by diving down and turning away but the left wing
struck a barn at High London Farm, Shelfhanger, Norfolk. The impact ruptured a fuel tank and caught
fire, the aircraft then crashed through a group of trees, and came to halt in a meadow,
approximately 300 yards from the farm, debris strewn everywhere. Aircraft crashed at High London
Farm, Shelfhanger, Norfolk. The fire in the left wing set off incendiaries which demolished the
aircraft. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 25Jan44. SKIPPER.
3308 (MSN 8244) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
16/17May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
3Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 548th
Bomb Squadron [GX*M], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 26Jun43. Failed to
return from a mission to the industrial area of Saarlautern, Germany 4Oct43 (10RMC). Cloud cover
over the target area forced the bombers to move on to their secondary target, the Luftwaffe airfield
at Robinson, Saint-Dizier, France. Damaged by flak, on return the aircraft ditched in the North Sea
off Southwold, Suffolk; crew rescued.
3309 (MSN 8245) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 12May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 19May43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 21May43. Operational
Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 27May43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA
30May43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 1Jun43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 4Jun43. 9th Bomb
Group, Brooksville Field, FL 21Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 3Jul43. 709th
Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 2Aug43. Crashed at Harvard Field 28Aug43 (7KIS).
Just before darkness, a formation of eight B-17's was coming into the Harvard Army Air Field to
simulate a peel-off out of formation for landing. Instead of going downward and left out of
formation, one of the lead B-17F's (42-30239) went upwards into the path of B-17F (42-3309). The
wing of the higher plane cut the fuselage of the plane coming upward in half. A third B-17F
(42-30774) flew into the wreckage. The first two B-17's that collided fell downward and exploded
with no survivors. The third B-17 was able to crash land in an open field. The pilot of the third
plane had ordered his crew to bail out. One of those who bailed out either struck the plane on the
way out or did not deploy his parachute and was killed. Class 26; ground instructional airframe
29Aug43. Surveyed 7Sep43.
3310 (MSN 8246) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne M
unicipal Airport, WY May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43.
390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 10Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*F], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk 14Jul43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Failed to return from a shuttle mission to
the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10RMC). The formation faced
strong opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target the bomber turned towards the Alps
heading for Algeria. Damaged by flak and with fuel exhaustion, the aircraft was ditched in the
Mediterranean Sea thirteen miles off Bône, Algeria; crew rescued by allies. {3 missions}.
BLOOD, GUTS AND RUST - Blood and Guts was named by the pilot from the sayings of General Patton;
Rust was added by the crew because they knew that, one way or another, the aircraft would eventually
be consigned to the scrap heap.
3311 (MSN 8247) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 24May43. 314th Two Engine Flying Training Group, Roswell
Field, NM. Substantially damaged in a collision with B-17F 42-30910 on the ground at Orange County
Field, Santa Ana, CA 14Oct43. 552nd Bombardier Training Squadron, 325th Bombardier Training Group,
Roswell Field, NM 17Dec43. 552nd Bombardier Training Squadron, 325th Bombardier Training Group,
Roswell Field, NM Jan44. Substantially damaged when crash landed caused by mechanical failure at
Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 19Jan44. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy),
Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 9Dec44. 4126th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Materiel
Command), San Bernardino Field, CA 16Jan45. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four
Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 18Jan45. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
La Junta Field, CO 29Mar45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46;
scrapped.
3312 (MSN 8248) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT
7Jun43. 390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jul43. Assigned
to UGLY (Britain) 12Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*K], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk 14Jul43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial
area of Düren, Germany 20Oct43 (4MIA:6RMC). Flak, meagre and inaccurate, was encountered before the
target; no enemy aircraft were encountered. After the bomb run, the plane was struck by flak as the
formation was passing over the city of Tilburg in the Netherlands. With the pilot struggling to
maintain control over the aircraft, four members of the crew bailed out as they flew out over the
North Sea. The pilot and co-pilot were eventually able to regain control of the aircraft and land it
back at Framlingham. Battle damaged on a mission to the C.A.M. ball bearing works in Paris, France
31Dec43. Flak over the target was intense and accurate. On return, crash landed at Honington
(Station 375), Suffolk. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Failed to return
from a mission to a fuel storage facility at Saint-Ouen, Paris, France 22Jun44 (1KIA:9POW). During
the approach to the target, flak guns within the Paris area opened up on the formation. Flak damaged
an engine; unable to remain airborne, the aircraft crashed at La Sablonnière, northeast of Chartres,
France. {39 missions}. SEQUATCHIEE.
3313 (MSN 8249) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very
Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ
19Jun44. Designated TB-17F 4May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH May45.
4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA 26May45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 26May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena,
CA Jul46; scrapped.
3314 (MSN 8250) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very
Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Roswell Auxiliary
Field #3, Dexter, Roswell, NM 4Jul44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 12Dec44. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 23Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz,
Glendale, CA 19Feb46; scrapped.
3315 (MSN 8251) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 548th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, 314th
Two Engine Flying Training Group, Roswell Field, NM 17Dec43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 11Dec44. 4160th Base Unit
(Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 10Aug45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 13Aug45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
3316 (MSN 8252) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls Field, MT 14May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
29May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 2Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 550th
Bomb Squadron [SG*F], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 26Jun43. Failed to
return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany
28Jul43 (10KIA). The 4th Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw enemy fighters
away from the 1st Combat Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered
from the Frisian Islands to the Initial Point. Enemy fighter opposition was intense and aggressive,
using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in without being seen; some were reported to
be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs on parachutes into the formation. En route,
B-17F 42-30257 was struck by an aerial bomb dropped from above by an enemy fighter. The explosion
affected the two bombers flying on the wing, B-17F 42-3316 and 42-30285, and all three then crashed
in the North Sea west of Sylt, Germany. BETTY BOOM / BIG STINKY.
3317 (MSN 8253) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 18May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
1Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 547th Bomb
Squadron [SO*W], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 10Jun43. {nil
missions}. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*Y], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 28Jun43.
{first combat mission 26Jul43}. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus
d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 7Sep43. Battle damaged during a
mission to the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault
aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was encountered as the
formation made its approach to the factories. Battle damaged on mission to railway marshalling yards
at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made visibility in the target area very poor. The 384th
Bomb Group led the combat wing across the northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls, subjecting the
formation to the fire of approximately one hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely accurate for
altitude and deflection; the lead Group took no evasive action. At the start of the bomb run, the
lead bombardier observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run on it;
the town was later identified as Coesfeld, Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but did not attack;
the P-47 Thunderbolt escort gave excellent protection and coverage. Battle damaged on mission to
ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; flak over the target was
intense. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again. Battle damaged on a mission
to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak but
intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the
industrial area at Düren, Germany 7Nov43. Flak was meagre and inaccurate over the target. Flak
damaged the no.4 engine cowling. Failed to return from a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero
engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 30Nov43 (1KIA:4POW:5EVD). Flak over Nieuwesluis,
Netherlands, was intense and accurate. The aircraft was struck by flak about fifteen minutes before
the target and dropped back from formation. Shortly after leaving the target area two engines
stopped running after the oil lines were shot away. It became clear that the plane wouldn't be able
to reach the North Sea or England; the captain ordered the crew to bail out. The plane crashed at
Sterrenbos, near Haelen, Netherlands. {20 missions}. SPIRIT OF '76.
3318 (MSN 8254) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6May43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18May43.
21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1Jun43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*R],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Jun43. 337th Bomb Squadron
[AW*M], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Jun43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Kerlin Bastard,at Lorient, Brittany, France 23Sep43 (10MIA).
Last reported on fire over the sea circling south of Lorient heading back towards France. Crashed in
the Bay of Biscay off Ile de Groix. Claimed by Herbert Huppertz, Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 2.
SHACK RABBIT II.
3319 (MSN 8255) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 18May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 333rd
Bomb Squadron [XM*A2], 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 5Jun43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Returned to US May44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 31Jul44. Materiel Division, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 1Aug44. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 2Aug44. 4000th Base Unit (Flight Test Division, Air
Technical Service Command), Wright Field, Dayton, OH 26Nov44. 1st Base Unit (Commanding General,
Army Air Forces), Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC 29Dec44. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 10Feb45. 4000th Base Unit (Flight Test Division, Air Technical Service
Command), Wright Field, Dayton, OH 20Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 11Oct45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Oct45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 15Oct45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
THIS END UP / WACKEROO II / SHACKEROO II.
3320 (MSN 8256) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 9May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
25th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. En route Denver to Great
Falls, MT crashed fourteen miles west of Fort Collins, CO 13May43 (2KIS). The pilot and flight
engineer were the only crew aboard. It is presumed that the pilot was flying by visual reference and
flew into Buckhorn Canyon where terrain rose underneath while clouds capped overhead and when
turning to reverse course, the aircraft flew into the side of the canyon. Surveyed 21May43.
3321 (MSN 8257) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
9/11May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire
Jun43. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*K], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 16Jun43. {first
combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works
at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43. A large force of enemy fighters attacked as the formation approached
the Netherlands. Flak was intense but generally inaccurate just south of the target area. Battle
damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 14Jul43.
Enemy fighter attacks were experienced en route to and from the target as well as heavy and accurate
flak. Battle damaged on a mission to the Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux,
Paris, France 3Sep43. A large number of enemy fighters attacked but were ineffective en route to the
target. Flak over the target was intense but inaccurate. The ball turret was damaged. Failed to
return from a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43
(10RMC). The Group encountered an estimated forty enemy fighters. However, the German pilots made
only cautious and inexpert attacks against the formation. Cloud cover over the target caused the
Group to return home and bomb any target they could find. On the way back, the Group strayed from
course and encountered considerable flak from numerous places which was moderate and accurate. With
fuel exhaustion, the aircraft ditched in the English Channel off the French coast north of Le Havre;
crew rescued. {7 missions}. KATHY JANE II.
3322 (MSN 8258) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO 10May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 10May43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17May43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 1Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*J], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Substantially damaged when the right landing gear collapsed on
landing at Snetterton Heath 17Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf
Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at Krzesiny, Poznan, Poland 11Apr44 (4MIA:6POW). Cloud cover
prevented bombing so diverted to the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke AG aircraft factory at Warnemünde,
Rostock, Germany. Intense and very accurate flak was experienced over Rostock; flak was moderate and
only fairly accurate elsewhere. A force of enemy fighters carried out aggressive attacks. Attacked
by enemy fighters and ditched in Baltic Sea, ten miles off the coast at Dankerdorf, ten miles
southwest of Riggenwalde, Germany. The plane broke in two on landing and quickly sank. FULL HOUSE.
3323 (MSN 8259) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
9/11May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 21May43. Major damage taxying at Moses Lake AAB
23Sep43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Avon Park Field, FL 9Apr44. 325th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Avon Park Field, FL 1May44. Designated TB-17F 9Apr45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 16Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3324 (MSN 8260) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
9/11May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 20May43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 27May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*H], 96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex 5Jun43.
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to railway
installations around Berlin, Germany 7May44 (8KIA:2POW). No enemy fighters were seen and friendly
support was satisfactory; accurate flak was encountered at Dümmer See, Germany, but was inaccurate
over Berlin. Despite problems with the valves of the 'Tokyo' fuel tanks, which had frozen, the plane
had completed its mission and on returning from the target, the pilot reduced the altitude in an
attempt to defrost the hydraulic fluid, which operates the valves to the 'Tokyo' tanks, and which
had frozen up making it impossible for the crew to obtain the fuel from the tanks. Three of the
engines failed as the plane ran out of fuel just after it left the target because of the hydraulics
failure. The pilot crawled back to the bomb bay area to try to resolve it; he was unable to open the
valve. After dropping to a lower altitude, the pilot gave orders to bail out. After they jumped the
plane sustained a direct hit by flak, exploded and crashed one mile east of Nedlitz, nine miles east
of Magdeburg, Germany. GEORGIA PEACH / RIKKI TIKKI TAVI.
3325 (MSN 8261) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
9/11May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18May43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 31May43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*Y], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to a Messerschmitt
Bf 110 aircraft component factory at Brunswick, Germany 30Jan44 (10POW). Enemy opposition was light;
flak was moderate and not accurate. The bomber was struck by a bomb dropped by an aircraft higher in
the formation. With the no.3 engine crippled, and despite efforts to keep up with the formation, the
bomber lost height and was eventually forced to crash land near the Belgian border. The crew were
unharmed until an enemy fighter strafed the aircraft, wounding two men seriously and six slightly.
The reason for this action was, the survivors believed, to prevent them setting fire to the wrecked
aircraft. PADDY GREMLIN.
3326 (MSN 8262) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31May43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 2Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron,
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to
the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 28Jul43 (10KIA). The 4th
Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw enemy fighters away from the 1st Combat
Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered from the Frisian Islands
to the Initial Point and on the route home. Enemy fighter opposition was intense and aggressive,
using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in without being seen; some were reported to
be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs on parachutes into the formation. Damaged
in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed in North Sea, north of Frisian islands, Netherlands.
MOORE-FIDITE II.
3327 (MSN 8263) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 390th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Moses Lake AAB, WA 22May43. 390th Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43. 390th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*T], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43.
{first combat mission 12Aug43}. Accident after aborting a mission to the Dürener Metallwerke AG
duralumin foundry, Düren, Germany 20Oct43 (10RMC). The plane turned back early because of mechanical
issues, still with a full bomb load and fuel tanks. A tire blew out on landing with the heavy load,
the landing gear collapsed and the plane skidded off the runway at Framlingham. {13 missions}.
Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 27Oct43. TET TMOTÉ.
3328 (MSN 8264) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT
7Jun43. 390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Jun43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
12Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*D], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission 19Aug43}. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (6KIA:4POW). Over Dordrecht,
Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation
was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious
fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts
arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Attacked and hit by German
fighters which caused the tail section to be blown off. The plane quickly broke in half, exploded
and crashed. After #328 exploded, B-17F 42-3415 unavoidably flew through the wreckage and also
crashed. Crashed at Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, Steinfurt, Germany. {14 missions}. MISS FORTUNE -
artwork of a woman reposing.
3329 (MSN 8265) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 14May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 22May43. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB,
MT 7Jun43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL. 390th Bomb Group,
Lewistown Field, MT 28Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
29Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 14Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via
Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 570th Bomb
Squadron [DI*F], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission
12Aug43}. Accident during assembly for a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine,
France 5Feb44 (1INJ:9RMC). The number one propeller oversped and the engine caught fire. The
aircraft was abandoned by the crew and crashed at Hounsell Wood, south of Hurst Green, East Sussex.
{31 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 8Feb44. SKIPPY. Guarded by the
RAF and remained on guard until it had been salvaged by 23Apr44.
3330 (MSN 8266) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 17May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 1Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Jun43. Westover Field, Chicopee, MA 9Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 11Jun43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*N],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 27Jun43. {first combat mission
4Jul43}. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris,
France 14Jul43 (5POW:5EVD). Intense and accurate flak was encountered on crossing the coast into
France but the heaviest and most accurate flak was fired from Le Havre as the Group returned home;
there were some enemy fighters but these made very few attacks on the formation. Struck by flak on
the bomb run which damaged and disabled no.1 engine, the pilot was able to maintain formation until
after the bomb drop then fell out of formation from 25,000 feet. Enemy fighters came in and attacked
as the pilot tried to drop the bomber down to the ground. Now down at 10,000 feet, the plane had
nothing left to keep it airborne. No.1 and no.4 engines were disabled, no.2 engine was losing oil,
all the superchargers had failed and the rudder was missing. Two 20mm cannon shells hit the pilots'
compartment destroying the oxygen system and wounding the engineer. There were holes in the wings,
a large hole in the fuselage above the waist gunners and time for the pilot to order the crew to
bail out. The aircraft crashed and exploded near the Montmort farm, 500 meters north of Les Essarts-
le-Roi, south of Versailles, France. {2 missions}.
3331 (MSN 8267) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 17May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jun43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron
[QE*Z], 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 5Jun43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. {first combat mission 13Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft submarine yard at Kiel, Germany 13Jun43. The formation was attacked by
a large force of aggressive enemy fighters en route to the target and until the formation had
departed over the North Sea. Flak was moderate over the target and accurate in range. Although in
flames over the target, the plane returned safely to Rougham. Failed to return from a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 14Jul43 (9KIA:2EVD). Enemy fighter
opposition was intense; meagre to moderate flak, mostly inaccurate, was encountered to the target.
When the Spitfire escort turned back, the group was attacked by enemy fighters which sought to
divide the bombers. The aircraft shortly came under enemy fire from three Fw 190 fighters. A second
round of enemy fighters engaged with the lead aircraft of the formation, B-17F 42-30243. Its crew
succeeded in destroying one of the enemy fighters which exploded in mid-air. While #243 managed to
dodge the debris from the exploding fighter, the broken fuselage of the damaged Fw 190 crashed into
the left wing tip of #331 breaking it off. The collision immediately set the aviation fuel in the
aircraft alight, and caused the aircraft to burst into flame. At the same time, with the left wing
damaged, the aircraft lost lift and went into a violent spin. The pilot briefly succeeded in
regaining control for long enough that two airmen bailed out of the aircraft. Though the waist
gunners had been thrown from their positions during the collision and lost their oxygen and intercom,
they bailed out of the crew door; the radio operator also managed to bail out but his parachute
failed, causing him to fall to his death. The remaining members of the crew did not escape before
the aircraft crashed at Les Pénétraux, Saint-Germain-des-Angles, 6km north of Évreux, France.
NATURALS / SALTY'S NATURALS II - artwork of a pair of dice.
3332 (MSN 8268) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 15May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 552nd Bombardier Training Squadron, 325th
Bombardier Training Group, Roswell Field, NM. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure
at Roswell Field, NM 31Mar44. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell
Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four
Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 11Dec44. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
La Junta Field, CO 29Mar45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46;
scrapped.
3333 (MSN 8269) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 14May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 390th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT
7Jun43. 390th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jul43. Assigned
to UGLY (Britain) 11Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Jul43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*O], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk Jul43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Failed to return from a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10RMC). The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After bombing the target the bomber turned towards
the Alps heading for Algeria. Damaged by enemy fighters and without enough fuel to reach Algeria, as
they flew over Switzerland the crew was given the chance to bail out; they all declined. Eventually,
with the fuel exhausted, the aircraft was ditched in the Mediterranean Sea, fifty miles off Bône,
Algeria. {3 missions}. PURGATORY PETE.
3334 (MSN 8270) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 15May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 551st Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, 314th
Two Engine Flying Training Group, Roswell Field, NM. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical
failure at Roswell Auxiliary Field #3, Dexter, Roswell, NM 15Feb44. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 12Dec44. 4124th Base Unit (Air
Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 8Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field,
OK for storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining
Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3335 (MSN 8271) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 1Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 13Jun43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 16Jun43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*Y], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Jun43. 549th Bomb Squadron. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Balderton
(Station 482), Lincolnshire 30Apr44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 29May45.
FICKLE [drawing of finger] OF?
3336 (MSN 8272) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14May43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 1Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jun43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Jun43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 30Jun43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air
Force, Oran, Algeria) 14Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 414th Bomb
Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria Jul43. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the airdrome
at Marcigliana, Rome, Italy 20Oct43 (10RMC). Hampered by bad weather, the bomber was returning to
base with its bomb load when engine problems forced the plane down and ditched in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The crew took to the life rafts and were adrift for twenty-one hours, floating between two small
islands off Rome. They were rescued by Italian fishermen and returned to base 25Oct43. Assigned to
DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned salvage 27Oct43. VIRGIN STURGEON.
3337 (MSN 8273) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
16/20May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun43. Denver, CO 10Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 11Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*C], 385th Bomb Group, Great
Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Ernst Heinkel
Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany 16Apr44 (10MIA). The primary target
was covered with clouds so the formation headed for the secondary target, the Hydrierwerke Pölitz AG
synthetic oil plant at Pölitz, Prussia. Severely damaged in an attack by enemy fighters, the pilot
headed for Sweden but the plane crashed in the Baltic Sea. THOROUGHBRED.
Note: a B-17F operated by the Luftwaffe with serial "23337" was reported during a mission to
Augsburg, Germany 16Mar44; tail code square G [385th Bomb Group].
3338 (MSN 8274) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
16/20May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO
10Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Jun43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 5Jul43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*P], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (5KIA:1POW:4EVD). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was
repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported
over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak
was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and
relative safety. Damaged by flak over the target, the plane dropped out of formation and was losing
altitude as it headed for France. At 18,000 feet the plane caught fire and enemy fighters came in
for the kill. The ball turret gunner, having used up all his ammunition, refused to bail out
intending to swing his guns to keep the fighters away but was killed by a 20mm cannon shell; two
other gunners were also killed. Most of the crew bailed out at 15,000 feet, the two pilots bailed
out at 10,000 feet. Crashed between Flirey and Essey-et-Maizerais, north of Toul, France.
SLEEPY TIME GAL.
42-3339/3393 Boeing B-17F-50-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-50-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Landing gear motor changed. P-8 starter relay.
3339 (MSN 8275) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 28May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 12Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 14Jul43. Galveston
Field, TX 13Aug43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 14Aug43. 373rd Sub
Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. 46th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Dalhart
Field, TX 25Oct43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. Substantially
damaged in an accident landing at Dyersburg AAB 29Jan44. Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 223rd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Dyersburg AAB, TN 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 15May45.
4124th Base Unit (Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 5Jun45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3340 (MSN 8276) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jun43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Jun43. Palm Springs Field, CA 21Jun43.
Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 25Jun43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force,
Oran, Algeria) 25Jun43. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN. 8th
Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME
27Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria Jul43. {first combat mission 15Jul43}. Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {22 missions}. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb
Group, Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy
20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group. The plane was
returning from a local night mission to give Allied searchlight batteries practice when the right
main wheel tire blew out, ran off the runway and stopped after the landing gear collapsed at
Amendola 10Jun44. Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft
15Jul44. Crashed at Amendola. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned salvage 14May45.
3341 (MSN 8277) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 18May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jun43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Jun43. Palm Springs Field, CA 21Jun43.
Operational Training Unit, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 25Jun43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement Training
Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 30Jun43. School of
Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 12Jul43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria Jul43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 21Aug43}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at Wiener Neustädt,
Vienna, Austria 2Nov43 (6KIA:4POW). Enemy fighters took on the bomber force in a tenacious and
continuous forty minute battle, before, during and after the bomb run. Attacked by enemy aircraft
and crashed at Eltendorf, Austria. {11 missions}. LADY BE GOOD.
3342 (MSN 8278) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Jun43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 7Jun43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean
Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 10Jun43. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 11Jun43. Ferried overseas on the South Atlantic/West Africa
route. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria Jun43. {first
combat mission 28Jun43}. Battle damaged on a tactical mission to Satellite #6 airdrome at Gerbini,
Sicily 6Jul43 (1WIA:9RMC). Two engines failed and, with fuel exhaustion from the increased power on
the remaining engines, left the formation at the African coast. The pilot made a forced landing in a
wheat field two miles east of Montcalm, Algeria, and thirty-five miles southwest of Constantine,
killing ten grazing sheep. A guard was placed on the airplane. The next day an engineering crew from
the 429th Bomb Squadron came and repaired one engine; the engineering pilot took off with three
engines and flew the plane back to base. Crashed shortly after takeoff from Aïn M'lila for a
tactical mission in support of Operation Husky to the Messina-Villa San Giovanni ferry terminals,
Italy 16Jul43 (10KIA). Loaded with sixteen 300-pound bombs, this was the first mission after having
three new engines installed. Immediately after the plane cleared the ground, engine number one
failed and the propeller was feathered. Then smoke began coming from engine number two. In a frantic
effort to maintain altitude, the pilot pulled the nose up as the airplane continued to lose power
and airspeed. The plane began to mush in a tail low attitude, the left wing went down, and the plane
crashed. The left wing hit the ground first, the right wing severed a power line, and with that
instantaneous mixture of high voltage, heat and fuel, thirteen of the sixteen bombs detonated,
scattering wreckage over a wide area. The only recognizable parts of the plane were four mangled
engines. {3 missions}. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force). Condemned 16Jul43. TUFF TIT.
3343 (MSN 8279) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Jun43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 6Jun43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 13Jun43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 15Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route.
32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria Jun43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Retrofitted with later style cheek and waist gun positions. Fifteenth
Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 11Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy
2Feb44. Landing accident at Foggia Main, Italy 12Feb44. {70 missions}. Declared 'war weary'.
Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. Air Depot 6Oct44. Believed to have
crashed on return to the US. Assigned to ACHE (Africa, Middle East). Condemned salvage 11Jul45.
SLICK CHICK - artwork based on Rita Hayworth publicity photo. Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend
(32BS/301BG).
3344 (MSN 8280) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jun43. 4th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Jun43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 11Jun43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 13Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route.
346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 29Jun43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy
2Apr44. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Budapest, Hungary 27Jun44
(4KIA:5POW). During the bomb run, the formation entered clouds when it was attacked by enemy
fighters. When next seen, the no.2 engine was on fire and the bomber went into a steep dive. Crashed
near Budapest. {16 missions}.
3345 (MSN 8281) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 7Jun43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 10Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB
11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29Jun43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 30Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th
Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 31Jun43. Failed to return
from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 28Jul43
(10POW). The 4th Combat Wing followed a diversionary route outbound to draw enemy fighters away from
the 1st Combat Wing going to Kassel, Germany. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered from the
Frisian Islands to the Initial Point and on the route home. Enemy fighter opposition was intense and
aggressive, using cloud cover above and below the bombers to close in without being seen; some were
reported to be firing large calibre cannon while others dropped bombs on parachutes into the
formation. Attacked by enemy fighters, ditched in North Sea, near IJmuiden, Netherlands. Claimed by
Oberleutnant Rudolf Patzak of 8./JG 54 flying a Bf 109 G-6. PAPER DOLL.
3346 (MSN 8282) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18May43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
18/22May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 11Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*C], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Returned to US. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Returned to Great Britain 5Dec44. Used for weather reconnaissance and transport.
Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station
11), West Palm Beach, FL 14Feb44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 15Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH
19Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 25Jul45. TUFF TITTY.
3347 (MSN 8283) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18May43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
18/21May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*C], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Jun43. Loaned to 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned 18Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (11RMC). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was
repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported
over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak
was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and
relative safety. Badly shot up and with fuel exhaustion, the crew bailed out before the bomber crash
landed at Rowington, Warwickshire. Eye witnesses suggest the aircraft, apart from a damaged wing,
was in one piece. {15 missions}. Condemned salvage 14Oct43. CHARLENE.
Conflict:
It is also reported that this bomber crash landed at Bovingdon and also flew a further eleven
missions between 13Dec43 and 7Jan44.
3348 (MSN 8284) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17May43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Kirtland
Field, Albuquerque, NM - Denver, CO 17/23May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 13Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 13Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Jun43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 5Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*G], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (6POW:4EVD). En route to the target area, the bomber
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak
was reported over the target. Leaving the target the plane was struck by flak disabling no.4 engine.
After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England. After turning to the rally point
and heading home, it was found that no.2 engine had been damaged. German fighters, having landed and
refuelled, attacked again. The no.4 engine had lost oil, the propeller was overspeeding and could
not be feathered. The plane was losing speed and straggling the formation. No.2 engine caught fire
and the pilot headed down for the cover of some clouds. By now over the French/German border, a
couple of enemy fighters came in for the kill. Tail and both waist gunners had been wounded by
bullet and 20mm cannon shells fragments. The aircraft had been badly damaged and was now down too
low for the crew to bail out. About 100 feet above the ground the plane rolled over on its right
side, the right wing crumpled and cushioned the impact of the crash in a ploughed field near Beney-
en-Woëvre, 800 meters northwest of the cemetery at Bouillonville, southwest of Metz, France. It had
spun around and skidded backwards; the forward fuselage and wings were destroyed by fire.
DOTTIE J III.
3349 (MSN 8285) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
19/23May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Jun43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 5Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd
Bomb Squadron [XM*E], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. Failed
to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Dec43 (10KIA).
When the target was found to be completely obscured, the Group turned to its secondary target, the
Luftwaffe airfield at Cognac. Finding this target also obscured and facing a fuel shortage, the
planes began jettisoning their bomb loads. Meagre flak along the route intensified over target and
about a dozen fighters attacked. Enemy aircraft set no.2 engine on fire, the aircraft crashed
Bordeaux, France. EL MANGAU / EL DIABLO (The Devil) / LIBERTY / EL LOBO.
3350 (MSN 8286) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
19/23May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Jun43. School of Applied
Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 16Jun43. 581st Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Mitchell Field, SD 7Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) 24Jul44. Returned to US 27Oct44. Condemned inventory 31Oct44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 27Oct44. 116th
Base Unit (Special Weapons), Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 13Dec44. 121st Radar Calibration
Detachment, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Dec44. 110th Base Unit (Staging Base), Mitchel Field,
Hempstead, Long Island, NY 3Apr45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 15Jul45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 16Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46; scrapped.
3351 (MSN 8287) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 11Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 10Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*Z], 92nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 24Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station
127), Bedfordshire 6Aug43. Regained by Group 7Aug43. Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire Sep43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 22Sep43. Regained by Group 27Sep43. Failed
to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RMC). En route
to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe
fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned
and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return
home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers
reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. On this mission the B-17 was the lead
in its formation. It was attacked many times on the way to and from Schweinfurt. Over the target,
its bombs hung up, eventually released over the English Channel. With fuel exhaustion, the aircraft
crash landed on a small airstrip at Winkfield, Berks, ground looped and burnt out. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 17Oct43. Sometimes referred to as the CABOOSE because it often
had the rearmost position in the massed formations for raids.
3352 (MSN 8288) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 7Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 410th
Bomb Squadron [GL*V], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Jul43. Battle
damaged during a mission to a synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter
opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. The left
wing trailing edge was struck by bombs dropped from a higher plane. Failed to return from a mission
to the port area of Bremen, Germany 29Nov43 (9KIA:1POW). Flak in the target area was meagre.
Attacked by enemy fighters. Crashed into North Sea, southwest of Borkum, Germany. VIRGIN'S DELIGHT -
artwork of a naked woman lying back on a bomb.
3353 (MSN 8289) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 8Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*L], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 13Jul43. Failed to return from an Operation Starkey mission
to the Hispano-Suiza aero engine factory at Bezons, Paris, France 9Sep43 (2KIA:8POW). Unfavourable
weather conditions over the primary target caused the bombers to divert to their secondary target, a
Luftwaffe airfield at Beaumont-sur-Oise, France. Damaged by flak and attacked by enemy fighters,
crash landed west of Évreux, 10km south of Beaumont-Le-Roger, France. Claimed by Oblt Georg Schroder
flying a Bf 109G-6 of JG2/11. TAR FLY.
3354 (MSN 8290) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Jun43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 26Jun43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 10Jul43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/
Africa route. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria
Jul43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #1, Cerignola,
Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {21 missions}. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th
Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy. Landing accident at Amendola 29May44. Air Depot 26Jun44.
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force).
Excluded inventory list 30Nov45. BIG STOOP.
3355 (MSN 8291) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 22May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 10Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Jul43. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*E], 385th Bomb
Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 18Jul43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned
salvage 29May45. NAN B.
3356 (MSN 8292) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 10Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 8Jul43. Ferried overseas
on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*U], 385th Bomb
Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 20Oct43. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 8Jul44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 11Jul44.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 18Aug44. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. MAYFLY.
3357 (MSN 8293) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 10Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 12Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29Jun43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Jun43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. H2S airborne, ground scanning
radar installed. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*S], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the rail marshalling yards at Frankfurt am
Main, Germany 8Feb44 (7POW:3EVD). Adverse winds pushed the formation off course and missed a
rendezvous with its fighter support; as it turned onto course enemy fighters of JG/ 11 appeared.
Engine no.3 was hit and a 20mm cannon shell exploded in the bomb bay, setting it on fire. The
cowlings were blown off no.1 and no.2 engines; no.3 engine was on fire and fuel was leaking from the
no.4 tank at which time the crew was ordered to bail out. The plane entered a spin preventing the
tail gunner to escape until it hit an air pocket at which time the gunner was vaulted out. Crashed
at 153 Rue du Caquet, Chevincourt, 12km north of Compiègne, France; there were a few civilian
casualties in this crash. IMMORTAL LADY.
3358 (MSN 8294) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 13Jun43. 333rd
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, TX
5Jul43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 15Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field,
NB 26Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 8Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
Statistical Control Unit 12Aug43. Equipped with H2S airborne, ground scanning radar and Oboe Mk 1
radar. 813th Bomb Squadron [Q], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Aug43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 27Aug43. 16th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy)
Special, 68th Reconnaissance Group, Foch Field, Tunisia Sep43. Converted for the ELINT role,
additional fuel tanks were installed in the bomb bay, and a radar observer's position was built in
the radio room with racks for receivers and seats for two observers. Two posts fitted on the spine
of the aircraft with Yagi-array direction-finding antennas and an additional post antenna. Foggia,
Italy 28Mar44. Flown to Ploesti, Rumania Oct44 to pick up spare parts for the 16th RS's captured
Wurzburg radar at the unit's base at Foggia. Returned to US Nov44. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean
Division, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 14Nov44. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 22Nov44. 4126th
Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), San Bernardino Field, CA 2Aug45. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 25Aug45.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 4Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 4Nov45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. THUNDER HEAD.
3359 (MSN 8295) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 25May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Jun43. Oklahoma City
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
AAB, NB 26Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 7Jul43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 10Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. Flown Gibraltar to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 17/18Jan44. Flown Casablanca, French Morocco to Heston, Middlesex 29Feb44.
Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy). Condemned 19Mar44. Flown Casablanca, French Morocco
to Heston, Middlesex 22Mar44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 27Mar44. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth
Air Force, Italy) 1May44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Repaired 9Aug44. Headquarters Squadron,
Eighth Air Force, Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire. Major damage when crash landed at
Bovingdon 22Dec44. Condemned salvaged after non battle damage 23Dec44.
3360 (MSN 8296) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 24May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 14Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 16Jun43. Substantially damaged when collided
with parked Aeronca L-3C 43-1927 in an accident caused by brake failure while taxying at Orlando AAB,
FL 21Jul43. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 7Aug43. 12th Radar Calibration Detachment, Fort Dix AAB,
Wrightstown, NJ 6Dec43. Substantially damaged in an accident taxying at Fort Dix AAB 26Jan44. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH. Statistical
Control Unit 19Jul44. St. Johns, Newfoundland. Returned to US 22Nov44. 121st Radar Calibration
Detachment, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22Nov44. 110th Base Unit (Staging Base), Mitchel Field,
Hempstead, Long Island, NY 5Jan45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jul45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 13Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46. Featured in film making by Paul
Mantz. Featured in films 'Command Decision' [1948] and 'Chain Lightning' [1950]. Registered 17Mar50
as N67974. California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg, FL, 8May50. Registration revoked 14Jan77,
cancelled 24Oct13. Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Bolivia, 1951. Registered CP-70. Reregistered CP-570.
Crashed El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia 21Sep55.
3361 (MSN 8297) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 22May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Jun43. Operational
Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 19Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA
22Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Jun43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air
Force, Oran, Algeria) 6Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 7Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route.
340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria Jul43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to
the Luftwaffe airfield at Capua, Naples, Italy 26Aug43 (10RMC). Attacked by Italian enemy fighters
of 22° Gruppo firing 37mm cannon shells, causing damage to the right wing and disabling the no.3
engine; minutes later, another engine was struck. The plane ditched thirty miles north of Palermo,
Italy; crew rescued.
3362 (MSN 8298) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 23May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 25May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Jun43.
Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 19Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 22Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Jun43.
Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 4Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 7/8Jul43. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb
Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 13Jul43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43.
San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Failed to return from a
tactical mission in support of the US Fifth Army to a bridge and town of Pontecorvo, Italy 22Jan44
(2KIA:8POW). Struck by flak and crashed near Pontecorvo. Condemned 22Jan44. CULTURED VULTURE.
Conflict:
533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 5Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 7Jan44.
3363 (MSN 8299) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 26May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 19Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. 346th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field,
NB 22Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 2Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 5Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh
(Station 111), Bedfordshire 14Aug43. Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe aircraft repair
depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 24Aug43 (2WIA:8RMC). Flak over the target was moderate but
accurate; although seen, enemy fighters did not attack this Group. The navigator and bombardier were
wounded by flak shrapnel; flak damage to both wings, nose compartment and dorsal fin. Battle damaged
on a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais,
France 27Aug43. There was moderate and accurate flak in the vicinities of Caen and the target; enemy
fighters were not encountered because of excellent and close friendly fighter support. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43.
Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the
way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. Enemy fighter attacks struck the right inner wing,
damaging the 'Tokyo' fuel tanks. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Sep43.
Regained by Group Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 4Oct43 (1KIA:9RMC). Flak over the target was moderate and accurate; a large force of enemy
fighters was encountered, Bf 110 twin-engined fighters firing rockets from a distance beyond the
range of the bombers' guns. The radio operator was killed by a 0.303 calibre bullet. Serious damage
to rudder, vertical stabilizer, right inner wing and radio compartment. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton
(Station 582), Lancashire; repair by Mobile Repair Unit 4Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little
Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 16Oct43. Regained by Group 26Oct43. Battle damaged on a
mission to the industrial areas of Emden, Germany 11Dec43. Flak over the target was moderate and
accurate, meagre flak was encountered elsewhere; no enemy fighters were seen. Battle damaged on a
mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. Intense and accurate flak was encountered over
the target; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany 22Dec43 (7KIA:3POW). Enemy fighter opposition was mediocre
until the I.P. but then strong through the target when the friendly escort was not available; flak
was meagre to moderate and accurate over the target. Just after dropping bombs on the target, enemy
fighter aircraft damaged engines no.1 and no.2 and severely damaged the wing. The plane exploded and
crashed at Verwalde, near Venne, ten miles northeast of Osnabrück, Germany. PUNCHY.
3364 (MSN 8300) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 24May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 11Jul43. 419th Headquarters Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Dyersburg AAB, TN 13Jul43. Major damage while parked in an accident by B-17F 42-30578 at Dyersburg
AAB 4Jan44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Galveston Field, TX. 202nd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Galveston Field, TX Apr44. Designated TB-17F 8Aug44. 268th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Mar45. 3018th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 29Oct45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Oct45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3365 (MSN 8301) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 26May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Harvard
Field, NB 2Aug43. 347th Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA. Sacramento Air
Depot, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 19Dec43. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Alexandria AAB, LA. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 6Sep44. Departed
US 25Sep44. Returned to US 5Oct44. Departed US 7Oct44. Returned to US 14Oct44. 4160th Base Unit
(Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB. Designated TB-17F 6Mar45. Substantially damaged
taxying at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Apr45. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Apr45. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training
Unit), Harvard Field, NB 7May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 24May45.
4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
Jul46; scrapped.
3366 (MSN 8302) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 25May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 14Jul43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 15Jul43. 395th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Ardmore Field, OK 25Oct43. 395th Combat Crew Training School,
Ardmore Field, OK 24Nov43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK. 235th
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 30Sep44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Apr45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Technical
Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 11Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 11Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3367 (MSN 8303) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 27May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 11Jul43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 13Jul43. 540th Bomb
Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Jul43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB, WA 23Oct43. 77th Sub
Depot, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Oct43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton
Field, OR Oct43. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB, WA. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Ardmore Field, OK. 2542nd Base Unit, Blackland Field, China Spring, Waco, TX
12Dec44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK 20Dec44. Designated TB-17F
22Jan45. 332nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK 1Apr45. 4120th Base Unit
(Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Designated RB-17F. Set aside for
USAAF Museum 22Aug45. Class 26E; ground instructional airframe 27Jan46. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Feb45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Kingman Field, AZ 10Feb46. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Feb46. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3368 (MSN 8304) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 14Jul43. 373rd Sub Depot,
Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. 346th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit, 21st
Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Oct43. 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Walker Field,
Victoria, KS. Substantially damaged in an accident at Walker Field 21Dec43. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Jun44. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field,
NB 21Jun44. Designated TB-17F 15Aug44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field,
NB 16Sep44. Departed US. Returned to US 7Oct44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB
16Dec44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 28Dec44. Damaged taxying at
Harvard Field 7Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 24May45. 4160th Base
Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
3369 (MSN 8305) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 14Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 15Jul43. 373rd
Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Dec43. Armament and armour removed. Arrived at Rockcliffe, ONT 9Dec43.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force 13Dec43 as Fortress Mark IIIA, serial 9204. 168th Heavy
Transport Squadron, Rockcliffe, ONT Dec43. Used for cargo and mail flights to Europe and North
Africa. Damaged beyond repair at Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada 17Sep44. The Fortress had just landed
after a long flight from Prestwick. As the Fortress was taxying along the Rockcliffe flight line,
the undercarriage collapsed, seriously damaging the engines and propellers. SOC; salvaged for spares
11Oct44.
3370 (MSN 8306) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
14Jul43. 505th Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg AAB, TN 15Jul43. Substantially damaged
landing with mechanical failure at Dyersburg AAB 2Aug43. Surveyed 1Sep43. 223rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN. Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with B-17F
42-6116 at Dyersburg AAB 6Jun44. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-30787 and crashed after some of the
crew bailed out eight miles west of Brownsville, TN 27Sep44 (1KIS).
3371 (MSN 8307) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 18Jul43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. Major damage in a takeoff
accident with resulting ground loop at Drew Field 16Jan44. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training
Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. 4000th Base Unit (Flight Test Division, Air Service Command),
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 23Jul44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria
AAB, LA. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK 1Dec44. Designated TB-17F
22Jan45. 332nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field, OK 1Aug45. Designated RB-17F
9Sep45. 555th Base Unit (5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Sep45.
Fatal accident when crash landed caused by weather at Adams Field, Little Rock, AR 12Sep45. 581st
Base Unit (4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Adams Field, Little Rock, AR 18Sep45. Reclaim
14Oct45. Reclaim complete 13Nov45.
3372 (MSN 8308) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 16Jul43. Jackson AAB, MS
17Jul43. 502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg AAB, TN 2Aug43. Substantially damaged when
the left landing gear collapsed after landing at Dyersburg AAB 4Nov43. 346th Combat Crew Training
School, Dyersburg AAB, TN Jan44. 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS.
247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jun44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26Jun44. 247th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Aug44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School), Dalhart Field, TX 26Aug44. Statistical Control Unit 11Sep44. Returned to US
25Oct44. 441st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School-Fighter), Van Nuys Metropolitan Airport, CA.
242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 25Oct44. 4103rd Base Unit
(Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Jackson AAB, MS. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Feb45. 4103rd Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service
Command), Jackson AAB, MS 18Feb45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson
AAB, MS 19Feb45. Designated TB-17F 11Mar45. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Davis-
Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 6May45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson
AAB, MS 13May45. Designated RB-17F 13Sep45. 4103rd Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command),
Jackson AAB, MS Sep45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 23Sep45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 23Sep45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3373 (MSN 8309) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 16Jul43. 346th Combat Crew
Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN Jan44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg
AAB, TN Apr44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB. Statistical Control
Unit 11Jun44. Assigned to BADE (Caribbean Air Command) 11Jun44. Headquarters, Heavy Bomb Group,
McCook Field, NB 15Jul44. 214th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Peterson Field, Colorado
Springs, CO 29Jul44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs,
CO. Damaged while parked in an accident by B-17F 42-5968 at Rapid City AAB, SD 25Aug44. Designated
TB-17F 25Aug44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alliance Field, NB 4Sep44. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 10Nov44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
School), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; scrap 2Aug45.
Reclaim complete 14Aug45.
3374 (MSN 8310) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 503rd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
16Jul43. Substantially damaged landing at Dyersburg AAB 12Aug43. 373rd Sub Depot, Combat Crew
Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City,
OK 13Nov43. 395th Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore Field, OK. Substantially damaged when force
landed with fuel exhaustion on a soft, muddy field at Neosho CAA Intermediate Landing Field, MO
1Mar44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 8Sep44. Designated RB-17F. 4126th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), San Bernardino Field, CA. Reclaimed 20Nov45. Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio; to be used in making the movie 'Footprints in the Sky'. In the
event, this film was never made and 42-3374 sat in storage at MGM until the 1960s. At that time, it
was transferred to Ed Maloney's "Planes of Fame" air museum at Chino Airport in California. Ed
Maloney traded the plane to the Beale AFB museum near Marysville, CA in 1981. In 1989, 42-3374 was
transferred to Offutt AFB, Bellevue, Omaha, NE to be displayed as a gate guardian. USAF Museum Loan
Program. On loan to Offutt AFB, NE. Preserved and on display at Offutt AFB, NE as 42-30230 of 562nd
Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall, Suffolk, England. HOMESICK ANGEL.
3375 (MSN 8311) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 16Jul43. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Gulfport Field, MS. Ferrying Wing, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 11Jun44. 3711th Base Unit (Factory School), Boeing Aircraft Company, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA
24Jun44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 19Feb45.
Designated TB-17F 6Apr45. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO
19Apr45. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 29Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz,
Glendale, CA 19Feb46; scrapped.
3376 (MSN 8312) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 594th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA
16Jul43. Substantially damaged in an accident caused by a truck driver at Moses Lake AAB 4Aug43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX. Designated TB-17F 26Jan45. Designated
RB-17F. Reclaim 2Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 4Nov45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3377 (MSN 8313) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Jul43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 16Jul43. 395th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Ardmore Field, OK 25Oct43. 395th Combat Crew Training School, Ardmore
Field, OK 24Nov43. Damaged by mechanical failure in a personnel accident five miles northeast of
Ardmore 1Feb44 (1INJ); the ball turret gunner was injured rotating the turret. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Rapid City AAB, SD. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Sioux City AAB, IA 17Oct44. Crashed when the crew bailed out after engine failure 9.5 miles west of
Isabella, MN 22Nov44. Surveyed 28Nov44. Reclaim complete 6Dec44.
3378 (MSN 8314) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jun43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 26Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 8Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 563rd Bomb Squadron [Q], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 19Aug43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Norma
Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (1KIA:9POW). Fighter opposition was
the strongest encountered to date with about 150 enemy fighters attacking the formation. A few
spasmodic attacks were made on the formation en route to Stuttgart, but the large concentration was
first met in the vicinity of the I.P. Because the squadron formation was too loose it was open to
attack by enemy fighters. Damaged in an attack by the fighters, the crew bailed out and the plane
crashed near Stuttgart, Germany. {4 missions}. SILVER DOLLAR.
3379 (MSN 8315) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Jun43. Combat Crew
Trainin9g School, Casper AAB, WY 28Jun43. Sargeant Provisional Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 30Jun43. Crash after structural failure and destroyed by fire at White City,
KS 3Jul43 (10KIS). Class 26; ground instructional airframe 4Jul43.
3380 (MSN 8316) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 31May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Jun43. 331st
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
AAB, NB 30Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 6Jul43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran,
Algeria) 8Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb
Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria Jul43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Substantially damaged in an accident involving B-17F 42-30122 and parked B-17F 42-30127 during
landing at Ponte Olivo, Gela, Sicily 23Oct43. Failed to return from a mission to the Wiener
Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at Wiener Neustädt, Vienna, Austria 2Nov43 (3KIA:6POW). En route to
the target, the supercharger on the no.1 engine had failed but the plane was keeping up with the
Group formation. Almost simultaneous with reaching the Initial Point, flak began working its way
toward the plane. At the same time, enemy fighters were spotted manoeuvring into position and
started to attack. A flak shell burst below the right wing, throwing the plane violently upwards.
The main point of damage was in the wing, directly behind no.3 engine, setting fire to it as well.
No. 3 engine was completely disabled. The fighter attacks had destroyed the elevator controls and it
took combined strength to hold the plane straight and level for the bomb run. The tail gunner was
killed on one fighter pass and the ball turret gunner was apparently killed instantly by the flak
burst that so damaged the wing. Another flak burst, quite close, destroyed what was left of the
aileron control and the A.F.C.E. mechanism too was not functioning. After dropping their bombs on
the target, as the Group rallied on their way home, the crew had no choice but to continue straight
ahead, hoping to reach a safe place to bail out before the fire reached the fuel tank. One of the
top turret guns jammed, and being small, the gunner had to duck down out of the turret to clear the
jam. While thus engaged, a cannon shells from an enemy fighter perforated the cockpit, and a 20mm
cannon shell burst in the turret, blowing it completely off the plane. The crew started to bail out
and the plane crashed between Thernberg and Scheiblingkirchen, southeast of Neunkirchen, Austria.
{32 missions}.
3381 (MSN 8317) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jun43. Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jun43. 331st Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Casper AAB, WY 28Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 30Jun43. School
of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 7Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 10Jul43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-
Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria Jul43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia
15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Major battle damage on a mission to a railway between
San Vincenzo and Cecina, south of Livorno, Italy 4Nov43. Assigned to DUKO (Twelfth Air Force).
Condemned damage by flak 4Nov43. Salvaged.
3382 (MSN 8318) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28May43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Jun43. 333rd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island
Field, NB 4Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 7Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 11Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 14Aug43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire
Aug43. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*S], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 22Feb44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Annahof,
Oranienburg, Germany 22Mar44. Cloud cover confounded efforts to attack the Heinkel factory, the
Group diverted to the secondary target, the Friedrichstraße railway station, Berlin. Intense and
accurate flak was encountered from the Initial Point to after the target; accurate flak was
encountered on the route home, that in the Dümmer See area was the heaviest. There was no enemy
fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to the Dornier-Werke GMBH aircraft works at
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 24Apr44 (1WIA:9RMC). Strong enemy fighter opposition was
encountered from Augsburg until after the target; flak was meagre but accurate inbound over the
coast and moderate to intense over the target. Returning home after the target, damaged by 20mm
cannon shells; the engineer/top turret gunner was struck and seriously wounded by a bullet. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Mühlenbau und Industrie AG aircraft assembly halls at Waggum, Brunswick,
Germany 26Apr44. Unable to sight for visual bombing, the formation turned to the secondary target,
the city of Brunswick using PFF. Moderate and accurate flak was encountered in the Dümmer See area;
there was no enemy fighter opposition. Accident on a training flight 9May44 (10RMC). Fire broke out
in no.2 engine and cockpit then no.1 engine stopped. The plane was unable to reach base and crash
landed at Wilden, Bedfordshire. It hit a tree, skidded a long way and burnt out; no injuries to crew
members. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 10May44.
3383 (MSN 8319) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jun43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 26Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL
7Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul43. Assigned to GLEN
(Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 10Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route.
346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 28Jul43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy
20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Participated in the first Operation Frantic shuttle
mission to railway marshalling yards at Debrecen, Hungary 2Jun44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Galati, Rumania 6Jun44, returning to Poltava. Failed to return to base in Italy on the
last sortie of Operation Frantic shuttle mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Focsani, Rumania
11Jun44 (2KIA:9POW). Lagging behind the formation and attacked by enemy fighters, an engine on the
right wing was disabled, the plane lost altitude, exploded and crashed near Bucharest, Rumania. In
the Fortress was the photographic officer of the 97th Bomb Group. He had In his possession
approximately 500 still pictures and several thousand feet of motion pictures, all taken on the
base or in Poltava. He was the only man killed, being machine-gunned through the chest; the
remainder of the crew bailed out and the bomber crashed scattering photos and movie film across the
countryside, to be collected by the Germans and their allies. One of the photographs was used to
locate the Allied bomber force that was decimated on the ground at Poltava by a major German strike
force night of 21/22Jun44. CESSPOOL CEDRICK / SPIRIT OF McCOOK. Named by the 346th Bomb Squadron
commander, a native of McCook, Nebraska.
3384 (MSN 8320) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Jun43. 333rd
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 26Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field (Station 2), ME 6Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 9Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 27Aug43. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd
Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia Aug43. {first combat mission 7Sep43}. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. {18 missions}. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. Major damage in an
accident landing at Lucera 5Jul44. {53 missions}. Assigned to OHAM (Fifteenth Air Force, Italy). Air
Depot 20Jul44. Condemned salvage 14Sep44.
3385 (MSN 8321) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 5Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Jun43. Operational
Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 26Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. Oboe MK I radar installed. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*K], 92nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 11Aug43. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*C], 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 25Aug43. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical Air Depot,
Stansted (Station 169), Essex 5Feb44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 29May45.
3386 (MSN 8322) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jun43. 333rd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 29Jul43.
8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME
Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 22Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*H], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43
(10KIA). The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the
Dutch coast all the way to the target. En route to the target the plane had been flying a wing
position and the whole formation was in a flat turn. The pilot of a damaged Fw 190 lost control,
passed over the formation and crashed into the bomber on the turn. It disintegrated and the wreckage
crashed over a wide area near Bellingwolde, Netherlands, 25km south of Emden, Germany. MARIE HELENA.
The Luftwaffe pilot was Oberleutnant Erich Hondt of II./JG 11 flying a Fw 190 A-5/U12 Wn 410266,
'Black 13'; he was thrown out and survived.
3387 (MSN 8323) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jun43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Jun43. 333rd Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 15Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 26Jul43. 8th Ferrying
Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 3Aug43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*O], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire Aug43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Sep43.
Regained by Group 6Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43
(10POW). Enemy fighter opposition was encountered but eventually chased off by the P-47 Thunderbolt
escort; flak was accurate and intense over Bremen but meagre and inaccurate to/from the target.
Damaged by flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Germany.
3388 (MSN 8324) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 26Jun43. 388th Bomb Group, Walla Walla AAB, WA 27Jun43. 388th Bomb Group, Portland AAB, OR
1Jul43. 388th Bomb Group, Walla Walla AAB, WA 3Jul43. 388th Bomb Group, Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney AAB, NB 9Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 12Jul43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 2Aug43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*F],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Aug43. Battle damaged on mission to railway
marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and
fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy
aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also
encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had
already been done. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. During the bomb run flak damaged
an engine and the plane was unable to keep up with the formation. The pilot continued and dropped
the bombs over the target alone before turning off. The crew considered going to Switzerland but
decided to head home. The bomber was attacked by several enemy fighters but avoided serious damage
by using fighter style evasive tactics and then dropped down into some clouds below. By this time
another engine had failed. Before the plane reached the enemy coast a third engine failed and the
crew prepared to ditch in the North Sea as the pilot nursed the remaining engine. Upon reaching
England, the pilot prepared to land at the first runway he found which was a B-24 Liberator base.
He called in on the radio, "I'm coming in" and the base replied that they had crippled B-24s
incoming and that he should circle around one time so they could work them into the formation to
land, to which he once again said "I'm coming in. Over and Out". As he prepared to land, the last
engine quit, made a rough 'dead stick' landing and coasted as long as he could before he ground
looped the plane off the runway. 548th Bomb Squadron. Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-30135 and
42-5902 while taxying at Metfield (Station 366), Suffolk 13Oct43; two parked P-47D Thunderbolts,
42-22459 and 42-74736, were also damaged. Failed to return from a mission to the Dornier
Flugzeugwerke factory at Lowenthal, Friedrichshafen, Germany 24Apr44 (6KIA:4RMC). Flak over the
target was intense and accurate. The aircraft suffered heavy flak damage over Germany and all four
engines cut out. the pilot dived the plane to 5,000 feet and managed to restart the damaged engines.
The crew then had a vote and opted to fly back towards the safety of Britain, rather than trying to
make it to Switzerland, which was closer. At 5,000 feet the bomber was a sitting duck and repeatedly
attacked over France where two German fighters further damaged the aircraft, disabling three of the
four engines. The pilot managed to limp the aircraft back over the English Channel on a single
engine but had to ditch off Dungeness, Kent. Spotted by a couple of RAF Spitfires, three crew in a
dinghy were rescued by a Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft
[L2315]. In rough seas, the Walrus was unable to take off so taxyed into the harbour at Dover, Kent.
SLEEPYTIME GIRL. A propeller from Sleepytime Girl was brought ashore by a local fisherman, after it
had caught in his nets; it is now on display at the Pilot Inn, Dungeness.
3389 (MSN 8325) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jun43. 346th
Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 22Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 1Aug43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 13Aug43. Battle damaged by enemy fighters on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Mestre, Venice, Italy 6Oct43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th
Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to Toulon, France
22Nov43. Ditched, crew rescued. Condemned crash 23Nov43. RANGY LIL.
3390 (MSN 8326) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
4/11Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jun43. 314th Two Engine Flying
Training Group, Roswell Field, NM 27Jun43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy),
Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. Substantially damaged in an accident landing in
bad weather at Roswell Field 15Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 11Jan45. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta
Field, CO 18Apr45. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 29Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul
Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46; scrapped.
3391 (MSN 8327) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 2Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Jun43. 346th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 22Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field (Station 2), ME 1Aug43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 1Aug43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the
Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at Wiener Neustädt, Vienna, Austria 2Nov43 (4KIA:5POW). Flak
was intense and accurate over the target, but enemy fighters attacking the formation head-on in line
abreast formation managed to shoot down the bomber, setting fire to no.3 engine. Leaving the
formation, the aircraft was attacked again with pieces falling off. In a spin with the engine on
fire, it exploded and crashed at Mönichkirchen, Austria. {32 missions]. GEORGIA PEACH - artwork of a
female kneeling about to throw a bomb. Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG).
3392 (MSN 8328) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 4Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Jun43. 346th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 22Jul43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 1Aug43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic/Africa route. Assigned to ELMS (Northwest African Air Forces)
8Aug43. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. {23 missions}. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #1, Cerignola, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {89 missions}.
97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy. Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training
and weather check aircraft. Air Depot 11Oct44. Returned to US May45. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean
Division, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 9May45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 10May45. War
Assets Administration.
3393 (MSN 8329) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 4Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jun43. 346th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Jun43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 24Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 4Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*Y], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Jul43. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong opposition from enemy
fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was
sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed at the Twelfth Air
Force base at Berteaux, east of Telergma, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return
to England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Battle
damaged during a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (1DOI:3WIA:5RMC). The
formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all
the way to the target. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Just before
the target, flak hit the nose compartment injuring the bombardier but he managed to release the
bombs accurately. After the bombs had been released, flak destroyed engine no.4, cutting control
wires and the left elevator was ripped to shreds, plunging the bomber into an out of control
spinning dive. Regaining control 3,000ft lower, the crew planned how to return to base. Fighting off
attacks by enemy fighters, the bomber reached the coast, slowly losing altitude. Expecting to ditch
in the North Sea, equipment was jettisoned to reduce weight. This was sufficient to maintain
altitude and, eventually, the crew spotted a fighter airfield in East Anglia where the pilot elected
to land with several injured crew members. With the hydraulics and brakes inoperative, the frayed
rudder cables snapped as the aircraft touched down leaving the pilots with no control over the
landing run. The aircraft hit a large tree when it crash landed at RAF Ludham, Norfolk. The tree
passed between the no.2 engine and the fuselage, spinning the aircraft around. The fighters which
the crew had spotted on the airfield turned out to be decoys on a dummy airfield; medical help took
two hours to arrive. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 10Oct43. {21 missions}.
JUST-A-SNAPPIN'. DID YOU SAY TEN CENTS (nickname for the Regensburg Mission). BLAKELY'S PROVISIONAL
GROUP.
42-3394/3422 Boeing B-17F-55-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-55-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Provision for auxiliary power unit to operate main electrical system. B-3 bomb release
control; AN5790 thermometer.
3394 (MSN 8330) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 6Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 27Jun43. 552nd Bomb Squadron, 325th Bomb Group
(Reconnaissance), Roswell Field, NM. Substantially damaged when force landed after engine failure at
Roswell Field 29Mar44. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM.
Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field,
Mesa, AZ 11Jan45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM
10Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal
13Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3395 (MSN 8331) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 6Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
24Jun43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 30Jun43. Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 8Jul43. Assigned to GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 14Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jul43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 2Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route by a 388th Bomb Group crew. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 561st Bomb Squadron [V], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed
at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to
England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Battle
damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy
fighters; flak over the target area was very intense and accurate. Accident returning from a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 7Jan44. The landing gear would not
lower, the plane was diverted and crash landed at Honington (Station 375), Suffolk. 1st Strategic
Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall. Major
damage in an accident during takeoff from Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 31May44. 1st Strategic
Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz, Germany 16Aug44. A small force of enemy fighters was
encountered en route; intense accurate flak was encountered at the target. Battle damaged on a
mission to the I.G. Farben Hydrierwerke synthetic fuel refinery at Pölitz, Prussia 25Aug44. Intense
and accurate flak was encountered at the target. {final combat mission 25Sep44}. {44 missions}.
Salvaged 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Assigned to GLUE (United States
Air Forces in Europe). Condemned 'returning US' 2Jan47. PASSIONATE WITCH II.
3396 (MSN 8332) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
6/7Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jun43. 88th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 23Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB,
NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 17Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
337th Bomb Squadron [AW*D], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Jul43. Major
damage landing after a practice mission at Snetterton Heath 26Apr44; the right landing gear
collapsed. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage after non battle damage 26Apr44.
3397 (MSN 8333) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
6/7Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jun43. 88th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 24Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB,
NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 2Aug43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*H], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux,
France 5Dec43 (6MIA:1KIA:3POW). When the target was found to be completely obscured, the Group
turned to its secondary target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Cognac. Finding this target also obscured
and facing a fuel shortage, the planes began jettisoning their bomb loads. Meagre flak along the
route intensified over target and about a dozen fighters attacked. The pilot flew out over the Bay
of Biscay when the bomber developed engine trouble and dropped out of the formation, flying alone
about four miles behind the rest of the squadron formation. Two German fighters came upon the plane
and began an attack from above and below the bomber, resulting in severe damage to the rear end of
the plane and starting a fire in the radio room. The ball turret and both waist gunners were
severely wounded during the attack. The pilot ordered the airmen to bail out but then made a
decision to ditch into the ocean. The plane was approximately twenty miles away from shore when the
pilot turned it around and began heading back towards the coast as the plane descended. The tail
gunner and radio operator, who had not been wounded, jettisoned burning equipment prior to the
landing. After the pilot successfully brought the plane down on the water the crew immediately began
inflating two rubber life rafts. They escaped the burning plane and the German fighters broke off
from their attack. The rafts began taking enemy fire from the shore, shot by Indian troops fighting
for the Germans. After a number of hours had passed, the survivors were picked up by a German Air-
Sea Rescue plane. Ditched in Bay of Biscay, 6km northwest of Lacanau, France. THE FIGHTING COCK -
artwork of a fighting cock.
3398 (MSN 8334) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 4Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
6/9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 9Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 24Jun43. 88th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 25Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB,
NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to
GLEN (Twelfth Air Force, Oran, Algeria) 15Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 2Aug43. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*Q], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Aug43. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. H2S airborne, ground scanning radar
installed. {flew PFF combat missions leading formations within the 1st Bomb Division}. 358th Bomb
Squadron [VK*Q], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire May44. {first combat
mission 7May44}. {final combat mission 12May44}. {2 missions}. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Returned to US Jul44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Jul44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Technical Service
Command, Okmulgee Field, OK. Air Forces Center, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 18Feb45. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut
Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas
Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. MRS. SATAN THE QUEEN OF HELL.
3399 (MSN 8335) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification Center #3, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 8Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 318th
Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla AAB, WA 27Jun43. Ferried to Pendleton Field, OR 28Jun43.
Plummer Provisional Group, Pendleton Field, OR 28Jun43. Crashed on a ferry flight after departing
Pendleton Field destined for Grand Island, Nebraska 28/29Jun43 (10KIS). From there, the bomber would
join the other members of the 383rd Bomb Group and continue to England. Around midnight, the captain
radioed that their position was near Powder River, Wyoming. They were not heard from again. After
they failed to arrive in Grand Island, the plane was declared missing and the Army mounted a search
effort with no results. A second search was conducted the following year, concentrating on the Wind
River Mountains, Absaroka Mountains and Big Horn Mountains, but still no wreckage was spotted. Two
cowboys spotted something shiny on a ridge line in the Cloud Peak area of the Big Horn Mountains,
eighteen miles north-northeast of Ten Sleep, WY 12Aug45. They discovered the wreckage and the
deceased crew. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was nearly 120 miles off course to the
north and flying below the prescribed flight altitude, thus below the elevation of the Big Horn
Mountain range. No official cause for the crash was ever determined but it is presumed that
malfunctioning navigational equipment, and a moonless night combined with bad weather, caused the
pilot to not see the ridge until it was too late. SCHARAZAD. After a petition by veterans groups in
Wyoming, the previously unnamed ridge was christened Bomber Mountain by the US Forest Service
22Aug46. In honor of the crew members, a commemorative plaque was placed on the shores of Florence
Lake, 1.5 miles from the crash site. The main fuselage, engines, landing gear, etc. are all extant
on the south slope; the tail section is on the north side of the peak.
3400 (MSN 8336) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification Center #3, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 8Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 9Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 24Jun43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 25Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Jul43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 19Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 336th
Bomb Squadron [ET*D], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 3Aug43. {first combat mission
15Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart,
Germany 6Sep43. The Group encountered an estimated forty enemy fighters. However, the German pilots
made only cautious and inexpert attacks against the formation. Cloud cover over the target caused
the Group to return home and bomb any target they could find. On the way back, the Group strayed
from course and encountered considerable flak from numerous places which was moderate and accurate.
With fuel exhaustion, on return force landed at RAF Ford, West Sussex. Battle damaged during a
mission to the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault
aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was encountered as the
formation made its approach to the factories. Battle damaged during a mission to the port area of
Emden, Germany 2Oct43. Just prior to the target, the formation was attacked by a force of German
fighters which approached the bombers by pretending to be their fighter escort; flak was moderate
and accurate at the target. Empty shell casings from other bombers caused damage, particularly to
the tail section. Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43.
The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast
all the way to the target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered
intense flak. Flak damage to the left wing adjacent no.2 engine nacelle. Battle damaged on mission
to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was
moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large
force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and
accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the
Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. Battle
damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43.
Flak over the target was meagre and accurate. A small group of enemy fighters attacked the
formation from the Initial Point, over the target and continued back to France. {final combat
mission 6Jun44}. Substantially damaged taxying at Horham 2Aug44. {39 missions}. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 21Jun45. The GREMLIN'S SWEETHEART - artwork of a naked woman
with angels wings wearing boots and dropping bombs.
3401 (MSN 8337) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification Center #3, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 8Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 27Jun43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four
Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 30Jun43. Kansas City, KS 9Dec43. 451st Pilot Transition
Training Squadron, Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL. Substantially damaged
landing with structural failure at Hendricks Field 14Dec43. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL Apr44. Designated TB-17F 4Oct44. Designated
RB-17F 5Ssep45. Declared excess 5Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 9Jan46. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3402 (MSN 8338) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 26Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 15Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 25Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (9POW). The Group encountered an estimated forty enemy fighters. However,
the German pilots made only cautious and inexpert attacks against the formation. Cloud cover over
the target caused the Group to return home and bomb any target they could find. On the way back, the
Group strayed from course and encountered considerable flak from numerous places which was moderate
and accurate. Flak damaged no.2 engine but, unable to feather the propeller, crashed Germany close
to the Swiss border. The pilot landed in Switzerland and was interned. The remaining crew members
were captured when they landed in Germany instead of Switzerland. THE POONTANG.
3403 (MSN 8339) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 9Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jun43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Jun43. Denver, CO
27Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 3Jul43. Combat Crew Training School,
Alexandria AAB, LA 7Jul43. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA Apr44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Jun44. 221st
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA 3Aug44. 2509th Base Unit (Bombardier
School), Big Spring Field, TX 1Dec44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB,
LA 16Dec44. Designated TB-17F 17Jan45. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB,
LA 1Mar45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 23Jun45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3404 (MSN 8340) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 7Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 30Jun43. 452nd Pilot Transition Training Squadron, Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks
Field, Sebring, FL 7Jul43. Crash landed after engine failure close to Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
15Mar44. Surveyed 16Mar44.
3405 (MSN 8341) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jun43. Army Flying School, Roswell Field, NM 27Jun43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Roswell Field, NM 30Apr44. Designated TB-17F 6Nov44. 3010th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ 12Dec44. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot
School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 29Mar45. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 29Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal for
storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46;
scrapped.
3406 (MSN 8342) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM
- Long Beach, CA - Denver, CO 9/25Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 25Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jul43. Assigned
to UGLY (Britain) 16Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*V], 306th Bomb
Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 4Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the Scholven
AG synthetic fuel hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (8KIA:2POW). Because of
solid clouds at the Initial Point, the Group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at
Recklinghausen, Germany. There was intense enemy fighter opposition from the I.P. which continued
until the P-47 escort arrived on the way out. Flak in the Ruhr valley was heavy, intense and
accurate, forming a solid wall in the target area. Damaged by flak, the aircraft exploded and
crashed at Hommerich, thirteen miles northeast Cologne, Germany. BIG OPERATOR - artwork of a cartoon
rabbit riding a bomb.
3407 (MSN 8343) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. Pilot Transition Training Squadron, Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 6Jul43. Major damage in an accident with parked Douglas A-24 Banshee 42-54683 at Kelly
Field, San Antonio, TX 12Jan44. San Antonio Air Service Command, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL Apr44.
Designated TB-17F. Declared excess 17Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3408 (MSN 8344) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 28Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 1Jul43. Kingman Field,
AZ. Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18Aug43. Pilot Transition Training
Squadron, Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 4Oct43. Designated TB-17F 4Oct44.
Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure at Hendricks Field 26Nov44. Surveyed 1Dec44.
Gained from survey 6Mar45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; scrap 11Jun45. Reclaim complete
17Jul45.
3409 (MSN 8345) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 27Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 30Jun43. 915th Flexible
Gunnery Training Squadron, Flexible Gunnery School, Apalachicola Field, FL. Substantially damaged
when force landed on fire at Apalachicola Field 13Apr44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. 2135th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Tyndall
Field, Panama City, FL. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 19Nov44. Designated RB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 28Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3410 (MSN 8346) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 9Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 28Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 30Jun43. 2137th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL Apr44. Designated TB-17F
2Oct44. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 26Oct44. 2137th
Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 3Jan45. Designated
RB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped.
3411 (MSN 8347) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 11Jun43. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification
Center #3, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field,
Dallas, TX. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 28Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Nutts
Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 13/14Sep43. Substantially damaged when ground looped
and collided with parked B-17G 42-37737 and 42-37761 Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 16Sep43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 21Sep43. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*I],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 21Sep43. 448th Sub Depot, Air Service Command,
Ridgewell 5Jan44 for repairs. {>11 missions}. Eighth Air Force Service Command 19May44. Returned to
US Jul44. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field (Station 8),
FL 11Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
13Jul44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
1Sep44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH May45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 8May45. War Assets Administration.
JOMO.
3412 (MSN 8348) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification
Center #3, Love Field, Dallas, TX 15Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field,
Dallas, TX. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field (Station 3), Bangor, ME 14Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 27Jul43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing,
Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 365th Bomb
Squadron [XK*M], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Aug43. Failed to
return from a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (6KIA:4POW). Attacked by a large
force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very intense and accurate. Damaged by flak,
crashed Bentstreek, fifteen miles southeast of Aurich, Germany.
3413 (MSN 8349) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification
Center #3, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field,
Dallas, TX. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 28Jul43. 17th Bomb Operational
Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 11Aug43. Assigned to 100th
Bomb Group 13Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Aug43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at
Krzesiny, Poznan, Poland 24Feb44 (1WIA:9RMC). Attacked en route by enemy fighters over Denmark
wounding a waist gunner. The target was overcast and could not bomb so changed course and dropped
bombs on Rostock, Germany. There was more flak and enemy fighters attacked the formation on the way
home, a few cannon shells damaging the plane. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas in the
suburbs of Berlin, Germany 6Mar44. Flak to and from the target was generally moderate and inaccurate;
over the target it was intense and accurate. Strong enemy fighter opposition was encountered.
Damaged over the target by flak which severely damaged the right wing and left horizontal stabilizer.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Messerschmitt experimental airfield at Lechfeld, Augsburg,
Germany 18Mar44 (1WIA:9RMC). Struck by flak as it crossed the French coast on the way in wounding
the bombardier; as he was not able to operate, the plane left the formation and returned to base.
Overhaul Jun44 {first 50 missions were flown with original engines}. Failed to return from a mission
to an aircraft factory at Ludwigshafen, Germany 14Aug44 (9POW). Just before reaching the Initial
Point, the aircraft jettisoned its bombs and dived away from the 100th Bomb Group 'B' Group. It was
last seen with one engine smoking, low and to the right of the 100th Bomb Group 'C' Group just prior
to reaching the target. An engine had caught fire and spread, the aircraft crashed on a farm near
Beerfelden, Germany. One farm building was demolished and others badly damaged; ten residents and
farm workers were killed. {62 missions}. HARD LUCK ! - name derived from the date of assignment,
Friday 13th August 1943, and the last two digits of the serial number - as well as the tail number,
23413, adding up to 13.
3414 (MSN 8350) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO -
Dallas, TX 13/15Jun43. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification Center #3, Love Field, Dallas, TX
15Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 8Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot,
Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland 17Jul43. Accident
at Langford Lodge 25Jul43. Having guns installed within Hangar 2 when the mechanic pulled the
trigger and discharged a number of bullets, four of which struck B-17F 42-3433 starting a fire
within the aircraft. 561st Bomb Squadron [F], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk
Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10RMC). The formation faced strong opposition
from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak
was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and headed for the Twelfth
Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. With no.2 engine failure and fuel exhaustion, the aircraft ditched
in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia, eighty miles from the North African coast; crew rescued the
next morning by a PBY Catalina. {3 missions}. PADDLEFOOT.
3415 (MSN 8351) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Dallas, TX
12/14Jun43. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Modification Center #3, Love Field, Dallas, TX 14Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43. Denver, CO 22Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
AAB, NB 1Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 12Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*Q], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station
153), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 15Sep43}. Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (9KIA:1POW). Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was
moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large
force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and
accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the
Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Attacks by German fighter aircraft struck B-17F 42-3328
which caused the tail section to be blown off. The plane quickly broke in half and exploded. #415
unavoidably flew through the wreckage and crashed on Nefigmann Farm, Mesumer Damm, northeast of
Steinfurt, Germany. {4 missions}. MISS BEHAVIN'.
3416 (MSN 8352) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
12/13Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 30Jun43. Flexible Gunnery School,
Tyndall Field, Panama City, FL. 2135th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Tyndall Field, Panama
City, FL Apr44. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 3Sep44.
1077th Base Unit (Personnel Distribution Command), Bowman Field, Louisville, KY 7Jul45. 2126th Base
Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 23Jul45. Designated TB-17F. Designated
RB-17F. Declared excess 1Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for
storage and disposal 11Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3417 (MSN 8353) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 13Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jun43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 1Jul43. Bombardier
School, Midland Field, TX 23Jul43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus,
OH 24Jul43. 1172nd Pilot Transition Training Squadron, 29th Specialized Pilot Training Group,
Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 16Aug43. Major damage when force landed at Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH
9Oct43; the landing gear failed to lower and the plane was intentionally crash landed. Surveyed
22Oct43.
3418 (MSN 8354) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 11Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 13Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 14Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 1Jul43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 2Jul43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 3Jul43. 29th Specialized Pilot
Training Group, Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 16Aug43. Flexible Gunnery School, Buckingham Field, Fort
Myers, FL. 2118th Base Unit, (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL Apr44.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 22Jul44.
Designated TB-17F 20Aug44. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field,
TN 25Oct44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
3Jan45. Designated RB-17F 25Aug45. Declared excess 5Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 2Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3419 (MSN 8355) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 3Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew
Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN. Major damage in an accident landing at Dyersburg AAB 28Jan44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN Apr44. Major damage in an accident
landing at Dyersburg AAB 11Jun44. Class 26; ground instructional airframe. Gained from Class 26
16Aug44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 1Mar45. Designated TB-17F
9Apr45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14May45. 4124th Base Unit
(Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 5Jun45. Designated RB-17F. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3420 (MSN 8356) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 16Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 1Jul43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM 3Jul43. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NMApr44. Departed US. Returned to US Aug44. Accident when
nosed over in strong winds while taxying at Mills Field, San Francisco, CA 12Aug44. Headquarters and
Headquarters Squadron, Air Transport Command, Mills Field, San Francisco, CA 14Aug44. Statistical
Control Unit 31Aug44. Excluded inventory 30Nov45.
3421 (MSN 8357) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 16Jun43. Continental
Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Jul43. Advanced Twin-Engine School, Hobbs Field, NM
3Jul43. 962nd Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Crashed five miles southeast of Hobbs,
NM 19Oct43 (2 major INJ: 3 minor INJ). The plane caught fire, the pilot force landed with the landing
gear retracted and it was destroyed by fire. Surveyed 20Oct43.
3422 (MSN 8358) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 16Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 2Jul43. 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Walla Walla Field, WA 3Jul43. Ferried Walla Walla -
Kearney, NB - Syracuse, NY - Bangor, ME 15/20Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 23Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route via Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland; arrived 26Jul43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*Y], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Flown on a mission to Rjukan, seventy-five miles west
of Oslo, Norway 16Nov43. The target was the pen-stocks down the mountain from the dam for the hydro-
electric building in the valley below. This building also contained the Norwegian heavy water plant
which was being used by the Germans to provide heavy water for their experimentation in the
development of the atomic/hydrogen bomb. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to the
Messerschmitt AG aircraft factory at Regensburg, Germany 25Feb44 (1KIA:9POW). After crossing the
coastline into mainland Europe, the formation encountered frequent flak and fierce aerial attacks
from the Luftwaffe, causing heavy damage to some of the bombers. They arrived over Regensburg and
encountered intense flak over the target area. The plane received a direct hit from enemy anti-
aircraft fire on the no.1 engine, blowing it off its mounting and setting the left wing on fire;
the bomb bay was also ripped apart. The bomber pulled out to left of formation apparently under
control, lost 200 feet of altitude, then went into a spin and spun into the ground. Crashed
Obertraubling, southeast of Regensburg, Germany. {24 missions}. WINNIE THE POOH - artwork of a
cartoon bear wearing flying kit and carrying a bomb.
42-3423/3448 Boeing B-17F-60-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-60-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Revised Plexiglas nose. Bombardier's window wiper; extra SCR-287 radio units; D-16 fuel
transfer pump deleted.
3423 (MSN 8359) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 18Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 2Jul43. 798th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Alexandria AAB, LA 11Jul43. Fatal crash landing at Alexandria Field
17Oct43 (7KIS). Surveyed 18Nov43.
3424 (MSN 8360) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 16Jun43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX 3Jul43. 796th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Alexandria AAB,
LA 11Jul43. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure at Alexandria Field 19Jul43.
Surveyed 21Sep43.
3425 (MSN 8361) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 16Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 3Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 5Jul43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 563rd Bomb Squadron [X], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the
Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong
opposition from enemy fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the
Adriatic Sea; flak was sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed
at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to
England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Failed
to return from a mission to the Norma Compagnie roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43
(8POW:2EVD). Fighter opposition was the strongest encountered to date with about 150 enemy fighters
attacking the formation. A few spasmodic attacks were made on the formation en route to Stuttgart,
but the large concentration was first met in the vicinity of the I.P. Because the squadron formation
was too loose it was open to attack by enemy fighters. Attacked by a force of enemy fighters over
Troyes, France. The controls for no.3 and no.4 engines were destroyed. The cockpit was on fire and
the plane was dropping back out of formation. As the crew bailed out, the pilot managed to
extinguish the fire and the plane was slowly catching back up with the formation. The plane was hit
again, this time the hydraulic lines exploded. As the pilot bailed out the plane shuddered, about to
go into a dive. It remained in normal flight for a short time then looped and levelled off. Another
airman bailed out before the plane crashed and exploded at Sainte-Maure, 3km north of Troyes, France.
{6 missions}. SILVER DOLLAR II / IN GOD WE TRUST.
3426 (MSN 8362) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 3Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 20Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Jul43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 24Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26/27Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron
[FC*Y], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (3KIA:7POW).
Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city,
the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of
vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. There was moderate
flak and intense fighter operation in the vicinity. The plane dropped out of formation having been
hit by flak in the tail section, killing the tail gunner. It then split in half and the front
section went into a spin with only seven of the crew managing to bail out, the pilot and co-pilot
also losing their lives. Crashed Isendorf, near Emsdetten, Germany. {15 missions}.
SPIDER / KEMY JR / KEMY II.
3427 (MSN 8363) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 6Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 20Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Jul43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*B], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
Aug43. {first combat mission 12Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. The formation faced strong opposition from enemy
fighters en route from the Belgian coast, to the Alps and out over the Adriatic Sea; flak was
sporadic and inaccurate. After the target, the mission continued on to Bertoux, Algeria. Later
positioned to Telergma, Constantine, Algeria. Returned to Framlingham on a mission to a Luftwaffe
air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Code changed to BI*G after loss of 42-30017. Major
battle damage on a mission to Friedrich Krupp Germania Werft ship building yard, Kiel, Germany
4Jan44. Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the
target. On return force landed with wounded airmen to obtain medical assistance at RAF Spilsby,
Lincolnshire. Despite wearing protective equipment, several of the men were hospitalized because of
frostbite. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site at
Heuringhem, Pas-de-Calais, France 21Jan44 (3POW:3EVD:4RMC). Flak damaged a wing which caught fire
and the aircraft plunged down. Six crew members bailed out about ten miles south of Boulogne-sur-Mer,
France with three taken POW; the others escaped capture and returned to England. However the pilot
maintained control and a dive put out the fire. The bombardier jettisoned the bombs and acted as co-
pilot with the tail gunner taking over as radio operator and the bomber returned to base, where it
was repaired and put back into operation. {final combat mission 27Aug44}. {50 missions}. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage non battle damage 22Jun45. SIX NIGHTS IN TELERGMA (ARABIAN
NUTS). Named after Regensburg raid and proceeding straight to Africa, where they spent six nights in
Telergma. Renamed CANADIAN CLUB.
3428 (MSN 8364) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 4Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 5Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 20Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Jul43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 27/28Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 407th
Bomb Squadron [PY*O], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 14Aug43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 20Aug43. Regained by Group 24Aug43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43
(10RMC). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered
most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. Attacked and damaged by enemy fighters,
with fuel exhaustion the bomber ditched in the English Channel off Bexhill, Sussex; all rescued by
RAF Air-Sea Rescue.
3429 (MSN 8365) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 5Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 6Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 20Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Jul43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*F], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 11Aug43. Modified to carry two Aeronca XM-108 'Grapefruit' GB-1 glide bombs on
underwing pylons. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe
airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43. Enemy fighters were seen, although they
stayed with the formation for only a short time; some flak was encountered, but it was only moderate
in intensity. Battle damaged during a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany
17Aug43. The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over the
enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence
zones. After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort
home, the squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter attacks for about ninety minutes.
VIII Air Service Command 19Aug43. Regained by Group Sep43. Gee-H radio navigation system installed
Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43.
Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the
way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. From the Initial Point until leaving the target area,
there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of farm land. This group followed the
lead group over the target area twice without dropping their bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on
Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany. Battle damaged during a mission to
attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43. En route the Group
was attacked crossing the Brest peninsula by Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters of III./JG 2. The primary
target was hidden by an effective smoke screen; bombs were dropped in the dock area. Moderate to
intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target and at Rennes. Battle damaged on a mission
to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43. Flak over the target was moderate and
accurate; a large force of enemy fighters was encountered, Bf 110 twin-engined fighters firing
rockets from a distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43.
The effectiveness of a smoke screen, in combination with a haze that extended to altitude, caused
the Group to attack the secondary target, the city of Bremen. The formation was met with stiff
resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and
back again. Over the Initial Point and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made
visibility in the target area very poor. The 384th Bomb Group led the combat wing across the
northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls, subjecting the formation to the fire of approximately one
hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely accurate for altitude and deflection; the lead Group took
no evasive action. At the start of the bomb run, the lead bombardier observed a town burning and,
mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run on it; the town was later identified as Coesfeld,
Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but did not attack; the P-47 Thunderbolt escort gave excellent
protection and coverage. Battle damaged on a mission mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany 3Nov43. A small force of enemy fighters was seen, but few attacks were made; flak was
moderate and inaccurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy
fighter opposition was encountered but eventually chased off by the P-47 Thunderbolt escort; flak
was accurate and intense over Bremen but meagre and inaccurate to/from the target. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Deschimag submarine construction yard at Vegesack, Bremen, Germany 16Dec43.
Moderate to intense accurate flak was encountered at the target with meagre flak along the route.
German fighters started a determined attack as soon as the bombers turned off the target. Base Air
Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 30Jan44. Regained by Group 8Feb44. Battle damaged
during a mission to the Mühlenbau und Industrie AG aircraft assembly halls at Waggum, Brunswick,
Germany 29Mar44. Because of cloud cover over the primary and secondary targets and the inability of
the PFF lead plane to drop its bombs and flares, the briefed targets were not attacked. The Group
dropped on Unterlüß, northeast of Celle, Germany. Over the target, flak was moderate and accurate;
en route, flak was meagre and inaccurate. After the target a large force of enemy fighters attacked
over Celle during a gap in fighter escort. Battle damaged during a mission to the Dornier
Flugzeugwerke factory at Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 24Apr44. Strong enemy fighter opposition
was encountered as soon as the formation entered Germany. Flak was moderate to intense and accurate
inbound over the coast; intense and accurate over and after the target. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 26Apr44. Regained by Group 22May44. Participated in the
'Grapefruit' mission to drop GB-1 glide bombs on the Eifeltor railway marshalling yard at Cologne,
Germany 28May44. {final combat mission 28May44}. {21 missions}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood
(Station 590), Lancashire 8Jun44. Returned to the US 19Jun44. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Command), Phillips Field, Aberdeen, MD 26Jul44. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 29Nov44. Salvaged.
FLAK HOUSE.
3430 (MSN 8366) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 3Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*U], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station
138), Norfolk Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 14Oct43 (8POW:2EVD). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly
attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the
target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was
encountered at various places during the return home. Two engines had been disabled by flak and when
the supercharger on a third engine failed, the pilot told his crew to bail out over Urcel, southwest
of Laon. Crashed on the Puisieux farm at Chambry, 3km northeast of Laon, France. CAROLINA BOOMERANG.
3431 (MSN 8367) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 2Jul43. Advanced Twin-Engine School,
Hobbs Field, NM 17Aug43. 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Pyote Field 8Oct43. 351st Sub Depot,
Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Oct43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Pyote Field, TX. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure at Pyote Field 4Apr44. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 11Jun44. 557th
Base Unit (7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command), Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 274th Base Unit
(Staging Base), Herrington Field, KS. 271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney AAB, NB 15Sep44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 23Sep44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney Field, NB Oct44. Designated TB-17F 17Oct44. 268th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training School), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 1Dec44. 271st Base Unit (Staging
Base), Kearney Field, NB 13Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Staging Base), Lincoln Field, NB 11Jan45. 271st
Base Unit (Staging Base), Kearney Field, NB 29Jan45. Declared excess 15Oct45. 3018th Base Unit (San
Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ Nov45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Nov45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3432 (MSN 8368) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 2Jul43. 351st Sub
Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. Processing and Staging Group, Third Air Force, Hunter Field, Savannah, GA.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Sioux City AAB, IA. 3502nd Base Unit (Technical
School), Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 15Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Sioux
City AAB, IA 30Oct44. Accident two miles south of Yankton, SD 26Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 23May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service
Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque,
NM for storage and disposal 30Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed
Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3433 (MSN 8369) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 4Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. Ground looped at Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim, Northern
Ireland 25Jul43. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge
(Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland Jul43. B-17F 42-3414 was having guns installed within
Hangar 2 at Langford Lodge 25Jul43 when the mechanic pulled the trigger and discharged a number of
bullets, four of which struck 42-3433 starting a fire within the aircraft. 350th Bomb Squadron
[LN*W], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Aug43. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (3KIA:7POW). Over Dordrecht,
Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation
was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious
fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts
arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Flak blew off the right wing
and the plane entered a spin, preventing some of the crew from bailing out. Crashed 100 meters north
of Schloss Lembeck, five miles north of Dorsten, twenty-five miles southwest of Münster, Germany.
LEONA. Named after wife of pilot.
3434 (MSN 8370) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 3Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26/27Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
364th Bomb Squadron [WF*E], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 12Aug43.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 16Aug43. Regained by Group
18Aug43. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*E]. Failed to return from a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto
factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (10INT). Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but
did not attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target.
Damaged by flak, with fuel exhaustion and unable to return to England, the aircraft force landed at
Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland and interned. Recaptured by US Government. Assigned to GLUE (United
States Air Forces in Europe) Sep45. Flown to UK 22Sep45. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station
590), Lancashire. Condemned salvage 12Oct45. SO WHAT? - artwork of a naked woman kneeling on a bomb.
3435 (MSN 8371) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Denver, CO 21/26Jun43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 5Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 15Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 25Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
366th Bomb Squadron [KY*F], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Aug43.
327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 12Aug43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 14Aug43. Regained by Group 16Aug43.
{first combat mission 17Aug43}. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (9POW:1EVD). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks
from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they
passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. No.4 engine was hit by flak which caused a slight fuel
leak but the engine continued to produce power. In a fighter attack an elevator was hit. Flak
continued along the route but did not hit the plane. Another fighter attack struck the top turret,
breaking the glass and wounding the gunner. The attack injured the radio operator and disabled the
electrical system to the ball turret. The tail gunner had been wounded and was replaced by the ball
turret gunner. On the bomb run, a bullet struck no.2 engine and the propeller had to be feathered;
this may have been 'friendly fire'. The plane was on its first mission and had not had Group
markings applied; it is possible that other crews thought that it was a German interloper. Returning
from the target the plane was not able to keep up with the formation. After the target, and before
the formation could rendezvous with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort home, the squadron was subjected to a
further fighter attack which set no.1 engine on fire. The bomber crashed in a field at Kuttekoven or
Sint-Huibrechts-Hern, northwest of Tongeren, Belgium. Claimed by Lt. Werner Beckers in a Bf 109G-6
of 4/JG 2. {1 mission}.
3436 (MSN 8372) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 5Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 9Jul43. Redmond Field, OR
15Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station
500), Scotland 17Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*R], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 18Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton
(Station 127), Bedfordshire 23Sep43. Regained by Group 24Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to
ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (4KIA:1MIA: 5POW). En route to the target
area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate
to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward
for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters,
having landed and refuelled, attacked again. The bomber was struck in no.2 engine, started to burn
then a wing broke off as the crew bailed out. The tail section, with the two waist gunners, and left
wing crashed behind the former Julia coal mine about 1.5km northeast of Eygelshoven, east of
Maastricht, Netherlands. The nose compartment came down and exploded in a pasture to the east of the
river Worm at Finkenrath, near Aachen, Germany. {5 missions}. Claimed by Oberfeldwebel Anton-Rudolf
Piffer of II./JG 1 flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
3437 (MSN 8373) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 22Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 6Jul43. Staging Base, 21st
Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 16Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 20Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 25Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 27Jul43. Failed to return from a mission to the Hispano-Suiza aero engine works, Paris,
France 15Sep43 (9KIA:1EVD). Flak was encountered at Dieppe on the route in and over the target area
which was intense and accurate. On the bomb run, just as the doors were opened, the first burst of
flak struck no.1 engine. This apparently ruptured a fuel line causing the engine and wing to catch
fire. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out; just as the radio operator jumped through the bomb bay,
the left wing broke off at the outer engine. Then there was an explosion preventing the remaining
crew to escape. Crashed in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Route des Volières, 2km north of
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France. EXCALIBURS REVENGE.
3438 (MSN 8374) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jul43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
19Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th Bomb
Squadron [AW*F], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Jul43. Flew from Menara
Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 27Aug43. DOTTIE J III. Modified for radio counter measures.
803rd Bomb Squadron (H) Provisional, RAF Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk Mar44. Modified as a drone
for Operation Aphrodite and Castor missions. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk.
Combat equipment was removed except for the navigation table, the VHF and an extinguisher in the
cockpit; 'Tokyo' fuel tanks were emptied, degassed and sealed. The bomb bay was sealed; the
navigator's seat put in place of the co-pilot's seat. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590),
Lancashire. Two radio operator AZON control systems were installed, connected with the flight
control systems and the autopilot system. A radar altimeter (AN/APN-1) was installed to make it
possible to maintain a constant altitude. A television camera was installed in the cockpit making it
possible to see the all the flight instruments by the operator in the control plane. A second TV
camera was placed behind the Plexiglas nose, which allowed the operator to guide the drone to its
target. Upper surfaces were painted a light colour to maintain visual contact. (Designated BQ-7).
562nd Bomb Squadron [F], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk; later at Fersfield
(Station 554), Norfolk. 20,000lbs of Torpex explosives, was installed between the cockpit, the radio
operator room and the bomb bay. The bomb bay was reinforced by beams to support the extra weight of
Torpex. Expended on Castor mission to the "Nordsee III" submarine bunker at Heligoland, Germany
30Oct44. The drone was under control up to four degrees east when controls went out. Control was re-
established at five degrees east and was maintained to the I.P. When turning the drone at the
Initial Point, it went out of control and took a heading of 345 degrees; all efforts to turn or dive
the drone failed, although the control ship followed it before turning back, leaving the drone on a
heading of 345-349 degrees at an altitude of 200 feet. Crashed after fuel exhaustion into the North
Sea off the Frisian islands, Netherlands.
3439 (MSN 8375) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 18Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 18Jul43. Redmond Field, OR
14Aug43. 96th Bomb Group, Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command
Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks
Field, Keflavik, Iceland to RAF Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 21Sep43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*V], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Dürener Metallwerke AG duralumin foundry, Düren, Germany
20Oct43 (5KIA:4POW:1EVD). When approaching the enemy coast, six enemy fighters came out of a cloud
bank that the formation was about to enter; they achieved complete surprise. Damaged by enemy
fighters and crashed at De Bilt, near Utrecht, Netherlands. The bomber hit a tree, partly hit a
house and then crashed onto a house in Soestdijkseweg. At the crash site, three Dutch civilians were
killed on impact of the aircraft. Claimed by Oberleutnant Erich M. Burkert of IX./JG 26, flying a
Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. After the crash the fighter pilot landed in a nearby field and went to
the crash site. He stated to the people of De Bilt that this bomber had nineteen German planes shot
down on that flight.
3440 (MSN 8376) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 7Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 20Jul43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 29Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 544th Bomb
Squadron [SU*B], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 6Aug43. {first
combat mission 15Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to Luftwaffe airfields at Poix-de-Picardie and
Glisy, Amiens, France 15Aug43. The Group split their bomb load and attacked both targets. Meagre to
moderate, intense and accurate flak was encountered in the target area. No enemy fighters were seen
and the Spitfire escort was excellent. Gee-H radio navigation system installed Sep43. Battle damaged
on a mission to attack a submarine suppy ship in the Loire River at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The ship
was not found in the briefed area, so the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and
shipping. There was moderate and accurate flak from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was moderate and
inaccurate. A large force of enemy fighters was encountered. Battle damaged during a mission to
attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43. En route the Group
was attacked crossing the Brest peninsula by Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters of III./JG 2. The primary
target was hidden by an effective smoke screen; bombs were dropped in the dock area. Moderate to
intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target and at Rennes. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany
8Oct43. The effectiveness of a smoke screen, in combination with a haze that extended to altitude,
caused the Group to attack the secondary target, the city of Bremen. The formation was met with stiff
resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and
back again. Over the Initial Point and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Accident
taxying at Grafton Underwood 18Nov43. The aircraft was on a training flight doing circuits at
Grafton. After landing, the aircraft taxyed around the perimeter where the crew encountered a
telephone truck which pulled off to the side and the driver gave them the all clear sign but the
right wing failed to clear the top of the truck, damaging the wing and aileron. The crew then
proceeded to their dispersal. After several hundred yards the brakes were applied when the tail
wheel assembly failed. VIII Air Service Command 21Nov43. Regained by Group 4Dec43. 544th Bomb
Squadron [SU*P]. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Feb44. Regained by Group
21Feb44. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the Messerschmitt AG aircraft factory at
Augsburg, Germany 25Feb44. Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target;
there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte
Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing factory at Erkner, Berlin, Germany 8Mar44. Enemy fighters
were observed but did not attack this Group. Meagre and inaccurate flak was encountered at the
target; along the route flak was moderate and very accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Alfred Teves KG component factories at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 20Mar44. Bad weather and the risk
of collision with another formation caused the Group to drop out; unable to find their combat wing
over Germany, the Group returned home. Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered to and from the
target. Battle damaged on a mission to the FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer ball bearing factory at
Schweinfurt, Germany 24Mar44. Cloud cover and dense contrails cause the Group to divert to the
secondary target of the Deutsche Dunlop tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany. The formation did
not encounter any enemy fighter opposition. Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered
over the target; along the route flak was moderate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Junkers
Flugzeug-und Motorenwerke aero engine factory at Dessau, Germany 28May44. Equipment problems on the
bomb run on the primary target prevented the lead aircraft from releasing its bombs (the signal for
the rest of the group to drop its bombs). After turning the lead over to the group deputy, the
secondary target was found to be effectively obscured by a smoke screen, so the formation dropped
their bombs on a target of opportunity, a factory complex about ten miles east of Leipzig, Germany.
Only weak resistance was encountered from the German fighter force; there was intense and accurate
flak over the target. {final combat mission 28May44}. {28 missions}. Modified as a drone for
Operation Aphrodite missions. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Combat
equipment was removed except for the navigation table, the VHF and an extinguisher in the cockpit;
'Tokyo' fuel tanks were emptied, degassed and sealed. The bomb bay was sealed; the navigator's seat
put in place of the co-pilot's seat. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire
8Jun44. Two radio operator AZON control systems were installed, connected with the flight control
systems and the autopilot system. A radar altimeter (AN/APN-1) was installed to make it possible to
maintain a constant altitude. A television camera was installed in the cockpit making it possible to
see the all the flight instruments by the operator in the control plane. A second TV camera was
placed behind the Plexiglas nose, which allowed the operator to guide the drone to its target. Upper
surfaces were painted a light colour to maintain visual contact. (Designated BQ-7). 562nd Bomb
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 8Aug44. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned salvage, non-battle damage 25May45. BROADWAY ROSE / BROADWAY PINK.
3441 (MSN 8377) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 7Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 19Jul43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 23Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Jul43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to St Angelo, Enniskillen, Northern
Ireland and Prestwick, Scotland 25/26Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*E],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 9Aug43. Modified to carry two
Aeronca XM-108 'Grapefruit' GB-1 glide bombs on underwing pylons. {first combat mission 15Aug43}.
Battle damaged on a mission to Luftwaffe airfields at Poix-de-Picardie and Glisy, Amiens, France
15Aug43. The Group split their bomb load and attacked both targets. Meagre to moderate, intense and
accurate flak was encountered in the target area. No enemy fighters were seen and the Spitfire
escort was excellent. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at
Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43. Enemy fighters were seen, although they stayed with the formation
for only a short time; some flak was encountered, but it was only moderate in intensity; the rudder
was destroyed. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket
bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 27Aug43. Intense flak was encountered as the formation
approached the target; enemy air opposition was slight with twenty to thirty fighters observed but
only a few attacks on the Group. Gee-H radio navigation system installed Sep43. Battle damaged
during a mission to attack the submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43.
En route the Group was attacked crossing the Brest peninsula by Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters of
III./JG 2. The primary target was hidden by an effective smoke screen; bombs were dropped in the
dock area. Moderate to intense and accurate flak was encountered over the target and at Rennes.
Battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43. Flak over the
target was moderate and accurate; a large force of enemy fighters was encountered, Bf 110 twin-
engined fighters firing rockets from a distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Ground haze made
visibility in the target area very poor. The 384th Bomb Group led the combat wing across the
northern end of the Ruhr Valley over Hüls, subjecting the formation to the fire of approximately one
hundred flak guns. The fire was extremely accurate for altitude and deflection; the lead Group took
no evasive action. At the start of the bomb run, the lead bombardier observed a town burning and,
mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run on it; the town was later identified as Coesfeld,
Germany. Enemy fighters were observed but did not attack; the P-47 Thunderbolt escort gave excellent
protection and coverage. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area and railway marshalling yards
at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (1WIA:9RMC). Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the
target area was very intense and accurate. Co-pilot was wounded. Battle damaged on an Operation
Argument mission to the Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109 aircraft factory at Mockau, Leipzig, Germany
20Feb44. A few enemy fighters were sighted but did not attack the Group. Flak at the target was
moderate to intense and accurate; meagre to moderate flak was encountered along the route. Severely
battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany 4Mar44. With the
ground completely obscured by dense cloud, the combat wing turned back east of Koblenz and looked
for a target of opportunity, initially thought to be Cologne but later determined to be Bonn,
Germany. Flak was moderate to intense and accurate; a few enemy aircraft were seen, but they did not
attack the formation. Flak damage to stabilizers,propellers, windows and rudder. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Alfred Teves KG component factories at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 20Mar44. Bad
weather and the risk of collision with another formation caused the Group to drop out; unable to
find their combat wing over Germany, the Group returned home. Moderate, inaccurate flak was
encountered to and from the target. Battle damaged during a mission to the Dornier Flugzeugwerke
factory at Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 24Apr44. Strong enemy fighter opposition was
encountered as soon as the formation entered Germany. Flak was moderate to intense and accurate
inbound over the coast; intense and accurate over and after the target. Battle damaged during a
mission to government buildings in Berlin, Germany 19May44. Enemy fighters were observed but did not
attack this Group. Intense and accurate flak was encountered from the Initial Point to the target;
along the route flak was moderate but inaccurate. Participated in the 'Grapefruit' mission to drop
GB-1 glide bombs on the Eifeltor railway marshalling yard at Cologne, Germany 28May44. {final combat
mission 7Jun44}. {39 missions}. Declared 'war weary'. Used as the 384th Bomb Group assembly ship and
for weather flights and target towing, painted white with sky blue polka dots, aka 'Spotted Cow' and
'Speckled Hen'. {first assembly mission 19Jul44}. Gun turrets and tail guns removed later. {last
mission 3Feb45}. 403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim,
Northern Ireland 9Mar45. Regained by Group 10Mar45. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595),
Suffolk 20May45. Regained by Group 28May45. Returned to the US Sep45. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Sep45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 26Sep45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW / SPOTTED CALF / SPECKLED HEN.
3442 (MSN 8378) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 17Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to St Angelo, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland and Prestwick,
Scotland 25/26Jul43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*O], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Jul43. Destroyed by fire. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I).
Condemned 2May44. WACKY WOODY / HELL'S CHARIOT.
3443 (MSN 8379) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
22/24Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 395th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 15Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field,
NB 22Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla AAB, WA 1Aug43. 20th Airdrome
Squadron, 1st Heavy Bomb Processing Group, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Major damage during
maintenance in a collision on the ground with B-17F 42-3448 at Scott Field 11Aug43. 94th Sub Depot,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 13Aug43. Riding Provisional Bomb Group. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned 22Oct43.
3444 (MSN 8380) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
22/24Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Jul43. 395th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 16Jul43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB. 505th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Training Wing, Harvard Field, NB 8Jun44. Designated
TB-17F 13Jul44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 16Sep44. 4136th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Sep44. 244th Base
Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 23Sep44. 569th Base Unit (33rd Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Fairfax Field, Kansas City, KS 17Nov44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio
Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 18Dec44. Class 26; ground instructional
airframe. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 7Nov45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Nov45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3445 (MSN 8381) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
21/26Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd
Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11Jul43. Substantially damaged by engine failure and fire
twenty miles west of Walla Walla Field, WA 18Jul43. 345th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Walla Walla AAB,
WA 19Jul43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. 540th Bomb
Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 19Aug43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training
Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Oct43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 24Oct43. Sub Depot,
Pendleton Field, OR 24Oct43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 28Oct43. 223rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Materiel Command), Brookley
Field, Mobile, AL 23Oct44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 2Jan45.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 1Mar45. Designated TB-17F 9Apr45.
327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14May45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus
Field, OK 3Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal
19Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47;
scrapped.
3446 (MSN 8382) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
22/24Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jun43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 21st Bomb Wing, Operational
Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 15Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 16Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*W], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage
non battle damage 26Jul45. CHARLIE'S DELIGHT / LUCIOUS DUCHESS.
3447 (MSN 8383) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Cheyenne, WY.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 19Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island
Field, NB 19Jul43. 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 20Jul43.
540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. 30th Sub Depot, 457th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 10Nov43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. 30th Sub Depot, 457th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB,
WA 12Nov43. 843rd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Substantially damaged
in collision with B-17F 42-5101 while taxying at MacDill Field 16Feb44. 326th Base Unit (Replacement
Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL Apr44. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Alexandria AAB, LA 19Apr45. Designated TB-17F 20May45. 4124th Base Unit (Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 24Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and
disposal 9Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped. CHARLENE THE BAMA QUEEN.
3448 (MSN 8384) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Cheyenne, WY.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 19Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand
Island Field, NB 25Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43.
20th Airdrome Squadron, 1st Heavy Bomb Processing Group, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. Damaged
in collision on the ground with B-17E 42-3443 at Scott Field, Belleville, IL 11Aug43. 94th Sub Depot,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 13Aug43. Riding Provisional Bomb Group. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 18Oct43. {first combat mission 26Nov43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the port
area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target
area was very intense and accurate. Failed to return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190
fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (9POW:1KIA). While the aircraft were airborne, the
weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F.
Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb
Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47
Thunderbolts on the penetration. It proved to be the most disastrous of the 303rd Bomb Group combat
missions flown to date; the 303rd lost eleven of the forty B-17s flying the mission. Luftwaffe
attacks started over the Ijsselmeer. The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters and lagged behind,
crashing at Großenheerse, north of Petershagen, Minden, Germany. {13 missions}.
42-3449/3482 Boeing B-17F-65-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-65-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: External bomb racks and controls added under the inner wings for the carriage of two
2000-pound bombs. A-12 demand oxygen system. Emergency hydraulic brake system removed.
3449 (MSN 8385) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jun43. Substantially damaged
taxying at long Beach, CA 24Jun43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Long Beach
Municipal Airport, CA 7Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 5Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*X], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 14Aug43. Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe
aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France 24Aug43. Flak over the target was moderate but
accurate; enemy fighter opposition was weak. Battle damaged on a mission to attack a submarine suppy
ship in the Loire River at Nantes, France 16Sep43. The ship was not found in the briefed area, so
the Group attacked the secondary target, port facilities and shipping. There was moderate and
accurate flak from Rennes but at Nantes the flak was moderate and inaccurate. A large force of enemy
fighters was encountered. Accident returning from a mission to attack the submarine supply ship
'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43 (4INJ:6RMC). Moderate and accurate flak over the target;
a large force of enemy fighters was encountered to and from the target. The plane dropped the bombs
over the target but the bomb bay doors would not close. After several attempts, the worm shaft fell
out and the doors could not be closed. Turning too sharply off the bomb run, the plane came within
range of heavy flak guns at Saint-Nazaire, striking it many times. Over the Bay of Biscay, low fuel
warning lights started to flash. The plane continued up the English Channel and reached landfall in
England. With fuel exhaustion and all engines stopped, the pilot circled the airfield at RAF Wing,
Buckinghamshire, pulled up to miss some trees, stalled and crashed in Kemsall Wood, Leighton Buzzard.
The no.4 engine caught fire, a tree had chopped off the left wing outboard of no.1 engine, another
just inboard of no.1 engine. Another tree smashed in the nose section, a tree cut off the top of the
tail. The fuselage was spilt at the radio room and fire destroyed the wreckage. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 25Sep43.
3450 (MSN 8386) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Cheyenne, WY. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 314th Twin-Engined Flying Training Group,
Roswell Field, NM 19Jul43. Major damage in collision with B-17F 42-30979 when landing at Hobbs
Auxiliary Field #3, Hobbs, NM 23Apr44. Surveyed 26Apr44.
3451 (MSN 8387) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Cheyenne, WY. United Air
Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School,
Pyote Field, TX 20Jul43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 19th Bomb
Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. Combat Crew Training School, Galveston
Field, TX. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Galveston Field, TX Apr44. Damaged taxying
at Galveston Field, TX 26Nov44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Alexandria AAB, LA
22Feb45. Designated TB-17F. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 24May45. 4160th
Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM 25Jun45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation, Cincinnati, OH Jul46;
scrapped.
3452 (MSN 8388) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 19Jul43. Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX 22Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jul43.
88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43. 20th Airdrome Squadron,
1st Heavy Bomb Processing Group, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 350th
Bomb Squadron [LN*Z], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Aug43. Failed to
return from a mission to the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the
Caudron-Renault aircraft factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43 (2POW:8EVD}. Dense
flak was encountered as the formation made its approach to the factories. On the bomb run flak
struck and disabled no.2 and no.3 engines as well as damaging the electrical system preventing
feathering the propellers. On fire, the engines were behaving wildly. Instruments failed because the
vacuum lines had been cut. The engineer was wounded; the radio and gun turrets were disabled after
the electrical was hit. Momentum carried the plane through and the bombs were dropped over the
target. No.4 engine was not functioning normally and the plane tended to veer to the right. Unable
to maintain altitude or speed, the aircraft dropped back under control. Down at 10,000 feet enemy
fighters came in to attack but the gunners kept them at bay until the bomber disappeared into cloud
at 6,000 feet. Unwittingly, the pilot had turned the plane back heading into enemy territory. Coming
out of the clouds at 4,000 feet, over Saint-Just-en-Chaussée the pilot ordered the crew to bail out.
The plane crashed near the village of Montiers, 15km north of Clermont, France.
3453 (MSN 8389) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43. 20th Airdrome Squadron, 1st Heavy Bomb Processing Group,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 331st Bomb Squadron [TS*K], 94th Bomb Group,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Aug43. Loaned to 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk for mission 14Oct43. Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10POW). En route to the target area, the bomber formation
was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was
reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England;
moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having
landed and refuelled, attacked again. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed near
Würzburg, Germany.
3454 (MSN 8390) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 19Jul43.
351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 10Oct43. 346th Sub Depot, Operational
Training Unit, 21st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Oct43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew
Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 401st Sub Depot, 58th Bomb Wing, Great Bend Field, KS. 679th Bomb
Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Crashed landing at Springfield Municipal Airport,
KS 5Dec43. Surveyed 10Dec43.
3455 (MSN 8391) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 28Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jul43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 5Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
546th Bomb Squadron [BK*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire
11Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Battle damaged during a mission to ball bearing factories
at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (2WIA:8RMC). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks
from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they
passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. After the target, and before the formation could rendezvous
with a P-47 Thunderbolt escort home, the squadron was subjected to further and continuous fighter
attacks for about ninety minutes. Both waist gunners were wounded; Staff Sergeant Loring Corwin
Miller was seriously wounded and awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving as
right waist gunner on this mission over Germany. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to the
Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 27Aug43. Intense flak was
encountered as the formation approached the target; enemy air opposition was slight with twenty to
thirty fighters observed but only a few attacks on the Group. Failed to return from a mission to the
Robert Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (7POW:3EVD). Enemy fighters were seen en
route to the target but did not attack; flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy
approaching the target. From the Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete
undercast except for small sparse patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice
without dropping their bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of
Baden-Baden, Germany. Having spent too long over the target, the formation was beginning to realise
that fuel exhaustion would likely lead to many not being able to return to base. Both wings had been
struck by flak causing fuel leakage. On the return flight to England the no.1 engine was shut down
and the propeller feathered. The plane was lagging just behind the formation. A few minutes later
the no.4 engine ran out of fuel and the bomber dropped out of formation south of Amiens, France,
still heading for the coast. A check showed that there was insufficient fuel remaining to reach the
English Channel. Then a Fw 190 fighter appeared and attacked the plane, injuring the co-pilot,
engineer and radio operator. The pilot turned the plane to the south but found it difficult to keep
in level flight. He instructed the crew to bail out. The right wing came off and the bomber crashed
at Bois des Moines, 2km northeast of Airion, east of Beauvais, France. {7 missions}. LUCKY THIRTEEN.
Some of the bomber's parts were excavated post-war; though just small fragments of this aircraft,
some of these parts will be incorporated into a B-17 recreation project in Asheville, NC.
3456 (MSN 8392) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. 19th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field,
TX 22Jul43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. 19th Bomb Group, Combat
Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 351st Sub Depot, Combat Crew Training School, Pyote
Field, TX. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane Field, WA 5Dec43. 346th Combat Crew Training School,
Dyersburg AAB, TN. Crashed into terrain 1.5 miles southeast of Halls, TN 22Mar44. Surveyed 24Mar44.
3457 (MSN 8393) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Cheyenne, WY.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 457th Bomb Group, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 24Jul43. 77th Sub Depot, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. 541st
Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Pendleton Field, OR 31Jul43. 77th Sub
Depot, Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 9Nov43. 30th Sub Depot, 457th Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 18Nov43. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School),
Sioux City AAB, IA. Designated TB-17F 6Mar45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 24May45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command), Albuquerque AAB, NM
20Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal
30Jun45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to American Compressed Steel Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH Jul46; scrapped.
3458 (MSN 8394) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 468th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX
25Jul43. Crashed after engine failure and fire twelve miles south of Dalhart, TX 27Jul43 (3KIS).
Surveyed 28Jul43.
3459 (MSN 8395) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 29Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
546th Bomb Squadron [BK*F], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire
9Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to Luftwaffe airfields at Poix-
de-Picardie and Glisy, Amiens, France 15Aug43. The Group split their bomb load and attacked both
targets. Meagre to moderate, intense and accurate flak was encountered in the target area. No enemy
fighters were seen and the Spitfire escort was excellent. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43. Enemy fighters were seen,
although they stayed with the formation for only a short time; some flak was encountered, but it was
only moderate in intensity. Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory at
Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack; flak
was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. From the Initial Point
until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of
farm land. This group followed the lead group over the target area twice without dropping their
bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany.
Gee-H radio navigation system installed Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to attack the
submarine supply ship 'Kertosono' moored at Nantes, France 23Sep43 (7POW:3EVD). En route the
formation was attacked crossing the Brest peninsula by Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighters of III./JG 2. Shot
down en route to the target by four Fw 190 fighters wounding the co-pilot, setting no.3 engine on
fire, no.4 propeller overspeeding and a fire in the radio room. Bombs were jettisoned over open
country as the fire in the right wing intensified. The crew bailed out before the aircraft exploded
and crashed at Trémeleuc, Plémet, 10km northeast of Loudéac, France. Claimed by Oberleutnant Herbert
Huppertz. {7 missions}. JOLLY ROGER.
3460 (MSN 8396) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 25Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 28Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul43. 245th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB Apr44. 504th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit,
Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 19Aug44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 23Sep44. 569th Base Unit (33rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Fairfax Field,
Kansas City, KS 14Dec44. 2534th Base Unit (Bombardier School), San Angelo Field, TX 15Dec44.
Designated R-17F. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 20Aug45. Class 01Z; ground instructional
training 31Oct45. Reclaimed 20Nov45. Gained from Class 26 9Dec45. Reclaim complete 17Dec45.
3461 (MSN 8397) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 1Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jul43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 29Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
407th Bomb Squadron [PY*S], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 23Aug43. Crash
landed at RAF Barford St John, Oxfordshire 24Jan44. Declared 'war weary' 17Jun44. Eighth Air Force
Service Command. Modified as a drone for Operation Aphrodite missions. 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Combat equipment was removed except for the navigation table, the
VHF and an extinguisher in the cockpit; 'Tokyo' fuel tanks were emptied, degassed and sealed. The
bomb bay was sealed; the navigator's seat put in place of the co-pilot's seat. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Two radio operator AZON control systems were installed,
connected with the flight control systems and the autopilot system. A radar altimeter (AN/APN-1) was
installed to make it possible to maintain a constant altitude. A television camera was installed in
the cockpit making it possible to see the all the flight instruments by the operator in the control
plane. A second TV camera was placed behind the Plexiglas nose, which allowed the operator to guide
the drone to its target. Upper surfaces were painted a light colour to maintain visual contact.
(Designated BQ-7). 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Jun44,
later at Fersfield (Station 554), Norfolk. 20,000lbs of Torpex explosives, was installed between the
cockpit, the radio operator room and the bomb bay. The bomb bay was reinforced by beams to support
the extra weight of Torpex. Expended on Aphrodite mission to La Coupole V-2 rocket bunker at
Wizernes, France 4Aug44. The drone was lost sight of for a few minutes following the presence of a
cloud formation, the trajectory was too long and it crashed at Helfaut where it caused a huge
explosion and the formation of a gigantic crater, the blast damaging Helfaut and Wizernes.
3462 (MSN 8398) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 10Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 17Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
560th Bomb Squadron [Z], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 18Jul43. {first combat
mission 30Jul43}. {1 mission}. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*B], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk Aug43. {first combat mission 4Oct43}. Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area
of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire
way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target,
the Group encountered intense flak. Flak and 20mm cannon shells caused damage to the left and right
wings, left elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and behind the no.3 engine. Battle damaged by enemy
aircraft on mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (3POW:7RMC). En route
to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe
fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned
and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return
home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers
reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. The plane was hit by a rocket fired
from an enemy aircraft. The projectile severed the oxygen system and because of lack of oxygen, the
tail gunner bailed out. The two waist gunners had been wounded and, as the plane dropped out of the
formation, these two men also bailed out. No.3 engine required replacement, the horizontal
stabilizers and elevators were damaged and the right waist section was peppered by a rocket burst.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen,
Germany 30Nov43. Flak in the target area was moderate but inaccurate. The pilot dropped out of
formation near Düren, Germany during the return to base when the no.2 engine started running wild.
Flak over Nieuwesluis was intense and accurate; the right waist gunner was wounded by flak shrapnel
and the plane was riddled. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to an aircraft
factory at Brunswick, Germany 21Feb44 (8KIA:2POW). Unable to locate the target, the Group changed
course to an alternate target, an aircraft factory at Hannover, Germany. The bomber was seen to be
lagging behind the formation over the target. Attacked by enemy fighters, one engine damaged and on
fire. Crashed in a swamp near Zegveld, west of Utrecht, Netherlands. {22 missions}. SAN ANTONIO ROSE.
3463 (MSN 8399) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 17Jul43. 589th Bomb
Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 29Jul43. Major damage in an
accident landing at Moses Lake AAB, WA 2Aug43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses
Lake AAB, WA 3Aug43. 497th Bomb Group, 73rd Bomb Wing, Pratt Field, KS. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training School) [RC-463], Rapid City AAB, SD 11Aug44. Designated TB-17F 29Apr45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 8Jun45. 4856th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA 10Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.8, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 10Jun45. Featured in the film "The Best
Years of Our Lives" (1946), marked as 'Round ? Trip'. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp and
Fellows Contracting Company, Gardena, CA Jul46; scrapped.
3464 (MSN 8400) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO 29Jun/1Jul43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Jul43. 7th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. 333rd Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Dalhart
Field, TX 6Aug43. 323rd Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Major damage
in a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-29548 at 10,000ft over Brooksville Auxiliary Field, FL 20Jul44
(1KIS). The pilot made a dead stick landing at Brooksville Auxiliary Field. 377th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Brooksville Auxiliary Field, FL. Class 26; ground instructional
airframe 21Jul44.
3465 (MSN 8401) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
30Jun/1Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Operational Training
Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 22Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field,
WA 4Aug43. 20th Airdrome Squadron, 1st Heavy Bomb Processing Group, Scott Field, Belleville, IL
9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Goose Bay, Labrador via Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
Aug43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*N], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station
119), Suffolk 30Aug43. {first combat mission 3Sep43}. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to
the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 7Sep43. The tail
section, both wings and the no.4 engine were all damaged by flak. Battle damaged during a mission to
the Renault industrial works on Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt and the Caudron-Renault aircraft
factory at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France 15Sep43. Dense flak was encountered as the formation
made its approach to the factories. Battle damaged during a mission to the port area of Emden,
Germany 2Oct43. Just prior to the target, the formation was attacked by a force of German fighters
which approached the bombers by pretending to be their fighter escort; flak was moderate and
accurate at the target. Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany
8Oct43. The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the
Dutch coast all the way to the target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group
encountered intense flak. Flak damaged the bomb bay, left and right wings, tail and no.4 engine
nacelle. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at
Solingen, Germany 30Nov43 (4WIA:6RMC). Flak in the target area was moderate but inaccurate. The
pilot dropped out of formation after leaving the target and returned home alone. With the VHF radio
destroyed and unable to summon a friendly escort, the plane sustained flak damage and heavy fighter
attacks after leaving the formation. On return, force landed with wounded at RAF Friston, a grass
fighter airfield on Beachy Head, west of Eastbourne, East Sussex. {final combat mission 30Nov43}.
{15 missions}. 3rd Strategic Air Depot, Neaton (Station 505), Norfolk 5Dec43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Returned to US Aug44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Service Command), Patterson
Field, Fairfield, OH 4Aug44. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Miami 36th Street Airport,
Hialeah, FL 19Aug44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield,
OH 31Aug44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH. 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron,
3704th Base Unit (Technical School, Basic Training Center and Emergency Rescue School), Keesler
Field, Biloxi, MS 24Nov44. Accident landing at Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 12Jan45. Designated RB-17F.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 28Jul45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped. WEE BONNIE II.
3466 (MSN 8402) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
30Jun/1Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17Jul43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA
30Jul43. 588th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ardmore Field, OK. Crashed on a hill in the Arbuckle
Mountains two miles north of Ardmore during a landing approach 4Nov43 (4KIS:1DOI:3INJ). The aircraft
failed to clear the obstruction by approximately six feet, hitting the trees and descending down the
ridge until it piled up against the next one. Class 26; ground instructional airframe 5Nov43.
3467 (MSN 8403) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
29Jun/3Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Harvard Field, NB 11Oct43. Substantially damaged landing with mechanical failure at Harvard Field
11Oct43. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Clovis Field, NM. Personnel accident on the
ground at Clovis Field 10Apr44. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 18Jun44. 39th
Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, 17th Bomb Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44.
Substantially damaged taxying at Grand Island Field 19Jul44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training
Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Sep44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Galveston
Field, TX 5Oct44. Designated TB-17F 30Oct44. Substantially damaged in an accident caused by
mechanical failure taking off at Galveston Field 9Nov44. 3505th Base Unit (Technical School), Scott
Field, Belleville, IL 19Jan45. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Galveston Field, TX.
283rd Base Unit (Gunnery Station), 72nd Fighter Wing, Galveston Field, TX 30Mar45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 15Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3468 (MSN 8404) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Jun43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jun43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO
30Jun/4Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 4Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit,
Moses Lake AAB, WA 24Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43.
327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. Substantially damaged in
an accident at Drew Field 29Jun44. Accident in collision with parked Martin AT-23B Marauder 41-35400
while taxying at Drew Field 11Jul44. 4501st Base Unit (Service Group), Lakeland Field, FL 14Aug44.
327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 20Aug44. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 27Oct44. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 3Feb45. Designated TB-17F 4May45. 2137th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 11May45. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 24May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command,
Cincinnati, OH 8Jul45. Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK 9Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 9Jul45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul
Mantz, Glendale, CA 19Feb46; scrapped.
3469 (MSN 8405) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 3Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
18Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. 590th Bomb
Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 11Aug43. Substantially
damaged taxying at Ephrata AAB 26Sep43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Ardmore Field,
OK. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 13Sep44. 272nd Base Unit (Staging
Base), Topeka Field, KS 23Oct44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN
27Nov44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Dyersburg AAB, TN 1Mar45. Designated TB-17F
9Apr45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14May45. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Jun45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 3Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 30Jul45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped.
3470 (MSN 8406) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 3Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
18Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. 326th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 4000th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Service
Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 23Jul44. 427th Sub Depot, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA. 326th
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Sep44; code M85. Major damage
during a training mission in the vicinity of Port Tampa, FL 15Oct44. Mid-air collision with B-17G
43-37712 during the approach to land, damaging cockpit, top turret, etc; both aircraft landed safely
at MacDill Field. 553rd Base Unit (3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit,
MI. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH
16Oct44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Sep44; code M85.
On a flight from Orlando AAB, FL to MacDill Field, it lost parts of the undercarriage on takeoff and
was substantially damaged landing at MacDill Field 18Apr45. Designated TB-17F 9May45. Designated
RB-17F 6Sep45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 27Sep45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation 13Oct45. Ferried to Bozeman-Gallatin Field, MT 14Oct45. Wings removed and
aircraft towed to the Montana State College for use as a ground instructional airframe. California
Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg, FL 3Dec53. Returned to Bozeman-Gallatin Field and made airworthy for
ferry flight to Florida. Registered as N66574. Rutas Aereas del Peru S.A. (RAPSA), Peru 22Jan55.
Named EL CHASQUE. Registered as OB-RAH-346; cancelled 18Nov59. Empresa Eximas Ltda, Bolivia.
Registration CP-633 not taken up. Marshall M Landy, Miami, FL 25Jan58. Departed Peru 23Mar58.
Registered Apr58 as N9815F. Aircraft Representation 31Dec58. Linea Aerea Borinquen, Puerto Rico
Jun59. Registered as AN-AMI; not taken up. Apparently not delivered. Registered 1Mar60 as N9815F;
cancelled 26Aug63. Colombian Government; registration C-580 not taken up. Aeropesca Colombia.
Registered as HK-580-X. Reregistered as HK-580. Aerovias del Caribe 7Oct63. Reportedly used on a
contract to transport prisoners. Crashed at Puerto Asis, Colombia.
3471 (MSN 8407) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 3Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. 3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI. 327th
Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17Sep44. Substantially damaged by
'friendly fire' thirty-five miles northwest of Tampa, FL 10Mar45. Designated TB-17F 4May45. 4124th
Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3472 (MSN 8408) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 2Jul43 - Amarillo
Field, TX 3Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Aug43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 12Aug43. 94th Sub Depot,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 13Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
568th Bomb Squadron [BI*G: BI*S: BI*N], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep43.
{first combat mission 9Sep43}. Battle damaged on an Operation Starkey mission to the Hispano-Suiza
aero engine factory at Bezons, Paris, France 9Sep43 (1WIA:9RMC). Unfavourable weather conditions
over the primary target caused the bombers to divert to their secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield
at Beaumont-sur-Oise, France. Struck by flak wounding the ball turret gunner. {final combat mission
12Sep44}. {61 missions}. Declared 'war weary'. Headquarters [N], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk. Damaged at Thorpe Abbotts 24Apr45. Preparing to depart for a cross country
sortie, the aircraft struck B-17E 41-2629 which was parked on the same hardstand. The left wing tip
struck the nose of the parked aircraft. Returned to US. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 19Sep44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 29Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped. SHOOT A POUND / THE VULTURE [named Apr44] / THE PAPER DOLL.
3473 (MSN 8409) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 2Jul43 - Amarillo
Field, TX 3Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Aug43.
Substantially damaged while parked by B-17F 42-30788 taxying at Denver Modification Center 7Aug43.
59th Sub Depot, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 12Aug43. 52nd Sub Depot, Las Vegas Field, NV 19Nov43.
Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 39th Sub Depot, Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 3Dec43. Flexible Gunnery School, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. 2137th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL Apr44. Designated TB-17F
20Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 2Oct45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped.
3474 (MSN 8410) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 2Jul43 - Amarillo
Field, TX 3Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Aug43.
7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training
Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to
UGLY (Britain) 30Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland
to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 351st Bomb Squadron
[EP*B], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk Sep43. {first combat mission
26Sep43}. Serious battle damage during a mission to the port area of Emden, Germany 2Oct43. Just
prior to the target, the formation was attacked by a force of German fighters which approached the
bombers by pretending to be their fighter escort; flak was moderate and accurate at the target.
Battle damaged during a mission to the industrial area of Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. The formation was
met with stiff resistance by German fighters the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way to the
target and back again. Over the I.P. and the target, the Group encountered intense flak. Destroyed
in an accident after a formation practice flight at Thorpe Abbotts 27Dec43 (10RMC). The pilot landed
long in poor visibility and ran into two other aircraft, B-17F 42-6094 and B-17G 42-37772, which had
been involved in an earlier accident at the end of the runway at Thorpe Abbotts. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 31Jan44. KING BEE - artwork of a bee riding a bomb. Nose art
painted by Sgt. Frank Stevens.
3475 (MSN 8411) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 1Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 2Jul43 - Amarillo
Field, TX 3Jul43 - Denver, CO 4Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 4Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 21Jul43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. Damaged by 'friendly fire' at Indian Bay Gunnery Range, FL 8Jan45.
Designated TB-17F 4May45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3476 (MSN 8412) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 4Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
19Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 20Jul43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. Designated TB-17F 4Aug43. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK
25Jun47; scrapped.
3477 (MSN 8413) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm beach, CA 4Jul43 - Denver,
CO 5Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 5Jul43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 19Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses
Lake AAB, WA 24Jul43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43.
Substantially damaged taxying at Drew Field 19Nov43. Substantially damaged in a gunnery accident
with B-17F 42-5288 at Drew Field 30Dec43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 1May44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Gulfport Field, MS 10Jul44. 4104th
Base Unit (Rome Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 31Oct44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 9Aug45. Designated RB-17F 24Aug45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 28Sep45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3478 (MSN 8414) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Colorado Springs, CO 4Jul43 -
Denver, CO 4Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO
4Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 594th Bomb
Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 19Jul43. Substantially
damaged landing with mechanical failure at Moses Lake AAB 20Sep43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 1May44. Damaged by mechanical failure at Drew Field 11Apr45. Designated TB-17F 4May45.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3479 (MSN 8415) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 3Jul43 - Denver, CO
13Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13Jul43. 7th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 29Jul43. 594th Bomb Squadron,
396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA 1Aug43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. Substantially damaged by engine failure and fire at Hendricks Field
28Aug44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
29Aug44. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16Sep44. Damaged by
structural failure in flight five miles west-northwest of Tampa, FL 18Jan45. Designated TB-17F
4May45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 2Jul45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3480 (MSN 8416) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 6Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
Jul43. Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26Jul43. 21st Bomb Wing,
Operational Training Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Aug43. 325th Base Unit (Replacement
Training Unit), Avon Park Field, FL. 4501st Base Unit (Service Group), Lakeland Field, FL 15Aug44.
61st Service Group, Lakeland Field, FL. 325th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Avon Park Field,
FL 17Aug44. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Avon Park Field 27Aug44. Designated
TB-17F 9Apr45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Aug45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 16Aug45. War Assets
Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
3481 (MSN 8417) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 6Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
23Jul43. 595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA
24Jul43. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Moses Lake AAB 1Aug43. 396th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Nov43. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1May44. 352nd Base Unit, Lakeland Field, FL 27Aug44. 327th Base Unit
(Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 2Sep44. 556th Base Unit (6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Dec44. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew
Field, Tampa, FL. Designated TB-17F 4May45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four
Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 11May45. 327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew
Field, Tampa, FL 24May45. 3505th Base Unit (Technical School), Scott Field, Belleville, IL 27Jun45.
327th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 7Jul45. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK Aug45. Designated RB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 29Aug45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company,
Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3482 (MSN 8418) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 3Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 6Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 22Jul43. 592nd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB,
WA 25Jul43. Substantially damaged in an accident landing Moses Lake AAB, WA 26Jul43. 383rd Bomb
Group, Operational Training Unit, Pendleton Field, OR 8Aug43. 326th Base Unit (Replacement Training
Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Technical Service Command), Robins
Field, Warner Robins, GA. 326th Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL
14Jul44. 4203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 27Jan45. 326th
Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Feb45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 27May45. 4124th Base Unit (Technical Service Command), Altus Field,
OK 28Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Jun45.
War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company, Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
42-3483/3503 Boeing B-17F-70-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-70-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA. Redesignated as Boeing
B-17G-1-DL Jul43.
Production changes: Bendix chin turret. No.3 bulkhead armour deleted.
3483 (MSN 8419) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 5Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 10Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 19Jul43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 20Jul43. Modified with pre-production
AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder
Force] aircraft. Air Service Command, Bedford Field, MA 3Aug43. Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT). Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 7Aug43. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd
Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB.
424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grand Island Field,
NB 22Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I)
26Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb
Squadron [MI*A], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Sep43. Radar equipment
removed and refitted in a de Havilland Mosquito. 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 14Apr44. Declared 'war weary'. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 17Apr44. Radio-relay aircraft. 8th Fighter Command 6May44. Regained by Group
25May44. 8th Fighter Command 22Jul44. Returned to US Jul45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. Declared excess 25Oct45. Ferrying Division, Air
Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Dec45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service
Command), Kingman Field, AZ 31Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to
Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped. CHOPSTICK A-ABLE [may have been
radio call-sign].
3484 (MSN 8420) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 9Jul43 - Denver, CO
10Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 10Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 21Jul43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne,
ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb
Group, Grand Island Field, NB 22Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) 26Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*B], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43 (1KIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter
opposition was strong with attacks from the enemy coast to the target and back out to the coast.
There was intense flak over Bremen but moderate and inaccurate elsewhere. The PFF navigator was
mortally wounded. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel,
Germany 13Dec43. Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Returning home, the PFF navigator
found that the combat wing was forty miles south of course; checking back on the dead reckoning
route, he found that Hamburg had been bombed instead of Kiel. Returned to US Jul45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. Declared excess 25Oct45. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 20Dec45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air
Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 25Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46.
Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3485 (MSN 8421) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 6Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 9Jul43 - Denver, CO
11Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 21Jul43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne,
ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 17Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb
Group, Grand Island Field, NB Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik,
Iceland to RAF Kinloss, Scotland 14Oct43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*C],
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 18Oct43. JUST RIGHT. 711th Bomb Squadron
[IR*D], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk Jun44. Modified as a drone for Operation
Aphrodite missions. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Combat equipment was
removed except for the navigation table, the VHF and an extinguisher in the cockpit. The bomb bay
was sealed; the navigator's seat put in place of the co-pilot's seat. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Two radio operator AZON control systems were installed,
connected with the flight control systems and the autopilot system. A radar altimeter (AN/APN-1) was
installed to make it possible to maintain a constant altitude. A television camera was installed in
the cockpit making it possible to see the all the flight instruments by the operator in the control
plane. A second TV camera was placed behind the Plexiglas nose, which allowed the operator to guide
the drone to its target. Upper surfaces were painted a light colour to maintain visual contact.
(Designated BQ-7). 562nd Bomb Squadron [C], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk.
Condemned salvage non battle damage 29May45.
3486 (MSN 8422) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 9Jul43 - Denver, CO
10Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 10Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 22Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 24Jul43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne,
ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb
Group, Grand Island Field, NB 22Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*D], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at
Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (8KIA:3POW). The pathfinder was leading the 40th Combat Wing and took
off from Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire. While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed
in over English bases and a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air
Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with
greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on
the penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the target. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer
and intensified when the American fighters returned home. P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal
support but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers to fend for
themselves on the return trip. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was experienced on the bomb run, with
intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. On the way back, the bomber was attacked between
Braunschweig and Hildesheim; the tail was damaged by a rocket fired from an enemy aircraft and had
to abandon the formation. In the vicinity of Harderwijk, the aircraft was hit again; the front end
of the aircraft was destroyed, killing/wounding the pilot and co-pilot, and the tail was knocked off
causing the bomber to pitch up steeply, stall and crash with two engines on fire in the IJsselmeer,
about 3km northwest of Harderwijk, Netherlands. Only four airmen were able to bail out. The aircraft
came to rest at the bottom of the IJsselmeer, about five meters below the surface, where it rested
until 1968/69. Claimed by Fw. Gerd Wiegand of 4./JG26 and Oblt. Artur Beese of 1./JG26. INVICTUS.
The last resting place of the airplane became dry land during the land reclamation projects of the
IJsselmeer. It took several expeditions to remove the wreckage, both in 1968 and 1969. There were
some remarkable finds during the recovery. During 1968 a lump of mud was found containing a camera.
Unfortunately the camera was opened and most of the film exposed. Only one picture could be saved.
It shows another B-17 flying below 42-3486, likely taken above or near the target. During the 1969
recovery a fully equipped life raft was found, still containing all emergency rations. About three
months after the wreckage was officially cleared (June 27th, 1969), the remains of the body of the
only missing crew, co-pilot Roy Peterson, were found by a farmer, while ploughing the soil several
hundred yards from the position of the wreckage. The crash site is in a field northeast of the
crossing of the Knardijk and Vogelweg in the present polder Oost Flevoland.
3487 (MSN 8423) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 9Jul43 - Denver, CO
10Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 10Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 22Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 24Jul43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne,
ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb
Group, Grand Island Field, NB 22Sep43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME. Damaged in an accident at Presque Isle Field, ME
28Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*E], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Sep43. 709th Bomb Squadron [IE*E], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk Jun44. Major damage in a collision when parked by B-17G 43-37539 taxying at Rattlesden
23Jun44. Condemned salvage 24Jun44.
3488 (MSN 8424) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 7Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 29Jul43. Staging
Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 12Aug43.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 15Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*L], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial areas of Emden, Germany 11Dec43
(2KIA:5POW:3EVD). The Luftwaffe was waiting for the bombers; the moment the bombers crossed over
into mainland Europe, six twin-engine fighters dived out of the sun upon the formation,
concentrating all their fire on the lead plane. Once the leader had been downed, the fighters swept
through the lead Squadron. Before the deputy lead had a chance to reassemble the formation, a large
force of single-engine fighters joined the fray, attacking the other bombers. Struck by flak over
the target just as the bombs were released, the leading edge of the right wing curled up acting as a
dive brake and quickly slowing the bomber. No.3 and no.4 engines were disabled, one of them set on
fire. Attempting to find some cloud cover, several enemy fighters lined up on the left and started
attacking. Tracer bullets ripped through a wing leaving a trail of flames. Flight controls were
damaged, a fire had started in the radio room and the plane was losing altitude. The left waist and
ball turret gunners were fatally wounded; the remaining airmen bailed out between Leeuwarden and
Groningen. Crashed 300 meters from lake Sneekermeer, Offingawier, Netherlands. Claimed by Lt.
Heinrich Steis of 4./JG 27, flying a Bf 109 G-6. WEIDNER'S WILDCAT.
3489 (MSN 8425) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK 9Jul43 - Denver, CO
11Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 24Jul43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne,
ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43. Major damage in an accident
during maintenance at Grenier Field 21Aug43. Collided with a tractor; the no.3 propeller blades were
damaged as the plane pushed the tractor under the right main wheel. 333rd Sub Depot, Grenier Field,
Manchester, NH. 1st Electronics Experimental Squadron, Bedford Field, MA 12Nov43. 4th Search Attack
Squadron, 1st Search Attack Group, Langley Field, Hampton, VA. Substantially damaged when force
landed after engine failure and fire at Broomes Island, thirty-five miles southeast of Camp Springs
Field, MD 19Dec43 (2KIS). 1st Electronics Experimental Unit, Bedford Field, MA 12Nov43. Designated
TB-17G 20Jul44. 4148th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Bedford Field, MA 1Dec44. 4100th
Base Unit (Fairfield Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 8Mar45. 4148th Base
Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Bedford Field, MA. 4147th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical
Service Command), Bedford Field, MA 11Aug45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 22Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
25Oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX
Sep46; scrapped.
3490 (MSN 8426) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jul43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 24Jul43. Modified with pre-production
AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder
Force] aircraft. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*F], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Sep43. Substantially damaged in an accident landing at Alconbury 24Jan44. 549th Bomb
Squadron, 385th Bomb Group Mar44. Failed to return from a mission to industrial targets in Berlin,
Germany 21Jun44 (10INT). Flak was moderate to intense at the target, most of the bursts being below
the formation. The plane was noted to be having difficulty throughout the penetration in keeping up
with the formation; it was lagging to such an extent that it joined the wing that was following;
flak had damaged three engines. Unable to return to England, the pilot headed for Sweden and force
landed at Bulltofta, Malmö, Sweden. Repaired. Traded to the Swedish government along with eight
other B-17's for $1 and the release of American airmen interned in Sweden. Flown to Svenska
Aeroplan A.B. in Linköping. Converted to passenger configuration by SAAB; designated Boeing F-17
Felix. Registered 10Oct45 as SE-BAN. Operated by AB Aerotransport / SILA, Stockholm. Named 'Ted'.
WFU Oct48. Registration cancelled 5Oct48. Scrapped 1950. Parts of the bomber were stored at the
Arlanda Flygsamlingar in Stockholm [now closed].
3491 (MSN 8427) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 8Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 24Jul43. Modified with pre-production
AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder
Force] aircraft. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*G], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF)
ball bearing factory at Erkner, Berlin, Germany 6Mar44 (4POW:6KIA). The formation was flying over a
complete overcast so, unsure of their position, looked for a target of opportunity. Flak over the
target was intense and accurate; strong enemy fighter opposition was encountered en route to the
target. Damaged over the target by 88mm flak from guns of Heavy Flak Abteilungen 126 and 307. No.3
engine caught fire setting fire to the wing, then the aircraft exploded and crashed near Lake Havel,
near Berlin, Germany. The plane was the lead bomber and Colonel Russell Alger Wilson, Commander of
the 4th Bomb Wing, was onboard as Combat Leader; Wilson was killed when the plane exploded.
CHOPSTICK-G GEORGE [may have been radio call-sign].
3492 (MSN 8428) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jul43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 25Jul43. Modified with pre-production
AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. PFF [Pathfinder
Force] aircraft. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 27Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*H], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire Sep43. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the
Messerschmitt AG aircraft factory at Augsburg, Germany 25Feb44. Moderate to intense and accurate
flak was encountered over the target; there was weak enemy fighter opposition. Returned to US Apr45.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Division, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm
Beach, FL 23Apr45. 503rd Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command), Washington
National Airport, Gravelly Point, DC 2May45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 9May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 19May45. Declared excess 21Oct45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 20Dec45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ
25Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 25Dec45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson
City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped. PAPER DOLL.
3493 (MSN 8429) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 14Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA
31Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 20Aug43. Combat Crew Training School,
Rapid City AAB, SD 6Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 7Sep43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Nutts
Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 13/14Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 325th Bomb
Squadron [NV*H], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 28Sep43. Modified as a drone
for Operation Aphrodite missions. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Combat
equipment was removed except for the navigation table, the VHF and an extinguisher in the cockpit;
'Tokyo' fuel tanks were emptied, degassed and sealed. The bomb bay was sealed; the navigator's seat
put in place of the co-pilot's seat. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire
7Jun44. Two radio operator AZON control systems were installed, connected with the flight control
systems and the autopilot system. A radar altimeter (AN/APN-1) was installed to make it possible to
maintain a constant altitude. A television camera was installed in the cockpit making it possible to
see the all the flight instruments by the operator in the control plane. A second TV camera was
placed behind the Plexiglas nose, which allowed the operator to guide the drone to its target. Upper
surfaces were painted a light colour to maintain visual contact. (Designated BQ-7). 562nd Bomb
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk. Assigned to GLUE (Ninth Air Force,
Europe). Condemned salvage 20Jun45.
3494 (MSN 8430) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 9Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 14Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 26Jul43. 88th Bomb
Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 2Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 20Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*F], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch magneto factory
at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. Enemy fighters were seen en route to the target but did not attack;
flak was encountered most of the way in, becoming heavy approaching the target. Attacked and damaged
by enemy fighters, with fuel exhaustion the bomber crash landed back at Podington. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 7Sep43. Regained by Group 18Sep43. 407th Bomb
Squadron [PY*F]. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at
Kiel, Germany 4Jan44 (10KIA). Fighter opposition was non-existent but intense, heavy and accurate
flak was encountered over the target. Damaged by flak, crashed at Oppendorf, near Schönkirchen, 10km
east of Kiel, Germany.
3495 (MSN 8431) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 12Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA
1Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 7Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I)
9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 510th Bomb
Squadron [TU*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 20Sep43. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 28Sep43. Regained by Group 30Sep43. {first
combat mission 9Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory,
Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43. The formation was attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe fighters firing
rockets soon after it crossed the Danish coast. They followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb
run and over the target. Flak was meagre and inaccurate. The formation turned for home and flew
straight into the Luftwaffe's assembled forces. The fighter attacks persisted for some three and a
half-hours after leaving the target. In the final stages, fighters from coastal airfields joined in
the attacks. One 0.30 calibre hole in top of right wing; one flak hole in right aileron; one 0.30
calibre hole right side of fuselage behind co-pilot's compartment; one flak hole in top of pilot's
compartment; one hole right side of rudder; one 0.30 calibre In left wing damaging a fuel tank; one
flak hole in bottom of chin turret. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken
AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters. Flak in the target area
was moderate in intensity and fair for accuracy. After the target, German fighters, having landed
and refuelled, attacked again. 20mm cannon shell in leading edge of wing between no.3 and no.4
engine nacelles, oil cooler damaged. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was
encountered over the target. One flak hole in leading edge of left horizontal stabilizer; one hole
in leading edge of vertical stabilizer; one 20mm cannon shell hole in leading edge of vertical
stabilizer; one hole in leading edge of left outboard wing panel; three flak holes in top of right
inboard wing panel; one hole in leading edge of right wing between no.3 and no.4 engine nacelles.
Battle damaged on a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy fighter opposition
was slight; flak was accurate and moderate in the target area, dispersed areas over the continent
and outlying islands. One flak hole in left stabilizer which also struck the fuselage; one 20mm
cannon shell hole in the dorsal fin; a 20mm cannon shell hole in right side of fuselage, forward of
waist window; a hole through left inboard wing panel behind no.2 engine nacelle and one in the left
wing flap. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France
31Dec43 (3POW:7EVD). With the primary target obscured by cloud, the formation headed for the
secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Intelligence reports
indicated that very little opposition could be expected from this target, but unknown to the
Americans, a Luftwaffe flak unit had just completed their training at a gunnery school at Saint-
Nazaire and were being transported to their new assignments. They, along with their guns, were on
railway trucks close to the airfield, the gunners watching in amazement as the bombers headed
towards them following the railway lines! Added to this was the fact that because of the supposed
weak opposition expected, the bomber force had descended to a lower altitude to ensure pin-point
accuracy with their bombing, thus presenting the Germans with a target they just could not fail to
miss. About this time, the formation began to have some enemy fighter attacks. The Group continued
on towards the target and immediately came under intense and deadly accurate anti-aircraft fire
north of Pauillac but continued to hold their course and released their bomb load. Three engines had
been damaged and disabled; one propeller had been feathered and only no.1 engine was still running
and it was clear that the plane would not be able to return to England. At 12,000 feet the pilot
ordered the crew to bail out but the two pilots stayed with the bomber in an attempt to aid the ball
turret gunner who was seriously injured and unable to jump. They skilfully effected a crash landing
with no.2 engine on fire in a pasture at Saint-Seurin de Cadourne, north of Pauillac, north-
northwest of Bordeaux, France. {10 missions}. ROUGH LUCK / LADY LUCK.
3496 (MSN 8432) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 27Jul43. 88th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 1Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*Z], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire 4Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 29Sep43. Regained by Group 1Oct43. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*Z]. Accident on a practice
mission at Podington 15May44 (5RMC). The plane crash landed after it stalled while flown by the
pilot under instruction. The left tyre blew out then the landing gear collapsed. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 16May44. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton.
HARDSTAND HATTIE.
3497 (MSN 8433) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL Sep43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*O], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 4Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to
the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at Marienburg, East Prussia 9Oct43. On the way out
and returning home the formation passed Denmark where German fighters attacked the bombers. Flak was
meagre over the coastal crossings and enemy fighter opposition was mediocre. Failed to return from
a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (1KIA:9POW). Over Dordrecht,
Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the formation
was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious
fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter escorts
arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Attacked over Greven by enemy
fighters, the plane caught fire and the crew bailed out. It crashed on Ruhof Farm at Vreden-Lunten,
near Haaksbergen, Netherlands. {4 missions}.
3498 (MSN 8434) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Combat Crew Training School, Sioux City AAB, IA 29Jul43. 583rd
Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Scribner Field, NB 30Jul43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS Aug43. 94th
Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 14Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43.
Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*L], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
Sep43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Major battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards
at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate
flak. As it approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an
estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By
the time friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been
done. Major battle damage on a mission to Friedrich Krupp Germania Werft ship building yard, Kiel,
Germany 4Jan44. Fighter opposition was non-existent but intense, heavy and accurate flak was
encountered over the target. On return force landed with wounded airmen to obtain medical assistance
at RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Despite wearing protective equipment, several of the men were
hospitalized because of frostbite. Battle damaged on a mission to the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Annahof, Oranienburg, Germany 18Apr44 (1WIA:9RMC). The bombers arrived over
Oranienburg to find the town covered by a thick undercast. Forced to decide between abandoning the
mission and bringing the formation down under the clouds, the air leader had the planes drop down to
17,000ft in order to make their attack run. The bomber encountered intense flak over the target,
wounding a waist gunner. Accident departing for a mission to railway marshalling yards at Châlons-
sur-Marne, France 27Apr44 (1KIA:9RMC). As it was preparing for takeoff, the plane abruptly veered
off the runway after a tire burst. It went into the dirt, sending a stray propeller blade flying
into the nose, killing the crew's navigator. Failed to return from a mission to industrial areas in
Berlin, Germany 8May44 (10KIA). Flak over the target was intense. Attacked by enemy fighters,
aircraft spun in, crew unable to bail out. The aircraft crashed two miles south of Ostenholz,
twenty-five miles north of Hannover, Germany. {17 missions}. RED HEAD / HAP'S HAZARD.
3499 (MSN 8435) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 395th Bomb Group, Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA
1Aug43. Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 9Aug43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field,
Ogden, UT. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 22Sep43. Varley Bomb Group, Destination X
28Sep43. 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged in collision with parked
B-17F 42-6033 at Ephrata 28Nov43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX.
Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX 25Oct44. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX
12Nov44. Designated TB-17G 1Jan45. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS
1Jan45. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training School), Pyote Field, TX 25Jan45. Ferrying Division,
Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 25Mar45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Technical Service Command),
Syracuse AAB, NY 28Mar45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 9Oct45. 593rd
Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Charleston Field, SC Oct45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical
Service Command), Altus Field, OK 28Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 28oct45. War Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Esperado Mining Company,
Altus, OK 25Jun47; scrapped.
3500 (MSN 8436) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 12Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tucson, AZ 16Jul43 - Denver,
CO 20Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 26Jul43.
Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 6Aug43. Modified with pre-production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground
scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier
Field, Manchester, NH Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot,
Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 21Sep43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft.
812th Bomb Squadron [MI*J], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Sep43. Failed
to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Feb44
(11POW:1EVD). As a pathfinder aircraft it flew as the lead aircraft with additional mission pilot
and navigator. As the planes were passing over the Netherlands en route to Germany, local crosswinds
carried the bombers straight into enemy flak. When it was hit by flak over the target it lost part
of the oxygen equipment. The mission pilot, who was the only one on board at that time (rest of the
crew already had bailed out over Germany), successfully crash landed the aircraft in a field between
Meddo and Zwolle, near Winterswijk, Netherlands.
3501 (MSN 8437) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA
28Jul43. Great Falls Field, MT 1Aug43. Glasgow Field, MT 2Aug43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Aug43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT.
Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 1Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL
Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Goose Bay, Labrador to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
12Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*K], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-
Seine, France 5Feb44 (10RMC). Poor visibility prevented an attack on the target and diverted to a
secondary objective, a Luftwaffe aircraft repair depot at Villacoublay, Paris, France. En route, the
no.2 propeller oversped and the plane dropped back from the formation. The pilot aborted the mission
and turned for home. Then the no.4 propeller oversped and the fuel supply to the no.3 engine failed.
The bomb load was jettisoned as was excess equipment as the plane slowly descended over the English
Channel. Vibration was bad and a landing would be too risky. Crossing over the English coast at
about 3,000 feet, the pilot ordered the crew to bail out and set the autopilot to fly the bomber
back out to sea. The crew landed safely in the area of Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent except the tail
gunner who received a minor injury. The aircraft failed to reach the coast and crashed at Dymchurch,
Kent near the police station between Lyndhurst Road and Orgarswick Road, about 100 yards short of
the sea. The bomber demolished trees, telegraph poles, and a number of houses and bungalows, some of
which caught fire. A soldier chopping firewood was killed and several persons were injured; the
injured included two boys who were trapped under part of the bomber. A wide area was devastated.
Condemned salvage 5Feb44. KASCH'S KIDS.
3502 (MSN 8438) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43. Ephrata AAB, WA 6Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City
AAB, SD 10Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 7/8Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*Q], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk Sep43. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*L], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk
Sep43. Crash landed Lofts Farm, Great Totham, near Maldon, Essex 2Feb44. Condemned salvage 3Feb44.
SWINGING DOOR.
3503 (MSN 8439) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jul43. Redesignated
B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 399th Bomb
Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 28Jul43. Exploded and crashed seventeen miles east
of Arlington, OR 10Aug43 (4KIS). Class 26; ground instructional airframe 14Aug43.
42-3504/3562 Boeingh B-17F-75-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17F-75-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA. Redesignated as Boeing
B-17G-5-DL Jul43.
Production changes: Fitted with the G-model's Bendix chin turret and longer faired nose, but retained the F
model's upper turret and open waist gun positions. A-3 oxygen flow indicator and induction vibrator starter
coil added.
3504 (MSN 8440) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 28Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 28Jul43. 88th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 2Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 11Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain)
2Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station
500), Scotland 3/4Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*F], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to Kiel, Germany
11Jan44 (10MIA). Damaged in two attacks by enemy fighters, ditched in North Sea off Netherlands.
Another B-17 signalled a rescue launch but all crew were lost. LADY JEAN. Claimed by night fighter
pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 11./NJG 1 flying a Bf 110 G-4.
3505 (MSN 8441) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 13Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 18Jul43. Redesignated
B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 30Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field,
Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 9Sep43. Ogden Air Service
Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 28Sep43. 94th
Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned
to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 7Oct43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 562nd Bomb Squadron [E], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Oct43. {first
combat mission 14Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer ball
bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. Enemy fighters were encountered near Eupen, Belgium
on the route in, all the way to the target, and back to the French Coast. Flak was moderate to
intense along the route but gave the most trouble over the target area. The lead bombardier was
unable to see a clear view of the target caused by smoke from previous bombing. He set his bombsight
on the railway bridge over the Main river so that the bombs struck the eastern end of the
marshalling yards. Damaged, the plane dropped out of the formation and returned home at low level to
avoid enemy fighters. When it landed at Knettishall there was only one engine running. Failed to
return from a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 29Nov43 (7KIA:3RMC). Flak in the target
area was meagre. On the return route the plane had trouble with three of the engines. The pilot was
forced to ditch the plane thirty-five miles off Yarmouth, Norfolk. {4 missions}.
3506 (MSN 8442) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Tulsa, OK - Denver, CO.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jul43. Redesignated
B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group,
Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 29Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field,
Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 8Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott
Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 401st
Bomb Squadron [LL*H], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 22Sep43. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Accurate and intense
flak was encountered in the target area; attacked by a small force of enemy fighters. On return,
crash landed with fuel exhaustion at Tannington on approach to Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 10Oct43.
1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 11Oct43. Regained by Group 19Feb44. 324th
Bomb Squadron [DF*B]. Failed to return from a mission to the Mühlenbau und Industrie AG aircraft
assembly halls at Waggum, Brunswick, Germany 29Mar44 (10POW). Cloud cover forced a diversion to the
secondary target, the industrial area of Brunswick. En route, flak was meagre and inaccurate; over
the target a large force of enemy fighters attacked but was driven off by the escort. Enemy action
damaged engine no.3 and no.4; with no.4 propeller feathered the plane was unable to maintain
formation. It was last seen at low level but behind the Group; ditched off Dutch coast, fifty miles
west of IJmuiden, Netherlands. The crew was rescued by S-64 and S-117 of 8./Schnellbootflottille
twenty-eight nautical miles west-northwest of IJmuiden later that evening. {4 missions}.
SIR BABOON MCGOON.
3507 (MSN 8443) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 18Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 25Jul43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 26Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Bowman Group, Destination X 20Oct43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 25Oct43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England 9Nov43. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*D], 401st
Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire Nov43. {first combat mission 26Nov43}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the port and industrial area of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43. Enemy
fighter opposition was slight; flak was accurate and moderate in the target area, dispersed areas
over the continent and outlying islands. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero
engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 1Dec43. A force of enemy fighters was encountered in the
vicinity of the Initial Point where the friendly fighter escort turned back; flak was intense and
accurate. Battle damaged during a mission to the port area of Emden, Germany 11Dec43. Flak over the
target was moderate and accurate. Fighter opposition was slight and did not appear until after the
friendly fighter support had withdrawn. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen,
Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very
intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux,
France 31Dec43 (1WIA:9RMC). The target was covered in solid cloud so the Group diverted to the
secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Enemy fighters attacked
off the French coast en route to the I.P.; flak at the target was moderate and accurate. Enemy
fighters were picking on stragglers back to within thirty miles of the English coast; the radio
operator was wounded. On return, force landed in bad weather at RAF Warmwell, Dorset. Numerous flak
holes in wing skins with structural damage to internal members; flak hole through underside and out
top of fuselage into vertical stabilizer, damaging control cables; 0.30 calibre bullet hole through
left side of fuselage to rear of waist position; 0.30 calibre bullet hole through left side of
fuselage into radio room damaging equipment; hole in left bomb bay door; flap control rod broken;
no.2 engine ring cowl damaged. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire
26Jan44. Regained by Group 28Jan44. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt
am Main, Germany 29Jan44. Chaff was dropped over the target by the Lead Group of the 94th Combat
Wing and effectively disrupted the flak defences. Vicious enemy fighter attacks were encountered
shortly after leaving the target, with twin-engined fighters creating a majority of the damage. Flak
hole through right wing near trailing edge; 20mm cannon shell hole in bottom or right wing behind
no.3 engine nacelle, fuel tank and structural damage; hole in bottom of right wing puncturing no.3
fuel tank; hole in outer leading edge; hole through vertical stabilizer; 20mm cannon shell hole
through left side of fuselage and out the top at the navigator's compartment, breaking a stringer;
three inch flak hole through left horizontal stabilizer. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield at Châteauroux, France 5Feb44. Enemy opposition, both flak and fighters, was
slight. The plane was part of the low group which had made a second bomb run and fallen behind the
combat wing formation during the rally. In the vicinity of Paris, a flight of six Fw 190 fighters
attacked the low group before being engaged by P-38 Lightnings. Battle damaged on a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Longvic, Dijon, France 6Feb44. The assigned target was too overcast to permit
visual bombing; a deviation was made in order to find a target of opportunity, a Luftwaffe airfield
at Carpiquet, Caen, France. The Group encountered very little flak along the route in and out from
the target. Enemy fighter opposition was slight. Two inch flak holes through rudder and left
elevator trim tabs. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109
aircraft factory at Mockau, Leipzig, Germany 20Feb44. A large force of enemy fighters attacked the
formation before the I.P.; flak at the target was heavy and accurate. Flak hole through right wing
outer panel; hole through right bomb bay door damaging stringer; 0.50 calibre bullet hole through
fuselage rear of waist position, into top and out leading edge of left wing; hole right side of
fuselage rear of waist position. Battle damaged on an Operation Argument mission to the
Messerschmitt AG aircraft factory at Augsburg, Germany 25Feb44. Enemy fighter opposition was
encountered in the Initial Point and general target area. At the target, flak was intense and
accurate; moderate and accurate flak was encountered along the route. Several holes through left
wing, main compression member damaged; three 0.303 calibre bullet holes through vertical stabilizer;
hole through left side of fuselage beneath navigator's window; hole in no.4 engine ring cowl. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing factory at Erkner,
Berlin, Germany 6Mar44. Upon nearing the Initial Point, enemy fighters attacked. The formation was
flying over a complete overcast so, unsure of their position, looked for a target of opportunity,
the town of Templin, Germany. Accurate flak and enemy fighter attacks were encountered during the
return home. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing
factory at Erkner, Berlin, Germany 8Mar44. Luftwaffe fighters and flak batteries defending the
Berlin area mounted a fierce resistance. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying
bomb launch site at Gorenflos, east of Abbeville, France 13Mar44. No enemy aircraft were encountered;
flak was moderate and accurate at Amiens and Abbeville. Hole in trailing edge of right aileron; hole
in center of left bomb bay door; hole in bottom cowl flap of no.2 engine nacelle; hole in left wing
inner panel behind no.2 engine nacelle. Battle damaged on a mission to the FAG Kugelfischer Georg
Schäfer ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 24Mar44. No fighter opposition and flak was
light. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at
Watten, Pas-de-Calais, France 26Mar44. Moderate and accurate flak was encountered to, over and from
the target; no enemy aircraft were encountered. Hole through left horizontal stabilizer causing
structural damage; hole in left side of fuselage near station 3; hole in top of no.3 engine ring
cowl. Battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft factory at Sorau,
Prussia 11Apr44. The primary target was covered with clouds so the formation headed north for the
Hydrierwerke Pölitz AG synthetic oil plant at Pölitz which was also obscured by cloud cover. The
formation found a target of opportunity, the industrial area of Stettin, Prussia. Friendly fighter
support was good, but in several areas insufficient to cope with the strong enemy opposition;
moderate to intense and very accurate flak was encountered en route and over the target. On return,
the formation was subjected to two hard-pressed attacks by enemy fighters. Numerous flak damage
throughout plane; landing gear retracting mechanism damaged, many electrical wires cut; wing front
spar in no.2 engine nacelle damaged; all engines damaged and fuel tanks punctured. Declared 'war
weary'. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 15Jul44. Returned to
US Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. Declared excess 1Oct45. Reclaim 10Feb46. Reclaim complete 7Jun46.
DUFFY'S TAVERN.
3508 (MSN 8444) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 14Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 580th Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Watertown Field, SD
28Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney AAB, NB 3Aug43. 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS
12Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 15Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station
139), Norfolk Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas at Kleinmachnow, southwest of
Berlin, Germany 6Mar44. Flak was reported as moderate and accurate but intense and accurate over
Berlin. Ground rockets were fired from several locations. Vicious enemy fighter attacks were
experienced en route to and from the target. Damaged by flak, later attacked on the way back by
enemy fighters north of Brunswick. Failed to return from a mission to the Messerschmitt experimental
airfield at Lechfeld, Augsburg, Germany 18Mar44 (10POW). Flak over Augsburg was intense and accurate.
Finding the target covered by clouds, it was decided to make a visual bomb run on the Dornier
Flugzeugwerke works at Oberfaffenhofen, Munich. The aircraft was damaged by debris from a collision
of 42-39830 and 42-37913 over Dieppe, France, en route to the target. Preceding the collision the
Group leader's plane was hit by flak and aborted the mission. A delay in assuming the lead by the
deputy leader resulted in a 360 degree turn by the 100th Bomb Group over the French coast at Dieppe.
In the re-assembly, #830 and #913 were involved in a mid-air collision. The damaged #508 managed to
continue on to the secondary target but the damage was so great that flight could not be sustained
for the return leg. A P-47 Thunderbolt offered protection for some time but as the bomber was forced
to descend lower and lower, the P-47's fuel state forced the pilot, reluctantly, to abandon the
stricken B-17. A Bf 109 and a Fw 190 fighter joined up with the bomber, one on each wing. Soon they
gave the pilot a 'thumbs down' signal over a large snow covered field. The bomber crash landed, with
the pilot making a dead-stick, wheels up landing in the snow covered backyard of a farmer and came
to rest beside a Luftwaffe airfield near Dornstadt, six miles north of Ulm, Germany. The two
fighters circled and the Bf 109 lowered his wheels and landed next to the bomber. The German fighter
nosed over and crashed, but the Luftwaffe pilot was not injured. The Fw 190 circled overhead a few
more minutes and then departed. JERSEY LILY / BASTARD'S BUNGALOW II.
3509 (MSN 8445) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 17Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
17Jul/8Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 8Aug43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand
Island Field, NB. Sperry Provisional Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 3Sep43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*V:DS*Z], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 27Sep43. {first combat mission 10Oct43}. Battle damaged on
a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Accurate and intense flak was
encountered in the target area; attacked by a small force of enemy fighters. Rudder damaged by flak.
Left horizontal stabilizer and elevator, left aileron were damaged by 0.50 calibre machine gun
bullets from the waist gunner when firing his guns. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at
Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3Nov43. Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. Escort
fighters were scheduled to cover the whole route over enemy territory but were not on hand for
approximately ten minutes between the I.P. and the target, during which time the Group was attacked
by enemy fighters. Flak hole in right elevator fabric; 0.50 calibre bullet hole in radio compartment
at station 6 on left side through longeron; shell case hole in right wing tip; flak hole in trailing
edge of left wing; hole in left horizontal stabilizer at tip; hole outer edge of right wing flap.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 31Dec43. The
target was covered in solid cloud so the Group diverted to the secondary target, a Luftwaffe
airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Enemy fighters attacked off the French coast en route to
the I.P.; flak at the target was moderate and accurate. Enemy fighters were picking on stragglers
back to within thirty miles of the English coast. Small flak hole in leading edge of right wing;
three 0.50 calibre bullet holes inboard of no.4 engine nacelle; large flak hole in left horizontal
stabilizer; hole in leading edge of left wing; hole causing damage to skin of left wing top side
outer panel; hole in skin of dorsal fin on left side; small hole in left life raft door. Battle
damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site at Gorenflos, east of
Abbeville, France 14Jan44. Enemy fighters were seen but did not attack; flak from the I.P. to the
target was light but very accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt
am Main, Germany 29Jan44. Chaff was dropped over the target by the Lead Group of the 94th Combat
Wing and effectively disrupted the flak defences. Vicious enemy fighter attacks were encountered
shortly after leaving the target, with twin-engined fighters creating a majority of the damage.
Failed to return from a mission to a Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft component factory at Brunswick,
Germany 30Jan44 (1KIA:9POW). Enemy opposition was light; flak was moderate and not accurate. Damaged
by flak, the crew bailed out before the plane crashed at Bruggenmorsweg, Enschede, Netherlands.
{13 missions}. CRYSTAL BALL. Named in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word
'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F. Ball.
3510 (MSN 8446) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA
30Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 28Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I) Oct43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 337th
Bomb Squadron [AW*P], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Oct43. On a training
flight the aircraft collided with B-17G 43-37684 and crashed at Wood End, near Towcester, Northants
11Oct44 (4KIS:1RMC). A formation of planes took off from their base at Snetterton Heath for a
training mission with a mock bombing run above Rugby, Warwickshire. Over the village of
Farthingstone, before their planned turn at Silverstone to return to base, tragically a formation of
three aircraft was involved in a horrific mid-air collision at 15,000ft after encountering severe
turbulence and cloud. The accident was triggered when the pilot of B-17G 42-3510 pulled up and hit
the nose of B-17G 43-37684 with its tail section. Just as #510 sheared in half, the third B-17
42-31053 hit #684 with its rudder and also broke in two. Miraculously, the pilot of #510 parachuted
to safety, while his and the other bombers plummeted to earth at Woodend, west of Towcester, in four
sections. Although badly damaged 43-37684 was able to limp back to Snetterton Heath. Salvaged
13Oct44.
3511 (MSN 8447) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 15Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 26Jul43. Rome Air Depot, Rome Field, NY 29Jul43. Modified with pre-
production AN/APS-15 [H2X] airborne, ground scanning radar in a radome behind the chin turret. 812th
Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 18Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
Grand Island Field, NB. 424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. 812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb
Group, Grand Island Field, NB Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 812th Bomb Squadron [MI*K], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11Feb44. Moderate and accurate flak was encountered over and past the
target; rockets fired from the ground were seen just after leaving the target, but went far above
the formation with no explosions observed. A few enemy fighters were seen but kept at bay by the
friendly escort. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*N], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
22Apr44. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Frescaty, Metz, France 25Apr44
(2POW:7EVD). There was no enemy fighter opposition but flak over the coast was heavy. The plane was
worn and had been fitted with two new engines; the original engines began smoking on the bomb run.
The plane dropped back out of formation after leaving the target; two engines were disabled, one
propeller was feathered, the other was wind milling. Later the other two engines were struck by flak
over Clermont; no.2 engine caught fire. Pilot ordered the crew to bail out and the plane crashed at
la Croix Saint-Pierre, 300 meters west of Précy-sur-Oise, 8km northeast of Beaumont-sur-Oise, France.
{>30 missions}.
3512 (MSN 8448) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jul43. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach Field, CA 4Aug43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 7Aug43. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Crashed with engine failure after takeoff and destroyed by fire three miles northeast of Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 28Aug43 (3KIS). Surveyed 8Oct43.
3513 (MSN 8449) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 19Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 27Jul43. 88th
Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 2Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 6Aug43. 8th Ferrying Group, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 17Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 19Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*T], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 2Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 8Sep43. Regained by Group 9Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station
127), Bedfordshire 1Oct43. Regained by Group 4Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton
(Station 127), Bedfordshire 26Nov43. Regained by Group 27Jan44. Failed to return from a mission to
targets in the city of Berlin, Germany 29Apr44 (10POW). Flak was intense and accurate at the target
and encountered along most of the return route. Struck and damaged by flak causing engine failure,
the crew bailed out. Crashed and burned on a field behind a farm along the Buurtweg between Meerveld
and Nieuw-Millingen, 5km west of Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Salvaged by the Germans, the wreckage was
taken to a salvage facility in Utrecht, Netherlands 1944.
3514 (MSN 8450) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 21Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA
31Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL. 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*V],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 24Sep43. Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air Service
Command 9Oct43. Regained by Group 1Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke
Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (10POW). While the aircraft were airborne,
the weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F.
Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb
Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47
Thunderbolts on the penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide
withdrawal support but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers to
fend for themselves on the return trip. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and
intensified when the American fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was
experienced on the bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. No.1 engine
caught fire; the pilot feathered the engine and the fire was extinguished but continued smoking.
Later, no.3 engine caught fire and the plane dropped out of formation. Crashed between Oldenburg and
Bremen, Germany. {>18 missions}. DINAH MITE II / DOLL BABY. Claimed by Feldwebel Friedrich "Fritz"
Ungar of 9./JG 54.
3515 (MSN 8451) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 16Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 21Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA
31Jul43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 20Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing,
Rapid City AAB, SD 8Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*O], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station
127), Bedfordshire 26Sep43. Regained by Group 27Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial
areas of Emden, Germany 11Dec43. Flak over the target was moderate and accurate, meagre flak was
encountered elsewhere; no enemy fighters were seen. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 7Jan44. Over the target, flak was moderate but
inaccurate; enemy aircraft attacked after the friendly fighter escort departed. Major battle damage
during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 8Feb44. Accurate flak
was encountered over the target; returning home, a couple of enemy fighters took advantage of a gap
in the escort and attacked. Flak struck the right wing and waist gun position. 813th Bomb Squadron,
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 30Mar44. Declared 'war weary'. Accident
taxying at Thurleigh 5Oct44. The plane was leaving its dispersal when the pilot braked and the
plane nosed over; the two inboard propellers dug into the concrete. Returned to US Jun45. 121st
Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 5Jun45. 4000th Base Unit
(Flight Test Division, Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH Jun45.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 14Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. Declared excess 26Oct45.
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Nov45. 3018th Base Unit (San Bernardino
Air Technical Service Command), Kingman Field, AZ 18Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration
27Aug46. Sold to Martin Wunderlich Company, Jefferson City, MO 9Aug46; scrapped.
3516 (MSN 8452) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. Ogden Air
Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD
8Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command
Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route;
Goose Bay, Labrador to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 12Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England.
338th Bomb Squadron [BX*S], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Failed
to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (10POW). Over
Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the
formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of
vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Damaged in an attack
by enemy fighters and crashed en route target, near Münster's Heilig Geist Kirche, Germany.
3517 (MSN 8453) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City AAB, SD 10Aug43. 94th Sub
Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to
SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command,
England. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*O], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire
27Sep43. {first combat mission 10Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was
encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
shipyard at Kiel, Germany 13Dec43. Flak throughout the mission was meager to moderate but quite
accurate. The formation did not encounter any enemy fighters; fighter support was excellent. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 31Dec43. The target
was covered in solid cloud so the Group diverted to the secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at
Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Enemy fighters attacked off the French coast en route to the I.P.;
flak at the target was moderate and accurate. Enemy fighters were picking on stragglers back to
within thirty miles of the English coast. Small flak hole in Plexiglas nose section; hole in top of
no.3 engine nacelle; hole in leading edge of right wing near landing light lens; large flak hole
rear of ball turret, skin and stiffeners damaged; hole in navigator's compartment; two small holes
in outboard panel of left wing underside, skin and corrugation damaged; hole in skin of fuselage
near pilot's windshield. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to the FAG Kugelfischer
Georg Schäfer ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 24Feb44 (1KIA:3POW:6EVD). Over the North
Sea en route to the target, one of the engines caught fire; to extinguish the flames, the pilot
turned off the fuel supply. Powered now by only three engines, and with a wind milling propeller,
the bomber struggled to stay in formation. Over IJsselmeer, the pilot jettisoned the bombs and was
given an order to continue the mission to ensure the protection of the other bombers by the fire
from its machine guns. Arriving over Frankfurt, the formation came under fire from flak that damaged
the bomber. After flying over the target, the plane managed to get back over France but was then
attacked by an enemy fighter which set the right wing on fire, whereupon the crew bailed out over
the Somme. The abandoned aircraft, continuing its flight, crashed 700 meters southeast of
Grattepanche, 10km south of Amiens, France. {15 missions}. Claimed by Fw Wilhelm Mayer of 7./JG26
flying a Fw 190. HAPPY WARRIOR.
3518 (MSN 8454) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane Field, WA 4Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Rapid City
AAB, SD 10Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic
route; Bluie West One (BW-1), Narsarsuaq, Greenland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 13Sep43.
VIII Bomber Command, England. 561st Bomb Squadron [Z], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen,
Germany 20Dec43. Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target area was very
intense and accurate. Battle damaged during a mission to aircraft factories at Brunswick, Germany
10Feb44. Meagre to Heavy flak was seen when crossing the enemy coast at IJmuiden, Netherlands. In
the vicinity of Lingen, Germany the formation was attacked by enemy fighters in groups of three. As
they neared the target, twin-engined aircraft fired rockets into the formation. Intense flak was
encountered at the target where the aircraft received flak damage. The formation was under fighter
attack until it neared the IJsselmeer on the return home. Friendly fighters were outnumbered,
especially in the target area. Battle damaged during a mission to the Robert Bosch subsidiary
Dreilinden Maschinenbau GmbH (DLMG) producing aircraft accessories at Kleinmachnow, southwest of
Berlin, Germany 6Mar44 (2WIA:8RMC). Flak to and from the target was generally moderate and
inaccurate; over the target it was intense and accurate. Approximately fifteen to twenty Fw 190s
were met near Dümmer See en route to the target and were again encountered in the same area on the
return route home. Instead of attacking the assigned target, the formation circled the outskirts of
the city to a textile works on the banks of the Elbe River at Oranienburg. The engineer/top turret
gunner and radio operator were seriously wounded. Battle damaged on a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Liège, Belgium 25May44. Meagre flak was encountered crossing the French coast in
the Le Tréport area but very accurate flak at Poix-de-Picardie, France. Battle damaged during a
mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany
20Jun44. Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Shrapnel entered the Plexiglas nose
striking the bombardier and navigator. {final combat mission 11Jul44}. {43 missions}. Modified for
radio counter measures. 803rd Bomb Squadron (H) Provisional, RAF Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk 1944.
Provided navigational assistance for Aphrodite missions to V-1 missile sites in France 4Aug44.
Damaged by drone PB4Y-1 BuNo 32271 [42-110007] which exploded prematurely over Newdelight Wood,
Suffolk on an Aphrodite mission to the V-3 cannon bunker at Mimoyecques, Pas-de-Calais, France
12Aug44. The explosion killed the PB4Y-1 crew, Lt Joseph Patrick, Jr (JFK's elder brother) and Lt
Wilford J. Willey. 561st Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk; later
at Fersfield (Station 554), Norfolk. Major damage when crash landed at Fersfield 8Nov44. Condemned
salvage 14Nov44. LADY LILLIAN. Named after the pilot's wife.
3519 (MSN 8455) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 17Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 31Jul43.
Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 17Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City
AAB, SD. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command
Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*M], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 8Sep43. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*M]. Condemned salvage 12Sep45. PEE WEE II.
3520 (MSN 8456) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
21/22Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 22Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville,
IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb Squadron
[BO*Y], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 16Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Weser Flugzeugbau aircraft factory at Lemwerder, Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. Enemy fighter
opposition was strong and the flak intense and accurate. Substantially damaged taxying at Thurleigh
3Nov43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Nov43. Regained by
Group 10Nov43. Major damage in an accident after takeoff for a mission to Bremen, Germany 29Nov43
(10RMC). The undercarriage would not retract correctly nor lower, so a crash landing was made at
Little Staughton. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 30Nov43.
Condemned salvage 7Dec43.
3521 (MSN 8457) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 30Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 31Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB,
SD 6Aug43. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field, Denver, CO 17Aug43. Equipped with Oboe Mk I radar.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43.
Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 11Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*L], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Sep43. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*A], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 22Feb44. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-1 flying bomb launch site
in the Pas-de-Calais, France 28Feb44. Moderate but accurate flak was encountered in the vicinity of
Rouen, France; there was no enemy fighter opposition. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Laleu, La Rochelle, France 27Mar44. Accurate flak was encountered over the target;
there was no enemy fighter opposition. Eighth Air Force Service Command Apr44. 40th Air Depot Group,
2nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex 12May44. Returned to US Aug44. 1454th Base
Unit (Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command), Wold-Chamberlain Field (Station 11), Minneapolis, MN
19Aug44. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 26Aug44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome
Air Service Command), Rome Field, NY 1Sep44. Transferred 23Mar45 to US Navy as BuNo 34106.
Designated PB-1U. Naval Aircraft Modification Unit, Johnsville, Warminster, PA. Stripped of all
armament and used as a flying aeronautical laboratory 28Jul45. Heavily weighted F8F Bearcat scale
model carried for drop tests.
3522 (MSN 8458) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 19Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 25Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 3Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. Ogden Air Service
Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 17Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD Sep43.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43.
Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 10Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*L], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
27Sep43. Crash landed at Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 23Dec43. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 23Dec43. Regained by Group 3Mar44.
{>16 missions}. Eighth Air Force Service Command 19May44. Returned to US Jul44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Jul44. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. Oklahoma City
Technical Service Command, Okmulgee Field, OK. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati,
OH 18Feb45. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 25Feb45. Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH 1Apr45. 4147th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Bedford Field, MA 2Apr45. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Cincinnati, OH Oct45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 25Oct45. War
Assets Administration 27Aug46. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
GREMLIN'S DELITE.
3523 (MSN 8459) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43. Las Vegas Field, NV 23Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 16Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 8Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*M], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 24Sep43. {first combat mission 10Oct43}. Battle damaged on
a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany
14Oct43. En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number
of Luftwaffe fighters. Flak in the target area was moderate in intensity and fair for accuracy.
After the target, German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again. Three 0.30 calibre
bullet holes in right aileron; one 0.30 calibre bullet hole in left bomb bay door; one 20mm cannon
shell through base of dorsal fin just below rudder, right side of fuselage damaged as shell exploded
causing numerous small holes. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven, Germany
3Nov43. Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. Escort fighters were scheduled to
cover the whole route over enemy territory but were not on hand for approximately ten minutes
between the I.P. and the target, during which time the Group was attacked by enemy fighters. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43. Fighter
opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. Failed to
return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 fighter factory at Oschersleben, Germany
11Jan44 (2KIA:8POW). While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and
a recall signal was issued. Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb
Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy
fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration and by
P-51 Mustangs over the target. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and intensified when
the American fighters returned home. About thirty minutes before reaching the target, the plane was
subjected to an attack by eight enemy fighters; it received 20mm cannon shell hits from nose to tail.
The bomb bay was set on fire which prevented the co-pilot from going to the rear of the plane to
check damage and crew. A 20mm shell entered the cockpit and severely injured the pilot, followed by
a strike in the waist section from a rocket; both waist gunners were severely injured. The pilot
pulled the bailout alarm; at this time both wings were on fire. The tail gunner had been killed and
the tail section broke away before the plane crashed at Pilgrin, 3km southeast of Schorborn, 10km
east of Holzminden, Germany; wreckage was scattered over a 1km radius. {16 missions}. APRIL GIRL.
3524 (MSN 8460) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 30Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 31Jul43.
90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 6Aug43. Lowry Modification Center, Lowry Field,
Denver, CO 17Aug43. Equipped with Oboe Mk I radar. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 10sep43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Sep43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*G], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 3Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire
16Oct43. Regained by Group 17Oct43. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot
No.3, Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland 19Nov43. Regained by Group
13Dec43. Lockheed Overseas Corporation, 403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge
(Station 597), County Antrim, Northern Ireland 17Dec43. Regained by Group 25Dec43. 527th Bomb S
quadron [FO*G]. Battle damaged on a mission to the Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109 aircraft factory at
Mockau, Leipzig, Germany 7Jul44. Fighter support was poor; intense and accurate flak was experienced
at the target. More than a hundred impacts from flak splinters were counted; one engine, two
propellers, all fuel tanks and both outer wings replaced. Failed to return from a mission to the
Junkers Flugzeug-und Motorenwerke aero engine factory at Dessau, Germany 20Jul44 (9INT). There were
no fighter attacks on the Group; moderate to intense and accurate flak appeared over the target. The
bomber was struck by flak just after its crew had released its bombs on the target. Shrapnel damaged
some of the instruments and the engine compressor control rods; the bomber went completely out of
control for a while. Running low on fuel, the pilot headed for Switzerland and force landed at
Payerne airfield, Switzerland, where both the crew and bomber were interned. {50 missions}.
Recaptured by US Government. Assigned to GLUE (United States Air Forces in Europe) Sep45. Flown to
UK. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 25Sep45. Excess inventory list 31Dec45.
VONNIE GAL.
3525 (MSN 8461) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 23Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3Aug43.
Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 1Sep43. Equipped with Oboe Mk II radar. 90th Sub
Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 23Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 7Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*D], 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 8Sep43. Participated in first trial Oboe II sortie 11Nov43.
Substantially damaged taxying at Alconbury 24Jan44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*C], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 22Feb44. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at
Eschwege, southeast of Kassel, Germany 19Apr44 (7KIA:2POW). Enemy fighter opposition was severe
despite good fighter support; flak was meagre. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed at
Stubenmühle, near Fretterode, north of Eschwege, Germany.
3526 (MSN 8462) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 20Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 23Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. 90th Sub Depot,
21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD 10Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*N],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Crashed
after an engine fire during assembly for a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF)
ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RMC - 570th Bomb Squadron crew). The crew
bailed out, crashed at Knockbridge Farm, Icklesham, near Hastings, Sussex. {2 missions}. Condemned
salvage 20Oct43.
3527 (MSN 8463) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
23/25Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 25Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. PFF [Pathfinder Force] aircraft. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 4Aug43. 396th Bomb Group, Replacement Training Unit, Moses Lake AAB, WA
5Aug43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing,
Rapid City AAB, SD Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43.
Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 10Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber
Command, England. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*G], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire Sep43. {flew PFF combat missions leading formations within the 1st Bomb Division}.
Battle damaged on a 384BG mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43.
Fighter opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target.
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*N], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 22Feb44. Eighth
Air Force Service Command Apr44. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted (Station
169), Essex 12May44. Returned to US Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Jul44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 8Jul44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air
Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 20Dec44. Reclaim 30Oct45. Reclaim complete 13Nov45.
3528 (MSN 8464) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
23/24Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 24Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. Ogden Air Service Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT
Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD Sep43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 8Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Goose Bay, Labrador to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
12Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk
Sep43. 337th Bomb Squadron Failed to return from a mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 14Oct43 (9POW:1KIA). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly
attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to intense flak was reported over the
target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was
encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled,
attacked again. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed Lake Barmsee, Germany, near
Mittenwald, seven miles east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, while heading for Switzerland.
Claimed by Leutnant Hans Funder of the 4./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110.
3529 (MSN 8465) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 21Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 25Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Ephrata AAB, WA 4Aug43. Ogden Air Service
Command, Hill Field, Ogden, UT Aug43. 90th Sub Depot, 21st Bomb Wing, Rapid City AAB, SD Sep43. 94th
Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I)
9Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 336th Bomb
Squadron [ET*F], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 6Oct43. {first combat mission
9Oct43}. Battle damaged on mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43. Over
Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city, the
formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of
vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Intense and accurate
flak was also encountered. Failed to return from a mission to industrial areas at Kleinmachnow,
southwest of Berlin, Germany 6Mar44 (1KIA:9POW). Flak was reported as moderate and accurate but
intense and accurate over Berlin. Ground rockets were fired from several locations. Vicious enemy
fighter attacks were experienced en route to and from the target. Damaged by flak, later attacked on
the way back by enemy fighters north of Brunswick. Nine of the crew bailed out before the aircraft
blew up and crashed at Hölingen, north of Colnrade, southeast of Bremen, Germany. {18 missions}.
3530 (MSN 8466) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
24/26Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Aug43.
346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 9Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field,
Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*H], 94th
Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission
to the Mühlenbau und Industrie AG aircraft assembly halls at Waggum, Brunswick, Germany 11Jan44
(9KIA:1POW). As weather conditions began to deteriorate over the English bases, a recall order was
sent to the bomber groups en route to the city. While some the groups received the message and
turned back for England, others did not receive the order, and pressed onwards. When they arrived at
the target area, they met stiff resistance from the Luftwaffe. Damaged in an attack by enemy
fighters and crashed Watenstedt, south-southwest of Brunswick, Germany.
3531 (MSN 8467) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 24Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
7Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland
to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 7Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 358th Bomb Squadron
[VK*N], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 9Sep43. 365th Bomb Squadron
[XK*N], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 17Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air
Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 3Oct43. Regained by Group 5Oct43. Failed to
return from a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43 (1KIA:1DOW:8POW). Enemy fighter
opposition was encountered but eventually chased off by the P-47 Thunderbolt escort; flak was
accurate and intense over Bremen but meagre and inaccurate to/from the target. Flak struck and
disabled no.1 and no.4 engines and caused damage in the cockpit. The radio operator was wounded;
unable to escape he was killed when the plane crashed. In spite of damage to the plane, the pilot
was able to stay in formation and dropped bombs on the target as planned. Shortly after the target,
the plane fell back and became a straggler out of the defence of the formation. Noticed by a few
German fighters between Bremen and Groningen, they attacked the bomber; it couldn't stand those
attacks and was damaged all over. The top turret gunner was mortally wounded. The plane crashed near
Winschoterdiep 28, Zuidbroek, east of Groningen, Netherlands. Claimed by Obergefreiter Wilhelm
Krauter of the 7./JG 1, flying a Bf 109 G-6.
3532 (MSN 8468) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 22Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 24Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB,
TN 8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
511th Bomb Squadron [DS*O], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 21Sep43. 2nd
Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 27Sep43. Regained by Group 28Sep43.
{first combat mission 8Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43. Owing to difficulty with the
Automatic Flight Control Equipment and misunderstanding on the interphone, the run on the primary
target was missed. A run on the secondary target was impossible because of the approach of another
bomb group, therefore, after reaching the rally point, a target of opportunity, the hangars at
Quakenbrück was attacked. At the target, flak was accurate and intense; fighter opposition was
mediocre and attacks were not pressed home. Battle damaged on a mission to the Vereinigte
Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route to the
target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters.
Flak in the target area was moderate in intensity and fair for accuracy. After the target, German
fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again. Flak hole in leading edge of right wing,
outboard panel, damaging skin and spar; small hole in skin and corrugation of left wing near no.1
engine nacelle. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3Nov43.
Moderate, inaccurate flak was encountered over the target. Escort fighters were scheduled to cover
the whole route over enemy territory but were not on hand for approximately ten minutes between the
I.P. and the target, during which time the Group was attacked by enemy fighters. Battle damaged
during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 5Nov43 (10RMC). Fighter
opposition was weak but intense, heavy and accurate flak was encountered over the target. The plane
had three engines damaged by flak; over the English coast the last engine cut out. The pilot ordered
his crew to bail out, then headed the plane towards the sea. As he prepared to bail out he saw that
the plane was veering and heading down towards a large factory on the outskirts of Ipswich. The
pilot stayed with his plane and made a successful crash landing at RAF Ipswich, Suffolk. Condemned
salvage 8Nov43. {5 missions}. LUCILLE BALL. Named for comedienne Lucille Ball. Named in the
tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's
first commander Clinton F. Ball. Actor James Cagney christened the aircraft with a bottle of
champagne during an USO tour Jun43.
3533 (MSN 8469) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 3Aug43. Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX 4Aug43. 94th Sub Depot,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport,
TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Goose Bay, Labrador to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 14/15Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*M], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station
127), Bedfordshire 26Sep43. Regained by Group 27Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial
areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43. Flak over the target was moderate and accurate; a large
force of enemy fighters was encountered, Bf 110 twin-engined fighters firing rockets from a distance
beyond the range of the bombers' guns. Serious damage to left inner wing and main bulkhead in tail
section. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire; repair by Mobile Repair Unit 4Oct43.
Failed to return from a mission to the port area at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3Nov43 (10MIA). During
assembly en route to the target, after a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-30776, crashed into the
North Sea.
3534 (MSN 8470) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 7Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 31Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 349th
Bomb Squadron [XR*N], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 9Sep43. 349th Bomb
Squadron [XR*L] Apr44. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Châlons-sur-
Marne, France 27Apr44 (9POW:1EVD). A navigational error made by the 13th Combat Wing's Lead Group
threw the bombers off their intended course, which in turn put them out of their intended place in
the greater formation. As a result, they were forced to abandon their briefed target and instead
seek out any nearby targets of opportunity; they settled on the Luftwaffe airfield at Le Culot,
Beauvechain, Belgium. The aircraft was struck by flak as it left the target area. No. 3 engine began
to smoke and the plane began to lag behind. It remained with the formation, however, until west of
Ghent, Belgium, when the crew bailed out. On fire, it descended in slow spirals, apparently under
autopilot control, crashed and exploded on a farm at Ardooie, Belgium. One of the bombs came down
and destroyed a farm house. OL' DAD.
3535 (MSN 8471) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 23Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 26Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 7Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I) 8Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
337th Bomb Squadron [AW*L], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. 339th
Bomb Squadron [QJ*X]. Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG aircraft
factory at Krzesiny, Poznan, Poland 11Apr44 (10EVD). On the first leg the Group ran into a few
scattered areas where there was concentrated flak but the main concern was the incessant fighter
attacks which dove right through the formation and it appeared that some of them were committed to
crashing into a bomber to take it down. Over Poznan the Pathfinders could not pick up the targets so
diverted to the secondary target, the Hydrierwerke Pölitz AG synthetic oil plant at Pölitz, just
north of Stettin, Prussia. On the way there were more vicious fighter attacks, and the closer to
Stettin, the heavier the flak. No. 3 engine was struck and disabled over the target, and shortly
after, and before the bomb bay doors closed, a near miss just below the plane sprung the doors and
did some minor structural damage so the doors wouldn't close completely. The extra drag, and only
three engines, made it impossible to keep up with the formation and it started falling behind. By
the time the bomber was flying over Northern Germany, headed for home via Denmark and the North Sea,
the pilot decided it would be better off at a lower altitude as he would be able to manoeuvre better
in the denser air and if he went down to tree top level there would be less chance of ground
observers or fighters spotting the plane. He started to let down as fast as he could, given the
condition of the aircraft, when the crew spotted more fighters coming in to attack. They made
several passes and a 20mm cannon shell entered the cockpit window wounding the co-pilot. No.2 engine
was hit and disabled and an oil line on no.4 engine was damaged. With one good engine and no.4
engine not producing full power as it started to overheat with the loss of oil. The pilot had
managed to partially feather the no.2 propeller, but no.3 could not be feathered causing more drag.
The pilot knew the plane would never make it to England and decided to head for Sweden. Apparently
the fighters had either expended their armament or were too low on fuel to press in for the kill, as
they just peeled off and departed. The plane was extremely hard to hold on course, which had
calculated to be towards Sweden; the 20mm cannon shell had destroyed the magnetic compass. The plane
was flying on only the no.1 engine, the no.4 engine having run so hot from lack of oil that it froze.
Steadily losing altitude, the crew jettisoned everything possible, all 0.50 calibre machine guns,
all remaining ammunition, all ten parachutes as several of them had been rendered useless by enemy
fire, and every crew member elected to ride the plane down, though the risk of a crash landing was
very great, badly shot up as the plane was. Just before touch down the plane struck a telephone pole
about six or eight feet in from the wingtip, which slewed the plane around enough to prevent it from
crashing through a farm house which had been directly in its path. As it landed, the weakened plane
opened up just ahead of the radio room and acted like a plough. The aircraft crash landed on a farm
100 meters southwest of Bækkemosevej, north of Tåstrup on the island of Sjælland, Denmark. The crew
left the bomber and hid in a nearby wood; a farmer who was harrowing his fields saw the landing and
hid the tracks of the flyers by harrowing the area. They were taken by fishing boat to Sweden during
the night 14/15Apr44 and repatriated to Scotland on a courier flight 26Apr44.
3536 (MSN 8472) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 24Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 26Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 8Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 10Aug43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 15Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott
Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 8Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. Equipped with Oboe Mk I radar.
813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Sep43. 325th Bomb
Squadron [NV*G], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 20Feb44. Accident after
takeoff for a mission to the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Annahof, Oranienburg,
Germany 9Mar44 (10KIA). Exploded and crashed at Glebe Farm, Bozeat, Northamptonshire. Condemned
salvage 11Mar44.
3537 (MSN 8473) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 2Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd
Bomb Squadron [XM*B], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sep43. Force
landed with engine damage at Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk Nov43. 1st Mobile Repair Unit, VIII Air
Service Command Dec43. Regained by Group. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*B]. Major battle damage on a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zaventem, Brussels, Belgium 25May44 (1KIA:1POW:8RMC). Flak
damaged the oxygen system and two crew bailed out over the North Sea off Ostend, Belgium, the
remaining crew returned safely to Rougham. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage
battle damage 27May44. FRIDAY 13TH.
Note: FRIDAY THE 13TH; also reported as 42-31537, believed in error.
Note: also reported as missing in action on a mission to Karlsruhe 27May44. Roy Wander is listed as
deceased 25May44. Pilot Harry Vogel is on the mission formation charts for both days flying
577/42-102577. 537 is on the mission chart 25May44 as a spare, the assumption being that 577 failed
to takeoff and 537 substituted; 537 is not listed on the mission chart for 27May44.
Note: 537 also listed as RTB 25May44, the assumption being that it was badly damaged, two crew
bailed out but the plane returned to base and subsequently salvaged.
3538 (MSN 8474) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 27Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 31Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 8Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*U],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sep43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Deutsche Dunlop tire and rubber factory at Hanau, Germany 4Oct43 (3POW:7EVD). Cloud
cover over the target area forced the bombers to move on to their secondary target, the Luftwaffe
airfield at Robinson, Saint-Dizier, France. Damaged by bomb fragments, no.3 engine was disabled,
no.2 engine was smoking and the propeller could not be feathered causing the plane to vibrate badly.
As the plane dropped back from formation the no.2 engine caught fire. The pilot dove the plane down
to 5,000 feet and the fire extinguished but the engine was still smoking. Enemy fighters had
followed the bomber down, the pilot taking violent evasive action but the ball turret gunner was
wounded. 20mm cannon shells had exploded in the nose and the crew bailed out about ten miles
northwest of Reims, France. Crashed 300 meters south of the Jonchery-sur-Vesle to Mâco road, 8km
northwest of Reims, France. TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM.
3539 (MSN 8475) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 28Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
9Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 2Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 549th
Bomb Squadron [XA*P], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Sep43. Failed to
return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (3KIA:4POW:3EVD).
Over Dordrecht, Netherlands, there was moderate and fairly accurate flak. As it approached the city,
the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of
vicious fighting. Intense and accurate flak was also encountered. By the time friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Attacked by enemy
fighters on the return to England, it was seen at 22,000 feet with no.2 engine on fire. The
electrical, oxygen and radio systems had been damaged; the ball turret gunner was fatally wounded by
a 20mm cannon shell and a waist gunner was seriously wounded. Losing altitude but under control as
it veered to the right, the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The plane was seen to break up and
crashed near Helhuizenweg, north of Holten, Netherlands. Claimed by Feldwebel Gerd Wiegand of the
4./JG 26 flying a Fw 190 and Hans Oeckel flying a Bf 109G. MICHIGAN AIR FORCE.
3540 (MSN 8476) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT 8Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 10Aug43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN 15Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott
Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) 9Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*N],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 20Sep43. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station
590), Lancashire 24Sep43. Regained by Group 2Oct43. Failed to return from a mission to the Rudolf
Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 1Dec43 (7POW:1KIA:2EVD). A force of
enemy fighters was encountered in the vicinity of the Initial Point where the friendly fighter
escort turned back; flak was intense and accurate. One engine was struck by flak prior to reaching
the Initial Point. The tail gunner had installed extra armour plating and, with a headwind, the
plane was slow and alone. The pilot asked for the shortest route to the target. The plane was then
attacked by enemy Bf 110 fighters, striking the oxygen and electrical systems. The rudder had been
shot in half and the no.2 engine disabled. The bomb load was manually jettisoned but the bomb bay
doors could not be closed. The tail gunner stayed at his position, even after he was wounded, and
warded off many enemy attacks, including shooting down a Bf 110. Suddenly the plane descended below
the clouds, and it seemed that the English Channel was ahead. The crew was planning an emergency
landing in Britain, or in the water, when two Bf 109s dived towards the bomber. And what happened
then was astonishing. One of those Messerschmitts was quietly making circles above the B-17. The
other came in slowly and cautiously. He seem surprised that the plane was still in the air. That's
how he positioned himself next to the cockpit. And it seemed like he was saluting and pointing down
to indicate that they should land. The bomber pilot pretended not to see him and shouted to the
navigator and bomb aimer, who also operated the new nose turret, that that Bf 109 was slowly coming
into their firing range. The navigator fired three rounds and missed. The Bf 109 pilot, saluting
again, very calmly pulled up and blasted engines no.1 and no.4 to shreds. He wasn't trying to shoot
the plane straight out of the sky or hit the crew. He was a brave and honest gentleman. But it
didn't seem so at the time. The engines were burning and the crew had to get out. When most of the
crew had bailed out. The pilot let go of the controls but the plane suddenly climbed with its nose
up and leaned over to one wing. This closed the bomb hatch, just when the last two crew wanted to
exit but eventually managed to open it and bailed out. The bomber crashed at Jehay-Bodegnée, Amay,
northeast of Huy, Belgium. LUCIFER JR II / BACTA-TH'SAC. In recent months the crews had longer
periods of bad weather, without flying. But still they were woken up every morning. When it turned
out that the mission was cancelled again, they shouted among themselves "Back to the sac". That name
was only painted on the plane the day before its final mission.
3541 (MSN 8477) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
8Aug43. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO
(Britain Zone I) 11Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England.
339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*N], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Failed
to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Jan44
(4MIA:1KIA:5POW). Flak was encountered in the target area which was accurate and moderate in
intensity; fighter attacks were encountered in the Bordeaux area. Attacked by enemy fighters, the
co-pilot is killed by a 20mm cannon shell, the plane catches on fire and four crew bail out over the
sea but drown. The remaining crew stay with the plane as it is ditched in the Bay of Biscay, 15km
northwest of Bordeaux, France. The airmen took to the life rafts and the plane sinks within about
ten minutes. LITTLE GIRLS.
3542 (MSN 8478) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 28Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30Jul43. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT Aug43. 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs Field, CA. Spokane Air Service Command, Spokane
Field, WA 8Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA Aug43. 383rd Bomb Group,
Operational Training Unit, Pendleton Field, OR 15Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command
Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*V], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Sep43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire
28Sep43. Regained by Group 30Sep43. {first combat mission 10Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to
the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 1Dec43. A force of enemy
fighters was encountered in the vicinity of the Initial Point where the friendly fighter escort
turned back; flak was intense and accurate. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 2Jan44. Regained by Group 12Feb44. 447th Sub Depot, Polebrook 13Jul44. {final combat
mission 25Jun44}. {29 missions}. 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 16Jul44. Declared
'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. 819th Air Service Group,
78th Fighter Group, Duxford (Station 357), Cambridgeshire. Used as a radio relay. Substantially
damaged landing at Duxford 14May45. Condemned salvage 21May45. SHADY LADY II.
3543 (MSN 8479) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 26Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 28Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 30Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. 346th Bomb Group, Combat Crew Training School, Dyersburg AAB, TN
9Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 88th Bomb Group, Replacement
Training Unit, Walla Walla Field, WA 12Aug43. Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command Sep43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*W], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the German Navy
cruiser Nürnberg in the port area of Gdynia, Poland 9Oct43 (10INT). On the way out and returning
home the formation passed Denmark where German fighters attacked the bombers. Damaged and force
landed at Bulltofta, Malmö, Sweden. SACK TIME SUZY. Traded to the Swedish government along with
eight other B-17's for $1 and the release of American airmen interned in Sweden. Flown to Svenska
Aeroplan A.B. in Linköping 29Jan44. Converted to passenger configuration by SAAB; designated Boeing
F-17 Felix. Registered as SE-BAH 24Jan44. Operated by AB Aerotransport / SILA, Stockholm. Initially
named 'Queen of Saba' [when it was clear that other B-17s would be transferred, the name was revoked
and shorter names were chosen. Named 'Sam'. Ferried on completion of conversion to Bromma, Stockholm
6Jun44. WFU Sep46. Registration cancelled 4Oct47. Used for fire fighting practice at Bromma.
Scrapped at Bromma 1949.
3544 (MSN 8480) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 28Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 12Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*B], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Sep43. Crashed just after take off for a mission to the German
occupied airfield at Bordeaux-Mérignac, France 5Jan44 (8KIA:1WIA). At about 200 feet, a wing dropped,
struck the ground and crashed at Brook Farm, Badwell Ash, Suffolk. Weather was bitterly cold and icy
which may have contributed to the crash. The position of the crash would indicate that the pilot
started a slight turn to the right after the take off; he was probably flying on instruments at the
time as it was during the hours of darkness. The tail gunner, survived; as the aircraft came down,
it hit the top of a ditch which broke off the tailplane and rear gun position. Both ended up in the
ditch whilst the remainder of the plane was destroyed in the subsequent crash and explosion. The
plane was carrying sixteen M31 bombs, two exploded and the rest were scattered over an area of
approximately 300 to 400 yards along with the wreckage. It was very possible that the superchargers
were pulled off too soon and the aircraft, which was carrying a maximum load, with the reduction of
power, the aircraft lost altitude and came into contact with the ground before the pilot realized
what was happening. This was borne out by the fact that the aircraft hit the ground in a semi-stall
position; the right wing tip hit first, then the ball turret, the number four propeller, three, two
and one in that order. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 5Jan44.
STARS AND STRIPES - artwork of a cartoon pig carrying a shotgun riding a Bald Eagle into battle.
3545 (MSN 8481) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 5Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 12Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk Sep43. Damaged in an accident at Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 10Oct43. {first combat mission 20Oct43}. Major battle damage on a mission to the port area
at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (2WIA:8RMC). Flak over the target area was intense and accurate. A force
of enemy fighters attacked as the formation left the target. Two gunners were wounded during the
fighter attacks. Electrical, radio and oxygen systems damaged and control cables cut. Failed to
return from a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 29Jan44 (5KIA:2POW:3EVD).
Strong enemy air opposition occurred in the target area; moderate to intense flak was experienced in
the target area; heavy flak was encountered at Darmstadt which required violent evasive action.
Attacked by enemy fighters, the plane dropped out of formation a few minutes after the target.
Crashed Ooigem, northeast of Kortrijk, Belgium. {10 missions}. LIZBETH II
3546 (MSN 8482) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
30/31Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks
Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 31Aug43. VIII
Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*A], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 29Nov43 (10POW).
Enemy fighter opposition was strong; flak in the target area was moderate to intense. Badly damaged
by flak then attacked by enemy fighters, with all four engines out of action and control systems
badly damaged. Crashed Eystrup, southeast of Bremen, Germany. Claimed by Oberleutnant Walter Lardy
of 4./ZG 26 flying a Me 410. RAMBLIN' WRECK / WILDFIRE.
3547 (MSN 8483) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
30/31Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 549th
Bomb Squadron [XA*Q], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Sep43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing works at Schweinfurt,
Germany 14Oct43 (1KIA:9RMC). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly
attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters. Flak in the target area was moderate in intensity
and fair for accuracy. After the target, German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked
again. Navigator was fatally wounded by a cannon shell or flak shrapnel. Assigned to SOXO (Britain
Zone I). Condemned salvage 11Apr44. LATEST RUMOR - artwork of a girl talking on a telephone; shark's
teeth on the chin turret. BLUE CHAMPAGNE. Renamed and nose art modified when the bomber was assigned
to a new crew. The LATEST RUMOR script was painted out and replaced with the new name BLUE CHAMPAGNE,
and although the female figure was kept, the colour of her clothing was changed and she was 'sat' in
a glass and surrounded with bubbles. Also the shark's mouth was over painted with standard
camouflage colours. Nose art painted by Anne Haywood, American Red Cross Aero Club, Great Ashfield.
3548 (MSN 8484) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Ferried Long Beach - Palm Springs, CA - Denver, CO
30/31Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43.
Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43.
94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL 9Aug43. 4th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY
(Britain) 24Aug43. Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 563rd
Bomb Squadron [X], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission
2Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Jan44
(9WIA:2RMC). Flak was encountered in the target area which was accurate and moderate in intensity;
fighter attacks were encountered in the Bordeaux area and again over the Brest Peninsula. In these
attacks the bomber was hit by a 20mm shell and bullets from fighters in a head-on attack. The pilot
was wounded and the cockpit was in flames. The co-pilot put the plane in a dive and the fire went
out. At this time the plane was down at 10,000ft. With the co-pilot alone in the cockpit, enemy
fighters again attacked; the gunners knocked down four of these and drove off the rest. In the end,
with the co-pilot now in the pilot's seat and the bombardier as co-pilot, the plane was able to
return to Knettishall. Battle damaged on a mission to the Robert Bosch subsidiary Dreilinden
Maschinenbau GmbH (DLMG) producing aircraft accessories at Kleinmachnow, southwest of Berlin,
Germany 6Mar44 (1WIA:9RMC). Flak to and from the target was generally moderate and inaccurate; over
the target it was intense and accurate. Approximately fifteen to twenty Fw 190s were met near Dümmer
See en route to the target. Instead of attacking the assigned target, the formation circled the
outskirts of the city to a textile works on the banks of the Elbe River at Oranienburg. The pilot
had to leave the formation when a propeller oversped on one engine and the supercharger failed on
another over Berlin. When the plane left the formation, two enemy fighters swept in for the kill.
The tail gunner is credited with driving off the fighters and was wounded. The pilot dove the plane
for the ground and started the long trip home. At the lower level, one of the faltering engines came
back to life, so the bomber had three engines for its low-level flight across Germany and it made it
safely back to Knettishall. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial areas of Brunswick,
Germany 23Mar44 (2KIA:8POW). The formation was about fifteen minutes early when it crossed the enemy
coast and even earlier when it reached the target. Consequently, no friendly fighter escort was met
until the formation was near the I.P. During this time a large force of enemy fighters was
encountered between Dümmer See and Steinhuder Meer, Wunstorf, Germany. The route home was south of
the briefed course and the formation flew through the northern defences of the Ruhr Valley,
encountering intense flak. Damaged by flak at the northern defences of the Ruhr Valley, the bomber
dropped out of the formation with the engines smoking but under control. The crew bailed out, the
plane exploded and crashed at Hullern, five miles east of Haltern am See, Germany. {21 missions}.
LITTLE WILLIE.
3549 (MSN 8485) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 27Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 9Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*H],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Oct43. Failed to return from a mission
to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (4KIA:6POW). En route to the target area,
the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters; moderate to
intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward
for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German fighters,
having landed and refuelled, attacked again. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and crashed at
Lange Beemden, Horn, west of Roermond, Netherlands. Claimed by Flg. Gunther Ewald of the 9./JG 1,
flying a Bf 109 G-6.
3550 (MSN 8486) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 30Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 365th Bomb Squadron [XK*H],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little
Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 7Oct43. Regained by Group 9Oct43. Failed to return from a
mission to ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (3KIA:7POW). En route to the
target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters;
moderate to intense flak was reported over the target. After the target, the Group turned and headed
westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various places during the return home. German
fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters and
crashed Werneck, seven miles southwest of Schweinfurt, Germany.
3551 (MSN 8487) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 30Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jul43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 9Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Gander, Newfoundland to Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
12/13Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*Q:HR*S], 385th Bomb Group, Great
Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Sep43. Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp
Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany 13Dec43 (1KIA:9POW). Fighter opposition was weak but intense
flak was encountered in the target area. Damaged in an attack by enemy fighters, caught fire and
crashed near Nottfeld, twelve miles northeast of Schleswig, Germany. Claimed by night fighter pilot
Feldwebel Hans Meissner of II./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 C-6. SHACK BUNNY. Nose art painted by Anne
Josephine Haywood, American Red Cross Aero Club, Great Ashfield, Suffolk.
3552 (MSN 8488) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 29Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to RAF Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*L], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*L]. Failed to return from a mission to the
industrial area at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 29Jan44 (10POW). Strong enemy air opposition occurred
in the target area; moderate to intense flak was experienced in the target area; heavy flak was
encountered at Darmstadt which required violent evasive action. Attacked by enemy fighters, nose
caught fire, crashed near Gudesweiler, northwest of Sankt Wendel, Germany. THE FLYIN' GINNY.
3553 (MSN 8489) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 28Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 28Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland
31Aug43. Also reported as ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to RAF Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
Scotland 2Sep43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*H], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Accident on a non-combat mission after takeoff from
Snetterton Heath at West Harling, Norfolk 8Nov43 (10KIA). Crashed into the ground, caught fire and
exploded. Debris was strewn across Bridge Meadow close to Middle Farm, West Harling, three miles
from base. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I). Condemned salvage 8Nov43. THE SAD SACK. Named after an
American comic character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States
Army, Sad Sack depicted a lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of
military life. ST LOUIS WOMAN.
3554 (MSN 8490) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 30Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*B], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 16Sep43. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*B]. Failed to return from a
mission to the German Navy cruiser Nürnberg in the port area of Gdynia, Poland 9Oct43
(3MIA:2KIA:5POW). On the way out and returning home the formation passed Denmark where German
fighters attacked the bombers. This bomber was straggling as the Group crossed the Danish Coast on
the way home. Fighters came in and the aircraft tried to close into the formation. It was hit with a
rocket shell and number two engine was seen to burst into flames. The propeller was feathered and
the plane lost altitude as several crew members bailed out then it exploded 16km southwest of
Blåvandshuk, west of Fanø, Denmark. The Esbjerg fishing boats E 304 'Anna' and E 288 'Lucretia'
rescued one and three survivors from the sea respectively and transferred them to a German outpost,
which had meanwhile rescued one more.
3555 (MSN 8491) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 560th Bomb Squadron [N], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 2Oct43}. Failed to return from a
mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43 (9KIA:1POW). Enemy fighter opposition was encountered
but eventually chased off by the P-47 Thunderbolt escort; flak was accurate and intense over Bremen
but meagre and inaccurate to the target. As the formation made a sharp turn after the target, the
bomber was severed near the tail by two incendiaries dropped from a plane in the 96th Bomb Group,
which was flying high Group in the formation. Crashed near Stickgras, east of Delmenhorst, Germany.
{12 missions}. TIGER GIRL - artwork of shark's teeth around chin turret.
3556 (MSN 8492) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 29Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 1Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Gore
Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 10Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*L], 96th
Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk Sep43. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a
German V-1 flying bomb launch site in the Pas-de-Calais, France 13Feb44 (1KIA:9RMC). Enemy fighter
opposition was weak; flak in the target area was moderate to intense and accurate. On return, crash
landed RAF West Malling, Kent. Assigned to GLUE (Britain Zone II). Condemned salvage 16Feb44.
DEAR MOM.
3557 (MSN 8493) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 2Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 7th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Aug43. Operational Training Unit, Grand Island Field, NB 11Aug43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) 27Aug43. Ferried overseas on
the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*C], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43.
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of
Luftwaffe fighters. During the bomb run flak was intense and accurate. Flak shrapnel ripped off the
door to the ball turret and the gunner found himself out in the cold at 30 degrees below zero. With
no room for a parachute, the gunner was saved only by his life belt from a nasty fall. After the
target, the Group turned and headed westward for England; moderate flak was encountered at various
places during the return home. German fighters, having landed and refuelled, attacked again until,
finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. For more than two
hours the gunner continued to keep his guns on the fighters, leaving his precarious position only
after his formation had been picked up by friendly fighter escort. Failed to return from a mission
to the Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 30Nov43 (8POW:2KIA). Flak
in the target area was moderate but inaccurate. After heavy damage by flak, enemy fighters damaged
one engine. Crashed Golzheim, 8km northeast of Düren, Germany. {8 missions}. ESQUIRE.
3558 (MSN 8494) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 30Jul43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 2Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love
Field, Dallas, TX. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Vareen Group, Destination X 28Sep43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Oct43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to RAF Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
Scotland 14Oct43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*T], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. {first combat mission 16Nov43}. Battle damaged on a mission to
railway marshalling yards at Ludwigshafen, Germany 25Sep44 (1KIA:8RMC). The bomber encountered
intense flak over the city, a shell punching a large hole in the left wing between the fuselage and
no.2 engine without exploding. {final combat mission 25Sep44}. {47 missions}. Condemned salvage
15Jul45. SHY ANN.
3559 (MSN 8495) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Vareen Group, Destination X
28Sep43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Oct43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to RAF Stornoway, Isle
of Lewis, Scotland 6Nov43. VIII Bomber Command, England. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*K], 379th Bomb
Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 22Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the
Rudolf Rautenbach aero engine casting foundry at Solingen, Germany 1Dec43 (6POW:4EVD). A force of
enemy fighters was encountered in the vicinity of the Initial Point where the friendly fighter
escort turned back; flak was intense and accurate. Struck by flak before reaching the target causing
casualties and disabling the oxygen system in the waist. Then all oxygen was lost, the pilot dove
down to a lower altitude to be followed by enemy fighters which wounded the tail gunner. The bomb
load was jettisoned but the bomb bay doors would not close. Over the IJsselmeer the plane was low on
fuel, the compass had been damaged and the pilot considered ditching but still unable to close the
bomb bay doors. With wounded airmen, no oxygen and little fuel, the pilot had little choice but to
lose altitude as he headed out over the North Sea without a reliable compass. He let down through
the undercast and made a wide turn to the southwest. He flew over the North Sea, English Channel and
Normandy on the French mainland where more flak damaged the plane and wounding a gunner. Continuing
in a southerly direction the pilot was forced to make a crash landing in a meadow at Ambrières-les-
Vallées, north of Mayenne, France. The fuselage remained intact and all crew escaped safely.
3560 (MSN 8496) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Bowman Group, Destination X
21Oct43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Oct43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 4Nov43. 510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 14Nov43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire 14Nov43. Regained by Group 15Nov43. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*R] 23Nov43. {first combat
mission 26Nov43}. Failed to return from a mission to the city of Bremen, Germany 26Nov43 (10RMC). En
route to the target, approaching the German border, two engine superchargers failed. Unable to keep
up, the pilot left the formation and turned back towards England. Off the Dutch coast a fire broke
out; the crew was unable to extinguish it. The pilot gave the order for the crew to prepare for
ditching which he did successfully in the North Sea. The crew was picked up by Air-Sea Rescue twenty
miles off the English coast. {1 mission}. SALTY DOG.
3561 (MSN 8497) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX. Sub Depot, Pendleton Field, OR Oct43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR
1Nov43. 19th Combat Crew Training School, Pyote Field, TX. Crash landed caused by engine failure at
Pyote 4Jan44. Surveyed 6Jan44.
3562 (MSN 8498) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 2Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center #16,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Aug43. Redesignated B-17G. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Love Field, Dallas, TX. 94th Sub Depot, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Bowman Group, Destination X
22Oct43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command Oct43. Assigned to SOXO (Britain Zone I) Oct43.
Ferried overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire Nov43. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*N], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 21Nov43. Failed to return from an Operation Argument mission to the
Erla Maschinenwerk Bf 109 aircraft factory at Mockau, Leipzig, Germany 20Feb44 (1KIA:9POW). Enemy
fighter attacks were made on the formation prior to the I.P. but was rapidly broken up by the P-47
Thunderbolt escort; flak at the target was heavy and accurate. Damaged by flak and shot down by
enemy fighters, crashed at Knauthain, southwest of Leipzig, Germany. {9 missions}. AH-HA-HA.
42-3563 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-5-DL Fortress
Boeing B-17G-5-DL Fortress built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA.
Production changes: Chin turret and longer faired nose. A-3 oxygen flow indicator and induction vibrator
starter coil added.
3563 (MSN 8499) Accepted by USAAF at Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA 10Aug43. 6th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 11Aug43. Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43. Assigned to UGLY (Britain) Sep43. Ferried
overseas on the North Atlantic route. VIII Bomber Command, England. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*N],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex Oct43. {1 mission}. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*E],
381st Bomb Group, Failed to return from a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43
(5POW:5KIA). The formation was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters; flak over the target
area was very intense and accurate. Damaged by flak and shot down in an attack by four Bf 109G
fighters. Crashed on Stapeler Moor, Uplengen, twelve miles north of Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.
GREAT PROFILE.
42-3564/3577 Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
3564 (MSN 26697/CU337) lost Feb 12, 1945, India. MACR 12036
3565 (MSN 26698/CU338) to Indian government Apr 11, 1946. To Rutas Aereas
Nacionales SA (RANSA) Sep 1955 as YV-C-ARX. WFU and stored 1966.
3566 (MSN 26999/CU339) DBR Aug 25, 1944, Chengkung, China
3567 (MSN 26700/CU340) Ground accident on 9 Dec 1944 at Misamari, India. WFU and stored Feb 1946
3568 (MSN 26701/CU341) lost Feb 26, 1944. MACR 2608. Condemned Feb 28, 1944.
Also listed as being in crash landing at Ledo (India) Jul 2, 1944,
but this is probably incorrect.
3569 (MSN 26702/CU342) WFU and stored Buffalo, NY Oct 1945. To RFC
Feb 26, 1946, WFU and stored Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Feb 1946
3570 (MSN 26703/CU343) Landing accident on 12 Jan 1944 at Kunming, China 6TPS
WFU and stored Jan 1946. Condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
3571 (MSN 26704/CU344) DBR Jul 31, 1944
3572 (MSN 26705/CU345) crashed Mar 11, 1945. W/o 13 May 1945 in China/Burma/India
3573 (MSN 26706/CU346) WFU and stored India Jan 1946
3574 (MSN 26707/CU347) lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 6119
3575 (MSN 26708/CU348) missing in CBI theatre Aug 25, 1944, China. MACR 7856
3576 (MSN 26709/CU349) to US Navy as BuNo 39520.
3577 (MSN 26710/CU350) Delivered to USAAF 6Dec43. Transferred to US Marine Corps Dec43 as BuAer 39523; designated R5C-1.
42-3578/3683 Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
10 aircraft from this batch were converted to C-46A-36-CU
3578 (MSN 26711/CU351) to US Navy as BuNo 39524
3579 (MSN 26712/CU352) to US Navy as BuNo 39512. Also reported as being
condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy Liquidation
Commission.
3580 (MSN 26713/CU353) Transferred by Curtiss-Wright from Buffalo, NY to Louisville, KY 21Dec43.
Delivered to USAAF 11Jan44. Transferred to US Marine Corps Jan44 as BuAer 39526; designated R5C-1
3581 (MSN 26714/CU354) to US Navy as BuNo 39527
3582 (MSN 26715/CU355) to US Navy Jan 17, 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39528
3583 (MSN 26716/CU356) to US Navy Jan 17, 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39529
3584 (MSN 26717/CU357) to US Navy Jan 17, 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39530
3585 (MSN 26718/CU358) to US Navy Jan 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39531
3586 (MSN 26719/CU359) to US Navy Jan 17, 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39532
3587 (MSN 26720/CU360) to US Navy Jan 11, 1944 as R5C-1 BuNo 39533
3588 (MSN 26721/CU361) DBR Mar 2, 1944 after forced landing due to engine failure
at Kunming Station #13, China. Condemned Mar 4, 1944.
3589 (MSN 26722) w/o 2 Aug 1944 Landing accident at Kunming, China
3590 (MSN 26723) to US Navy as BuNo 39536
3591 (MSN 26724) W/o 3 May 1944 at Mohanbari, India. Condemned May 20, 1944
3592 (MSN 26725) to US Navy as BuNo 39538
3593 (MSN 26726) W/o 25 Oct 1944 at Paoshan, India. Condemned for salvage Oct 31, 1944.
3594 (MSN 26727) CP-1009 w/o Feb 1977?
3595 (MSN 26728) "Latrine Weasel" belly landed due to engine failure at Kunming, China Oct 9, 1944, condemned Oct 10, 1944.
3596 (MSN 26729) sold to Indian Government Apr 10, 1946. To N10436; PP-AKG. PP-AKG br/u in 1966?,
PP-cancelled on 9 Jun 1969
3597 (MSN 26730) to US Navy as BuNo 39543. Also reported as having been w/o 25 Apr 1944, Shot down near Imphal, India
3 killed, pilot bailed out. Condemned May 8, 1944
3598 (MSN 26731/CU371) delivered to USAAF Jan 4, 1944. Attached to 1333AAFBU at Chabua . Jul 2, 1945, damaged in a ground
accident with two other C-46 aircraft (43-47349, 42-107342) at Chabua, AF, India. WFU & stored Jan 1946. Condemned
for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army.
3599 (MSN 26732/CU372) WFU and stored Jun 1945. Condemned for salvage
Jun 23, 1945.
3600 (MSN 26733/CU373) W/o 25 May 1944 in China/Burma/India. DBR Jun 26, 1944
3601 (MSN 26734/CU374) DBR Jul 14, 1944 when crashed at Kunming, China.
3602 (MSN 26735/CU375) W/o 10 Jun 1945 at Pao Shan, China
3603 (MSN 26736/CU376) WFU and stored Feb 1946. Condemned for salvage
Feb 6, 1946 by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
3604 (MSN 26737/CU377) crashed Dec 8, 1944 near Mohanbari, India
3605 (MSN 26738/CU378) MIA in CBI theatre May 2, 1944. MACR 4653
3606 (MSN 26739/CU379) DBR Jun 26, 1944
3607 (MSN 26740/CU380) MIA May 13, 1944 in CBI theatre. Condemned Jun 2, 1944.
3608 (MSN 26741/CU381) DBR Sep 14, 1945
3609 (MSN 26742/CU382) DBR Aug 25, 1944 when crashlanded 11 km ENE of
Kunming, China
3610 (MSN 26743/CU383) DBR Feb 5, 1944 S of Ledo, India
3611 (MSN 26744/CU384) DBR after crashed on takeoff Apr 28, 1944 at Sookerating, India
3612 (MSN 26745/CU385) DBR Sep 29, 1944
3613 (MSN 26746/CU386) W/o 27 Jul 1944 at Sookerating, India
3614 (MSN 26747/CU387) W/o 14 Jul 1945 at Chengkung, China. Condemned Jul 16, 1945.
3615 (132nd TCS) lost Jun 28, 1945 at Chengkung, China. MACR 14692 Reported junked Jul 31, 1945.
3616 (328th TCS) W/o 19 Aug 1944 at Assam Valley, India. MACR 7595
3617 (MSN 26750/CU390) to Indian government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and stored
Apr 1946. Bought by Western Hemisphere Export Nov 30, 1956 and
registered as PP-LEF. Boutht by Loide Aereo Nacional Nov 30, 1956.
Bought by Aeronorte Oct 24, 1957 and reregistered as PP-NBN. Real SA
bought it Jun 11, 1959. VARIG managed it Aug 1961. WFU and stored
at Sao Paulo, Brazil Nov 1966. Broken up in 1970.
3618 (MSN 26751/CU391) to US Navy
3619 (MSN 26752/CU392) to US Navy as 39538.
3620 (MSN 26753/CU393) to US Navy as 39535.
3621 (MSN 26754/CU394) transferred to US Navy Feb 7, 1944, but no record of BuNo
assigned, but possibly 39536. Capitol Airways in 1956, named "Tennessee" registred as N9513C.
Converted to CW-20T. Bought by Transcontinetal SA Feb 1959, registered LV-PMB,
reregistered Mar 19, 1959 as LV-FTY. Leased to Austral Dec 22, 1961,
returned Feb 13, 1962. WFU and stored Feb 1962.
3622 (MSN 26755/CU395) transferred to US Navy Jan 21, 1944 but no record of BuNo
assigned, but possibly 39537. Bought by Dominican Republic AF in 1960, registered as FAF 3104. Bought
by Bellomy-Lawson Aviation, Inc May 1970, registered as N9070. Bought by Lanica
in 1974, registered as AN-BGU. DBR Puerto Cabezos, Nicaragua Mar 17, 1976
3623 (MSN 26756/CU396) to US Navy as 39534.
3624 (MSN 26757/CU397) to US Navy as 39539.
3625 (MSN 26758/CU398)
3626 (MSN 26759/CU399) to US Navy as 39541
3627 (MSN 26760) W/o 3 Mar 1944 at Sookersting, India. Condemned Mar 26, 1944
3628 (MSN 26761) condemned for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army-Navy Liquidation
Commission.
3629 lost 24 Mar 1945 at Pangseng Pass, Burma. MACR 13373
3630 lost Apr 24, 1944, India. MACR 4737
3631 (MSN 26764) W/o 14 Jul 1944 at Chanyi, China. condemned for salvage Sep 6, 1944
3632 (MSN 26765) W/o 24 Aug 1944 at Yupanga, Burma. condemned Aug 24, 1944
3633 (MSN 26766) W/o 10 Jun 1944 at Sookerating, India.
3634 (MSN 26767) condemned Mar 18, 1944
3635 (MSN 26768) w/o 16 Oct 1944 at Hsinching, China, condemned Oct 17, 1944
3637 (MSN 26770) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
3638 (MSN 26771) to N91364, canx 11Dec69; TAM-61 [Bolivian AF]; CP-1080. WFU LA Paz
3639 (MSN 26772) condemned for salvage Sep 2, 1944
3640 (MSN 27773/CU413) to RFC Jan 15, 1946. WFU and stored Ontario,
CA Jan 1946. Bought by Transocean Air Lines in 1947 and
registered N4680V. DBR in 1951.
3641 (MSN 27664/CU414) w/o Jan 9, 1944 when DR after crew bailed
out due to mechanical failure when an engine tore loose
near Clarence Center, NY. Broken up Rome, NY
3642 (MSN 26775/CU415) crashed following explosion and structural
failure in Chad, Africa Dec 29, 1944.
3643 (MSN 26776/CU416) DBR in takeoff accident Mangshih, China
Mar 15, 1945. Condemned Mar 15, 1945.
3644 (MSN 26777/CU417) to RFFc Oct 16, 1945. WFU and stored
Ontario, CA Oct 1945. Returned to USAF May 21, 1945, WFU
and stored Feb 1949.
3645 (MSN 26778/CU418) to RFC Mar 16, 1946. WFU and stored
Ontario, CA Mar 1946. Bought by Charles C. Finn
in 1947 as N111H, set up as ground classroom. Bought by Texaco Colombia Mar 31, 1959
as HK-489. Crashed Calderon, Colombia Apr 8, 1961.
3646 (MSN 26779/CU419) to RFC Oct 23, 1945. WFU and stored Ontarion,
CA Oct 1945. Returned to USAF May 21, 1948. WFU and stored Feb 1949.
3647 (MSN 26780/CU420) Assigned to Misaman, India Station 11. Damaged
Jan 4, 1944 22 mi West of Chabua, India due to mechanical
failure. Damaged in landing accident Jul 8, 1944 at Misaman,
Station 11, India. WFU and stored Feb 1946. Condemned for salvage
Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
3648 (MSN 26781/CU421) damaged Nov 2, 1944 in taxi accident Wadi
Seidna, Allied-Egyption States or Sudan. Damaged in takeoff
accident Wadi Seidna. WFU and stored May 1945.
3649 (MSN 26782/CU422) to RFC Mar 26, 1946. WFU and stored Ontario,
CA Mar 1946. Returned to USAF May 21, 1948. WFU and stored Feb 1949.
3650 (MSN 26783/CU423) WFU and stored. Bought by C-46 Parts Inc
Mar 2, 1965 as N91371. Bought by Servicios Aereos Virgen de
Copacabana (SAVCO) Mar 6, 1974 as CP-1063. WFU and stored
Mar 1974. Bought by G. T. Baker Aviation school and
subsequently broken up.
3651 (MSN 26784/CU424) to N79094 10Mar48; XA-HAE; XB-LAQ; N79094; to civil registry as HK-512 with
Aerocarga Colombia. To Sociedat Aeronautica Medellin as HK-512. To Taxi Aereo Opita/Aerolineas Tao
Jul 22, 1974. To Aerocarga Feb 4, 1966. W/o at Funza, Colombia Nov 4, 1966)
3652 (MSN 26785/CU425) Damaged 4 Mar 1944, ground accident at Narsarssuak AB, Greenland
3654 (MSN 26787) W/o 2 Oct 1944 at Maiduguri, Nigeria
3655 (MSN 26788) with 1202nd AAFBU crashed Oct 9, 1944 near Accra, Gold Coast, British West Africa.
3657 (MSN 26790)
3658 (MSN 26791) accepted as A-36. W/o 2 Jul 1944 at Ledo, India, condemned Jul 6, 1944
3659 (MSN 26792) to RFC at Ontario, CA Mar 5, 1946. In 1948 to NC67925.
To LAPSA (Lineas Aereas de Panama S. A.) as RX-127. LAPSA was a
"paper" Panamanian company that served as a clandestine
conduit of aircraft to Israel. To Israel Defense Force. Back to US
civil registry as N9852F Jan 7, 1957. Sold to Boreas Corporation Mar
28, 1957. Acquired by Reeve Aleutian Airways Jul 3, 1958 and flown
by them for over 20 years. Registered to Foss Air Alaska Feb 21, 1980.
Damaged twice in 1982 in landing mishaps. Sold to Warren C. Woods
Sep 3, 1983. Registration cancelled Aug 23, 1993 as "destroyed"
3661 W/o 11 Sep 1944 at Chabua, India
3663 (MSN 26796/CU436) to RFC Nov 25, 1945. Bought by Neil F. Lawrence
in 1948 as N79979. Leased by Aerovias Contreras "Manuel" as
XA-JEB in 1948. Returned to Neil Lawrence in 1949 and
reregisterdd as N79979. Bought by Allied Aircraft Mar 1951. Bought
by Aerovias Brasil Jun 28, 1951 as PP-AXU. Bought by Pearl
Island Corp Jan 13, 1954. Bought by San Venezolanos Mar 1954
as YV-C-NAF. Seized by Brazilian authorities Jul 10, 1954.
Sold Oct 1954 to Lidca Colombia as HK-388. Bought by
Aeroespesca Colombia Jun 23, 1965. DBR Oct 21, 1981 when after
being hijacked by 2 men and 2 women while on flight from Medellin
to Barranquilla. They demanded that the crew land at the
Guajira Peninsula, and 5 tons of weapons were loaded aboard
the plane and it departed again. Made a forced landing in the Rio Orteguaza
river to unload weapons. Aircraft was abandonded by the hijackers, crew was
held hostage until Nov 10, 1981.
3664 (MSN 26797) to LAPSA (Lineas Aeras de Panama S. A.) as RX-133.
LAPSA was a "paper" Panamanian company that served as a clandestine
conduit of aircraft to Israel. To Israel Defense Force.
RX-133-apparently was w/o 4 Jul 1948 on ground at Ekron-Telnof AB-due to No 1 engine fire.
3665 (MSN 26798) to XB-JUP 1949; YV-C-LBD; N3920C; PP-YQD; N3966C; PP-LDU 2Sep54; PP-LEP 8Aug58
PP-LEP, CoA expired on 14 Dec 1965, PP-cancelled on 19 Feb 1969, br/u May 1969 at Santos Dumont A/p, Rio
3666 (MSN 26799) accepted as A-36. W/o 25 Sep 1944 at Iahqal, India; condemned Sep 26, 1944
3667 (MSN 26800/CU440) to US Navy as 39542
3668 accepted as A-36. W/o 17 Sep 1944 at Shingbwiyang, Burma
3669 W/o 26 Jan 1945 at Bell Center, OH
3671 accepted as A-36. W/o 12 Mar 1945 at Shinbwiyang, Burma
3672 (MSN 26805/15360) To LAPSA (Lineas Aereas de Panama S. A. as
RX-131. LAPSA was a "paper' Panamanian company that acted as
a clandestine conduit of aircraft to Israel. To Israel Defense
Force as #17-02. To El Al Israel Air Lines as 4X-AEF. To
Lance Air Transport as N2714A. To Zantop Air Transport, later
Universal Airlines, stil as N2714A. To APASA (Aerovias
Panama Airways Sur Americanas) as HP-228. To COPA (Compania
Panamena de Aviacion) still as HP-228. To Taxander as HK-791.
To Aeropesca Colombia still as HK-791 (HK-796 requested but
NTU) To Aeronorte (Aerivias del Norte) Colomibia still as HK-791.
Last to Lineas Aereas Suramericanas Colombia still as HK-791.
w/o during landing at Leticia, Colombia Apr 30, 1973.
3673 (MSN 26806) accepted as A-36. W/o 24 May 1944 at Misamari, India; condemned Jun 26, 1944
3675 (MSN 26808) accepted as A-36. W/o 31 Oct 1944 at Kunming, China; crashed, condemned Nov 1, 1944
3676 (MSN 26809/CU449) accepted as A-36. purchased Dec 1947 by LAPSA (Lineas Aereas
de Panama Sur Americans) as RX-132. LAPSA was a "paper"
Panamanian company that acted as a clandestine conduit of aircraft
to Israel. To Israel Defence Force as 17-05. Withdrawn from
service shortly after end of War of Independence and handed over
to El Al Israel Air Lines as 4X-ALA. In 1956 to Alaska Airlines
as N5140B. In 1957 to AAXICO (American Air Export and Import Company
of Miami, FL, still as N5140B. Crashed during emergency
approach and landing to Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX after losing
elevator control, 2 killed.
3677 (MSN 26810/CU450) to USAAF Jan 30, 1944. To RFC Oct 5, 1945. WFU ans stored at Bush Field, Georgia.
To US civil registry as N95463 in 1952. Bought by Air Maroc Apr 27, 1954 and registered as F-OAFI.
Transferred to Aigle Azur Maroc in 1956. To Aigle-Azur Extreme-Orient, Societe Compagnie Aier Cameroun
Used as freighter, crashed on takeoff at Garoua, Cameroun Feb 3, 1965. All 4 onboard killed.
3678 (MSN 26811) condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
3679 to N67924; Israeli AF; N9841F 17May59; TI-1053C; N9841F. To Colombian civil registry as HK-3150 in 1984
HK-3150 br/u at Bogota in 2019
3680 (MSN 26813) accepted as A-36. transferred to Chinese AF.
3681 (MSN 26814) to N65879; HK-164; N75338
3682 (MSN 26815) accepted as A-36. W/o 26 Jun 1944 at Sookerating, India. MACR 6120
3683 accepted as A-36. lost Jan 7, 1945, Lang Tai, China. MACR 11100
42-3684/3707 Fleetwings BT-12-FL
3687 W/o 8 Jul 1943 at Bethesda, MD
3689 W/o 1 Oct 1943 at Avondale, GA
42-3708/3883 Fleetwings BT-12-FL
Cancelled contract
42-3884/4043 North American AT-6C-5-NT Texan
Most of the data is from publications written by Peter C Smith,
Dan Hagedorn and Benno Goethals.
3884/3983 MSN 88-11588/11687 (100)
3884 (MSN 88-11588) 485th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in an accident
during maintenance at Aloe Field 15Mar43. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Aloe Field 27Mar43. 2563rd Base Unit (Women Air Service Pilots), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX. Crashed eighteen miles north of Childress Field, TX 13Jun44
(1KIS WASP trainee pilot). The plane suffered an engine failure as it departed
Frederick Auxiliary Field, Vernon, TX on a cross-country training flight from
Avenger Field to Vernon then to Amarillo, TX. Two witnesses observed the plane
at low altitude. The engine was back-firing and smoking. As the plane lost altitude
there was nowhere within gliding distance suitable for a forced landing.
The pilot bailed out and the plane nosed into the ground. The WASP pulled the
D-ring on her parachute, but it opened too late. Her body was found about
75 yards from the wreckage. An oily substance was found on her flight suit
and the outside covering of her parachute. There was no evidence of a fire.
3885 (MSN 88-11589) 319th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Houston
Municipal Airport, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises, Inc. Damaged in a
collision with Vultee BT-15 Valiant 42-41704 landing at Houston Municipal
Airport 12May43. 318th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises. Accident when ground looped
landing at Midland Municipal Airport, TX 3Aug43. Crash landed after engine
failure at Avenger Field 13Apr44. 2563rd Base Unit (Women Air Service Pilots),
Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX. Force landed after fuel exhaustion two miles
southeast of Avenger Field 11May44. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Tucson Municipal Airport, AZ 13Oct44. Accident at Scott Field, Belleville, IL 3Jul48
Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14428
3886 (MSN 88-11590) 482nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Substantially damaged when
ground looped landing at Yoakum CAA Intermediate Landing Field, TX 17Apr43.
481st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after losing
control twelve miles southwest of Aloe Field 27Aug43
3887 (MSN 88-11591) 483rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged
landing at Aloe Auxiliary Field #7, Cologne, TX 25Nov43. 3510th
Maintenance Squadron, 3510th Maintenance and Supply Group, Randolph AFB,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph AFB 19Jun50
3888 (MSN 88-11592)61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX.
Substantially damaged landing at Aloe Auxiliary Field, TX 5Feb43.
483rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Crash landed during landing at Aloe Field 1Jul43.
2543rd Base Unit (Instructor School, Central), Waco Field, TX. Damaged in a collision
with AT-6D 44-81040 at Waco Field 12Dec44. 594th Base Unit, Air Transport Command,
Topeka Field, KS. Damaged landing at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Jul46.
4163rd Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Cleveland Municipal
Airport, OH. Crash landed at Covington-Clifton Forge Airport, VA 31Mar47
3889 (MSN 88-11593) 483rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Aloe Field 23Oct43. Fatal crash after engine failure taking off from
Aloe Field 20Mar44 (2KIS
3890 (MSN 88-11594) 484th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged taxying at
Aloe Field 26Feb43. Squadron C, 2538th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced,
Single Engine), Aloe Field, Victoria, TX 1May44. Accident taking off from
Yoakum CAA Intermediate Landing Field, TX 16Aug44. Remanufactured as T-6G 49-3402
3891 (MSN 88-11595)483rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged taxying at
Aloe Field 29Feb44. 174th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, B
arksdale Field, Shreveport, LA. Damaged landing in bad weather five miles north of
New Orleans, LA 30Nov47. 174th Base Unit, Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA.
Damaged by a bird strike ten miles north of Baton Rouge 3Aug48
3892 (MSN 88-11596)332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Crashed into terrain fifteen miles
southeast of Liberty, AZ 20Feb43. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Luke Field 11Jun43. 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Field 20Aug43.
332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Luke Field 12Dec43. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #2, Beardsley, AZ 19Jan44. 3028th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing
at Luke Field 2Aug45.
3893 (MSN 88-11597) 352nd Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran
Field, Las Vegas, NV. Damaged landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 27Feb44.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48, To Turkish AF as 7251 Aug 2, 1948.
3894 (MSN 88-11598) 542nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Substantially damaged when ground looped landing
in bad weather at Ashfork CAA Intermediate Landing Field, AZ 17Jun43.
3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Minter Field, Shafter, CA.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Minter Field 28Feb45.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7252. WFU
3895 (MSN 88-11599) B-1 Squadron, 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE. Damaged by mechanical failure at Olmsted Field,
Middletown, PA 30Jun45. Registered as N1782B. Volitan Aircraft Services,
Palmdale, CA; remanufactured to T-6D standard. Dal-Air, Love Field,
Dallas TX 1952. To South African Air Force 1953 as 7697. Central Flying School,
Langebaanweg AB, Western Cape. WFU 1995. External storage at Langebaanweg AB.
Longmont Aviation Company, Longmont, CO 17Sep96. Crated and shipped to
Huntington, IN 1996. Registered as N7697M. Reregistered 8May01 as N697DS; current [Jun20.
3896 (MSN 88-11600) Instrument School, 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 1943. Registered 15Jan46 as NC52806; cancelled 27Oct47.
Embry-Riddle Aviation Company, Miami, FL. Exposed to salt water from a
hurricane in Florida. Government of Nicaragua Jan47. Delivery delayed by US
State Department reluctance to issue an export licence. Registered as AN-ADC
for ferry flight to Nicaragua Dec47.
To Nicaraguan Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Guardia de Nicaragua c.23Oct47 as 44.
3897 (MSN 88-11601) 568th Base Unit, 4th Fighter Operational Training Unit,
Air Transport Command, Brownsville Field, TX. Damaged landing at Mauldin
Airport, Brownsville, TX 19May44. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after losing
control twelve miles NNE of Brownsville Field 18Jul44
3898 (MSN 88-11602) 553rd Base Unit, 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Damaged landing at Romulus Field 7May45.
Registered 1Mar46 as NC55722; cancelled by CAA 3Mar49. Registered 14Apr51
as N55722; cancelled 7Sep51. Sold to US Government
3899 (MSN 88-11603) 5th Ferrying Squadron, 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Damaged in a collision with Fairchild PT-26
42-71021 taxying at Romulus Field 24Jun43. Damaged taxying at Romulus Field
9Dec43. 586th Base Unit, Lunken Field, Cincinnati Municipal Airport, OH. Crashed
when the pilot bailed out after fuel exhaustion seven miles northwest of
Carterville, GA 24Nov44
3900 (MSN 88-11604) 429th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Crashed after mid-air collision with
AT-6A 41-16126 one mile east of Malvern, AL 30Aug43 (1KIS
3901 (MSN 88-11605) 431st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Fatal crash eight miles south of Dothan 10Jul43 (1KIS).
3902 (MSN 88-11606) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged taxying at Eagle
Pass Auxiliary Field #2, Pinto, TX 30May43. 431st Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Wrecked landing at Napier Auxiliary Field #2,
Dothan Municipal Airport, AL 26Feb44
3903 (MSN 88-11607) 483rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 61st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, Austin, TX 7Mar43. 433rd Single Engine
Flying Training Squadron, Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Damaged in mid-air collision
with a towed target at Eglin Auxiliary Field #2, Valparaiso, FL 26May43. Damaged
taxying at Eglin Field 27May43. 2116th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Damaged when nosed over landing at Eglin Auxiliary Field #6,
Valparaiso, FL 11Jan45. Damaged in collision with parked AT-6B 42-17204 when taxying
at Eglin Auxiliary Field #6, Valparaiso, FL 26Feb45. American Republics Project to
Uruguay Government. San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
To Uruguay Air Force / Aeronáutica Militar Uruguaya 12Sep47 as 346.
Escuela Militar de Aeronaútica, Pando, Canelones, Montevideo [Apr48]; r
eserialled as E-346. Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya 4Dec53.
Crashed at Sauce, Canelones 23Sep58 (2KIS). SOC 7Nov58.
3904 (MSN 88-11608) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Luke Field 10Sep43. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President
Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7253. WFU.
3905 (MSN 88-11609)
3906 (MSN 88-11610) 949th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Luke Field 21Feb43. 3014th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Douglas Field, AZ. Damaged while parked
in an accident by Vultee BT-13 Valiant 41-11416 at Douglas Field, 19Oct44
3907 (MSN 88-11611) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7254. WFU
3908 (MSN 88-11612) 346th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 28May43 and 17Jun43. 332nd Single Engine Flying
Training Squadron, 304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Crashed during landing at Luke Field 23Sep43. Damaged landing
at Luke Auxiliary Field #5, Buckeye, AZ 26Apr44
3909 (MSN 88-11613) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Severely damaged in a collision with AT-6C 41-32226 landing at Luke Field 28Sep43
3910 (MSN 88-11614) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Fatal crash into the
ground 3.5 miles ENE of Salome, AZ 5May43 (1KIS).
3911 (MSN 88-11615)944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 12Oct43. Gunnery accident
in flight near Ajo Field 10Dec43. 3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Minter Field, Shafter, CA. Damaged when ground looped landing at Minter
Auxiliary Field #4, Dunlap, Jasmin, CA 23Jul45. 416th Base Unit (Air Force
Reserve Training Center), Air Defense Command, Long Beach Field, CA.
Damaged landing at Long Beach Field 14Jul47
3912 (MSN 88-11616) used to rebuild T-6G
3913 (MSN 88-11617) 755th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Marana Field, AZ.
Crashed when the pilot bailed out after structural failure at Marana Field 22Feb44
3914 (MSN 88-11618) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Fatal crash when the pilot
bailed out after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32595 thirty miles north of
Eagle Pass Field 9Feb43 (1KIS)
3915 (MSN 88-11619)Accident Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA 29Feb48
3916 (MSN 88-11620) 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Substantially damaged
when the landing gear collapsed landing at Eagle Pass Field 13Mar43. Substantially
damaged in collision with AT-6A 41-16217 landing at Eagle Pass Field 8Apr43.
174th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Barksdale AFB,
Shreveport, LA. Severely damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-44015 at Barksdale AFB 29Feb48
3917 (MSN 88-11621)827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged taxying at Eagle Pass Field 28Feb43.
Damaged when force landed after engine failure and fire two miles west of Eagle
Pass Auxiliary Field, Spofford, TX 14Apr43. 481st Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX.
Damaged by fire at Aloe Field 24Mar44. Squadron C, 2538th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Aloe Field, Victoria, TX 1May44.
Damaged in collision with AT-6C 42-44356 taxying at Aloe Field 24Jul44
3918 (MSN 88-11622) 828th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Crash landed at
Eagle Pass Field 9Feb43. 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Eagle Pass
Field, TX. Damaged when force landed after fuel exhaustion one mile east of Eagle
Pass Field 10Nov43. Damaged landing at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #2, Pinto, TX
15Feb44. Squadron C, 2543rd Base Unit (Instructor School, Central), Waco Field, TX.
Damaged when ground looped at Waco Field 2Apr45. Registered to James S. Spivey Inc,
Washington, DC; cancelled [Export C of A issued 16Feb53]. Volitan Aircraft Services,
Palmdale, CA; remanufactured to T-6D standard. To South African Air Force 1953 as 7695.
Registered 13Feb97 as ZU-BET; current [Apr18]. Flying Lions Aerobatic Formation Team #2
3919 (MSN 88-11623)
3920 (MSN 88-11624) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged in collision with AT-6C 41-32971
taxying on the runway at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #3, Rosita North, TX 19Oct43.
2528th Base Unit (Bombardier School & Instructor School), Midland Field, TX.
Accident at Midland Field 21Jul45. 136th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Training Center),
Selfridge AFB, Mount Clemens, MI. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-43868 at Flint
Municipal Airport, MI 14May48.
3921 (MSN 88-11625) Materiel Command, Wichita, KS
3922 (MSN 88-11626) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged taxying at Eagle Pass
Auxiliary Field #1, Cueves, TX 31Jul43. 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Eagle Pass Field 12Nov43.
Crashed six miles southwest of San Carlos, México 24Nov43 (1KIS).
American Republics Program, Caribbean Defense Command, Paraguay.
Force landed in bad weather fifteen miles southeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23Dec46.
3923 (MSN 88-11627) 97th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in collision with
AT-6C 41-32737 taxying at Foster Field 10Apr43. 829th Single Engine Flying
Training Squadron, 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX.
Damaged after the pilot lost control at Eagle Pass Field 24Apr43. 99th Single Engine
Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field,
Victoria, TX. Damaged in collision with parked AT-6D 42-44535 when taxying at
Foster Field 16Jan44. Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Field
21Jun44. Damaged by mechanical failure seventeen miles east of San Antonio
6Jun45. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 14Jun45
3924 (MSN 88-11628)692nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Marianna Field, FL. Damaged in collision with a towed target at Eglin Auxiliary
Field #5, Valparaiso, FL 12Nov43
3925 (MSN 88-11629) 697th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
17th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL. Severely damaged
when force landed after engine failure fifteen miles south of Thomasville, GA 10Dec43.
2130th Base Unit, Marianna Field, FL. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Marianna Field 31May44. 2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Gunter Field,
Montgomery, AL. Damaged landing at Gunter Field 7May45. Damaged landing at
Gunter Auxiliary Field #7, Deatsville, AL 26Aug45
3926 (MSN 88-11630) 693rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
17th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Marianna Field 28Nov43. 139th Base Unit
(Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Scott Field, Belleville, IL.
Damaged caused by mechanical failure fifteen miles NNW of Tulsa, OK 27Sep46
3927 (MSN 88-11631) 692nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 17th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL. Damaged landing in bad weather
at Marianna Auxiliary Field #3, Bascom, FL 7Sep43. Remanufactured as T-6G 49-3424
3928 (MSN 88-11632) 693rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 17th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Marianna Field 19Mar43. 2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-44269
landing two miles northwest of Gunter Auxiliary Field #4, Mount Meigs, AL 10Feb45.
Crash landed one mile east of Gunter Field 4Apr45. Accident fifteen miles NNW of Tulsa, OK 27Sep46
3929 (MSN 88-11633) 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Foster Field 20May43. 2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL. Crashed after a fatal mid-air collision with
Douglas A-26C Invader 43-27745 four miles northeast of Mount Meigs, AL 29May45.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7255. WFU
3930 (MSN 88-11634) 697th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 17th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL. Fatal crash into the
ground fifteen miles SSE of Marianna Field 14Apr43 (1KIS).
3931 (MSN 88-11635) 17th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Marianna Field, FL
In ground collision Mar 10, 1943 Marianna AAF, FL Mar 10, 1943. One killed.
W/o 10 Mar 1943 at Bascom, FL
3931 (MSN 88-11636) Advanced Flying School, Jackson Field, MS.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Jackson Field 25Mar44
3933 (MSN 88-11637) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Damaged by structural failure at Luke Field 9Jan44. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 42-4018 taxying at Luke Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 22Mar44. 3025th
Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Marfa Field, TX. Damaged landing
at McCamey Auxiliary Airport, TX 26Jan45.
Damaged when ground looped at Marfa Field 19Mar45. Registered as N1779B.
Volitan Aircraft Services, Palmdale, CA; remanufactured to T-6D standard. Dal-Air,
Love Field, Dallas TX 1952. South African Air Force c.13Feb53 as 7693. Longmont
Aviation Company, Longmont, CO 17Sep96. Crated and shipped to Huntington, IN 1996.
Registered as N7693Z; current [Dec19].
3934 (MSN 88-11638)
3935 (MSN 88-11639) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 9Oct43. 2116th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced,
Single Engine), Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Napier Auxiliary Field #1, Minor Field, Wicksburg, AL 4May44. Used to rebuild T-6G
3936 (MSN 88-11640) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Force landed with
mechanical failure twenty miles west of Luke Field 24Nov43. Substantially damaged
in a collision with AT-6C 42-43998 taxying at Luke Field 25Feb44. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 4May44.
113th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
Damaged when nosed over landing at Mitchel Field 4Jun47. Used to rebuild T-6G
3937 (MSN 88-11641) 949th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Severely damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Field 31May43.
332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke
Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 11Oct43. Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14316
3938 (MSN 88-11642) 948th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Luke Field 15Jun43. 3035th Base Unit
(Technical School), Victorville Field, CA. Damaged by structural failure at
Victorville Field 9May44. 3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Minter Field,
Shafter, CA. Damaged landing at Minter Field 25Jun45. Accident two miles west
of Madrid, KY 28Aug49.
3939 (MSN 88-11643) 755th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Marana Field, AZ.
Damaged taxying at Marana Field 19Nov43. 3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Minter Field, Shafter, CA. Damaged when ground looped landing at Minter Field 18Jun45
3940 (MSN 88-11644) 543rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 17Feb43.
332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Wrecked in a fatal accident in collision with
Curtiss P-40L Warhawk 42-11077 landing at Luke Field 6Aug43 (1KIS)
3941 (MSN 88-11645) 1123rd Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Kingman Field, AZ.
Damaged taxying at Kingman Field 11Jan44. 3024th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic)
Marana Field, AZ. Damaged landing at Marana Auxiliary Field #3, Coronado,
Red Rock, AZ 19Feb45. Damaged landing at Marana Field 1Jun45.
3942 (MSN 88-11646) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Crash
landed at Luke Field 21Aug43. 3508th Base Unit (Technical School),
Truax Field, Madison, WI. Damaged landing at Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA 19Jun45
3943 (MSN 88-11647) 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Fatal crash into the ground
fourteen miles east of Eagle Pass Field 9Mar43 (2KIS).
3944 (MSN 88-11648) 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass
Field, TX. Damaged landing at Eagle Pass Field 4Feb43. 826th Single Engine
Flying Training Squadron, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged in collision with
AT-6C 41-32997 taxying at Eagle Pass Field 6Sep43. 2522nd Base Unit, Majors Field,
Greenville, TX. Damaged landing at Majors Field, Greenville, TX 15Oct44. Used to rebuild T-6G
3945 (MSN 88-11649) 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged taxying at
Eagle Pass Field 21Mar44. 2516th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Eagle Pass
Field, TX. Damaged when ground looped at Eagle Pass Field 23Dec44.
Damaged in accident with AT-6D 41-34356 at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #3,
Rosita North, TX 26Jan45. 2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Perrin Field,
Sherman, TX. Damaged landing at Perrin Field 10Oct45
3946 (MSN 88-11650) 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX.
Damaged taxying at Eagle Pass Field 30Jan43. 827th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged by fire in an accident at Eagle Pass
Field 3Jul43. 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #2, Pinto, TX 24Feb44.
2516th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged when
nosed over taxying at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #2, Pinto, TX 8Mar45.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7256. WFU
3947 (MSN 88-11651) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged when force landed
with mechanical failure ten miles northeast of Eagle Pass Field 2Apr43.
Damaged landing at Eagle Pass Field 28Apr43. Damaged landing at Eagle Pass
Field 26Oct43. Damaged when force landed after engine failure on approach to
Eagle Pass Field 30Dec43. Squadron C, 2510th Base Unit, Brooks Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Brooks Field, TX 13Jul45
3948 (MSN 88-11652)826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged in
collision with AT-6C 41-32614 taxying at Eagle Pass Field 19Jun43.
2516th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged taxying
at Eagle Pass Field 5May44. Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged
landing in bad weather at Randolph Field 26Mar45
3949 (MSN 88-11653) 2516th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Eagle Pass
Field, TX. Damaged landing at Eagle Pass Auxiliary Field #3, Rosita
North, TX 5Sep44. Accident at Goodfellow Auxiliary Field #4, Lane, TX 14Jun49
3950 (MSN 88-11654) 62nd Ferrying Squadron, 5th Ferrying Group, Love
Field, Dallas, TX. Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at
Love Field 20Apr43. 568th Base Unit, 4th Fighter Operational Training Unit,
Air Transport Command, Brownsville Field, TX. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Mauldin Airport, Brownsville, TX 12May44. Damaged when nosed
over taxying at Brownsville Field 19Jun44. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Brownsville Field 25Oct44. Damaged landing in bad weather at
Brownsville Field 29Nov44. 553rd Base Unit, 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Fatal crash at Big Beaver, Troy, twenty
miles WSW of Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI 2Aug45 (2KIS).
3951 (MSN 88-11655) 828th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Fatal crash
into the ground five miles east of Eagle Pass Field 5Mar43 (1KIS).
3952 (MSN 88-11656) 2538th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged taxying at Aloe Field 9May44
3953 (MSN 88-11657)
3954 (MSN 88-11658) 2109th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
Turner Field, Albany, GA. Damaged when nosed over taxying at Columbus
Field, MS 14Sep44. 2109th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
Turner Field, Albany, GA. Damaged when ground looped at Turner Field
13Jun45. Used to rebuild T-6G
3955 (MSN 88-11659) 90th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
21st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Crashed
into Choctawhatchee Bay four miles southeast of Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 12Feb43
3956 (MSN 88-11660) 380th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
22nd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Substantially
damaged when ground looped landing at Craig Field 22Apr43. 21st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Substantially damaged
when ground looped landing at Craig Field 18Oct43. 417th Base Unit,
Mather Field, Sacramento, CA. Air Force Reserve, Hamilton Field, Novato, CA.
Damaged taxying at Mather Field 22Nov46
3957 (MSN 88-11661) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Craig Field,
Selma, AL. Substantially damaged in accident with AT-6B 41-17206 taxying at
Craig Field 16Feb43. 2138th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Craig Field, Selma, AL. Damaged in a mid-air collision with AT-6D 42-84231
over Marengo, twenty miles southwest of Selma 22Jun45. American Republics
Project to Brazilian Government. San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly Field,
San Antonio, TX. Modified to AT-6D standard.
To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira 26Sep47 as 1468.
Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Crashed shortly after take-off from Base Aérea de Salvador, BA 16Apr59 (2KIS).
3958 (MSN 88-11662) 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Damaged
taxying at Love Field 23Mar44. 7th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged when ground looped landing at Gore Field
17Jun45. Registered 15Mar46 as NC90633; cancelled 5Mar48. Northrop
Aircraft Inc, Hawthorne, CA. Government of the Republic of the Philippines c.20Feb48.
To Philippine Air Force / Hukbóng Himpapawid ng Pilipinas
3959 (MSN 88-11663) 92nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 21st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Crash landed at Craig
Field 21Aug43. Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 21st Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 42-48820 taxying at Craig Field 28Feb44. 2138th Base Unit, 29th Flying
Training Wing, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Crashed in bad weather three miles northwest
of Havana, AR 14Oct45 (2KIS). The aircraft departed Topeka, KS on a navigational
proficiency mission, having been cleared to Little Rock, AR via Coffeyville, KS and
Fort Smith, AR. This circuitous route was chosen to avoid bad weather connected
with a stationary weather front. Nothing was heard from the aircraft and after
inquiries directed to air fields along the proposed route failed to reveal any trace
of it, a search was initiated. Wreckage of the aircraft was discovered on the
southeast slope of Mount Magazine on the following day. The aircraft had crashed
approximately 50 feet below the crest of a 2000 ft ridge of the mountain.
The aircraft was completely destroyed by the impact and the bodies of both the
pilot and passenger were found in the wreckage.
3960 (MSN 88-11664)141st Base Unit, Reserve Training, Orchard Place Airport,
Chicago, IL. Damaged landing at Orchard Place Airport 14Mar48.
Accident at Orchard Place Airport 28Aug49.
3961 (MSN 88-11665)
3962 (MSN 88-11666) 92nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 21st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Substantially damaged
in a mid-air collision with a towed target at Eglin Field Range #1A, Valparaiso, FL
7May43. 2138th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Craig Field,
Selma, AL. Crashed when the pilot bailed out with the aircraft on fire two miles
south of Craig Field 21Aug44
3963 (MSN 88-11667) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 3Jul43
3964 (MSN 88-11668) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Crash landed 11.5
miles south of Luke Field 11Mar44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM. Damaged when ground looped landing at Kirtland
Field, Albuquerque, NM 28May44. Damaged by mechanical failure landing at
Hobbs Field 22Nov44. Damaged landing at Hobbs Field 26Jan45. Damaged landing at
Hobbs Auxiliary Field #1, Knowles, NM 22Feb45. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK 31Mar45. 444th Base Unit, Air Force
Reserve, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pittsburgh, PA. Damaged landing at Greater
Pittsburgh Airport 24Aug46. Accident at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
26Sep49. Accident ten miles northeast of Brooks AFB, San Antonio, TX 29Nov49
3965 (MSN 88-11669) 755th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Marana Field, AZ.
Damaged when nosed over taxying at Marana Field 30Nov43. 3028th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing
at Luke Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 18Apr45. Ground looped and the landing gear
collapsed at Luke Field 29Oct45. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS. Damaged when
force landed three miles south of Santa Ana, Sonora, México 13Sep46. 419th Base
Unit, Strategic Air Command, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Davis-Monthan Field 6Mar47. Used to rebuild T-6G
3966 (MSN 88-11670)332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 41-32896 taxying at Luke Field 1Sep43. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 11Nov43. Force landed after engine failure
at Luke Field 4Feb44. 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Crash landed after Taking off sixteen miles southeast of
Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 17Feb45
3967 (MSN 88-11671) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 11Oct43. 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced,
Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Luke Field 1Aug45
used to rebuild T-6G
3968 (MSN 88-11672) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 20Jan43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira 1
4Apr43 as 31. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1253. Accident at Base Aérea de Salvador, BA 15Feb58. SOC.
3969 (MSN 88-11673) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 20Jan43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
14Apr43 as 32. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1254. Accident at Aquiraz, CE 13May48
3970 (MSN 88-11674)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 20Jan43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
26Apr43 as 33. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1255. Parque de Material Aeronáutico dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. SOC 14Oct48
3971 (MSN 88-11675) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 20Jan43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
14Apr43 as 34. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1256. Accident at Anapolis, GO 8Nov66
3972 (MSN 88-11676) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 20Jan43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
19Apr43 as 35. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1257. Accident at Belém, PA 23Feb51
3973 (MSN 88-11677)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-736.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Damaged at Guadalajara, Jalisco Nov50
3974 (MSN 88-11678)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-737.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Damaged at Ixtepec, Oaxaca Jul50
3975 (MSN 88-11679) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-738.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44.
3976 (MSN 88-11680). San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-739.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44
3977 (MSN 88-11681) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-740.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44
3978 (MSN 88-11682) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 20Jan43.
To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 6Mar43 as EAN-741.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44.
3979 (MSN 88-11683)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Venezuelan Government 20Jan43.
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47.
3980 (MSN 88-11684) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Venezuelan Government 20Jan43.
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47.
3981 (MSN 88-11685) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Venezuelan Government 20Jan43.
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47
3982 (MSN 88-11686)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Venezuelan Government 20Jan43.
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47
3983 (MSN 88-11687)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Venezuelan Government 20Jan43.
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica Militar.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47
3984/4023 MSN 88-11758/11797 (40)
3984 (MSN 88-11758) 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Williams Field, Mesa, AZ. Substantially damaged in accident with AT-6D 42-34152
taxying at Williams Field 6Jul44. 3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Minter Field,
Shafter, CA. Damaged landing at Minter Field 6Jul45. USAF Museum Loan Program;
on loan to 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Luke AFB, Glendale, AZ. Displayed at Luke AFB
3985 (MSN 88-11759)948th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Field 5Jun43.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ.
Damaged by fire in an accident on the parking area at Williams Field 30May44.
3031st Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Mather Field, Sacramento, CA.
Damaged landing at Mather Field 22Sep44. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV. Force landed with fuel exhaustion 0.5 mile south of
Missouri Valley, IA 7Apr45
3986 (MSN 88-11760) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 41-33048 taxying at Luke Auxiliary Field #2, Beardsley, AZ 22Aug43.
332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single Engine Flying
Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Accident taking off from Luke Field 5Nov43.
Crashed after a fatal mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-33051 at Luke Auxiliary
Field #6, Perryville, Goodyear, AZ 28Feb44 (1KIS).
3987 (MSN 88-11761) W332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #2, Beardsley, AZ 7Sep43. 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Fatal crash seventeen miles south of
Litchfield Park, AZ 19May45 (2KIS).
3988 (MSN 88-11761)944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron, 330th Single
Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged in a mid-air collision with a
towed target at Ajo Gunnery Range #C-1, AZ 23Dec43.
3989 (MSN 88-11761) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23989]. 98th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged
in a collision with AT-6C 42-48974 taxying at Foster Field 26May43. 99th Single Engine
Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX.
Force landed after engine failure at Houston Municipal Airport, TX 12Dec43.
2539th Base Unit (Fighter Gunnery School), Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged after
engine failure at Foster Field 12Dec44.
3990 (MSN 88-11761)Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23990]. 97th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged
landing at Foster Field 20Apr43. 61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field,
Victoria, TX. Crashed when the pilot bailed out in bad weather two miles southwest of
Dreyer, TX 4Jan45)
3991 (MSN 88-11765) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23991]. 827th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged in
collision with AT-6C 41-32589 taxying at Eagle Pass Field 2Apr43. Damaged when force
landed after fuel exhaustion one mile west of Big Wells, TX 20Apr43. Wrecked in collision
with AT-6C 42-49000 when taxying at Eagle Pass Field 7May43
3992 (MSN 88-11766) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23992]. 97th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Fatal crash after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-32358 six miles
north of Foster Field, TX 10Feb43 (1KIS). 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in a collision
with AT-6C 42-4129 taxying at Foster Field 4Feb44
3993 (MSN 88-11767) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23992]. 97th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Fatal crash after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-32358 six
miles north of Foster Field, TX 10Feb43 (1KIS). 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in a collision
with AT-6C 42-4129 taxying at Foster Field 4Feb44
3994 (MSN 88-11768)Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 42-23994]. Squadron C, 2510th Base Unit,
Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Crash landed two miles south of Brooks Field 2Oct45
3995 (MSN 88-11769)Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 42-23995]. 97th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged by a bird
strike at Foster Field 27Feb43. 2533rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Primary-Basic), Goodfellow
Field, San Angelo, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Goodfellow Field 15Oct45.
141st Base Unit, Reserve Training, Orchard Place Airport, Chicago, IL. Damaged in collision
with Stinson Reliant NC79457 when taxying at Orchard Place Airport 18May47
3996 (MSN 88-11770) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 41-23996]. 2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Perrin Field, Sherman, TX. Damaged taxying at Perrin Auxiliary Field #5, Gainesville, TX 1Sep45
3997 (MSN 88-11771) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 42-23997]. 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in a collision
with parked AT-6C 41-32983 taxying at Foster Field 17May43. 2539th Base Unit
(Fighter Gunnery School), Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged when nosed over landing at
Foster Auxiliary Field #4, Nursery, TX 6Feb45. Damaged landing ten miles north of Foster
Auxiliary Field #4, Nursery, TX 6Apr45. Used to rebuild T-6G
3998 (MSN 88-11772) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 42-23998]. 98th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged taxying at
Yoakum CAA Intermediate Landing Field, TX 22Jun43. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Foster Field 6Jul43. 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Foster Field,
Victoria, TX. Damaged by a bird strike at Foster Field 2Oct43. 2514th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Two Engine) Laughlin Field, Del Rio, TX. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Laughlin Field 23Apr45. Damaged landing at Laughlin Field
3Jul45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7257. WFU.
3999 (MSN 88-11773)70th Ferrying Squadron, 20th Ferrying Group, Berry Field,
Nashville, TN. Damaged when ground looped landing at Nashville Municipal Airport 6Jun43
4000 (MSN 88-11774) Registered 1948 as NC5504N; N5504N. North American Aviation,
Los Angeles, CA 10Aug49; registration cancelled 26Jul50
4001 (MSN 88-11775) 68th Air Base Squadron (Special), Turner Field, Albany, GA.
Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at Turner Auxiliary Field #1,
Leesburg, GA 16Feb43. 113th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Mitchel Field,
Hempstead, Long Island, NY. Damaged landing at Mitchel AFB 6Mar48
4002 (MSN 88-11776) 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. Accident
taking off from Memphis Municipal Airport 24Mar43. 556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA. Damaged landing at Winslow Municipal
Airport, AZ 12Jul45. Registered 1946 as NC717. Reregistered as N1580V. Registered 1Oct53
to Spartan Aero Repair, Camden, NJ; registration cancelled 18Mar54.
4003 (MSN 88-11777) 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX.
Damaged taxying at Eagle Pass Field 21May43. 7th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Crashed near Mount Wright, 38 miles west of Choteau, MT 22Sep44 (1KIS)
4004 (MSN 88-11778) 443rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged by a bird strike five miles
west of Eufaula, GA 25Aug43. 2133rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Spence Field,
Moultrie, GA. Damaged landing at Spence Auxiliary Field #2, Norman Park, GA 12Apr45.
Damaged in a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-85748 five miles southeast of Moultrie 1
2Jun45. Damaged landing at Spence Auxiliary Field #3, Moultrie Municipal Airport, GA 15Jun45
4005 (MSN 88-11779) 2144th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Moody Field,
Valdosta, GA. Damaged when ground looped landing one mile southwest of Hopewell, GA 12Mar45
4006 (MSN 88-11780) 6A 41-17027 taxying at Spence Auxiliary Field #3, Moultrie Municipal
Airport, GA 12Aug43. 2133rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Spence Field, Moultrie, GA.
Damaged landing at Spence Auxiliary Field #1, Berlin, GA 4Oct44. Crashed when the
pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32337 four miles ESE of Spence
Auxiliary Field #1, Berlin, GA 6Nov44
4007 (MSN 88-11781) 441st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged landing at Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 28Jun43. Crashed into the ground at Eglin Field Range #6a 12Jul43
4008 (MSN 88-11782) 11th Ferrying Squadron, 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Love Field 11Feb43. 7th Ferrying Squadron,
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged landing at Gore Field 16Jan44
and 21Apr44. Registered 1946 as NC59567; cancelled
4009 (MSN 88-11783) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when nosed over
taxying at Luke Field 17Nov43. 98th Basic Flying Training Group, Gardner Field, Taft, CA.
Crash landed with mechanical failure at Gardner Auxiliary Field #4, Conners, CA 29Jan45.
Accident at Memphis Municipal Airport 15Aug45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w.
the President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived
Aug48. Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7258. WFU
4010 (MSN 88-11784)
4011 (MSN 88-11785) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Severely damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 14Feb44. Damaged by mechanical failure landing at
Luke Field 13Mar44. Squadron H-8, 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM. Damaged when ground looped at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #4,
Buckeye, NM 7Feb45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7259. WFU.
4012 (MSN 88-11786) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Substantially damaged when crash landed
with mechanical failure at Luke Field 12Aug43. 332nd Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Auxiliary
Field #3, Fighter, AZ 10Nov43. Damaged landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 8Mar44.
3026th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Merced Field, Atwater, CA. Damaged landing at
Merced Field 18Jan45. 444th Base Unit, Air Force Reserve, Greater Pittsburgh Airport,
Pittsburgh, PA. Damaged in accident with AT-6C 41-32302 and AT-6D 44-81549 at
Johnstown Airport, PA 12Oct47
4013 (MSN 88-11787) 3025th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Marfa Field, TX.
Damaged landing at Marfa Field 30May45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President
Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7260. WFU.
4014 (MSN 88-11788) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron, 330th Single Engine
Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 13Feb44. 3011th Base Unit, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged in
a mid-air collision with a towed target In flight over Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 15Jul44.
3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Damaged landing at Salome CAA Intermediate Landing Field, AZ 30Jul45.
4015 (MSN 88-11789) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #4, Wickenburg, AZ 23Dec43. Damaged in a collision
with parked AT-6C 42-44186 when taxying at Luke Field 6Apr44. 3028th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing
at Luke Auxiliary Field #2, Beardsley, AZ 13Jul44. Connecticut Air National Guard,
Brainard Field, Hartford, CT. Accident three miles from Brainard Field 15Apr49
4016 (MSN 88-11790)3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Minter Field, Shafter, CA.
Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 41-32940 on the ground at Minter Field 6Jul45.
139th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Scott Field, Belleville, IL.
Damaged taxying at Scott AFB 7May48
4017 (MSN 88-11791) 72nd Ferrying Squadron, 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs
Field, CA. Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at Palm Springs Field 20Mar43.
1st Ferrying Squadron, 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA.
Damaged landing at Palm Springs Field 31May43
4018 (MSN 88-11792)332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 42-3933 taxying at Luke Auxiliary Field #3, Fighter, AZ 22Mar44. 114th Base
Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Newark Field, NJ. Damaged when ground looped at
Stewart Field, Newburgh, NY 17Oct46. 108th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit),
Westover Field, Chicopee, MA. Damaged in a collision on the ground five miles
east of Greenfield, MA 23Jan47. 136th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Training Center),
Selfridge AFB, Mount Clemens, MI. Damaged after engine failure at Selfridge AFB 30Jul48.
4019 (MSN 88-11793) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX
[delivered with data plate stamped as 42-24019]. 97th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 63rd Single Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX.
Substantially damaged when crash landed after engine failure at Foster Field 11Apr43.
4020 (MSN 88-11794) 98th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Fatal crash into the ground half mile
northeast of Yoakum, TX 8Apr43 (1KIS).
4021 (MSN 88-11795)2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Perrin Field, Sherman, TX.
Damaged landing at Perrin Field 5May45. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 41-32886
at Perrin Auxiliary Field #2, Gaskin, TX 12May45. 419th Base Unit, Strategic Air Command,
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ. Damaged in a mid-air collision at Davis-Monthan AFB 23Jun48
4022 (MSN 88-11796) 556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Long Beach Field, CA. Damaged when ground looped at Long Beach Field 19Jul45.
443rd Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Andrews Field,
Camp Springs, MD. Damaged taxying at Andrews Field 2Feb47.
4023 (MSN 88-11797)
4024/4063 MSN 88-11868/11907 (40)
4024 (MSN 88-11868) 430th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Fatal crash twelve miles NNE of Troy, AL 9Aug43 (1KIS).
4025 (MSN 88-11869) remanufactured as T-6G 51-14324
4026 (MSN 88-11870) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Napier Field, Dothan, AL.
Crash landed with mechanical failure at Napier Field 12Feb43
4027 (MSN 88-11871) 429th Engineering Squadron, Napier Field, Dothan, AL.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Napier Field 5Jul43. Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14511
4028 (MSN 88-11872) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Napier Field,
Dothan, AL. Wrecked landing at Napier Field 11Mar43
4029 (MSN 88-11873) 431st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Napier Field, Dothan, AL.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Napier Field 8Mar43. Force landed
with fuel exhaustion two miles east of Luverne, AL 25Mar44
4030 (MSN 88-11874) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Napier Field,
Dothan, AL. Wrecked landing at Napier Field 7Jun43
4031 (MSN 88-11875) 431st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Damaged when ground looped landing at Napier Field 13Oct43
4032 (MSN 88-11876)
4033 (MSN 88-11877) 2116th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Napier Field,
Dothan, AL. Accident Alabama 8Nov43. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Napier Field 22Nov44. 2143rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic-Advanced),
Tuskegee Field, AL. Damaged when ground looped landing at Tuskegee Field,
AL 26Aug45. Registered as NC52785. Charles E Mathews y Cia., Miami, FL.
Ferried to Tegucigalpa, Honduras 27Nov47.
To Honduras Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Hondureña 27Nov47 as 204-C, later 204
Conflict:
204-C also quoted as 41-33062 (MSN 88-11577)
4034 (MSN 88-11878)332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Luke Field 14Sep43. Damaged landing at Luke Field 13Apr44
4035 (MSN 88-11879) 3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field,
Madison, WI. Damaged when ground looped landing at Truax Field 12Jul45
4036 (MSN 88-11880) 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a collision with AT-6D 42-84496 on the
ground at Luke Field 10Jan45. Damaged landing at Luke Field 23Apr45.
Accident at Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 29Apr48
4037 (MSN 88-11881) 331st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Crashed when the
pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-4059 twelve miles
northwest of Luke Field 5Mar43
4038 (MSN 88-11882) 542nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #5,
Buckeye, AZ 30Apr43. 755th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Marana Field, AZ.
Damaged landing at Marana Field 21Nov43
4039 (MSN 88-11883) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a mid-air
collision with an object at Luke Field 29Mar43. 3028th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged
landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #4, Wickenburg, AZ 14Feb45. 3026th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Basic), Merced Field, Atwater, CA. Damaged landing at Merced
Auxiliary Field #5, Potter, El Nido, CA 8Jun45used to rebuild T-6G
4040 (MSN 88-11884) 755th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Marana Field, AZ.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Marana Field 28Jan44. 174th Base
Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Barksdale Field, Shreveport, LA.
Damaged by a bird strike ten miles west of New Orleans, LA 15Feb4
4041 (MSN 88-11885) remanufactured as T-6G 49-3153
4042 (MSN 88-11886) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 8Nov43. 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced,
Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Luke Field 31Oct45.
4043 (MSN 88-11887) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 26Jan44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM. Damaged when ground looped landing at Hobbs
Auxiliary Field #4, Hobbs Municipal Airport, NM 21Sep44. 3508th Base Unit
(Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI. Fatal crash one mile north of
Juneau, WI 6Jun45 (1KIS)
42-4044/4243 North American AT-6C-10-NT Texan
Redesignated T-6C June 11, 1948
Most of the data is from publications written by Peter C Smith,
Dan Hagedorn and Benno Goethals.
4044/4063 (MSN 88-11888/11907)
4044 (MSN 88-11888) Army Air Forces Instructors' School (Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged when force landed after fuel
exhaustion in bad weather at Stockbridge, GA 1Aug43
4045 (MSN 88-11889) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
58th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Damaged in a mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32840 at Moore Field 30Aug43.
2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged
after engine failure at Moore Auxiliary Field #3, Rio Grande Field, Sullivan City, TX 19Sep45.
4046 (MSN 88-11890) 503rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Crashed after fuel
exhaustion nine miles south of Randado, TX 6Apr43.
4047 (MSN 88-11891) used to rebuild T-6G
4048 (MSN 88-11892) 505th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged in
collision with parked AT-6C 41-32840 when taxying during maintenance at
Moore Field 5May43. 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Moore Field,
Mission, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Moore Field 19Apr44.
2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing
4.5 miles west of Moore Auxiliary Field #3, Rio Grande Field, Sullivan City, TX 29May45
Remanufactured as T-6G 49-3100
4049 (MSN 88-11893) 505th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Substantially damaged
when force landed with fuel exhaustion one mile north of Norias, TX 16Feb43.
504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing at Moore Field 29Feb44.
2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged while
parked in an accident by AT-6C 41-32801 taxying at Moore Field 17May45.
465th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL. Damaged landing at MacDill AFB 4Jun48
4050 (MSN 88-11894) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing at
Moore Field 29Mar43. Damaged in collision with AT-6C 42-4089 landing at
Moore Field 7May43. 2538th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged when ground looped at Aloe Field 12Jan45
and 18Sep45. Accident at Olmsted AFB, Middletown, PA 10Jun49.
4051 (MSN 88-11895) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged while parked in
a collision by AT-6C 42-4243 taxying at Moore Field 25Mar44. 2529th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing twenty-two miles
WNW of Moore Field 30Jun44. Force landed with mechanical failure three miles
north of Falfurrias, TX 12Sep44. Damaged landing at Moore Field 28May45.
Damaged when ground looped at Moore Field 19Jun45.
4052 (MSN 88-11896) 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Damaged when ground looped at Moore Field 8Jan45 and 23Jan45. Damaged
when nosed over taxying at Moore Field 25Feb45. Squadron A, 76th Base Unit,
Langley Field, Hampton, VA. Damaged landing at Langley Field 19Jan46.
Squadron C, 76th Base Unit. Damaged when ground looped at Langley Field 8Feb46.
4053 (MSN 88-11897) 506th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged in an accident
during maintenance at Moore Field 8Feb43. Damaged taxying at Moore Field 3Jun43.
504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single Engine Flying Training
Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Substantially damaged when force landed on fire
at Rincon Oil Field, Rincon, TX 6Jul43. Damaged landing at Moore Field 15Oct43
and 24Feb44. Substantially damaged in a collision with AT-6B 41-17105 taxying at
Moore Field 24Feb44. 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Damaged when nosed over taxying at Alice Municipal Airport, TX 17Aug44. Damaged
landing at Moore Auxiliary Field #1, Edinburg, TX 24Apr45. Damaged landing at
Moore Auxiliary Field #2, Mission, TX 24Apr45
4054 (MSN 88-11898) 2138th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Craig Field, Selma, AL. Damaged in a mid-air collision with AT-6A 41-248 eight
miles south of Linden, AL 12Dec44
4055 (MSN 88-11899) 700th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, 25th Two
Engine Flying Training Group, Blytheville Field, AR. Substantially damaged landing
at Blytheville Auxiliary Field #2, Manila, AR 25Apr43. 701st Two Engine Flying
Training Squadron. Crashed into the ground at Monette, AR 9Sep43
4056 (MSN 88-11900) 92nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 21st Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Crash landed at Craig Auxiliary
Field #3, Henderson, AL 19May43. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Craig Field 30May43. Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 21st Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Force landed after engine failure
seven miles southwest of Craig Field 22Sep43
4057 (MSN 88-11901) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Craig Field, Selma, AL.
Accident at Craig Field 21May43. 92nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
21st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Craig Field 16Jun43b
4058 (MSN 88-11902) Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 21st Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Damaged landing at Craig Field 15Apr44
4059 (MSN 88-11903) 331st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged in a mid-air
collision with AT-6C 42-4037 twelve miles northwest of Luke Field 5Mar43.
3018th Base Unit (Gunnery School), Kingman Field, AZ. Damaged in accident
with Boeing B-17G Fortress 42-31286 taxying at Kingman Field 26Jul44.
3024th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic) Marana Field, AZ. Damaged landing at
Marana Field 27Nov44
4060 (MSN 88-11904) 346th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Luke Field 30Mar43. Damaged in a collision with
AT-6C 41-32238 taxying at Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 8Jul43.
3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV.
Damaged landing at Las Vegas Field 2Apr45
4061 (MSN 88-11905) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Luke Field 23Aug43 and 18Sep43. 3024th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Basic) Marana Field, AZ. Damaged in a collision with AT-6D 42-86048
at Marana Field 19Jun45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7263. WFU
4062 (MSN 88-11906) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Substantially
damaged in an accident with AT-6B 41-17382 taxying at Luke Field 25Dec43
4063 (MSN 88-11907) 949th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #1,
Wittman, AZ 18May43. 1123rd Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Kingman
Field, AZ. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 41-32161 taxying at Yucca Field, AZ
17Aug43. 3024th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic) Marana Field, AZ. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Marana Auxiliary Field #2, Rillito, AZ 29Mar45.
Damaged in an accident with AT-6D 41-34140 taxying at Marana Auxiliary
Field #1, Picacho, AZ 30May45
4064/4095 MSN 88-12143/12174 (32)
4064 (MSN 88-12143) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 13Feb43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
26Apr43 as 36. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1258. Núcleo do Parque de Material Aeronáutico do Lagoa Santa, MG.
SOC 5Jun74.
4065 (MSN 88-12144) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 13Feb43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
26Apr43 as 37. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1259. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Damaged while flying in formation two km from Rio Doce, RJ 27Jun61.
Base Aérea de Belém, PA. Núcleo do Parque de Material Aeronáutico do Lagoa
Santa, MG. SOC 28Sep67. Donated by Ministério da Aeronáutica to the city of
Erechim. Displayed at Praça Pref. Jaime Lago, Erechim, RS [last noted Aug17
4066 (MSN 88-12145) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 13Feb43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
26Apr43 as 38. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1260. DBR 24Jul64
4067 (MSN 88-12146) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 13Feb43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira
26Apr43 as 39. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Reserialled as 1261. Núcleo do Parque de Material Aeronáutico do Lagoa Santa, MG.
SOC 19Aug63. Displayed at Aviao Bar E Restaurante, Paraguaçu, MG
4068 (MSN 88-12147) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Brazilian Government 13Feb43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira 26Apr43 as 40.
Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Reserialled as 1262.
Núcleo do Parque de Material Aeronáutico do Lagoa Santa, MG. SOC 5Jun64.
Noted at Santos Dumont, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Mar71.. Exhibited at Museu Aeroespacial,
Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
4069 (MSN 88-12148) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Mexican Government 13Feb43. Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar
9Mar43 as EAN-742. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44
4070 (MSN 88-12149) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Mexican Government 13Feb43. Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar
9Mar43 as EAN-743. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Extant Sep59
4071 (MSN 88-12150) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Mexican Government 13Feb43. Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar
9Mar43 as EAN-744. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Registered as N7055H;
current [Jun20]. The aircraft taxyed toward the runway for take-off and collided with a
Cessna 172K, N7425G, that was waiting take-off clearance at Chino Airport, California
26Mar05. The AT-6C sustained minor damage and the Cessna sustained substantial damage;
neither pilot was injured. According to the AT-6C pilot, the ground collision occurred after
he had received a clearance to depart. The pilot stated that as he was taxying toward the
approach end of the runway his airplane's propeller sliced into the outboard portion of
the Cessna's left wing, which he had not observed from his front seat position. The pilot i
ndicated that he was the second airplane in a flight of two, and the lead airplane had
already rolled onto the runway. The Cessna pilot indicated that the accident occurred
while he was standing short of the hold lines at the approach end of the runway and was
awaiting clearance to take-off. The AT-6C approached from behind his position and impacted
the Cessna's left wing with its propeller
4072 (MSN 88-12151) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Mexican Government 13Feb43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar
9Mar43 as EAN-745. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Crashed into a house
during aerobatics at Magdalena, México City 6Feb51 (2KIS).
Conflict:
Reserialled as EAN-709. Escuela Superior de Guerra, Base Aérea Militar ? 5, Zapopan,
Guadalajara, Jalisco. Registered Jan89 as N7054X with MSN 88-12151. Reregistered 14Nov13
as N601JF; current [Jun20]. Operated for the AeroShell Aerobatic Team as #
4073 (MSN 88-12152) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease to
Mexican Government 13Feb43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 9Mar43
as EAN-746. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Escuela Militar de Aviación,
Base Aérea Militar ? 5, Zapopan, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Damaged in a mid-air collision with
T-6D EAN-766 (42-44684) at Guadalajara 18Sep48
4074 (MSN 88-12153) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease to
Mexican Government 13Feb43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de Aeronáutica Militar 9Mar43
as EAN-747. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Sold privately in México
4075 (MSN 88-12154) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease to
Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot departing Mar43.
To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43 as 251. Base Aérea Nº1,
El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4076 (MSN 88-12155) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot departing Mar43.
To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43 as 252. Base Aérea Nº1,
El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4077 (MSN 88-12156) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX. Lend-Lease
to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot departing Mar43.
To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43 as 253. Base Aérea Nº1,
El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4078 (MSN 88-12157) 443rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Fatal Crash caused by structural
failure four miles north of Deerland, FL 11Mar43 (2KIS)..
4079 (MSN 88-12158) 443rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged in a mid-air collision with
AT-6C 42-4113 at Spence Field 26May43. Substantially damaged taxying at Spence
Auxiliary Field #2, Norman Park, GA 16Jul43. 2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL. Damaged landing at Gunter Field 30Mar45. Supplied to
Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy
to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48. To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7264. WFU
4080 (MSN 88-12159) 20th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Spence Field,
Moultrie, GA. Substantially damaged landing at Eglin Auxiliary Field #7, Valparaiso, FL 10Apr43.
Damaged taxying at Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 30Jul43. 443rd Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron, 7th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Spence Field 8Oct43. 382nd Single Engine Flying
Training Squadron, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged when ground looped landing at
Spence Field 13Dec43
4081 (MSN 88-12160) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7265. WFU.
4082 (MSN 88-12161)
4083 (MSN 88-12162) 430th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Napier Field,
Dothan, AL. Damaged when ground looped landing at Napier Field 8Nov43.
2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL. Damaged
landing at Gunter Auxiliary Field #2, Elmore, AL 10Jan45 and 10Apr45
4084 (MSN 88-12163) 2116th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine),
Napier Field, Dothan, AL. Damaged in mid-air collision with AT-6A 41-16487 eleven
miles south of Valparaiso, FL 7Feb45. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged in accident with parked
AT-6D 42-84830 at Randolph AFB 12May48. Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary
Field #5, Clear Springs, New Braunfels, TX 23Jun48
4085 (MSN 88-12164) 442nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Accident at Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 10Jul43
4086 (MSN 88-12165) Advanced Flying School, Jackson Field, MS. Substantially
damaged landing at Jackson Field 21Mar44.
4087 (MSN 88-12166) 2133rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Spence Field,
Moultrie, GA. Damaged when nosed over taxying at Spence Field 14May45.
Damaged while parked in an accident, probably involving AT-6C 41-32471 which
was taxying and AT-6C 41-32630 which was landing at Spence Field 20Sep45.
113th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
Fatal crash at Candlewood Lake, Danbury, CT 14Aug48
4088 (MSN 88-12167) Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7266. WFU
4089 (MSN 88-12168) 503rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged in collision with
AT-6C 42-4050 landing at Moore Field 7May43. 504th Single Engine Flying Training
Squadron. Force landed after engine failure fourteen miles northwest of Hebbronville, TX
4Feb44. 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged
in a mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32828 thirty miles north of Moore Field 16May44
4090 (MSN 88-12169) 501st Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX.
Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at Bryan Field 27Aug43
4091 (MSN 88-12170) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged taxying at Moore
Field 13May43. 139th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Damaged taxying at Scott Field 26Jun47
4092 (MSN 88-12171) 318th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises. Damaged in collision with
AT-6C 41-32829 taxying at Amarillo Field, TX 21Jan44
4093 (MSN 88-12172) 506th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Fatal crash thirteen miles
northeast of Raymondville, TX 7Apr43 (1KIS
4094 (MSN 88-12173) 2563rd Base Unit (Women Air Service Pilots), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX. Wrecked in an accident with a WASP pilot taking off from Pyote Field, TX 19Jun44
4095 (MSN 88-12174) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged by mechanical failure landing at Bryan Field 19Sep44.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7267. WFU.
4096/4136 MSN 88-12225/12265 (41)
4096 (MSN 88-12225) 569th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field,
Las Vegas, NV. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-4159 taxying at Indian Springs Field, NV 8Oct43
4097 (MSN 88-12226) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron, 330th Single Engine
Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Substantially damaged when ground looped
landing at Ajo Field 24Sep43.
4098 (MSN 88-12227) 533rd Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams Field,
Mesa, AZ. Damaged while parked in an accident caused by bad weather at Williams
Field 20Apr44. 3011th Base Unit, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Ajo Field 4Aug44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams
Field, Mesa, AZ. Damaged in an accident at Williams Field 1Dec44
4099 (MSN 88-12228) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged when ground looped
landing at Luke Field 17Jun43. 4204th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense
Command, Marietta Field, GA. Force landed with mechanical failure one mile south
of Austell, GA 23May48. Accident three miles east of Douglasville, GA 9Jan49
4100 (MSN 88-12229) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7261. WFU
4101 (MSN 88-12230) 1008th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, La Junta Field, CO.
Substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed landing at La Junta Field
26Apr43. 3008th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Minter Field, Shafter, CA. Crash
landed with fuel exhaustion at Minter Field 6Feb45
4102 (MSN 88-12231) 535th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams Field,
Mesa, AZ. Crash landed after taking off with fuel exhaustion at Williams Auxiliary
Field #2, Rittenhouse, AZ 21Mar44
4103 (MSN 88-12232) Accident at Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, OH 7Nov48.
Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14395
4104 (MSN 88-12233) 50th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Las Vegas Field 14Jun43. 110th Fighter Squadron,
131st Fighter Group, Missouri Air National Guard, Lambert Field, St. Louis, MO. Damaged
landing at Lambert Field 4May47
4105 (MSN 88-12234)
4106 (MSN 88-12235)Squadron C-1d, 2128th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Cochran Field,
Macon, GA. Crash landed after engine failure three miles northeast of Byron, GA 19Dec44.
443rd Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Andrews Field,
Camp Springs, MD. Fatal crash two miles northwest of Hall, MD 20Mar48
4107 (MSN 88-12236) 90th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 21st Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Craig Field, Selma, AL. Crashed when the pilot bailed out
after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-44009 eight miles northeast of Craig Field 30May43
4108 (MSN 88-12237) 864th Bombardier Training Squadron, Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL.
Damaged landing at Gunter Auxiliary Field #2, Elmore, AL 20Oct43. 3508th Base Unit
(Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI. Damaged when ground looped four miles
northeast of Des Moines, IA 18Jun45
4109 (MSN 88-12238)137th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command,
Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, MN. Damaged taxying at Wold-Chamberlain
Field 12Jan47. Crash landed after engine failure 3.5 miles ENE of Le Roy, MN 18May48.
4110 (MSN 88-12239) 441st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged taxying at Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 30Aug43. 736th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Jackson
Field, MS. Damaged by structural failure at Rockport, MS 21Jan44. Supplied to Turkish
Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to
Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48. To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7262. WFU
4111 (MSN 88-12240) 442nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged in a mid-air collision
with a towed target at Eglin Auxiliary Field #7, Valparaiso, FL 16Apr43. 444th Base
Unit, Air Force Reserve, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pittsburgh, PA. Crash landed one
mile north of Kane, PA 8Oct46
4112 (MSN 88-12241) 2133rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Spence Field,
Moultrie, GA. Damaged when ground looped landing at Moody Auxiliary Field #1,
Rocky Ford, GA 3Aug45
4113 (MSN 88-12242) 443rd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged in a mid-air
collision with AT-6C 42-4079 at Spence Field 26May43.
4114 (MSN 88-12243) Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 20th Engine Flying
Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Spence Field 6May43. Substantially damaged when ground looped landing at
Spence Field 13Jun43. Fatal crash when the pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision
with AT-6A 41-16718 fourteen miles northeast of Spence Field 13Jul43 (1KIS).
4115 (MSN 88-12244) 441st Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 7th Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Spence Field, Moultrie, GA. Damaged landing at Spence Field
4Mar43. Damaged during maintenance in a collision with AT-6A 41-533 at Eglin
Field, Valparaiso, FL 16Apr43
4116 (MSN 88-12245) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Napier Field, Dothan, AL.
Crashed after a mid-air collision with AT-6A 41-17109 five miles northeast of
Headland, AL 28Mar43 (1KIS).
4117 (MSN 88-12246) 859th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron, 62nd
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Matagorda Peninsula Field, TX. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Matagorda Island Gunnery Range, TX 1Apr44.
2539th Base Unit (Fighter Gunnery School), Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged
in an accident with AT-6D 41-34550 and parked AT-6C 42-44091 when taxying at
Foster Field 11May44. 2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Perrin Field,
Sherman, TX. Damaged by fire in an accident with AT-6D 44-81615 at Perrin Field
10Mar45. Damaged by fire in an accident at Perrin Field 26Mar45
4118 (MSN 88-12247) 2541st Base Unit, Matagorda Peninsula Field, TX.
Substantially damaged while parked in an accident by AT-6C 42-48912 taxying
on the parking ramp at Matagorda Peninsula Field 14May44. 2537th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Basic), Perrin Field, Sherman, TX. Damaged landing at Perrin Field
19Apr45. Substantially damaged landing at Perrin Auxiliary Field #2, Gaskin, TX 24Ap
4119 (MSN 88-12248) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Napier Field,
Dothan, AL. Fatal crash after structural failure at Malvern, AL 30Mar43 (1KIS)
4120 (MSN 88-12249) 2131st Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Gunter Field,
Montgomery, AL. Damaged caused by mechanical failure in flight at Wetumpka, AL
15Jan45. 108th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Westover AFB, Chicopee, MA.
Damaged landing at Westover AFB 1May48
4121 (MSN 88-12250) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Alamo Field, San Antonio Municipal Airport, TX
16Apr43. Fatal crash after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-4123 fifteen
miles southeast of Seguin, TX 14Ju43 (1KIS).
4122 (MSN 88-12251) 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged in a collision
with AT-6C 41-32573 taxying at Foster Field 28Jun43. Force landed after engine
failure two miles NNE of Foster Field 8Feb44. Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged
when nosed over taxying at Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Sep45
4123 (MSN 88-12252) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 10Mar43.
Crashed when the pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-4121
fifteen miles southeast of Seguin, TX 14Ju43
4124 (MSN 88-12253) Advanced Flying School (Single Engine), Foster Field, Victoria, TX.
Accident after engine failure taking off from Foster Field 4May43. 501st Two Engine Flying
Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX. Fatal crash into the ground 7.5 miles southeast of
Bryan Field 26Apr44 (1KIS).
4125 (MSN 88-12254) 318th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises. Damaged while parked in a collision
by AT-6C 41-32761 landing at Avenger Field 17Jul43. Damaged landing at Avenger
Field 13Oct43. flown by the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at their
training facilities at Avenger Field during World War II' Remanufactured at T-6G 49-2943.
4126 (MSN 88-12255) 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Damaged in a mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32996 near Moore Field 7May44.
Damaged landing at Moore Auxiliary Field #2, Mission, TX 23Sep44. Damaged
landing at Moore Auxiliary Field #1, Edinburg, TX 13Jul45. Damaged landing
at Harlingen Field, TX 28Sep45.
4127 (MSN 88-12256) Accident Georgia 3May44
4128 (MSN 88-12257) 828th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 57th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Substantially damaged taxying
at Eagle Pass Field 30Apr43. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7268. WFU
4129 (MSN 88-12258) 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single Engine
Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged landing at Yoakum CAA
Intermediate Landing Field, TX 14Oct43. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-3992
taxying at Foster Field 4Feb44. 2539th Base Unit (Fighter Gunnery School), Foster Field,
Victoria, TX. Damaged landing at Foster Field 7Jan45. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at
Randolph Field 11May45. 61st Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Richmond AAB, VA.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Richmond AAB 19Mar47
Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14452
4130 (MSN 88-12259) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Crashed after fuel exhaustion when the pilot bailed out ten miles
southwest of Boerne, TX 14Jun43. 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged in a collision on the ground with
AT-6D 42-85940 at Moore Auxiliary Field #1, Edinburg, TX 3May45
4131 (MSN 88-12260) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX. Force landed after
engine failure at Moore Auxiliary Field #1, Edinburg, TX 25Apr44. 2529th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged when nosed over
taxying at Moore Field 11Aug44. Damaged when ground looped at Moore Field
19Dec44. Accident Texas 3May45
4132 (MSN 88-12261) 99th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 63rd Single
Engine Flying Training Group, Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Accident fifteen miles
southeast of Seguin, TX 14Jul43. Damaged landing at Foster Field 23Sep43.
Accident at Evansville Municipal Airport, IN 12Mar49
Remanufactured as 49-3160
4133 (MSN 88-12262)
4134 (MSN 88-12263) 50th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field,
Las Vegas, NV. Substantially damaged when crash landed with fuel
exhaustion four miles west of Las Vegas Field 14Jun43
4135 (MSN 88-12264) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Fatal crash
after the pilot lost control at Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 27Sep43 (2KIS).
4136 (MSN 88-12265) 1108th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron,
83rd Flying Training Wing, La Junta Field, CO. Severely damaged when
force landed after fuel exhaustion at La Junta Field 24Apr43. 533rd Two
Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams Field, Mesa, AZ. Damaged
landing at Williams Field 29Mar44
4137/4180 MSN 88-12357/12400 (44)
4137 (MSN 88-12265) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 304th
Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged
in a mid-air collision with an object ten miles north of Luke Field 8Mar43.
3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Single Engine), Luke Field,
Glendale, AZ. Damaged landing at Ajo Field, AZ 14Nov45
4138 (MSN 88-12265)
4139 (MSN 88-12265) 499th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged landing at Bryan Field 26Jun43. 139th Base
Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Scott AFB, Belleville, IL.
Fatal crash at Sulfer Springs, MO 23May48
4140 (MSN 88-12265) 3050th Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary)
Rankin Field, Tulare, CA; operated by Rankin Aeronautical Academy.
Damaged in a mid-air collision fifteen miles northwest of Bakersfield, CA 29Mar45
4141 (MSN 88-12265)
4142 (MSN 88-12265) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Damaged landing
at Ajo Field, AZ 4Oct43
4143 (MSN 88-12363) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Wrecked in an accident landing at Randolph Field 2Apr43
4144 (MSN 88-12364) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Wrecked in an accident landing with mechanical failure
at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 21Jul43
4145 (MSN 88-12365) 65th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, Brooks
Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged while parked in collision by AT-6C 41-32234
taxying at Brooks Field 30Jul43. 2516th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Eagle Pass
Field 15Jan45. Squadron C, 2510th Base Unit, Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX.
Damaged taxying at Brooks Field 8Jun45
Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14520
4146 (MSN 88-12366) 318th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Avenger
Field, Sweetwater, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises. Damaged when nosed
over taxying at Avenger Field 8Nov43. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Avenger Field 25Nov43. Crashed after a mid-air collision with AT-6D 41-34667
four miles south of Avenger Field 16Apr44.The other WASP pilot was entering traffic
over Avenger Field on a 45 degree leg to the downwind leg from an easterly direction.
This WASP pilot was also entering traffic on a 45 degree leg to the downwind leg
from a westerly direction. They were both at about 800 feet altitude had turned
into their base leg, perpendicular to the runway, and were now headed right at
each other. This pilot, having more flying experience, was looking around for
other aircraft. She spotted the other plane and turned to avoid the collision.
However, it was too late and she was rammed by the T-6. The pilot jumped but
was too close to the ground and her parachute didn't have a chance to open.
4147 (MSN 88-12367) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 10Mar43.
Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 11Aug43. 564th Single
Engine Flying Training Squadron, 58th Single Engine Flying Training Group,
Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Moore
Auxiliary Field #1, Edinburg, TX 7Jan44. 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing at Pawnee CAA Intermediate Landing
Field, TX 14Jul44. Accident at Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pittsburgh, PA 24Oct48
4148 (MSN 88-12368)46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Damaged in collision with AT-6B 41-17095 taxying at Randolph Field 1Apr43. Damaged
landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 14May43. 2516th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Basic), Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing
at Eagle Pass Field 10Nov44
4149 (MSN 88-12369) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
6Apr43. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Auxiliary
Field #7, Seguin, TX 4May43. Damaged landing at Yoakum CAA Intermediate
Landing Field, TX 11Jun43. 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore
Field, Mission, TX. Damaged landing at Moore Auxiliary Field #1,
Edinburg, TX 14Aug44
4150 (MSN 88-12370) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged in mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32924 at
Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 26Jul43. 2532nd Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Wrecked in an accident landing at Randolph Field 14Oct44.
4151 (MSN 88-12371) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Field
16Sep43. Squadron C-1, 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Force landed after engine
failure at El Campo, TX 16Aug44. Damaged in mid-air collision with
AT-6D 42-44430 at St. Hedwig, TX 1Dec44. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 28Feb45
4152 (MSN 88-12372) 318th Flying Training Detachment (Primary), Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, TX; operated by Aviation Enterprises. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Avenger Field 7Apr44. 2543rd Base Unit (Instructor
School, Central), Waco Field, TX. Damaged landing at Waco Field 12Jan45.
2519th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Fort Worth
Field, TX. Damaged taxying at Fort Worth Field 15Nov45. Supplied to
Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force/Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7269. WFU
4153 (MSN 88-12373) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Crash landed at Luke Auxiliary Field #2, Beardsley, AZ 27Mar43.
Accident Texas 6Nov43. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the
President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul,
Turkey; arrived Aug48. To Turkish Air Force/Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7270. WFU
4155 (MSN 88-12375) 979th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams
Field, Mesa, AZ. Damaged by mechanical failure landing at Williams Field
8Jun43. 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron, 330th Single Engine
Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Crashed after the pilot lost control
near Ajo Field 29Jan44. 195th Fighter Squadron, 146th Fighter Group, California
Air National Guard, Van Nuys Municipal Airport, CA. Damaged by mechanical
failure taxying at Van Nuys Municipal Airport 29Jul47. Accident at March AFB,
Riverside, CA 19Nov48. ; Remanufactured as T-6G 51-14370
4156 (MSN 88-12376) 979th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Williams Field, Mesa, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Ajo
Gunnery Range #4, AZ 5Jun43. 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training
Squadron, 330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ.
Damaged landing at Ajo Field 19Sep43. 3026th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Basic), Merced Field, Atwater, CA. Damaged when nosed over taxying at
Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, AZ 8Feb45.used to rebuild T-6G
4157 (MSN 88-12377) W/o 3 May 1944 at Spence Field, GA; repaired (?); redes as T-6C on 11 Jun 1948;
used to rebuild T-6G
4158 (MSN 88-12378) 3026th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Merced Field, Atwater, CA.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Merced Auxiliary Field #5, Potter, El Nido, CA 28Oct44
4159 (MSN 88-12379) 50th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran
Field, Las Vegas, NV. Damaged landing in bad weather at Las Vegas Field
13Jul43. 569th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field,
Las Vegas, NV. Damaged in a collision with AT-6C 42-4096 taxying at
Indian Springs Field, NV 8Oct43. 499th Two Engine Flying Training
Squadron, Bryan Field, TX. Damaged taxying at Bryan Field 6Nov43.
351st Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field, Las
Vegas, NV. Damaged when ground looped landing at Las Vegas Field
25Mar44. 61st Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command,
Richmond AAB, VA. Force landed with fuel exhaustion three miles east of
Fredericksburg, VA 29Oct46
4160 (MSN 88-12380) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Substantially
damaged when crash landed at Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 12Sep43.
4161st Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command,
Bedford Field, MA. Damaged landing at Bedford Field 17Jan47. Damaged
landing at Bedford AFB 11Apr48. Damaged in a collision with parked
T-6F 44-81820 while taxying at Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA 5Mar49.
4161 (MSN 88-12381) 944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Severely
damaged when force landed after engine failure two miles north of
Ajo Field 18Jan44. 137th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense
Command, Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, MN. Damaged in
a mid-air collision with AT-6C 42-49061, 42-49043 and AT-6D 44-80938
nine miles SSE of Minneapolis, 1Sep47.
4162 (MSN 88-12382) 533rd Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams
Field, Mesa, AZ. Crash landed at Williams Field 13Jan44. 3010th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Mesa, AZ.
Fatal crash after the pilot lost control three miles northeast of Santan
Mountain, southeast of Chandler, AZ 15Aug44 (2KIS).
4163 (MSN 88-12383) 485th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Victoria, TX. Fatal
crash after structural failure at Bay City, TX 16Mar43 (1KIS).
Remanufactured as T-6G 49-3144
4164 (MSN 88-12384)
4165 (MSN 88-12385) 826th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
57th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Eagle Pass Field, TX. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Eagle Pass Field 10Mar43. Damaged
taxying at Eagle Pass Field 27Mar43. Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Damaged landing at Randolph Field 6Feb45. Supplied to Turkish
Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by
US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7271. WFU
4166 (MSN 88-12386) Squadron C, 2514th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Two Engine) Laughlin Field, Del Rio, TX. Damaged landing
at Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX 22Sep45. 139th Base Unit (Air Force
Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Scott Field, Belleville, IL. Damaged
with mechanical failure taking off from Scott Field 8Dec46
4167 (MSN 88-12387) 504th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
58th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Damaged landing at Moore Auxiliary Field #2, Mission, TX 7Apr44.
2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Moore Field, Mission, TX.
Crash landed with mechanical failure at Moore Field 20Jul45.
178th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command,
Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Fatal crash one mile north of Schertz, TX 8Dec46
4168 (MSN 88-12388) 65th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged when the landing gear collapsed
landing at Brooks Auxiliary Field #3, TX 29Jul43. 2539th Base Unit
(Fighter Gunnery School), Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Fatal crash into
the ground eighteen miles NNE of Foster Field 5May44 (1KIS)
4169 (MSN 88-12389) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President
Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7272. WFU.
4170 (MSN 88-12390) 499th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX.
Damaged while parked in collision by AT-6C 42-48777 taxying at Bryan Field 8Aug43
4171 (MSN 88-12391)
4172 (MSN 88-12392) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision
with AT-6C 41-32615 nine miles north of Caldwell, TX 4May45
4173 (MSN 88-12393) Flexible Gunnery School, Kingman Field, AZ.
Accident at Kingman Field 2Apr44. 3018th Base Unit (Gunnery School),
Kingman Field, AZ. Damaged when ground looped landing at Kingman Field 28Jun44
4174 (MSN 88-12394)944th Single Engine Gunnery Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Gunnery Training Group, Ajo Field, AZ. Crash landed
at Ajo Gunnery Range #1, AZ 11Sep43 used to rebuild T-6G
4175 (MSN 88-12395) 345th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Substantially damaged in an accident at Luke Field 22Mar43. 50th Flexible
Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV. Damaged in
a collision with Douglas A-33 42-13600 taxying at Las Vegas Field 22Jun43.
533rd Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Williams Field, Mesa, AZ.
Damaged in a collision with AT-6D 41-34141 taxying at Williams
Auxiliary Field #1, Gilbert, AZ 25Jan44. 3508th Base Unit (Technical School),
Truax Field, Madison, WI. Damaged landing at Truax Field 4Sep45.
4176 (MSN 88-12396) 346th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
304th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Damaged in a mid-air collision with an object at Luke Field 3Apr43.
50th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV.
Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with an object ten miles
below Boulder Dam, NV 17Jul43
4177 (MSN 88-12397) 332nd Single Engine Flying Training Squadron,
330th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Luke Field, Glendale, AZ.
Crash landed at Luke Auxiliary Field #1, Wittman, AZ 25Apr43.
Substantially damaged in an accident when being towed at Luke Field
11May43. Squadron C-3, 3028th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced,
Single Engine), Luke Field, Glendale, AZ. Damaged by structural failure
at Luke Field 4Jan45. Damaged landing at Luke Auxiliary Field #2,
Beardsley, AZ 31Oct45
4178 (MSN 88-12398) 177th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit),
Air Defense Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. Damaged
landing at Tinker Field 31Aug47. Accident at Connally AFB, Waco, TX 30Sep49
4179 (MSN 88-12399)
4180 (MSN 88-12400) Headquarters Squadron, 316th Two Engine
Flying Training Group, Stockton Field, CA. Substantially damaged
while parked in an accident by Piper L-4H Grasshopper 43-29095
taxying at Stockton Field 5Dec43. American Republics Program,
Caribbean Defense Command, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela [May46].
To Venezuelan Air Force / Servicio de Aeronáutica 28Aug47.
Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 10Oct47
4181/4236 MSN 88-12429/12484 (56)
4181 (MSN 88-12429) Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Force landed after engine
and mechanical failure at Stinson Field, San Antonio, TX 28Jun44.
Damaged landing in bad weather at Randolph Field 6Feb45.
US Air Mission, México. USAAF Demonstration Flight Project,
Balbuena, México City. Stored 1945. Transferred to Mexican
Government 13Dec45. Mexican Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
as EAN-784. Damaged when ground looped at Las Juntas Field #1,
México 20Mar47. Damaged Jun50. Registered Jan89 as N7054R;
registration pending 18Oct19
4182 (MSN 88-12430) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron,
Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged in collision with
AT-6C 42-4187 at Randolph Field 7Nov43. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Randolph Field 21Nov43. Damaged landing at
Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 4Feb44. Squadron C-1,
2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph
Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged in collision with AT-6A 41-16777
taxying at Randolph Field 5Sep44. Damaged landing at Randolph
Field 10Nov44. Damaged when ground looped at Waco Field, TX 13Jan45.
Damaged landing in bad weather at Randolph Field 22Jan45.
Damaged in accident with parked Bell RP-63A 'Pinball' 42-69887 at
Hensley Field, Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX 11Feb45. Damaged landing
at Randolph Auxiliary Field #4, Martindale, TX 8Mar45. Squadron C,
2510th Base Unit, Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at
Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 30Jul45. 114th Base Unit
(Air Force Reserve Unit), Newark Field, NJ. Damaged landing at Newark Field 23Oct46
4183 (MSN 88-12431) 2537th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic), Perrin
Field, Sherman, TX. Force landed after engine failure at Perrin Field 14Oct45.
174th Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense Command, Barksdale
Field, Shreveport, LA. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after fuel exhaustion
four miles northwest of Marshall, TX 15Oct47.
4184 (MSN 88-12432)Squadron C, 2529th Base Unit (Pilot School, Basic),
Moore Field, Mission, TX. Damaged while parked in an accident by
AT-6D 41-34239 taxying at Moore Field 19Jun45
4185 (MSN 88-12433)Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX. Damaged while parked
in a collision involving several aircraft at Kelly AFB 15Jun48
4186 (MSN 88-12434) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision
with AT-6C 42-4204 two miles northwest of Marion, TX 23Sep43 (1KIS)
4187 (MSN 88-12435) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Substantially damaged in collision with AT-6C 42-4182 at
Randolph Field 7Nov43. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 9Jan44.
Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 4Mar44.
2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Force landed after engine failure ten miles southeast of
Randolph Field 12Sep44. Damaged taxying at Randolph Field 7May45
4188 (MSN 88-12436) 499th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan
Field, TX. Damaged in collision with AT-6C 42-48780 taxying at Bryan Field
17Jan44. Accident at Sioux City AFB, IA 23Oct48. 3510th Maintenance
Squadron, 3510th Maintenance and Supply Group, Randolph AFB, San
Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Auxiliary
Field #4, Martindale, TX 17Feb50
4189 (MSN 88-12437) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President
Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived
Aug48. To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7273. WFU
4190 (MSN 88-12438) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged by a bird strike ten miles north of Floresville, TX
4May43. 43rd Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Damaged taxying at Alamo Field, San Antonio Municipal Airport, TX 8Jul43.
Squadron C, 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph
Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped at Goodfellow Field,
San Angelo, TX 11Feb45. Damaged when ground looped at Hensley Field, Grand
Prairie, Dallas, TX 13Feb45. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 7May45.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Field 13Aug45. Supplied
to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered
by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48. To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri
as 7274. WFU
4191 (MSN 88-12439) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. 43rd Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field, San
Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Field 8Apr43.
Damaged in collision with parked Stinson L-5 Sentinel 42-98289 when taxying
at Alamo Field, San Antonio 6Oct43. Accident Texas 15Oct44. 4122nd Base Unit
(Air Force Reserve Unit), Hensley Field, Grand Prairie, Dallas, TX. Damaged
in collision with P-51D Mustang 44-72720 on the ground at Hensley Field 24Jan47
4192 (MSN 88-12440) 2536th Base Unit (Navigation School), San Marcos Field, TX.
Damaged by mechanical failure landing at San Marcos Field 18Oct45
4193 (MSN 88-12441)
4194 (MSN 88-12442) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President
Truman Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7275. WFU.
4195 (MSN 88-12443) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged in collision with AT-6A 42-85160 taking off from
Bryan Field 2Jun45. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy),
Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped at Randolph Field 2Nov45
4196 (MSN 88-12444) 4163rd Base Unit (Air Force Reserve Unit), Air Defense
Command, Cleveland Municipal Airport, OH. Damaged taxying at Cleveland
Municipal Airport 27Mar48. Accident at Cleveland Municipal Airport 7Aug49.
4197 (MSN 88-12445)
4198 (MSN 88-12446) Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7276. WFU.
4199 (MSN 88-12447) 499th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX.
Engine failure after take-off from Bryan Field, crashed and destroyed at Astin, TX 2Mar44
4200 (MSN 88-12448) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 2May43. Damaged by a
bird strike at Randolph Field 25Aug43. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged in collision
landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #1, Diltz, Floresville, TX 15Oct44
4201 (MSN 88-12449) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
23Jul43. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph
Field, San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Field 20Jun44
4202 (MSN 88-12450) 43rd Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Wrecked in an accident landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7,
Seguin, TX 31Mar43
4203 (MSN 88-12451) 501st Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX.
46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed landing at Navasota
CAA Intermediate Landing Field, TX 19Jun43. Wrecked in an accident after
taking off with mechanical failure ten miles southeast of Cleburne, TX 1Oct43
4204 (MSN 88-12452) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Crashed when the pilot bailed out after a mid-air collision
with AT-6C 42-4186 two miles northwest of Marion, TX 23Sep43.
4205 (MSN 88-12453) 43rd Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Fatal crash after the pilot lost control and crashed three
miles west of Seguin, TX 24Mar43 (1KIS).
4206 (MSN 88-12454) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged when engine failed after take-off from Bryan South
Auxiliary Field 15Oct44. Damaged when force landed after engine failure three
miles south of Enterprise, KS 16Sep45
4207 (MSN 88-12455) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
19Jul43. Wrecked in an accident landing at Clark Field, Pine Bluff, AR 15Aug43
4208 (MSN 88-12456) 499th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Bryan Field, TX.
Crash landed with fuel exhaustion at Guntersville, AL 25Aug43. 134th Base Unit,
Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL. Damaged in mid-air collision nine miles WSW of
Rantoul, IL 3Apr47
4209 (MSN 88-12457) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
6May43. Wrecked in collision with Vultee BT-15 Valiant 42-1763 while landing
at Randolph Field 1Jul43
4210 (MSN 88-12458) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged when force landed after engine failure six miles south
of Bryan Field 21Jul44. 2572nd Base Unit, Central Flying Training Command,
Garner Field, Uvalde, TX. Damaged while parked in an accident by Lockheed C-60A
Lodestar taxying in bad weather at Bryan Field, TX 7Dec44. 2511th Base Unit
(Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot), Bryan Field, TX. Wrecked in a fatal crash
landing in bad weather one mile southeast of Meridian, MS 20Feb45 (1KIS
4211 (MSN 88-12459) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Crashed after structural failure when the pilot lost control
and bailed out eight miles east of Seguin, TX 24Jun43
4212 (MSN 88-12460)65th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron
(Advanced Flying School), Foster Field, Victoria, TX. Damaged landing at Matagorda
Peninsula Field, TX 11Apr43. 1023rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,
2nd Flexible Gunnery Training Group, Laredo Field, TX. Damaged in a collision
with Lockheed AT-18 Hudson 42-55733 taxying at Laredo Field 4Aug43
4213 (MSN 88-12461) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged when ground looped landing at Randolph Auxiliary
Field #7, Seguin, TX 28Dec43
4214 (MSN 88-12462)46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
4Aug43. 2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph
Field, San Antonio, TX. Force landed on fire at Randolph Auxiliary Field #8,
Davenport, TX 6Apr45.
4215 (MSN 88-12463) 2511th Base Unit (Instructors' School, Instrument Pilot),
Bryan Field, TX. Damaged when engine failed after take-off from Bryan Field
22Apr45. Damaged when engine failed after take-off from four miles east of
Bryan 9Sep45. Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman
Doctrine of 1947. Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7277. WFU.
4216 (MSN 88-12464) 46th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Field,
San Antonio, TX. Damaged taxying at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX
22Jul43. Damaged landing at Kelly Auxiliary Field #3, San Antonio, TX 22Sep43.
Damaged landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 9Feb44. 2532nd
Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.
Wrecked in an accident landing at Randolph Auxiliary Field #7, Seguin, TX 15May44.
4217 (MSN 88-12465) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Damaged by mechanical failure
taxying at San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX 8Apr43.
Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot. To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo
de Bolivia 30May43 as 254. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar
de Aviación, Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4218 (MSN 88-12466) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB
pilot departing Mar43. To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 3
0May43 as 255. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación,
Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4219 (MSN 88-12467) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot
departing Mar43. To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43
as 256. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación,
Base Aérea Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4220 (MSN 88-12468) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot
departing Mar43. To Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43
as 257. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea Nº3,
El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4221 (MSN 88-12469) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB pilot
departing Mar43. Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43
as 258. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea
Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4222 (MSN 88-12470) San Antonio Air Depot, Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Bolivian Government 13Feb43. Ferried USA to Bolivia by FAB
pilot departing Mar43. Bolivian Air Corps / Cuerpo de Aéreo de Bolivia 30May43
as 259. Base Aérea Nº1, El Alto, La Paz. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea
Nº3, El Trompillo, Santa Cruz. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1944
4223 (MSN 88-12471) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 5Mar43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea
Brasileira 4Jun43 as 41. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Reserialled as 1263. Parque de Material Aeronáutico dos
Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. SOC 14Oct48.
4224 (MSN 88-12472) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 5Mar43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea
Brasileira 4Jun43 as 42. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Reserialled as 1264. Núcleo do Parque de Material Aeronáutico
do Lagoa Santa, MG. SOC 16Jun75. Aéro Agrícola Caiçara Ltda., Vila Nova, Santos, SP.
Modified for agricultural operations. Registered 1976 as PT-KTA. Registered 3Oct84
as N88NR. Reregistered Jun85 as N310JH; current [Dec19].)
4225 (MSN 88-12473) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 5Mar43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea
Brasileira 4Jun43 as 43. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Reserialled as 1265. Accident at ParaCambi, RJ 29Jul43
4226 (MSN 88-12474) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 5Mar43. Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea
Brasileira 4Jun43 as 44. Escola de Aeronáutica, Base Aérea dos Afonsos,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Reserialled as 1266. Escola de Especialistas de Aeronáutica,
Guaratinguetá, SP. Ground instructional airframe 9Aug48. SOC 21May69
4227 (MSN 88-12475) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Brazilian Government 5Mar43. To Brazilian Air Force / Força Aérea
Brasileira 4Jun43 as 45. Base Aérea de São Paulo, SP. Reserialled as 1267.
DBR at Criciuma, SC 25May45.
4228 (MSN 88-12476) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección de
Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-748. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
10Feb44. Escuadrón Aéreo 205, Base Aérea de Tampico, Tamaulipas. SOC Dec60
4229 (MSN 88-12477) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección
de Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-749. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44.
4230 (MSN 88-12478)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. Mexican Air Force / Dirección
de Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-750. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44. Extant Jul59
4231 (MSN 88-12479)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección
de Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-751. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
10Feb44. Extant Jul59
4232 (MSN 88-12480)San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección
de Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-752. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 10Feb44.
Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201, Base Aérea Las Bajadas, Veracruz. SOC 31May44.
Returned to USA, possibly for rebuild. Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201, Base Aérea L
as Bajadas, Veracruz
4233 (MSN 88-12481) San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX.
Lend-Lease to Mexican Government 5Mar43. To Mexican Air Force / Dirección
de Aeronáutica Militar 17Mar43 as EAN-753. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
10Feb44. Escuela Militar de Aviación, Base Aérea Militar ? 5, Zapopan,
Guadalajara, Jalisco. Crashed on approach to land at BAM Zapopan 24Oct47 (1KIS).
Damaged at Guadalajara Jul50
4234 (MSN 88-12482) Lend-Lease to Cuban Government 5Mar43. To Cuban Army
Aviation Corps / Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba Jun43 as 108. Escuela
de Aviación Militar, Campo de Columbia, Havana. Damaged at Ciego de Avila,
Cuba 10Aug44. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba 23Apr52. Extant Aug54
4235 (MSN 88-12483) Lend-Lease to Cuban Government 5Mar43. To Cuban Army
Aviation Corps / Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba Jun43 as 109. Escuela de
Aviación Militar, Campo de Columbia, Havana. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea del Ejército
de Cuba 23Apr52
4236 (MSN 88-12484) Lend-Lease to Cuban Government 5Mar43. To Cuban Army
Aviation Corps / Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba Jun43 as 110. Escuela de
Aviación Militar, Campo de Columbia, Havana. Damaged when ground looped at
Pinar del Rio, Cuba 15Jun45. Renamed as Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba 23Apr52
4237/4243 MSN 88-12555/12561 (7)
4237 (MSN 88-12555) Charleston Field, SC 10Mar43. Air Transport Command.
Damaged landing at Maiduguri, Nigeria 9Jul44
4238 (MSN 88-12556)
4239 (MSN 88-12557) Air Transport Command. Damaged when ground looped
at Accra, Gold Coast, British West Africa 27Jun4
4240 (MSN 88-12558)
4241 (MSN 88-12559)
4242 (MSN 88-12560) Air Transport Command, Marrakech (Station 10), French Morocco.
Damaged in mid-air collision at Marrakech 13Nov43. Damaged when ground
looped at Marrakech 12Feb44. Crash landed at Castel Benito, Libya 21Nov44.
Accident landing at Bône, Algeria 4Aug45
4243 (MSN 88-12561) 477th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, 93rd Flexible
Gunnery Training Group, Harlingen Field, TX. Damaged in collision with
AT-6A 41-331 taxying at Harlingen Field 26Oct43. 504th Single Engine Flying
Training Squadron, 58th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Moore Field,
Mission, TX. Damaged in a collision with parked AT-6C 42-4051 when
taxying at Moore Field 25Mar44. 2533rd Base Unit (Pilot School, Primary-Basic),
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX. Damaged landing at Goodfellow Field 1Sep45.
Supplied to Turkish Government i.a.w. the President Truman Doctrine of 1947.
Delivered by US Navy to Istanbul, Turkey; arrived Aug48.
To Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as 7278. WFU
42-4244/4453 Bell P-39K-1-BE Airacobra
4244,4273,4352,4387,4433,4437 to P-39K-2-BE
4245 W/o 18 May 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
4247 W/o 2 Jul 1943 at Madden Field, Panama
4250 W/o 26 Jul 1943 at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone
4251 (29th FS, 16th FG) lost Jul 3, 1943, at Chepo River, Panama. MACR 11
4252 W/o 30 May 1943 at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone
4255 Conv to TP-39K; w/o 28 Nov 1944 at Bruni, TX
4256 W/o 25 Jul 1944 at Victorville AAF, CA
4258 W/o 1 Jul 1943 at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone
4259 W/o 28 Sep 1942 at La Joya, Panama
4262 W/o 4 May 1943 at ChepilloIs, Panama
4266 W/o 4 Dec 1942 at La Joya, Panama
4274 (70th FS, 18th FG) lost Jul 4, 1943, Solomon Islands. MACR 603
4279 (347th FG, 70th FS) lost in flight accident Mar 20, 1942, Nandi Bay, Fiji.
4280 W/o 11 Jan 1943 at Narewa Field, Fiji
4287 (67th FS, 347th FG) lost Oct 5, 1942, Solomons. MACR 602
4288 W/o 1 Aug 1944 at Ephrate AAB, WA
4290 (12th FS, 18th FG) lost Jan 15, 1943, Solomon Islands. MACR 604
4291 W/o 26 Jul 1943 at Ward's Drome, New Guinea
4292 W/o 13 Jun 1943 at Ward's Drome, New Guinea
4293 W/o 12 Nov 1942 at Nandi Airdrome, Fiji
4295 W/o 6 Jun 1943 at Abau Island, Guadalcanal
4299 W/o 27 Feb 1943 at Narawa Field, Fiji
4303 W/o 15 Oct 1943 at Viti Levu, Fiji
4304 W/o 10 Jun 1943 at Ward's Drome, New Guinea
4305 W/o 6 Jun 1943 at Abau Island, Guadalcanal
4310 W/o 8 Dec 1942 at Narewa Field, Fiji
4311 W/o 27 Feb 1943 at Narawa Field. Fiji
4312 W/o 13 Sep 1943 at Woodlark Island, Guadalcanal;abandoned on Woodlark Island 1943. Recovered in 1982
by Bob Jarrett for eventual restoration. By 1991 had been
restored and was on display at South Australian Aviation
Museum, Port Adelaide. Reported to incorporate parts from
42-4368. Went to Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, Florida 1991-2002. Damaged by
Hurricane Andrew Aug 24, 1992. Stored dismantled 1997. Reportedly sent to
Australia for restoration 2004 (www.warbirdregistry.org)
4315 W/o 4 May 1943 at Madden Field, Panama
4316 W/o 8 Nov 1943 at Narewa Field, Fiji
4318 W/o 17 Apr 1944 at Naples AAF, FL
4319 W/o 4 Sep 1942 at Pacora, Panama
4320 W/o 2 Apr 1943 at Madden Field, Panama
4321 W/o 3 Mar 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4322 W/o 26 Mar 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4324 W/o 18 Nov 1942 at Albrook Field, CZ
4325 W/o 8 Apr 1943 at Chepillo Island, Panama
4326 W/o 18 Jul 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4327 W/o 22 Aug 1942 at Romulus AAB, MI
4328 W/o 11 Oct 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4329 W/o 5 Nov 1943 at Chepillo Island, Panama
4331 W/o 7 Sep 1942 at Apaneea, El Salvador
4332 W/o 7 May 1944 at Esprito Santos Bay, TX
4334 to French AF
4336 W/o 3 Oct 1942 at Chame, Panama
4337 W/o 19 Apr 1943 at Madden Field, Panama
4338 W/o 30 Aug 1942 at Lewisburg, OH
4339 W/o 19 Oct 1942 at Patterson Field, OH
4340 W/o 3 Sep 1942 at Patterson Field, OH
4341 Conv to TP-39K; w/o 16 Jun 1944 at Victorville AAF, CA
4348 W/o 15 May 1943 at Berry Field, New Guinea
4351 W/o 2 Aug 1943 at Tsili Tsili, New Guinea
4353 W/o 18 Apr 1943 at Moran, Guadalupe
4355 W/o 2 Jul 1943 at Berry Field, New Guinea
4361 W/o 14 Jul 1943 at Wau, New Guinea
4364 (12th FS, 18th FG) lost Jan 15, 1943, New Georgia. MACR 608
4366 W/o 30 May 1943 at Milne Bay, New Guinea
4368 W/o 26 Jul 1943 at Ward's Drome, New Guinea; parts reported used in rebuild of 42-4312.
4371 crashed Nov 28, 1942 on reef of Tetembria, near Nontouta in French
New Caledonia. Pilot killed.
4373 W/o 19 Aug 1943 at Woodlark Island, Guadaloupe
4376 W/o 15 Mar 1944 at Bonita Springs, FL
4378 W/o 8 Sep 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4379 (16th FG, 24th FS) damaged Nov 5, 1942 at New France Field, Canal Zone in taxi accident.
Damaged in landing accident Mar 12, 1943 at La Joya Field, Canal Zone. Crashed on takeoff
at Howard Field, Canal Zone Jul 28, 1943. Pilot killed.
4382 W/o 2 Jun 1943 at Ward's, Guadaloupe
4384 W/o 17 Dec 1942 at Malolo Island, Fiji
4385 To USSR (ntu?); w/o 29 Dec 1942 at Narewa Field, Fiji
4387 W/o 14 Jun 1943 at Ward's Drome, Guadaloupe
4390 (18th BG) lost 1/15/1943, New Georgia
4394 W/o 27 May 1944 at Ephrata AAF, WA
4395 W/o 1 Feb 1944 at Sulphur Grove, OH
4396 to USSR
4397 to USSR
4398 W/o 19 May 1944 at Moses Lake AAF, WA
4399 to USSR
4401/4429 to USSR
4434 W/o 27 May 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4435 W/o 25 Feb 1944 at Redding AAF, CA
4436 W/o 6 Jul 1943 at La Joya, Panama
4438 W/o 14 Sep 1942 at Niagara Falls, NY
4439 W/o 5 Nov 1942 at Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Zone
4440 W/o 5 Aug 1944 at Peach, WA
4441 W/o 17 Jul 1944 at Everglades City, FL
4443 W/o 16 Aug 1944 at Yuma AAF, AZ
4445/4452 to USSR
4453 W/o 30 Apr 1943 at Aguadulce, Panama
42-4454/4703 Bell P-39L-1-BE Airacobra
4457,4461,4462,4465,4466,4470,4471,4476,4489,4553,4630 to P-39L-2-BE
4454 W/o 6 Feb 1943 at Tonopah, NV
4455 W/o 30 Dec 1942 in San Francisco Bay, CA
4456 W/o 6 Oct 1942 at Granger, WY
4459 W/o 24 Nov 1942 at Paine Field, WA
4463 W/o 9 Oct 1942 at Alameda Island, CA
4466 Conv to P-39L-2-BE; w/o 21 Mar 1944 at Luke Field, AZ
4467 W/o 25 Dec 1942 at Paine Field, WA
4468 W/o 6 Feb 1943 at Tonopah, NV
4470 Conv to P-39L-2-BE; w/o 12 Jun 1943 at Godman Field, KY
4471 W/o 8 Jul 1944 at Moses Lake, WA
4473 W/o 11 Nov 1942 at Hamilton Field, CA
4474 W/o 23 Oct 1942 at Pontiac, MI; repaired (?); w/o 11 Nov 1942 at Paine Field, WA
4476 Conv to P-39L-2-BE; w/o 7 Mar 1943 at Godman Field, KY
4478 (332nd FG) lost Feb 23, 1944 in Italy. MACR 4475 and 2700
4480 (350th FG, 346th FS) w/o in midair collision near Oujda,
Frency Morocco Feb 5, 1943.
4481 (350th FG, 346th FS) crashlanded 19 mi SE of Bouira, Algeria Feb 22, 1943.
4485 W/o 30 Nov 1943 at Gaudo, Italy
4488 to USSR (ntu?); w/o 29 Jan 1943 at Malad, ID
4491 W/o 31 May 1944 at Moses Lake AAF, WA
4494 (350th FG, 346th FS) crashlanded 1/2 mi S of Ain al Arba, Algeria Mar 22, 1943
4495 (350th FG) landed due engine trouble at Portela, Portugal Jan 15, 1943. Pilot interned and returned. Sold to Portugal AF.
4497 to USSR (ntu?); w/o 2 Mar 1943 at Ladd Field, AK
4498 W/o 24 Apr 1944 at Kelly Field, TX
4504 to USSR
4507 to USSR
4508 (350th FG, 346th FS) damaged in landing accident at Oreeansville
(now Ech'Cheliff), Algeria Apr 21, 1943.
4511 to USSR
4516 (350th FG, 345th FS) crashed 7 mi S of Ain Temouchent, Algeria Apr 5, 1943.
4517 (81st FG) ran out of fuel and landed at Portela, Portugal Jan 15, 1943. Pilot interned and returned. Sold to Portugal AF.
4518 (350th FG, 346th FS) got lost in bad weather over the Bay of Biscay, turned back and landed at Campile, Ireland Feb 5, 1943. Pilot OK.
4520 (81st FG, 91st FS) crashed on takeff and wrecked while hit
P-39M 42-4886 at Monte Corvino, Italy Dec 8, 1943. Pilot survived.
4525 to USSR
4526 to USSR
4527 (350th FG) ran out of fuel and landed at Portela, Portugal Feb 8, 1943. Pilot interned and returned. Sold to Portugal AF.
4528 (81st FG, 91st FS) engine failed and crashed into Bay of Gabes 15 mi SE of Kerkenna Island, Tunisia
Jul 6, 1943. Pilot killed. MACR 206.
4529 to USSR
4531 to USSR
4534 W/o 28 Sep 1943 at Aine Berard, Morocco
4537 (94th FG, 332nd FS) lost May 25, 1944. MACR 5344
4541 W/o 27 Feb 1944 at Montecorvino, Italy
4543 W/o 3 Apr 1944 at Petaluma, CA
4544 (68th OG) flew into ground 3 mi S of Much Wenlock, England
Dec 28, 1942.
4551 (68 OG, 111 OS) crashed 4 mi SW of Oujda, French Morocco
Feb 9, 1943.
4552 to USSR
4555 W/o 23 Feb 1944 at Naples, Italy
4556 W/o 25 Mar 1943 at Orleansville Field, Morocco
4559 (350th FG, 346th FS) crashed at Oran-La Senia, Algeria Apr 3, 1943.
4564/4613 to USSR
4614 W/o 18 Oct 1944 at Mat Pen Field, TX
4624 (7th FRG, 25th FRS) forcelanded at Fort Nelson, British
Columbia, Canada Mar 6, 1943.
4631/4644 to USSR
4633 To USSR (ntu); w/o 25 Jan 1943 at Gore Field, MT
4634 (7 FRG, 7 FRS) damaged in takeoff accident at Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada Feb 1, 1943.
4645 W/o 18 Oct 1942 at Niagara Falls, NY. Reclamation completed Niagra Falls, NY Jun 29, 1945
4646/4671 to USSR
4672 wrecked Feb 2, 1943 at Hill Field UT when gear retracted during landing,
drop tank split open and burned Feb 2, 1943
4673 to USSR
4674 condemned Portland AAB Jan 15, 1943
4675/4677 to USSR
4678 surveyed Nov 29, 1943 Hamilton AAF
4679 to USSR
4680 reclamation completed Merced Sub Depot, CA Jan 3, 1946
4681 to USSR
4682 wrecked at Hill AAF, UT Jan 15, 1943 in landing accident
4683/4686 to USSR
4687 to CL-26 at Hamilton AF Se 10, 1943
4688/4692 to USSR
4693 surveyed Spokane Air Service Command Jun 9, 1944
4694 wrecked Jan 28, 1943 at Tonopah Bomb and Gunnery Range, NV due to
engine failure. To CL-26 Feb 4,19043
4695 to RFC Ontario, CA Aug 9, 1945
4696/4700 to USSR
4701 W/o 6 Nov 1943 at Concord, CA; condemned at Tonopah Sub Depot Nov 8, 1943
4702/4703 to USSR
42-4704/4943 Bell P-39M-1-BE Airacobra
4704/4706,4710,4712,4751,4795,4824 to P-39M-2-BE
4704 reclamatin completed Spokane AF May 29, 1945
4705 Conv to P-39M-2-BE; w/o 22 Feb 1943 at Niagara Falls, NY; to RFC Ontario AF, CA Mar 2, 1945
4706 condemned Bell Mod Center, Niagra Falls, NY Feb 23, 1943
4707 to USSR
4708 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Oct 2, 1945
4709 to USSR Jan 2,1943. Reclamation completed Dec 5, 1944
4710 crashed 2 mi SW of Keystone Army Air Field Jun 11, 1943. Pilot killed
4711 to USSR
4712 reclamation completed Spokane AMC May 7, 1945
4713 to USSR
4714 condemned salvage Jun 10, 1944
4715/4717 to USSR
4718 crashed and burned May 3, 1943 Pocatello AAB, ID
4719 to USSR
4720 wrecked Mar 2, 1943 Gore AAF, Great Falls, MT, while being delivered to USSR
4721/4722 to USSR
4723 condemned salvage May 13, 1944
4724 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
4725 wrecked at Wetaskiwin, Canada Dec 30, 1942 along Alaskan delivery route to USSR
4726/4728 to USSR
4729 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4731 to USSR
4734 W/o 18 Feb 1943 at Burtonwood, UK
4735/4736 to USSR
4738 to USSR
4744 to USSR
4747 to USSR
4750 to USSR
4751 Conv to P-39M-2-BE; w/o 29 May 1943 at Niagara Falls, NY
4752 W/o 7 Mar 1944 at Montecorvino, Italy
4753/4755 to USSR
4756 To Italian AF
4757/4763 to USSR
4762 To USSR (ntu); w/o 15 Nov 1942 at Bellefontaine, OH
4765/4769 to USSR
4771/4792 to USSR
4775 To USSR (ntu); w/o 27 Jan 1943 at Gunn, Canada
4784 To USSR (ntu); w/o 27 Jan 1943 at Gladstone, ND
4794 to USSR
4795 Conv to P-39M-2-BE; w/o 11 Aug 1943 at Campbell AAF, KY; to CL-26 Campbell AAF Aug 12, 1943
4796/4801 to USSR
4797 To USSR (ntu); w/o 15 Nov 1942 at Patterson Field, OH
4802 lost Watson Lake, Canada during ferry flight to USSR over Alaskan route Feb 21, 1943
4803/4806 to USSR
4807 condemned Mar 24, 1943
4808 W/o 14 Jan 1943 at Lacombe, Canada; condemned Feb 8, 1943
4809/4810 to USSR
4811 condemned salvage Oct 24, 1943
4812 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
4813 W/o 21 Dec 1943 at Ain M'Lila, Algeria.
4814 condemned salvage Aug 10, 1943
4815 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY May 8, 1945
4816 to RFC Hobbs AAF, Juskogee, OK May 26, 1945
4817 condemned crash May 1, 1944
4818/4819 condemned overseas Jan 18, 1946
4820 to RFC Ontario AAAF, CA Mar 19, 1945
4821 (81st FG, 93rd FS) crashed on takeoff due to engine failure at Kairouan, Tunsia Jun 25, 1943.
Condemned overseas Jan 18, 1946
4822 (81st FG, 91st FS) stalled on landing and wrecked at Monte
Corvino, Italy Dec 2, 1943. Pilot OK.
4823 condemned salvage Jul 31, 1943
4824 reclamation completed Oct 2, 1945
4825 (81st FG, 91st FS) engine failed and ditched 5 mi NE of
Bizerte, Tunisia Aug 6, 1943. MACR 491. Pilot KIA
4826 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4827 condemned salvage from enemy action Apr 5, 1946
4829 W/o 3 Feb 1944 at Constantine, Algeria; condemned Feb 8, 1943
4830 condemned salavage Jan 26, 1944
4831 condemned salvage Jan 24, 1946
4832 condemned salvage Aug 22, 1943
4833 crashed at Warton, England Feb 3, 1943. Condemned Mar 13, 1943
4834 wrecked when pilot bailed out after entering end over end spin over
Shawbury, Shropshire, UK Feb 21, 1943.
4835 condemned salvage Jan 24, 1946
4836 surveyed in USA Aug 31, 1944
4837 condemned salvage Jan 24, 1946
4838 condemned Feb 8, 1943
4839 condemned crashed Jun 17, 1944
4840 condemned Feb 8, 1943
4841 reclamation completed Foster Field May 29, 1945
4842 condemned Aug 22, 1943
4843 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4844 (81st FG, 92nd FS) crashed due engine failure 10 mi off Tafaroui, Algeria Jun 28, 1943. Pilot baled out.
Condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4845 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4846 condemned Feb 8, 1943
4847 (81st FG, 93rd FS) crashed into Mediterreanean Sea 6 mi E of Diezira, Tunisia Jul 4, 1943. Pilot killed.
4848 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
4849/4854 condemned overseas Aug 27, 1944
4855 condemned Aug 19, 1943
4856 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Oct 2, 1945
4857 W/o 6 Feb 1944 at Montecorvino, Italy; condemned Aug 27, 1944.
4858 condemned salvage Apr 16, 1943
4859 to USSR via Britain
4860/4863 to USSR
4864/4865 to USSR via Britain
4866 condemned Mar 18, 1943
4867/4871 to USSR
4872/4874 to USSR via Britain
4875/4876 to USSR
4877 to USSR via Britain
4878 to USSR
4879 to USSR via Britain
4880 to USSR
4881/4885 to USSR via Britain
4886 wrecked by crashing P039L 42-4520 at
Monte Corvino, Italy Dec 8, 1943.
4887/4891 to USSR via Britain
4892 to USSR
4893/4897 to USSR via Britain
4898 wrecked Jan 14, 1943 along USSR delivery route in Alaska
4899/4901 to USSR via Britain
4902 to USSR
4903 to USSR via Britain
4904 to USSR
4905/4909 to USSR via Britain
4910 to RFC Ontario, CA as TP-39M Apr 18, 1945
4911 to USSR via Britain
4912 reclamation completed Ladd AAF, AK Sep 1, 1945
4913/4943 to USSR via Britain
42-4944/5043 Bell P-39N Airacobra
4944 collided in midair with a Fleet Aircraft Ltd PT-26
Cornell (#10524) Dec 7, 1942 Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada. Both
pilots killed.
4945/4948 to USSR
4949 W/o 5 May 1944 at Alaska Highway 141 miles, AK; condemned May 6, 1944 Elmendorf AAB, AK.
Recovered from Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
Nov 1971 and reported 1979 at Yesterday's AF, Chino, CA
4950 to USSR
4951 surveyed Mills AAF, AF Dec 11, 1943
4952 to USSR
4953 W/o 9 May 1943 at Clear Lake, CA; reclamation completed Buckley Field Jan 29, 1946
4954/4957 to USSR
4958 W/o 26 May 1943 at Gorgona Beach, Panama; condemned Panama Air Depot Jul 21, 1943
4959/4963 to USSR
4964 W/o 15 May 1944 at Brownsville, TX; to CL-26 in USA May 17, 1944
4965/4969 to USSR
4970 wrecked Mar 31, 1943 along Alaskan route to USSR
4971/4988 to USSR
4989 condemned in Canal Zone Jan 8, 1945
4990 to USSR
4991 W/o 27 Nov 1943 at Chame, Panama; condemned Panama Air Depot Nov 27, 1943
4992/4996 to USSR
4997 W/o 6 Mar 1943 at New Norway, Canada; to Britain Mar 8, 1943, condemned Mar 18, 1943
4998/5008 to USSR
5009 reclamation completed Robins AAF Jul 6, 1945
5010 to USSR
5011 W/o 11 Oct 1943 at Chame Field, Panama; condemned Panama Air Depot Oct 23, 1943
5012/5021 to USSR
5022 reclamation completed as TP-39N Spokane AAF May 21, 1945
5023/5043 to USSR
5032 To USSR (ntu); w/o 16 Apr 1943 at Ladd Field, AK
42-5044/5049 Noorduyn YC-64 Norseman
MSN 76/81. Six aircraft, (MSN 76/81) were transferred from the RCAF to the USAAF for service trials to prove
the suitability of the Norseman for USAAF service. The type was accepted on September 21, 1942
and the seven aircraft remained in USAAF service. The six aircraft were
replaced in RCAF service from future USAAF production runs.
5044 (MSN 76) Was RCAF 3532; to USAAF November 3, 1941; Bolling, DC October 2, 1941; shipped by sea to Bluie West 8,
Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland November 7, 1941; assembled by Bernt Balchen, pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical
engineer and military leader; test flown by Balchen who later flew it frequently to oversee the establishment of the USAAF polar
airfields in Greenland. Destroyed by fire in the winter of 1942-43, it had been parked near a fully fuelled C-87 and fuel truck,
the C-87 was set on fire by an overheated heater in a hangar; to excess inventory list Narsarssuak, Greenland Dec 1, 1945
5045 (MSN 77) Was RCAF 3533; to USAAF November 21, 1941; 71st Air Base Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland November 26, 1941;
used to provide a postal service between Newfoundland and New York City; involved in an accident at St John's,
Newfoundland Dec 9, 1942 when it coasted into a drainage ditch; ground looped during takeoff at St John's,
June 9, 1943; condemned Newfoundland Jun 9, 1943
5046 (MSN 78) Was RCAF 3534; to USAAF November 21, 1941; 29th Ferrying Squadron, Goose Bay, Labrador; 71st Air Base Squadron,
Gander, Newfoundland November 26, 1941; forced landing near Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland January 13, 1942;
to Noorduyn for repair; Headquarters, North Atlantic Wing, Presque Isle, Maine October 4, 1942; Grenier Field,
New Hampshire October 1944; Syracuse, New York December 1944; Freeman Field, Indiana August 1945; selected by
General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold for the National Air Museum; Orchard Place Airport, Park Ridge, Illinois May 22, 1946;
accepted by the Smithsonian Institution in 1960; preserved and on display at the National Air & Space Museum,
Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC; currently stored at the
NASM Paul Garber Facility in Suitland, Maryland.
5047 (MSN 79) Was RCAF 3535; to USAAF November 21, 1941; 71st Air Base Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland November 26, 1941;
landing accident Hudson Bay Post, Ungava Bay, Labrador; North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle,
Maine May 1, 1943; Condemned North Atlantic Wing Nov 2, 1943
5048 (MSN 80) Was RCAF 3536; to USAAF December 12, 1941; Air Transport Command; 439th Air Base Squadron, Ladd, Fairbanks,
Alaska December 17, 1941; accident landing at Gulkana, Alaska December 1, 1942; diverted War Assets Administration Nov 2, 1943.
damaged in a landing accident at Nome AAB, Alaska April 27, 1944; Dillingham Air Service, Alaska November 4, 1944;
registered N17661, cancelled .
5049 (MSN 81) Was RCAF 3537; ; to USAAF December 12, 1941; 439th Air Base Squadron, Ladd, Fairbanks, Alaska December 17, 1941;
Forced landing at Sheenjek River, Alaska January 17, 1942; forced landing due engine failure at Ladd, Alaska November 25, 1942
42-5050/5078 Boeing B-17F-30-BO Fortress
MSN 3589/3617. Production changes: External bomb racks and controls added under the inner
wings for the carriage of two 2000-pound bombs. Ball and socket gun mounts in nose side deleted
Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne
5050 (MSN 3589) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 8Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 23Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet,
Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {65 missions}.
96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
{first combat mission 16Nov43}. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43.
Failed to return from a mission to the airfield at Eleusis, 18km northwest from the centre of Athens,
Greece 14Dec43 (1KIA:6POW:3EVD). Because of a solid overcast, the Hassani airfield, Kalamaki,
was bombed instead. When No.1 engine was struck by flak and the No.2 engine burst into flames,
the pilot gave the order to bail out. A waist gunner was still in the waist, apparently reluctant to jump,
when the plane exploded and went into a violent dive. Loose material was flying about and the gunner
was hit by an ammunition box which appeared to knock him out. The plane crashed and burned at
Korpi, Greece; pieces fell into a Greek peasant's yard. {12 missions} MACR 1482.
5051 (MSN 3590) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, Baltimore Municipal Airport, MD. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 25Mar43. 544th Bomb
Squadron [SU*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 26Jul43. Named *Barrel House Bessie*. . {first combat mission 16Aug43}.
Failed to return from a mission to the port at Bremen, Germany 26Nov43 (2MIA:1KIA:7RTD).
In the target area, the group encountered intense flak and a large number of enemy fighters.
Short of the target, the aircraft sustained extensive structural damage and the loss of No.3 engine.
It was unable to keep up with the formation. The pilot ordered the bombs to be jettisoned, but one,
fully armed, hung up in the bomb rack. The flight engineer left the top turret, went into the open bomb bay
at 40-degrees below zero, and freed the bomb. The fighter attacks continued, and an incendiary shell
started a fire in the cockpit. Again the flight engineer left his turret to put out the fire, though he was
almost overcome by the acrid smoke. In the interval between these events, he is credited with shooting
down one enemy fighter and damaging another. Diving into the clouds for protection, the bomber
broke out at 6,000ft directly over the city of Emden, where it came under heavy attack by antiaircraft
guns. By this time the oxygen and electrical systems and all instruments were knocked out,
a quarter of the nose shot away, the flight controls and all four engines damaged. Once over the
icy waters of the North Sea with more than 200 miles between the bomber and its home base at
Grafton Underwood, the flight engineer helped the pilots restart the No.3 engine, which ran only
spasmodically. Then No.4 quit and its propeller couldn't be feathered. Ditching was imminent.
The flight engineer made repeated trips through the open bomb bay passage to supervise the
jettisoning of equipment. Finally No.1 and No.2 engines, which had been running erratically, failed.
The wake of a ship was sighted in the distance. The pilot headed for it with little hope of success.
The bomber was losing altitude too rapidly. Since the radio was out, the flight engineer found
a Very pistol and fired flares in hopes that the ship's crew would see them. The flight engineer
next assembled the crew in the radio compartment and prepared them for ditching about 40 miles
from the coast of England in rough seas. When the B-17 hit the surface, water poured in through
the damaged nose and the open bomb bay, breaking the aircraft in two just aft of the radio
compartment. The flight engineer directed the other crew members in inflating and launching
an undamaged life raft and helped those who couldn't get aboard the raft into the water.
He was last to leave the sinking B-17, but only after he had searched for and found the emergency radio.
The flight engineer was last seen plunging into the icy water, still clutching the radio. Before he could
fight his way to the life raft, he was swept away by the waves and lost. Ten minutes later an RAF
rescue boat pulled one man from the water and took aboard six from the raft. Lost with the
flight engineer were the tail gunner and one of the waist gunners. The flight engineer, TSgt. Maurice Henry,
was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor. {12 missions}.
MACR 1579.
5052 (MSN 3591) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 13Oct42. Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis, Scotland 2Nov42. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*A], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Nov42. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*E],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Apr43. Eighth Air Force
Service Command 19Apr43. Regained by Group 9Jun43. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*E],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Sep43.
Named "Mizpah", which means, "May the Lord watch between me and thee while
we are absent one from another." . 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*E]. Failed to return from a mission 22Feb44
(5KIA:5POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Ganzweiler, south of Munchen-Gladbach, Germany
MACR 2646.
5053 (MSN 3592) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field, ME 28Oct42. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to UK 24Nov42. 366th Bomb
Squadron [KY*L], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 14Nov42,
named "Bloody Tangier Show") . Featured in film '1000 Plane Raid'.
Failed to return from a mission to the airfield of Château-Bougon near Nantes, France 4Jul43
(2KIA:6POW:2EVD). Its aeronautical workshops produced aircraft parts for the German
company Heinkel. Damaged by flak after leaving the target, one of the engines was burning
violently. The plane lost altitude and German Fw 190 fighters attacked the bomber.
The pilot sounded the evacuation signal; too late for the radio operator and the right waist
gunner, both fatally wounded. The rest of the crew bailed out from the burning aircraft above
the town of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, while the aircraft fell in flames at Saint-Colomban,
sixteen miles south of Nantes, France. Claimed by Fw. Helmut Schrön in
FW-190A-5 of JG 2/7. MACR 14439.
5054 (MSN 3593) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 14Oct42. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 27Apr43. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*T], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 7Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43.
Seriously damaged by 20mm cannon shells around the fuselage. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Sep43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*I], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Sep43 Named "Belle of San Joaquin"
artwork of a naked lady reposing. Returned to US. Miami Field, FL 7May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 2Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5055 (MSN 3594) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 10Oct42. Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis, Scotland 12/13Dec42. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 17Dec42. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*H], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 7May43. Failed to return from a mission
to the naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43 (10POW). Weather
over the target was bad and conditions were unfavourable for bombing. The group
turned to an alternate target, the airfield at Wangerooge, East Frisian island, Germany.
Flak damaged two engines. Ditched in North Sea and rescued by German Air-Sea Rescue
5056 (MSN 3595) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Sep42.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 19Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 31Oct42. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*C:WF*L], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 31Oct42. Named "Devil's Playmate".
Failed to return from a mission to the port at Bremen, Germany 26Feb43 (10KIA). The primary
target was overcast so the plane diverted to the docks and harbour at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany. Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed North Sea between Frisian Island and Heligoland.
MACR 15120.
5057 (MSN 3596) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 19Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 24/25Oct42. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*M], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 30Oct42. {first combat mission 18Nov42}. Battle damaged on a mission to
Lille, France 13Jan43 (1KIA:2WIA:7RTD). {6 missions}. Salvaged Jan43. Returned to Group Mar43.
(first combat mission 6Mar43}. Battle damaged on a mission to Bremen, Germany 17Apr43.
Returned to Group 14May43. {20 missions}. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*M] Aug43. Failed to return
from a mission to industrial targets at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (1KIA:8POW:1EVD). After the
rally point on the return journey it became apparent that the plane was using excessive fuel caused
by strong headwinds. Twenty minutes later the plane dropped down from 18,000ft to 8,000ft.
As it levelled off, the bomber was attacked by enemy fighters. The bombardier was wounded
and several cannon shells exploded in the radio room. No.4 engine, though feathered, was split open.
The No.1 engine had also been shut down and the propeller feathered to save fuel. Despite attacks
by more than fifteen fighters, the pilot used RAF tactics to corkscrew and avoid more damage.
Later, a fire in the bomb bay was extinguished but the radio operator was wounded and the
right wing behind No.3 engine had been shot away. When the remaining two engines stopped with
fuel exhaustion, the crew bailed out. The bomber crashed at Ferme Lequien, near St Leger-aux-Bois,
seven miles northeast of Compiègne, France.
Named DRY MARTINI 4TH & THE COCKTAIL KIDS. Named after the pilot, Capt. Martini. MACR 1343.
5058 (MSN 3597) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 6Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 19Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 24/25Oct42. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*H], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 30Oct42. Named "Hun Hunter". Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 16Feb43 (8KIA:2POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Le Favre, near Redon, France. MACR 15947.
5059 (MSN 3598) delivered Cheyenne Sep 6, 1942; Assigned to 366BS/305BG Presque Isle field Oct 10, 1942; Rome Field Nov 3, 1942; detailed
Gander, NFD to Prestwick, UK, but #3 engine proved a problem, but poor weather prevented return to
Gander and forced to ditch off Baldy Point, Nova Scotia Oct 23, 1943 (10RTD). HELL'S ANGELS. Condemned Rome Air Depot, NY Nov 23, 1942
5060 (MSN 3599) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Sep42.
Houlton Field, ME 22Oct42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland
to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 27/28Oct44. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*Q], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 12Nov42. Named "What's Cookkn' Doc?"
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm,
Germany 4Feb43 (10MIA). Cloud cover prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm
and the formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. Mid-air collision
with a Fw 190 which had been shot down and sliced through the right wing of the bomber.
The bomber entered a spin and exploded before crashing in the Waddenzee, off Den Helder, Netherlands
5061 (MSN 3600) Accepted by USAAF 3Sep42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 13Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 12Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 25Oct42. 353rd Bomb Squadron [K], 301st Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 1Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. RAF Hurn, Bournemouth,
Hampshire 22Nov42. Departed to North Africa 23Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42.
353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 23Nov42. Maison Blanche,
Algiers, Algeria 6Dec42. Biskra, Algeria 21Dec42. General Doolittle was aboard on a mission to t
he Luftwaffe airfield at Kiarouan, Tunisia 9Feb43. {71 missions}. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb
Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 1Aug43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Bolzano, Italy 10Nov43 (9KIA:1POW).
shot down by Uffz Friedrich Scheer Bf 109G-6 of JG 53/8 5 km SE of Pavia, Italy
Nov 10, 1943. MACR 1129.
5062 (MSN 3601) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Sep42.
Pocatello Field, ID 14Nov42. Pyote Field, TX 31Jan43. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 7Jul43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 22Jul43.
2534th Base Unit, Bombardier School, San Angelo Field, TX 15Dec43. Reclaimed 17Dec45
5063 (MSN 3602) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Sep42.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 29Oct42.
Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to UK 24Nov42. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*K], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 14Nov42. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine
pens at Lorient, France 17May43 (5KIA:5POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Lorient, France. MACR 15238.
5064 (MSN 3603) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Sep42. Walla Walla Field, WA 30Nov42. Redmond Field, OR 24Dec42. Walla Walla
Field, WA 31Jan43. Sioux City AAB, IA 8Apr43. Ephrata AAB, WA 9Aug43. 588th Bomb Squadron,
395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged landing at Ephrata AAB 16Aug43. 882nd Bomb Squadron,
500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Force landed with a fire in No.4 engine at Walker
Field 14May44. No's 1 & 2 fire extinguisher bottles used, but not effective. Number four engine
fell off on impact of landing. Salvaged 25May44.
5065 (MSN 3604) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Sep42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI Co 18Oct42. Transferred on
loan to Royal Air Force as Fortress Mark II, serial FA701 at Dorval, Montreal 3Nov42. No.45 Group,
Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr,
Scotland 7Nov42. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 17Nov42. No.12 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 17Nov42. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 21Jun43. USAAF loan to RAF
made permanent 21Jun43. No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 8Jul43. No.220
Squadron [F], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 18Jul43. Damaged (category B).
Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 16Jan45 for repairs, completed and awaiting collection
28Mar45. No.3502 Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool), RAF Gosport, Hampshire 18Apr45.
No.251 Squadron [AD-J], Reykjavik, Iceland, 30May45. Named JOKULL JESSIE. No.51 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 8Jan46 for storage. Sold to International Alloys Ltd 11Mar47. SOC 11Mar47
Also listed as going to RFC at Altus Jul 30, 1945 (FORTLOG)
5066 (MSN 3605) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Sep42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI Co 18Oct42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
as Fortress Mark II, serial FA702 at Dorval, Montreal 3Nov42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval,
Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 7Nov42.
Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland. No.12 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 16Nov42.
Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 31Dec42 (census). No.206 Squadron [P], RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 12Apr43. USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. Damaged in action,
classified as category E (write off). Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 27Aug43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 20Sep43. Long Range Air to Surface
Vessel (LRASV) radar trials. No.51 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 27Sep43.
No.1674 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF Longtown, Cumberland 23Apr44. No.51 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 5Sep45 for storage. Sold to International Alloys Ltd 11Mar47. SOC 11Mar47.
5067 (MSN 3606) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Sep42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI Co 18Oct42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
as Fortress Mark II, serial FA703 at Dorval, Montreal 1Nov42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval,
Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 10Nov42. Scottish
Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 16Nov42. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 16Nov42.
Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 30Dec42. No.59 Squadron [T], RAF Chivenor, Devon 6Feb43.
No.206 Squadron, RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 18Apr43. USAAF loan to RAF made
permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 29Jul43. No.218 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 30Aug43. No.206 Squadron [A], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 6Sep43.
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores Oct43. No.1674 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF Longtown,
Cumberland 18Jan44. Damaged, repaired in works 15May44; awaiting collection 29Jul44.
RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire 11Sep44. No.3502 Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool), RAF Gosport,
Hampshire 27Nov44. No.519 Squadron, RAF Wick, Scotland 30Dec44. No.521 Squadron,
RAF Langham, Norfolk 18Jan45. RAF Chivenor, Devon 3Nov45. While on navigation exercise
two engines became feathered and the aircraft ditched at sea 8Jan46 (5KIA).
5068 (MSN 3607) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Sep42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 31Dec42.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat, Constantine, Algeria 8Mar43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {48 missions}.
20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 26Nov43}.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged during a tactical mission against German troop
concentrations and defensive positions at Albano Laziale, southeast of Rome, Italy 10Feb44 (1WIA:9RTD).
Flak, both heavy and light type, was intense and accurate due to the low bombing altitude
necessary to get under an undercast. The tail gunner suffered severe flak wounds. {20 missions}.
348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {nil missions}.
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44.
Returned to US. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 18Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Jul45. Named "Miss Me/Sarah"
5069 (MSN 3608) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 19Nov42.
91st Bomb Group 23Nov42. Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 25Nov42. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*G], 91st Bomb
Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Nov42. Named "Our Gang".
Battle damaged on a mission to the torpedo store of the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire,
France 3Jan43. West of Nantes, France, the anti-aircraft fire was strong; south of the
Loire the fire of the battery of Château Bougon, Couffé, was very heavy, and a strong defence
was encountered in the region of Paimboeuf. Strong head winds slowed the advance
of the formation during the last part of the flight. Flak was intense and precise above t
he objective. An engine was set on fire over the target. German fighters quickly intercepted
the formation, attacking first the bombers damaged by anti-aircraft fire. Battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43. The weather
was bad from takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with
the 91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest
fighter defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany.
The reception was immediate with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the return
flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a strong jetstream. Severely battle damaged
during a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43;
wing replaced. Failed to return from a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). The formation was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the
time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition, the bombers were hit by flak as they passed
over anti-aircraft defence zones. With damage to engine No.1 and No.2, the aircraft lagged behind
the formation. Unable to continue, the bomber turned back before reaching the River Rhine
and crashed at St Goar, fifteen miles south of Koblenz, Germany. {20 missions). Shot down by Fw. Heinz
Stover in Fw 190A-4 of JG 11/3 at Sankt Goar, Germany Aug 17, 1943
MACR 281.
5070 (MSN 3609) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 11Oct42.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*A], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 14Dec42.
Named "Invasion II"artwork of a giant hand, similar to the 91st Rigid Digit, with coat
sleeve done in red, white, and blue stripes. Painted by Jack Gaffney. {first combat mission 20Dec42}.
Battle damaged on a mission to Lorient, France 30Dec42 (1KIA:9RTD). Over such an important target,
the opposition was intense. Heavy flak tore into the bombers and approximately thirty Fw 190 fighters
attacked while over Lorient. The Squadron Commander was fatally wounded and died in the co-pilot's seat.
On the return route strong westerly winds took the formation over the Brest peninsula. Battle damaged on
a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43 (1KIA:9RTD). The weather was
bad from takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the 91st Bomb Group
which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter defence of the war,
the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany. The reception was immediate
with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the return flight home was no easier, flying into the
wind of a strong jetstream. The radio operator was fatally wounded by a bullet. Failed to return
from a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (10POW). On the
bomb run, heavy flak was encountered. Enemy fighters, disregarding their own flak, made attacks
on the formation. Over the target, flak damaged the cockpit. It was then attacked by enemy fighters
which shot off the front of engine No.2. The left wing and fuselage were also hit and set alight.
The bomber crash landed itself in an almost perfect landing on open ground at Nikolausdorf,
near Oldenburg, Germany. {23 missions}.. MACR 15519.
5071 (MSN 3610) Accepted by USAAF 6Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 10Oct42. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*B], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 1Nov42. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine,
France 20Dec42 (7KIA:2POW:1EVD). Enemy fighters attacked most of the way from entering France
until returning to the English Channel. The plane was shot down by a German fighter over Melun by
Walter Oesau of III/ JG 51 flying a Fw 190A-2. It was the last plane in the formation and the easiest
to pick off for the German fighters after making their bomb run at 20,000ft. There was a report of
explosions near the cockpit and the plane crashed at Jouy-le-Châtel near Nangis, France.
5072 (MSN 3611) Accepted by USAAF 6Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force
Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 7Oct42. 306th Bomb Group 18Nov42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23Nov42. 367th Bomb Squadron,
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Nov42. Failed to return from a mission
to the Erla GmbH aircraft factory at Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium 5Apr43 (7KIA:3POW). Attacked by
enemy fighters. The bomber was set on fire and dropped out of formation. It was seen circling at
about 500 feet and still being shot at and firing back. The three survivors bailed out just before
the bomber crashed in the Willemspolder between Halsteren and Dinteloord, Bergen op Zoom,
Netherlands. After the mission, the Belgian Ambassador to the U.S. protested about the inaccurate
bombing that resulted in many civilian casualties (936 dead, among them hundreds of Belgian
factory workers and 209 schoolchildren)). MACR 15533..
5073 (MSN 3612) Accepted by USAAF 6Sep42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Sep42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Nov42.
Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force as Fortress Mark II, serial FA704 at Dorval,
Montreal 9Nov42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 11Nov42. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick,
Scotland 13Nov42. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 16Nov42.
Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 31Dec42. No.59 Squadron [R] Chivenor, Devon 6Feb43.
No.206 Squadron [R], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 17Apr43.
Attacked submarine U-417 in the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland 11Jun43.
The Fortress began the attack; despite flak hits to the nose, cockpit, wings,
bomb bay and rear turret, the pilot dropped his depth charges on target.
Several survivors from U-417 were seen in the water after she sank, but none were rescued.
The aircraft lost two engines and the pilot (CO of No.206 Squadron) had to ditch
shortly afterwards. All eight aircrew managed to get into one dinghy, although without supplies.
On 14Jun43 an American Catalina flying boat of US Navy VP-84/P-3 (BuAer 7273),
attempted to land nearby, but crashed, and its crew of nine also found themselves
adrift, in two rafts. While the crew of the Fortress was located and rescued the
same day by a British Catalina of No.190 Squadron, the US Navy Catalina crew was
not found until five days later; there was only one survivor, the others having
died of exposure. SOC Jun 30, 1943 at 238.00 flying hours
5074 (MSN 3613) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Sep42. 3rd Ferrying
Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Oct42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force as
Fortress Mark II, serial FA705 at Dorval, Montreal 22Nov42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval,
Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Limavady, Northern Ireland 6Dec42. Burtonwood Repair
Depot, Warrington, Lancashire 24Dec42. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall,
Shropshire 28Dec42. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 28Feb43. No.206 Squadron [O],
RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 27Mar43. USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 4Jul43. No.206 Squadron [O], RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 15Aug43. No.3502 Servicing Unit, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire.
No.206 Squadron [2-O], Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. Missing on patrol off
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 6Jan44, shot down by submarine U-470 (9KIA).
SOC 31Jan44 at 343.35 flying hour
5075 (MSN 3614) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 7Sep42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12Oct42. Transferred on
loan to Royal Air Force as Fortress Mark II, serial FA706 at Dorval, Montreal 23Oct42.
No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland
to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 7Nov42. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 28Nov42.
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down for
astrodome trials 31Dec42. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 20Mar43.
No.220 Squadron [S], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 10Apr43.
USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 24Jul43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 24Aug43. No.220 Squadron, RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 30Aug43. No.3502 Servicing Unit, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire.
No.220 Squadron, Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. Taxied into another aircraft
on the runway at Lajes 2Aug44.
5076 (MSN 3615) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 15Sep42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 7Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria Jan43.
Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Fatnassa, Tunisia 4Feb43 (9POW).
Attacked by enemy fighters; claimed by Hpt. Rammelt from II./JG 51. Crashed thirty miles
southwest of Gabès, Tunisia. {1 mission}. MACR 15358.
5077 (MSN 3616) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Sep42. 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Sep42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 15Oct42. 323rd Bomb
Squadron [OR*T], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire Oct42..
Named "Delta Rebel No 2". Named by Birdsong. Battle damaged on a
mission to the submarine pens at Lorient, France 30Dec42. Seriously battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43 (5WIA:5RTD).
The group leader abandoned the mission when they ran into bad weather to the east
of Texel and turned the formation back towards England. At that point several Fw 190s
came out the cloud to attack. Flown in twice by Clark Gable on combat missions during
his filming sessions for the documentary that was to become 'Combat America'. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl,
Germany 22Jun43. The formation was slow on the climb phase to target altitude, which
was 24,500 feet. It crossed the Frisian Islands around 21,000ft, and the plane took a flak
hit on the right side, damaging number four engine. The pilot had to feather the propeller
and despite pulling full power on the other three engines, he was unable to maintain formation
position in the climb. The plane dropped back to the left side of the formation and was being
attacked by two or three Fw 190 fighters, so the pilot decided to abort and make a run for it
back to England, before more fighters appeared on the scene. He told the crew that he was
turning back, that he was going to dive to treetop level, and for the bombardier and navigator
to direct him over the island where the flak battery was situated and to set up a bombing
run on the guns. The bomber approached the target and the ground battery was firing fast
at it; the gun crew probably realized they were the target. The bomb run lasted less than a
minute, and at bomb release, the pilot racked the plane over in a steep turn to avoid the
flak ahead. The bombardier called in direct hits on the island, and the pilot headed home.
Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43
(4KIA:6POW). The formation was subject to intense enemy fighter attacks which started about an
hour after crossing the coast. The first enemy fighter attacks badly damaged the plane. Eight inches
of the stabilizer was shot away and the aircraft caught fire. Inside, the plane was a shambles
of torn metal and severed cables. Both waist gunners were struck by 20mm shells and wounded.
Another fighter pass roared through the formation and fired more 20mm shells into the
fuselage killing a waist gunner. The tail gunner managed to extricate himself from his cramped
position and bail out but his parachute caught fire. The wreckage of the plane plunged to earth
at Brünninghausen near Dortmund, Germany. Damaged first by Hauptmann Johannes Naumann
of JG 26/6, then shot down by Obfw. Adolf Glunz of JG 26/4 in a Fw 190A-5. {33 missions}.
MACR 261. 4 KIA, 6 POW.
5078 (MSN 3617) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 19Oct42. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*C], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Nov42. Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine pens at Lorient, France 30Dec42 (10KIA). Crashed Bay of Biscay, France.
42-5079/5149 Boeing B-17F-35-BO Fortress
MSN 3618/3688. Production changes: Tail gun armour deleted
Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne
5079 (MSN 3618) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 8Oct42. Eighth Air Force, 2114th Base Unit, Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 17Aug43. 76th Flying Training Wing, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH.
Mid-air collision with B-17 41-2486, one mile east of Lockbourne 19Dec44
Reclamation completed Lockbourne AAF Jan 6, 1945
5080 (MSN 3619) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Sep42. 317th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb
Group, Rapid City Field, SD 3Nov42. Damaged by bird strike at Rapid City 17Nov42.
335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD. Crashed after structural
failure at Huron, SD 17Feb43 (9KIS). The wreckage fell from 800 meters altitude in
vicinity of houses after two explosions. Condemned Rapid City AAF Feb 18, 1943
5081 (MSN 3620) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 17Jan43. 427th Bomb
Squadron [GN*V], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 15Feb43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43.
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number
of Luftwaffe fighters. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England.
German fighters, having landed and refueled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers
reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. The plane suffered a broken
wing spar, a shattered top-turret and a wide assortment of holes. Took off from RAF Colerne,
Wiltshire on a training mission and involved in a landing accident when a tire blew out
and the plane swung off the runway into soft ground at RAF Filton, Gloucestershire 17Oct43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Apr44. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 7Jul44.
{1 mission}. Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Apr44. Reclaimed Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Jan46.
Named "Luscious Lady" artwork of a smiling naked woman sitting crossed-legged on a bomb)
5082 (MSN 3621) Accepted by USAAF 8Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 18Oct42. Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
Scotland 2Nov42. 419th Bomb Squadron [A], 301st Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. Departed RAF Hurn, Bournemouth,
Hampshire to North Africa 28Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42. 419th Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 28Nov42. Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 6Dec42.
Biskra, Algeria 21Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia 23Jan43. Intense flak and enemy fighters
were encountered, causing a large hole in the top of the fuselage. Badly damaged on a
mission to the port at La Goulette, Tunis, Tunisia 1Feb43. No.4 engine was disabled in an
attack by enemy aircraft. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Battle
damaged by enemy fighters on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Cancello Arnone,
Naples, Italy 21Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {70 missions}.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 14th Air Depot Group. Crashed with mechanical failure
at El Aouina, Tunisia 27May44. Condemned salvage May 31, 1944.
5083 (MSN 3622) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 15Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 27Nov42.
Ainsworth Field, NB 1Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 30May43.
77th Sub-Depot, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Jul43. 363rd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 13Sep43.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 22Sep43. 808th Bomb Squadron,
472nd Bomb Group, Clovis Field, NM. Damaged in collision with parked Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita
41-1717 while taxying at Gulfport Field, MS 30Dec43. 3076th Base Unit, Sheppard Field, Wichita
Falls, TX 9Apr44. 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17 42-3117 at Walker Field, Victoria, KS 21Apr44.
4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5084 (MSN 3623) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 16Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 10Oct42. 323rd Bomb
Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 14Dec42
Named PANHANDLE DOGIE ['dogie' is a motherless or neglected calf]. Failed to return from a
mission to the torpedo store of the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 3Jan43 (3MIA:6KIA:1POW).
West of Nantes, France, the anti-aircraft fire was strong; south of the Loire the fire of the
battery of Château Bougon, Couffé, was very heavy, and a strong defence was encountered
in the region of Paimboeuf. Strong head winds slowed the advance of the formation during
the last part of the flight. German fighters quickly intercepted the formation, attacking first
the bombers damaged by anti-aircraft fire. Shot down before reaching the target by Fw 190
fighters of III./JG 2. With No.3 and 4 engines on fire, the crew bailed out. The aircraft exploded
and crashed in the Bay of Biscay 12km off L'Herbaudière, Noirmoutier-en-L'Île, south of
Saint-Nazaire, France. MACR 15464
5085 (MSN 3624) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 7Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 30Oct42. 419th Bomb Squadron [B], 301st Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. RAF Hurn, Bournemouth,
Hampshire 22Nov42. Departed to North Africa 23Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42. 419th Bomb
Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 23Nov42. Maison Blanche, Algiers,
Algeria 6Dec42. Biskra, Algeria 21Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44.
Taxy accident. Salvaged 31Dec45
5086 (MSN 3625) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force
Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 17Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 17Nov42. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to UK 24Nov42.
369th Bomb Squadron [WW*J], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 25Nov42.
(1WIA). Severely battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air
depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 20Dec42. Enemy fighters attacked most of the way from
entering France until returning to the English Channel. About ten minutes after the target the
plane was hit by German fighter 20mm cannon projectiles. The aircraft was badly damaged,
shattering the stabiliser, No.3 engine was disabled and No.2 engine damaged by cannon shells.
The Plexiglas nose was shattered and elevator controls damaged. Because of the damage the
bomber slowed and, contrary to regulations, the other 306th Bomb Group planes also did to
provide protection. The plane was under enemy attack for the entire one hour fifty-three
minutes that it was over enemy territory. The pilot instructed the crew to standby to jump
because it appeared that the damaged right stabilizer would rip off. It did not and the plane
proceeded back to base. The damaged stabilizer caused the plane to veer to the right of the
runway so the pilot circled the base and the second landing attempt was perfect. Without
hydraulics or brakes, the plane landed and avoided a tractor and another B-17. Battle damaged
on a mission to the naval yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 27Jan43. Battle damaged on a
mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 16Feb43. Eighth Air Force Service
Command, Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 14Mar43. Regained by Group 17Mar43.
Departed Thurleigh on a secret courier mission to North Africa 13Apr43. Sealed bags loaded at
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire and then flown to RAF Portreath, Cornwall.
To Gibraltar 14Apr43. To Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 17Apr43. The cargo
[maps for the forthcoming Sicily invasion] was unloaded and the plane flown to
Marrakech, French Morocco 21Apr43. Departed to Gibraltar 22Apr43 and returned
with four 306BG and 303BG evadees via Bovingdon to Thurleigh 23Apr43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the naval facilities on Heligoland island, Germany 15May43 (1WIA:9RTD).
The bombardier was wounded by a fragment of an aerial bomb dropped by a German fighter.
Battle damaged on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43. During an attack by enemy
fighters, two engines were struck by 20mm cannon shells and other damage. Battle damaged
on a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. This B-17 was used as a
backdrop to a medal ceremony for Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith at Thurleigh 15Jul43.
Colonel Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War presented the Congressional Medal of Honour - America's
highest award - to Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith, for his bravery during a raid on St. Nazaire in France.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Nordisk Aluminium A/S works at Herøya, Norway 24Jul43.
An attack by enemy fighters caused 20mm cannon shell damage to both wings, tailplane, fuselage
and hydraulic system. Mobile Repair Unit No.19, Eighth Air Force Service Command 24Jul43.
Regained by Group Aug43. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*B], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 5Sep43. Named *Wahoo II*). {first combat mission 23Sep43}. A waist gunner
had problems with the oxygen system and died of hypoxia on a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt
am Main, Germany 4Oct43 (1KIA). Short of fuel, the aircraft landed at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Failed to return from a mission to railway installations at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (10RTD).
As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an
estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their friendly fighter escorts arrived to
drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. On return, bad weather prevented the
pilot from finding a place to land. The crew bailed out over Ipswich, Suffolk while the aircraft flew
on and crashed on the banks of the River Dove, Eye, Suffolk, killing a cow. {5 missions}. Salvaged
by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton 13Oct43.
5087 (MSN 3626) Accepted by USAAF 10Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 15Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 21Oct42. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. Departed RAF Predannack,
Cornwall to North Africa 11Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42. 340th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 13Nov42. Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 22Nov42.
Biskra, Algeria 25Dec42. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44.
Headquarters, 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, Malignano, Italy. Damaged taxying
at Le Bourget, Paris, France 21Nov44. Salvaged 2Mar45.
5088 (MSN 3627) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Sep42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 3Oct42. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME Oct42. Operation Bolero [tactical call sign PN9E].
Ferried to RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador 4Nov42. Departed RCAF Goose Bay to Bluie West One (BW-1),
Narsarsuaq, Greenland 5Nov42. En route to England, crashed at Koge Bay,
Narsarssuak, Greenland 6Nov42 (9RTD). A USAAF Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, 42-15569
with five men aboard returning from Iceland, reported that it had made a forced landing
on the Ice Cap on the southeast coast of Greenland 5Nov42. B-17 42-5088 was diverted on
its ferry flight from USA to the UK to join the search for the crew. It was initially dispatched from
Bluie West One 6Nov42 Bad weather prevented a search the next day but the search
continued 8Nov42. During a search 9Nov42, it approached the approximate center of its
search grid from seaward where it encountered a local low cloud ceiling. The B-17 reversed
course to go around the weather and headed in again, going northward into Koge Bay fjord
to the west, and flew into a visual 'white-out', which became an unseen three-sided trap.
The pilot began to turn away to the left, and the left wing tip hit the unseen Ice Cap.
The plane skidded for about 200 yards on the surface of the Koge Bay fjord's active glacier.
The B-17 broke apart at the aft bulkhead of the radio compartment, rear of the wings.
The broken-off tail section was overhanging a large open crevasse, and another crevasse
was in front of the plane. The plane was at about 4,000ft elevation and twenty-nine miles
northwest of Beach Head Station. The survivors were finally rescued and returned to
BW-1 13May43. The rescue operation had involved the loss of three aircraft and eight men
5089 (MSN 3628) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Sep42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 31Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Mar43.
247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jun43. Accident
in collision with Boeing B-29 Superfortress 42-6385 while taxying at Smoky Hill Field 5Jul44
5090 (MSN 3629) Accepted by USAAF 10Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 23Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field, ME 15Oct42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 27Oct44. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 11Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42.
Departed RAF Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire to North Africa 20Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42.
414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 20Nov42.
Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 22Nov42. Biskra, Algeria 25Dec42. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 8Feb 43. Failed to return from a tactical mission to Satellite #4 and #5
airdromes at Gerbini, Sicily 8Jul43 (10KIA). The bomber turned back out of formation just as
it reached the island of Sicily. It was last seen being attacked by a flight of enemy fighters
Shot down by Bf 109G-6 at Sicily, Italy Jul 8, 1943. MACR 69.
5091 (MSN 3630) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Sep42. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA. 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 21Nov42.
Named HELL FROM HEAVEN. Named by the inmates of Walla Walla State prison
Severely damaged while parked in collision by B-17F 42-5292 taxying at Sioux City AAB 26Feb43.
Salvaged 3Apr43.
5092 (MSN 3631) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 316th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,
Redmond Field, OR 23Dec42. Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jan43. Mechanical failure on takeoff
at Walla Walla 3Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun43. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), (504th Bomb Group) Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 13Jun43.
Alliance Field, NB 30Oct43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore
Field, OK 15Mar44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows
Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5093 (MSN 3632) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 23Sep42. Blythe Field, CA 13Dec42. Hobbs
Field, NM 11May43; code H73. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX
10Aug43. Reclamation completed Amarillo AAF, TX Jun 7, 1946
5094 (MSN 3633) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Sep42. Pierre Field, SD 16Dec42.
Rapid City Field, SD 8Jan43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 8Apr43. Spokane Field, WA 3Aug43. SOC 4Jan44
5095 (MSN 3634) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Sep43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Pierre Field, SD 16Dec42. Ground looped at Pierre Field, SD 29Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 15Feb43.
Portland AAB, OR 13Jun43. McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 8Jul43. 243rd Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 20Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 16Jul44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Jan45.
241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 23Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5096 (MSN 3635) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 20Sep42. Redmond Field, OR 24Dec42. 316th Bomb
Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 21Sep42. Badly damaged by fire at
Walla Walla 15Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Apr43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 17May43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service
Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 6Aug43. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Avon Park Field, FL 16Dec43. 317th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL.
Crash landed Avon Park 16Mar44. Augusta, GA 9May44. 4142nd Base Unit, Altus Field, OK 31Jul44.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL. Crashed at Avon Park 18Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Sep45
5097 (MSN 3636) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Sep42. Redmond Field, OR 26Dec42. Pueblo AAB, CO 7Feb43.
Dalhart Field, TX 16May43. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 26Jun43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Jun43. 232nd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 26Aug43. 244th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 2Sep43. Alliance Field, NB 16Dec43. 519th Base Unit,
Fort Worth Field, TX. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 20Jan44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 15Feb44. 237th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 25May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5098 (MSN 3637) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Sep42. Walla Walla Field, WA 31Jan43.
527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 3Feb43. Takeoff accident
at Hammer Field, Fresno, CA 8Mar43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical
Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 13Jul43. 327th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 21Sep43. 366th Base Unit, Rayleigh 15Nov43.
841st Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Crash landed
Simona, FL 25Feb44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 11May44. Drew Field, Tampa, FL 15Jun44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Force landed on fire at Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 12Jul44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 28Aug45.
5099 (MSN 3638) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Ainsworth Field, NB 16Dec42. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Feb43. Rapid City Field, SD 27Apr43.
540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 8Jul43.
592nd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged in an
accident with parked B-17F 42-29593 while taxying at Drew Field, Tampa, FL 20Nov43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 26Jan44
Reclamation completed Amarillo Aug 20, 1946
5100 (MSN 3639) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 24Sep42. Ephrata AAB, WA 3Dec42. 7th Bomb Squadron,
34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 15Dec42. Damaged in accident with B-17F 41-24630
at Blythe Field 16Dec42. Salvaged 9Jan43.
5101 (MSN 3640) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 25Sep42. 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 12Dec42.
Pyote Field, TX 8Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 20May43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 22Jun43. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Columbia, SC 21Oct43. 842nd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL. Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-3447 taxying at MacDill Field 16Feb44.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Accident five
miles east of MacDill Field hospital 10Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45
5102 (MSN 3641) delivered Geiger Sep 25, 1942; assigned to 461BS/331BG Casper Oct 23, 1942; Named "The Casper Kid"
Crashed 25 miles north Glenrock, WY due to poor weather (crew of 10 KIS) Feb 25, 1943; W/O Mar 16, 1943.
to CL-26 Blythe AAB, CA Mar 24, 1943
5103 (MSN 3642) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 464th Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group,
Casper Field, WY 13Nov42. Expoded in mid-air over the Tucumcari region of northern New Mexico
and crashed three miles east of Medio, NM 13Jan43 (7KIS).
5104 MSN 3643) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Sep42. Pendleton Field, OR 9Nov42. Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 23Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 28Apr43. 245th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 16Jun43. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 1Jul43.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 14Nov43. 4121st Base Unit
(San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 6Dec43. 245th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 21Dec43. 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group,
Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Force landed after engine failure at El Paso Municipal Airport, TX 17Feb44.
4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jul44. 99th Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB.
Ground collision with C-45F 44-47313 at Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 5Dec44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 27May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5105 (MSN 3644) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 461st Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group,
Casper Field, WY 29Oct42. Crashed north of Bogue, KS 2Feb43 (6KIS). The bomber crashed and
exploded in a pasture nine miles north and one mile east of Bogue on a delivery flight from Casper,
Wyoming, to the Air Depot at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK,. The plane broke through the low
overhanging clouds, circled once, then struck the ground in a pasture and exploded.
The plane plowed a ditch five to six feet deep, ten feet wide, and around one hundred feet long.
There were six airmen aboard, all of whom were killed. Wreckage was strewn over a fifteen to twenty acre areaS
5106 (MSN 3645) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 31Oct42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 2Jan43. 28th Bomb Squadron,
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 29May43. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Galveston Field, TX 20Jul43. 282nd Base Unit, Syracuse AAB, NY 25Jul43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 22Feb44. 4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun43.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5107 (MSN 3646) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Sep42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 29Oct42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Mar43.
Dalhart Field, TX 8Jul43. 797th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA. T
The crew bailed out when No.1 engine caught fire over Louisiana and crashed east of
Alexandria 18Oct43 (1KIS); pilot 2nd LT Dennis J. Walker was killed, the rest of the crew bailed out safely
5108 (MSN 3647) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Walla Walla Field, WA 30Nov42.
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 7Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 6Aug43. 843rd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Accident on the ground at MacDill Field 19Dec43. Damaged caused by mechanical failure
taxying at MacDill Field 3Mar44. Reclamation completed Lowry AAF Jan 2, 1945
5109 (MSN 3648) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Pierre Field, SD 14Dec42. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Feb43. Walla Walla Field, WA 5Jul43.
504th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 10Jun43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 27Jul43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Sep43. 3rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
311th Photographic Wing, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 11Jul44. 3rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron, McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 24May45. 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
311th Photographic Wing, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH. Damaged taxying Grenier Field,
Manchester, NH 24Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5110 (MSN 3649) delivered Geiger Field, Spokane, WA Sep 28, 1942; Blythe Field, CADec 12, 1942; Hobbs Field, NM Mar 12, 1943;
Crashed landing 20 Nov 1943 at Detroit City Airport, MI. To CL-26 Hoobs AAF, NM Nov 24, 1943
5111 (MSN 3650) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 29Oct42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Feb43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 25Jul43.
329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar44. 4124th Base
Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 25Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5112 (MSN 3651) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Ainsworth Field, NB 15Dec42. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17Feb43. 543rd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 14Apr43.
Named :"Dixie Flyer" Crashed on the North Bombing Range, SD 22May43 (9KIS). Salvaged 28May43
Crashed 22 May 1943 at North Bombing Range, SD. 9 killed. To CL-26 Rapid City AAF May 28, 1943
5113 (MSN 3652) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Dec42.
540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Ainsworth Field, NB 1Mar43. Accident landing at Ainsworth Field 14Apr43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 23Jul43. 614th Bomb Squadron,
401st Bomb Group, Glasgow Field, MT Aug43. Assigned to 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk Named "Dixie Flyer". Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-30786 while
taxying at Glasgow Field, MT 28Aug43. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 2Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5114 (MSN 3653) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 28Apr43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Jul43. 464th Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Alexandria Field, LA. Damaged taxying when collided with parked AT-23B 41-35402 and P-47D 43-25345
at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA 8Mar44.. To CL-26 Alexandria AAF Mar 10, 1944
5115 (MSN 3654) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 31Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Feb43. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 13Sep43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 22Jan44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5116 (MSN 3655) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Blythe Field, CA 15Dec42. Hobbs
Field, NM 11Mar43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov43.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 20Nov43.
3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 23Apr44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK
for storage and disposal 4Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped.
5117 (MSN 3656) 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42.
Takeoff accident at Geiger Field 16Oct42. Cut Bank Field, MT 14Mar43. 248th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 10Jul43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Aug43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Apr44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Avon Park Field, FL 22Apr44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 6Sep45.
5118 (MSN 3657) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Blythe Field, CA 15Dec42. Hobbs
Field, NM 13Mar43. Damaged in a ground accident with B-17F 42-30077 at Hobbs Field 28Oct43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov43. 4124th Base Unit
(Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 27Aug45
5119 (MSN 3658) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 31Oct42. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 8Mar43. Ephrata AAB, WA 5May43.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14Jul43.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 27Aug43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 24Nov43.
4204th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Atlanta Municipal
Airport, GA 1Jan44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport
Field, MS 7Jan44. Mid-air collision Atlanta 31Dec44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25May45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5120 (MSN 3659) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group,
Blythe Field, CA 5Jan43. Damaged in landing accident at Blythe Field 15Jan43. Salvaged 2Mar43.
To CL-26 Blythe AAB Mar 5, 1943
5121 (MSN 3660) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Ephrata AAB, WA 3Dec42.
Spokane Field, WA 10Apr43. Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational
Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun43. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island
Field, NB 8Jul43. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston
Field, TX 3Oct43. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 5Apr44. Reclamation completed Drew Field Jan 21, 1946
5122 (MSN 3661) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 99th Bomb Group, Walla Walla
Field, WA Oct42. Redmond Field, OR 23Dec42. Walla Walla Field, WA 18Jan43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 23Jun43. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 20Jul43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field,
Tampa, FL. Damaged at Drew Field 2Feb44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5123 (MSN 3662) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Great Falls AAB, MT 1Dec42. The aircraft was left wingman of a three-aircraft training
mission which departed Great Falls AAB for Ainsworth Field, NB 30Dec42. Approaching
an overcast, the formation followed standard procedure to increase separation distances.
On top, this aircraft was not seen nor could it be contacted by radio. Eye witness accounts
suggest wing icing as the bomber was seen in a flat spin over Melstone, MT. Tail surfaces
were noted with loose fabric and the engines may have been at full power. The bomber
crashed in the Bull Mountains, south of Mussellshell, MT (12KIS 10 crew and 2 pax).
It slid along the ground passing between two pine trees which ripped off the wings and
starting a brush fire. Examination of wreckage from another B-17 showed that elevator
fabric had torn loose from the supporting metal trailing edge structure. Boeing accident
investigators concluded that separation of the fabric from the elevator was caused by a
new attachment method. Unlike hand lacing where the needles passed between fabric threads,
the pronged clips caused small tears in the fabric which escalated into attachment
separation under pressure. An engineering fix had been designed and instituted on
production models and follow-on Army Technical Orders were issued for retrofits
on in-service aircraft; this plane had not been modified. Salvaged by a crew from Great Falls AAB 31Dec42.
Condemned Great Falls AAF Jan 1, 1943
5124 (MSN 3663) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 21Nov42.
Rapid City Field, SD 21Jul43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 1May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45
5125 (MSN 3664) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29Sep42.
Houlton Field, ME 13Nov42. 365th Bomb Squadron [XK*Q], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Jan43. Named "Boom Town Jr." Failed to return from a mission
to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43 (8KIA:2POW). Two engines
damaged by flak over the target, dropped back and the pilot headed back to England. It was
intercepted over the North Sea by a pair of Ju 88 fighters, shot down and forced to ditch.
Survivors were in dinghies and were rescued several days later off the Dutch coast and taken prisoner
5126 (MSN 3665) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Dec42.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 22Jul43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 26Jan44. 558th Base Unit, 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Berry Field, Nashville, TN 24Feb44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 7Mar44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5127 (MSN 3666) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Glasgow Field, MT 7Dec42. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 3Feb43. Rapid City Field, SD 17Jul43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 5Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Sep43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island
Field, NB 10Dec43. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston
Field, TX 15Feb44. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 2Mar44. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 5Jun44.
3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 30Jun43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island
Field, NB 9Sep43. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5128 (MSN 3667) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Sep42. Cut Bank Field, MT 7Dec42.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Feb43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 28Apr43.
612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jul43. The aircraft crashed
during a night bombing exercise out of Great Falls Field shortly after midnight 2Sep43.
The crew was instructed to fly to a bombing target field near Big Sandy, MT. The B-17
exploded in mid-air, possibly from auxiliary fuel tank vapors, then plummeted to the
ground six miles east of Fort Benton, MT (10KIS)
5129 (MSN 3668) Accepted by USAAF 21Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 16Oct42.
Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 8Nov42.
368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Nov42.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43 (9MIA).
The group leader abandoned the mission when they ran into bad weather to the east of Texel
and turned the formation back towards England. At that point several Fw 190s came out the
cloud to attack. This bomber, slightly behind the formation after the turn back, was attacked
and the No.3 engine caught fire. Dropping further back, more attacks were made on the bomber,
setting it on fire along the fuselage. Shot down by Uffz Flecks and Hans Miessner of 6/JG 1.
The crew bailed out but were believed to have drowned when the bomber crashed in the
North Sea 20km off Hoek van Holland, Netherlands.MACR 2749
5130 (MSN 3669) Accepted by USAAF 21Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29Sep42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 20Nov42. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to UK 24Nov42.
367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 25Nov42
Named SWEET PEA. The plane was christened at Thurleigh 20Dec42 by Maureen,
a three-year-old girl who lived in a London orphanage. She was adopted by the 367th
Bomb Squadron as their mascot after two enlisted men collected £101 in pennies to pay
for extras for the Britsih Orphans Fund sponsored by the 'Stars and Stripes' army newspaper
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 12Dec42 (1WIA:9RTD).
The nose and horizontal stabiliser were damaged by enemy fight attacks; the bombardier
was wounded by a 20mm cannon shell. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air
depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 20Dec42 (10RTD). Enemy fighters attacked most of the
way from entering France until returning to the English Channel. Returning for home
after the target, it was attacked by enemy Fw 190 fighters. A cannon shell severly
damaged the right elevator. Another shell blew out a life raft which destroyed the
radio aerial and caught on the tail causing excess drag and vibration. An aileron
and No.2 engine supercharger had been damaged. The plane was using excess
fuel to keep up with formation but made it back to Thurleigh for a very important
appointment with a three-year old orphan. The plane was the trial installation fitted
with two 0.50 caliber nose guns, produced by two ground crew members.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine pens at Lorient, France 6Mar43 (1KIA:1EVD:8POW).
Damaged by flak after the target, damaging No.3 and 4 engines; neither propeller
could be feathered. No.4 engine was on fire and No.3 lost all oil pressure.
The plane was heading out to sea in an attempt to reach England when the No.3 engine seized,
the crankshaft sheared, the propeller spun off the engine and cut a swathe through the
fuselage directly in front of the co-pilot. It shattered the windshield and instrument panel,
badly wounding the co-pilot. No.4 engine continued to burn and at risk of reaching the fuel
tank. Unable to extinguish the fire, the pilot turned back towards land and made landfall at
Guilvinec heading north. Down to 3,000ft and passing Pont-l'Abbé the crew bailed out.
The plane crashed near Quimper, France.. MACR 15568
5131 (MSN 3670) Accepted by USAAF 21Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 9Oct42.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 6/7Nov42. 32nd Bomb Squadron [L], 301st Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. RAF Hurn, Bournemouth,
Hampshire 22Nov42. Departed to North Africa 23Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42.
32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 23Nov42. Maison Blanche,
Algiers, Algeria 6Dec42. Biskra, Algeria 16Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine,
Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
{54 missions}.. Named HUN-PECKER artwork of a flying chicken about to throw a bomb.
Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG
429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
{first combat mission 30Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the submarine pens at Toulon, France 7Mar44 (1WIA:9RTD).
The plane was attacked by Bf 109s and Fw 190s, cannon shell shrapnel wounding
the tail gunner and force landed in Sardinia for medical assistance. {31 missions}.
99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {nil missions}. Air Depot Mar44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Returned to US. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5132 (MSN 3671) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 29Sep42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 15Oct42. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23/24Nov42.
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 21Dec42.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*E], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 18Jan43, named "Royal Flush!") Battle damaged on a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43. The weather was bad from
takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the
91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the
toughest fighter defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest
penetration yet into Germany. The reception was immediate with German fighters
determined to stop the attack; the return flight home was no easier, flying into the
wind of a strong jetstream. Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische Werke
synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (10POW). The bomb run
from the I.P. to the target was along the Ruhr 'flak alley'. Flak struck the No.1 engine,
the propeller was feathered and the plane continued to drop its bombs. After the target,
No.3 engine caught fire but the propeller could not be feathered. No.2 engine was not
pulling full power. The bomber dropped out of formation and was attacked by enemy fighters.
The tail and ball turret gunners were wounded, the Plexiglas nose had been
shot off and the hydraulic system damaged. Excess weight was jettisoned to try and
maintain altitude but seven crew bailed out over Wesel, Germany; the other
three remained when the plane was able to maintain altitude at 2,500ft. Damaged by
further flak, the remaining crew ditched in the North Sea and rescued by German
patrol boat. {23 missions}.
5133 MSN 3672) Accepted by USAAF Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver
Municipal Airport, CO 29Feb42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 7Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 15Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria. .Named TABU artwork of skull
and crossbones under name . Severely battle damaged during a mission to shipping
and the docks at Palermo, Sicily 17Apr43 (2KIA:2WIA). Flak was heavy and accurate,
damaging the plane. Salvaged. MACR 16527
5134 (MSN 3673) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 15Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 18Feb43. Saint-Donat
(New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt),
Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {49 missions}. Salvaged 26Feb45.
5135 MSN 3674) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group,
Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 22Dec42. Biskra, Algeria 25Dec42. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 3Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. {29 missions}. Air Depot Mar44. Air Depot Foggia, Italy.
Returned to US 23Jun44. Salvaged 26Feb45. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command), Homestead Field, FL 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45. MUD HEN
5136 (MSN 3675) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Oct42.
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 19Jan43. Wendover Field, UT 28May43. Dyersburg Field, TN 11Aug43.
Combat Crew Training School, 395th Bomb Group, Ardmore Field, OK. The aircraft suffered engine
problems after takeoff and made a 180-degree turn to land but failed to clear tall trees and
crashed nose down into a creek just south of Ardmore 15Dec43. 12 killed.
5137 (MSN 3676) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Oct42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 13Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route to North Africa.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. Marrakech, French Morocco. 32nd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 22Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Named LEADFOOT. Named after the nickname of the crew chief. Nose art painted by Sgt Eugene
Townsend at Saint-Donat Apr43. Later named CAROL JEAN IV. Named after the pilot's girl friend
Missing in action on a mission to the ball bearing factory at Turin, Italy 30Oct43 (9MIA).
About one hour after takeoff, the No.4 engine was seen to be leaking oil and smoking. The propeller
was feathered but started to windmill. The aircraft left the formation and turned back
towards base. The engine then caught fire and the crew bailed out over the Mediterranean Sea but
Air-Sea Rescue was unable to find any crew members. {86 missions}. MACR 1060
5138 (MSN 3677) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42.
502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill, KS. Damaged taxying with 42-5279 at
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Nov42. Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX 31Jan43. Topeka Field, KS 2Jun43.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 28Jul43.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 28Mar44.
283rd Base Unit (Gunnery Station), Galveston Field, TX 29Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 11Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5139 (MSN 3678) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 14Dec42. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*V], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 13Mar43. Named "Chief Sly II". Battle damaged on a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43. The weather was bad from takeoff through
to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the 91st Bomb Group which proceeded
alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas,
and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany. The reception was immediate with German fighters
determined to stop the attack; the return flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a strong
jetstream. Battle damaged on a mission to the Deutsche Werke Kiel AG shipyard at Kiel, Germany 19May43.
Flak over the target was moderate and accurate, striking and damaging the plane. Battle damaged on a
mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43. Enemy fighter opposition was
vicious both before and after the target. Flak was moderate to intense, damaging the plane.
Failed to return from a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (6KIA:4POW).
Attacked by enemy fighters after crossing the German border en route to the target. With damage to
engine No.3 and No.4 and the wing on fire, crashed at Geisenheim, twelve miles west of Wiesbaden, Germany
Claimed by Uffz Martin Saller in Bf 109G-5 of JG 50/2. MACR 276.
5140 (MSN 3679) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 28Dec42.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb 43.. Named YANKEE QUEEN artwork of a young
woman wearing a crown and holding a bomb aloft. Severely battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Grosseto, Italy 26Apr43 (10RTD). The mission was carried out in weather so foul that the
Group was forced to make two bomb runs in order to locate the target. They were at 30.000 feet
attempting to locate a break in the undercast when the flight became separated in the clouds.
Three of the bombers bombed through a sudden break in the clouds and were turning to head for
home - then it happened. In just seconds two flak bursts knocked out two engines and three fuel tanks.
In a matter of minutes it lost 8.000 feet of altitude. The ailerons and rudder had been shot away.
The pilot fought the controls while the pull of gravity kept the crew pressed to the floor. Fuel and oil
flowed through the fuselage soaking the airmen. The airplane began to level out. Over the
Mediterranean Sea the crew began to strip the plane of excess weight to aid the overloaded engines.
Reaching North Africa it skimmed over the Atlas mountains and crash landed in the desert sand. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {100+ missions}.
463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy. 483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy. 100+ missions
Returned to US. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 6Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Arledge Field, Stamford, TX 22Nov44
5141 (MSN 3680) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Nov42. Topeka Field, KS 5Mar43. Rapid City Field, SD 12Nov42.
541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Pierre Field, SD 10Mar43. Damaged by bird strike
fifteen miles southwest of Pierre Field. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 20Jul43. 902nd Base Unit, Pinecastle Field, FL 4Sep43.
592nd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Accident landing with mechanical
failure at Drew Field 6Mar44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 31Mar44.
901st Base Unit, Orlando AAB, FL. Damaged taxying at Orlando 3Sep44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 19Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5142 MSN 3681) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42. Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 16Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 20Dec42.
Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 22Dec42.
Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 26Dec42. Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia;
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 3Jan43.
Crashed on the ferry flight from Marrakech to Biskra 3Jan43 (9POW). The plane was in a flight of three which were
detailed to join the 97th Bomb Group; problem was, no-one told the Bomb Group to expect the flight.
They found themselves over a solid undercast, preventing visual navigation and the airfield at Biskra
did not respond to any radio calls. Dropping down, they realised they were over the enemy territory of
Tunisia. Two of the planes were attacked by German fighters, this one crash landing in the desert near Gabès,
Tunisia. They had landed in enemy territory, the crew and plane were captured and taken prisoners of war. SOC 8Nov44
5143 (MSN 3682) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42.
Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 20Dec42. Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field,
Belém, Brasil 21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 26Dec42.
Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43.
Flown Gibraltar to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 20/21Jun43. Named "Dirty Gertie".
Battle damaged by flak over the target on a tactical mission in support of Operation Husky
to the Messina-Villa San Giovanni ferry terminals, Italy 16Jul43. Crash landed Sicily.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {52 missions}. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43.
Air Depot Mar44. Returned to Group 15Jun44. {25 missions}. Declared 'war weary'.
Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft 6Aug44. 52nd Fighter Group,
Madna Field, Italy 8Oct44. Salvaged 2Nov44
5144 (MSN 3683) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 6Feb43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Aug43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 1Nov43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX. Crash landed on approach
to land at Dalhart Field 16Jan44 (5KIS). SOC 17Jan44
5145 (MSN 3684) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 7Jan43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 11Jan43.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {62 missions}..
Name THE GREMLIN artwork of a gremlin about to throw a bomb. Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG) .
96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 16Nov43}.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged during a mission to railway bridges at
Bolzano, Italy 15Dec43 (1WIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy, causing injury to the navigator. Failed to return
from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Padua, Italy 11Mar44 (10MIA). A group of
lower flying B-24 Liberators on a different axis of attack caused the planes of the 2nd Bomb Group
to abort the run and make a 360 degree turn to the right for a second bomb run at the target.
This gave time for enemy fighters to assemble for an attack on the bombers. Fighters started
attacking the formation and damaged this plane with a rocket on the first pass. There was a
large hole in the left wing and fuel was coming out of the number two engine fuel tank.
Several minutes later, this tank caught fire, then the plane pulled up high, and started dropping
behind the formation. It turned off to the right, the bomb bay doors opened and the crew
bailed out, the last three just as the left wing came off and before the plane exploded.
Crashed into the Adriatic Sea northeast of Ravenna, Italy. {43 missions}. MACR 2836
Total of 102 missions.
5146 (MSN 3685) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 28Nov42. 422nd Bomb
Squadron [JJ*S], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 7Dec42. Named Chuck Wagon
Failed to return from a mission to the Renault armament and motor factory at Paris, France
4Apr43 (2KIA:8POW). Very little flak was encountered but groups of enemy fighters attacked
the formation after the bomb run. The bomber was struck by cannon fire damaging the engines
and tail. No.1 and No.3 engines caught fire, the tail assembly broke off and the plane
spiralled down as some of the crew bailed out. Claimed by Hptm Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz"
Galland of II/JG 26. Crashed Léry, southeast of Rouen, France. MACR 15543
5147 (MSN 3686) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 414th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 27Dec42. Named "Old Ironsides". Chateau-du-Rhumel Feb 3, 1943;
Mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24415 during a mission to Palermo, Sicily 9May43 (10RTD).
#415 was damaged by an enemy fighter and dropped back into a collision with #147. A propeller sheared
off part of the rudder, vertical and horizontal stabilisers as well as the tail gunner's position of #415.
The collision tore off the Plexiglas nose of this plane but it returned safely to base and repaired. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the German High
Command headquarters of Field Marshal General Albert Kesselring at Frascati, Italy 8Sep43 (6KIA:4POW).
The formation encountered a heavy and accurate flak barrage as well as a large force of determined enemy fighters.
The bomber had just reached the IP when flak struck No.3 engine starting a fire. A second flak shell exploded
in the bomb bay, the plane started to break up and roll over. Claimed by Ten Giovanni Chiale flying a Bf 109
of the 150° Gruppo, 53º Stormocaccia, Regia Aeronautica Italiana. After an hard battle the plane lost a wing,
started to drop rotating on itself then a part of it exploded in mid-air throwing pieces in a large area.
Lastly, the fuselage with a wing still attached crashed near the town of Frascati. The ball turret drop
may have dropped separately with the gunner inside
5148 (MSN 3687) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
Pueblo AAB, CO 3Feb43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 28Sep43.
556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 21Jun44. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 28Jul43. Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 31Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, J
efferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5149 (MSN 3688) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
Wendover Field, UT 8Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 11Jan43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 14Jun43. Rapid City Field, SD 6Aug43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School),
Lowry Field, Denver, CO for US Navy 31Mar44. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at
Lowry Field 9Oct46. ASF 31Mar47
42-5150/5249 Boeing B-17F-40-BO Fortress
MSN 3689/3788. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne
5150 (MSN 3689) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Oct42. 461st Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, Casper
Field, WY 30Oct42. Named "Vera De". Damaged taxying Casper 23Nov42. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. 842nd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-6001 at MacDill Field 17Feb44. Surveyed Kearney AAF Feb 20, 1945
5151 (MSN 3690) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Oct42. Wendover Field, UT 8Dec42. Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 10Jan43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 5Apr43. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook
Field, NB 20Jun43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 16Oct43. SOC 26Oct44
Reclamation completed Burbank Apr 9, 1946
5152 (MSN 3691) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Oct42. 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Wendover Field, UT 15Dec42.
During a navigation exercise it crashed into Pole Canyon, East Humbolt Mountains near near Elko, NV
Jan 2, 1943. All eight onboard killed. Surveyed Wendover AAF
Jan 12, 1943. Wreckage found Jun 24, 1943
5153 (MSN 3692) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Oct42. Pyote Field, TX 12Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 6Apr43. Dyersburg
Field, TN 7Jun43. 4006th Base Unit (Area Command), Miami Air Technical Service
Command, Miami, FL 9Jun43. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement
Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 2Sep43. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge
Field, AR for storage and disposal 3Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5154 (MSN 3693) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Oct42.
Pyote Field, TX 8Jan43. Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 2Jul43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air
Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 9Jun44. 223rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 8Sep44. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying
Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 5Dec44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament,
turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 3Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK f
or storage and disposal 11Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped..
5155 (MSN 3694) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 4Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to UK 19Mar43. 365th Bomb Squadron [XK*T], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 21Mar43. Failed to return from a mission 19May43
(3KIA:7POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Bohmstedt, seven miles north of Husum, Germany
MACR 15488
5156 (MSN 3695) Accepted by USAAF 29Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 4Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jan43. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*D: WF*B],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Feb43. Air Force Service Command 5Apr43.
Returned to Group 9May43. Named LALLAH V. Accident returning from a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard
at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43. Landing back at Chelveston, as the plane rolled to the end of the runway
and had come to an almost complete stop, the landing gear collapsed. Air Force Service Command 29Jul43.
Returned to Group 12Oct43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 21Jan44.
Returned to Group 24Jan44. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 20Mar44.
Returned to US 8May44. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX.
Damaged in an accident by B-17G 42-102383 taxying at Fort Worth Field, TX 24Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 4Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5157 (MSN 3696) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Oct42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 11Feb43. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group,
Pyote Field, TX 2Jun43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 18Jul43. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 23Aug43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 14Jan44. 233rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 1Mar44. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 22May45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5158 (MSN 3697) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Oct42. 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, Smyrna Field, TN 14Nov42.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 3Jan43. 3501st Base Unit
(Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 3Aug43. 4006th Base Unit,
Miami, FL 19Aug43. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot),
Boca Raton Field, FL 8Sep43. Reclamation completed at Boca Raton AAF Jan 29, 1946
5159 (MSN 3698) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 4Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Nov42. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 13Aug43. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. Damaged by bird strike
nineteen miles east-southeast of Amarillo, TX 25Feb45. Accident caused by bad weather
twenty-five miles south of Amarillo, TX 20Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5160 (MSN 3699) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 4Oct42. Smyrna Field, TN 18Nov42. Air Service Command,
Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 19Mar43. 1174th Pilot Transition
Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. 1172nd Pilot Transition Training
Squadron. Accident caused by mechanical failure at Lockbourne AAB 1Jul43. Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 14Jul43. 908th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH. Crashed three miles northeast of Lockbourne 27Nov43 (5KIS). Salvaged 27Nov43
5161 (MSN 3700) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Oct42. Smyrna Field, TN 13Nov42. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 30May43. 2132nd Base Unit, Maxwell 27Jul43. Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 12Aug43. 4142nd Base Unit
(Accelerated Service Test, Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 17Apr44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH.
Substantially damaged in an accident with B-17E 41-2398 while taxying at Lockbourne AAB 29Jun44. 2
114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 24Aug44.
76th Flying Training Wing, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Landing accident at Dayton
Field, OH 17Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5162 (MSN 3701) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Oct42. Smyrna Field, TN 13Nov42. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 28Apr43.
Crashed after engine failure and fire three miles southeast of Karnack, TX 15May43 (8KIS). Salvaged 17May43
5163 (MSN 3702) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Oct42. Smyrna Field, TN 13Nov42. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 28Oct43. 907th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron,
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Lockbourne AAB 12Dec43.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 10Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5164 (MSN 3703) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 6Jan43. Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 22Apr43.
908th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10May43.
Crash landed Lockbourne 7Sep43. Crash landed Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 23Oct43. Salvaged 1Nov43
5165 (MSN 3704) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 28Apr43.
La Junta Field, CO 26Jun43. 909th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH.
Damaged in ground collision with B-17 42-6189 Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 26Dec43. Salvaged 1Jan44.
5166 (MSN 3705) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 28Apr43.
2112th Base Unit, Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 5Jul43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 7Aug43. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge
Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec43. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. Also listed as sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
5167 (MSN 3706) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct43. Smyrna Field, TN 27Jan43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 7Jun43. Pilot School
(Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 2Oct43. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Aug45
5168 (MSN 3707) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Oct42. Smyrna Field, TN 24Feb43. 1174th Pilot Transition
Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 28Apr43. Crashed two miles south of
base 25Jul43. Salvaged 6Sep43
5169 (MSN 3708) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Oct43. Smyrna Field, TN 14Nov42. Air Service Command, Fairfield
Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 20Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 19Jul43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 24Oct43. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 12Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5170 (MSN 3709) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Oct43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb
Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 7Dec42. Biskra, Algeria 25Dec42.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {11 missions}.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the
business district of Sofia, Bulgaria 10Jan44 (10POW). The aircraft was struck by flak over
the target, disabling two engines. It was then attacked by a flight of enemy fighters and
another engine was set on fire by 20mm cannon shells. Unable to cross the Alps on one
engine, the crew bailed out over Bulgaria and taken prisoner by Bulgarian troops.
Crashed Bulgaria. {11 missions}.. MACR 1819
5171 (MSN 3710) Accepted by USAAF 30Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 5Oct42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 27Nov42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2Dec42. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*U],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 1Jan43. Failed to return from a
mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (10POW).
The plane led 2nd element of the low squadron. When it was hit by flak and dropped out
of formation, the pilot tried to rejoin 423rd Bomb Squadron when German fighters noticed
gunners were out of ammunition and shot out an engine. The plane caught fire and bail
out order given. Crashed near Wiessens, four miles southeast of Aurich, Germany. MACR 15524
5172 (MSN 3711) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Jan43. Ferried from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 19Mar43. 401st Bomb
Squadron [LL*Z], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 26Mar43.
Named "Thunderbird". Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at
Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (2KIA:8POW). On the bomb run, heavy flak was encountered. Enemy
fighters, disregarding their own flak, made attacks on the formation. The plane took two
direct hits on the No.3 and No.4 engines. The right wing was set ablaze immediately with
burning oil. There was also fire in the radio room and bomb bay. The ball turret gunner
attempted to extinguish the fire in the radio room but it was too fierce. Checking that the
enlisted men had bailed out, the ball turret gunner jumped and looked up to see the bomber
rise up on its back, turn up on its nose and go straight down. The two pilots were trapped by
centrifugal force and were killed in the crash. The remaining crew had bailed out over
Bruchhausen-Vilsen before the aircraft crashed at Beckeln, south of Harpstedt, twelve miles
southwest of Bremen, Germany. {4 missions}. . MACR 15521
5173 (MSN 3712) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 6Oct42. Pyote Field, TX 31Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 21Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 4Mar43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3May43. Ephrata AAB, WA 1Aug43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX. Damaged taxying when collided with parked B-17s 42-30592
and 42-37992 at Dalhart 17Apr44. Salvaged 22Apr44
5174 MSN 3713) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 340th Bomb
Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 17Apr43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44.
Flew Marrakech, French Morocco to St Mawgan (Station 512), Cornwall 21Mar44.
Named "Thunderbird". Returned to USA Jul 18, 1944 as
war weary. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead
Field, FL 18Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 4Jul45
5175 (MSN 3714) Accepted by USAAF 30Sep42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Oct42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 4Nov42.
306th Bomb Group, 16Nov42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 19Nov42. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*I],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Nov42. Failed to return from a
mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 16Feb43 (1KIA:7POW:2EVD).
Severely damaged by flak over the target, damaging two engines and setting them on fire.
The plane dropped out of formation and attempted to return to England. Having crossed the
northern coast of Brittany and flying over the English Channel near the archipelago of Sept-Îles,
north of Perros Guirec, it was then attacked by several German Fw 190 fighters. A cannon shell
set fire to a third engine and another kills a waist gunner. With the situation now desperate,
and to avoid drowning, the pilot turned back towards France so that the crew could bail out
over land and receive treatment for injuries. The plane was difficult to maneuver, but after
much effort, the two pilots managed to turn it towards land while descending towards a cloudy
area which will hide it from the enemy and at a lower altitude where bail out will be safer.
The fire in the engines was growing, causing a loss of airspeed. Back above Breton soil,
the pilot orders the crew to abandon the aircraft quickly. This was above La Roche-Derrien
towards Pontrieux then Saint-Gilles-les-Bois. Nine of the crew managed to bail out. T
he aircraft crashed into the sea off Pointe De Plouha.. MACR 15471
5176 (MSN 3715) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 6Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 12Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43.
Destroyed when a landing RAF Wellington bomber crashed into a parked Wellington
at Tortorella, caught fire and exploded nearby 30Dec43. {3 missions}.
5177 (MSN 3716) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 6Oct42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 19Oct42.
Ferried Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 11Dec42.
359th Bomb Squadron [BN*U], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 1Feb43. Named "Fast Worker II" aka "Fast Woman".
Battle damaged, Bremen, Germany 28Nov43 (1KIA:9RTD). Bf 109 cannon fire knocked
out two engines and riddled and badly damaged the aircraft. On return force landed at
Attlebridge (Station 102), Suffolk. Strategic Air Depot. Salvaged 13Dec43.
5178 (MSN 3717) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO
6Oct42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 19Oct42. Ferried Patterson
Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 18Dec42. 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 21Dec42. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*L],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 11Jan43. Named. "The Old Stand By".
Damaged when an accidental discharge of the gun a waist gunner was testing put
several rounds of 0.50 caliber rounds through the tail assembly of his own plane
at Bassingbourn 17Jan43. Damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany 22Mar43. Propeller shaft on No.3 engine broke when forty miles from enemy coast;
the pilot could not feather the propeller. He jettisoned the bombs through the bomb bay doors
and dove from 25,000ft to return across the North Sea at fifty feet. The propeller dropped off just
after reaching England and landed safely at Bassingbourn. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft works at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43. At the target
flak was accurate and intense; there was large enemy fighter opposition en route to and returning
from target. Accident on a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43
(1DOI:9RTD). A gunner died of anoxia when his oxygen mask froze. Battle damaged during a Crossbow
mission to the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, France 27Aug43. There was
moderate and accurate flak in the vicinities of Caen and the target. A force of enemy fighters
attacked during the bomb run. The bomber was damaged by flak, 20mm and 0.30 caliber fire.
Failed to return from a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43
(1KIA:9POW). Just north of the West Frisian lslands the plane reached its planned altitude of 12,000ft.
At this time there were occasional fighter attacks by Bf 110s and Bf 109s. Over Mecklenburg Bay
the plane turned southeast towards Berlin and the flak and fighter attacks became more intense.
The left waist gunner was killed in a fighter attack by a single 7.8mm round. Then there was an
explosion under the aircraft and the ball turret gunner reported that the bomb bay doors had
been damaged. When the bomber approached Anklam for the bomb run the bombardier tried
to open the bomb bay doors but nothing happened; the doors were jammed. The pilot then
ordered the bombs held rather than manually cranking open, since the plane could drop behind
the formation if they couldn't reclose the doors, and the five 100lb incendiaries, in addition to
the three 1000lb bombs, might not clear the aircraft. Across Mecklenburg Bay again and the
northern part of Schleswig-Holstein there were fighter attacks from the rear, and also considerable
flak. The tail gunner was wounded by a 20mm cannon shell. The ball turret gunner continued to
operate the ball turret as a decoy, but the right gun was out of action from an earlier hit by a 7.8mm
armor-piercing round, and the left was out of ammunition. The other guns aboard were out of
commission or out of ammunition also. When the plane was within sight of the North Sea, a number
of 20mm shells struck the top turret putting it out of commission and starting a small fire.
Moments later an 88mm shell exploded nearby, cutting the flight control cables, and the aircraft
went into a diving right turn. The pilot immediately turned on the auto-pilot in an attempt to regain
control. The plane was out of the group formation now, with only partial control possible.
More 20mm shells entered the cockpit, and an oxygen tank was ruptured, causing every floating
particle to burst into flames, filling the cockpit with a flash fire. The pilot ordered the aircraft
abandoned and the crew bailed out just before it crashed and exploded in a field at Kragstedt,
near Flensburg, Germany. {15+ missions). Claimed by Uffz. Karl Fey
in Bf 110G-20 of ZG 1/1. MACR 898. 1 KIA, 9 POW.
5179 (MSN 3718) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 12Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 22Feb43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43.
Named "Junior". Failed to return from a mission to the docks at Palermo, Sicily 22Mar43 (5KIA:4POW).
After leaving the target, the left wing was hit in the fuel tank, possibly by a 20mm cannon from an
enemy fighter. The aircraft caught fire and lost altitude when the crew was ordered to bail out.
As they did so, the left wing came off, the aircraft entering a violent spin, broke up and crashed
into a cliff on the coast of Trapani, Sicily between San Vito Lo Capo and Zarbo di Mare. {4 missions}.
5180 (MSN 3719) Accepted by USAAF 5Oct42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 5Oct42. Houlton Field, ME 13Nov42. 306th Bomb Group, Nov42. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23Nov42. 423rd Bomb
Squadron [RD*B], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 24Nov42.
Named "DFC:"-Artwork of a Distinguished Flying Cross- Failed to return from a mission to the industrial
area and submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (1KIA:9POW). Hit by flak with No.1 & No.3 engines
damaged and shot down over Bourtange, Netherlands by Unteroffizier Hans-Georg Guthenke of the 3./JG 11
flying a Fw 190 A-4 from Husum airfield, Germany. Crashed in the Dennenbosch, just over the Dutch-German
border about 2km southeast of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands,
5181 (MSN 3720) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Oct42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Dec42. Pierre Field, SD 25Feb43. Portland AAB, OR 13Jun43.
4115th Base Unit (Spokane Air Technical Service Command), Pendleton Field, OR 27Jun43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 17Jul43.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 16Sep43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 3Dec43. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 22May44. Landing accident at Alexandria Field, LA 13Dec44. Reclaimed 3Aug45
5182 (MSN 3721) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 7Oct42. 467th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Topeka Field, KS. Accident
landing at Topeka Field, KS 27Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 22Mar43. Dyersburg Field, TN 6Jun43.
504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 11Jun43. 4135th Base Unit (Ogden Air
Technical Service Command), Hill Field, Ogden, UT 7Aug43. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 11Aug43. Alliance Field, NB 2Feb44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 9Feb44. 902nd Base Unit
(Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 24Mar44. 4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44.
463rd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS. Takeoff accident caused by
mechanical failure at Pratt Field 15Mar45. Takeoff accident at Pratt Field 12Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and
disposal 25May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
5183 (MSN 3722) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Oct42.
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 8Apr43. Pocatello Field, ID 10May43. 20th Tow Target Squadron, Casper Field, WY.
Ground accident Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 3Dec43. 869th Bomb Squadron,
497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS. Forced landing and destroyed by fire two miles northeast of
Preston, KS 26May44. Salvaged 27May44
5184 (MSN 3723) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Oct42.
Pyote Field, TX 9Jan43. Chico, CA 13Mar43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 24May43. 542nd Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. Collision with B-17 42-5204 during
taxying at Geiger 11Jul43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 19Jul43.
316th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL. Accident when landed
with mechanical failure at Avon Park Field 26Feb44. Salvaged 28Feb44.. Reclamation completed Fairmont AAF Jan 3, 1946
5185 (MSN 3724) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 7Oct42. Pyote Field, TX 12Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 6May43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28Jul43. 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN. 346th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Landing accident at Dyersburg Field 24Feb44.
504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 12Jul44. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 9Aug44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 21Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Nov44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux
City AAB, IA 9Jan45. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 12May45. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field,
Tucson, AZ 21May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration. S
old to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5186 MSN 3725) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Oct42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 18Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Redmond Field, OR 18Jun43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 8Aug43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 10Dec44.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 14Jun45. Reclaimed 2Mar46. Reclamation completed Robins AAF May 30, 1946
5187 (MSN 3726) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Oct42.
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 9Dec42. Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 8Jan43. Moses Lake
Field, WA 2May43. 4006th Base Unit (Area Command), Miami Air Technical Service
Command, Miami, FL 16Jun44. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement
Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 18Aug44. 4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service
Command), Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 3Feb45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 3Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5188 (MSN 3727) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 7Oct42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 10Dec43. Ladd, AK 30Dec43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 27May43.
556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 2Oct43. 2137th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 7Aug44.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Hendricks Field 16Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5189 (MSN 3728) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 6Oct42. Seattle, WA 31Jan43. Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Operational
Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 3May43.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 28Jul44.
Damaged while parked by B-17G 42-97670 taxying at Biggs Field 15Sep44.
231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 10Dec44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 15Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 29Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5190 (MSN 3729) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. Damaged taxying
Biggs 10Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 11Dec42. Salvaged 12Jan43
5191 (MSN 3730) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 15Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria Dec42.Named "Peggy D". Battle damaged on a mission to the docks at Bizerte, Tunisia 18Dec42
Nearing the target, the 97th Bomb Group was forced to circle to permit the 301st Bomb Group to
attack first, as planned. During the turn the second element of three was misplaced and as the
flight approached the assigned target it was attacked by three enemy fighters. Struck by flak
over the target damaging the engines on the left wing. As the plane dived
and headed for home the enemy fighters attacked again. After they withdrew, the No.3 engine
stopped and the pilot crash landed the plane in allied territory near El Kef, Tunisia, about
40km east of the Algerian border. Salvaged and returned to service. Biskra, Algeria 3Jan43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the docks at Bizerte, Tunisia 29Jan43. Turning after the target, the
plane was attacked by enemy fighters, disabling the No.2 engine. The bomb bay doors would
not close, the drag slowing the bomber and beginning to lag behind the formation.
The ball turret and a waist gunner were injured by flak shrapnel. The No.3 engine was struck by
cannon shells and caught fire but it was extinguished when the plane went into a steep dive.
The remaining gunners were wounded in further attacks by the fighters. During their last attack,
three machine gun bullets struck the pilot's chest, one bullet passing through and hit the i
nstrument panel, another, an incendiary bullet, lodged in his chest. None hit a vital organ and
the pilot continued in control of the bomber. The plane was now down at 1,000ft when
another engine failed and the crew prepared for a crash landing. With only one engine producing power,
no wing flaps to slow the plane, wheels up, fire in the cockpit and injured crew, the bomber was
deliberately bounced off two successive hills about a half mile apart in an attempt to slow it down.
The plane stopped on contact with a third hill, stopping quickly in a short distance,
knocking off the tail section. The crash was witnesses by Arabs who sent for British troops.
The plane burned out on a Tunisian hillside. condemned MIA Jan 29, 1943,
5192 (MSN 3731) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 31Mar43. Rapid City Field, SD 16May43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 29Jul43. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Pendleton Field, OR. Damaged while parked by B-17 42-31344 taxying at Pendleton 25Oct43.
Surveyed Great Falls AAB Oct 26, 1943
5193 (MSN 3732) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct43. Pueblo AAB, CO 13Jan43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 9May43.
20th Tow Target Squadron, Casper Field, WY. Pocatello Field, ID 13Jul43.
Ground accident at Pierre Field, SD 3Oct43. Repaired. Operational Training Unit, Pratt
Field, KS 4Jun44. Damaged while parked by Boeing B-29 Superfortress 42-6387 in
an accident during takeoff from Pratt Field 13Jun44. Rpaired. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jul44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 15Feb45. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 24Apr45. 377th Base Unit, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 5Jul45.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 28Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5194 (MSN 3733) Wright Field, Dayton, OH 8Oct42. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 28Jun43.
3126th Base Unit, Tonopah Field, NV 23Jun44. 433rd Base Unit, Mather Field,
Sacramento, CA 31Jul44. 4127th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command),
McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 6Sep44. Tonopah, NV 3Oct44. Wendover Field, UT 11Dec44.
Vandalia, OH 17Dec44. Weapon carrier experiments. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command,
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 28Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5195 (MSN 3734) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 15Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 10Mar43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Aug43. 393rd Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Sioux City AAB, IA. Crashed when the crew bailed out after the plane caught fire over Merrill,
thirty miles northnortheast of Sioux City AAB 4Mar44 (6KIS). Salvaged 6Mar44
Surveyed Tinker AAB Mar 12, 1944
5196 (MSN 3735) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO.
Damaged taxying Pueblo 11Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 6Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Aug43. Combat Crew Training School, 395th Bomb Group,
Ardmore Field, OK. Mid-air collision with B-17, 42-5196 10 miles west of Ardmore
Field, OK 2Dec43. Mid-air collision with B-17, 42-29519 two miles north of Ardmore 21Dec43.
While on a fifteen aircraft formation training flight aircraft 42-5196 struck the tail
section of 42-29519, the lead aircraft. The bomber was flying in the number two position
on the lead's right wing. While in a turn to the left, it fell out of position and in an attempt
to regain position, hit the lead aircraft. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 22Jan44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field,
Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5197 (MSN 3736) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Pocatello Field, ID 14Nov42.
Crashed near Grace, ten miles south of Soda Springs, ID, 2Dec42 (10KIS). The bomber took
off from Pocatello Field for a night navigation training mission. A half hour later the
aircraft was seen circling the town of Grace, Idaho, at very low altitude. Residents
reported that the bomber then headed east toward the northern Wasatch Mountains
in bad weather conditions, with poor visibility. The pilot and co-pilot sighted the
mountain range at the last minute, and they pulled the plane into a steep climb to
avoid colliding with an 8,500 foot peak. A violent stall followed and the aircraft plunged
into a heavily timbered area of Eight Mile Canyon. Impacting in a near-vertical descent,
the aircraft disintegrated, killing the ten crewmen on board. The wreckage was discovered
two days later by Forest Service rangers. Salvaged 7Dec42. Because of severe snow conditions,
the recovery effort wasn't completed until the spring of 1943
5198 (MSN 3737) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. Hobbs Field, NM 6May43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov43. 4124th Base Unit
(Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 10Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 22Aug45
5199 (MSN 3738) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 31Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 29Jul43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 4Jun44.
4209th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Des Moines Municipal
Airport, IA 30Jun44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 9Aug44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 26Oct44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Nov44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 14Feb45.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45.
1098th Base Unit, Reading, PA 21May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 28Aug45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5200 (MSN 3739) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
Pyote Field, TX 13Jan43. Gulfport Field, MS 3May43. Pyote Field, TX 29Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, Pratt Field, KS 6Jun44. 29th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 5Sep44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 16Sep44. 4134th Base Unit
(Spokane Air Technical Service Command), Spokane Field, WA 12Oct44. 3705th Base Unit
(Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Oct44. Reclamation completed Burbank AAF, CA Mar 20, 1946
5201 (MSN 3740) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Dec42. Pocatello Field, ID 21Dec42.
38th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 12Jan43. Crash landed at
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28Feb43. Dalhart Field, TX 7Apr43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Aug43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Pyote Field, TX 24Jun44. Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 1Apr45. 266th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Majors Field,
Greenville, TX 4Apr45. Love Field, Dallas, TX 3Jun45. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5202 (MSN 3741) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 31Jan43. 333rd Bomb Squadron,
94th Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO. Damaged landing at Pueblo AAB 31Jan43.
Amarillo Field, TX 30Jun43. 467th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX.
Fatal crash after structural failure in bad weather three miles northwest of Ore City, TX 10Jul43 (4KIS).
Surveyed Barksdale AAF Jul 22, 1943
5203 (MSN 3742) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Feb43. Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Twelfth Air Force.
Departed Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana on ferry flight to Belém, Brasil;
disappeared, no trace 13Mar43 (10MIS).. Condemned Mar 30, 1943
5204 (MSN 3743) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Oct42.
Pierre Field, SD 17Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 3Mar43. 542nd Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Geiger, WA. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5184 taxying at
Geiger 11Jul43. Moses Lake Field, WA 2Aug43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air
Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 12Jul44.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 2Sep44.
4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5205 (MSN 3744) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Hobbs Field, NM 2Dec42. West Coast Training Center,
Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. 960th Bombardier Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 6May43.
Damaged while taxying in collision with B-17 42-5269 at Hobbs 12Oct43.
308th Twin-Engined Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM. Landing accident
at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jan44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 12Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Jun45
5206 (MSN 3745) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Nov42. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine,
Algeria 21Jan43. Battle damaged on a mission to the docks and ferry terminal at Bizerte,
Tunisia 31Jan43 (10RTD). Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the harbor at Bizerte, Tunisia 31Jan43 (11RTD).
Attacked by enemy fighters, the crew bailed out, evaded capture and returned to base.
The bomber crashed twenty miles southeast of Bône, Algeria. {9 missions}.
5207 (MSN 3746) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Salt Lake City AAB, UT 3Nov42. 540th Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 5Dec42. Accident when the engine
superchargers oversped while taking off from Wold Chamberlain Field,
Minneapolis, MN 7Jan43. Salvaged 30Jan43
5208 (MSN 3747) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Oct42. Rapid City Field, SD 21Dec42. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Mar43.
30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 28May43. 232nd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 24Aug44. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 12Sep44. 249th Base
Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 14Oct44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA 22Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 29Oct45
5209 (MSN 3748) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 7Mar43. Hobbs Field, NM 24Apr43. Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 22Jul43.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 29Jul44. Salvaged 19Aug44.
5210 (MSN 3749) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Oct42. 957th Twin-Engined Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 22Nov42.
Landing accident at Hobbs Field 4Jan44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Jul44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 14Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45
5211 (MSN 3750) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
Smyrna Field, TN 19Nov42. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 29Apr43.
964th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 6May43. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at Hobbs Field 16Oct43. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Las Vegas Field, NV 18Jun44. Force landed after engine failure and fire at Las Vegas Field 10Aug44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 24Sep44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field,
Chandler, AZ 26Nov44. Damaged taxying at Williams Field 31Mar45. 3020th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 23Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped.
5212 (MSN 3751) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
Hobbs Field, NM 22Nov42. Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX 9Apr43. 958th Two Engine Flying
Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 18May43. Damaged in an accident on the parking ramp at
Hobbs Field 4Oct43. 2112th Base Unit, Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 2Jun44. 338th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station-Fighter), Page Field, Fort Myers, FL 17Jun44. 2123rd Base Unit (Flexible
Gunnery School), Harlingen Field, TX 20Aug44. 2108th Base Unit (HQ, 79th Flying Training
Wing), Harlingen Field, TX 1Sep44. 2132nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy),
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL 12Oct44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 30Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5213 (MSN 3752) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
Rapid City Field, SD 23Dec42. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Apr43. Moses Lake Field, WA 4Jun43.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 16Jun44.
4006th Base Unit (Area Command), Miami Air Technical Service Command, Miami, FL 21Jun44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 24Jun44.
3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI 25Feb45
5214 (MSN 3753) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Oct42. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Dec42. Ainsworth Field, NB 20Mar43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 7Aug43. 843rd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Damaged taxying at MacDill Field 11Jan44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 12Nov44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 16Mar45.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Lockbourne AAB 2Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5215 (MSN 3754) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Dec42. 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 10Mar43. Crashed and exploded one mile north of Mountain Home, ID 3May43 (8KIS).
Salvaged 5May43
5216 (MSN 3755) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
457th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Jun43. 540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Geiger, WA. Damaged when collided with parked B-17s 42-5343 and 42-5281 at Geiger 11Jul43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 15Jul44. 247th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Jan45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational
Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 3Feb45. 203rd Base Unit, Benning, GA 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 2Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5217 (MSN 3756) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 11Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Biskra, Algeria 12Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Borizzo
(Chinisia), Trapani, Sicily 10May43 (8KIA:1POW). HIt by flak as it approached the target,
probably in the bomb bay. The plane exploded and blew the bombardier out to become a POW.
The aircraft crashed near Coniglio, near the airport of Chinisia S. Giuseppe, Trapani, Sicily. {11 missions}.
MACR 15304
5218 (MSN 3757) Accepted by USAAF 9Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 14Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Jan43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 14Feb43. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*J], 306th Bomb Group, Feb43, named "Sky Wolf",
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43 (2KIA:8POW).
Damaged by flak over the target killing the bombardier and co-pilot. Shot down by Oberleutnant
Willi Elstermann of the 6./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Schleswig airfield; Unteroffizier Hans Meissner,
also of the 6./NJG 3, contributed in shooting down this bomber. Crashed north of Bremen, Germany.
5219 (MSN 3758) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 26Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
15Jan43. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 24Jan43. 366th Bomb Squadron,
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire Feb43. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*K].
Failed to return from a mission to Lorient, France 17May43 (6KIA:4POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Auray, near Lorient. MACR 15569
5220 (MSN 3759) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Dec42. Air Transport Command. Ferried from
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St. Eval, Cornwall 21Mar43. During the ferry flight
the aircraft became lost and, after circling the area for two hours, landed at Rineanna Airport,
County Clare, Eire for fuel. Ferried to Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland 22Mar43 and onto Chelveston,
England. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 25Mar43.
Failed to return from a mission to the power station supplying the naval installations at Lorient, France
16Apr43 (5KIA:5POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Kergonan, near Languidic, twelve miles
northeast of Lorient. {3 missions}3.
5221 MSN 3760) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 4Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 28Mar43. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*Z],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 8Apr43,
named"Shades of Stricnine", later "Son". Failed to return from a mission to
the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43 (10KIA). The formation was attacked by
a large force of Luftwaffe fighters soon after it crossed the coast. They followed all the way in, attacking
on the bomb run and over the target. Shot down by a formation of three Fw 190 fighters flying line abreast.
It was last seen at 8,000ft with its No.3 engine on fire and the propeller feathered. When the wheels were let
down, the fighter attacks ceased. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic
Sea between Falster, Denmark and Fehmarn, Germany.. {25 missions
Claimed by Lt Heinrich Rudolph in Fw 190A-6 of JG 11/1 . MACR 874.
5222 (MSN 3761) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. Lewistown Field, MT 1Dec42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Jan43. Ephrata AAB, WA 17Feb43.
Spokane Field, WA 31Mar43. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 395th Bomb Group,
Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged taxying Ephrata AAB, WA 16Jun43. Felts Field, Spokane, WA 13Jul43.
591st Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 6Aug43. Damaged while parked by
B-17 42-5278 Ephrata 24Aug43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 19Sep44.
110th Base Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 24Jan45. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 26Jan45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5223 15Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 18Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 414th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 15Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43.
Battle damaged during a mission to attack a naval convoy off Bizerte, Tunisia 5Mar43. Shot up by Bf 109s,
the co-pilot took a round through the shoulder, the aircraft lost hydraulics and crash landed at a British
fighter base on the coast. The landing strip was too short for the bomber but was stopped by the sand.
When the British airmen reached the plane, red hydraulic fluid was pouring out and the rescuers thought
it was blood. Salvaged and repaired. {50 missions Jul43}. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria 19Dec43 (1KIA:2POW:7RTD). Severely
damaged in an attack by enemy fighters, the plane ditched in Adriatic Sea sixty miles south of Venice.
Having ditched, seven of the crew got in the ten-man life raft. The other three members of the crew were
in the five-man life raft, both of which were tied together. Two days later a storm arose at sea and the crew
thought it best to untie them as a safety precaution. During that storm the two life rafts lost sight of each other.
Of those three, one drowned and the other two were rescued and taken prisoner. Two RAF Spitfire fighters spotted the
seven men on Christmas Eve, a Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft
attempted to land but the sea swell was too heavy. On the afternoon of Christmas Day, a landing craft
arrived and took the airmen to Termoli and thence to hospital in Foggia. {11 missions}.
5224 (MSN 3763) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. 25th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT.
Substantially damaged in an accident at Ogden Air Depot, Hill Field, Ogden, UT 17Oct42. Crashed
during takeoff at Hill Field 13Nov42. Salvaged 19Nov42
5225 ((MSN 3764) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 15Jan43. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*S], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 8Feb43. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards, Hamm, Germany 4Mar43.
The weather was bad from takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the
91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter defence
of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany. The reception
was immediate with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the return flight home was no easier,
flying into the wind of a strong jetstream. The plane was hit by 20mm cannon fire from a Bf 109
which shot out part of the oxygen system and some of the electrics preventing release of the bomb
load over the target. As the formation turned for home, continuously attacked all the way back to the
coast, the plane took more damage from 20mm cannon shells which smashed into one engine, wounding the
navigator and co-pilot. Hydraulic lines were also severed and the pilot had glass splinters from the
shattered cockpit window in one eye, which impaired his vision considerably. The bomber limped
back to base behind other survivors of the group. The bomb load of sensitive RDX explosive could
not be safely jettisoned because of the plane's low altitude and so a landing had to be attempted
with it still on board. Without hydraulics, the plane had no brakes and overshot on landing at
Bassingbourn. It tore through bushes, then a fence and came to rest blocking a road. Failed to return
from a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (8KIA:1POW:1EVD).
The plane was en route to the target flying the outside corner position in the low squadron when
the formation was attacked by Fw 190s from the Luftwaffe's 1/JG 26, possibly flown by Ofw Friedrich
Lindelaub and his Staffelkapitän, Oblt Artur Beese. The German fighters came in to attack in tight
formations, mainly from dead ahead. The first pass missed but the second did not. Cannon shells and bullets
sliced through the plane and smashed into the leading edge of the left wing between the engines causing the
entire wing to break away. The ship went into a tight spin and the centrifugal force pinned the crew inside,
most had not had the chance to clip on their parachutes. As the tremendous unseen forces built up within it,
the plane split apart, disintegrated and crashed at Baelen, west of Eupen, Belgium. MACR 280.
5226 (MSN 3765) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. Wendover Field, UT 27Feb43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 9Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jun43. Rapid
City Field, SD 14Jul43. Crashed one mile north of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
Rapid City 6Sep43 (10KIS). Salvaged 8Sep43
5227 (MSN 3766) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 14Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 20Dec42.
Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal,
Brasil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 26Dec42. Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field,
Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 9
7th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 3Jan43. Named "Bucket of Bolts". Crashed on a ferry flight from
Marrakech to Biskra 3Jan43 (9RTD). The plane was in a flight of three which were detailed to join
the 97th Bomb Group; problem was, no-one told the Bomb Group to expect the flight. They found
themselves over a solid undercast, preventing visual navigation and the airfield at Biskra did not
respond to any radio calls. Dropping down, they realised they were over the enemy territory of Tunisia.
Two of the planes were attacked by German fighters, one crash landing and the other landing in the
desert. Intending to force land alongside, the pilot aborted when the other crew fired a red flare
and headed towards the west in the dusk. Still unable to find Biskra, the pilot turned south to avoid
the mountains. He climbed to 11,000ft then flew until the fuel was exhausted. The crew bailed out
over the desert and were assisted by Arabs and French soldiers in reaching Biskra.
5228 (MSN 3767) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 14Oct42.
Bolling Field, Washington, DC 1Jan43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 3Jul43.
Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 12Aug43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM.
Damaged landing at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Sep44. Survey Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Feb45.
SOC 1Aug45. Reclaimed 13Feb46.(454th BG)
Also listed as lost Jul 20, 1944. MACR 6971
5229 delivered Denver Oct 15, 1942; Brooksville Field, FL Dec 13, 1942; Eglin Field, FL Feb 3, 1943; West
Leesburg Field, Albany, GAJun 22, 1943; 1st Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, Orlando AAB, FL.
Have a report that this plane stalled and crashed on approach to Brooksville Field, FL runway Oct 3, 1943 and
11 were killed.
5230 (MSN 3769) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 18Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 19Apr43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 347th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella,
Italy 11Dec43. {36 missions}. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Pisa, Italy 15May45. Returned to US. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Arledge Field,
Stamford, TX 12Jul45. Reclaimed 27Nov45.
5231 (MSN 3770) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 15Oct42. Brooksville Field, FL 21Dec42. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Feb43. School of
Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 27Jul43. Brooksville Field, FL 5Aug43. 2117th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 16Jun44. 2114th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 5Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5232 (MSN 3771) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 18Oct42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 26Nov42. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*E], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 13Dec42. Named AVAILABLE JONES.
Named after a character in the Li'l Abner comic strip series. Failed to return from a
mission to the Renault armament and motor factory at Paris, France 4Apr43 (1KIA:6POW:3EVD).
Very little flak was encountered but groups of enemy fighters attacked the formation after
the bomb run. Engines No.2 and No.3 were struck by cannon shells and started to smoke,
the communications system was disabled, the tip of the left wing was destroyed, the
vertical stabilizer pierced, the oxygen supply system destroyed. The bomber lost
altitude and contact with the formation. Claimed by Hptm Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland
of II/JG 26. Crashed at Le Vaudreil, 15km southeast of Rouen, France. MACR 15592.
5233 (MSN 3772) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 18Oct42. 60th Ferrying Squadron, 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Nov42. Damaged taxying Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 13Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 20Dec42.
Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 21De42.
Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 26Dec42.
Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Biskra, Algeria 31Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat
(New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43 .Named RIGOR-MORTIS artwork of a skull smoking a pipe.
Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG). {95 missions}. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 16Nov43}. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. {20 missions}. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {nil missions}. 817th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia,
Italy 22Apr44. {114+ missions}. Returned to US. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 23Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Arledge Field, Stamford, TX 23Nov44.
5234 (MSN 3773) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Dec42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
as Fortress Mark II, serial FA707 at Dorval, Montreal 11Dec42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command,
Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 7Jan43.
Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 9Jan43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland. No.12
Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 15Jan43. Air Service Training, Hamble,
Hants 23Apr43. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 20May43. USAAF loan to RAF
made permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 5Jul43. No.218 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 24Jul43. No.206 Squadron [S], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides,
Scotland 27Jul43. No.3502 Servicing Unit, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire. No.206 Squadron [2-S],
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. No.247 Group Detachment, RAF Bircham
Newton, Norfolk 31Mar44 for storage. RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire 13Apr44 for
overhaul. No.220 Squadron [2-Z], Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 14Jun44.
Sustained trouble in three engines and forced to ditch 70 miles east of São Miguel,
Azores 26Jul44. The tail struck first, bringing the nose down, and the aircraft then dove
into the sea. The Plexiglas nose failed and water rushed in, coming up as far as the
cockpit floor. The plane then slowly backed out and the water partially receded.
The aircraft floated for about ten minutes and then the fuselage buckled at the waist
gun ports and it sank into the sea. The Portuguese M/V Lourenco Marques picked up
the survivors and they were taken to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel. They were
interned by the Portuguese in a large house maintained for rescued sailors.
On the morning of July 28 the survivors were driven to Ponta Delgada airport, loaded
aboard a US Transport Command Skymaster and flown back to their base at Lajes
5235 (MSN 3774) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Dec42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
as Fortress Mark II, serial FA708 at Dorval, Montreal 13Dec42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command,
Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 22Dec42.
Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 24Dec42. Flown Prestwick to Patterson Field, Reykjavik
26Dec42, returning to Prestwick 27Dec42. Damaged landing at Hawarden, Flintshire,
Wales 9Jan43 when a Hawker Hurricane moved forward, the propeller contacting the
underside of the Fortress wing. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 9Jan43, for repair
on site by civilian repair organisation 13Jan43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 2Feb43.
No.206 Squadron [O], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 10Feb43. Air Service Training,
Hamble, Hants 18Mar43. No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 11Jun43.
USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. No.220 Squadron [A], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides,
Scotland 23Jun43. No.3502 Servicing Unit, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire. No.220 Squadron,
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. Crash landed Lajes 30Nov43 when the aircraft
undershot and hit a bank of earth, the left undercarriage collapsed as the aircraft came
to a stop. Salvaged. SOC 7Nov44.
5236 (MSN 3775) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Dec42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
as Fortress Mark II, serial FA709 at Dorval, Montreal 8Dec42. No.45 Group, Ferry Command,
Dorval, Montreal. Ferried South Atlantic route Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL:
Waller Field, Trinidad: Belém, Brasil: Natal, Brasil: Yundum, Bathurst, Gambia: Gibraltar:
Portreath (Station 504), Cornwall to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 13-24Dec42. Air Service
Training, Hamble, Hants 9Jan43. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 9Jan43.
Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 15Mar43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland.
No.220 Squadron [B], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 17Apr43. USAAF loan to RAF
made permanent 21Jun43. No.3502 Servicing Unit, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire 25Aug43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 14Sep43. No.220 Squadron, RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 20Sep43. Flying accident Feb44. Marshalls of Cambridge, for repair
on site 5Mar44. No.220 Squadron, Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 25Mar44. No.3502
Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool), RAF Gosport, Hampshire 18Dec44. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick,
Scotland 3Mar45; awaiting collection 15Jun45. No.12 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride,
Cumberland 22Jun45. No.51 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 21Mar46 (census)
for storage. Sold to International Alloys Ltd. SOC 15Sep47.
5237 (MSN 3776) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Dec42. Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force
12Jan43 as Fortress Mark II, serial FA710 at Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Houlton Field, ME 22Feb43.
No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF Prestwick,
Ayr, Scotland 25/26Mar43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 26Mar43. No.29 Maintenance
Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 4Apr43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 27May43. USAAF
loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 30Jun43.
No.206 Squadron [M], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 5Jul43. No.220 Squadron [2-M],
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 19Mar44. Battle damaged (category AC) 26Jul44. Pool, RAF
Gosport, Hampshire 9Dec44. No.521 Squadron, RAF Langham, Norfolk 18Jan45.
Damaged (category B) 29Jan46. Offered to Ministry of Aircraft Production 5Mar46. SOC 26Nov46 as scrap.
5238 (MSN 3777) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Dec42. Houlton Field, ME 2Jan43. Transferred on
loan to Royal Air Force 12Jan43 as Fortress Mark II, serial FA711 at Romulus Field, Detroit, MI.
No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to
RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 26Mar43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 4Feb43. Air Service
Training, Hamble, Hants 12Feb43. No.12 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 9Feb43.
USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 22Jun43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 16Jul43. No.206 Squadron [E], RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 20Jul43. No.3502 Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool), RAF Gosport, Hants.
No.206 Squadron [1-E], Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick,
Scotland 20Feb44, repaired in works. SOC 14Aug48.
5239 (MSN 3778) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Dec42. Houlton Field, ME 3Feb43.
Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force as Fortress Mark II, serial FA712 at Dorval,
Montreal. No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland
to RAF Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland Jan43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 14Jan43.
No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 24Jan43. Air Service Training, Hamble,
Hants 12Feb43. Accident (category AC) at RAF High Ercall 13Feb43. Marshalls of Cambridge
20Feb43, for repair on site. USAAF loan to RAF made permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training,
Hamble, Hants 7Aug43. No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 20Sep43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 14Nov43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick,
Scotland 27Nov43. RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire 13Sep44. No.3502 Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool),
RAF Gosport, Hampshire 21Nov44. 519 Squadron [E], RAF Wick, Scotland 22Dec44.
No.251 Squadron [AD-C], Reykjavik, Iceland, 26Jul45. KEFLAVIK CUTIE. No.51 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire 8Jan46. SOC and sold to International Alloys 4Mar47. SOC 11Mar47.
5240 (MSN 3779) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Dec42. Houlton Field, ME 3Feb43.
Transferred on loan to Royal Air Force as Fortress Mark II, serial FA713 at Dorval, Montreal.
No.45 Group, Ferry Command, Dorval, Montreal. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to RAF
Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland 10Jan43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 10Jan43.
No.29 Maintenance Unit, RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 13Jan43. Air Service Training,
Hamble, Hants 12Feb43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland. USAAF loan to RAF
made permanent 21Jun43. Air Service Training, Hamble, Hants 27Jun43.
No.218 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 23Jul43. No.220 Squadron [E], RAF Benbecula,
Outer Hebrides, Scotland 23Jul43. No.206 Squadron [E], RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides,
Scotland 29Jul43. No.3502 Servicing Unit (Gosport Pool), RAF Gosport, Hants.
No.220 Squadron, Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 8Nov43. Scottish Aviation, Prestwick,
Scotland 12Apr45. Damage reclassified category E (write off) 12Jun45. SOC 14Jun45.
5241 (MSN 3780) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Oct42. Lewistown Field, MT 1Dec42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 4Feb43.
Spokane Field, WA 15Apr43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA May43.
Damaged by fire at Ephrata 2May43. 901st Base Unit, Heavy Bombardment, Pinecastle Field,
Orlando, FL 16Jun44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 5Dec44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting
Company Jul46; scrapped.
5242 (MSN 3781) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 23Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 17Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Dec42.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra,
Algeria 21Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43.
Destroyed during takeoff from Châteaudun for a mission to the docks and ferry terminal
at Bizerte, Tunisia 23Mar43 (2INJ:8RTD). An engine cylinder exploded which set fire
to that engine. The pilot controlled the forced landing in the desert into a skidding 'pancake'
about 2.5 miles from the airfield. Salvaged
5243 (MSN 3782) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Oct42. Wendover Field, UT 5Dec42. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*P], 3
Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 29Jan43
Named POTATO PEELER KIDS, later FDR's POTATO PEELER KIDS [the pilot was from Caldwell, ID,
in the heart of the potato growing region. He named his B-17 Potato Peeler Kids in honor of the
Idaho potato. Later, as a gesture to radio station PRO, he added FDR to honor President Roosevelt
on his birthday] . Shot down on mission to Kiel by fighters ditched near Heligoland Is, Germany
over sea May 14, 1943. MACR 15593. 10 KIA
5244 (MSN 3783) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 22Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Crashed 14Jan43 (9KIS). .Condemned Dec 7, 1943
5245 (MSN 3784) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 23Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 15Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Biskra, Algeria 12Jan43. Chateau-du-Rhumel 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the satellite landing grounds around
Foggia, Italy 25Aug43 (7POW:3UNK). Damaged by flak and enemy fighters. Ditched in theTyrrhenian Sea. MACR 482.
5246 (MSN 3785) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Feb43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 30Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Jun43.
Topeka Field, KS 3Jul43. 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS.
Accident taxying at Great Bend Field 16Jan44. 873rd Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group,
Great Bend Field, KS. Accident landing at Adams Field, Little Rock, AR 5Aug44.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 16Aug44. 581st Base Unit,
Adams, AR 1Sep44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel
Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5247 (MSN 3786) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Oct42. Wendover Field, UT 7Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 27May43. Dyersburg Field, TN 12Jul43. Dalhart Field, TX 15Aug43.
4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 17Jun44.
504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 19Jun43. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 6Aug44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance
Field, NB 11Oct44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Hobbs Field 5Dec44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 10Feb45.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45.
Accident in collision with parked B-17G 42-102775 while taxying at Dyersburg Field 22Mar45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 14May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Jul45
5248 (MSN 3787) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 23Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Dec42. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 28Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Failed to return from a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Milo, Trapani, Sicily 13Apr43 (10KIA). Damaged by flak
and dropped out of formation then attacked by enemy fighters. Crashed in the Mediterranean Sea
MACR 16526.
5249 42-5249 (MSN 3788) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 23Oct42. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 31Jan43. Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 5Mar43. Brooksville Field, FL 25Jun43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 2Sep43. Pilot School (Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 24Jan44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament,
turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM. Damaged while parked by TB-17F 42-30978 taxying at Hobbs
Auxiliary Field #1,Knowles, NM 28Feb45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 27Aug45
42-5250/5349 Boeing B-17F-45-BO Fortress
MSN 3789/3888. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne
5250 MSN 3789) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa 9Jan43.
Eighth Air Force, UK 12Jan43. Crashed 1 1/2 mi NE of Brixham, England during attempted
forced landing Jan 12, 1943 while on ferry flight from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to UK, .
Presumably repaired, to excess inventory list Nov 30, 1945
5251 (MSN 3790) Accepted by USAAF 25Oct42. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5261 at
Boeing Field,WA 25Oct42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 18Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*Z],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 1Jan43.
Named PRIDE OF THE KIARIANS [Dorothy; Anita; Nancy; Betty; Potsie] / BODACIOUS CRITTER
Damaged in a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-24476 during a training flight 1Mar43.
The pilot of this plane was the Squadron commander leading an 18-plane formation
on a practice bombing mission. The formation had returned and were overflying
base prior to landing. The pilot in the other plane did not follow procedures
during the peel off for landing and flew into this plane. The left wing was badly
damaged and both propellers had been knocked off. Difficult to control or turn,
the pilot headed for a RAF airfield straight ahead and landed safely (10RTD).
Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire 3Mar43. Returned 9Apr43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen,
Germany 17Apr43 (3KIA:7POW). Flak damage caused aircraft to explode.
Crashed at Aurich-Oldendorf, southeast of Aurich, Germany
5252 (MSN 3791) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 4Dec42. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 31Jan43. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 5Mar43. 1st Bomb Squadron,
9th Bomb Group, Orlando AAB, FL. En route to Brooksville Field, FL, the aircraft force
landed at Morris Field, NC 4Aug43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH),
Roswell Field, NM 29Jun44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 2Dec44. 37th Flying Training Wing, Williams Field, Chandler, AZ.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-30492 taxying at Williams 28Dec44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Jan45. 3010th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 24Jan45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta
Field, CO 4May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK
for storage and disposal 31Jul45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5253 (MSN 3792) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 18Dec42.
366th Bomb Squadron [KY*C], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 2Mar43. Failed to return from a mission to Rouen, France 4Apr43
(2KIA:7POW:1EVD). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Fontaine-sous-Preaux,
near Rouen, France. MACR 15564
5254 (MSN 3793) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. Brooksville Field, FL 19Dec42. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 31Jan43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 13Aug43. 245th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 15Aug44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 1Sep44.
249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 16Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 25Jan45. Force landed after engine failure three miles
southwest of Homer, NB 10Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 13Aug45. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
5255 (MSN 3794) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Pierre Field, SD 4Mar43. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 23Jun43. 556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul44. 202nd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 20Jul44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23Feb45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45. 202nd Base Unit, Syracuse AAB, NY 23Mar45. Reclaim Complete 3Jan46
5256 (MSN 3795) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 9Nov42. Ainsworth Field, NB 1Mar43. Rapid City
Field, SD 14Apr43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 29Jul43.
Lewistown Field, MT 4Aug43. 881st Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group, Clovis Field, NM.
Accident taxying at Walker Field, Victoria, KS 7Mar44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 9Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 14Jul44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 14Oct44.
SOC 20Oct44. Reclaimed 9Feb46
5257 (MSN 3796) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Jan43. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*S],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 19Feb43, named "Miss Bea Haven"
Battle damaged on mission to the Bremen Vulkan submarine construction yards at
Vegesack, Bremen, Germany 18Mar43, crash landed at RAF Matlaske, Norfolk.
Repaired and regained by Group. Signed by members of 303rd Bomb Group. Returned to US.
Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 29Apr44. War Bond tour. Reclaimed 9Aug45
5258 (MSN 3797) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 13Jan43. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Jan43. Accident during ferry flight
from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 10Feb43 (10RTD). In bad visibility
and with fuel exhaustion, crash landed in a field at Treswithick Farm, Cardinham, Bodmin,
Cornwall. Salvaged after non battle damage 11Feb43
5259 (MSN 3798) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. Brooksville Field, FL 30Dec42. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 29May43. Hobbs Field, NM 26Nov43. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 1Jan44. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Jan44. Air Service
Command, Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, OH. Damaged while parked by
P-51B 43-12121 at Patterson 30Mar44. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 29Jun44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 11Aug44. Damaged in collision with
parked B-17F 42-29636 at Lockbourne 7May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5260 (MSN 3799) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 26Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Dec42. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*A],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 29Jan43. Named"Yardbird II".
Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area of Emden, Germany 2Oct43 (11KIA).
shot down by Hptm Paul-August Stolte in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/6 and exploded over
North Sea 6km NW of Langeoog, Germany Oct 2, 1943. MACR 738.
5261 (MSN 3800) Damaged taxying in collision with parked B-17F 42-5251 at Boeing Field, WA.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 14Dec42. Hobbs Field, NM 13Mar43.
Roswell Field, NM 24May43. 3018th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Kingman Field, AZ 18Jun44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 21Sep44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 31Jan45.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 16Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 9Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5262 (MSN 3801) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 27Oct42. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 6Dec42.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*F], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 29Jan43. Failed to return from a mission to the power station and
bridge at Lorient, France 6Mar43 (2KIA:8POW). Shot down by Fw 190 fighter, three
engines damaged, attempted to return to England but fourth engine overheated,
aircraft ditched Bay of Biscay, 40 miles off Lorient, France MACR 15536
5263 (MSN 3802) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 27Oct42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 340th Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 21Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depiennne, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43.
{13 missions, 99th BG}. Returned to US. Pope Field, Fayetteville, NC 20May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45
5264 (MSN 3803) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 2Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Dec42. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*J],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 1Feb43., named "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Damaged landing at Molesworth 31May43. Accident on return from a mission to the
Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43. On approach to land, the
bomber was caught in propeller wash and was thrown around the sky.
One engine flamed out with fuel exhaustion but the engineer raised the landing gear
to reduce the drag and the pilot was able to regain control to go around and land
safely (2INJ). Battle damaged on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190
manufacturing factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (2KIA:8RTD). While the aircraft
were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was issued.
B/Gen. Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target.
This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks.
Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration and
by P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal support
but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers to fend
for themselves on the return trip. It proved to be the most disastrous of the 303rd
Bomb Group combat missions flown to date. The 303rd lost eleven of the forty B-17s
flying the mission. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and intensified when
the American fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was experienced
on the bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. On return the
aircraft force landed at Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. 3rd Strategic Air Depot, Neaton
(Station 505), Norfolk. Returned to US. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 3Apr44. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. Damaged taxying at
Amarillo Field 10Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK
for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46.
Sold to an oil company, dismantled and trucked to Oklahoma City, OK, as part of an
unsuccessful plan to incorporate the aircraft in service station sites to be known as 'The Flying Service'
5265 (MSN 3804) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. Combat Crew Training
School, Casper Field, WY 17Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5May43.
Dyersburg Field, TN 15Jul43. Operational Training Unit, Pratt Field, KS 23Jun44. Station 11,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 29Jul44. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Sep44. 4103rd Base Unit
(Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS 16Mar45.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 19Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5266 (MSN 3805) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. Lewistown Field, MT 2Dec42. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 4Feb43. 548th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA.
Damaged in ground loop at Geiger Field 11Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 12Apr43.
Lewistown Field, MT. Damaged in engine failure at Lewistown Field 17Apr43. Ephrata AAB, WA 2Jun43.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 19Jun44. 505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 22Jun43. 244th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 18Aug44. 3003rd Base Unit, Luke Field, AZ 2Sep44.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 12Oct44. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 21Jan45.
Damaged taking off from Jackson AAB 25Jan45. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 20Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5267 (MSN 3806) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. Glasgow Field, MT 7Dec42. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 4Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 18Aug43. 2024th Base Unit, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 10Apr44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 8Jun44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS.
Crashed and destroyed by fire near Russell, KS 24Oct44 (8KIS). Salvaged 25Oct44
5268 (MSN 3807) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. Lewistown Field, MT 31Jan43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 17Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 19May43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 29Jul43. 4127th Base Unit (Sacramento Air Technical Service Command),
McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 18Jun44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Galveston Field, TX 20Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Jul44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Galveston Field, TX 2Aug44. Damaged while parked in a collision by Consolidated B-24D
Liberator 42-40931 taxying at Galveston Field 19Aug44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5269 (MSN 3808) 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42.
Damaged at Geiger Field 16Nov42 (2KIS). Blythe Field, CA 13Dec42. Hobbs Field, NM 20Mar43.
West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. 960th Bombardier Training
Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 6May43. Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-5205 while taxying
at Hobbs Field 12Oct43. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV 18Jun44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 1Oct44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 2Dec44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 2May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5270 (MSN 3809) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 8Jan43.
Scribner Field, NB 19Mar43. Dyersburg Field, TN 13Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 23May43. Dyersburg Field, TN 2Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, 395th Bomb Group,
Ardmore Field, OK. Fatal accident on the ground at Galveston Field, TX 17Nov43 (1KIS). Several B-17s
from Ardmore were lined up for takeoff from Galveston Field. They were to participate in a high altitude
formation gunnery practice over the Matagorda Air-to-Air Gunnery Range, TX. For some reason, the aircraft
ahead of 42-5270 was delaying takeoff of the others and could not be reached by radio. The instructor
pilot asked the co-pilot to go to the other aircraft to check on the problem. The co-pilot exited the aircraft
through the bombardier escape hatch and was struck on the right side of his skull by Number 2 propeller;
he died several hours later in hospital. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 10Sep44.
2543rd Base Unit, Waco Field, TX 13Jan45. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote
Field, TX 29Jan45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 26Mar45. Reclaimed 3Jan46.
5271 (MSN 3810) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux
City AAB, IA 3Jan43. 353rd Air Base Detachment, Watertown Field, SD 30Mar43.
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 25Apr43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 28Aug42.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 18Nov43. 679th Bomb Squadron,
444th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Landing accident at Great Bend Field, KS 18Jan44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 14Jun44. 498th Bomb Group,
Great Bend Field, KS 16Jun44. 901st Base Unit, Heavy Bombardment, Pinecastle Field,
Orlando, FL 26Jun44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 4Sep44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 31Jan45. Reclaimed 9Apr46.
5272 (MSN 3811) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux
City AAB, IA 21Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 14Mar43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 14May43. Dalhart Field, TX 14Jun43. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 30Jun44. SOC 15Sep44. Reclamation completed Albuquqrque AAF Mar 13, 1946
5273 (MSN 3812) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. Sioux City AAB, IA 21Nov32.
Hammer Field, Fresno, CA 9Mar43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 9Apr43. Dyersburg Field, TN 1Jun43.
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 4Dec43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 20Jan44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 23Jan44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command),
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 1Feb44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport
Field, MS 18Feb44. 841st Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at MacDill Field 10Mar44. 4160th Base Unit,
Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44. 325th Base Unit, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Accident
taxying at MacDill Field 4Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5274 (MSN 3813) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Nov42. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Sioux City AAB, IA. Substantially damaged while parked in a collision by Aeronca L-3C
Grasshopper 43-1518 taxying at Sioux City AAB 31Dec42. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 22Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26May43.
Dyersburg Field, TN 27Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Pratt Field, KS 4Jun44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 24Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal
29Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5275 (MSN 3814) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 5Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 18Mar43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 21Jun43. Ephrata AAB, WA 29Jul43.
331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 25Aug44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 16Sep44.
3706th Base Unit, Basic Training Center, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 30Nov44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 21Dec44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5276 (MSN 3815) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 18Dec42. Hobbs
Field, NM 18Mar43. Mather Field, Sacramento, CA 8Jun43. Hobbs Field, NM 18Jun43.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 3Aug44.
581st Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Adams Field, Little Rock, AR Field, Little Rock, AR 1Mar45.
3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI 8Mar45. Reclamation completed Truax AAF Jun 6, 1946
5277 (MSN 3816) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group,
Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5282 taxying at
Ephrata AAB, WA 19Nov42. Rapid City Field, SD 17Dec42. Spokane Field, WA 14Apr43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 17Jul43. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 3Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jul44.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 10Dec44.
4108th Base Unit (Atlantic Overeas Air Technical Service Command), Newark Field, NJ 11Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 18Jun45
5278 (MSN 3817) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Redmond Field, OR 23Dec42.
Walla Walla Field, WA 22Feb43. Ephrata AAB, WA 15May43. Moses Lake Field, WA.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at Moses Lake Field 17Jul43. 589th Bomb Squadron,
395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged when collided with parked B-17F 42-5222
at Ephrata AAB 24Aug43. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 9Jun44.
497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 11Jul44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Pratt Field, KS 16Jul44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Feb45.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Mar45. Reclaimed 22Oct45
5279 (MSN 3818) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. 502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group,
Smoky Hill, KS. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5138 Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Nov42.
Amarillo Field, TX 1Mar43. Gulfport Field, MS 7Aug43. 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 9Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44. 4
136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 24Jul44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 30Jul44.
29th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 8Sep44. 4108th Base Unit (Atlantic Overeas
Air Technical Service Command), Newark Field, NJ 30Oct44. 246th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 16Dec44. Damaged taxying at Borinquen Field, Aguadilla,
Puerto Rico 21Jan45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM f
or storage and disposal 25May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel
Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5280 (MSN 3819) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 9Nov42. Cut Bank Field, MT 19Dec42. Walla Walla
Field, WA 4Feb43. Spokane Field, WA 1Aug43. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 27Sep44. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical
Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 14Nov44. Reclamation completed Syracuse AAF Jan 3, 1946
5281 (MSN 3820) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 346th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 18Nov42. Topeka Field, KS 5Mar43. Rapid City Field, SD 27Apr43.
542nd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Jun43.
Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-5216 at Geiger 11Jul43. Cut Bank Field, MT 30Jul43.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 6Mar44.
4168th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Sioux City AAB, IA. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 42-102761
taxying at Sioux City AAB 16Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5282 (MSN 3821) Salt Lake City AAB, UT 15Jul42. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Sep42. Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-5277
while taxying at Ephrata AAB, WA 19Nov42. 399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA 3Jan43. Crashed after a possible engine failure on takeoff from
Redmond Field, OR 22Jan43. Salvaged
5283 (MSN 3822) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Sioux City AAB, IA. Crashed early morning after taking off in a snowstorm,
possibly after engine failure, and burned out one mile southwest of Sioux City 30Nov42 (10KIS). Salvaged.
5284 (MSN 3823) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, AK 11May43.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 5May44. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field (Station 11),
West Palm Beach, FL 8Jun44. 303rd Base Unit, Gray, Tacoma, WA 14Nov44.
613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 15Mar45.
1100th Base Unit, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31May45. Modified as cargo/transport
aircraft. Designated CB-17F. Damaged taxying at Miami Field, FL 20Aug45. 4112th Base Unit
(Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 27Oct45.
552nd Base Unit, Ferrying Command, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 24Dec45.
1100th Base Unit, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Feb46. 503rd Base Depot,
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 28May46. To Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD May 31, 1946
5285 (MSN 3824) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 9Dec42.
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 7Jan43. Hobbs Field, NM 17Mar43. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 1Nov43. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Corporation.. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
5286 (MSN 3825) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux
City AAB, IA 21Nov42. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 19Apr43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Jun43. Dalhart Field, TX 8Jul43. Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 18Aug43. 814th Base Unit, 1st Troop Carrier Command, Stout Field,
Indianapolis, IN 12Jul44. 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 31Jul44.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 20Aug44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 24Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 27Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting
Company Jul46; scrapped.
5287 (MSN 3826) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. Rapid City Field, SD 18Dec42. Walla Walla
Field, WA 1Mar43. 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 10Mar43.
Crashed seven miles northeast of Gowen 25Apr43 (3KIS:1DOI:6INJ). The bomber took off from
Gowen Field for an instrument and practice bombing training mission in the early morning
hours of 25Apr43. The aircraft headed east as it climbed, and began a left hand turn to circle
back over the field. The pilot was unable to see approaching terrain in the dark, and the bomber
struck a 5,700ft. ridge north east of Boise. It broke in half, crashed into a ravine, and burned.
The navigator started down the mountain to get help. At sunrise he followed the sound of church
music coming up the canyon on Easter Sunday. On the outskirts of Boise he met a rescue team
from Gowen Field. The men included Lt. James Stewart, the Hollywood actor, who was training
as a B-24 pilot at Gowen. Miraculously, six crewmen survived with injuries. Three gunners
in the rear of the aircraft were killed. The pilot died of his injuries in the hospital two days later.
Salvaged 29Apr43.
Also listed (466th BG) lost over Zuider Zee Mar 23, 1944. Parts and eight 500lb bombs
recovered 1982;Boschwijde.
5288 (MSN 3827) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 9Dec42. McClellan Field,
Sacramento, CA 6Apr43. Moses Lake Field, WA 2May43. Spokane Field, WA 3Jun43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group,
Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged in a gunnery accident with 42-3477 at Drew Field 30Dec43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 16Jun44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 18Aug44. Damaged by 'friendly fire' ten miles northwest of
Clearwater, FL. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45
5289 (MSN 3828) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 9Dec42. Davis-Monthan Field,
Tucson, AZ 3Jan43. 318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 23May43.
Landing gear damaged in an accident during maintenance at Walla Walla Field 26May43.
Crashed after the No.3 engine caught fire two miles west of Paterson, WA 10Aug43 (7KIS:3RTD).
The engineer was sitting on the floor of the top turret watching the instruments, when the co-pilot
called out that the number three engine was on fire. He looked out to find the engine burning so
hot that the cowling was melting and blowing off in the slipstream. He told the pilot to feather the
propeller while he and the co-pilot attempted to put the fire out with the extinguisher; it did not work.
He then feathered the propeller and pushed the power to full on number two, which for some reason
the pilot had reduced. The bombardier came up from the nose and asked what to do; he was told to
jettison the bombs. At that point everyone began to put on their parachutes. The engineer then went
through the bomb bay where he found that the bombardier had indeed dropped the bombs, but failed
to open the bomb bay doors. A gunner was jumping on the doors; he was told to get off the doors
and then the engineer used the emergency release. The bombs fell away into the Columbia River.
He called to the pilot to get out from over the river so they could jump. As he was watching the pilot
come toward the bomb bay, the fuselage melted away and the bomb bay was filled with smoke, flame,
and molten metal. The engineer jumped and floated to safety. Three crew bailed out successfully
but seven crew members were still on board when the right wing exploded. Salvaged 13Aug43
5290 (MSN 3829) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 8Jan43.
Wendover Field, UT 4Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26May43.
Madras Field, OR 29Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 17Jul43. 244th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 19Sep44. 272nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Topeka Field, KS 23Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 1Dec45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and
disposal 25May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5291 (MSN 3830) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group,
Wendover Field, UT 30Nov42. The aircraft departed Wendover Field for a high altitude
training flight with a warning of bad weather ahead. Unable to climb on top of the overcast,
which caused loss of radio contact caused by static, the pilot attempted to reach clearer weather
at Las Vegas. Encountering turbulence, he turned back towards Wendover. After holding over the
area for a couple of hours, the pilot proceeded to Salt Lake City but was unable to make radio
contact to determine his position or weather conditions. Seeing a hole in the cloud and
with fuel exhaustion, the pilot intentionally crash landed with the landing gear retracted
in an open field at Rock Springs, near Evanston, WY 23Dec42. Salvaged 26Dec42.
Hill Field, Ogden, UT 31Jan43. Scribner Field, NB 3Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 7May43. Dyersburg Field, TN 3Aug43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44. 4200th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 16Nov44.
245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 1Mar45. 4202nd Base
Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 6Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
5292 (MSN 3831) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group,
Sioux City AAB, IA 3Jan43. Severely damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-5091 while
taxying at Sioux City AAB 26Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43.
2511th Base Unit (Instrument School, Instrument Pilot), Bryan Field, TX 2Nov44.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 18Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5293 (MSN 3832) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Pierre Field, SD 25Feb43. Rapid City Field, SD 29Apr43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. Spokane Field, WA 13Aug43. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 9Apr44. 801st Base Unit, Pope, NC 27Apr44. 325th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 25May44. Named "The Sad Sack".
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 6Sep45.
5294 (MSN 3833) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 9Nov42. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Mar43.
Pierre Field, SD 1Apr43. 542nd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 24Apr43.
Crashed after engine failure two miles west of Rapid City 20May43 (5KIS). Surveyed Rapid City AAB May 26, 1943
5295 (MSN 3834) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Rapid City Field, SD 21Dec42.
Pierre Field, SD 25Feb43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Mar43. 542nd Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD. Crashed after engine failure Rapid City Field, SD 23Apr43,
five crew bailed OK. Salvaged 16May43
5296 (MSN 3835) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 25Feb43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 12Mar43.
Wendover Field, UT 14Apr43. Spokane Field, WA 20Jul43. Moses Lake Field, WA 8Aug43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 17Nov44. Reclamation completed AmarilloAAF Jun 7, 1946
5297 (MSN 3836) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Walla Walla Field, WA 4Dec42.
Redmond Field, OR 21Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Apr43.
Spokane Field, WA 12Aug43. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 17Nov44.
3706th Base Unit, Basic Training Center, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 13Mar45.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 7Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5298 (MSN 3837) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. 540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Ainsworth Field, NB 16Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 31Jan43. Crash landed Ainsworth Field, NB 8Feb43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 12Apr43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43.
541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-30575
Geiger 29Jul43. 29th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 2Sep44. 29th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 9Sep44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Jan45.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 13Mar45. 902nd Base Unit
(Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 15May45. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Pratt Field, KS 23May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5299 (MSN 3838) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 16Nov42. 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 3Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 20Mar43.
582nd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Wendover Field, UT 23May43. Accident landing at
Wendover Field 2Jun43. Surveyed Wendover AAF Jun 25, 1943
5300 (MSN 3839) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 16Nov42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Jan43. Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 10Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21May43.
Spokane Field, WA 1Jul43. Moses Lake Field, WA 5Aug43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins
Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 23Jun44. 327th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 7Aug44. Damaged in collision
with parked B-17F 42-30585 taxying at Drew 30Sep44. Salvaged 3Oct44. Reclamation completed at Drew AAF Apr 4, 1945
5301 (MSN 3840) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 16Nov42. Hobbs Field, NM 22Dec42. Pilot School (Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Altus Field, OK 16Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 11Aug45
5302 (MSN 3841) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 16Nov42. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 9Dec42. Combat Crew
Training School, Casper Field, WY 6Jan43. Scottsbluff Field, NB 18Apr43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jun43. Rapid City Field, SD 16Jul43.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 18Jan44.
331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 20Jan44.
843rd Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Some of the crew
bailed out after the plane caught fire over Tampa 22Apr44. 4160th Base Unit,
Albuquerque AAB, NM 20Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5303 (MSN 3842) Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Nov42. Lewistown Field, MT 8Dec42.
Redmond Field, OR 21Jan43. Blythe Field, CA 14Mar43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 3Apr43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26May43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 30Jul43. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 23Jun44.
2525th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine) Liberal Field, KS. 234th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM. Force landed in bad weather near
Ulysses, KS 24Nov44. Salvaged Nov44.. Reclamation completed Liberal AAF, KS Feb 2, 1945
5304 (MSN 3843) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 16Nov42. Sioux City AAB, IA 4Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 5Feb43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 1Mar43. Spokane Field, WA 28Apr43. Ephrata AAB, WA 14May43.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX. Damaged by a tornado
while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44. 555th Base Unit, 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Nov44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 24Jan45. 224th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 6Mar45. Damaged in collision with TB-17G 44-8058
at Sioux City 10Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5305 (MSN 3844) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Nov42. Pyote Field, TX 8Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 20Mar43. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 21Apr43. Moses Lake Field, WA 20May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Jun43. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Ephrata AAB, WA 29Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR. Crashed between Salmon and Leadore, ID 24Oct43.
Salvaged 25Oct43
5306 (MSN 3845) Accepted by USAAF 31Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 16Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 9Dec42. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*P], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 1Jan43. Accident taxying at Thurleigh 27Jun43. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*Q],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Sep43. Failed to return from a
Crossbow mission to a German V-weapon site in the Pas-de-Calais, France 28Feb44 (7KIA:1POW:2EVD).
Damaged by flak at 11,000ft, made three spirals out of control. The left wing came off, the aircraft
exploded in mid-air and crashed between Le Translay and Wiammeville, eight miles southwest of
Abbeville, France MACR 2863
5307 (MSN 3846) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
462nd Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, Casper Field, WY 3Dec42. Damaged landing with
mechanical failure at Alamogordo Field, NM 2Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 16Mar43. Dalhart
Field, TX 16May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Aug43.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 20Jul44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23Feb45.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45. 4202nd Base
Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 25Mar45. Reclamation completed Syracues AAF Jan 3, 1946
5308 (MSN 3847) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Nov42. 953rd Two Engine Flying Training Squadron [TEFTS], Hobbs Field, NM.
Damaged by mechanical failure taking off from Hobbs Field 21Feb43. West Coast Training
Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. Roswell Field, NM 21May43. Hobbs Field, NM 12Jul43.
3014th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Douglas Field, AZ 18Aug44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 22Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Aug45
5309 (MSN 3848) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Nov42.
532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 5Mar43. Accident at Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 3Apr43. Pueblo AAB, CO 6Apr43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 15May43.
Dalhart Field, TX 27Jun43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 23Aug44. Damaged taxying at Biggs Field 15Dec44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 25Jan45.
224th Base Unit, Sioux City AAB, IA 5Apr45. Reclamation completed Sioux City AAF May 22, 1945
5310 (MSN 3849) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 5Jan43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17May43. Pyote Field, TX 5Jun43. 245th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 7Aug44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 5Oct44. 354th Base Unit, Rapid City Field, SD 20Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5311 (MSN 3850) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Nov42. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 14Jan43.
Crash landed Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jan43. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 24Feb43.
Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 20Mar43. Dyersburg Field, TN 10Apr43. 30th Bomb Squadron,
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX. Accident landing at Gulfport Field, MS 30Apr43.
Dyersburg Field, TN 22May43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 8Jun44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 9Sep44. 224th Base Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 27May45. 224th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 28Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 26Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5312 (MSN 3851) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Nov42.
Blythe Field, CA 26Jan43. Spokane Field, WA 22May43. Moses Lake Field, WA 10Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 17Aug43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 4Jul44. 4204th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service
Command), Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
5313 (MSN 3852) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Nov42.
Sioux City AAB, IA 6Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 3Feb43. 590th Bomb Squadron,
395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 3Mar43. Crashed and exploded five miles north
east of Ephrata 29Mar43 (11KIS). Just after midnight the plane took off to conduct a
weather flight. Ceiling was reported between 4,000 and 6,000ft. It landed and the pilot
reported no malfunctions with the aircraft. It took off again with a different pilot to do
some local flying for a planned one hour and thirty minute sortie. Twenty minutes later
an explosion was observed from the airfield control tower, approximately five miles
northeast, which caused the base to call all aircraft back for a landing. Base personnel
found that the bomber had disintegrated in a fatal collision with the ground; only small
pieces were found. Salvaged 30Mar43
5314 (MSN 3853) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 26Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 8Jan43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20May43. Pyote Field, TX 3Jun43.
556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 23Jun44.
3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 26Jun44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 23Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5315 (MSN 3854) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 9Apr43. Spokane Field, WA 8May43. Ephrata AAB, WA 7Aug43.
Combat Crew Training School, 395th Bomb Group, Ardmore Field, OK.
Crash landed Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Jan44. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44. 234th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 10Oct44. 64th Base Unit
(Headquarters), Andrews Field, Camp Springs, MD 16Oct45. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 23Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 8Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5316 (MSN 3855) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 12Nov43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Dec42. Pueblo AAB, CO 22Jan43.
Ainsworth Field, NB 26Feb43. Cut Bank Field, MT 14Apr43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 27May43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 5Jun43.
Crashed taking off and destroyed by fire at Ephrata AAB 15Jun43. Surveyed Ephrata AAF WA Jun 16, 1943
5317 (MSN 3856) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. 411th Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 2Dec42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Mar43.
316th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 12Apr43.
Crashed taking off from Walla Walla Field 21Apr43. Salvaged 25Apr43
5318 (MSN 3857) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 27Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 1Mar43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 3May43. 464th Bomb Squadron,
331st Bomb Group, Casper Field, WY 21May43. The aircraft took off as part of a twelve
bomber exercise from Casper Field for a navigation training mission 30May43 (6KIS).
The bomber flew to Marysville, CA, where it refueled and took off again for the over-water
leg of the mission above the Pacific Ocean. It was to proceed to Eugene, OR, and then
return to Marysville. In the afternoon, weather became poor in the area, and the last
radio contact was somewhere over Oregon. When the bomber failed to return to
Marysville, a search mission was launched over sea and land. No trace of the aircraft
was found, and it was presumed lost at sea. Wreckage of the B-17F was found on
Leech Lake Mountain, northeast of Covelo, CA on 10Aug43. It appeared that the bomber
had hit about 200 feet below the summit while flying in poor visibility conditions.
All six crew members had been killed.
5319 (MSN 3858) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. Rapid City Field, SD 16Dec42. Wendover Field, UT 5Mar43.
Pyote Field, TX 5Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 15Aug43. 4122nd Base Unit (San Antonio
Air Technical Service Command), Hensley Field, Dallas, TX 15Jun44. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 19Jun44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 16Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5320 (MSN 3859) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Nov42.
463rd Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, Casper Field, WY 3Dec42. Crashed on takeoff
and destroyed by fire at Casper Field, WY 8May43 (7KIS). Salvaged 19May43
5321 (MSN 3860) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Nov42.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 13Dec42. Amarillo Field, TX 29Mar43.
462nd Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, Scottsbluff Field, NB. Damaged landing at
Scottsbluff Field 5Apr43. Rapid City Field, SD 15Aug43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Jun44.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 14Aug44.
570th Base Unit, Bendix Corporation, Bendix Field, South Bend, IN 6Oct44.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA. Damaged by
mechanical failure ninety miles east of Rapid City, SD 25Jan45. 235th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 12May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5322 (MSN 3861) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 11Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 3Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 6Apr44.
Lewistown Field, MT 8Jun43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Aug43. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 4Jul44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 5Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 9Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5323 (MSN 3862) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 11Oct42. 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Pocatello Field, ID 30Oct42.
Damaged taking off from Pocatello Field 26Dec42. Ogden Air Depot, Hill Field,
Ogden, UT 10Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 25Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 23May43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 18Jun44. 4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 22Jul44. 3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field,
Madison, WI 18Sep44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 19Sep44. Damaged by weather seven miles west of Oxford, PA 25Dec44.
552nd Base Unit, Ferrying Command, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 27Dec44.
4112th Base Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air
Depot, PA 4Jan45. Reclamation completed Olmstead AAF Feb 9, 1945
5324 (MSN 3863) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Nov42.
Blythe Field, CA 11Dec42. Walla Walla Field, WA 19May43. Felts Field, Spokane, WA 11Jul43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 15Aug43. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Avon Park Field, FL 29Jul44. 570th Base Unit, Bendix Corporation, Bendix Field, South Bend, IN 27Sep44.
353rd Base Unit, Esler, LA 9Feb45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Avon Park Field, FL 14Feb45. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 2Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel
Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5325 (MSN 3864) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 29Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jun43. Scottsbluff Field, NB 11Aug43.
238th Base Unit, Dyersburg Field, TN 25Jan44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN. Crashed after a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-6177 six miles northeast
of Dyersburg 24Jan45 (10KIS). Reclamation completed Dyersburg AAF, TN Feb 9, 1945
5326 (MSN 3865) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Nov42.
Pyote Field, TX 4Jan43. Pocatello Field, ID 31Jan43. 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group,
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 14Feb43. Crashed on takeoff Biggs 18Feb43. 5 killed. Condemned Biggs AAF Feb 23, 1943
5327 (MSN 3866) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 12Jan43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 13Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Apr43.
Madras Field, OR 20Jun43. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 17Aug43. 223rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 22Aug44. 4209th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA 18Dec44. 223rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23Dec44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 26Jul45
5328 (MSN 3867) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Nov42.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1May43. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 13Jul43.
460th Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 29Jun44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 30Jun44.
235th Base Unit, Hobbs Field, NM 19Sep44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 27Sep44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 5Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5329 (MSN 3868) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Nov42.
Pyote Field, TX 9Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 6May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 1Aug43. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA.
Damaged taxying at Sioux City AAB 21May44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 9Jun44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jul44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5330 (MSN 3869) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 10Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 20Mar43.
Dyersburg Field, TN 16Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 21May43.
503rd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged by fire
Dyersburg Field, TN 12Jul43 (2KIS). Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 10Aug43.
4134th Base Unit (Spokane Air Technical Service Command), Spokane Field, WA 13Jun44.
242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Jun44.
6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 5Jan45. 411th Bomb Squadron, 502nd Bomb Group,
Grand Island Field, NB. Forced landing out of fuel forty miles west Fairfax, KS 26Jan45.
813th Base Unit, Sedalia, MO 21Mar45. Reclaimed 10Mar46
5331 (MSN 3870) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Nov42. Sioux City AAB, IA 4Dec42. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 2Jan43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Lincoln Field, NB 5Feb43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 25May43. Dyersburg Field, TN 1Jul43.
201st Base Unit, Headquarters, Colorado Springs, CO 9Jul44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 24Aug44. 200th Base Unit, Peterson Field,
Colorado Springs, CO 25Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5332 (MSN 3871) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Oct42.
Ainsworth Field, NB 16Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 17Apr43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43.
Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 230th Base Unit, HQ,
Combat Crew Training Wing, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 11Jun44. 201st Base Unit, Headquarters,
Colorado Springs, CO 13Jun44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 16Jun44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 23Jul44. Accident in collision with parked B-17G 42-102789 while taxying
at Ardmore Field 13Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows
Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5333 (MSN 3872) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 12Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 8Jan43.
Scottsbluff Field, NB 28Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Apr43.
588th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 24May43. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at Ephrata AAB 9Jun43. Operational Training Unit, Pratt Field, KS 11Jun44.
497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 23Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 11Jul44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 28Nov44.
Forced landing out of fuel fifteen miles south of Walnut Ridge, AR 23Dec44.
Reclamation completed Dyersburg AAF, TN Feb 24, 1945
5334 (MSN 3873) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Nov42. 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 21Dec42.
The aircraft took off from Pueblo Army Air Base for a local night time bombing mission 24Jan43.
It impacted high terrain while in flight during a fierce snowstorm near Ordway, Colorado.
Investigation revealed that the airplane was trying to stay under a very low ceiling when it
struck the ground with the port wing. The B-17 cartwheeled into the ground and exploded
into flames (10KIS). Salvaged 15Feb43
5335 (MSN 3874) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 1Jan43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26May43. Ephrata AAB, WA 10Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 1Jul43. 3705th Base Unit, Sioux Falls Field, SD 20Jun44. 497th Bomb Group,
Pratt Field, KS 2Jul44. 29th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 2Aug44. 246th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 15Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Dec44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
McCook Field, NB 9Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5336 (MSN 3875) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 11Nov42. 542nd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Pierre Field, SD 14Dec42.
Damaged when ground looped landing at Rapid City Field, SD 14Jan43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Apr43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group,
Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged landing at Ephrata AAB 18Jun43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 26Jun44. 505th Bomb Group,
Harvard Field, NB 21Jun44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 22Sep44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 26Sep44.
241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 7Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 2Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5337 (MSN 3876) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air
Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Dec42. 401st Bomb
Squadron [LL*J], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 8Jan43.
Named.SHORT SNORTER III. Named after the good luck charm that members of the 'Grand Order
of the Short Snorter' - an elite group of inter-war air travelers who had made transoceanic
air crossings - all carried. {first combat mission 27Feb43}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 4Mar43. The weather was bad from
takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the 91st Bomb
Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter
defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany.
The reception was immediate with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the
return flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a strong jetstream. Failed to return
from a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (2KIA:6MIA:2POW).
The plane made it through fighter attacks and flak to the target without being hit. On the way
back to the coast, however, the bomber was badly damaged by enemy fighters.
Claimed by Oberleutnant Walter Borchers of the 8./NJG 3, detached to the IV./NJG 1,
flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands. As the aircraft passed three
miles east of Emden, it took direct flak hits that knocked out the No.3 engine and set the No.4
engine on fire. Almost immediately after the pilot had feathered the No.3 propeller,
another anti-aircraft shell burst in the cockpit, killing both pilots. Additional flak was
soon striking the bomber. it began to lose altitude, circling slowly downward in the direction
of Norden and the North Sea. Crashed in the North Sea, eleven miles northwest of the Isle of
Norderney, Germany. {10 missions) MACR 16090
5338 MSN 3877) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 10Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42. Ferried South Atlantic route,
departed Morrison Field 20Dec42. Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42. Val de Cães Field,
Belém, Brasil 21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field,
Ascension Island 26Dec42. Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia;
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria Jan43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. {22 missions}.
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone,
Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped. Named"Ye Old Batle Axe"
5339 (MSN 3878) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Nov42.
Sioux City AAB, IA 4Dec42. 461st Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, Casper Field, WY 4Jan43.
Crashed landing in bad weather at Casper Field 15Jan43. Condemned Casper AAF, WY Feb 16, 1943
5340 (MSN 3879) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Nov42. 1
5th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 11Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 21Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 347th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Sofia, Bulgaria 24Jan44 (10EVD). Over the target, the formation found it impossible to bomb
and proceeded to a secondary target at Nis, Yugoslavia. After going 80 to 100 miles beyond
Sofia, the group turned and headed for home base still with their bomb load. After half an
hour of flying the pilot jettisoned the bombs to conserve fuel. Heavy cloud formations
were encountered along the route. Thirty minutes later, the plane ran into a snow storm
with nil visibility. Continuing on to base, after another thirty minutes, the pilot turned back
to be certain of being over land. At that time No.2 engine failed with fuel exhaustion.
Twenty minutes later the other engines failed as the fuel supply was exhausted. The crew
bailed out safely at 10,000ft as the plane crashed on Zlatibor mountain near Upice, Serbia,
Yugoslavia. The airmen were assisted by Chetnik guerillas to evade capture. One airman was
rescued by the Halyard Mission from Pranjani 29May44. MACR 1991
5341 MSN 3880) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Dec42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 9Jan43. 427th Bomb Squadron [GH-Q], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 7Feb43., named "Vicious Virgin" aka "Scarlet Harlot" aka "Vat 69"
Severe battle damaged, Bernberg, Germany 20Feb44 (10RTD). Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 7Apr44. Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5342 (MSN 3881) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Nov42.
331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 13Jan43. Damaged taxying at
Pueblo AAB 4Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Mar43.
466th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 2Apr43. Crashed four miles
west of Dalhart Field 7May43 (10KIS).
5343 (MSN 3882) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
Sioux City AAB, IA 10Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 3Feb43. Pierre Field, SD 3Apr43. 542nd Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. Damaged while parked in a collision
by B-17F 42-5216 at Geiger Field 11Jul43. 543rd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. Damaged landing at Geiger Field 27Sep43. 505th Bomb Group,
Harvard Field, NB 4Jun44. 558th Base Unit, 20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command,
Berry Field, Nashville, TN 14Sep44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 19Sep44. 3009th Base Unit, Carlsbad Field, NM 21Nov44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 8Feb45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 10Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5344 (MSN 3883) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Dec42. 419th Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 20Dec42. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Battle damaged on a mission to the
docks and shipping at Cagliari, Sardinia 31Mar43. Flak was heavy and the squadron was
attacked by enemy fighters. This plane was struck by cannon shells damaging the tail gunner
compartment and bomb bay. Battle damaged by flak and enemy fighters on a tactical
mission to an enemy airfield at La Marsa, northeast of Tunis, Tunisia 20Apr43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {76 missions}. 429th Bomb
Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 16Nov43}.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to the harbour at Toulon,
France 4Feb44 (1KIA:9RTD). Twenty-five to thirty Bf 109s and Fw 190s attacked the formation
during the bomb run, and continued the attack for about twenty minutes. The tail gunner was
killed by 20mm cannon shell shrapnel. The plane force landed at Ajaccio, Corsica for medical
treatment. {44 missions}. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella,
Italy 28Mar44. {nil missions}. Air Depot Mar44. Returned to US. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 22Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Arledge Field, Stamford, TX 22Nov44.
Named BELCHING BUZZARD
5345 (MSN 3884) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
Wendover Field, UT 3Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 3Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 4Feb43. Spokane
Field, WA 24Mar43. 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 27Apr43.
Crashed when collided with B-17F 42-29501 on takeoff at Ephrata AAB 16May43 (8KIS).
Surveyed Ephrata AAF Nov 10, 1943
5346 (MSN 3885) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 12Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Biskra, Algeria 31Dec42. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Returned to US.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 8Jul44. Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS 18Dec44. Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 12Jan45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 11Sep45. Named RELUCTANT DRAGON
5347 (MSN 3886) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Nov42.
Pueblo AAB, CO 9Feb43. Dalhart Field, TX 18Mar43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 19Apr43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Jun43. 502nd Bomb Squadron,
346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 16Jul43. Crashed due engine failure and fire,
some crew bailed out 2 miles east of Alamo, TN 24Aug43. Salvaged 25Aug43; Surveyed Dyersburg AAF Sep 1, 1943
5348 (MSN 3887) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Nov42.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 1Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 21May43. Moses Lake Field, WA 12Jun43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins
Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 21Jun44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 17Aug44. 331st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 20Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for
storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5349 (MSN 3888) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Nov42.
100th Bomb Group. Ran out of fuel and force landed at Mount Pleasant, UT 23Dec42.
Flown out of meadow the following morning and returned to operations. Sioux City AAB, IA 31Jan43.
Rapid City Field, SD 13Feb43. Walla Walla Field, WA 3Mar43. Topeka Field, KS 3Aug43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 24Jul44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 22Sep44 for survey work. Crash landed six miles northwest of
Bay Minette, AL 17Jan45 (9KIS). Surveyed Gulfport AAF Jan 18, 1945
42-5350/5484 Boeing B-17F-50-BO Fortress
MSN 3889/4023. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne
5350 (MSN 3889) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 18Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 21Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {67 missions}.
Named NOSEY / SKINHEAD. Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG)
429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43.
{first combat mission 22Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged
on a mission to a ball bearing factory at Steyr, Austria 19Mar44 (1WIA:9RTD). Solid clouds
covered that target and the group turned to bomb the air depot at Klagenfurt, Austria. Attacked
by enemy aircraft firing rockets and 20mm cannon and wounding the navigator. {5 missions}.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {2 missions}.
816th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Returned to US. 1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command), Homestead Field, FL 8Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 3Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
5351 (MSN 3890) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Nov42.
Walla Walla Field, WA 4Feb43. Redmond Field, OR 21Feb42. Madras Field, OR 19Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 17Jul43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field,
Denver, CO 15Jun44. Salvaged 3Nov44. To CL-26 Lowy AAF, CO Jan 3,1 945
5352 (MSN 3891) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Nov42.
Sioux City AAB, IA 3Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 3Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 1May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Aug43. 4006th Base Unit (Area Command),
Miami Air Technical Service Command, Miami, FL 14Jun44. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School &
Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 16Jun44. Damaged while parked by B-17G 44-6239
Boca Raton Field, FL 7Oct44. 120th Base Unit, Richmond, WV 20Dec44. 3501st Base Unit
(Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 4Feb45. 2114th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 2May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5353 (MSN 3892) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Nov42.
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 5Jan43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 6Apr43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 16May43.
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 1Jun43. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9. 1st Photo Mapping Squadron, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Sep43.
91st Photographic Squadron, 1st Photographic Group, Buckley Field, CO 5Jul44. Designated FB-17F.
3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 14May45. Transferred to US Navy 31Mar47
5354 (MSN 3893) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Nov42.
Eleventh Air Force, Alaska. Ladd, AK 15Jan43. Returned to US. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 6Jun43. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing
equipment; designated TB-17F. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
18Sep43. Force landed after engine failure three miles southeast of Okeechobee, FL 24Jan45.
Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-29762 at Hendricks Field 26Jun45. Reclamation
completed Hendricks AAF Jan 3, 1946
5355 (MSN 3894) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Nov42.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 1Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 24Apr43. 234th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 14Jun44. Damaged by structural failure while
taxying at Clovis Field, NM 11Jun44. 4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 13Jun44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 16Jun44. 2218th Base Unit, Alexandria Field, LA 6Sep44.
329th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Alexandria Field, LA. Crashed after a mid-air collision
with B-17G 42-31948 on a 54-aircraft practice flight at Louisiana Rapides, ten miles northwest of
Alexandria 6May45 (9KIS). SOC Alexandria Field 7May45. Surveyed Alexandria AAF Jun 7, 1945
5356 (MSN 3895) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Nov42.
Walla Walla Field, WA 1Mar43. Madras Field, OR 19Jun43. Rapid City Field, SD 29Jul43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 15Aug43. 818th Bomb Squadron, 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at MacDill Field 29Mar44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 9Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5357 (MSN 3896) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 11Dec42.
Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 20Dec42. Waller Field, Trinidad 20Dec42.
Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 21De42. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 22Dec42. Wideawake Field,
Ascension Island 26Dec42. Roberts Field, Liberia; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 3Jan43.
Crashed on the ferry flight from Marrakech to Biskra 3Jan43 (9POW). The plane was in a flight of three
which were detailed to join the 97th Bomb Group; problem was, no-one told the Bomb Group to
expect the flight. They found themselves over a solid undercast, preventing visual navigation and the
airfield at Biskra did not respond to any radio calls. Dropping down, they realised they were over the
enemy territory of Tunisia. Two of the planes were attacked by German fighters, one crash landing
and this plane force landing in the desert near Gabès, Tunisia. Intending to force land alongside, the
pilot of the third plane aborted when the crew fired a red flare; they had landed in enemy territory.
Before a takeoff could be attempted the next morning, the crew and plane were captured and taken
prisoners of war. Two pilots of 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group were flying a patrol over
enemy-held territory between Gabès and El Guettar 5Jan43. They spotted an apparently undamaged B-17
being towed along a road. Captured by the Germans, the aeroplane was being towed towards a Luftwaffe
base when the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk pilots found it. The two pilots did not like the idea of the B-17
falling into enemy hands, so they dove down and strafed the bomber until it caught fire and burned to a hulk. .
5358 (MSN 3897) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Nov42.
Walla Walla Field, WA 31Jan43. Seattle, WA 5Mar43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 28May43.
Rapid City Field, SD 2Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 10Jul43. 357th Base Unit, Kellogg Field,
Battle Creek, MI 18Sep44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing
equipment; designated TB-17F. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 24Sep44. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Convair Field, Allentown, PA 5Jul45.
4112th Base Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 17Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
5359 (MSN 3898) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 20Nov42.
348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA. Force landed with fuel exhaustion after
becoming lost at Sheldon, IA 15Dec42; repaired and flown out. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 13Jan43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 2Mar43. Amarillo Field, TX 27Apr43. Dyersburg Field, TN 17Jul43.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 17Jun43. Alexandria Field, LA.
502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged in collision with parked
B-17F 42-5593 at Dyersburg Field, TN 26Jul43. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Ardmore Field, OK 20Aug44. 332nd Base Unit, Ardmore Field, OK 30Jan45. Reclaimed 3Jan46
5360 (MSN 3899) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 20Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 13Dec42. 358th Bomb Squadron,
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire [VK*N] 8Jan43.
Named WAR BRIDE -art work on right side of nose / OLD FAITHFUL - on left side of nose.
Artwork of a reclining nude woman. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Hamm, Germany 4Feb43. Cloud cover prevented bombing of the primary target at Hamm and the
formation diverted to the industrial area of Emden, Germany. The bomber suffered a direct hit
from Fw 190 cannon fire shortly after the aircraft had dropped its bombs. The bombardier was
manning his guns as fighters were coming in from all angles. His 45-caliber pistol was resting
on a shelf just above his left shoulder. There was a terrific explosion directly beside his head,
stunning him for a moment. When he regained his composure, he decided to find out what
happened and immediately spotted what was left of his pistol. A 20mm shell from the Fw 190 had
made a direct hit on the hammer of the pistol. The hit tore the grip from the right side of the gun
butt and tore the gun holster apart. The gun slide was dented and nicked. Shrapnel from the shell
almost tore the nose compartment apart. The bomb sight gyro was pierced. The parachute the
bombardier was wearing on his back was torn to ribbons. With all the damage the shell had done, t
he bombardier and the navigator were untouched. There was no doubt that the 45-caliber pistol
saved the life of the bombardier by deflecting the shrapnel. A 20mm shell exploded in the vertical s
tabiliser of the B-17, tearing it apart. All told, about twenty shells entered the plane which returned
safely to Molesworth. Battle damaged on a mission to the power station supplying the naval
installations at Lorient, France 16Apr43. No.1 and 3 engines were running rough and the aircraft
was out of formation. No.2 engine caught fire but was extinguished and the right wing damaged by
an enemy fighter. The plane force landed at RAF Predannack, Cornwall. Failed to return from a mission
to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 manufacturing factory at Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (1KIA:9POW).
While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases and a recall signal was
issued. B/Gen. Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target.
This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support
was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the target.
P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal support but they obeyed the recall order to return to
England and left the bombers to fend for themselves on the return trip. It proved to be the most disastrous
of the 303rd Bomb Group combat missions flown to date. The 303rd lost eleven of the forty B-17s
flying the mission. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and intensified when the American
fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was experienced on the bomb run, with
intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. It was shot down by German fighters, peeled out
of formation and was last seen at 17,000ft under control. The crew bailed out over Goslar before
the plane crashed two hundred meters south of Horn, Kreis Lippe. {35 missions} MACR 1926
5361 MSN 3900) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Nov42. Glasgow Field, MT 18Dec42. Walla Walla Field, WA 4Feb43. Redmond
Field, OR 18Jun43. Spokane Field, WA 31Jul43. 29th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 1Jun44.
460th Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 5Jun44. 29th Bomb
Group, Dalhart Field, TX 2Sep44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 18Sep44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 26Oct44. 273rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Nov44. 248th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit, Very Heavy), Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Crashed in bad weather after the crew
bailed out 1.5 miles northeast of Lackland, FL 18Feb45. Reclaimed 16Mar45.
5362 (MSN 3901) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Nov42. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 18Dec42.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*F], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 1Jan43.
{first combat mission 4Feb43}. . Named }. SHORT SNORTER II. Named after the good luck charm
that members of the 'Grand Order of the Short Snorter' - an elite group of inter-war air travelers
who had made transoceanic air crossings - all carried. Failed to return from a mission to the port at
Bremen, Germany 26Feb43 (10MIA). The primary target was overcast so the plane diverted to the
docks and harbour at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Attacked by enemy fighters en route to the
target, last seen turning back off Vlieland, Friesland. Almost immediately after it left the formation,
the bomber was observed being pounced upon by five twin-engine Ju-88 fighters.
The bomber was believed to have crashed in the North Sea. {2 missions}. MACR 15712
5363 (MSN 3902) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 24Nov42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Blythe Field, CA 18Mar43.
593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Moses Lake Field, WA 2May43.
Takeoff accident at Moses Lake Field 22Jun43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 30Jun44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 15Jul44. 120th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Richmond Field, VA 9Oct44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 23Feb45. Modified for training, stripped
of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 274th Base
Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Herington Field, KS 15Jun45. 486th Base Unit,
Herington Field, KS. Damaged in an accident at Mines Field, Los Angeles, CA 24Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 14Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5364 (MSN 3903) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 24Nov42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Pueblo AAB, CO 8Apr43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18May43. Felts Field, Spokane, WA 13Aug43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 27Jul44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS. Crash landed due engine failure at Gulfport 15Dec44. Reclamation completed Gulfport AAF Mar 13, 1946
5365 (MSN 3904) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 24Nov42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 31Mar43. Ephrata AAB, WA 28Apr43. Rapid City Field, SD 29Jul43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 8Aug43. Westover Field, Chicopee
Falls, MA 17Dec43. Wendover Field, UT 9Jan44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 17Nov44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5366 (MSN 3905) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 24Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 14Dec42. Scottsbluff Field, NB 23Mar43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 30Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 28Jun43. 467th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX Jul43.
Takeoff accident at Dalhart Field 24Sep43. Salvaged 25Sep43. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrappe
5367 (MSN 3906) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 24Sep42. Rapid City Field, SD 28Oct42. 317th Bomb Squadron,
88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 28Nov42. On February 11, 1943 the aircraft took
off from Walla Walla Field in Washington on a routine flight for local bombing and
instrument practice. While flying on instruments returning to Walla Walla Field, the B-17
crashed on Table Rock Mountain seventeen miles east of Walla Walla when it struck
a ridge at approximately 6,000ft msl (10KIS.
5368 (MSN 3907) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 7Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 3Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 2Feb43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 3Feb43. Redmond Field, OR 18Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 17Jul43.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 26Nov44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 13Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5369 (MSN 3908) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Nov42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 13Mar43. Luke, AZ 16May43.
346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 24Jun43. Galveston Field, TX 24Jul43. 346th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-6170 two miles
east of Gates, TN 19Jan44 (7KIS). Designated RB-17F. 486th Base Unit, Herington Field, KS.
Crash landed Mines Field, Los Angeles, CA 14Sep45.
5370 (MSN 3909) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 24Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 3Feb43. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*K],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 26Feb43. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards, Hamm, Germany 4Mar43 (3MIA:6KIA:1POW). The weather
was bad from takeoff through to Germany preventing four other groups rendezvousing with the
91st Bomb Group which proceeded alone to the target. Sixteen planes faced the toughest fighter
defence of the war, the heaviest flak areas, and on the deepest penetration yet into Germany.
The reception was immediate with German fighters determined to stop the attack; the return
flight home was no easier, flying into the wind of a strong jetstream. Shot down by Leutnant
August Geiger of 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 night-fighter. Crashed in the North Sea close to the
Noorderhaaks sandbank at the entrance to the Waddenzee, Den Helder, Netherlands.
MACR 16102.
5371 (MSN 3910) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 25Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 27Dec42. Scribner Field, NB 28Mar43. Dyersburg
Field, TN 13Apr43. 4100 BU, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Jun44. 268th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 11Oct44. 274th Base Unit
(Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Herington Field, KS 18Oct44. 575th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying
Station, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA 11Dec44. 4135th Base Unit (Ogden Air Technical Service
Command), Hill Field, Ogden, UT 22Dec44. Designated RB-17F. 274th Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Herington Field, KS 4Jan45. Damaged Herington 19Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage a
nd disposal 14Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5372 (MSN 3911) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 26Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 28Dec42. Moses Lake Field, WA 2May43. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 2Aug43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Moses Lake Field, WA 23Aug43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL Nov43. Destroyed when force landed
after engine failure at Avon Park Field 30Apr44. Salvaged 1May44..to CL-26 Geiger AAF May 11, 1944
5373 (MSN 3912) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 25Nov42. Pocatello Field, ID 17Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 8Jan43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 31Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 2Feb43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Aug43. Combat Crew Training Squadron, 469th Bomb Group,
Alexandria Field, LA. Damaged by fire Alexandria Field, LA 24Dec43. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 14Sep44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 17Oct44.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 29Dec44. 902nd Base Unit
(Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 6May45. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Great Bend Field, KS 10May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5374 (MSN 3913) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 26Nov42. Blythe Field, CA 5Jan43. Ephrata AAB, WA 24May43. 222th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 22Jan44. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. Damaged by bad weather
over Hobbs Field, NM 2May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting
Company Jul46; scrapped
5375 (MSN 3914) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 25Nov42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 14Jan43. Pyote Field, TX 8Mar43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 21Jun43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 12Jul43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 2Sep44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 23Oct44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK f
or storage and disposal 13Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5376 (MSN 3915) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 25Nov42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 6Feb43. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*X], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Mar43, named "Eager Eagle". Experimented in night
bombing alongside the RAF and operated night leaflet and propaganda missions. Collision with RAF
Beaufighter V8715 (2KIS); crashed at Foulsham, Norfolk 31Aug43 (8KIS:2RTD). The Beaufighter was evidently
in a steep bank to the right hitting the B-17 between the No.3 and No.4 engines from the front. The force of the collision
split the Beaufighter in half and severed the right wing of the B-17F. The two waist gunners parachuted to safety.
The bomber crashed into a farm building on the Parish Church Farm on the southern edge of the town of
Foulsham, Norfolk, killing nine other crew members including a Royal Air Force pilot on detached service
with the 305th Bomb Group from Royal Air Force No.3 Group, advising how to fly at night, riding as Observer.
There were no civilian casualties. The farm building was partially demolished, killing five bullocks.
Under the 'Conclusions And Recommendations' of the subsequent investigation it was noted that both aircraft
were flying without navigation lights as they were above 5,000ft and there was a 'Red' air raid alert on
at that time. The accident was unavoidable. The Beaufighter crashed at Foulsham, England.
B-17 condemned Sep 1, 1943.
5377 (MSN 3916) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 26Nov42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West
Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 21Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Named "Axis Axes". Failed to return from a mission
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Grosseto, Italy 26Apr43 (1KIA:9MIA). The plane was being flown by a new crew and was
flying low, not in proper formation going into the target. A direct flak strike split the fuselage open at the radio
room and five airmen were sucked out before it crashed
5378 (MSN 3917) Accepted by USAAF 19Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 26Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 11Dec42.
367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 1Jan43
Named "Skylark"--a popular song written in 1942 by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine pens at Lorient, France 6Mar43 (3KIA:6POW:1EVD).
The aircraft had developed an oil leak in No.3 engine over the English Channel, but oil pressure
stayed steady so the pilots continued the mission. Fighters attacked as this plane was dropping
back due to the earlier oil leak and the fact this plane was in the low Squadron, it came under
heavy fighter attack shortly after rounding the Brest Peninsula. When engine No.4 quit, the bomber
was abandoned close to the target at Lorient. Crashed at Kerlivio, 3km northeast of Ploemeur, France.
5379 (MSN 3918) Accepted by USAAF 19Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 26Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 4Feb43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129),
Cornwall 13Mar43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*D], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 15Mar43. {21+missions}. 96th Bomb Group. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*W],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 27Sep43. Eighth Air Force Service
Command (AFSC) 8Apr44; not equipped with 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks. Returned to US 24Jul44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Sep44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jan45.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Feb45.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 3Aug45. Converted to TB-17F (weather).
Named "Yankee Eagle". To CL-26 Wright AAF Nov 30, 1946
5380 (MSN 3919) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 27Nov42. Hobbs Field, NM 23Dec42. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 25Jul43. Hobbs Field, NM 3Aug43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 20Aug45
5381 (MSN 3920) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Nov42.
Wendover Field, UT 12Dec42. Long Beach Field, CA 9Mar43. Salvaged 25Apr43
To CL-26b Amarillo AAF Aug 7, 1943
5382 (MSN 3921) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26Nov42.
Berry, TN 31Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 6Feb43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*E], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Feb43. Named. "The Witch's Tit"
Failed to return from a mission to the shipyards at Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (1KIA:9POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Germany).
No MACR
5383 (MSN 3922) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 28Nov42.
Lewistown Field, MT 18Dec42. 317th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 22Feb43.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Redmond Field, OR 10Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 15Aug43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL Nov43. Crashed when the crew bailed out
after engine failure at Davenport, FL 2Apr44 (4KIS). To CL-26 Apr 4, 1944
5384 (MSN 3923) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 28Nov43.
Pocatello Field, ID 20Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 8Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 14Feb43. 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX.
Collided with parked B-17F 42-5441 during take off from Pyote Field 26Jul43. Crashed seven miles
east of Pyote Field 7Aug43 (6KIS). Salvaged 8Sep43
5385 (MSN 3924) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 28Nov42.
Wendover Field, UT 13Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 20Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 23Jul43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44.
242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 30Aug44. 223rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 20Nov44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23May45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 20Aug45
5386 (MSN 3925) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Nov42.
Redmond Field, OR 23Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 31Jan43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 10Mar43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22May43. 503rd Bomb Squadron,
346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 12Jun43. The crew bailed out after a mid-air collision
with B-17F 42-5465 and the plane crashed at Sligo, MO 4Sep43 (2KIS). Salvaged 5Sep43
5387 (MSN 3926) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Nov42.
317th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 21Sep42. Damaged Sioux
City AAB, IA 22Dec42. Redmond Field, OR 21Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 13Jun43. Walla Walla
Field, WA 15Aug43. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 17Nov44.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 13Mar45.
2510th Base Unit, Enid, OK 20Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 5Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5388 (MSN 3927) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Nov42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 2Feb43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 348th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 11May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. {90 missions)
Named "Never Satisfied") }. 817th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-32043
taxying at Sterparone 16Jun44. {20 missions}. Pisa, Italy 15May45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. To excessive inventory list Nov 30, 1945
5389 (MSN 3928) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Nov42.
Wendover Field, UT 14Dec42. 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 3Feb43.
Crashed after takeoff three miles southeast of Sioux City 8Feb43 (8KIS). Condemned Sioux City AAF
Feb 9, 1943
5390 (MSN 3929) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Nov42.
Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Jan43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco
Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 19Mar43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*L], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 26Mar43. Named "The Avenger") . Failed to return
from a mission to the shipyards at Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (7KIA:3POW). Damaged by flak
and shot down by enemy fighters. Near Borgsweer an explosion in the aircraft tore off the nose
part of the plane which came down about 200 m from the rest of the aircraft. Crashed about 150 m
off the road from Borgsweer to Lalleweer, Groningen, Netherlands. Claimed by Uffz Hans_georg Huthenke
in Fw 190A-4 of JG 11/3.
5391 (MSN 3930) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 28Nov42. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 14Feb43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to UK 19Mar43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*D],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 25Mar43. Named "Rain of Terror".
{first combat mission 17Apr43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory
at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (2KIA:8POW). The bomber was struck by flak as well as by enemy fighter
cannon fire over the target, setting the aircraft on fire. The bombs had just dropped and the togglier
was turning the plane back over to the pilot when more flak struck the aircraft. The bomb bay doors
were still open. The pilot and co-pilot managed to keep the plane with the formation despitet the fire.
On the way to the coast, a fighter made a pass over top of the bomber, wounding the top turret gunner.
The tail gunner was most likely killed during this attack. As the plane continued towards the North Sea,
the fires became more intense and the pilot could no longer could keep it in the air. He told the crew
to leave the aircraft. The two pilots remained with the plane in spite of the increasing intensity of fire
within the aircraft and it continued losing altitude. The pilots finally made a crash landing on the beach
at Hilgenriedersiel, five miles northeast of Norden, Germany. They both survived to become POWs. {1 mission)
MACR 15222
5392 29Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Jan43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to Fairwood Common, Swansea, Wales 21Mar43. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*X],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 26Mar43 Named "Stric Nine/Old Sad Sack".
358th Bomb Squadron [VK*O]. Failed to return from a mission to Gilze en Rijen, Netherlands 19Aug43 (6KIA:4POW).
No.3 engine damaged by flak and the wing was on fire. Some of the crew bailed out before the plane crashed
in the North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. {21 missions}. . MACR 285.
5393 (MSN 3932) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 29Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 6Feb43. Ferried via the South Atlantic through Marrakech, French Morocco to UK.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Feb43
. {first combat mission 6Mar43}. Received a field modification to counter the German tactic of head on attacks;
the bomb sight was removed, a twin 0.50caliber gun was installed and armored plate to protect the gunner.
Battle damaged on a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43. En route
to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters.
When two engines began losing power, the B-17 was unable to stay in formation. The only chance
of survival was to jettison the bombs. It was then able to rejoin the formation. After the target, the Group
turned and headed westward for England. German fighters, having landed and refueled, attacked again until,
finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. Damaged by enemy action,
the left horizontal stabiliser was badly shot up and the fabric was gone from the top of the rudder.
There was a hole in the leading edge of the wing, the left wing flap was hanging loose, the windshield
glass was shot out, the ball turret was inoperative. Force landed RAF Kenley, Kent, blew a tire and skidded
into a truck. RAF women mechanics (WAAF) repaired the battle damage temporarily and provided fuel
from their meagre stores to get the bomber back to base at Molesworth. Took off from RAF Kenley but
involved in landing accident at RAF North Luffenham, Rutland after getting lost en route to
Molesworth 15Oct43 (10RTD). 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire.
100th Bomb Group 4Mar44. Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 18Jun44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45
Named "Thumper Again" aka "Little Woman" & "Just For Laffs"
5394 (MSN 3933) Accepted by USAAF 24Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 29Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Feb43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 1Mar43. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*O],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 2Mar43. Failed to return from a mission
to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43 (4KIA:6POW). Engine fire in No.2
engine had developed earlier then, after bombs dropped over Bremen, a fighter attack knocked out
No.4 engine and killing the radio officer, ball turret gunner and both waist gunners. When the crew
bailed out, only one engine was operating. Disintegrated and crashed at Benthullen, southwest of
Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 15516
5395 (MSN 3934) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 30Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 17Dec42. Twelfth Air
Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 3Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Failed to return
from a tactical mission in support of Operation Husky to the Messina-Villa San Giovanni ferry terminals,
Italy 16Jul43 (1KIA:9RTD). A wing was damaged by flak and the plane force landed at Tunis, Tunisia. {43 missions}.
Salvaged
5396 (MSN 3935) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK
4Dec42. Ainsworth Field, NB 21Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 25Feb43.
Rapid City Field, SD 24Apr43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 8May43. Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 2Jun44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 27Jul44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 21Nov44. 610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 16Feb45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 5Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5397 (MSN 3936) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Dec42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 15Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 352nd
Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 9Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {62 missions}. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 14Nov43. Failed to return from a mission to the airfield at Eleusis, Athens, Greece 18Nov43 (10EVD).
The plane was struck by flak over the target, knocking out three engines. The pilot glided the bomber
to the island of Corfu, Greece. There he made a safe crash landing near Lefkimmi Point. The crew tried to
destroy the plane by fire, but was unsuccessful. {1 mission}. The crew had only minor injuries and evaded
capture then transferred to mainland Greece where they were hidden on the mountains of NW Greece by the
resistance, waiting to be transferred to Italy. During the next few days the USAAF crew moved close to the
Ionian Sea in preparation to be transferred to Albania but the contact failed and they had to return to the
hiding place on the mountains. When they arrived they were surprised to find another aircraft crew waiting there.
That was the crew of a RAF Handley-Page Halifax bomber that had carried out a SOE mission to Albania.
After concluding the supply drop the RAF bomber had engine problems and crashed on the mountains
at the Greek village of Lavdani on the night 9-10Jan44. The American and British crews were evacuated
to Italy on the night 15-16Mar44 from south of Parga with the help of two Italian fishing boats
MACR 1200.
5398 (MSN 3937) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Dec43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 15Jan43. Wendover Field, UT 27Feb43. Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 19Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 9Jun43. 468th Bomb
Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 9Jul43. Crashed after engine failure at Dalhart
Field, TX 27Jul43. Salvaged 23Oct43.
5399 (MSN 3938) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Dec42.
589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 31Jan43. Accident taking off when
it collided with parked B-17F 42-2974 at Ephrata AAB, WA 20Mar43. Spokane Field, WA 15Jun43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 9Jul43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jul44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 15Feb45. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 3May45. 484th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 14Aug45. 2114th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 22Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5400 (MSN 3939) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Dec42. Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 4Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28May43. Dyersburg
Field, TN 26Jun43. Gulfport Field, MS 11Jul43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 4Aug43. 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 4Aug44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 20Sep44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical
Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Jan45. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 11Apr45. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 6Jul45. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 24Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5401 (MSN 3940) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 19Jan43. 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group,
Pyote Field, TX 21Aug43. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Crashed after fuel
exhaustion and the crew bailed out at Dewitt, AR 26Mar44. Salvaged; Class 26 at Pyote Field 27Mar44
5402 (MSN 3941) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Dec42.
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 27Dec42. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 15Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Pisa, Italy 4Oct43 (10RTD). Damaged by flak over the target, on return, crash landed
on a beach near El Aouina, Tunisia. Crew safe, but aircraft was salvaged.
5403 (MSN 3942) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Dec42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 17Dec42. Twelfth
Air Force, North Africa. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 14Jan43.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet,
Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
{72 missions}. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 10Nov43.
{first combat mission 18Nov43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. {32 missions}.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44.
{2 missions}. 816th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Condemned; salvaged not combat related 30Mar45
5404 (MSN 3943) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 18Dec42. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*B], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh, UK 1Feb43, . Battle damaged returning from a mission
to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43 (3WIA:7RTD). On the return route a
navigational error took the entire formation at low level over the Brest peninsula where
heavy flak fired from navy flak boats fragmented the group. German fighters arrived on the
scene, quickly exploited the situation and began concerted attacks. A Fw 190 fired at the
tail of the bomber, wounding the tail gunner and starting an oxygen fire; he bent the oxygen
lines with his hands to stop the flow and fire. The radio operator was wounded and the ball
turret was destroyed, injuring the gunner. No.3 propeller oversped, the No.2 supercharger
was shot out and the No.3 fuel tank was leaking. The aileron and elevator controls and
hydraulic system were disabled. The pilot considered ditching but a thermal took the
plane over the cliffs. The plane cracked at the radio room during the forced landing at RAF
Predannack, Cornwall. Eighth Air Force Service Command 2May43. Regained by Group 14Jul43.
Standard Beam Approach equipment fitted. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*M], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 22Aug43. Named *The Geezil*--Named
after the comic strip character created by E.C. Segar for the Thimble Theatre cartoon strip.
Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment. {first combat mission 27Aug43}. Failed to
return from a mission to an aircraft assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany 30Jan44 (7KIA:3POW).
Shot down by enemy action before reaching the target. A Me 410 fired a rocket which damaged No.3
engine and sheared 3ft off the top of the vertical stabiliser, injuring the tail gunner. Attacks by Fw 190s
resulted in a runaway propeller on No.1 engine and damaged No.2 engine; the electrical system was
disabled and a fire started in a wing. The pilot dived the bomber to try and extinguish the fire and
managed to escape further attacks by entering a cloud layer. Attempts to jettison the bombs failed
and the fire had spread to the fuselage. At this point the crew started to bail out. The bomber was
now at 4,000ft and exploded before all the crew could escape. The aircraft crashed at Doehren,
near Melle, eighteen miles southeast of Osnabrück, Germany. {21 missions.
MACR 2264
5405 (MSN 3944) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Dec42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 1Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 24Apr43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11May43.
Victorville, CA 30May43. Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 13Jun43. HQ Sqd 2nd Air Force,
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 29Nov43. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 31Jan45. 611th Base Unit, Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 30Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 4Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5406 (MSN 3945) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 3Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 17Mar43. 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 19Apr43. Failed to return from a mission
to the former Avions Potez aircraft factory at Méaulte, France 13May43 (6KIA:4POW).
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed in target area
5407 (MSN 3946) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5Feb43. Ferried South Atlantic route
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL to Marrakech, French Morocco. Eighth Air Force.
Departed Marrakech 22Feb43 to UK. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*L], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 25Feb43. Damaged taxying at Thurleigh 10Mar43.
Severely battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen,
Germany 17Apr43. Flak damage to left and right inner engine nacelles and surrounding
wing structure, flak damage to bomb bay doors, horizontal stabiliser and rear fuselage.
Battle damaged during a mission to the air depot at Villacoublay, France 24Aug43; flak damage
to right wing and vertical stabiliser. Battle damaged during a Crossbow mission to the
Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 rocket bunker at Watten, France 27Aug43. Damage to right
wing, ball and top turret. 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 11Sep43. {first combat mission 23Sep43}. {1 mission}. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*O],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 27Sep43., named "Fighting Pappy".
Failed to return from a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam, Prussia 9Oct43 (1KIA:9POW).
The group formation passed over Cromer, Norfolk, at 1,000ft trying to fly under German radar.
Unfortunately, they were spotted by the Bremen defense area and fighters were vectored along
the Danish coast on an interception course. The formation reached 11,000ft, found the target
and released their bombs. Then the group was intercepted over Kiel, Germany, by a force of Fw 190s.
Numerous 20mm cannon shells struck in the cockpit area of ??the B-17. Numerous other shells hit the
right side of the fuselage and elevator controls; the rudder had also been damaged. Shortly afterwards,
a heavy explosion rocked the plane. A missile hit the right wing. An explosive bullet penetrated the
windshield, Plexiglass and aluminum parts penetrated the cockpit area. The explosion showered the
pilot with parts of the windshield. For a while he couldn't see anything because his eyes were covered
with blood. Missiles again damaged the right wing behind engine number 4. The aileron had already
been torn away; this caused the aircraft to steer into a right turn. The B-17 spiralled downwards out
of formation. The pilot and co-pilot struggled with the spinning aircraft and managed to straighten
it up. The radio operator had been hit by a cannon shell but still sent out a distress signal, then
clamped the transmitter key down and returned to his gun. The pilot warned the crew to take up crash
positions and wait for the impact. He managed to fly the plane straight and level, putting the B-17
down amongst horses and cattle grazing on salt marshes at Kalifornien, near Schonberg, eleven miles
northeast of Kiel, Germany without further injuries to the crew. The radio operator had died from his
wounds before the crash. {19 missions}. damaged by Hptm Erich Woitke in Fw 190A-6 of JG 11/2
MACR 1354.
5408 (MSN 3947) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 3Dec42. Rapid City Field, SD 31Jan43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 8Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 10Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 8Aug43.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 19Sep44. 1st Continental
Air Force, Bolling Field, Washington, DC 21Jul44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Great Bend Field, KS 26Aug44. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 22Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5409 (MSN 3948) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 3Mar43.
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43, named "Lydia Pinkham", Battle damaged on a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Boccadifalco, Palermo, Sicily 5Apr43. Heavy
flak and enemy fighters were encountered, shrapnel damaging the left wing. Battle damaged
by enemy fighters on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Cancello Arnone,
Naples, Italy 21Jun43. Battle damaged by flak on a tactical mission to a railway
bridge at Messina, Sicily 12Jul43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {55 missions}. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 16Nov43}. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the Messerschmitt
factory at Augsburg, Germany 19Dec43 (1KIA:9POW). Because of poor weather
the group diverted to an alternate target, the railway marshalling yards at Innsbruck,
Austria. The plane had number three engine on fire and fell behind the Group formation
about thirty miles before reaching the Adriatic Sea. Attacked by a force of enemy fighters,
the plane caught fire, killing the radio operator. The crew bailed out before the plane
crashed within twenty miles of Udine, Italy. {8 missions}. Claimed
by Uffz Hans Langer in Bf 109G-6 of JG 51/4 . MACR 1519.
All 10 crew bailed out, but tail gunner was shot by a German soldier and died, rest POW.
5410 (MSN 3949) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Dec42. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Cut Bank Field, MT 31Jan43 .
Accident returning from a training mission 15Jan43. In high winds whipping up the snow,
the pilot was unable to land at Cut Bank Field because of poor visibility. Approaching Great
Falls still in low visibility, the plane struck a high-tension cable cutting off five feet of the
vertical stabiliser. The cable tangled with the No.1 propeller but the pilot was able to
maintain control and landed safely at Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Ainsworth Field, NB 21Feb43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 24Apr43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 29Jun43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Nov43.
594th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 3Dec43. 327th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal Sep 6, 1945
5411 MSN 3950) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Dec42. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 25Dec42.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French
Morocco 23Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 1Aug43, Named "Shady Lady". (first combat mission 7Sep43}. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to the
business district of Sofia, Bulgaria 10Jan44 (1WIA:9RTD). Flak was accurate, wounding the
radio operator. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Sofia,
Bulgaria 24Jan44 (1KIA:9POW). Over the target, the formation found it impossible to bomb
and proceeded to a secondary target at Nis, Yugoslavia. After going 80 to 100 miles beyond Sofia,
the group turned and headed for home base. Heavy cloud formations were encountered along the
route. Attacked by a force of enemy fighters, the plane dropped out of formation over the coast
of the Adriatic with No.1 propeller feathered and lost altitude. The upper turret had been hit and
the plane was running out of fuel. The pilot crashed landed on a beach in Albania, the crew was
safe and taken prisoner. {39 missions}. MACR 1988
10 crew POW, but one was shot by German guard while in camp.
5412 (MSN 3951) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Dec42. Blythe Field, CA 11May43. Pueblo AAB, CO 8Jun43. Alamogordo
Field, NM 10Jul43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Aug43. 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 26Jun44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 13Jul44. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School),
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 16Oct44. Salvaged 19Oct44. 3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field,
Biloxi, MS 29Jan45. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO.
Reclamation completed Lowry AAF Apr 3, 1946
5413 (MSN 3952) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 10Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Jan43. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
DeRidder AAB, LA. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 31Jan43. Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 3Feb43.
Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 3Feb43; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana 5Feb43;
Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 6Feb43; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 7Feb43; Yundum Field,
Bathurst, Gambia 9Feb43; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco 10Feb43. General
Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria 23Feb43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 416th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 22Mar43.
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 25Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Named "Ramblin' Raider". Failed to return from a mission to the satellite landing grounds
around Foggia, Italy 25Aug43 (4KIA:6POW). During the bomb run over the target, the bomber
was attacked by a large flight of enemy fighters. All four engines were smoking, three from mechanical
trouble and one from cannon shells. Tracer bullets were burning inside the fuselage as the plane
was being shot up. The bomb load was dropped but six fragmentation bombs were hung up.
Some of the crew were injured but bailed out as flames were emitted from number three engine.
The plane was heading for Messina when it crashed near Castel Volturno, Caserta, Italy. One of the
crew landed near the crashed bomber which was burning causing the machine gun bullets to
fire and the fragmentation bombs exploded. MACR 478
5414 (MSN 3953) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 24Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 18Mar43. Gulfport
Field, MS 23Jun43. Dyersburg Field, TN 27Jun43. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
McCook Field, NB 1Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 16Aug44. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 5Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 11Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5415 (MSN 3954) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Dec42. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 31Jan43.
Damaged taxying Pyote Field, TX 3Feb43. Minden, NV 6Feb43. Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43.
Pyote Field, TX 27Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Oct43.
28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 31Oct43. 419th Combat Crew
Training Squadron, Dyersburg Field, TN. Forced landing mechanical failure Dyersburg 12Jan44.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 4Jun44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 22Jun44.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 30Jul44.
563rd Base Unit, Homestead Field, FL 13Feb45. 4160th Base Unit (Sacramento Air
Technical Service Command), Hobbs Field, NM 1Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 15Nov45
5416 (MSN 3955) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Dec42. West Coast Training Center, Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43.
Hobbs Field, NM 6May43. Roswell Field, NM 23May43. 3018th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Kingman Field, AZ 18Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 18Sep44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 5Jul45.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 7Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45
5417 (MSN 3956) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 4Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 13Jan43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Jun43. Dyersburg Field, TN 12Jul43. Dalhart Field, TX 13Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Nov43. 411th Base Unit,
Robins Field, GA 29Jul44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL.
Damaged while parked by B-17G 42-102735 at Avon Park Field, FL 22Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 29Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5418 (MSN 3957) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 3Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 20Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 346th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella,
Italy 13Dec43. {27 missions}. 815th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Failed to return from a mission to the
Breda aircraft factory at Milan, Italy 30Apr44 (8POW:2EVD). During and after the bomb run on
the target, heavy flak rocked the plane. A 88mm projectile went through the wing between number
three and four engines, exploding above. Immediately No.3 engine caught fire. The pilot extinguished
the fire with the CO2 extinguisher and feathered the propeller. With the loss of power in that engine,
the plane had to drop out and lagged behind the formation. It was later attacked by enemy fighter
aircraft. Claimed by Uffz. Eberhard Lang of 2./JG 77 flying a Bf 109. All this time the bomber was
losing altitude; the three engines could not keep it up. The pilot gave the order to bail out at
approximately 5,000ft. Crashed at Vannette, near Fratta Polesine, Province of Rovigo, Italy.
Named CHIEF WAHOO. MACR 4612.
5419 (MSN 3958) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 5Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Jan43. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group.
DeRidder AAB, LA 22Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Jan43. Ferried South Atlantic route departing Morrison
Field 4Feb43: Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 4Feb43; Atkinson Field, Georgetown,
British Guiana 7Feb43; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil 8Feb43; Parnamirim Field, Natal,
Brasil 9Feb43; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia 11Feb43; Menara Airport, Marrakech,
French Morocco 12Feb43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran,
Algeria 2Mar43. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 22Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 25Mar43. Named "Whizzer"
Accident returning from a mission to the docks and ferry terminal at Bizerte, Tunisia 3May43 (10RTD).
The mission was aborted because of low cloud and poor visibility. Returning to base, the Group
split up to look for somewhere to land. The plane ditched into Bizerte Lake, Tunisia. The navigator
waded ashore to see which side the enemy was on; fortunately he found British troops. Salvaged
5420 (MSN 3959) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 3Dec42. 368th Bomb Squadron,
306th Bomb Group (not delivered to UK). Blythe Field, CA 27Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 23May43.
Amarillo Field, TX 29Jun43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 31Jul43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 6Jun44. 901st Base Unit,
Heavy Bombardment, Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 10Jun44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 14Jun44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN. Takeoff accident at Dyersburg Field 5Mar45. 325th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 14May45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15May45. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command), Altus Field, OK 5Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field,
Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 26Jul45
5421 (MSN 3960) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 6Dec42. Blythe Field, CA 26Jan43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 5Mar43.
568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, Orlando AAB, FL. Damaged at Orlando 11Mar43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun43. Lewistown Field, MT 29Jun43. Rapid City Field, SD 12Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 18Nov43. 499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 23Aug44. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 26Sep44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel
Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
5422 (MSN 3961) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13,
Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 6Feb43.
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*F], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Feb43.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43 (6KIA:4POW).
On the return route a navigational error took the entire formation at low level over the Brest
peninsula where heavy flak fired from navy flak boats fragmented the group. German fighters
arrived on the scene, quickly exploited the situation and began concerted attacks. Shot down
by Fw 190 fighters of 8./JG 2, 7km from l'île d'Ouessant, 9km from Île de Molène, France.
The four surviving airmen were rescued by sailors of the Pax Vobis who took them to the island of Sein.
MACR 15619
5423 (MSN 3962) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa
Municipal Airport, OK 5Dec42. 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 29Dec42.
Crash landed and rolled into a ravine at the end of the runway at Pueblo AAB 12Feb43 (2KIS:6INJ)
5424 (MSN 3963) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 6Dec42. Fort Morrow Field, Port Heiden, AK 9Jan43. Blythe Field, CA 15Jan43.
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 19May43. Alamogordo Field, NM 7Jun43. Dalhart Field, TX 22Jul43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 17Aug43. 499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 26Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 10Jul44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 14Oct44. Salvaged 20Oct44.
Reclamation completed Amarillo AAF Apr 9, 1946
5425 (MSN 3964) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 6Dec42. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 20Jan43. Dalhart Field, TX 18Mar43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 16Aug43.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 3Jun44. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 16Jun44. 221st Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 24Jul44. 225th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 8Jan45. 4142nd Base Unit (Accelerated Service Test,
Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Nov45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 18Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5426 ((MSN 3965) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Jan43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129),
Cornwall 19Mar43. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*X], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 25Mar43. Named 'Fightin-Bitin'artwork of the 369BS emblem.
Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. Failed to
return from a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43 (5KIA:5POW).
Flak was intense and accurate at the target; meagre but accurate from Flensburg; meagre and
inaccurate from South Sylt and Amrum islands. There was large enemy fighter opposition but did
not press home their attacks. An attack by enemy aircraft hit a wing which blew off.
Shot down by Lt Heinrich Rudolph in Fw 190A of
JG 11/I Stab at Schuby, 6 km W of Schleswig, Germany. MACR 123.
5427 (MSN 3966) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Dec42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 28Dec42. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa route. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. The crew of B-17 42-5770 was stranded in Africa without an airplane.
They found a plane in the theater in need of extensive repair. Scrounging parts and service,
the crew finally got the plane flyable and was assigned to the 20th Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group.
Marrakech, French Morocco. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first combat mission 9May43}.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to a bomber
airfield three miles west of Catania, Sicily 4Jul43. The bomber was attacked by fighters who
made thirty-five passes in a twenty-five minute running battle. The fighters had plastered the
airplane, leaving damage to number one engine nacelle and air intake ducts; the right stabiliser,
elevator and elevator controls; control cables including those for the automatic pilot;
number four engine nacelle; the right aileron and surrounding wing sections; and severed the
rudder controls. Miraculously, none of the crew was injured, and the plane was still controllable
enough for an emergency landing at Malta. Battle damaged during a mission to railway bridges
at Messina, Sicily 12Jul43 (1WIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy and accurate, injuring by navigator.
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Messerschmitt factory at Augsburg, Germany 19Dec43 (1MIA:1KIA:8POW).
Because of poor weather the group diverted to an alternate target, the railway marshalling
yards at Innsbruck, Austria. Attacked by a force of enemy fighters, six or seven concentrated
their attack on this bomber. Soon after the attack began, it began to lag behind and to the right
of the formation. Smoke was coming from the right wing; a rocket had been fired from a Bf 110 G-2 of ZG 76/2
which struck the No.3 engine and fuel tanks. Within a few seconds, the wing burst into flames.
The pilot jettisoned the bomb load and, soon after, the crew began to bail out. The plane made a
gradual turning glide to the right, losing altitude slowly and disappeared into an undercast of clouds
and crashed in mountains near Merano, north of Bolzano, Italy. {62 missions)
MACR 1530.
5428 (MSN 3967) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 6Dec42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 31Jan43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 3Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129),
Cornwall 19Mar43. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*Z], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 24Mar43. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 10Apr43. Regained by Group.
Severely battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43.
Eighth Air Force Service Command 17Apr43. Regained by Group 9Jun43. Battle damaged on a
mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43. A 20mm cannon shell
struck the life raft compartment releasing the raft which badly damaged the stabiliser
[rations from the life raft struck and damaged 42-29498]. Electric wiring also damaged by cannon shells.
Seriously battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 3Sep43.
Damage to right outer wing rib and No.3 engine. Battle damaged by flak on a mission to a roller bearing
factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. On return, force landed at RAF High Halden, Kent. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Sep43. Regained by Group Sep43. Declared 'war weary'.
322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*T], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Dec43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 31Dec43. The target
was covered in solid cloud so the group diverted to the secondary target, a Luftwaffe airfield at
Châteaubernard, Cognac, France. Flak at the target was moderate and accurate. Failed to bomb
caused by malfunction of the bomb release mechanism. Coming out after the bomb run, the crew
tried to jettison the bomb bay fuel tank but it got caught in the bomb bay doors. As the plane
approached England the navigator found a British airfield. It was now dark and the plane is suffering
from fuel exhaustion. There was no runway, so when the pilot hit the brakes the plane started skidding.
Finally the tail dropped and the fuel tank dug a furrow in the ground and served as a brake. The plane
stopped just short of the perimeter fence at RNAS Haldon, Teignmouth, Devon. Returned to Group 4Jan44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 8Apr44. Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 2Jul45.
Named LITTLE SAVAGE artwork of the head of a young native Indian / BLACK MAGIC
5429 (MSN 3968) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Dec42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 17Dec42. 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Cut Bank Field, MT 12Jan43. 2nd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa route.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco 17Apr43. Telergma,
Constantine, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43.
{first combat mission 18May43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault,
Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {2 missions}. Salvaged 8Nov43
5430 (MSN 3969) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
54th Ferrying Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5Feb43. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*V],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 25Feb43. Named "Pappy/Good Enuf")
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 11Jun43 (4KIA:6POW).
Struck by flak immediately after dropping its bombs, the No.1 and 3 engines were throwing oil and
power was lost. The plane went into a steep dive, then leveled out and was attacked shortly afterwards
by Fw 190 fighters. Crashed Aschhausen, northeast of Lake Zwischenahner, Germany after
colliding with Fw 190. MACR 15228
5431 MSN 3970) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 6Feb43. 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 8Feb43. Named "L'il Abner" Failed to return from a mission to
the Erla GmbH aircraft factory at Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium 5Apr43 (10POW). The plane was in the tail
end position of the trailing flight of three aircraft. After passing Ghent en route to Antwerp the plane
was repeatedly attacked by Fw 190 fighters. The bomber took a direct hit in No.2 engine, setting the
engine on fire and the left landing gear was damaged. The plane dropped out of formation and
jettisoned its bombs. Continuing to be attacked and riddled by cannon shells, the instrument panel
was destroyed and No.4 engine was on fire. Another fighter attack injured The engineer/top turret
gunner and then the crew bailed out. It slowly arced down with both wings on fire, exploded and
crashed at Wilrijk, near Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium. Claimed by Major Josef Priller flying a Fw 190
of JG 26. After the mission, the Belgian Ambassador to the U.S. protested about the inaccurate
bombing that resulted in many civilian casualties (936 dead, among them hundreds of Belgian
factory workers and 209 schoolchildren.
5432 (MSN 3971) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 7Feb43. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*B], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 25Feb43. Named "The Hunting Club" aka "Just For Laughs"
Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl,
Germany 22Jun43 (6KIA:4POW).. MACR 3077. Hit by AAA and was last seen
after it had passed over the target area. Crashed at Berg Bossendorf,
near Haltern, Germany.
5433 (MSN 3972) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 11Jan43. Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 14May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jun43.
Rapid City Field, SD 20Jul43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 6Jun44. 2nd Air Force HQ, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 2Jul44.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 11Aug44. 2530th Base Unit,
Navigation School, Selman Field, Monroe, LA 26Sep44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical
Service Command), Rome Field, NY 5Nov44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service
Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 7Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5434 (MSN 3973) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 6Feb43. Ferried via the South Atlantic through Marrakech, French Morocco to UK.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*J], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 6Mar43
Named "Lady Luck" aka "Bob's Boudoir & Shad Rack". The languishing beauty of 'Lady Luck'
adorned the tail fin and carried the simple title of 'Lady Luck' on the nose
{first combat mission 22Mar43}. Crashed east of Old Alresford Pond, near Winchester,
Hants 26Sep43, killing six cows. Carrying a full load of fuel and ten 500lb bombs on a
recalled mission to the Nantes submarine pens in France, the crew experienced a runaway
propeller on No.4 engine, which subsequently caught fire and forced them to abandon
the aircraft over Southern England. The pilot, Lt Cogswell, stayed with his aircraft until all
the crew had bailed out safely, and then jumped himself too low by then and he sustained
severe back injuries as a result. A plaque in Soke Gardens honours Captain Cogswell of the
303rd Bomb Group, US Eighth Air Force and his conduct in saving Alresford from a potential
disaster. {25 missions}. Salvaged 20Dec43
5435 (MSN 3974) Accepted by USAAF 30Nov42. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8Feb43. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 9Feb43. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire Feb43. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire,
France 1May43 (10MIA). Shot down by Unteroffizier Otto Kleinert of 7./JG 2 flying a Fw 190.
Crashed in the Bay of Biscay halfway between Belle-Île-en- Mer, 50km from the coast, and
Pointe de Penmarch, France. MACR 15721
5436 (MSN 3975) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
Pyote Field, TX 5Jan43. 502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 22May43.
Crashed near Dyersburg 23Jun43 (3KIS). Surveyed Dyersburg AF Jun 27, 1943
5437 (MSN 3976) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 8Dec42.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 6Feb43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*H], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 8Mar43, named. "Frank's Nightmare". Failed to return from a mission
to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (3MIA:6KIA:1POW). The formation
was subject to continuous fighter attacks from the time it crossed over the enemy coast. In addition,
the bombers were hit by flak as they passed over anti-aircraft defence zones. This plane was
struck by flak over the Luftwaffe airfield at Woensdrecht, Netherlands, disabling No.4 engine.
An 88mm shell went up through the engine, not exploding until several hundred feet above the
aircraft. But, it took out the engine as it passed through. Soon afterwards, a Bf 109 came in
disabling the No.1 engine. Another 88mm shell came up through the fuselage directly behind
the pilots' seat, exiting in front of the top turret position, cutting control cables as it passed
through the bomber. The pilot set the autopilot but that did no good, the plane was wallowing
along in the sky. A 20mm cannon shell had struck the top turret, wounding the gunner. Unfortunately,
the top turret mechanism was frozen in a position such that no one could get past it. During one
of the fighter passes, the oxygen line to the ball turret was shot out and the gunner died from anoxia.
The pilot saw that they had no control over the plane, decided to bail out and attempted to advise
the crew. The bomber snapped upward out of the formation and half fell into a tight spin, the spin
becoming tighter and tighter as it fell to the ground. Crashed in a forest west of Hergarten,
twelve miles south of Düren, Germany. The aircraft broke up upon impact but its bombs, still aboard,
did not explode and despite the fuel aboard there was only a small fire. The tail section, along with
the gunner's compartment, broke off and came to rest some 330 yards from the main wreckage. {23 missions}.
Credited to Hptm Erwin Klausen in Fw 190A-6 of JF 11/1 Stab. MACR 282.
5438 (MSN 3977) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 8Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 3Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 3Feb43. Pierre Field, SD 25Feb43.
Rapid City Field, SD 19Apr43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 22Jun43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Pendleton Field, OR 27Jul43. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-30748 Pendleton 12Sep43.
498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 16Jun44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Great Bend Field, KS 14Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 25May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
5439 (MSN 3978) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8Mar43. Marrakech, French Morocco. General Depot No.1, La Sénia,
Oran, Algeria.Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin
(Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 10Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield at Villaorba, Italy 18Mar44 (1KIA:7POW:2EVD). The four groups of the 5th Bomb Wing
were planned to arrive over the target at different altitudes with the leading Group highest.
The 99th Bomb Group arrived early and unwittingly flew under the lead Group as it was about to
drop their bombs. Fragmentation bombs were seen to fall on the tail; the left horizontal stabilier,
vertical stabiliser and rudder were knocked off the B-17. The tail gunner was killed and fell out.
The pilot managed to initially maintain level flight then began a slow descending turn away from
the formation. Enemy fighters started to attack but pulled away when the landing gear was lowered.
By now about 1,000ft below his squadron and heading away from them, the crew bailed out.
Crashed at Udine, Italy.
5440 MSN 3979) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Dec42.
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 17Dec42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria Jan43. {first combat mission 1Feb43}.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 20th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43.
{first combat mission 4Jan44}. {25 missions}. 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2
(Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {nil missions}. 816th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44.
Damaged taxying at Sterparone 21May44. Pisa, Italy 15May45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31Oct45. Named SAHARA SUE. Named by the crew which
lost a new plane over the desert 3Jan43
5441 (MSN 3980) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Dec42. Chico, CA 13Mar43. 435th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17F 42-5384 taking off from Pyote Field, TX 26Jul43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 16Oct43. 594th Bomb Squadron,
396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Fatal accident at Drew Field 6Mar44. 3701st Base
Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 18Nov44. Reclaimed 7Jun46
5442 (MSN 3981) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 8Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 17Jan43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 3Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 14Apr43. Pyote Field, TX 24Apr43. 28th Bomb Squadron,
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 28Oct43. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Patterson, Fairfield, OH 26Apr44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44. 504th Bomb Group,
Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 7Sep44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 23Sep44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 14Oct44. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB. Crash landed caused by mechanical
failure at Orlando AAB, FL 15Mar45. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 16Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45.
5443 (MSN 3982) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 10Dec42. Ainsworth Field, NB 21Jan43. Pierre Field, SD 12Mar43. Rapid City Field, SD 28Apr43.
Geiger, WA 22Jun43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44.
242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 29Jun44. 6th Bomb Group,
Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. Station 11, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 29Jul44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Sep44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 21Oct44. 273rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Nov44. 245th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 9Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5444 ((MSN 3983) Accepted by USAAF 3Dec42. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center,
Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 10Dec42. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 7Jan43 [for modification]. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*C], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 2Jun43. Lockheed Overseas Corporation,
403rd Air Depot, Base Air Depot No.3, Langford Lodge (Station 597), County Antrim,
Northern Ireland 5Jul43. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*N], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 11Aug43. Named *We Dood It*
Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment. {first combat mission 15Aug43}.
Failed to return from a mission to an aircraft assembly plant at Brunswick,
Germany 30Jan44 (7KIA:3POW). Last seen six minutes before the Initial Point being
attacked by Fw 190s and began falling away from the formation. The mid-fuselage
was badly shot up killing the waist gunners and the bomb bay caught fire. Unable to
jettison the bomb load, with three engines damaged and both wings on fire,
several of the crew managed to bail out before the bomber exploded. It crashed at
Oberkirchen near Minden, Germany. {24 missions}. MACR 2263
5445 MSN 3984) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 8Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 2Feb43.
Wold Chamberlain Field, MN 19Mar43. Ephrata AAB, WA 12Apr43. Spokane
Field, WA 3May43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA.
Named T'AINT A BIRD LEE L. Crash landed Moses Lake Field, WA 26Jul43. Salvaged 20Aug43.
5446 (MSN 3985) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Dec42.
Wendover Field, UT 28Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 10May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD.
Damaged taxying at Rapid City Field 23Jan44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Rapid City Field, SD 27Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA
for storage and disposal 14Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows
Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5447 (MSN 3986) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 10Jan43. Wendover Field, UT 31Jan43. Combat Crew
Training School, Casper Field, WY 5May43. McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 3Jun43. Sioux
City AAB, IA 3Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 23Nov43. 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb
Group, Rapid City Field, SD. Damaged by engine failure and fire Lowry Field, Denver, CO 12Dec43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44. 2nd Air Force HQ,
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 20Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 11Sep44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Jan45. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 14Jan45. 485th Base Unit, Kearney Field, NB 29Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 12Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5448 (MSN 3987) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Dec42.
Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX 25Mar43. Hobbs Field, NM 4Apr43. West Coast Training Center,
Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44.
3508th Base Unit (Technical School), Truax Field, Madison, WI 17Apr45. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 23Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Aug45
5449 (MSN 3988) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Nov12.
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 13Jan43. Wendover Field, UT 31Jan43. Sioux City AAB, IA 7Apr43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 29May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 17Jun43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Aug43. 601st Bomb Squadron,
398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-6001 Rapid City
15Sep43. Alliance Field, NB 13Sep44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook
Field, NB 9Sep45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 22Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 7Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5450 (MSN 3989) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 14Dec42.
7th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 30Dec42. Crashed after a mid-air
engine fire five miles south of Blyth 17Mar43 (7KIS). The bomber was observed flying at very
low altitude about five miles south of Blythe, California. It was flying in a southwesterly
direction at about 200-300 feet above the ground with its No.4 engine on fire. The airplane
made a left turn heading back toward the northeast. Shortly after making this turn a wingtip
struck the ground and the airplane crashed and burned. Salvaged 18Mar43d.
5451 (MSN 3990) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Dec42. Wendover Field, UT 27Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 8Apr43. Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 17May43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 2Jul43.
582nd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. Crashed two miles
northeast of Kearney Field 31Aug43 (8KIS). Witnesses noticed a fire of unknown
origin coming from the B-17 as it flew approximately 3,500 feet above the ground
near the air field. It appeared the plane turned and tried to return to the airfield,
but it then lost altitude and dove into the ground exploding on impact. Salvaged 1Sep43..
5452 (MSN 3991) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Dec42. Hobbs Field, NM 22Dec42. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 24Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45.
5453 (MSN 3992) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 10Mar43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 28Apr43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 8Jun43. Dyersburg Field, TN 11Jul43.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 19Jun44.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 23Jul44.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS.
Damaged taxying at Gulfport Field 5Dec44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Albuquerque AAB 19Jun45
5454 (MSN 3993) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. 76th Flying Training Wing [4-Engine Advanced Flying Training]
Smyrna Field, TN 23Dec42. Hobbs Field, NM 18Mar43. Alamogordo Field, NM 23Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 21Jul43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 15Jul44. Damaged when collided with
parked B-17F 42-3205 at Hobbs 13Nov44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air
Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 8Dec44. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 3Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5455 (MSN 3994) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Pocatello Field, ID 28Dec42. 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb
Group, Pyote Field, TX 16Feb43. Crashed after engine failure and fire five miles
south of Pyote Field 6Jun43 (8KIS). Salvaged 7Jun43
5456 (MSN 3995) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 19Dec42.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Biskra,
Algeria 3Jan43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 16Jan43. Named "Alel's Angel"
Battle damaged on a mission to Tripoli, Libya 20Jan43. Cloud cover prevented bombing
of the primary target and the squadron diverted to the alternate target of a German military
camp near Gabès, Tunisia. Intense flak and enemy fighters were encountered, flak
causing damage to this plane which returned safely to Aïn M'lila. Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Boccadifalco, Palermo, Sicily 5Apr43. Heavy flak and enemy fighters were encountered,
20mm cannon shells disabling the No.4 engine. Battle damaged by flak on a tactical
mission to the docks and shipping at Marsala, Sicily 11May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43.
Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {53 missions}. Salvaged 8Jul44.
5457 (MSN 3996) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 10Dec42. Wendover Field, UT 3Feb43. Hammer Field, Fresno, CA 7Mar43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43. Dalhart Field, TX 15Apr43. 881st Bomb Squadron,
500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 28May44. Damaged Walker 2Jun44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 11Jul44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service
Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 6Jan45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 2Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 4Sep45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5458 (MSN 3997) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Dec42. Pocatello Field, ID 31Dec42. 435th Bomb Squadron,
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 11Jan43. Crash landed two miles north of
Pecos, TX 22Jun43. Salvaged 24Jun43
5459 (MSN 3998) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Dec42.
339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Pocatello Field, ID 20Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 13Jan43.
Pocatello Field, ID 31Jan43. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX.
Crashed seven miles northwest Pyote Field, TX 2Feb43. The aircraft took off to fly the
airline beams to Albuquerque AAB, NM when there was a fog blanket of 1500 feet.
The Tower told the crew they could fly above it and when they were due to come back
early the next morning there would be a cloud ceiling of 1000 feet. The aircraft
arrived back the next morning with dense fog below. The Tower told the crew to
do a procedure let down and turn around on the beam, which they did.
When they got down to 1000 feet they were still in dense fog so decided to let
down to 500 feet as that country is very flat and there were lots of gas flares burning
from the local gas wells which the crew thought they would be able to see easily at 500 feet.
They let down to 500 feet and did not see any flares and were just starting to pull up
when the aircraft hit the ground. It plowed along the ground, all the propellers had hit
and become deformed, the number three engine was torn off the wing, and wind milled
through the tail of the plane. The plane had cracked and bent behind the bomb bay and
the fuel line to the torn away engine was spewing gasoline on the ground near the plane.
The crew opened the window on the left side of the cockpit and those in the front climbed out
that window. The rest of the crew went out through the door in the rear of the fuselage. Salvaged 3Feb43.
5460 (MSN 3999) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Dec42.
Wendover Field, UT 30Dec42. Sioux City AAB, IA 6Apr43. Dyersburg Field, TN 13Apr43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Nov43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Nov43.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 27Jul44.
Damaged due mechanical failure Biggs 29Jul44. Salvaged 18Aug44. Reclaimed 3Aug46
5461 (MSN 4000) Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal
Airport, OK 11Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 2Jan43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 12May43.
398th Bomb Group, Alamogordo Field, NM 21Jun43. Alamogordo Sub-Depot 12Jul43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 16Aug43. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field,
Victoria, KS 27Jun44. 500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 10Jul44. 2528th
Base Unit, Bombardier School & Instructor School, Midland Field, TX 4Nov44.
2509th Base Unit (Bombardier School), Big Spring Field, TX 23Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 5Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5462 (MSN 4001) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Dec42.
Luke, AZ 22Jan43. Wendover Field, UT 31Jan43. 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group,
Ephrata AAB, WA Apr43. Ferried via Geiger Field, Spokane, WA and Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, TX
29Apr43 to Orlando AAB, FL 11May43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 2Jun43. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 7Jul43. Glasgow Field, MT 28Jul43. Operational Training Unit,
17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 1Jun44. 6th Bomb Group,
Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets
and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. Damaged taxying at Borinquen,
Puerto Rico 29Jan45. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 21Mar45. 6138th Base Unit, Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Jul46
5463 (MSN 4002) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 11Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 30Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper
Field, WY 21Feb43. Wendover Field, UT 12Apr43. Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 22Jul43. 505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 2Jun44. 4100th Base
Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Sep44.
3rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 29Apr45.
Damaged Grenier 16May45. McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 24May45. 53rd Reconnaissance
Squadron (Weather), Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 14Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 6Mar46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5464 (MSN 4003) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Pocatello Field, ID 29Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 16Feb43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 3Mar43. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 20Mar43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Jul43. 797th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group,
Alexandria Field, LA. Crew bailed out after an engine exploded and crashed east of
Mayflower, TX 8Oct43,. Salvaged 10Oct43
5465 (MSN 4004) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Wendover Field, UT 27Dec42. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 24Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Jun43.
502nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 1Jul43. The plane
crashed after a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-5386 at Sligo, MO 4Sep43 (5KIS). Salvaged 26Sep43.
5466 (MSN 4005) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Dyersburg Field, TN 13May43. Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 3Nov43.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 27Jun44.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 23Jan45.
331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 17Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and
disposal 25Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5467 (MSN 4006) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Dec42.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 13Jan43. Scottsbluff Field, NB 15Feb43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 16Apr43. Sioux City AAB, IA 28Jun43.
Dyersburg Field, TN 4Aug43. 19th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Pyote Field, TX.
Damaged in collision while taxying with B-17F 42-5752 Pyote 3Feb44. 232nd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 15Jun44. 201st Base Unit, Headquarters,
Colorado Springs, CO 22Jun44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 23Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44. 200th Base Unit, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 29Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5468 (MSN 4007) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 8Jan43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco
to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 28Mar43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*I], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 8Apr43, named "Qui-9 The Bitter Dose" aka "The Nasty Nine"
[the 'nine' were two dice, a 4 and a 5]. Failed to return from a mission to the shipyards at
Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (1KIA:10RTD). Badly damaged by enemy fighters, returning to base
the crew bailed out near RAF Coltishall. The pilot turned the aircraft back to sea, bailed out
and the aircraft crashed in North Sea
5469 (MSN 4008) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Dec42. Blythe Field, CA 29Dec42. Dyersburg Field, TN 13May43. School of
Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 29Jun43. Dyersburg Field, TN 5Jul43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Aug43. Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 16Jun44.
4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 18Jun44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 20Jun44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5470 (MSN 4009) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 14Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Jan43. 346th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group. DeRidder AAB, LA. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31Jan43. Ferried South Atlantic route
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field,
Georgetown, British Guiana; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia;
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group 3Mar43. Named "Restless Bess"'
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 16Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. Failed to
return from a mission to the harbor at Piraeus, Greece 11Jan44 (7KIA:3EVD). As the formation
neared the target, a large overcast was encountered, and the formation attempted to fly though it.
Winds were excessive, then icing conditions developed. Two of the lead aircraft decided to abort,
but in turning back, they turned across the track of the second element. Two of the aircraft collided
east of Trikolonoi, B-17F 42-5470 shearing the tail section off B-17F 42-3098.
Crashed Kalavryta, 40km southeast of Patras, Greece. MACR 1820
5471 (MSN 4010) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Dec42.
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 24Feb43. Pueblo AAB, CO 4Mar43. Dalhart Field, TX 16May43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Jul43. 467th Bomb Squadron, Dewitt
Provisional Group, Dalhart Field, TX 26Jul43. Forced landing engine failure Amarillo Field, TX 19Nov43.
231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44. 235th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 11Oct44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air
Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Mar45. 4202nd Base Unit
(Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 8Apr45. Reclaimed 3Jan46
5472 (MSN 4011) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Dec42.
18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 15Dec42. Crash landed Blythe 13Feb43.
Dalhart Field, TX 22May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 2Jul43. Salvaged 18Aug43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 27Nov43. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field,
Victoria, KS 16Jun44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA 18Aug44. Reclaimed 13Mar46.
5473 (MSN 4012) Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 28Jan43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. {69 missions}. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 6Dec43}. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43.
Battle damaged on mission to Salon-de-Provence, France 27Jan44. The mission was against
Luftwaffe He 111 and Ju 88 bombers and their base used to attack shipping supporting the
Anzio beachhead. The enemy sent up flak and twenty to thirty fighters, some got avoiding
the escort sufficiently to carry on a forty-eight minute attack. {39 missions}.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44.
{nil missions}. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Mar45. Named "Ernt Mernt"
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 25Sep45
5474 (MSN 4013) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 3Jan43. Lewistown Field, MT 22Jan43Walla Walla Field, WA 4Feb43.
Redmond Field, OR 21Feb43. Dalhart Field, TX 28May43. Walla Walla Field, WA 21Jul43.
595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL Crashed Drew Field, FL Mar 17, 1944.
Also listed as assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Aug 28, 1942 to Nov 19, 1943
and used for icing research. Tests carried out during winter of 1943 at AAF Icing Research Base
in Minneapolis.
5475 (MSN 4014) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 14Dec42. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA 29Dec42.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Blythe Field 21Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 20May43.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 19Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 15Jul44. 504th Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group,
Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Dyersburg Field, TN 16Aug43.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 28Aug44.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 17Jan45.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 19Mar45.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 17Apr45.
Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-6014 taxying at Syracuse AAB 25Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 3Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5476 (MSN 4015) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Dec42. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 11Jan43.
Scottsbluff Field, NB 8Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 20Jun43. Combat Crew Training School,
Casper Field, WY 15May43. Scribner Field, NB 19Jul43. 580th Bomb Squadron,
393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug43. Damaged while parked in a collision
by B-17F 42-29564 taxying at Kearney Field 2Sep43. Personnel accident 27Jan44 (1KIS).
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 14Jun44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Galveston Field, TX 21Jun44. Personnel accident near Galveston Field 25Aug44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 13Oct44.
225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 23Feb45.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 27Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
5477 (MSN 4016) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jan43. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. DeRidder AAB, LA.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 31Jan43. Ferried South Atlantic route Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL:
Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana;
Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group 3Mar43.
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 16Mar43. Named "Able Mabel" Battle damaged by flak on a mission
to harbor installations at Marsala, Sicily 11Apr43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Pisa, Italy 31Aug43.
Two engines damaged and force landed at Palermo, Sicily. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Battle damaged on a mission to Istres-Le Tubé air base, Marseille, France 16Nov43 (1KIA:1WIA:9RTD).
The aircraft was damaged by flak over the target, resulting in fatal injury to a waist gunner
and wounding the other waist gunner. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43.
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44.
Salvaged 30Mar45
5478 (MSN 4017) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jan43. DeRidder AAB, LA 31Jan43. Dyersburg Field, TN 29Apr43.
Alexandria Field, LA 7Jul43. Galveston Field, TX 13Aug43. 502nd Bomb Squadron,
346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN. Accident taking off from Dyersburg Field 22Aug43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5479 (MSN 4018) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Dec42.
Pyote Field, TX 2Jan43. Walker Field, Victoria, KS 10Mar43. Pueblo AAB, CO 7Apr43. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 3May43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 8Jul43.
390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 15Sep43. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 25Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Aug45
5480 (MSN 4019) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 14Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 2Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 26Oct43. 505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 10Jun44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 30Aug44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park
Field, FL 18Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 31Aug45
5481 (MSN 4020) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 15Dec43. Wendover Field, UT 5Jan43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jan43. Scottsbluff Field, NB 31Mar43. 333rd Bomb Group,
Dalhart Field, TX Apr43. Damaged landing at Dalhart Field 9Apr43. Las Vegas Field, NV 11May43.
Dalhart Field, TX 25Jul43. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 24Jun44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 20Jul44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 14Aug44. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 19Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5482 (MSN 4021) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 15Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43. Air Depot, Brookley Field,
Mobile, AL 1Feb43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 14Feb43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 1Mar43.
359th Bomb Squadron [BN*W], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 6Mar43
Named "Cat O'9 Tails" Sustained flak damage on a mission to the ball bearing factories at
Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RTD). En route to the target area, the bomber formation was
repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters. After the target, the Group turned and
headed westward for England. German fighters, having landed and refueled, attacked again until,
finally, the bombers reached the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. The pilot found
Molesworth covered by fog and ordered his crew to bail out over Aylesbury after making several
futile attempts to find the airfield's landing lights. The bomber was almost out of gasoline, the
rudder controls had been shot away, the radio compass and other flight instruments were out
and the plane was badly shot up. It crashed in the backyard of 170 High Street, Risley, Bedfordshire,
about ten miles south of Molesworth, and broke in half after hitting a tree. Salvaged.
5483 (MSN 4022) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead
Field, FL 17Feb43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval
(Station 129), Cornwall 1Mar43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*F], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 7Mar43, named "Red Ass" aka "The Devil Himself".
Battle damaged on a mission to the Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. From the
Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small
sparse patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice without dropping
their bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of
Baden-Baden, Germany. Having spent too long over the target, the formation was beginning
to realise that fuel exhaustion would likely lead to many not being able to return to base. A 20mm
cannon shell from an enemy fighter knocked out the number one engine about 15 minutes after
leaving the target. The plane landed back at Molesworth with the propeller feathered.
427th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to the port area of Bremen,
Germany 29Nov43 (7POW:3KIA). Damaged by flak and shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Renslage, six miles west of Quakenbrück, Germany. {5 missions}. Damaged by Me 410A, then shot down by Uffz Arnulf
Gottschall in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5
MACR 1656.
5484 (MSN 4023) Seattle, WA 15Dec42. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 4Mar43. McClellan Field,
Sacramento, CA 17Mar43. Seattle, WA 8May43. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 23Jun43. Seattle, WA 6Aug43.
Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 2Jun44. 110th Base Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field,
Hempstead, Long Island, NY 19Sep44. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 27Sep44. 558th Base Unit,
20th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 3Aug45. 4020th Base Unit,
Wendover Field, UT 22Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK
for storage and disposal 11Sep45
42-5485/5529 Northrop P-61A-1-NO Black Widow
MSN 717/761
5485 reclamation completed Tinker AFB Nov 10, 1948
5486 reclamation completed Tinker AFB Nov 18, 1948
5487 reclamation completed South Bend AAF Sep 26, 1946
5488 reclamation completed Chanute AAF May 13, 1947
5489 reclamation completed Tinker AFB Nov 10, 1948
5490 to storage Hill AAF Jan 28, 1947
5491 reclamation completed McClellan AAF Jan 28, 1947
5492 surveyed Hammer AAF Sep 6, 1945
5493 condemned salvage Jul 28, 1944
5494 condemned salvage Jul 28, 1944
5495 condemned missing Jul 10, 1945
5496 Delivered to USAAF 1Jan44; Sacramento, CA 31Jan44 enroute Oakland for intended delivery to PTO;
diverted to Newark, NJ for Europe; departed US 20Feb44; shipped to Speke, Liverpool, England;
8th AF 6Mar44; delivered Royal AF 21Mar44;, no RAF serial number known.
to Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough Mar 23, 1944 for spoiler control handling trials;
to A&AEE, Boscombe Down by May 6, 1944 for handling assessments;
diverted RAF 22Feb45; Central Fighter Establishment, Tangmere for radar experiments; Tested against Mosquito,
but RAF decided to stayh with Mosquito.
Fairey Aviation, Heston 23May45; was to be used by Fairey to evaluate the remotely controlled gun 'barbette' turret.
A similar installation was planned for the Fairey Spearfish but with the widespread cancellation of orders in 1945
the plan was abandoned. Returned to US; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA);
USAAF forced gain from NACA 7Apr48; Air Materiel Command [Warner Robins] 27Jun48; designated ZF-61A;
reclamation completed Langley AFB,VA Jul 27, 1948
5497 condemned salvage obsolete Sep 27, 1945
5498 condemned accident Luzon, PI Jul 2, 1945
5499 condemned accident Jan 9, 1945
5500 condemned salvage Jan 17 1945
5501 condemned accident not combat Luzon, PI May 3, 1945
5502 condemned bombed Nov 15, 1944
5503 condemned accident Aug 13, 1944
5504 condemned accident combat related Feb 22, 1945
5505 condemned salvage obsolete Aug 3, 1945
5506 condemned salvage Guadalcanal Sep 13, 1944
5507 (419th NFS, XIII Fighter Command, 13th AF) shot down by AAA 1 1/14 mi zse of Jolo Town, Jolo Island
in Sulu Archipelago in Philippines Apr 10, 1945. Both crew killed. MACR 13784
5508 condemned salvage obsolete Guadalcanal Sep 27, 1945
5509 excess inventory list Luzon, PI Dec 31, 1945
5510 condemned salvage Jul 27, 1944
5511 condemned accident Nov 18, 1944
5512 condemned accident Dec 8, 1944
5513 (419th NFS, 18th FG, 13th AF) crshed from unknown cause 10 mi from Lunga Point, Guadalcanal
Jun 12, 1944. MACR 5525. All 3 crew killed. Aircraftcondemned accident damage Jun 20, 1944
5514 condemned accident Aug 16, 1944
5515 (419th NFS, XIII Fighter Command, 13th AF) crashed from unknown cause near Waigeo, Indonesia Oct 18, 1944,
MACR 10451. All 3 crew killed. After the war, remains of the aircraft were found in jungle of New Guinea.
5516 condemned salvage obsolete Leyte, PI Sep 27, 1945
5517 condemned accident Aug 1, 1944
5518 condemned salvage Aug 30, 1944
5519 condemned accident no combat Luzon, PI May 3, 1945
5520 condemned accident Feb 21, 1945
5521 condemned salvage obsolete Luzon, PI Sep 28k 1945
5522 Lost per Hawaiian weekly loss letter Jul 24, 1944
5523 W/o 31 May 1944 at Ft Kamenhameha, HI, condemned Jun 11, 1944
5524 condemned salvage Aug 31, 1945
5525 condemned (lost per Hawaiian weekly loss letter) Jul 24, 1944
5526 condemned salvage Aug 31, 1945
5527 (6th NFS, 7th Fighter Wing, 7th AF) dropped from inventory and scrapped at Kipapa Gulch airfield,
Oahu, Hawaii Aug 31, 1945
5528 condemned destroyed Aug 20, 1944
5529 condemned (lost per Hawaiian weekly loss letter) Jul 24, 1944
42-5530/5564 Northrop P-61A-5-NO Black Widow
MSN 762/796
5530 condemned salvage Dec 18, 1944
5531 reclamation completed Clark AAF, PI Jun 6, 1946
5532 (422nd NFS) w/o in crashlanding due to bad weather near
Chievres, Belgium Dec 19, 1944.
5533 (422nd NFS) crashed near Nantwich, England Jul 11, 1944
after being abandoned by crew when ran low on fuel after
getting lost on night navigational training mission.
5534 (422nd NFS) w/o in crash landing due to bad weather at Le Culot, Belgium
Dec 19, 1944. Named "Shoo-Shoo-Baby". Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 20, 1944
5535 condemned salvage no battle damage Sep 22, 1944
5536 Active in 1944 with 422nd NFS named "Husslin Hussey". To excess inventory list Jun 1, 1946
5537 condemned salvage European theater Nov 19, 1947
5538 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) crashed in forest near a bridge at Neuwied, Germany Oct 12, 1944.
MACR 9539. Both crew killed.
5539 (425th NFS) w/o in takeoff accident at Etain-Rouvres,
France Mar 18, 1945. Reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5540 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) hit while parked by taxiing aircraft at Florennes airfiedl
A-78, Belgium Jan 22, 1945. Named "Katy The Kid". Condemned salvage no battle damage Oct 11, 1946
5541 reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5542 condemned salvage no battle damage Jan 3, 1945
5543 (422nd NFS) w/o in landing accident at Gotha, Germany
May 9, 1945. Named "Tennessee Ridge Runner". To excess inventory list Jun 1, 1946
5544 (422nd NFS) w/o in landing accident at Kassel, Germany
Jun 5, 1945. Named "Lady Glen". Condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 5, 1945
5545 (425th NFS, IX Air Defense Command, 9th AF) shot down by AAA near bridge at Betz, France Aug 26, 1944.
MACR 8706. Pilot killed (only pilot flying on this flight)
5546 (425th NFS) w/o in crash at Etain-Rouvres, France Dec 6, 1944.
Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 6, 1944
5547 shot down a V-1 'flying bomb' 16Jul44; first 422nd NFS 'kill' of the war. (422nd NFS) DBR at Florennes, Belgium Dec 2, 1944. Named "Borrowed Time"
Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 4, 1944
5548 (422nd NFS) w/o in landing accident at Strassfeld, Germany
Apr 8, 1945. Reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5549 reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5550 reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5551 condemned salve Aug 31, 1945
5552 condemned accident Oct 9, 1944
5553 condemned salvage obsolete Feb 4, 1945
5554 condemned salvage Aug 31, 1945
5555 reclamation completed Clark AAF, PI Jun 6, 1949
5556 sent in 1944 to Langford Lodge to be made available to 8th
RW for night radar scope recon over Europe. Project cancelled
after trails revealed that Mosquito was better for this
role. Reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5557 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) shot down by friendly AAA near Conflans-en-Harnisy Airfield
A-94, Conflans, France while on night intruder mission Dec 26, 1944. Both crew bailed out and survived.
Conflict here as photographed with 422nd NFS at Florennes, Belgium (Strip A-78) Feb 1945.
5558 (422nd NFS) crew bailed out due to fuel starvation over
England Dec 28, 1944. Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 28, 1944
5559 modified as XP-61D. Reclamation completed at Hawthorne
(Northrop) Jun 5, 1946
5560 (425th NFS, "Fearless Fosdick") w/o in landing accident at Etain-Rouvres, France Nov 22, 1944.
Condemned salvage no battle damage Nov 24, 1944
5561 condemned inventory Jun 11, 1945.
5562 (421st FG, 86th Fighter Wing, 5th AF) crashed near Geelvink Bay off north coast of New Guinea after
ran out of fuel during a thunderstorm Feb 3, 1945. MACR 14300. All 3 crew bailed out but the pilot was
killed in the bail out. Other two were rescued.
5563 condemned salvage obsolete Feb 27, 1945
5564 425th NFS, XIX Tactical Air Command, 9h AF) shot down SE of Luxembourg by Ju88G-6 flown by Ofw Alfred Siewert
of NJG 6/11 Dec 24, 1944. No MACR. Both crew bailed out and evaded capture.
42-5565/5604 Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow
MSN 797/836
5565 (422nd NFS) w/o in landing accident at Liege, Belgium
Apr 26, 1945. Condemned salvage Apr 2, 1946
5566 condemned Jan 31, 1945
5567 (422nd NFS) w/o in landing accident at Florennes, Belgium
Jan 29, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage Jan 31, 1945
5568 (422nd NFS) w/o in crash landing at Florennes, Belgium
Mar 5, 1945. Reclamation completed Oberpaffafe AAB, Germany Jan 10, 1948
5569 (425th NFS) w/o in fatal crash near Prosnes, France Oct 27, 1944. Named "Tabitha"
Condemned salvage no battle damage Oct 27, 1944
5570 reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5571 condemned salvage May 31, 1946
5572 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Apr 20, 1944 to Nov 16, 1944.
Used by NACA for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
Crashed 1.5 mi W of Riverdale, CA Jan 23, 1945. Reclamation completed Hammer AAF, CA Feb 2, 1945
5573 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) hit by AAA over Bonn, Germany Feb 27, 1945. One crewman
bailed out due to fire in rear compartment and MIA. MACR 13666. Pilot brought the plane home.
Aircraft badly damaged and condemned salvage Feb 28, 1945
5574 (425th NFS) w/o in landing accident at Regensburg,
Germany Jun 19, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage May 31, 1946
5575 condemned salvage Jun 20, 1945
5576 named Veuve Noire (French for Black Widow) exhibited in France after VE Day, Paris Aug-Sep 1945.
Reclamation completed Nov 19, 1947
5577 (422nd NFS) w/o in crash landing due to fuel starvation at
Bad Langensalza, Germany May 25, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage Jun 8, 1945
5578 (422nd NFS) crashlanded at Chateaudun, France Sep 12, 1944.
Condemned salvage no battle damage Oct 27, 1944
5579 (422nd NFS) w/o in crash landing at Bad Langensalza, Germany
Apr 30, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage May 2, 1945
5580 condemned salvage May 24, 1946
5581 (425th NFS) w/o in crash landing at Villacoublay, France
May 9, 1945. Condemned salvage no battle damage May 10, 1945
5582 (425th NFS, XIX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) shot down by friendly AAA at Escholbrucken, 10 km SW of
Darmstadt, Germany Mar 24, 1945. Pilot killed. One crewman bailed out and was wounded and was
helped by German civilians. MACR 13328
5583 (425th NFS, XIX Tactical Air command, 9th AF) shot down by AAA 26 mi E of Metz, France over France
Nov 18, 1944. MACR 10578. All three crew killed.
5584 (425th NFS) shot down by friendly fire near Jamy, France
Dec 27, 1944. Condemned salvage no battle damage Dec 27, 1944
5585 reclamation completed Jan 11, 1947
5586 (425th NFS) DBR at Etain-Rouvres, France Mar 17, 1945.
Reclamation completed Jan 11, 1947
5587 modified as XP-61D. Reclamation completed San Bernardino
AAF May 24, 1946
5588 reclamation completed Jan 11, 1947
5589 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) shot down by AAA 21 km N of Bonn, Germany Dec 2, 1944. MACR 10824.
Both crew killed.
5590 (422nd NFS0 w/o in landing accident at Florennes, Belgium
Oct 12, 1944. Condemned salvage no battle damage Oct 14, 1944
5591 (422nd NFS, IX Tactical Air Command, 9th AF) crashlanded at Maupertus A-15 Cherbourg Basse-Normandie, France
after engine and hydraulic sysem shot out by gunfire from rear gunner of He 177 from KG 40/2 while
on night patrol over English Channel Aug 17, 1944. Both crew survived. Aircraft condemned salvage
no battle damage Aug 18, 1944
5592 (418th NFS, V Fighter Command, 5th AF) crashed at San Ferando Airfield La Union, Luzon, Philippines due
to engine failure Mar 16, 1945. MACR 13583. One crew killed, one survived and became POW.
5593 condemned missing Apr 4, 1945
5594 reclamation completed Oberpaffafe AB, Germany Jan 10, 1948
5595 (418th NFS, attached to 310th BW, 5th AF) in landing accident at McGuire Field, Mindoro Island, Philippines
Jan 9, 1945. All crew survived, aircraft condemned Jan 9, 1945
5596 condemned accident Feb 19, 1945
5597 condemned salvage due to accident Oct 4, 1944
5598 condemned salvage Aug 31, 1945
5599 reclamation completed Hawaii Apr 28, 1948
5600 reclamation completed Clark Field, PI Jun 6, 1949
5601 condemned inventory Jun 11, 1945
5602 condemned salvage obsolete Sep 27, 1945
5603 condemned salvage May 7, 1945
5604 condemned salvage obsolete Oct 15, 1945
42-5605/5606 Northrop P-61A-11-NO Black Widow
MSN 837, 838
5605 reclamation completed Clark Field, PI Jun 6, 1949
5606 reclamation completed Clark Field, PI Jun 6, 1949
42-5607 Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow
MSN 839
Reclamation completed Tinker AFB Nov 18, 1948
42-5608/5614 Northrop P-61A-11-NO Black Widow
MSN 840/846
5608 condemned Aug 3, 1945
5609 excess inventory list Aug 5, 1945
5610 condemned salvage Aug 20, 1945
5611 excess inventory list Aug 5, 1945
5612 condemned Aug 3, 1945
5613 condemned inventory Aug 3, 1945
5614 condemned accident non combat Jan 21, 1946
42-5615/5634 Northrop P-61A-10-NO Black Widow
MSN 847/866
5615 condemned salvage May 21, 1945
5616 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5617 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5618 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5619 excess inventory list Oct 20, 1945
5620 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5621 reclamation completed Hawaii Sep 22, 1947
5622 condemned salvage obsolete Sep 28, 1945
5623 (427th NFS) w/o in takeoff accident at Myitkyina South,
Burma Nov 3, 1944. Condemned salvage obsolete Sep 28, 1945
5624 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5625 condemned missing Jul 29,1945
5626 condemned salvage Army-Navy Liquidation Commission Oct 29, 1945
5627 (427th NFS) in takeoff accident at Myitkyina South,
Burma Dec 4, 1944. Must have been epaired, because it
crashlanded due to engine failure at Lu Liang, china
Aug 29 1945, still with 427th NFS. Condemned crashed
Sep 6, 1945
5628 condemned salvage Oct 31, 1945
5630 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5631 condemned salvate May 16, 1945
5632 (427th NFS) w/o in takeoff accident at Kunming, China
Jan 8, 1945. Condemned mechanical failure Jan 9, 1945
5633 condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945
5634 condemned salvage Army-Navy Liquidation Commission Oct 14, 1945
42-5635/5704 Douglas C-47-DL
5635/5670 MSN 6223/6258
5671/5692 MSN 7365/7386--Contract No AC20069
5693/5704 MSN 9000/9011--Contract No AC20669
5635 (MSN 6223) to USAAF Jan 09, 1943. To RAF Feb 11, 1943 as Dakota I FD769
(Reported FD768 by Douglas). To civil registry as G-AGFX (BOAC Feb 12, 1943,
operated with RAF colours and code 'ODZBK' - Airways Training Ltd Jan 01, 1948),
ZS-DAI (Universal Jul 12, 1948, ntu), G-AGFX (Westair Transport Ltd Sep 26, 1948),
ZS-DCZ (Rr Jun 14, 1949, christened 'Galilee'). To Israel Defence Force Nov 12, 1950
as 4X-FAG/1401, loaned to Uganda AF as U-401. Returned to Israel,
registered 4X-DCF with Israeli Aircraft Industries Feb 12, 1973 and Netivein Neft
Oil Co 1974/75. Noted derelict Ben Gurion Apt 1976, cancelled
Sep 29, 1977. Refurbished by Israeli Aircraft Industries for Israel
Defence Force as 4X-FMF/040. Reported for sale Jan 2001. Registered N473DK to
JAAT LLC of Wilmington, May 5, 2003. Never made it to USA, and is now
serialed 4X-AES and is at Eilat Holzman Airport.
5636 (MSN 6224) to USAAF Jan 09, 1943. To RAF Feb 18, 1943 as Dakota I FD770. To civil registry
as G-AGFY (BOAC Feb 16, 1943, operated with RAF colours and
code 'ODZCK') - Airways Training Ltd Jan 01, 1948), ZS-DAH (Westair Transport Ltd
Jul 12, 1948). To Israel Defence Force Oct 07, 1950 as 4X-FAH/1402.
Lsd to Arkia as 4X-AEZ Jan 26, 1961, then to Israeli Aircraft Industries Dec 14, 1961 as 4X-AOE.
Returned to Israel Defence Force Jan 25, 1962 as 4X-FAH, fate not known.
5637 (MSN 6225) to USAAF Jan 12, 1943. To RAF as Dakota I FD771. To BOAC as G-AGFZ,
operated with RAF colors and code 'ODZEK'. Crashed on
landing Apr 21, 1944, Stockholm-Bromma. Sold to ABA,
christened 'Ugglu' and used for spares.
5638 (MSN 6226) to USAAF Jan 12, 1943. To RAF Feb 11, 1943 as Dakota I FD772.
Operated by BOAC Feb 12, 1943 - 24 Sqdn Feb 18, 1943 - 512 Sqdn Aug 13, 1943
- 24 Sqdn Apr 14, 1944 - 1680 Flt Jun 16, 1944 - 16FU Sep 24, 1945 - 5949M
School of Air Support, Old Sarum Feb 26, 1946. SOC Feb 10, 1951, probably scrapped.
5639 (MSN 6227) to USAAF Jan 13, 1943. To RAF Feb 1943 as Dakota I FD773 (Reported as
FD772 by Douglas). To civil registry as G-AGGB (BOAC Feb 19, 1943, operated with
RAF colours and code 'ODZAK' - Airways Training Ltd Jun 01, 1947 - Automobile Aircraft
Services Jun 17, 1948), ZS-DAJ (Universal Jul 12, 1948, ntu), G-AGGB (Westair Transport Ltd
Jul 12, 1948), ZS-DDJ (Westair Transport Ltd Sep 16, 1949). To Israel Defence Force
Nov 12, 1950 as 4X-FAI, El Al Feb 22, 1951 as 4X-ATA, Arkia Apr 02, 1957 as
4X-AEO Israeli Aircraft Industries Sep 04, 1968. Wfu Jul 30, 1971 and used for fire
practice, Lod Apt.
5640 (MSN 6228) to USAAF Jan 19, 1943 - To Russia Feb 04, 1943.
5641 (MSN 6229) to USAAF Jan 19, 1943 - To Russia Feb 04, 1943.
5642 (MSN 6230) to USAAF Jan 19, 1943 - To Russia Feb 08, 1943.
5643 (MSN 6231) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - To Russia Feb 15, 1943.
5644 (MSN 6232) to USAAF Jan 18, 1943 - To Russia Feb 12, 1943. W/o Aug 28, 1943, 50 km (31.3 mls) from Egvekinot (Russia)
when it flew into the northern side of a mountain in the Zolotoi Khrebet mountain range. The airplane was
descending through clouds at dusk.
5645 (MSN 6233) to USAAF Jan 15, 1943 - To Russia Feb 12, 1943.
5646 (MSN 6234) to USAAF Jan 19, 1943 - To Russia Mar 21, 1943.
5647 (MSN 6235) to USAAF Jan 18, 1943 - To Russia Feb 15, 1943.
5648 (MSN 6236) to USAAF Jan 21, 1943 - To Russia Mar 16, 1943.
5649 (MSN 6237) to USAAF Jan 20, 1943 - To Russia Feb 20, 1943.
5650 (MSN 6238) to USAAF Jan 21, 1943. To RAF in Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD774.
Ditched (267 Sqdn) Jul 9, 1943 west of Malta.
5651 (MSN 6239) to USAAF Jan 18, 1943. To RAF in Middle East as Dakota I FD775.
267 Sqn RAF then 31 Sqn RAF 05Nov43. Shot down by Japanese fighters Feb 8, 1944, Arakan, Burma.
5652 (MSN 6240) to USAAF Jan 15, 1943. To RAF Middle East Jul 23, 1943 as Dakota I FD776 -
To 31 Sqn RAF in India 26Aug43. Sold to Indian Government Jan 30, 1947. NLR.
5653 (MSN 6241) to USAAF Jan 22, 1943. . Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route.
Marrakech, French Morocco to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 5/6Mar43. To RAF Mar 11, 1943 as
Dakota I FD777. Spent some time as VT-CPB, then reverted
to FD777. To civil registry as G-AGGA (BOAC Mar 11, 1943,
operated with RAF colours with code 'ODZDK'), Later to
AP-AAB (Orient Airways Oct 1947), G-AGGA (Airways Training
Ltd Jul 07, 1948 - J D Pyper Jul 1948), F-OACA (Air
Outremer May 28, 1949). Crashed Na San-Sonla, Tonkin, Indochina
Sep 12, 1950.
5654 (MSN 6242) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943. To RAF Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD778 - A Flt Det.
METES Aug 1943 to Nov 1943 - 216 Sqdn, India. SOC Mar 27, 1947, scrapped Kasfareet 1947.
5655 (MSN 6243) to USAAF Jan 20, 1943. To RAF Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD779 - 216 Sqdn, India.
SOC Sep 26, 1946.
5656 (MSN 6244) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. To RAF Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD780 -
216 Sqn RAF India 267 Sqn RAF 267 Sqn RAF 353 Sqn RAF 215 Sqn RAF . To Indian Govmnt Feb 27, 1947.
5657 (MSN 6245) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943. To RAF India Apr 01, 1943 as Dakota I FD781- 31 Sqdn. Transferred
to USAAF, 10th AF, India Oct 26, 1944. Diverted to China Sep 10, 1945.
5658 (MSN 6246) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943. To RAF UK Feb 26, 1943 as FD782 - 24 Sqdn Feb 28, 1943 -
512 Sqdn Aug 23, 1943 - 216 Group, MAAF Jan 26, 1944 - West Africa Mar 15, 1944 -
UK Oct 27, 1944 - 107 OTU Dec 29, 1944 - 22 MU Apr 02, 1946. Returned to USAAF, to WAA
Oct 1946. To civil registry as CF-FKY (Rimouski Airlines May 14, 1947). Crashed
Grande Greves, near Cap des Rosiers, PQ. Jul 24, 1948.
5659 (MSN 6247) to USAAF Jan 22, 1943. RAF Middle East May 08, 1943 as Dakota I FD783 -
216 Sqdn - 31 Sqdn, India Nov 05, 1943. DBR Mar 18, 1946, SOC Mar 28, 1946.
5660 (MSN 6248) to USAAF Jan 21, 1943. To RAF Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD784 -
216 Sqdn. SOC Mar 27, 1947.
5661 (MSN 6249) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. To RAF Middle East Mar 31, 1943 as Dakota I FD785-
216 Sqdn. SOC Mar 27, 1947.
5662 (MSN 6250) to USAAF Jan 25, 1943. To RAF India Apr 01, 1943 as Dakota I FD786 - 31
Sqdn. Crashed on landing at Imphal Sep 05, 1943.
5663 (MSN 6251) to USAAF Jan 25, 1943. To RAF India Apr 01, 1943 as Dakota I FD787 - 31
Sqdn. SOC May 31, 1945.
5664 (MSN 6252) to USAAF Jan 24, 1943. To RAF India Apr 30, 1943 as Dakota I FD788 - 31
Sqdn - Returned to USAAF Mauripur Nov 27, 1947. Reported as C-1002, which seems unlikely (See MSN 5666).
5665 (MSN 6253) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37663 Jan 26, 1943.
5666 (MSN 6254) to USAAF Jan 23, 1943. To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37664 Jan 25, 1943.
5667 (MSN 6255) to USAAF Jan 23, 1943. To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37665 Jan 15, 1943.
5668 (MSN 6256) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37666 Jan 25, 1943.
5669 (MSN 6257) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37667 Jan 26, 1943
5670 (MSN 6258) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943. First reported as R4D-1 on contract AW20669
but changed to C-47 on AC 20669. Given a civil registratyion of NC88773 but NTU.
To US Navy as R4D-1 BuNo 37668 Jan 27, 1943.
5671 (MSN 7365) fitted with amphibian float gear as prototype XC-47C. Crashed Nov 13, 1943, Jamaica Bay, NY
during overload tests, lost control, crashed into Jamaica Bay off Floyd Bennett Field,
Long Island, NY
5672 (MSN 7366) to USAAF Jan 25, 1943 - USA - To RFC Ontario, CA Jan 17, 1946. To civil
registry as NC88774 (National Skyway Freight Corp 1946), NC14278 and
N14273 (Various owners/operators). Crashed 3½ m SE Shawnee Airport, OK May 14, 1971.
5673 (MSN 7367) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - Oran May 11, 1943 - 9th AF - Russia Apr 11, 1946.
To civil registry as SP-LCA (LOT May 16, 1946, cancelled
Jul 28, 1958), EP-AED (Iranian Airways Jun 07, 1959). Lsd to Rep of Congo Jan 1962
as 9Q-AED. To Zaire AF as 9T-PIF. Reported returned to Iranair Nov 1963 (unconfirmed), NLR
5674 (MSN 7368) to USAAF Jan 29, 1943 - North Africa May 28, 1943 - 8th AF, UK Feb
28, 1944 - USA Aug 17, 1945 - RFC Bush Field Sep 29, 1945. NLR.
5675 (MSN 7369) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - USA - RFC Charleston AA Jun 22, 1946. To civil registry as
NC52925 with Sinclair Refining Co (1952), later N456R With Colebrook Inc, Bryn Mawr, PA Jun 1963.
Kewanee Oil Co. Bryn Mawr, PA - Errol B Resnick, Orlando, FL. Jack Adams Aircraft (Jan 1970) -
J L Lewis, Memphis, TN (1971) - cancelled 1974
5676 (MSN 7370) to USAAF Feb 03, 1943 - Oran, North Africa Apr 30, 1943 - . Twelfth Air Force. 48th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Group, Oujda, French Morocco; Kairouan, Tunisia. Transported paratroopers of
the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Gela, Sicily on Mission 'Husky II' 11/12Jul43.
Shot down by friendly fire from US Navy at Scoglitti, Sicily Jul 11, 1943 when 52nd TCW C-47s dropping
parachutists. 504th PIR arrived during German air raid
5677 (MSN 7371) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - USA - Stalled and crashed near Columbus,
GA Oct 22, 1943. 20 killed.
5678 (MSN 7372) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - North Africa May 28, 1943 - 8th AF, UK Feb 28, 1944 -
USA Aug 22, 1945 - RFC Bush Field Sep 27, 1945. NLR.
5679 (MSN 7373) to USAAF Jan 25, 1943 - USA - Condenned Brooke Field, TX. Dec 12,
1945, b/u Feb 27, 1946.
5680 (MSN 7374) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - Oran, North Africa May 08, 1943. W/o 17 Aug 1943 at Regensburg, Germany
OR condemned 27 Aug 1944
5681 (MSN 7375) to USAAF Jan 24, 1943 - USA - Stored Jan 23, 1946 - To RFC Bush Field Mar 2, 1947.
To civil registry as NC1310M (Alaska Airlines), CP-639 (Aerolineas Condor Mar 1958 - Cia
Boliviana de Aviacion May 27, 1963 - Aerovias Abaroa 1964). Crashed with Aerolineas Abaroa after bomb
explosion reported over Milluni, Bolivia Dec 08, 1964. The plane crashed in the Andes Mountains after
an explosion blew off the tail of the aircraft. Detonation of a bomb in the tail section of the
passenger cabin. A suicide-for-insurance plot was suspected. All 17 onboard killed
5682 (MSN 7376) to USAAF Feb 06, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 4May43. 44th Troop Carrier Squadron [Nose/Tail #45/E],
316th Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force Aug43. Borizzo, Trapani, Sicily. Ferried to England departing Borizzo 12Feb44.
Routed via Oran, Algeria; Gibraltar; St Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall to Cottesmore, Rutland (Station 489) Feb44.
Ninth Air Force. Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44. Belgium/Netherlands - Sweden Nov 22, 1946. To civil
registry as SE-AYL (Skandinaviska Aero AB 'Castor' Jun 21, 1947 -
ABA Apr 23, 1948 - SILA Jun 16, 1948 - SAS Jul 01, 1948), F-OABV
(Air Atlas Apr 28, 1949 - CCTA Jul 1953), F-DAAZ (Rr Nov 19, 1956), CN-CCK (Royal
Air Maroc May 20, 1957). To Morocco AF Sep 1959 as 42-5682, cancelled
Jan 1962. NLR.
5683 (MSN 7377) to USAAF Jan 31, 1943 - USA - To Reclamation Tinker Field Apr 1946. To civil
registry as N5874V, to Mexican AF as AP-0201, to Secretaria de Haciende Y Credito Publico
as XC-ABF (Dec 07, 1954), Back to Mexican AF, to Government of Mexico as XC-BCE,
To Baja Air (Banco de Mexico as XA-CUC (1973). To Aerolineas California
Pacifico SA (ACAPSA). Crashed Dec 20, 1997 off San Jose Estuary,
Mexico on flight to Isla de Cedro.
5684 (MSN 7378) to USAAF Feb 05, 1943 - 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group,
Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African
route departing Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field,
Georgetown, British Guyana; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island;
Eknes Field, Rufisque, Dakar, Senegal; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Oudja, French Morocco 13May43.
Twelfth Air Force. Lourmel, Oran, Algeria 15May43. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43. Licata, Sicily 1Sep43. Sciacca, Sicily 6Oct43
Damaged when a dud bomb exploded on the SW corner of the airfield 28Nov43; the C-47 was standing at the south
end of the runway and a large fragment of bomb, descending almost vertically, gashed the fuselage skin on the left
side above the 3rd window, glanced off and hit the wing where it made another hole. Damaged when C-47A ? 42-92067
crashed into the flight line while trying to accomplish a formation takeoff from Sciacca, Sicily 29Dec43,
destroying the right wing. Condemned 8Jul44.
5685 (MSN 7379) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - North Africa May 08, 1943 - 12th AF,
Italy. Condemned salvage no combat Aug 13, 1943.
5686 (MSN 7380) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943 - North Africa May 28, 1943 - 12th AF,
Italy. Missing between Africa and Italy Jul 11, 1943.
5687 (MSN 7381) to USAAF Jan 30, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 28May43. Twelfth Air Force. 314th Troop
Carrier Group, Berguent, French Morocco; Kairouan, Tunisia. While transporting paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne
Division to a drop zone at Sicily on Mission 'Husky I' missing over Mediterranean between Africa and Italy Jul 11, 1943.
5688 (MSN 7382) to USAAF Jan 29, 1943 - USA - To RFC Bush Field Nov 28, 1945. To civil registry
as N81B (Various owners/operators, including Ohio Aviation Co, Vandalia, OH. 1966 - ... -
Cryderman Air Service Nov 29, 1973, lsd to Century Airlines,Pontiac, IL. 1979),
N81P (Piedmont Air 1997), N81B (Leased to Cryderman Air Services, Pontiac, MI.
Apr 22, 1999), WFU Jun 16, 2008
5689 (MSN 7383) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Twelfth Air Force. 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier
Group, Berguent, French Morocco; Kairouan, Tunisia. While ransporting paratroopers of the 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division to a drop zone at Sicily on Mission 'Husky II' 11/12Jul43, was shot down by friendly AAA
fire from US Navy 2 mi S of Gela, Sicily Jul 11, 1943 when 52nd TCW C-47s dropping parachutists. 504th PIR
arrived during German air raid. 4 KIA. MACR 367
5690 (MSN 7384) to USAAF Jan 25, 1943 - North Africa May 28, 1943 - 8th AF, UK Feb 28, 1944 - USA
Jul 20, 1945 - To RFC Walnut Ridge Dec 29, 1945. To civilian registry as N51167 wit TWA "Sky Freighter"
Feb 16, 1946. To Leeward Aeron Sales, Inc Apr 6 1957. Sold to Faucett
of Peru as OB-WAI-473 (Apr 30, 1957), later OB-PBF-473 (Reregistered May 24, 1957) and later OB-R-473
(Reregistered 1964) WFU at unknown date
5691 (MSN 7385) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943. 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field,
Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route departing
Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field, Georgetown,
British Guyana; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island; Eknes Field,
Rufisque, Dakar, Senegal; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Oudja, French Morocco 13May43.
Twelfth Air Force. Lourmel, Oran, Algeria 15May43. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43.
Transported paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Gela, Sicily
on Mission 'Husky II' 11/12Jul43. After the paratroopers had exited, the aircraft was shot down
Jul 11, 1943 by friendly fire from the US Navy and crashed east of Costa, 12 miles SW of Ragusa,
Sicily . 504th PIR arrived during German air raid. 5 KIA. MACR 67
5692 (MSN 7386) to USAAF Jan 26, 1943 - North Africa May 05, 1943 - USA Jul 09, 1945 -
To RFC Walnut Ridge Jan 22, 1946. To civil registry as NC51165 (TWA '324' Feb 16, 1946),
NX51165 (Rr May 1946 for radar experiments), N51165 (Leeward Aero Sales Apr 08, 1957),
PP-CED (Cruzeiro 'Mero' Jul 16, 1957 - RICO Oct 11, 1976 - Impounded Miami Aug 1, 1980,
stored Opa Locka, FL. Apr 1980 to May 1982, then Port au Prince as PP-CED
Nov 1983). Sold to Rutaca as YV-222C, last noted Ciudad Bolivar Feb 2001 with one
engine missing.
5693 (MSN 9000) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - . 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field,
Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route departing
Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guyana;
Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island; Eknes Field, Rufisque, Dakar, Senegal;
Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Oudja, French Morocco 13May43. Twelfth Air Force. Lourmel, Oran, Algeria
15May43. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43. Licata, Sicily 1Sep43. Sciacca, Sicily 6Oct43. Ferried to England departing
Sciacca 12Feb44. Routed via El Aounia, Tunis, Tunisia; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales; Barkston Heath (Station 483) 18Feb44. Ninth Air Force. Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44.
Transported supplies for the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville,
Normandy, France on Mission 'Freeport', 7Jun44. 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474) 15Sep44.
Returned to USA Jul 1945 - RFC Walnut Ridge Jan 07, 1946. To civil registry as NC75483 (Pan American Airways),
XA-GIB (Mexicana - Aeronaves del Sur, ntu).
5694 (MSN 9001) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943 - 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group,
Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route
departing Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field, Georgetown,
British Guyana; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island; Eknes Field,
Rufisque, Dakar, Senegal; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Oudja, French Morocco 13May43.
Twelfth Air Force. Lourmel, Oran, Algeria 15May43. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43. Licata, Sicily 1Sep43.
Sciacca, Sicily 6Oct43. Ferried to England departing Sciacca 11Feb44. Routed via Oran, Algeria; Anfa Field,
Casablanca, French Morocco; Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales; Barkston Heath (Station 483) 18Feb44.
Ninth Air Force. Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop
zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44. Transported paratroopers
of the British 1st Parachute Brigade to a drop zone near Renkum, west of Arnhem, Netherlands on
Operation 'Market' 17Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials for the 320th Glider
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation 'Market',
18Sep44. The aircraft was to have towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials from the
325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on
Operation 'Market', 23Sep44; preparing for takeoff, the C-47 was damaged when Waco CG-4A glider 43-41583
was pulled into the wing tip of this plane and was withdrawn from the mission. Rudder and control cables
badly damaged in high winds at Barkston Heath 26Jan45. Drucat (B-92), Abbeville, France 13Mar45.
Ferried to Chipping Ongar (Station 162). Transported men and materials of the British 6th Airborne
Division to a drop zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation 'Varsity' 24Mar45; returned to Abbeville.
To Sweden Feb 2, 1946. ferried Hanau, Germany to Bromma, Stockholm 5Feb46. To civil registry
as SE-APZ (Skandinaviska Aero AB 'Pollux'
Aug 10, 1946 - Swedish Intercontinental Airlines (SILA), Stockholm Jun 01, 1948 - SAS Aug 01, 1948.
Registration cancelled 7May49; Sold to Royal Swedish AF as Tp79 ser. no. 79001
Jun 07, 1949, delivered Dec 22, 1950 and operated by F-8, code '72'. Shot down
over Baltic by Russian fighters Jun 13, 1952. The ELINT-plane was surveying Soviet military
installations in what are now the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 8 were killed.
A search for the lost DC-3 began immediately both by sea and by air with two Consolidated Catalina planes.
On 16 June 1954, one of the Catalinas was attacked by two Soviet MiG-15s based at Tukums in Latvia
over international water north-west of Dagö, Estonia. It was pursued to the west under continued
firing and was finally forced to land. The crew was picked up by a West German ship; 10 minutes
the Catalina sank. The Soviet Union denied involvement in the shoot down of the DC-3 until 1991.
The wreckage was found on June 18, 2003. Wreckage on display at the Flygvapenmuseum / Swedish Air
Force Museum, Malmslätt, Linköping, Sweden.
5695 (MSN 9002) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - USA - 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group,
Pope Field, Fort Bragg. Crashed after midair exposion 27 Mar 1943 at Oliver Springs, TN. 8 killed.
Aircraft cancelled Pope Field, NC Mar 28, 1943.
5696 (MSN 9003) to USAAF Jan 27, 1943 - USA - To RFC Ontario, CA Nov 14, 1945. To civil registry as
NC88753, then to Jamair Co Ltd May 14, 1948 as VT-CTR. Operated with Kalinga Airways
colors. Stored Calcutta by Jamair (Mar 1977), NLR.
5697 (MSN 9004) to USAAF Feb 04, 1943 - USA - RFC Bush Field Sep 18, 1945. To civil registry as
PP-BRA (Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Nov 09, 1946), to PP-AND in 1949 (Various owners/operators),
G-AVNF (Handley Page Ltd May 19, 1967), JY-ADE (Alia-Jordanian Jul 08, 1967, not del.). Delivered to
UTA, Paris-Le Bourget Apt for spares Aug 29, 1969, broken up 1969.
5698 (MSN 9005) to USAAF Jan 29, 1943 - USA - RFC Walnut Ridge Nov 08, 1945. To civil registry
as NC181 in 1946 (CAA), to N71 in 1962 (FAA). No report after Jul 1965.
5699 (MSN 9006) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 6May43. 49th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Transported paratroopers of the 1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44.
Transported supplies for the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment on Mission 'Freeport', 7Jun44;
battle damaged by enemy ground fire; ditched in English Channel. Condemned Jun 07, 1944.
5700 (MSN 9007) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 29Apr43. 47th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Castelvetrano, Sicily. Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484) 16Feb44.
Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of
Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44; battle damaged by enemy ground fire. 61st Troop Carrier Squadron,
314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Saltby (Station 538). Poix (B-44), France Feb45. Accident landing at Angers, France 15May45.
Condemned salvage battle damage May 17, 1945 (Spares).
5701 (MSN 9008) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group,
Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African
route departing Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field,
Georgetown, British Guyana; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island;
Eknes Field, Rufisque, Dakar, Senegal; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Oudja, French Morocco 13May43.
Twelfth Air Force. Lourmel, Oran, Algeria 15May43. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43. Licata, Sicily 1Sep43. Sciacca, Sicily 6Oct43.
Ferried to England departing Sciacca 12Feb44. Routed via Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco;
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales; Barkston Heath (Station 483) 18Feb44. Ninth Air Force.
Condemned salvage May 16, 1946 (Spares).
5702 (MSN 9009) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 14May43. 47th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Castelvetrano, Sicily. Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484)
16Feb44. Transported supplies for the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile
NW of Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission 'Freeport', 7Jun44.
Returned to USA Aug 08, 1945 - to RFC Walnut Ridge Nov 22, 1945. NLR.
5703 (MSN 9010) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Algeria 30Apr43. 48th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Transported paratroopers of the
3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville,
Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44 and a resupply flight for the 507th Parachute Infantry
Regiment on Mission 'Freeport', 7Jun44.
To Sweden Feb 20, 1946. To civil registry as SE-ARX (Skandinaviska Aero
AB 'Regulus' May 20, 1946 - ABA Apr 29, 1948 - SILA Jun 16, 1948 - SAS
'Bertil Viking' Aug 01, 1948. Sold to Royal Swedish AF Oct 20, 1950 as 79003,
operated by F-7, code '73', later 793 (1980). Wfu Malmslatt Mar 13, 1981.
Sold Transport Aérien Zaire to be operated on behalf of the Belgian medical
assistance during the Paris-Alger-Dakar raid. Registered 9Q-CYD Transport Aerien Zaire
Jan 02, 1984, crashed in Guinee days later.
5704 (MSN 9011) to USAAF Jan 28, 1943 - Oran, Algeria 3May43. 36th Troop Carrier Squadron
[Nose/Tail #7/H], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily. Ferried to
England departing Castelvetrano 13Feb44. Routed via El Aouina, Tunis, Tunisia; Gibraltar; Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales to Cottesmore, Rutland (Station 489) Feb44. Ninth Air Force. Fatal crash near Elmdon, Solihull, UK 5Mar44. Condemned 6Mar44.
42-5705/5709 Boeing B-17F-1-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6001/6005. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of pooled production
with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: R-1820-97 engines. A-11 supercharger regulator and P-1 generator
changes. Frameless Plexiglass nose. Wide-blade propellers. Leak-proof oil tanks. Oxygen
system change. Engine cowlings modified to permit unimpeded propeller feathering
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5705 (MSN 17-6001) was first Lockheed-Vega built B-17F, first flight Mar 4, 1942. . Accident landing at Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 21Apr43. Salvaged 27Apr43. Surveyed Patterson AAF Apr 29, 1943
Rear fuselage both sides painted with insignia of a new male
Vega worker mascot based on Elmer Fudd with words "Lets hurry fellas, MacArthurs waiting".
The new Elmer Fudd style worker character was named "Strato-Sam" and always
carried a tool box with large lettering VEGA, and Vega department number also
appeared on his coveralls. Painted by Randy McCraw of Vega Aircraft.
5706 (MSN 17-6002) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 14Oct42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 10Apr43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11May43. Moses Lake Field, WA 6Jun43. Portland 23Jul43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 16Aug43. 595th Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field,
Tampa, FL. Damaged when force landed caused by mechanical failure at Drew Field 18Nov43.
611th Base Unit, Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 4Jun44. 610th Base Unit,
Bedford Field, MA 1Jul44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command),
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 12Sep44. Material Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 13Oct44.
Boca Raton Field, FL 1Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 14Jun45
5707 (MSN 17-6003) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 12Aug42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 21Jan43. 43rd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 4Mar43.
Damaged when force landed caused by engine failure at Gowen Field 1Apr43. Wendover
Field, UT 2May43. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 4Jun43. 4115th Base Unit (Spokane Air Technical
Service Command), Pendleton Field, OR 16Jun43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 14Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5708 (MSN 17-6004) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 11Aug42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Mar43. Scott Field, Belleville, IL 29Jul43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44. Substantially
damaged while parked by B-17F 42-30883 taxying at Clovis Field 30Jun44. 202nd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 2Nov44. 2517th Base Unit
(Navigation School & Instructor School), Ellington Field, Houston, TX 7Nov44. 3704th Base
Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 13Jan45. Modified for training, stripped of
armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 19Sep45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrappe
5709 (MSN 17-6005) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Aug42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Mar43. 25th Bomb Squadron,
40th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote
Field, TX 13Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 16Aug44.
Damaged by mechanical failure on the runway at Biggs 11Oct44. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 13Dec44. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 28Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 10Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
42-5710/5724 Boeing B-17F-5-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6006/6020. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company,Burbank, CA as part of pooled production
Production changes: SCR-269G radio compass added. Oxygen system changes
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5710 (MSN 17-6006) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1May43.
466th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 22Jun43. Accident caused by mechanical
failure when taxying at Dalhart Field 10Aug43. 500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 16Aug44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 6Oct44. 332nd Base Unit,
Ardmore Field, OK 16Jun45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 21Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5711 (MSN 17-6007) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. Lockheed Aircraft,
Modification Center #3, Dallas Love Field, TX. 94th Bomb Group, 28Aug42. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 5Jul44. Salvaged 30Sep44. Reclamatin completed Amarillo AAF Jun 19, 1945
5712 (MSN 17-6008) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Aug42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Dec42. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*S],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 1Jan43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Rennes, France 8Mar43. Flak was intense and heavy; No.1 and No.2 engines were
struck and failed. The plane returned across the English Channel at fifty feet and landed at
RAF Exeter, Devon. Battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen,
Germany 17Apr43. There was heavy opposition from Luftwaffe fighters and the plane took a
hit resulting in an engine fire. Shortly after that, the gunner almost fell out of the ball turret
when its door opened. He was pulled back to safety, the engine fire was extinguished, and the
plane completed the mission on only three engines. Received a field modification to counter the
German tactic of head on attacks; the bomb sight was removed, a twin 0.50caliber gun was installed
and armored plate to protect the gunner. Battle damaged on a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic
rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43. Flak over the target was intense and the Group
encountered strong enemy fighter attacks on the way home. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield at Vlissingen, Netherlands 15Aug43. Cloud cover over the target caused the
Group to divert to the secondary target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Vlissingen, Netherlands.
Moderate accurate flak was experienced over target area. 324th Bomb Squadron.
Named HEAVYWEIGHT ANNIHILATORS II artwork by Tony Starcer of a provocative, reclining brunette
in a silky négligée. Replaced by MY PRAYER a biblical scroll 'Yea, though I fly through the
shadow of death, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Battle damaged
on a misssion to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (7POW:1WIA:2RTD).
The aircraft barely escaped a forced landing in enemy territory when 15-20 miles southeast of
Frankfurt, three 20mm shells exploded in the left wing directly under the pilots' compartment.
A 20mm shell, which entered the nose of this aircraft, exploded and caused a fire to break out in
the pilots' compartment. The smoke temporarily blinded the pilots. The navigator and bombardier,
apparently fearful that the fuel tanks would blow the aircraft up, opened their escape hatch
and jumped. By doing so the sudden rush of fresh air cleared the aircraft of smoke, and at the
same time gave a good draft to the fires. The pilots' compartment, now clear of smoke, found the
aircraft going down in a wide spin. The pilot managed to level off at 6,000ft. As all expected the
aircraft to blow up, the co-pilot went aft to check the parachutes on his crew members before
they jumped, while the top turret gunner, who was already wounded in leg and chest, fought the
fire in the pilots' compartment. Although coolness prevailed among the crew members, there
was a good chance of several crew members jumping without their harness being properly adjusted.
The co-pilot returned to the pilots' compartment and found the gunner in his gun position firing on
attacking enemy fighters, his parachute badly burned. With the co-pilot and gunner managing to
extinguish at least fourteen fires, by now the pilot had regained control of the plane and found
that all four engines were operating normally. He decided to try to make for home and chance
that they would successfully fight their way through fighters and evade AA fire. The pilot brought
the aircraft down to below 100ft so that enemy fighters could not attack from below and headed
for England, taking evasive action. Passing at low level over Germany, the people scattered
and fell to the ground; over Belgium the people waved and saluted the bomber. The pilot, guided
by a large 'V for Victory' on the ground in Belgium formed by laundry laid out to dry, made a safe
crash landing at RAF Manston, Kent. The aircraft was badly damaged with over 500 cannon shell a
nd shrapnel holes. {17 missions}. Salvaged. MACR 283.
5713 (MSN 17-6009) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Aug42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Aug42. 393rd Base Headquarters
and Air Base Squadron, Syracuse AAB, NY 5Oct42. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 19Oct42. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 29Oct42. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 4Nov42. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. Departed RAF Hurn, Bournemouth,
Hampshire to North Africa 20Nov42. Operation Torch Nov42. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 20Nov42. Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 22Nov42. Biskra, Algeria 25Dec42.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43.
San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Salvaged 31Oct44
5714 (MSN 17-6010) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Sep42. Ferried Patterson Field,
Reykjavik, Iceland to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 23Nov42. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*S],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Dec42 Named OLD FAITHFUL; .
Battle damaged on a mission to the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 17Apr43
(1WIA:9RTD). Approaching the target, the bomber was attacked by enemy fighters disabling
two engines and shattering the top turret. Returning home, a third engine was damaged but
produced some power by the co-pilot using his hands to hold a broken cable. Equipment,
ammunition and guns were thrown out to save weight as the plane skimmed the North Sea
back to England. At tree top height, the pilot spotted the fighter base at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
With only one main wheel fully extended the plane landed on the grass. Battle damaged on a
mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43. Force landed on
return with No.1 engine damaged by flak at RAF Chedburgh, Bury St Edmunds. Eighth Air Force
Service Command 17Aug43. Regained by Group Aug43. Accident departing for a mission to
German airfields in NW France 2Sep43 (1WIA:9RTD). During testing of guns over the English
Channel, the bombardier was wounded by a 0.50 caliber shell fired from a plane ahead. The pilot turned back to base
Transferred to 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn Sep 11, 1943; trannsferred to 322BS [LL-S];
91st BG, 332nd BS, *Old Faithful*) Used for local and instrument flying.
Battle damaged on a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43.
Flak over the target was moderate and accurate. A large force of enemy fighters were encountered,
some using rockets which were fired from a distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns.
Struck in the wings by 20mm and 0.303 shells, nose, right waist and wings damaged by flak.
Failed to return from a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt,
Germany 14Oct43 (1KIA:8POW:1EVD). When the crew arrived at the aircraft they were met by the
aircraft crew chief who informed the pilot that there must be a mistake because the aircraft
was not Combat Ready and it had never been scheduled for combat with the 91st Bomb Group.
He also advised the pilot that the engines on the aircraft were 'high-time' and that was a main
concern. German fighters attacked the bomber formation both inbound and outbound from the
coast to the target area. As the bomber approached Schweinfurt it began to encounter extremely
intense flak. Just after bomb release over the target, the plane was hit by flak in the No.4 engine
on the right wing. The propeller was feathered and the aircraft continued to fly in formation
on three engines. As enemy fighters attacked the bomber formation after leaving the target area,
the No.3 engine was hit by flak severing fuel and oil lines. The main oxygen tank was also hit
and exploded, causing the co-pilot, currently flying the plane, to fear a 20mm cannon shell explosion
and slumped against the control wheel. The bomber could no longer maintain altitude and began
to fall behind the formation. Enemy fighter planes repeatedly attacked the aircraft but the crew
continued to fight. The No.3 propeller could not be feathered and fuel was leaking from the nacelle.
As it struggled to reach the enemy coast, engine No.1 on the left wing lost power when a couple of
cylinders blew out and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. Seven of the crew were able to
successfully leave the aircraft. With the tail gunner believed to be unconscious, the pilot elected to
try for a forced landing, helped by the navigator. As the plane began a slow, controlled spiral to the
ground, a Ju 88 continued to attack, raking the fuselage and cockpit area with additional hits.
The pilot managed to perform a crash landing in a clearing close to a wooded area near Nancy, France.
MACR 899. The aircraft was repaired and used by Luftwaffe at the Luftwaffen Erprobungsstelle
Rechlin, Germany. Operated by the Luftwaffe KG200 [code DR+PE]
5715 (MSN 17-6011) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 3Sep42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group,
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 4Oct42. 94th Bomb Group, 22Oct42. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28Oct44.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire Nov42.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa Nov42. Departed RAF Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire to North Africa 20Nov42.
Operation Torch Nov42. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Maison Blanche, Algiers, Algeria 20Nov42.
Tafraoui, Oran, Algeria 22Nov42. Battle damaged on a mission to the docks at Bizerte, Tunisia 18Dec42 (4KIA:6EVD).
Nearing the target, the 97th Bomb Group was forced to circle to permit the 301st Bomb Group to attack
first, as planned. During the turn the second element of three was misplaced and as the flight
approached the assigned target it was attacked by three enemy fighters. Flak over the target struck
and disabled No.2 and No.4 engines causing an overspeeding propeller and fire on No.2 engine.
The plane couldn't keep up with the rest of the squadron and, falling behind, was attacked again
by fighters. The engineer/top turret gunner was killed instantly. A fire broke out in the cockpit
and the plane rapidly lost altitude. The bail out signal was given but the plane was too low
for a safe evacuation. Only the bombardier managed to jump at less than 800 feet, hit the ground
hard and helped rescue some survivors when he reached the crash site. The pilot crash landed the
plane behind enemy lines at Sidi Ahmed airfield, west of Bizerte. The co-pilot, navigator and ball
turret gunner were killed. Survivors managed to escape when the plane broke in two and reached
the safety of nearby Allied front lines. Named SOONER II
5716 (MSN 17-6012) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Sep42. 27th Ferrying Squadron,
2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 14Oct42. Accident landing with mechanical
failure at New Castle AAB 28Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 31Jan43. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Feb43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 26Mar43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 7Jun43. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot),
Boca Raton Field, FL 28Nov44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped. Rear fuselage both sides painted with insignia of a new male
Vega worker mascot based on Elmer Fudd with words 'War Production' "Over the top the axis we'll stop".
The new Elmer Fudd style worker character was named "Strato-Sam" and always carried a tool box with
large lettering VEGA, and Vega department number also appeared on his coveralls.
Painted by Randy McCraw of Vega Aircraft
5717 (MSN 17-6013) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 13Sep42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Sep42. 2nd Ferrying Group,
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 11Oct42. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 28Nov42. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*F],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 29Nov42. Failed to return from a
mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 16Feb43 (7KIA:1POW:2EVD). After bombs
were dropped, flak became accurate and heavy. German fighters in great numbers engaged
the bomber formation. In a head-on attack by several fighters, the pilot was killed with a
shot in the head as the cockpit area was riddled. The co-pilot attempted to take control,
but could not get the dead pilot out of his seat. More 20mm cannon shells poured in,
wounding the radio operator and killing the tail gunner and two other gunners. Only three
of the crew escaped, one of which was the bombardier who was blown out of the exploding
nose compartment at 600 feet altitude. However, two of the three successfully evaded with the
help of French citizens while one was captured and taken POW. Crashed at La Ville Dan, near Guillac,
southwest of Rennes, France MACR 15472.
5718 (MSN 17-6014) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. 410th Bomb Squadron,
94th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Sep42. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field,
Detroit, MI 2Nov42. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Feb43. Sioux City AAB, IA 5Mar43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS. Damaged taxying caused by mechanical failure at Fanning Field,
Idaho Falls, ID 24Mar43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 12Jul43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 29Oct43.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 10Jun44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH
30Aug44. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 12Mar45. Panama Canal Zone 18Jan46. Fighter Affiliation 27Jul48. Named THE WIDOW MAKER
5719 (MSN 17-6015) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 12Sep42. Smyrna Field, TN 15Nov42.
955th School Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM 22Nov42. Crashed during a training flight five miles
south of Mineral Wells, TX near Fort Worth, TX 11Mar43. The crew was briefed to fly at 8,500
feet to Amarillo, then Tulsa, Shreveport, turning east to Dallas and then on to Fort Worth Field,
where they were to remain over night, returning to Hobbs Field the following day. Except for
excessive fuel consumption and increasingly bad weather, the flight was normal until the plane
left Shreveport. It began to pick up ice. The pitot tube froze (used to measure air speed), but pitot
heat was turned on and the instrument came back online. The pilot lifted the plane to escape
icing and to maintain radio contact. Rounding Shreveport, the plane turned east toward Dallas.
Cruising at 14,000ft on the way to Dallas, they ran into large build ups of clouds and again started
to pick up ice. They had to climb to 18,000ft to get above the icing and retain radio contact. As they
approached Dallas, they dropped down into the overcast at 14,000ft. They maintained radio contact
this time. When they were over Dallas Radio Station, the ceiling in Fort Worth, TX was reported at
800 feet. Fort Worth, TX told them to descend to 3,000ft. The crew began going through their landing
checklist while waiting clearance to make a procedure let down into Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, TX.
The airfield reported a ceiling of 300 feet. "No go on your landing, climb to 8,000ft and head for Abilene".
The ceiling there was supposed to be 1,000ft. As the aircraft came into Fort Worth, TX and went on
out the north leg for procedure let down, the ceiling dropped to 300 feet and in a very little while
it was down to 100 feet. As it was going around to make a 180 degree turn to come back onto the
beam, the No.1 engine failed; they were at 3,000ft then. The crippled plane managed to climb to 8,000ft
on the three remaining engines. The weather outside continued to worsen. The No.2 engine failed and
the propeller would not feather. They attempted to contact Abilene by radio, but couldn't. They reported
this fact to the Fort Worth, TX radio and asked for instructions but didn't get any. The pilot and co-pilot
were unable to control the plane. They were going down. Air speed fell to 115 mph. They couldn't keep a
compass heading. They estimated they were fifty miles from Fort Worth, TX with a ceiling no more
than 600 800 feet. The pilot decided to abandon the airplane, eight crew bailed out safely. Salvaged 11May43.
5720 (MSN 17-6016) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 23Sep42. Baer Field,
Fort Wayne, IN 2Nov42. 306th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS Nov42. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Dec42.
Departed USA 28Dec43 and ferried to UK via Brasil, Gambia, French Morocco, Gibraltar to Thurleigh,
England, arriving 16Jan43. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*Y], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 16Jan43. Named SCARLET. Named for the pilot's wife who was from Georgia [306BG]
{first combat mission 24Jan43}. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*Y] 7Apr43.
Damaged taxying at Thurleigh 20Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards
at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*A], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Aug43. Named SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS
Failed to return from a mission to the
Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (4POW:6EVD). From the Initial Point until
leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of farm land.
This group went over the target area twice without dropping their bombs. Bombs were finally
dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany. Having spent too
long over the target, the formation was beginning to realise that fuel exhaustion would likely
lead to many not being able to return to base. May have been struck in the wings by flak but
bombed the target and rallied for the return to base. Enemy fighters attacked hitting the wings
but without serious damage. North of Paris, and low on fuel, the crew started to jettison unwanted
equipment. The No.3 engine stopped from fuel exhaustion and the bomber dropped back
out of formation. With the propeller feathered, two enemy fighters scored hits as the aircraft
dropped down to 2,000ft. It crash landed in a hay field 5km southwest of Gisors, France.
The crew set fire to and destroyed the aircraft to prevent capture by the enemy; the
incendiaries did not work so a parachute was set fire in the radio room. {2 combat missions, 384BG}.
5721 (MSN 17-6017) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. Long Beach Field, CA 24Sep42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 6Oct42. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 10Nov42. Hobbs Field, NM 3Mar43.
Pyote Field, TX 1Apr43. 503rd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN 24May43.
Damaged landing at Dyersburg Field 30May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 7Aug43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 7Dec43. Wendover Field, UT 28Dec43.
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15Jan44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 18Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 24Sep45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5722 (MSN 17-6018) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. Long Beach Field, CA 27Sep42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3Oct42. Ephrata AAB, WA 3Dec42. West Coast Training Center,
Fort Sumner Field, NM 21Apr43. Hobbs Field, NM 6May43. Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-6154
landing at Orange County Field, Santa Ana, CA 6Nov43. Surveyed Hobbs AAF Jan 6, 1944
5723 (MSN 17-6019) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. Long Beach Field, CA 30Sep42.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 4Oct42.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Nov42.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*D], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 13Feb43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Bremen Vulkan submarine construction yards at Vegesack, Bremen,
Germany 18Mar43. Crash landed with wheels up in a field four miles south of Molesworth. Salvaged 19Mar43
5724 (MSN 17-6020) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Sep42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 9Oct42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Jan43. Ferried from Menara Airport,
Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 19Mar43. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*T],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Mar43. Named THUNDERBIRD / MARNITA No.2,
made up from the first names of the two pilot's wives
Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 15May43.
A large force of enemy fighters attacked the formation viciously during the bomb run. Flak was meagre
and inaccurate; the plane was damaged by flak and 0.50 caliber shells. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Deutsche Werke Kiel AG shipyard at Kiel, Germany 19May43. Flak over the target was moderate
and accurate, striking and damaging the plane. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards
at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43. Enemy fighter opposition was vicious both before and after the
target. Flak was moderate to intense, damaging the plane. Failed to return from a mission to Saint-Nazaire,
France 28Jun43 (8KIA:2POW). Damaged by heavy flak, shot down by two FW-190A-5 of JG 2/8.
over Bay of Biscay 60 km SW of Ile de Sein, France Jun 28, 1943
The plane ditched in the English Channel. Survivors were rescued by French fishermen. {9 missions}.. MACR 15710.
42-5725/5744 Boeing B-17F-10-VE Fortress
MSN 6021/6040 Built by Lockheed Vega, Burbank, CA as part of pooled production with Douglas and Boeing
Production changes: SCR-535 radio and bomb selector switch added. B-3 drift meter deleted
Disposions from FORTLOG
5725 (MSN 17-6021) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 5Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Oct42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 24Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 17Jan43. 365th Bomb Squadron [XK*P], 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 1Feb43. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*C], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 22Aug43. Named "This Is It", renamed "Flapper" Returned to US.
1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 13Jul44.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Jul44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 26Aug44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 19Mar45. La Junta Field, CO 26Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, OK 31Jul45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5726 (MSN 17-6022) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 11Oct42. Blythe Field, CA 28Dec42.
Dalhart Field, TX 16May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 21Jun43. Dalhart Field,
TX 10Jul43. 427th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Clovis Field, NM. Ground looped during takeoff
Clovis Field, NM 10Mar44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44.
6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 29Aug44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Sep44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 4Sep44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 7Jun45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5727 (MSN 17-6023) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 13Oct42. Rapid City Field, SD 11Nov42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 17Dec42. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 9Jan43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 419th Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 3Feb43, named "Elaine". . Battle damaged
by flak on a tactical mission to a Luftwaffe airfield five miles west of Gabès, Tunisia 22Feb43.
Battle damaged by flak on a tactical mission to hit troops retreating through the Kasserine Mountain Pass,
Boulaaba, Tunisia 23Feb43. Battle damaged by flak on a tactical mission to a convoy forty miles
off Palermo, Sicily 26Feb43. Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 8Mar43. Battle damaged
by flak on a tactical mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Borizzo (Chinisia), Trapani, Sicily 10May43.
Failed to return from a mission to the ferry terminal and railway marshalling yards at Messina,
Sicily 18Jun43 (10RTD). With two engines disabled, increased power on the two remaining engines
increased fuel consumption. With fuel exhaustion, the plane crash landed near Constantine,
Algeria. {37 missions}. Salvaged
5728 (MSN 17-6024) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
ication Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 16Oct42. Ephrata AAB, WA 24Nov42.
Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 1Dec42. The right main landing gear collapsed
causing a ground loop as the bomber skidded off the runway at Great Falls Field 8Jan43. The pilot had
left the landing gear down and locked while practicing touch-and-go landings; it was on the fourth
landing that the accident happened. The right engines were shock loaded as the propeller blades
bent and there was damage to the ball turret, right flap and wing. The drag link had failed caused
by being designed too small and too weak. Rapid City Field, SD 9Mar43. Glasgow Field, MT 14Apr43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18May43. 593rd Bomb Squadron, 396th Bomb Group,
Moses Lake Field, WA 17Jun43. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Moses Lake Field 17Jul43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL. Landing accident at Avon Park Field 14Jan44.
Damaged while parked in a collision by B-17G 42-107187 at Avon Park 11Apr44. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 25Jul44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 10May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 11Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5729 42-5729 (MSN 17-6025) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 16Oct42. Douglas Aircraft
Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 16Oct42. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Nov42. Rome Air Depot, NY 9Dec42. 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB,
Wilmington, DE 1Feb43. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 27Feb43. Eighth Air Force Service Command 16Apr43. Regained by Group 8May43.
Seriously battle damaged on a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43.
Because of solid clouds, the group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at Recklinghausen, Germany.
In attacks by enemy fighters, 20mm cannon shells cause damage to the oxygen system, wiring, cockpit and
dorsal fin. Eighth Air Force Service Command 12Aug43. Regained by Group 22Aug43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*E],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 8Sep43. Battle damaged on a mission to
industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4Oct43 (2WIA:8RTD). Flak over the target was moderate
and accurate. A large force of enemy fighters were encountered, some using rockets which were fired from
a distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. Approaching the target, the plane was attacked by
Bf 110 fighters wounding the two waist gunners. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German
V-weapon site at Andres in the Pas-de-Calais, France 24Dec43. Flak over the target was heavy and accurate,
damaging the plane. {15+ missions}. Returned to US. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 15Mar44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
Named PICCADILLY COMMANDO artwork of a naked lady holding a bomb / BUCCANEER
5730 (MSN 17-6026) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 18Oct42. Rapid City Field, SD 25Nov42.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 28Mar43. Walla Walla Field, WA 18Jul43. Salvaged 20Nov43.
Surveyed Walla Walla AAF Nov 23, 1943
5731 (MSN 17-6027) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Oct42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Dec42.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Biskra, Algeria 31Jan43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 8Feb43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43.
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Ground looped at Biskra, Algeria 23Sep43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Salvaged 27Aug44.Named SMOKEY STOVER--named for the comic strip.
5732/5744 converted to YB-40
Modified by Douglas, Tulsa as an armoured escort B-17F based on the Vega V-140 proposal. Designated YB-40 for service test
5732 (MSN 17-6028) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft
Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 29Oct42.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15Mar43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 3May43. Took off from
RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador for Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland 7May43. The pilot found poor
weather in Iceland and decided to press on for the UK. Low on fuel, the plane crash landed
in a peat bog at Brenish, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 7May43. Salvaged and taken
to Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ferried St Mawgan (Station 512),
Cornwall to Marrakech, French Morocco 18Feb44. Returned to US 28Mar44. 3036th Base
Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5733 (MSN 17-6029) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft
Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 29Oct42.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 18Mar43. School of
Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 30Apr43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*F],
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 3May43. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*T],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 16Jul43. Returned to US 2Nov43.
Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 5Sep44. Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 26Sep44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
Named PEORIA PROWLER
5734 (MSN 17-6030) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 29Oct42. Modified by Douglas
as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15Mar43. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43. Damaged landing at Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL 28Mar43.
Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 6May43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 14May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*D], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 14May43. {first combat mission 27May43}. {9 missions}. 323rd Bomb
Squadron [OR*R], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 16Jul43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire Oct44. Returned to US, departed 25Jan44.
Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 4Sep44. Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 4May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal
18May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
Named SEYMOUR ANGEL / RED BALLOON / OLD IRONSIDES
5735 (MSN 17-6031) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Oct42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 30Oct42. Modified by Douglas
as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15Mar43. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 4May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*B], 92nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 4May43, named "Wango Wango") . Failed to return
from a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (10POW).
Flak damaged engine No.1 & No.4, shot down by Uffz. Bernhard Kunze in FW-190A-4 of JG 1/1.
Aircraft crashed at Pont, near Geldern, 16 miles northwest of Krefeld, Germany. [only YB-40 lost in action].
5736 (MSN 17-6032) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 5Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 14Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43.
Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 3May43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 11May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*C],
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 14May43. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*Q],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 3Aug43. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*P],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 28Aug43; used as a group transport. Base
Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 9Oct43. Had been
retired from use at Kimbolton by Oct 2, 1943 when it was
shown to attendees at a party for local children.
Returned to US 6Nov43. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field,
Chandler, AZ 26Sep44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 11Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped. Named TAMPA TORNADO.
5737 (MSN 17-6033) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 4Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 14Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL
26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 3May43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 9May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*K], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 11May43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*Q], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 16Jul43, named "Dakota Demon". Returned to USA Nov 2, 1943.
Condemned salvage Jan 6, 1946
5738 (MSN 17-6034) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 4Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 18Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando
AAB, FL 26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 1May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*G], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 4May43. Named *Boston Tea Party*. returned to USA Nov 2, 1943.
Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 4May44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field,
Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 24May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows
Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5739 (MSN 17-6035) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 6Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 6Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL
26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 30Apr43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*J], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 4Apr43. Named LUFKIN RUFFIAN. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*J], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Jul43. Named LUFKIN RUSSIAN. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*P],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 28Aug43. {no combat missions with
384BG}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Oct43. Regained by Group 12Oct43.
Ferried from St Mawgan (Station 512), Cornwall to Marrakech, French Morocco 20/21Feb44. Returned to
the US 3Nov44. 82nd Flying Training Wing, Yuma Field, AZ. Damaged at Yuma 11Dec44. Damaged while
parked by B-17G 42-102910 at Yuma 19Dec44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5740 (MSN 17-6036) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company, '
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 7Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 18Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB,
FL 26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 30Apr43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*E], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 4May43. Named *Monticello*. Returned to US. RCAF Gander, Newfoundland 2Nov43.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 26Sep44.
3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5741 (MSN 17-6037) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 12Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 17Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43.
Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field, ME 30Apr43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*H], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 7May43. Named CHICAGO. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*Y], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 22Jul43. Named GUARDIAN ANGEL. Returned to US 2Nov43.
82nd Flying Training Wing, Yuma Field, AZ; code U-48. Damaged by structural failure 35 miles
east of Yuma 22Dec44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
5742 (MSN 17-6038) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 26Mar43.
Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field, ME 30Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 9May43.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*L], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13May43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Oct43. Named *Plain Dealing Express*
Returned to US 3Apr44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5743 (MSN 17-6039) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 14Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL
26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 3May43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 9May43.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*M], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 11May43.
Damaged landing at Alconbury 18May43. Flown to Iceland 23Jun43. Returned to Alconbury 25Jul43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Oct43. Named *Woolaroc*
Returned to US 2Oct43. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 11Oct43. Destroyed when
crash landed after engine failure four miles north of Dateland, east of Yuma, AZ 17Oct44. Reclaimed 8Nov44
5744 (MSN 17-6040) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 18Nov42. Modified by Douglas as a
YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 17Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL
26Mar43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 3Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 5May43. 92nd Bomb Group 11May43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 17May43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*A], 92nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire May43. Named *Dollie Madison*.
Flown on a mission to enemy airfields in northwest Europe 16Aug43; this was the last combat mission
for YB-40 gunships. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Oct43.
Returned to US 2Nov43. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
42-5745/5764 Boeing B-17F-15-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6041/6060. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, burbank, CA as part of
pooled production with Douglas and Boeing. Dispositions from FORTLOG.
Production changes: Improved brakes. Astrodome. A-12 oxygen regulators and windshield alcohol de-icing spray system added
5745 MSN 17-6041) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 21Nov42. Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 18Dec42. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 18Mar43. RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire; installation of Oboe Mk I radar equipment.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*H], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20Apr43.
325th Bomb Squadron. Damaged taxying Alconbury 25May43. 813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 25Aug43, 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*C], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 20Dec43. Eighth Air Force Service Command (AFSC) 27Apr44;
not equipped with 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks. Returned to US 6May44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery
School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 19Jun45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46;
scrapped. Named THE FUHRER THE BETTER.
5746 (MSN 17-6042) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 24Nov42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 2Feb43.
Marrakech, French Morocco. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran, Algeria. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 23Feb43
Named "Stardust". .Battle damaged on a tactical mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Monserrato, Cagliari,
Sardinia 14Apr43. On return the plane crash landed when the left main landing gear collapsed, damagine the
No.1 and No.2 propellers and left wing. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to Salon-de-Provence,
France 27Jan44 (1KIA:2EVD:7POW). The mission was against Luftwaffe He 111 and Ju 88 bombers and their
base used to attack shipping supporting the Anzio beachhead. The enemy sent up flak and twenty to thirty
fighters, some got past the escort sufficiently to carry on a forty-eight minute attack. As the squadron
separated from the Group formation to bomb a separate part of the airfield, a flight of enemy fighters
attacked. On the first pass, No.2 engine was disabled and the propeller feathered. The bombardier jettisoned
the bombs and closed the bomb bay doors. By the third pass, it was impossible to maintain airspeed or altitude.
No.1 engine was disabled and on fire and the No.3 engine supercharger had failed. With only one good engine,
the bomber began a shallow left hand turn and the order given to bail out. For unkown reason, the flight engineer
was still onboard when the plane crashed near Rognac, Marseille, France. {87 missions}.
Credited to Lt. Josef Torfer in Bf-109G-6 of JGr. Süd/2. MACR 2039. .
5747 (MSN 17-6043) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 25Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 25Nov42. 2nd Ferrying Group,
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 27Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Jan43 [for modification].
Mobile, Bates Field, AL 20Jan43. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group 1943. Ferried from Menara
Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 21Mar43. Named "Bucket of Bolts"
Transferred to 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 5/3/43; transferred to 535BS/381BG [MS-0] Ridgewell
Aug 22, 1943; {2+m} 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood Oct 5, 1943; Named "Hangar Queem"
{first combat mission 9Oct43}. {3 missions}. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire Nov43. Crash landed at Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 30Nov43. The aircraft was
being returned to Grafton Underwood after maintenance when it landed short on the perimeter track,
striking fairly hard. The pilot proceeded around the circuit to try and land again. Observers noticed that the
left landing gear had been damaged with the drag link severed. The pilot was instructed to fly back to
Little Staughton for a crash landing at the air depot. Regained by Group 4Mar44. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 15Mar44. Returned to US. 508th Base Unit (Casual Squadron), Berry Field,
Nashville, TN 14Jun44. Damaged by weather while parked at Berry Field 27Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 18Aug45.
5748 (MSN 17-6044) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 29Nov42. Pyote Field, TX 2Jan43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 28Mar43. 466th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 25May43.
Damaged taxying caused by mechanical failure at Dalhart Field 4Jun43. Gulfport Field, MS 5Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 24Jul43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Oct43.
2511th Base Unit (Instrument School, Instrument Pilot), Bryan Field, TX 2Nov44. Damaged landing
caused by mechanical failure at Bryan Field 18May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 20Dec45
5749 (MSN 17-6045) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 30Nov43. Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 9Jan43. DeRidder AAB, LA 31Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Mar43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29May43.
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 19Jul43. 582nd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 11Nov43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 18Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 24Sep45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped .
5750 (MSN 17-6046) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Nov42. Douglas Aircraft Company,
Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 30Nov42. Wendover Field, UT 3Jan43.
Scribner Field, NB 7Apr43. Sioux City AAB, IA 12Apr43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 5May43.
Wendover Field, UT 29May43. 581st Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43.
Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-5790 and crashed two miles southwest of Fedora, SD 13Jun43 (11KIS).
Salvaged 15Jun43
5751 (MSN 17-6047) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Dec42. Blythe Field, CA 30Dec42.
52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field, Boise, ID. Destroyed by fire after a collision
during takeoff with parked B-17F 42-29548 and 42-2987 at Gowen 13Apr43 (5KIS). The sortie
was an instrument check ride which included a blind takeoff and the student was taking his
first check. The B-17 started to take off with the student under the hood and an instructor
pilot of considerable experience was sitting in the right hand seat. The airplane ran 1,550
feet down the runway then turned off the runway under full power. It was straightened
out momentarily while still under full power and swerved further to the right. Finally,
after proceeding in a wide arc for approximately 3/10 of a mile from the runway,
it hit the left wing of an airplane parked on the north side of the ramp (B-17F 42-29548).
It swung further to the right, still under full power at an estimated speed of 70 or 80 miles an
hour and proceeded south across the ramp. It collided with the transformers furnishing power
to one of the main water wells on the field and smashed head-on into another parked plane
(B-17F 42-2987). As the airplane came onto the ramp, witnesses stated that it was in a nose-down
attitude under full power. The propellers were observed to strike the ground and the left tire
blew out just before the airplane struck the wing of the first parked plane. At the time of the
accident the airplane was travelling at an angle of approximately 45° or more with the
original takeoff direction, and was swerving violently to the right. When 42-5751 collided
head-on with 42-2987, both planes were badly damaged and fire started, without an explosion,
which completely destroyed both planes. Four men in the airplanes were killed as a result
of the crash; one man who was on the ramp was struck and killed by the airplane. Salvaged 27Apr43
5752 (MSN 17-6048) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Dec42. Pocatello Field, ID 29Dec42.
Pyote Field, TX 18Jan43. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 28Feb43. Dalhart Field, TX 17Mar43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Jul43. Midwest Air Depot,
Oklahoma City, OK 22Oct43. 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 19th Combat
Crew Training Squadron, Pyote Field, TX. Damaged in collision while taxying with
B-17F 42-5467 Pyote 3Feb44. Salvaged 7Feb44.
5753 (MSN 17-6049) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Dec42. Pueblo AAB, CO 30Dec42. Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 24Feb43. Blythe Field, CA 18Mar43. Walla Walla Field, WA 20May43.
Redmond Field, OR 18Jun43. Walla Walla Field, WA 15Aug43. Avon Park Field, FL 23Nov43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 18Nov44. Converted to F-9 photo-recon aircraft
with cameras added and bombing equipment deleted. Designated FB-17F. Reclaimed 3Jan46
5754 (MSN 17-6050) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Dec42. Pyote Field, TX 1Jan43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 28Mar43. 589th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 21May43.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Ephrata AAB 23Jun43. 590th Bomb Squadron,
395th Bomb Group. Damaged while parked by B-17F 42-29637 at Ephrata AAB 27Jun43.
Damaged landing at Ephrata AAB 29Sep43. 2020th Base Unit, Galveston Field, TX 6Aug44.
211th Base Unit, Casper Field, WY 18Jan45. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Rapid City Field, SD 23Feb45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command),
Syracuse AAB, NY 30Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5755 (MSN 17-6051) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Dec42. Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 14Jan43. Walla Walla Field, WA 22Feb43. Madras Field, OR 20Jun43. Walla
Walla Field, WA 15Aug43. Avon Park Field, FL 23Nov43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School),
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 1May44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 19May44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 5Nov45
5756 (MSN 17-6052) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19Dec42. Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 31Jan43. Cheyenne, WY 27Feb43. Pueblo AAB, CO 18Mar43. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 7Apr43. 509th Bomb
Squadron [RQ*R], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 19Apr43.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 19Mar44. Named "Kay L H".
{21 missions}. Returned to US. Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 1Jun44. Amarillo Field, TX 24Oct44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 9Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5757 (MSN 17-6053) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Dec42. Glasgow Field, MT 22Jan43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 5Feb43. Dyersburg Field, TN 18Mar43. 88th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA 18May43. Damaged by fire at Walla Walla 8Sep43.
4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 15Jun44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 29Jul44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 23Jan45. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alamogordo Field, NM 5Mar45. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 15Apr45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Avon Park Field, FL 19May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5758 (MSN 17-6054) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Dec42. Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT 14Jan43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43.
542nd Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 19Apr43. Damaged taxying at
Rapid City Field 5May43. Harvard Field, NB 21Sep43. Galveston Field, TX 17Feb44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
5759 (MSN 17-6055) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Nov42. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Jan43. Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 19Mar43. Headquarters and
Headquarters Squadron, Orlando AAB, FL 15Jun43. Damaged taxying caused by mechanical
failure at Orlando AAB 24Sep43. 1st Photographic Group, Bolling Field, Washington, DC 4Dec43.
499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Jun44. 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 14Jun44. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 29Jul44.
19th Photographic Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 5Aug44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 10Aug44. Damaged taxying at
Amarillo Field 26Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 21Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5760 (MSN 17-6056) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Nov42. 461st Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group,
Casper Field, WY 14Jan43. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Casper Field 1May43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 8Jun43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 20Jan45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 23Feb45.
331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 3Mar45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 19May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 17Sep45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5761 (MSN 17-6057) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Dec42. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 19Jan43. School of Applied
Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 24Mar43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 14Apr43. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 14Jun43.
580th Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Watertown Field, SD 25Jun43. Crashed after engine
failure at Valentine Municipal Airport, NB 18Jul43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 6Aug43. 393rd Combat
Crew Training Squadron, Sioux City AAB, IA. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Sioux
City AAB 4Mar44. Damaged taxying at Sioux City AAB 28Mar44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Jun44. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 21Jun44. 505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 20Jul44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 16Aug44.
Crashed after fuel exhaustion when the crew bailed out over Santa Rosa, NM 23Sep44. Salvaged 24Sep44
5762 (MSN 17-6058) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Dec42. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6Jan43.
346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. DeRidder AAB, LA. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean
Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31Jan43. Ferried South
Atlantic route Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico;
Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana; Val de Cães Field, Belém, Brasil; Yundum Field,
Bathurst, Gambia; Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco. General Depot No.1, La Sénia,
Oran, Algeria. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group 23Feb43.
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 16Mar43. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support
of Operation Husky at Messina, Sicily 25Jun43 (1KIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy and accurate, killing a
waist gunner. Approximately thirty Luftwaffe Bf 109 fighters of JG 77 attacked the formation while
over the target and off the coast of Trapani. On return, force landed at Bône, Algeria. Service Group,
Bône, Algeria 28Jun43. Salvaged
5763 (MSN 17-6059) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. Long Beach Field, CA 29Dec42.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Jan43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead
Field, FL 14Feb43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to St Eval (Station 129),
Cornwall 8Mar43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*F], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 9Mar43. Named *Bomb-Boogie* Force landed at RAF Tempsford 17Jul43.
Failed to return from a mission to the Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (6POW:4EVD).
From the Initial Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small
sparse patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice without dropping their bombs.
Bombs were finally dropped on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany.
Having spent too long over the target, the formation was beginning to realise that fuel exhaustion
would likely lead to many not being able to return to base. Enemy aircraft had damaged engine No.3.
Claimed by Maj Egon Mayer in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/Stab The plane crashed at
Mons-en-Pevele, near Lille, France. {17 missions}. MACR 514.
5764 (MSN 17-6060) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Dec42. Continental Airlines,
Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43. Air Depot,
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 8Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 13Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 16Apr43. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Battle damaged on
a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria 19Dec43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. 840th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. 352nd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy. Damaged in collision with parked
B-17G 42-31608 at Lucera 25Jun44. 1258th Base Unit, Casablanca, French Morocco.
Damaged in collision with parked Douglas C-47A 42-93114 at La Sénia, Oran, Algeria 20Jan45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 30Nov45.
42-5765/5804 Boeing B-17F-20-VE Fortress
MSN 6061/6100. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of pooled
production with Douglas and Boeing
Production changes: External bomb racks added under the inner wings for the carriage of two 2000-pound bombs
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5765 (MSN 17-6061) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. Long Beach Field, CA 31Dec42.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Jan43. Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS Jan43. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, DeRidder AAB, LA. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31Jan43.
Ferried South Atlantic route, departed Morrison Field 3Feb43. Borinquen Field, Aguadilla,
Puerto Rico 3Feb43; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guiana 5Feb43; Val de Cães Field, Belém,
Brasil 6Feb43; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil 7Feb43; Yundum Field, Bathurst, Gambia 9Feb43;
Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco 10Feb43. General Depot No.1, La Sénia, Oran,
Algeria 23Feb43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 22Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma,
Algeria 25Mar43. An extra 0.50 caliber gun was installed near the bomb sight to defend against
frontal attack. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 14Dec43. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria 19Dec43 (3WIA:7RTD). Attacked by enemy fighters near
the target seriously wounding the bombardier, navigator and co-pilot. 483rd Bomb Group,
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy Jun44. Salvaged 21Oct44.
Named SHANKER ALI. Named as a parody to the native people of North Africa
5766 ((MSN 17-6062) Accepted by USAAF 31Dec42. Long Beach Field, CA 31Dec42. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 8Jan43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 8Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 10Apr43.
Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 20Apr43. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 2Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen,
Germany 13Jun43. With one engine diasabled by flak and oil pressures low on two engines,
force landed on return at RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire. Failed to return from a mission to the
Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43 (8POW:2KIA). Flak was intense and
accurate at the target; meagre but accurate from Flensburg; meagre and inaccurate from
South Sylt and Amrum islands. There was large enemy fighter opposition but did not press
home their attacks. Attacked by enemy fighters disabling two engines.
Crashed Kiesby, near Süderbrarup, Germany.. Claimed by Hptm Erwin Clausen in Fw 190A-6 of JG 11/1 Stab at
MACR 120.
5767 (MSN 17-6063) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Dec43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 3Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31Mar43. Transferred to Mediterranean Theater of
Operations (?). Returned to US 18Mar44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 29Oct45
5768 (MSN 17-6064) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec42. Long Beach
Field, CA 1Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5Mar43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 4Apr43.
{6 missions}. Crashed 27Jun43
5769 (MSN 17-6065) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 8Jan43. Air Depot, Brookley Field,
Mobile, AL 5Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 5May43.
Named COTTON EYED JOE II. Named by the pilot because if any plane could be as
bodacious as the square-dance, he'd get home
Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of Operation Husky at Messina,
Sicily 25Jun43 (1KIA:1WIA:8RTD). Flak was heavy and accurate, wounding one waist
gunner and killing the other gunner. Approximately thirty Luftwaffe Bf 109 fighters of JG 77
attacked the formation while over the target and off the coast of Trapani. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Accident returning from
a mission to a ball bearing factory at Turin, Italy 8Nov43 (2MIA:8RTD). With three propellers
feathered, the pilot was approaching to land at Ajaccio, Corsica when it was baulked by two
Spitfires taking off. The pilot pulled the plane up and ditched in the Mediterranean Sea near
Ajaccio airport. The life rafts failed to deploy but eight of the crew were rescued by local fishermen.
In 2003 a top turret was dragged up by fishermen, and the following year further searches
revealed the aircraft upside down in shallow water a few hundred yards off shore.
5770 (MSN 17-6066) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Jan43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 27Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 7Feb43.
Ferried South Atlantic route Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL: Val de Cães Field,
Belém, Brasil; Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brasil; Mallard Field, Dakar, Senegal, Africa.
While flying on ferry flight from Natal to Dakar, the number three engine lost oil and the
propeller could not be feathered. Because of the drag from the windmilling propeller,
the plane ran out of fuel just at landfall. The pilot crash landed on mud flats twenty-five
miles from Boffa, French Guinea 14Feb43. The crew got out safely, but the plane was lost
5771 (MSN 17-6067) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Jan43. Ainsworth Field, NB 19Jan43. Rapid City Field, SD 5Mar43. Ainsworth
Field, NB 23May43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 12Jun43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 1Jul43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Aug43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton
Field, OR 27Oct43. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 28Jul44; code EL771. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command),
Rome Field, NY 17Jan45. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service Command),
Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 30May45. 3028th Base Unit, Pilot School, Advanced,
Single-Engine, Luke Field, Arizona, AZ 31Jan46. To University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks, ND 20May46
Also listed as serving with the 383rd BG, 452nd BS, Pendleton AAF, Oregon
and never leaving the USA.
5772 (MSN 17-6068) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8Feb43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 19Mar43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1,
Italy 9Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {30 missions}. 346th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {1 mission}. 483rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Pisa, Italy 15May45.
Salvaged 14Jun45
5773 ((MSN 17-6069) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 18Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Jan43. 2nd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB Feb43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 10Mar43. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa route. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco. Navarin (Overcoat),
El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43.
{first combat mission 28Apr43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault,
Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. 429th Bomb Squadron 14Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a tactical mission against German troop
concentrations and defensive positions at Albano Laziale, southeast of Rome, Italy 10Feb44 (3KIA:7MIA).
On the bomb run the No.2 propeller was feathered but the pilot led the squadron over the
target. Struck by flak just past the target, which was intense and accurate due to the low bombing
altitude necessary to get under an undercast. No.4 engine was struck and the propeller
feathered with fire in the right wing. The plane dropped out of formation and headed towards
Naples. Crashed in Tyrrhenian Sea; wreckage found by a Navy launch 19Feb44. {74 missions}. MACR 2206
Naqmed IMPATIENT VIRGIN / SCRUBBY OL' GOAT
5774 (MSN 17-6070) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 12Jan43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 31Jan43. Hobbs Field, NM 1Mar43.
3017th Base Unit, Hobbs 17Jun44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma
Field, AZ 24Jun44. 4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 21Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 27Jul45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5775 (MSN 17-6071) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 15Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Jan43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 13Mar43. Hammer Field, Fresno, CA 29Jul43. 580th Bomb Squadron,
393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB 10Aug43. Damaged in bird strike at Kearney 11Sep43.
6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 15Jul44. 260th Base Unit, Peterson Field,
Colorado Springs, CO 19Jul44. 201st Base Unit, Headquarters, Colorado Springs, CO 28Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jul44. 273rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Nov44. 201st Base Unit, Headquarters,
Colorado Springs, CO 6Dec44. 200th Base Unit, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 25Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5776 ((MSN 17-6072) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 17Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Jan43. 2nd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB Feb43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 9Mar43. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa route. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco 8Apr43.
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 27Apr43.. Named "Eager Beaver") {first combat mission 28Apr43}.
Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to a bomber
airfield three miles west of Catania, Sicily 4Jul43 (1KIA); the tail gunner was killed by flak
shrapnel. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the airfield at Eleusis, Athens,
Greece 20Dec43 (5KIA:4POW:1EVD). Struck on the bomb run by a direct flak hit in the fuselage,
breaking the plane in two just aft of the waist window. The plane nose dived with engines
running as the crew was ejected or bailed out at 4,000ft, the tail gunner trapped in the
separate tail section. Crashed near Eleusis airfield and exploded. {77 missions}. MACR 1518.
5777 Del Long Beach 16/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Assigned to 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 31/3/43;
Chateau-du-Rhumel, Algeria 27/4/43; Ain M'Lila, Algeria 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43;
Bizerte, Tun Dec 2, 1943; Amendola, Italy Dec 9, 1943; {83m} tran 416BS/99BG Tortorella, Italy
28/3/44; {2m} 840BS/483BG Tortorella, Italy 31/3/44; Sterparone, Italy 22/4/44; named "The Gin Mill")
Shot Down Apr 23, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed Near Gormet Hungary While on a Mission on
The Aircraft Factory at Wiener Neustadt Austria. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
Released in 1945. MACR 4664.
5778 (MSN 17-6074) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach , CA 15Jan43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 31Jan43.
96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Glasgow Field, MT. On this particular day a
three-plane vee formation was cavorting over the Dakota landscape returning from the bomb range.
The terrain was relatively smooth and rolling, the air smooth, cruising along, nice and tight,
propellers clearing the sagebrush by maybe ten feet. The pilots were taken by surprise when one
flushed a large covey of quail out of the sagebrush and the covey broke to the left into the
path of this plane. With no room to attempt an avoidance maneuver that close to the ground,
the pilot had no choice but to plow straight ahead into a frantic cloud of quail. The bomber
was taking strikes in every area. The waist gunners were even reporting that several quail
had flown in the gun ports, fluttering around in the fuselage before flying out again.
To that point no damage had been done to the aircraft that a wash down to remove a collection
of blood and feathers wouldn't have corrected. But he was not to be so lucky. One little
feathered bird got caught in the propeller wash of No.2 engine. The quail entered the air
scoop and severely damaged the air cooler for the engine. This damage immediately
manifested itself on the appropriate cockpit instruments and the pilot shut down and
feathered the propeller of that engine. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 19Mar43. Ferried overseas via the South
Atlantic / Africa route. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Marrakech, French Morocco Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43.
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. {first combat mission 28Apr43}.
Destroyed by fire being cleaned with gasoline at Châteaudun-du-Rhumel 11May43 (1DOI).
The airplane had developed some engine problems. The assistant crew chief was cleaning oil,
from a bad oil leak, off of the number two engine. He was using gasoline as the cleaning fluid,
but for reasons that are not known, he hadn't disconnected the battery. It is believed that the
liquid gasoline shorted across the battery terminals, instantly erupted into a deadly blaze
that severely burned the mechanic about the hands, face and shoulders, and enveloped the
engine in fire. The 20th Squadron line chief, riding the flight line in his jeep, noticed the fire,
drove to the scene, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and doused the blaze. The mechanic was quickly
taken to a nearby British field hospital where he later died from his burns. {3 missions}.
Named TURD BURD / GATHER BURD. Somewhere in the early days of their short relationship, the
pilot [Gathercole] and the plane developed a major personality conflict. Nothing of a fatal nature,
just a series of minor things, mostly in the area of maintenance or performance. After many unscheduled
repair sessions, the plane returned to the flight line emblazoned with the marginally vulgar name of "TURD BURD."
Some time later the plane was part of a flight of 96th Squadron's B-17s, along with similar units from
Cut Bank and Lewistown, ordered to assemble at Great Falls AAB for some joint operation with the
20th (HQ) Squadron. One of the featured attractions of the day was an open house and review of
the Group's aircraft, which stretched for an impressive length along the flight line, by high ranking
officers and Great Falls community leaders headed by the Mayor, his wife and 18 year old daughter.
Since few of the training aircraft could boast a name, the Mayor's daughter was particularly thrilled
when she, and the review, came upon the 96th's "TURD BURD." "How cute," she exclaimed, spelling it
out, "TURD BIRD!" Embarrassed, she broke off the vocalizing of what she had just spelled and joined the
inspection party as they hurriedly sped down the runway to where less adorned B-17s awaited them.
Orders were soon cut and on their way through channels to get that "expletives deleted" name off
that "expletives deleted" aircraft
5779 ((MSN 17-6075) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jan43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Jan43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 10Mar43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick
(Station 500), Scotland 3May43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, C
hâteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43.
Named LEAKIN' LENA
{first combat mission 28May43}. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Battle damaged during a mission to railway bridges at Bolzano,
Italy 15Dec43 (1WIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy, causing injury to the bombardier. Battle damaged during
a mission to the Steyr-Daimler-Puch factory complex at Steyr, Austria 24Feb44 (1WIA:9RTD).
The mission was a most disastrous day for the 2nd Bomb Group, losing fourteen aircraft to enemy
fighters. Fighters started attacking the Group about five miles north of Fiume, Italy and continued
for one hour. The radio operator was wounded by a 20mm cannon shell. Failed to return from a
tactical mission against German troop concentrations and defensive positions at Albano Laziale,
Rome, Italy 2Mar44 (2MIA:9RTD). Struck by flak several times causing the No.3 and 4 propellers
to overspeed. The nose compartment was struck and partially blown away and there were numerous
holes in the right wing and waist area. Having lost the engine oil, the two propellers could not be
feathered and were causing the plane to vibrate badly. The radio room and ball turret were both
badly damaged by flak. The crew assembled in the waist area preparing for the order to bail out.
Still over land, the pilot delayed his order because they had just dropped fragmentation bombs
on the enemy below and had probably killed a good many of them. Naturally those that were left
wouldn't have been very friendly to the crew coming down on top of them. One over water,
the plane was ditched in the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ponza, the wings broke off and the
plane quickly sank. The crew was spotted by a RAF Wellington bomber and picked up by a
British Air-Sea Rescue boat after four hours in the dinghy. {86 missions}. MACR 3216.
5780 (MSN 17-6076) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Jan43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Feb43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5Mar43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French
Morocco to St Eval (Station 129), Cornwall 28Mar43. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*N], 303rd Bomb
Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 8Apr43. Named THE BLACK SWAN. Named after
the adventure film 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power and Maureen O'hara; artwork of skull and
crossbones. The pilot Jay Sterling baptized the plane ''Black Swan' . When he was a teenager, Jay
already sported the black pirate skull flag on his sweater. Painted by the tail gunner Jessie Cleavelin
before the plane departed for Europe. {first combat mission 17Apr43}. Failed to return from a
mission to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43 (6KIA:3POW). Departing on the
mission, the No.3 engine was running rough. As the formation left England at Portland Bill, Dorset
to cross the English Channel, the engine became more and more defective and the plane lost speed,
struggling to keep pace with the squadron. With a strong headwind, the aircraft had dropped behind
the formation before reaching the target and the No.3 propeller had been feathered. The bomb
load was jettisoned then the aircraft was attacked by German Fw 190 fighters of Gruppe III / JG 2 'Richthofen'.
The electrical system and intercom were disabled. Cannon shells destroyed the radio; the
instrument panel began to smoke before exploding into flames, quickly filling the front of the
aircraft with toxic smoke. The pilot was collapsed in his seat with another engine on fire.
Some of the crew had bailed out while others continued to fire back at the fighters; they would
later be trapped but were thrown out when the aircraft exploded. The bomber had been shot
down by Unteroffizier Rudolf Gehrhardt of 9./JG 2 and crashed at Les Morandières, west of
Saint-Père-en-Retz, southeast of Saint-Nazaire, France.
5781 (MSN 17-6077) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 19Jan43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Jan43. 2nd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB Feb43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8Mar43. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa route.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French
Morocco 11Mar43. Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43. Named WOLF HOLLOW. Just prior to flying to North Africa, the crew flew to the depot a
t Oklahoma City for modifications. The 49th Bomb Group insignia was a slavering wolf and while
there the crew ran into an ex-Disney cartoonist. He painted, on the nose, the Big Bad Wolf chasing the
Three Little Pigs, with Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini faces, looking over their shoulder and faces in terror.
{first combat mission 6May43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine,
Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {47 missions}. 419th Bomb Group,
301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 7Oct43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {5 missions}.
2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the airdrome at Lavariano, Udine, Italy 30Jan44 (1KIA:2WIA:7RTD).
The mission was against Luftwaffe Ju 88 bombers and their base used to attack shipping
supporting the Anzio beachhead. Light to moderate flak was encountered then twenty to twenty-five
Bf 109s and Fw 190s attacked the Group. The plane was hit by 20mm cannon shells killing
a waist gunner and wounding the pilot and the other waist gunner. {29 missions}.
346th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. {2 missions}.
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44.
Salvaged 3Jun44.
5782 (MSN 17-6078) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jan43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Jan43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Feb43.
2nd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB Feb43. When the crew was assigned their new aircraft in Kearney,
Nebraska, they decided to name it 'HIGH TENSION'. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 31Mar43. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa
route. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco 8Apr43. Navarin
(Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 27Apr43.
{first combat mission 28Apr43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Battle damaged during a
tactical mission in support of Operation Husky at Messina, Sicily 25Jun43 (10RTD). Approximately thirty
enemy fighters attacked the formation before the target. With engine trouble just prior to the bomb run,
the plane dropped out of formation. The pilot jettisoned the bombs over Messina outside the target area,
and tried to join another group already on its way home. During the twenty minutes it was alone,
the bomber was attacked by fighters. The pilot made it safely to Tunis where he landed with the trim
control shot out and elevator control damaged. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {24 missions}.
Withdrawn from combat for mechanical reasons Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Pisa, Italy 15May45. Headquarters, 5th Bomb Wing, Bari, Italy.
Salvaged 21Jul45. HIGH TENSION. When the 2nd Bomb Group crew was stationed at Cut Bank Field, MT,
they were returning from a cross country flight when one of those 'Chinook' windstorms came across
Montana from the Rockies and all the airports were showing zero visibility. The pilot decided to try to
get to Great Falls Field. On final approach, with ninety mile west winds and very low visibility, the plane
was blown east of the airport and flew through high tension wires feeding a copper mine in that area.
It later landed at a restricted Air Force base in the same area
5783 (MSN 17-6079) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jan43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 27Jan43. Brooksville
Field, FL 3Feb43. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 5Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 27May43.
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 9Aug43. 18th Radar Calibration Detachment, Fort Dix,
Wrightstown, NJ. Damaged in collision with parked B-25 FW234 [RAF, Montreal] at Fort Dix AAB,
Wrightstown, NJ 1Mar44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 13Jun44.
Force landed after engine failure and fire at Ellington Field, TX 15Jan45 (5KIS:5RTD). Seven crew men
bailed out when an engine caught fire over Sabine Lake, TX. The engine later dropped from the aircraft
and three crew men who remained aboard landed the plane at Ellington Field, TX. 2517th Base Unit
(Navigation School & Instructor School), Ellington Field, Houston, TX 16Jan45. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 19May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Jul45
5784 (MSN 17-6080) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 25Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Feb43. New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 16Feb43.
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*R], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 12Mar43.
369th Bomb Squadron [WW*R]. Damaged taxying Thurleigh 15Mar43. Failed to return from a mission
to the submarine base at Saint-Nazaire, France 1May43 (10KIA). On the return route a navigational
error took the entire formation at low level over the Brest peninsula where heavy flak fired from navy
flak boats fragmented the group. German fighters arrived on the scene, quickly exploited the situation
and began concerted attacks. Shot down by Oberfeldwebel Walter Ebert of 8./JG 2 flying a Fw 190 1.5km
north of the port of Camaret. With the bomber flying low at about 1,000ft, the fighter pilot set up his
attack aiming for the fuel tanks. The bomber burst into flames and quickly crashed into the Bay of Biscay
MACR 15635
5785 (MSN 17-6081) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Jan43.
Smyrna Field, TN 1Feb43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 7Mar43. Hobbs Field, NM.
Damaged landing at Hobbs Field 19Mar43. 3711th Base Unit (Factory School), Boeing Aircraft Corporation,
Seattle, WA 25Jun44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 10Apr45.
Damaged while parked in a collision by TB-17F 42-29977 at Hobbs Field 29May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45
5786 Delivered Long Beach 28/1/43; Denver 30/1/43; assigned to 4Ferry Gp Memphis where line chief Sgt Oscar
Penrod ground looped a/c 20/3/43; Morrison 14/4/43; Ass 347BSA/99BG Navarin 5/5/43; Oudna Aug 4, 1943;
damaged by fire 16/9/43, repaired at depot; transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 4/44; Named "Whizzer II"
(483rd BG, 840th BS) shot dowm by flak Nis, Yugoslavia Apr 15, 1944. MACR 3909. 10 crew killed. (FORTLOG)
5787 (MSN 17-6083) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 19Jan43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2Feb43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead
Field, FL 21Feb43. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*U], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 9Mar43. Named"Billie K". Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil
refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (10POW). The formation was subject to intense enemy
fighter attacks which started about an hour after crossing the coast. Because of solid clouds,
the group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at Recklinghausen, Germany. The plane
was hit by he first enemy fighter attack. Two 20mm cannon shells hit the nose section. Eight 20mm
cannon shells hit the left wing near No.1 engine which did some damage to No.1 engine, although
it was still running when the aircraft dropped back and down to a group behind. It was last seen at
an altitude of 29,000ft in the vicinity of Goch and crashed at Forsbach, near Cologne, Germany. {5+ missions}.
Claimed by Obfw Willi Roth
in Fw 190A-5 of JG 26/4. MACR 262
5788 (MSN 17-6084) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jan43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 23Jan43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 12Feb43. To Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England
Jun 24, 1943 for trials of HF/VHF communications
equipment; returned to USAAF Jul 2, 1943.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*H], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 8Apr43. Named "Pluto's Avenger" aka "A.O.G. Not In Stock".
Failed to return from a mission to the Junkers Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Aschersleben,
Germany 22Feb44 (6POW:4KIA). Heavy cloud cover over the target forced the formation to
divert to the industrial area of Bünde, Germany. Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Duffel,
ten miles southeast of Antwerp, Belgium MACR 2647.
5789 (MSN 17-6085) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Jan43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Feb43.
Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic / Africa / UK route. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*X],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 25Mar43 Name "Golden Bear/Night Shade"
Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl,
Germany 22Jun43 (10POW). Flak over the target was intense, damaging No.3 and No.4 engines.
The bomber was last seen losing speed and altitude but under control. Crashed 30km east of the
Dutch border at Raesfeld, Germany. {8 missions}. Credited to Fw Martin Macha in Fw 190A of JG 1/2
5790 (MSN 17-6086) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 29Jan43. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 13Feb43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 10Mar43.
Gowen Field, Boise, ID 16Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 4Apr43.
Wendover Field, UT 16Apr43. McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA 22May43. 581st Bomb Group,
393rd Bomb Group,Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-5750, crashed
two miles southwest Fedora, SD 13Jun43. .To CL-26 Sioux City AAF Jun 15, 1943.
5791 (MSN 17-6087) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Feb43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 12Mar43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 27Mar43.
334th Bomb Squadron [BG*E], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 19Apr43.
412th Bomb Squadron [QW*S], named "Ruthless". (5 missions}.
Transferred to Air Force Service Command Jun43. 95th Bomb Group, Horham. Accident on a
personnel ferry flight from Horham to Woodvale, Southport. The first part of the flight was
uneventful but as they approached Wales the weather deteriorated. Heavy clouds, icy conditions
and thick fog cut visibility down to 100 yards and the pilot relied on his navigator to track
their location. Estimating they had reached the coast, the navigator instructed the pilot to
begin his descent. In fact, they were still four miles from the coast, and as the plane emerged
out of the fog, Cwm Dyserth Mountain appeared before them. The aircraft crashed on a saddle
en two mountains at Bwlch, near Dyserth, Flintshire, North Wales 29Dec43 .
6 crew and 12 passengers killed. Condemned deletion Mar 20, 1944
5792 (MSN 17-6088) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
CA 28Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Feb43. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*I], 303rd Bomb
Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 8Apr43. Named *The Mugger*)
Failed to return from a mission to the Gnome et Rhône aircraft engine factory at Le Mans,
France 4Jul43 (2KIA:4POW:4EVD). Enemy fighter opposition was very aggressive. Enemy aircraft
damaged an engine, crashed near Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, eighteen miles southwest of Le Mans, France.
Credited to Maj Egon Mayer in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2
5793 (MSN 17-6089) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jan43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Feb43. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*M], 94th Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Mar43. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*Y/M],
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20Apr43. RAF Defford, Worcestershire May43.
Installation of H2S equipment by Telecommunication Research Establishment (TRE) at Great Malvern.
First Eighth Air Force B-17 Pathfinder (PFF). 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*M], 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 5Aug43. Crashed at Brome during a forced landing at
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 10Nov43 (13 crew KIS: three civilians died: one civilian injured whose horse
was also killed). Earlier that day the crew flew the B-17 from Alconbury to Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk to lead the 100th Bomb Group on a PFF mission the mission was scrubbed. Returning
later to Alconbury, the B-17 began its takeoff. Somewhere beyond the point of no return, the bomber's
number one engine caught fire. With the aircraft struggling to stay airborne as flames seared through
essential control cables but too low for parachutes, the best chance was to land on the runway
under construction at Eye. This lay almost directly ahead, and was closer than trying to turn back to
Thorpe Abbotts. Eye airfield was still under construction and four workmen were ditching alongside
Potash Lane. One of them stood at the roadside with a horse and tumbrel, while the others laboured i
n the ditch itself. Less than fifty feet above and diving directly at the workmen was the bomber.
Before the crash the workmen were fleeing for their lives, but they were overwhelmed. The bomber
crashed directly on to the road gang, its propellers knifed cleanly through the rearing, terror stricken
horse, chopping the animal in half. Three workmen died instantly. One of the workmen almost escaped,
leaping for safety, only to be scythed down by the bomber's wingtip; he died from his injuries two days later.
Salvaged. Named STINKY code name of the H2S equipment
5794 (MSN 17-6090) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 3Feb43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Feb43. Gowen Field,
Boise, ID 9Mar43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 4Apr43. Wendover Field, UT 16Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 27Nov43. Operational Training Unit,
17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44. 6th Bomb Group,
Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island
Field, NB 16Oct44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct4
5795 (MSN 17-6091) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach Field, CA 31Jan43.
Rapid City Field, SD 16Feb43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 28Mar43. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 5Apr43. {1 mission}. Eighth Air Force Service
Command (AFSC), 8Apr43. . 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*B], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 5Sep43. Named "Skoal" . Failed to return from a mission to the port at Bremen,
Germany 26Nov43 (10RTD). The No.1 engine was struck by flak and oil was streaming out. The pilot
tried to feather the propeller but it wouldn't feather and the propeller was windmilling, shaking the
plane violently. The pilot had to reduce speed and began slowly dropping behind the formation.
The bombs were released over the target and the plane then made a turn towards England.
After turning from the target the flak was still bursting everywhere, and in the distance were
enemy fighters. The pilot and co-pilot were coaxing the remaining three engines along but still
had to keep down airspeed because of the windmilling propeller. Flak was coming up and hit the
right wing between the spars, just outboard of No.4 engine. About the same time No.3 engine failed.
The pilot tried to feather No.3 propeller; it wouldn't feather but fortunately it finally stopped turning.
At the same time, the plane was attacked from the rear by enemy fighters. The crew shot a flare to
call in friendly fighter escorts. A P-47 Thunderbolt came in to drive off the enemy. It had lost quite a
lot of fuel out of tank No.4, probably from the burst that went through the right wing. The bomber had
to cross one of the Frisian Islands and the North Sea to reach England. By this time the bomber had
lost quite a lot of altitude and was down to about 3,000ft at the coast. The island was heavily fortified
with flak guns. The plane must have surprised the gunners; they didn't shoot up any flak until it had
left the coast. Finally the pilot decided they were going to ditch. The crew threw out everything loose,
ammunition guns, radio sets, cranks, parachute, oxygen bottles, etc. The pilot made a beautiful
landing, the plane skipped once and then stopped completely. Ditched in the North Sea off Great
Yarmouth, Suffolk. The sea was pretty rough, the waves probably ten feet high but some of the crew
managed to enter a life raft. As the remaining crew was trying to secure themselves, a Royal Navy
minesweeper, HMS Eastbourne, hove into view and rescued the complete crew. {7 missions}.
5796 (MSN 17-6092) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Jan43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Feb43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 26Mar43.
Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 15Apr43. Colorado Sp 10Jul43. Salvaged 19Aug44.
Reclaimed 3Jan46
5797 (MSN 17-6093) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 30Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Feb43. Rapid City Field, SD 17Feb43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 28Mar43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 10Apr43. 335th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 24Apr43. Eighth Air Force Service Command (AFSC), May43.
546th Bomb Squadron [BK*E], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 7Aug43. {first combat mission 15Aug43}. Failed to return from a
mission to the airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43 (6POW:1KIA:3EVD).
After bombing the target the No.2 propeller oversped and was feathered. Having dropped out
of formation the aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters. No.1 and No.4 engines were smoking
and losing oil and the No.3 was feathered. Having lost several thousand feet of altitude the
aircraft was attacked again by enemy fighters. With little chance of making it back to Allied lines
and on fire, the crew bailed out over a forest at Rambouillet. The aircraft exploded and crashed
near Villiers-en-Désuvre, west of Paris, France. {2 missions}.
5798 (MSN 17-6094) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jan43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Feb43. Rapid City Field, SD 17Feb43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 12Mar43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 19Apr43. 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX.
Crashed into terrain in the Guadalupe Mountains thirty-two miles southeast of Salt Flats, TX 30May43 (11KIS.
Also listed as assigned to 92nd BG, 325th BS at Alconbury. Shot down by Oblt
Gerhard Sommer in Bf 109G-6/R1 of JG 11/4 and came down at the Slagsteeg at Wageningen, Netherlands
Jul 28, 1943. MACR 657. 10 POW.
Also listed as crashing at Pyote AAF, Texas May 30, 1943. Went to CL-26 at Pyote AAF, TX May 31, 1943.
5799 (MSN 17-6095) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 5Feb43. 29th Bomb Group, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 22Feb43. School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL 4Apr43. Sioux City AAB, IA 11Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 15Aug43. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 23Jun43. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Clovis Field, NM 4Jul43. 3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 15Jan44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 27Sep44. 2536th Base Unit (Navigation School), San Marcos Field, TX.
Damaged when collided with parked B-17F 42-3010 at Kirtland 3Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 5Jul45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5800 (MSN 17-6096) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 6Feb43. 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 17Feb43. Spokane Field, WA 1Aug43.
Avon Park Field, FLNov43. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park
Field, FL 1May44. Crashed after the crew bailed out because of engine failure eleven miles
east of Parish, near Avon Park Field, FL 18May44 (1KIS). To CL-16 at Avon Park AF, FL May 20, 1944
5801 MSN 17-6097) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 10Feb43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Feb43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 14Apr43. 410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group,
Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 22Apr43, named"Flak Happy", Transferred to 333rd Bomb Squadron,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds 13Jun43. To 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*J],
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 28Jul43. Failed to return from a
mission to Bochum, Germany 12Aug43 (8POW:2KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Philippine, four miles west of Ternuezen, Netherlands.)
Shot down by Lt Helmut Hoppe in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/4 and crashed at
Philippine, four miles west of Ternuezen, Netherlands Aug 12, 1943. MACR 656.
5802 (MSN 17-6098) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 10Feb43. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 21Mar43. Damaged while
parked by taxying B-17F 42-2994 at Pyote, 1Oct43. 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group,
Pyote Field, TX 25Nov43. 236th Base Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 16Aug44. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 26Feb45. 224th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 12Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 28Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, J
efferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5803 (MSN 17-6099) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Mar43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. 94th Bomb Group,
Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 17May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43.
Salvaged 18Jul43
5804 MSN 17-6100) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Feb43. Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Feb43. 20th Ferrying Group, Berry Field,
Nashville, TN 9Apr43. 96th Bomb Group, 27Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland
to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 6/7May43. 96th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire May43. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*Z], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 6Aug43. Named "Hell' Halo". . Seriously battle damaged by flak on a mission
to the synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43. Because of solid clouds,
the group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at Recklinghausen, Germany.
Damage to nose compartment, left horizontal stabiliser, elevator, outer wing, aileron, right
outer wing and wing structure. Eighth Air Force Service Command 12Aug43. 322nd Bomb
Squadron [LG*R], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 11Sep43.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Arado Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Anklam,
Prussia 9Oct43 (2WIA:8RTD). The formation was attacked by a large force of Luftwaffe
fighters soon after it crossed the coast. They followed all the way in, attacking on the bomb
run and over the target. Just before reaching the target, the squadron assistant operations
officer, riding as an observer in the tail compartment, was seriously wounded; the right
wiast gunner was also wounded. The plane was struck and badly damaged by 20mm cannon
shells and flak; on return to base, the wing flaps did not work. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*R].
Damaged on a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 manufacturing factory at Oschersleben,
Germany 11Jan44. While the aircraft were airborne, the weather closed in over English bases
and a recall signal was issued. B/Gen. Robert F. Travis, Air Commander of the 1st Bomb Division,
continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with greater exposure to enemy
fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts on the penetration
and by P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide withdrawal support
but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers to fend for themselves
on the return trip. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and intensified when the
American fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was experienced on the
bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. The bomber was carrying six 500
pound demolition bombs and a bomb bay tank full of fuel. Long before the target, No.3 engine
was shot away and on the bomb run No.2 was shot out. The pilot let the propellers windmill
rather than feather them and the plane held in formation with just two engines. Repeated
attacks after bombing destroyed radio equipment, ruined the navigation compartment and
damaged the cockpit. There was a large hole in the floor of the nose compartment. A 20mm shell
had struck a large oxygen bottle and the resultant explosion set the cockpit ablaze, set off
some red flares and started another fire in the nose. Without brakes, the plane landed at
Hethel (Station 114), Norfolk, swerving off the runway to narrowly avoid a collision with a
B-24 Liberator parked on the ground. Salvaged 21Jan44
42-5805/5854 Boeing B-17F-25-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6101/6150. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of
pooled production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: Staggered 0.50 calibre Browning guns installed either side of the nose for frontal defence
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5805 (MSN 17-6101) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 17Feb43. Walker Field, Victoria, KS 28Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 31Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 17Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 27Apr43. 96th Bomb Group,
Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex 27Apr43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43.
Damaged 16Jun43. Salvaged 17Jun43
5806 (MSN 17-6102) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 15Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 15Feb43. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Mar43.
Damaged Middletown Field, Middletown, PA 6Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 24May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 19Jun43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 21Jun43. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*Y], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 3Jul43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire 12Jul43. Regained by Group 16Jul43. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*Z].
{first combat mission 25Jul43}. Failed to return from a mission to a synthetic fuel
hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (4KIA:6POW). Hit by AAA and then shot
down by Uffz Otto Haas in BF 190G-4 of JG 27/1 at Volmershoven
Germany and exploded in midair Aug 12, 1943 on mission to
MACR 288. 4 KIA, 6 POW.With a fire in the bomb bay, some of the crew bailed
out before the bomber exploded and crashed at Vollmershofen-Heidgen, six miles southwest
of Bonn, Germany. {2 missions}
5807 (MSN 17-6103) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Feb43.
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 27Feb43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*Q], 96th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 17Apr43, named RIKKI TIKKI TAVI. Transferred to 511BS/351BG at Polebrook Jul 11, 1943;
Named MINOR BALL. Named in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating
the word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball.
Failed to return from a mission to industrial areas at Frankfurt am Main, Germany
4Oct43 (8MIA:2KIA + the pilot's cat mascot). Flak over the target was moderate and accurate.
A large force of enemy fighters were encountered, some using rockets which were fired from a
distance beyond the range of the bombers' guns. After getting damaged during a fighter attack
over Frankfurt, the plane lost two engines and flew below 800 feet for 230 miles. It was shot down
by flak about four miles southeast of Vlissingen after taking a direct hit. Crashed in the
Westerschelde, about 3km southeast of Vlissingen, Netherlands. {10 missions}. MACR 910.
5808 (MSN 17-6104) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 17Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 26Feb43. Peterson Field,
Colorado Springs, CO 7Apr43. 1st Photographic Group, Bolling Field, Washington, DC 1Sep43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 12Aug44. 206th Base Unit,
Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 23Apr45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 17May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5809 (MSN 17-6105) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 17Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 20Feb43. Sioux City AAB, IA 20Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*D], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 24Apr43. Named MARY JANE. Artwok of a bull
on the tail with name WUNHUNGLO. STRATO SAM image on both sides of the fuselage with
a speech balloon stating "The boys on this ship sure have a lot to learn about shooting dice!".
Sustained battle damage on a mission to the submarine yard at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 11Jun43.
On return, the tail wheel collapsed landing at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. Salvaged.
Eighth Air Force Service Command (AFSC) 17Jun43.
5810 ((MSN 17-6106) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 18Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 20Feb43. Midwest Air Depot, Oklahoma City, OK 5Mar43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 28Mar43. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*S], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 8Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel
shipyard at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43 (9POW:1KIA). The group encountered cloud cover and
smoke over the target and continued to another target. Shot down by Hptm Hermann Staiger in Bf 109G-6
of JG 26/12 over North Sea 55 km W of Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany Jul 29, 1943.
MACR 1363. the crew was rescued near Heligoland.
5811 (MSN 17-6107) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 19Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Feb43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Mar43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 17May43. Oudna #1,
Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {37 missions}. 20th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. {first combat mission 18Nov43}.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the business
district of Sofia, Bulgaria 10Jan44 (7KIA:3POW). Attacked by enemy aircraft on the bomb
run over Sofia, the plane caught fire and exploded. Three crew bailed out, the remainder
having been killed or injured and still in the plane when it crashed. {19 missions}.
Named READY TEDDY / THE LAST OF THE ITSABITCHIS. MACR 1824
5812 (MSN 17-6108) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Feb43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 1Mar43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 13Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43.
511th Bomb Squadron [DS*O], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 24Apr43
Named "Cannon Ball". Named in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the
word 'Ball' in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball. Failed to return from a
mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). Shot down en route
to the target by Karl-Emil Demuth in Fw 190A of JG 1/3 at Bad Godesberg, Bonn,
Germany Aug 17, 1943 during Schweinfurt mission. MACR 302.
Crashed at Bad Emms, eight miles east of Koblenz, Germany. {9 missions
5813 (MSN 17-6109) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 25Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Mar43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 18Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*S/Z],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 2May43. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft works at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (10RTD). On return,
crash landed with fuel exhaustion in a field two miles from Alconbury, Huntingdonshire. Salvaged
Named JACKIE ELLEN
5814 (MSN 17-6110) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Feb43.
Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*B], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Apr43.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43 (2KIA:8RTD).
Suffered engine problems and forced to return but ditched in North Sea where the crew was picked
up by a Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft. {1 mission}.
5815 (MSN 17-6111) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 25Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Mar43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 14Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*Q], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 17Apr43. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen,
Germany 13Jun43 (3KIA:7POW). Enemy aircraft damaged three engines, the aircraft crashed at
Oldenburg, near Brake, northwest of Bremen, Germany. {1 mission}.
5816 (MSN 17-6112) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 25Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Mar43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 16Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Apr43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Apr43. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*Q],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 23Apr43. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Apr44. Returned to US. 1104th Base Unit
(Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 25Jul44. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 27Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45. Named JUDY / POLLY
5817 (MSN 17-6113) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Feb43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Mar43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 25Mar43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 7Apr43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 12Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 10May43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43. 483rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Pisa, Italy 15May45.
Returned to US. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
Named WONDER BIRD II
5818 (MSN 17-6114) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Feb43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 12May43.
Accident departing for a mission to three battleships in the harbor at La Spezia, Italy 5Jun43
(2WIA:8RTD). A waist and the tail gunner were wounded when a waist gun was fired during
the formation assembly. The fuselage was damaged by the crew door. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43.
816th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44.
Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 22Apr44. Accident landing at Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 30May44.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned as cargo aircraft Sep44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit
(Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 17Apr45.
Rome Air Depot, NY 22Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, Augusta, GA
for storage and disposal 3Jul45. Named CRAPPY
5819 (MSN 17-6115) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 26Feb43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 4Mar43. Combat Crew Training School, Casper Field, WY 13Mar43. Midwest Air Depot,
Oklahoma City, OK. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 16Apr43.
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 21Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 25Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 30Apr43. 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 12Aug43.
813th Bomb Squadron [PC*R], 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 25Aug43. H2S radar scanner fitted. Returned to US. Gray, Tacoma, WA 3Feb45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 18Feb45. Damaged while parked by
TB-17F 42-30884 at Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 22Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5820 (MSN 17-6116) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA25Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Feb43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 4Mar43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7Apr43. Pueblo AAB, CO 21Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 26Apr43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 30Apr43. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*C], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 8Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard
Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft works at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43. Three crew bailed out
over Belgium but the bomber returned to base. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*C]. Failed to return from a
mission to the synthetic oil refineries at Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and Recklinghausen,
Germany 12Aug43 (7POW:3KIA). .Shot down by Lt Erwin Stalberg in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/8
at Ahrweiler, Germany. Enemy aircraft set No.1 engine on fire, then another to flak,
crashed Ahrweiler, near Oberbruch, Germany. MACR 1359 and 2340.
5821 (MSN 17-6117) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 25Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Feb43. Sioux City AAB, IA 18Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Apr43. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*O], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 22Apr43., named "Cindy". Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil
refineries at Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and Recklinghausen, Germany 12Aug43 (4POW:6KIA).
Hit by AAA at Gelsenkirchen, Germany and then shot down by fighter
and crashed at Leimersdorf, seven miles north of Ahrweiler, Germany Aug 12, 1943. MACR 1360.
5822 (MSN 17-6118) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 25Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Feb43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Mar43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18Mar43. 379th Bomb Group, Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 16Apr43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*G], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 23Apr43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Fieseler aircraft factory at Kassel,
Germany 28Jul43 (4INJ:6RTD). The bomber came under intense attacks from several German fighters
and dropped out of the formation just after the target. Last seen going down under control but was
able to shake off the fighters. Made its way across the North Sea and crash landed at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk.
{3 missions}. Salvaged. Named LITTLE MAGGIE
5823 (MSN 17-6119) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Feb43. Pueblo AAB, CO 12Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque
Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 17Apr43. {31 missions}. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire 5Apr44. Returned to US. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Aug44. Designated TB-40. 82nd Flying Training Wing,
Yuma Field, AZ. Damaged by 'friendly fire' fifteen miles southeast of Yuma gunnery range 20Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 7May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
Named ROUND TRIP. Aircraft 42-5823 is also reported as a YB-40
5824 ((MSN 17-6120) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Feb43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 11Mar43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 8Apr43. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*S],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Apr43. Named. SCREWBALL.
Named in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball' in the title,
after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590),
Lancashire 31Mar44. {31 missions}. Returned to US. Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 1Jun44.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 10Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5825 (MSN 17-6121) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Feb43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Mar43. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Marrakech, French Morocco 9Apr43.
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 22Apr43. Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine,
Algeria 27Apr43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Aug43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. 416th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 28Mar44. 840th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. Sterparone, Foggia,
Italy 22Apr44. Pisa, Italy 15May45. Salvaged 23Jun45
5826 (MSN 17-6122) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Mar43. Walla Walla Field, WA 29Mar43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 10Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 24Apr43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26Apr43.
369th Bomb Squadron [WW*W], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 7May43..
Named JERAVAD (Initials of crew) - 'UNE PETITE PEU' (The Little One)
Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43; left wing spar
broken and other damage. Failed to return from a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel shipyard
at Kiel, Germany 29Jul43 (8POW:2KIA). Flak was intense and accurate at the target; meagre
but accurate from Flensburg; meagre and inaccurate from South Sylt and Amrum islands.
There was large enemy fighter opposition but did not press home their attacks. The bombs
had been dropped over the target and the plane had turned west towards England when it
was shot down by Hptm Anton Hackl in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/Stab
between Arup and Tolk, Germany and crashed at Alvaneu near Schleswig, Germany. MACR 122.
5827 (MSN 17-6123) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Feb43. Long
Beach Field, CA 1Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 16Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 9Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 21Apr43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2May43. 524th Bomb Squadron,
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 20May43.
526th Bomb Squadron [LF*Y], named "Lakanuki" (Hawaiian for 'lack of sexual activity among males')
On a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris, France 16Aug43
the navigator was killed when he fell out of the aircraft after the escape hatch dropped out (1KIA).
Failed to return from a mission to 5Jan44 (10INT). Flak caused battle damage and pilot headed to
safety, crash landed Slättarp, south of Vastra Varlinge, Trelleborg, Sweden. Salvaged and
moved to Bulltofta. Used by AB Aerotransport for spares. Scrapped.. MACR 1942
5828 (MSN 17-6124) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Feb43. Sioux City AAB, IA 18Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Apr43. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*O], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 23Apr43. Named "Sweater Girl". . Failed to return from a
mission to the Junkers Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Aschersleben, Germany 22Feb44 (10POW).
Heavy cloud cover over the target forced the formation to divert to the industrial area of
Bünde, Germany. Damaged by flak, crashed Auf der Kamp Farm, Oberbruch, Germany. . MACR 2868
5829 (MSN 17-6125) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 28Feb43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 19Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Apr43. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 25Apr43. Named"The Better Half". then to 525th Bomb Squadron
[FR*P/D], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 18May43. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*D],
named "Flying Jenny". Failed to return from a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft
works at Waldau, Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (4KIA:6POW). Hit by flak near Antwerp en route to the
target then shot down by a FW 190 A-5 piloted by Uffz Gerd Wiegand of the 8./JG 26. Immediately after the
fighters' attack, a black plume of smoke emerged from the plane. Shortly thereafter, some of the crew
bailed out. The plane went into a dive and exploded. The two wings broke off, and the tail also tore
from the fuselage. The wreckage crashed in a field near Herbesthal, ten miles northwest of Eupen, Belgium.
It was the German pilot's first victory, but his first victory was not without a struggle. His Fw 190 (Wn.410252)
was severely damaged by the gunners firing from the bomber. His tail plane had been riddled with.50 cannon
shells and he had to bail out. Wiegand landed without much trouble. His fighter, on the other hand, crashed
in Otrange, on a bakehouse. The debris was thrown into a grocery store, killing the owner and injuring a
customer on the doorstep. MACR 1361.
5830 (MSN 17-6126) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 6Mar43. Sioux City AAB, IA 20Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 9Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 26Apr43.
524th Bomb Squadron [WA*P/T], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 20May43.
Named HAG OF HARDERWYK / AL-JO-SON
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Apr44. Returned to US.
1104th Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Homestead Field, FL 26Jul44.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Sep44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 7May45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5831 (MSN 17-6127) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 8Mar43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 7Apr43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 15Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria May43. Named "The Virgin".
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Foggia, Italy 31May43 (2KIA:8RTD).
Attacked by enemy Bf 109 fighters of JG 27, the plane ditched in the Tyrrhenian Sea westnorthwest
of Trapani, Sicily. The survivors were rescued by two Supermarine Walrsu amphibians of 283 Squadron,
Royal Air Force. {1 mission}.
5832 (MSN 17-6128) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 8Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13Mar43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Mar43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 348th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 26Apr43, named "War Bird II" .
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly),
Tortorella, Italy 11Dec43. Failed to return from a mission to the Messerschmitt factory at Augsburg,
Germany 19Dec43 (3KIA:7POW). Because of poor weather the group diverted to an alternate target,
the railway marshalling yards at Innsbruck, Austria. En route to the target the plane received
minor damage from flak. After the target a force of enemy fighters attacked the formation.
This plane was riddled with cannon shells from the Plexiglas nose to the tail. No.3 engine
caught fire and the propeller oversped; it couldn't be feathered as the oil pressure had
dropped too far. The plane's airspeed dropped right off and was difficult to keep flying
in a straight line. With the oxygen system disabled and a strong blast of wind from the
broken nose, the pilot descended and thought of heading to Switzerland. There was a fire
in the bomb bay and the fire in No.3 engine had spread and intensified as the crew was
ordered to bail out. A Bf 109 was flying off the left wing with wheels and flaps down to stay
with the bomber and was still firing at it. The pilot, having been trained as a fighter pilot with
gunnery traing by Capt Barry M, Goldwater, tried to avoid the fighters cannon shells by
diving and climbing as sharply as he could. During one of these manoeuvres, the right wing
exploded and blew the engineer out of the nose escape hatch. The pilot, about to bail out,
was thrown straight up against the overhead window while the nose compartment fell
straight down. The right wing had been torn off flush with the fuselage and the fuselage
was in two pieces, broken just forward of the ball turret. The plane was in a flat spin and
the pilot was pinned down by centrifugal force in the flight deck. He felt a collision
and was then bumped around. Then it went quiet and still. The tail fell in a wood with
three gunners dead. The other half of the plane with the left wing, two engines, the nose
and the cockpit landed on another side of the mountain, between high trees. The fire was still
burning in the bomb bay and, seeing trees outside, the pilot exited the wreckage through the
co-pilot's window. Crashed at Gsies, Valle di Casies, Province of Bolzano, Italy. The kill was
claimed by Oblt. Emil Bitsch of 8./JG 3. {111 missions}. MACR 1527.
5833 (MSN 17-6129) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Mar43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Jun43. Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140].
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Jul43. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 19Jul43.
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire Oct43. Designated as a
TB-40 crew trainer with revised Bendix chin turret. Returned to US. 82nd Flying Training Wing,
Yuma Field, AZ 25Jun44. Damaged by structural failure 3 miles south of Yuma 11Dec44.
3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May45.
To econstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 24May45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting
Company Jul46; scrapped
5834 (MSN 17-6130) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Mar43. Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3,
Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 15Jun43. Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140].
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 12Jul43. Designated as a TB-40 crew trainer. 611th Base Unit,
Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 8Jun44. 610th Base Unit
(Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 12Nov44. 2137th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 14Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and
disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting
Company Jul46; scrapped
5835 (MSN 17-6131) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Mar43.
20th Ferrying Group, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 10Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 16Apr43. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 27Apr43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {9 missions}.
Salvaged 9Nov44
5836 (MSN 17-6132) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 11Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 15Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 30Mar43.
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 7Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Apr43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand),
Tadjenanet, Algeria 16Apr43. Named "Hot Cock"artwork of a chicken playing the guitar.
Painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend (32BS/301BG Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. {31 {31 missions}. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 14Nov43.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria 24Jan44 (4KIA:6POW).
Over the target, the formation found it impossible to bomb and proceeded to a secondary target at
Nis, Yugoslavia. After going 80 to 100 miles beyond Sofia, the group turned and headed
for home base. Heavy cloud formations were encountered along the route. The pilot considered
that the formation got in trouble because it was to go over the target at a much higher altitude,
and that too much time was spent apparently trying to find a target of opportunity that was
in the clear. These two factors consumed the fuel that put the formation in jeopardy. On the return
flight, this plane was part of a three plane element that broke from the formation when the first
squadron started to descend through a hole in the clouds. The element chose to continue
their return to base above the overcast. It was then that the pilot glanced back and saw the
other squadron under attack by fighters. He then tried to rejoin the first squadron formation
and was briefly attacked by four Bf 109s which the crew fought off. The formation he rejoined
started a steep climb to clear a cloud, causing the pilot to overrun planes above and ahead of him.
One of his crew members reported that the plane above had its bomb bay doors open.
The leader of the second squadron circled, jettisoned its bombs and attempted to climb above the
overcast. When the planes jettisoned their bombs, #836 was under another plane. A bomb struck
the wing flat, smashing it almost in two. Another bomb struck the No.2 engine and propeller,
which was feathered, causing additional drag on that side. The wing at that time was vibrating
at a terrifying rate, so after at least a minute flying under those conditions, the co-pilot gave the
order to bail out. The plane was last seen thirty-two miles northnortheast of Skopje headed
towards Italy. It crashed twenty-two miles north of Skopje, North Macedonia, Yugoslavia. {28 missions}. MACR 1993
5837 (MSN 17-6133) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 13Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Mar43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 7Apr43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 16Apr43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 29Apr43", named C' Bat"{first combat mission 10Jun43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx),
Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to
bomb an electrical transformer station and railway marshalling yards in Foggia, Italy 19Aug43
(1KIA:1DOI:8POW). Attacked by enemy fighter aircraft and struck by flak over the target.
The plane lost No.2 then No.4 engine over the target and fell behind formation. The tail and a
waist gunners were injured by fighter bullets, the other waist gunner was mortally wounded.
With radios disabled, elevator controls shot away, two engines out and a third now on fire, t
he pilot ordered the crew to bail out. Crashed southeast of Naples, Italy. {21 missions}.
c;AO,ED by Uffz Vulf Focke in Bf 109G-6 of JG 77/1
ACR 459. 1 KIA, 1 died of injuries, 8 POW.
5838 (MSN 17-6134) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 10Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 13Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 20Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to
Kearney Field, NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB. Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via
North Atlantic route. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*P], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 29May43., named *Mad Money II*.
{first combat mission 28Jun43}. Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment.
Failed to return from a mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany
4Jan44 (10POW). During the bomb run on Kiel at 28,000ft the bomber was hit by flak in number two
engine. It was not possible to feather the propeller and it started wind milling. At the same time the
charger on number four engine stopped functioning and having overshot the target it was decided
to drop the armed bombs which fell in Kiel Bay. Only flying on two engines the bomber was not able
to keep up with the formation and had to drop out. Next it was attacked by a pair of Me 210 of which
The engineer/top turret gunner claimed one. The B-17 was now over the Baltic Sea and headed north
towards Denmark. Soon after it was attacked by a pair of Ju 88 but after an exchange of fire they
turned away. When the bomber reached Store Bælt it was noticed that two Ju 88`s followed them at a
distance and at the same time flak started firing. The B-17 was hit in number three engine which
was destroyed. It was now down to 3,500 feet heading eastwards to get out of reach of the flak.
Flying on one engine it was not possible to keep height. The bomber landed wheels
up five kilometres west of Kalundborg on the island of Sjælland (Sealand), Denmark.
Quickly the crew scrambled out of the aircraft while one of them opened the fuel valves and set the
aircraft on fire. {23 missions}.
5839 (MSN 17-6135) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 10Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 13Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25Mar43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Apr43. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*X], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 16Apr43. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*X].
Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area and submarine pens at Hamburg,
Germany 25Jun43 (9KIA:1POW) . Shot down by Bf 109 of JG 1/III at Munderloh, Germany Germany.
Crashed Dingstede, eight miles east of Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 1367
5840 (MSN 17-6136) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 15Mar43. Scottsbluff Field, NB 29Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 15Apr43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 2May43. Davis
Provisional Group. Took off RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador on ferry flight to Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland 7May43. After about 7 hours flying the aircraft encountered a heavy
storm, lost radio contact and some navigational equipment. The crew was lost and the
pilot decided to ditch in the North Atlantic alongside the escort destroyer HMS Archer
about 150 miles from Meeks airfield. The bomber sank in two minutes (2KIS:8RTD).
5841 (MSN 17-6137) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 11Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 15Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26Mar43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Apr43. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*I],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 22Apr43
Named "Est Nulla Via in Via Virtuli" ( No Way Is Impassable to Courage).
Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine yards at Bremen, Germany 13Jun43.
Eighth Air Force Service Command 13Jun43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Nordisk
Aluminium A/S works at Herøya, Norway 24Jul43. An attack by enemy fighters caused 20mm
cannon shell damage to a wing and main spar. Eighth Air Force Service Command 24Jul43.
Regained by Group 27Jul43. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at
Romilly-sur-Seine, France 3Sep43. Fuselage and vertical stabiliser struck by empty 0.50
caliber shells from other planes in the group. Failed to return from a mission to attack the
Bosch Magneto works Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (10INT). En route to the target, number
two engine was damaged by an enemy fighter attack and the propeller was feathered.
The bomb group missed the target because of cloud cover and made a second pass.
Running three engines hard to keep with the formation was using up excess fuel and
by now did not have enough to reach the French coast on return. After dropping the bombs,
the pilot turned the plane back towards France but the number four engine overheated.
Now alone in the sky, the pilot turned for Switzerland. Just after doing this, the bomber
faced a head-on attack by four Focke-Wulfe 190s. The enemy pilots fired as they passed
but without doing serious damage and, fortunately, they made only one pass. Force landed
at Magadino, Lucarno, Switzerland. MACR 519. Repaired and used by Swiss Air Force for familiarisation
flights. The last flight of an American bomber with Swiss markings was a ferry flight from its
base at Emmen to Dübendorf, Zurich 5Sep45. Regained by USAAF. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire.
5842 (MSN 17-6138) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 16Mar43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 27Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 3Jun43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission to the satellite
airdromes at Foggia, Italy 7Sep43 (2WIA:8RTD). Flak was heavy and accurate causing injury
to two airmen. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 13Dec43.
483rd Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 31Mar44. 773rd Bomb Squadron,
463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 22Apr44. Crash landed Celone, Italy 17Jul44.
4th Air Depot Group, XV Service Command, Gioia del Colle, Bari, Italy Jul44. Celone, Italy Sep44.
Salvaged 23Jun45. Named 'Lethal Lady III"
5843 (MSN 17-6139) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA [for modification] 17Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43.
Departed to Kearney Field, NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB. Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood,
England via North Atlantic route. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20May43. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*S], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 29May43. Named *Black Ghost*. {first combat
mission 28Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission to a roller bearing factory at Stuttgart,
Germany 6Sep43 (6POW:4EVD). Hit by flak leaving the target damaging No.1 and No.4 engines.
Having dropped out of formation and losing altitude, the aircraft sustained damage from
enemy fighters which damaged No.2 engine. The pilot delayed the order to bail out until
they were over a wood at 3,000ft. He stayed with the aircraft after the crew jumped because
the aircraft was light and may have been possible to reach the English Channel but the No.3
engine then ran out of fuel and the bomber crashed and burned at Beauvais, France. {12 missions}. .
MACR 1455 and 774.
5844 ((MSN 17-6140) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 17Mar43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 31Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 15Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 341st Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 23Apr43. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Battle
damaged on a mission to a ball bearing factory at Turin, Italy 8Nov43 (8MIA:2RTD). En route to the
target, ten minutes into enemy territory, No.3 propeller oversped. The plane became uncontrollable
and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. Shortly after the crew vacated the plane, No.3 propeller
flew off and the pilot regained control. The two pilots force landed the bomber on a beach at Calvi, Corsica.
MACR 2098 When repairs were nearly complete a couple of days later, Fw 190 fighters appeared
and strafed the aircraft setting it on fire. Air-Sea Rescue failed to locate the eight airmen .
5845 (MSN 17-6141) Featured in the film 'Hers to Hold' (1943), seen being manufactured at the Lockheed
Vega factory in Burbank, CA. Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 17Mar43. 381st Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 7May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24May43. Ferried on the
North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland May43.
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire May43. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*A], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex Jun43. Named 'Whaletail II' Battle damaged on a
mission to a roller bearing factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43. Force landed at Peasemarsh,
Sussex, England. Failed to return from a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (10KIA).
Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters and flak over the target area was very intense. Damaged by flak,
ditched in North Sea. {13+ missions}. MACR 1724.
5846 (MSN 17-6142) Featured in the film 'Hers to Hold' (1943), seen being manufactured at the Lockheed
Vega factory in Burbank, CA. Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 19Mar43. 381st Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME May43. Ferried on the North
Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland May43.
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire May43. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*X], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex Jun43. Named 'Tinkertoy' Battle damaged on a mission to the
Blohm & Voss shipyard at Hamburg, Germany 26Jul43 (1KIA). The navigator was struck by a flak burst
in the left thigh and artery and killed [he was on his first combat mission]. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag) shipyard at Bremen,
Germany 8Oct43 (1KIA:1WIA). The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters and
flak crews on the ground the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way into the German heartland,
and back again. In addition, a large force of German fighters launched vicious attacks against the planes.
Over the target, the formation encountered intense flak. An enemy fighter fired 20mm cannon shells into
the cockpit, decapitating the pilot and wounding the co-pilot. With blood spraying onto the top turret
and freezing, the gunner assisted the co-pilot in returning the bomber where it ground looped on
landing back at Ridgewell. Failed to return from a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany
20Dec43 (3POW:7KIA). Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters and flak over the target area was
very intense. During an attack, a Bf 109 fighter flew into the waist of the bomber and both aircraft
became locked together. Crashed at Ganderkesee, three miles west of Delmenhorst, near Bremen,
Germany. {19+ missions}. MACR 1723.
5847 381st Bomb Group, Pueblo AAB, CO 10Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19May43. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland May43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 6May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19May43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 25May43.
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire May43. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*T], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex Jun43. Named 'Margie Mae'. . Failed to return from a mission
to the synthetic oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12Aug43 (10POW). Because of solid clouds,
the group diverted and bombed the synthetic oil refinery at Recklinghausen, Germany.
Damaged by flak, crashed Maastricht, Netherlands. {1+ missions}. MACR 660.
5848 (MSN 17-6144) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 16Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 20Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney Field, NB
for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB.
Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North Atlantic route.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20May43.
547th Bomb Squadron [SO*R], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 26May43. Named *Patches" . {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle
damaged on the first mission to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp, Belgium 22Jun43
(2WIA:8RTD). The bomber came under heavy attack by German fighters from JG 26 after it had fallen
back from the group while covering the mortally wounded lead aircraft in her element.
The tail gunner and ball turret gunner were both injured in attacks that left the airplane
riddled with cannon holes in the waist, radio room, and cockpit, and a hole in the tail large
enough for a man to walk through. The airplane returned to combat with over 40 patches
and displayed the name, "Patches," on both sides of the nose. The aircraft sustained battle
damage on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft works at Waldau, Kassel,
Germany 30Jul43 (6WIA:4RTD). Crash landed on return at Boxted (Station 150), Essex. After
bombing the target it was first hit by flak, wounding both waist gunners. The plane was then set
upon by German fighters. The engineer/top turret gunner was thrown from his turret after being
hit in the thigh by a 20mm cannon shell, fracturing his leg. He manned his guns and claimed the
destruction of a Fw 190. The pilot was struck in the hip and co-pilot was hit by fragments. The loss
of oxygen and power to the tail gunner's electrically heated boots forced the pilot to drop to a
lower altitude. The attacks resumed for over twenty minutes as the bomber limped home. It took
numerous hits, and the German fighters did not break off their attacks until well over the North Sea.
Both pilots struggled to put the plane down at the first friendly airfield, which was Boxted (Station 150),
Essex. They successfully landed despite jammed throttles, a ragged elevator, and a jammed rudder.
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William Russell Harry, was awarded the Silver Star. The bomber, with over 1,000
holes in it, was turned in for salvage. {7 missions}. Salvaged by Eighth Air Force Service Command 6Aug43
5849 (MSN 17-6145) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 17Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 20Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney Field, NB
for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB. Departed
late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North Atlantic route. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20May43. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to St Angelo,
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 22/23May43. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*N], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 26May43. Named *Hell's Belles II*.
{first combat mission 22Jun43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the airfield and air depot at Le Bourget, Paris,
France 16Aug43 (2WIA:8RTD). The tail and No.3 fuel tank were damaged by 20mm cannon shells; flak
punctured the Plexiglass nose. Eighth Air Force Service Command 19Aug43. Regained by Group 3Sep43.
Failed to return from a mission to bomb a submarine suppy ship in the Loire River at Nantes, France
16Sep43 (6POW:3KIA:1EVD). Attacked by enemy fighters setting fire to the left wing and No.2 fuel tank.
The bomb load was jettisoned and the aircraft was dived to try and extinguish the fire, without success.
The crew bailed out before the plane exploded and crashed about ten miles east of Rennes, France. {11 missions}.
Claimed by Fw Ernst Hennig in Fw 190A of JG 2/1 MACR 722.
5850 (MSN 17-6146) Featured in the film 'Hers to Hold' (1943), seen being manufactured at the
Lockheed Vega factory in Burbank, CA. Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 18Mar43.
Long Beach Field, CA 20Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney
Field, NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB.
Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North Atlantic route. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20May43. Ferried on the North
Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 22/23May43.
547th Bomb Squadron [SO*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 26May43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Failed to return from a mission
to the industrial area and submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 25Jun43 (1KIA:9POW).
Attacked by enemy fighters with one engine disabled and another damaged and smoking. Lost
altitude approaching the Dutch coast returning to England and crashed at Smalbroek, southwest
of Beilen, Netherlands. {2 missions}. The pilot, Maj. Selden Longley McMillin, was awarded the Silver Star.
MACR 16357
5851 (MSN 17-6147) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 18Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 20Mar43. 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43.
Departed to Kearney Field, NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB. Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North
Atlantic route. The left brake was inoperative on landing at Dow Field, Maine 19May43 (10RTD).
The pilot ground looped the aircraft to avoid hitting the aircraft in front of him, crashing into
piles of earth. Crash landed Dow Fd, ME Jun 9, 1943.
5852 (MSN 17-6148) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 19Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 22Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 15Apr43. Departed to Kearney
Field, NB for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB. Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North Atlantic
route. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20May43.
547th Bomb Squadron [SO*T], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 26May43. {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Named *The Natural*.
Named by the navigator, who gave it the name because of the tail number being a natural
poker hand. According to the flight engineer, there was a pair of dice painted on the nose
(first combat mission 22Jun43}. Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment Sep43.
Battle damaged during a mission to the Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43.
The Wing Leader had the bombers circle the target three times causing this bomber to run out
of fuel. It made it back to England but force landed at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. Battle damaged
from enemy action on a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (10RTD).
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number
of Luftwaffe fighters. After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England.
German fighters, having landed and refueled, attacked again until, finally, the bombers reached
the coastline of western Europe and relative safety. With fog over East Anglia and unable
to locate a suitable place to land in England, the crew bailed out over Oakley, northwest of Bedford.
The aircraft glided down and crash landed at Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, demolishing two cottages.
No injjuries. {17 missions}. The aircraft was salvaged by a Mobile Repair Unit (MRU) 15Oct43
5853 (MSN 17-6149) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 22Mar43. 384th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 13Apr43. Departed to Kearney Field, NB
for overseas processing 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB.
Departed late May43 en route to Grafton Underwood, England via North Atlantic route.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20May43. Ferried on the
North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 22/23May43.
547th Bomb Squadron [SO*U], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 26May43
Named "Salvage Queen". . {first combat mission 22Jun43}. Failed to return from the first Group
mission to the General Motors truck factory at Antwerp, Belgium 22Jun43 (3POW:7KIA). The bomber
came under heavy attack by German fighters from JG 26 before reaching the Belgian coast, shooting out
three engines and the propeller oversped on the fourth. The plane exploded and a wing was blown off
as the aircraft entered a violent spin before crashing in the North Sea. {1 mission}. MACR 14668.
5854 (MSN 17-6150) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 23Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43. Wendover Field, UT 2May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27May43.
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 30May43. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*C],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 13Jul43. Named "Alley Oop".
{28 missions}. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 5Apr44. Returned to US.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Jun44.
Culver, CA 25Jul44. Las Vegas Field, NV 9Nov44. Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 10Jun45. Culver, CA 1Sep45.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
42-5855/5904 Boeing B-17F-30-VE Fortress
MSN 6151/6200. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of
pooled production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: 'Tokyo' long range fuel tanks installed in the aircraft's outer wing panels.
Reinforced wing flaps; heavy duty brakes; improved main wheels; D-16 fuel pump. Improved
attachment of elevator fabric. Bomb bay fuel tanks deleted
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5855 (MSN 17-6151) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 8Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 8Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13Mar43.
4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 8Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Apr43. 95th Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 27Apr43. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*V], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 28Jun43. {first combat mission 14Jul43}.
Battle damaged on a mission en route to the Blohm & Voss shipyard at Hamburg,
Germany 25Jul43 (1WIA:9RTD). The pilot was wounded shortly after crossing the enemy coast,
so co-pilot flew most of the mission. Eighth Air Force Service Command 5Aug43. Regained by
Group 16Aug43. {3 missions}. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*T], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 22Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to an aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43
(5POW:5KIA). The formation was met with stiff resistance by German fighters and flak crews on the
ground the entire way, from the Dutch coast all the way into the German heartland. In addition, a large
force of German fighters launched vicious attacks against the planes. Over the target, the formation
encountered intense flak. Flak knocked out two engines and the aircraft crashed at Goldenstedt,
ten miles northeast of Vechta, Germany. Claimed by Fw Helmut Zittier in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/7
at Goldenstedt, Germany Oct 8, 1943. MACR 869. Named . RAMP TRAMP. .
5856 (MSN 17-6152) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Mar43. Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, TX 25Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 11Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 347th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 23Jul43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 4Aug43. Named "Hubba Hubba/Rangy Lil". Failed to return from a mission
to the Messerschmitt factory at Augsburg, Germany 1Oct43 (6KIA:5INT). During the approach
to mainland Italy north of Florence there was anti-aircraft fire from the ground and a few attacks
by enemy fighters, which, however, had no effect. Most of the remaining distance was flown between
two layers of cloud at an altitude of 6,000 meters. This bomber was flying in the 'tail end charlie' position
at the very rear of the formation. North of the Alps, the formation encountered a deep, closed cloud
cover that stretched far to the north. Because of a thick overcast over southern Germany, the mission
was aborted 50km from Augsburg. The formation then turned back towards Italy. In the middle of the
reversal maneuver, about thirty German Bf 109G-6 fighters of JG 3/8 attacked and pursued them southwards.
Without realizing it, the Americans flew over Switzerland near Lake Constance under constant fire. In these
attacks, this plane lost number one engine. The formation approached the Sargans valley at an altitude
of 3,500 meters. Here the fog had cleared, the Swiss Flab Det 21 stationed in Bad Ragaz was on alert
and observed the approach of the formation. At that time, the Swiss anti-aircraft defense had the task
of shooting at foreign formations of more than three aircraft. While overflying their position, the
command aircraft of the left squadron was targeted. Only about 50 meters from this plane, B-17F 42-30126
was brought down with a direct hit. The air defense also observed hits on this B-17. After flying over
Bad Ragaz, the formation moved on towards Chur. Under the attacks of the German fighters, it was
not long before engines number two and three were also put out of action. With only one remaining
engine, the aircraft could hardly be controlled and rapidly lost altitude. Almost nothing worked on
board, and fires had broken out in two places. In this hopeless situation the pilot had no choice
but to give the order to bail out. After five men jumped out, the plane exploded in mid-air. Parts
fell widely scattered in the mountain area of ??the municipality of Alvaneu, 21km SSE of Chur, Switzerland.
Observers reported that the German fighters then turned away and disappeared in the direction of Austria.
The remaining six crew members, which included a photographer, were found dead in the wreckage of
the aircraft's tail. The Americans' violation of Swiss airspace was strongly condemned in the German
press the next day; the use of their own fighters over Switzerland, however, was not mentioned Credited to Uffz Robert
Meyer-Arend in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/8. MACR 795.
5857 (MSN 17-6153) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Mar43. 20th Ferrying Group, Berry Field, Nashville, TN 8Apr43. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*J],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 19Apr43. Failed to return from a mission
to the submarine yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21May43 (6KIA:4POW). As the bomber
reached the target, the crew could see enemy aircraft in the area but standing off to the side.
When they reached the Initial Point of the bomb run, the enemy fighters attacked head on with
six to eight enemy fighter line abreast. The Germans didn't fire flak but intended to scatter the
Group with it's fighters before bomb release. After the bomb run, a flight of six Fw 190s raked
the left side with machine gun and cannon fire. Fire broke out in the No.1 and 2 engines and
threatened to engulf the entire left wing. The crew started to bail out but the bomber exploded
trapping six airmen. Crashed Schortens, southeast of Jever, seven miles west of Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
5858 (MSN 17-6154) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Mar43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 5May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 13May43. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*L], 95th Bomb
Group 19May43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 22/23May43. 95th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk May43. {first combat mission 29May43}. Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine pens at Saint-Nazaire, France 29May43 (3KIA:6POW:2EVD). The aircraft had
suffered battle damage by German flak over France and lost control, veered up and struck the
underside of B-17F No.42-29709, crashing near St Malo, France. {1 mission} .MACR 4894
5859 (MSN 17-6155) Featured in the film 'Hers to Hold' (1943), seen being manufactured at the
Lockheed Vega factory in Burbank, CA. Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 25Mar43.
Long Beach Field, CA 28Mar43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 9Apr43.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Apr43. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*Y],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 24Apr43. Crash landed Little
Staughton on return from first mission. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Little Staughton (Station 127),
Bedfordshire. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*M], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 2Oct43. Severely battle damaged, Bremen, Germany 29Nov43, two engines
damaged, force landed Bungay, Suffolk 30Nov43. Battle damaged, Bernberg, Germany 20Feb44.
On return, two engines failed and another cut out on approach to Little Staughton. Crash landed at Bozeat, Northants
Condemned salvage not battle damage related Feb 22, 1944
5860 (MSN 17-6156) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Apr43.
Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 17May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29May43. 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Jun43. Named *Escape Kit*. . Failed to return
from a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43
(4KIA:6POW). Enemy aircraft hit the nose; the oxygen bottles caught fire, blowing a large hole
in the side of the aircraft. Shot down by Lt Alfred Grislawski of JGr. 50. The co-pilot, unable
to use an exit because of the fire, climbed out of the hole and, standing on the burning wing,
reached back in for his parachute and jumped. He had opened his chute too early; his body
struck the horizontal stabiliser and his chute became tangled on it. The bomber slowly circled
around losing altitude with the body swinging from the stabiliser then hit the ground and
exploded at Schweinberg, 18 miles southwest of Würzburg, Germany. MACR 675.
5861 (MSN 17-6157) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43. Wendover
Field, UT 2May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22May43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun43. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*J],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 8Jun43.Named "Stud Duck" aka
"Laden Maiden". Named after Squadron Commander William W. Veal's pregnant wife.
Landing at Thorpe Abbotts 3Aug43 after a formation practice mission, the left landing gear
retraction screw failed causing the landing gear to retract, damaged the wing tip and the left
engines and propellers. On a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories
at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43, the aircraft landed in Algeria, North Africa. On return to
Thorpe Abbotts, the crew brought back a mascot an Arabian Donkey - which gave the British
Ministry of Agriculture trouble in finding and quarantining the animal on a secret air base
somewhere in eastern England. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43 (8KIA:2EVD). Damaged by three FW 190s,
crashed Liry, twenty-eight miles east of Reims, France. {32 missions}. Claimed
by Lt Karl Willius in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/2. MACR 2020. 8 KIA, 2 evaded.
5862 (MSN 17-6158) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 2Apr43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43.
Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Hill Field, Ogden, UT 13May43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17May43. 350th Bomb Squadron,
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 30May43. Named *Duration Plus Six*
Failed to return from a mission to the aircraft industries at Warnemünde, Germany 25Jul43 (4POW:6KIA).
The target was covered by clouds and no bombs were dropped. The Combat Wing proceeded out into
the Baltic Sea and diverted most of the formation to attack the shipyards at Kiel, Germany.
Damaged by flak, crashed in the North Sea off the Danish coast. Survivors rescued by Danish fishing boat
MACR 117.
5863 (MSN 17-6159) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43. Wendover
Field, UT 2May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May43.
100th Bomb Group 1Jun43. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk. Severely battle damaged on a mission to the Caudron-Renault factory at Paris, France 3Sep43.
When the formation reached Paris, the target was obscured by clouds so diverted to an alternate target,
the Luftwaffe airfield at Beaumont Le Roger near Paris. Damaged when crash landed at Thorpe
Abbotts 6Sep43. The aircraft departed on a post-repair test flight to slow time a new engine.
Returning to land at Thorpe Abbotts the pilot was unable to contact the tower because of a faulty radio.
During a flyby to obtain a green light for permission to land, the right landing gear would not extend
either electrically or manually. With dusk approaching, despite a full fuel load, the pilot elected to
crash land on the grass parallel to the runway in use. A limit switch had failed allowing the retraction
motor to burn out and the clutch to freeze. 98th Service Squadron. {13 missions}. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*O],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 9Sep43. {first combat mission 30Nov43}.
{final combat mission 4Mar44}. {13 missions}. Declared 'war weary' 16Sep44. Salvaged Base Air
Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 6Feb45. Named PADDLEFOOT'S PROXY
5864 (MSN 17-6160) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43. Wendover
Field, UT 2May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30May43. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*A], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe
Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1Jun43, named *Piccadilly Lily*. Failed to return
from a mission to an aircraft factory at Bremen, Germany 8Oct43 (6KIA:5POW). The formation was
met with stiff resistance by German fighters and flak crews on the ground the entire way,
from the Dutch coast all the way into the German heartland. In addition, a large force of German f
ighters launched vicious attacks against the planes. Over the target, the formation encountered
intense flak. Flak damaged engine No.3 and navigator's compartment which caught fire,
crashed Bremerhaven, Germany. MACR 948.
5865 (MSN 17-6161) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 29Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Mar43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43.
Wendover Field, UT 2May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28May43. Assigned Eighth Air Force, England 31May43. 351st Bomb
Squadron [EP*H], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1Jun43
Named *Janie*. iled to return from a mission to the Caudron-Renault factory at
Paris, France 3Sep43 (5POW:2KIA:3EVD). When the formation reached Paris, the target was
obscured by clouds so diverted to an alternate target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Beaumont
Le Roger near Paris. When B-17F 42-30059 exploded, it was deflected into the tail of this
aircraft, trapping the tail gunner as the other crew members bailed out. The aircraft
crashed near Évreux, France. MACR 686
5866 (MSN 17-6162) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Mar43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Mar43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 3Apr43. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 44th Pilot Transition
Training Group, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 18Apr43. Crashed one mile south
of Lockbourne 1Sep43 (2KIS).
5867 (MSN 17-6163) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Apr43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Apr43. Wendover
Field, UT 2May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
27Jun43. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*O], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 30May43. Named *Alice from Dallas*) . Failed to return from a shuttle
mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43
(2KIA:3POW:4EVD). En route to the target and still over Belgium, flak damaged two engines
and the left wing, losing the left aileron. Losing height and on fire, the crew prepared to
bail out. The ball turret gunner failed to escape the bomber and the right waist gunner
was killed after his parachute fouled on the horizontal stabiliser. Moments later, the B-17
exploded and crashed at Langerloo, five miles east of Hasselt, Belgium. MA CR 678
Feldwebel Edgar Dörre of 9./ JG 26 flying a Bf 109 was awarded a half victory .
5868 (MSN 17-6164) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Apr43. 100th Bomb Group. Dyersburg Field, TN 16Apr43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Dec43. 398th Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Ardmore Field, OK. Crash landed Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Mar44. The crew
departed Ardmore Army Air Field on a routine formation training mission. They flew
for approximately five hours and were letting down at Ardmore but could not extend
the landing gear. They were redirected to Tinker. The aircraft landed and slid on the
ball turret and bottom of the fuselage for 800 to 1,000ft. 499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill
Field, Salina, KS 9Aug44. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan
Field, Tucson, AZ 15Aug44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 3Jan45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5869 (MSN 17-6165) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach
Field, CA 2Apr43. Ainsworth Field, NB 17Apr43. 395th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 11May43.
395th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK. Damaged
while parked in an accident by Taylorcraft L-2B Grasshopper 43-073 at Will Rogers
Field 21Feb44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 9Jun44.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma
City, OK 25Jun44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 19Aug43.
231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 12Jan45.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 28Jan45.
283rd Base Unit (Gunnery Station), Galveston Field, TX 30Mar45. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at Galveston Field 25Apr45. 209th Base Unit (Special),
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5870 (MSN 17-6166) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Apr43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 12Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 27Apr43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 49th Bomb
Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 1May43.
{first combat mission 28May43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault,
Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {43 missions}. 419th Bomb Squadron, 3
01st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt),
Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {41 missions}. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy Feb44. {first combat mission 10Feb44}. {5 missions}. 419th Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy. Substantially battle damaged in an attack
by a group of enemy fighters on a mission to an oil refinery at Lobau, Vienna, Austria 26Jun44 (3WIA:7RTD).
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. Returned to US.
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 6Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 3Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
5871 (MSN 17-6167) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Apr43.
Douglas Aircraft Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa, OK 10Apr43. Modified by Douglas
as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 4May44. R
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 18May45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped.
5872 (MSN 17-6168) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Apr43.
Douglas Aircraft Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa, OK 13Apr43. Modified by Douglas,
as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140]. Designated TB-40. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 13Oct44. Accident with B-17G 44-6058 taxying at Hendricks
Field 19Jan45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5873 (MSN 17-6169) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Apr43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Apr43. 15th Ferrying
Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 27Apr43.
96th Bomb Group. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 19May43. Named "Little Tannie"
.{first combat mission 30May43}. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault,
Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Lorenzo,
Naples, Italy 4Aug43 (3KIA:7RTD). Struck by flak after leaving the target, oxygen bottles in the
bomb bay exploded and the nose compartment was damaged. Number two engine was
disabled with damage to the other three engines, five large holes punched in the left
wing and one in the number two fuel tank, all from flak. Some of the flight controls were
shot away, and the bomb bay doors wouldn't close. The number one engine began smoking
badly and number two propeller was windrnilling. The pilot tried to stay in formation
for a few minutes, then fire broke out in number two engine. He had checked and found
that none of the crew was injured by flak. After alerting the crew, he gave the order to bail
out at 17,000ft. The plane circled with the left wing and fuselage on fire until it struck the water.
The crew landed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Naples. After two nights in the water,
the survivors were spotted by a RAF aircraft and then rescued by a PBY Catalina. {22 missions}
Claimed by Lt Gunther Triep in Bf 109G-6 of JG 53/6.
MACR 346. Also reported as having been finished by two Re2001 fighters of the
150 Squadriglia of the Regia Aeronautica.
5874 (MSN 17-6170) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 20Apr43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command,
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 4May43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 1Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia,
Tunisia 6Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt),
Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. Failed to return from a mission to Breslau, Lower Silesia, Germany 4Mar44 (10MIA).
Bad weather caused the mission to be aborted. The plane was believed to have had mechanical failure
and went missing in the Mediterranean. The mission was being flown by a crew from the 416th Bomb
Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. {21 missions}. MACR 3523.
5875 (MSN 17-6171) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Apr43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 14Apr43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL
29Apr43. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 3May43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron,
97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 15May43. Pont-du-Fahs,
Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards and infrastructure at Rimini, Italy 27Nov43 (6KIA:4POW). Flak was light and
inaccurate but a large flight of enemy fighters attacked the formation. Departing the target, one propeller
was feathered and the plane fell behind the squadron. It was attacked by four enemy fighters setting No.3
engine on fire. Shot down by Bf 109G-6 of JG 53/III Four crew bailed out before the
plane exploded and crashed on a mountain 3 km N o of Apeccio, Italynear Urbino, Italy
MACR 1304.
5876 (MSN 17-6172) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21Apr43. Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 8May43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 16May43. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 5Jun43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft 15Jul44. Salvaged 6Oct45
5877 (MSN 17-6173) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28May43. 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485),
Essex 1Jun43. Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the
Chemische Werke synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (10POW). Flak damaged and
crashed in a polder at Rietveld, near Schelluinen, Netherlands. Not long after takeoff the pilot notices
that there is an oxygen leak and due to the dangerous nature of such a problem he decides to return
to base where a team is waiting to fix the problem. As the rest of the squadron flies on the aircraft
lands and only has ten minutes to have the leak repaired, any longer and they cannot catch up the
formation heading towards Germany. Ten minutes pass and the navigator indicates that it is now
too late, however the base commander insists that they have to go even if it would mean flying to
target alone which was a daunting prospect without any protection of the formation. After the leak
was fixed the plane took off and flew maximum speed to catch up with the other B-17's. Eventually
the target was reached only a few minutes after the main formation that had already dropped their
bombs or were in the process of doing so. Aircraft 42-5877 dropped its bombs, turned and headed
west towards the North Sea and the base in England. Whilst heading back the formation is attacked
by German Focke-Wulf planes and is under constant threat of German Flak. Various planes are hit
and then aircraft 42-5877 is hit in engine number 4. The pilot switches off the engine and feathers
the propeller. Because of this the speed decreases and the bomber is forced to leave the formation
together with another damaged B-17. Both of the B-17s now form an easy target for German fighters
and soon the accompanying B-17 disappears after a German attack. [This is probably the B-17 which
crashed at Opheusden in the Netherlands]. Aircraft 42-5877 and crew are now on their own. The B-17
is approaching the town of Tiel and is under constant attack from German fighters. The tail gunner
is hit multiple times but still manages to shoot down at least one German plane. The plane now
flies over the town of Leerdam and is losing altitude when a Messerschmitt Bf 109 carries out another
attack. The right wing is on fire and the altitude is 1500ft when they approach the town of Gorinchem.
The pilot sounds the bail out alarm after which he makes a turn to prevent the B-17 to crash on the
town of Gorinchem. Most of the crew land in or around Gorinchem. The plane narrowly misses a
house and crashes in a field nearby
5878 (MSN 17-6174) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 22Apr43. Wendover Field, UT 2May43. Salt Lake City AAB, UT 18May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27May43. 350th Bomb Squadron,
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 30May43. Named BADGER'S BEAUTY.
533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*Q], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 18Sep43.
Named "Yankee Eagle". Battle damaged during a mission to the molybdenum mine at
Knaben, Norway 16Nov43. On return, the pilot, on his first mission didn't keep a tight formation
and later left the cockpit to confer with the radio operator. Just then, 20mm cannon shells ripped
through the plane, one missing the bombs but taking off part of the pilot's jacket sleeve. Another
shell hit the top turret. The pilot quickly resumed tight formation and returned safely to base.
Failed to return from a mission to the AGO-Flugzeugwerke Fw 190 manufacturing factory at
Oschersleben, Germany 11Jan44 (9KIA:1POW). While the aircraft were airborne, the weather
closed in over English bases and a recall signal was issued. B/Gen. Robert F. Travis, Air Commander
of the 1st Bomb Division, continued on to the target. This left the 1st Bomb Division with
greater exposure to enemy fighter attacks. Good fighter support was provided by P-47 Thunderbolts
on the penetration and by P-51 Mustangs over the target. P-47s were airborne to provide
withdrawal support but they obeyed the recall order to return to England and left the bombers
to fend for themselves on the return trip. Luftwaffe attacks started over the IJsselmeer and
intensified when the American fighters returned home. Meagre and fairly accurate flak was
experienced on the bomb run, with intermittent inaccurate flak on the return trip. Collided with
enemy aircraft, crashed two miles east of Heyersum, Germany. MACR 1874
5879 (MSN 17-6175) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle
Field, ME 10May43. 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group 13May43. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 16/17May43.
96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex May43. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*J], 3
85th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1943. Named 'Daisy June II'
Failed to return from a mission to 7May44 (10POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Rechterfeld, SW
of Wildeshausen, Germany. MACR 4562
5880 (MSN 17-6176) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Apr43.
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 30Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 6May43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 12May43. 333rd Bomb Squadron,
94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 14May43. Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43. Failed to return from a mission to the Chemische Werke
synthetic rubber works at Hüls, Marl, Germany 22Jun43 (10POW). Direct flak hit and
shot down by enemy fighters, crashed two miles east of Opheusden, Germany.
Also listed as shot down by Uffz Johannes Rathenow in Fw 190A-4 of JG 1/1 Jun 22, 1943
between Hemmen and Dodewaard, Netherlands on the way back from a raid on Huls, Germany.
5881 MSN 17-6177) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Lincoln Field, NB 18May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group,
Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 27May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43.
Named "The House of Lords" Returned to US. Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 23Dec44. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 16Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 4Oct45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5882 (MSN 17-6178) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 27Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 27May43. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*D], 95th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 4Jun43. Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43.
Name "Spook III". Shot down by fighter over North Sea near Helgoland,
Germany Jul 28, 1943. MACR 216. 10 KIA.
5883 MSN 17-6179) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 14Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43.
New Castle AAB, Wilmington, DE 30Apr43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 5May43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 14May43. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Andrewsfield (Station 485), Essex.
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. Named OLD PUSS artwork of Ole Puss squating
in front of a bomb and wearing Staff Sergeant stripes whilst toting a heavy machine gun.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*D], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 6Jul43. Named *Weary Willie/No Name Jive*. . {first combat mission 14Jul43}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Blohm & Voss shipyard at Hamburg, Germany 25Jul43.
Flying in the low squadron, the bomber had been under sustained attacked by enemy fighters. Three engines had
been damaged, the nose had been blown off and the left wing tip was shattered. The bomber
ditched in the North Sea, northwest of Heligoland, Germany. The crew was eventually picked up
by a Danish fisherman who transferred them to an RAF Air-Sea Rescue launch for safe return to England. {3 missions}.
5884 (MSN 17-6180) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Apr43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 28Apr43. Salinas Field, CA 2Jun43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jun43. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 8Jul43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 20Jul43.
Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 27Aug43}. A B-17 with 2nd Bomb Group
markings and serial 25884 was reported joining the 97th Bomb Group formation as it crossed
the Italian coast returning from a mission to Pisa, Italy 31Aug43. This spurious bomber flew in
formation for about thirty minutes and then turned north. When ordered to rejoin the formation,
the response was that its proper base was in northern Italy. The 97th Bomb Group reported that the
actions of the bomber were suspicious and presumably being flown by a German crew.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 10Dec43. {12 missions}.
414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola,
Italy 20Dec43. Damaged landing at Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Apr44. Declared 'war weary'.
Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft 3Jul44. Returned to US.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 29Mar45. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 3Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5885 (MSN 17-6181) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Apr43.
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 5May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 25May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 6/7Jun43. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*T], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun43. 413th Bomb Squadron. Named "Kipling's Error III".
Damaged landing at Snetterton Heath 30Jan44. Failed to return from a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Marienehe, Rostock, Germany 11Apr44 (10KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Baltic Sea. MACR 3809
5886 (MSN 17-6182) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Apr43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 5Mar43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30May43. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*D],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 24Jun43.
Named 'The Jolly Roger'--artwork of skull and crossbones)
Failed to return from a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg,
Germany 17Aug43 (6KIA:3POW:1EVD). Shot down by Oberleutnant Beese, the Kapitän of 1/JG 26,
flying a Fw 190 A-5 over Antwerp en route to the target. Cannon fire opened a large hole in the
fuselage behind the co-pilot and the No.3 engine was smoking, causing the bomber to lose position
in the formation. Crashed and exploded one mile south from Woensdrecht airfield, on the Dutch/Belgian
border. Staffelkapitän Hermichen of3./JG26 claimed the victory but his engineer told him that, due
to a mechanical problem, his guns and cannons didn't shoot at all. Therefore he had to give the honor
to his wingman, Lieutenant Jörg Kiefner. The victory was finally credited to Oberleutnant Beese.
MACR 387A.
5887 (MSN 17-6183) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 17Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA
Wendover Field, UT 5May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. 560th Bomb Squadron [B], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 23Jun43. Named "Sioux City Sue" {first combat mission 7Sep43}.
{final combat mission 24Dec43}. {2 missions}. Declared 'war weary'. 1403rd Base Unit, Air Transport
Command, Prestwick, Scotland. Damaged in collision with parked B-17F at Orly, Paris, France 17Dec44.
Returned to US. Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 19Feb45. To Reconsstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas
Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5888 (MSN 17-6184) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 28Apr43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Lincoln Field, NB 22May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25May43. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*X],
94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358), Essex 27May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 13Jun43. Named "Elusive Elcy") . Failed to return from a mission to the port and
industrial area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43 (10KIA:1POW). Approaching Germany there was 9/10 cloud
cover and it was decided to bomb on the Pathfinder equipped aircraft, but by the time the group reached
the area the smoke marker had dissipated, the group diverting to an alternate target at Norden.
Shot down by a 210mm rocket fired by Oberleutnant Heinz Knoke of II./JG 11 flying a Bf 109G-6.
The plane exploded and crashed near Norden, north of Emden, Germany. Also listed as hit by Hptm Joachim
Kirschner in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/5. MACR 732.
5889 (MSN 17-6185) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 19Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Apr43.
Lowry Field, Denver, CO, 5May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 26May43. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*A], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Jun43.
{first combat mission 24Jul43}. {6 missions}. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*W], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh
(Station 111), Bedfordshire 22Aug43. Named "Liberty Belle". Transferred to
369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh Aug 22, 1943
Accident on return from a mission to naval, industrial and port facilities at Gdynia, Poland 9Oct43 (10RTD).
As the plane started across the North Sea, it became apparent that the fuel gauges were stuck and the fuel
remaining was less than expected. The crew started to jettison excess weight but made it back to the English
coast. The pilot started to find somewhere to land. The aircraft landed on the short grass runway at RAF Matlaske,
Norfolk, overshooting the runway, demolishing a brick building and running through fuel pumps then an oil
storage tank, to come to rest in a ten foot earth bank in the village of Little Barningham. The fuselage was
buckled at the radio room, the landing gear wiped out, the nose section caved in, the ball turret had been
pushed up through the fuselage and propellers bent. Salvaged 12Oct43
5890 ((MSN 17-6186) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 2May43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*F],
92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 7Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to the
Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (1INT:2POW:7EVD). From the Initial Point until
leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of farm land.
This group went over the target area twice without dropping their bombs. Bombs were finally dropped
on Achern, a small town 18km southwest of Baden-Baden, Germany. Having spent too long over the
target, the formation was beginning to realise that fuel exhaustion would likely lead to many not being
able to return to base. Damaged by flak and short of fuel but under control, crashed at Ferme de la Muette,
twelve miles west of Dreux, France. MACR 740.
5891 (MSN 17-6187) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 23Apr43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 29Apr43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 4Jun43. Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 8Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis,
Tunisia 1Sep43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Crash landed at Cerignola 18Jan44. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy 2Feb44. Damaged landing at Capodichino, Naples, Italy 15Jun44. {52 missions}.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft 27Jul44. Salvaged 17Jun45.
5892 (MSN 17-6188) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Apr43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
30May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Jun43.
551st Bomb Squadron [HR*B], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 18Jun43
Named "Pregnant Portia") Failed to return from a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. After bombing the target the bomber
turned towards the Alps heading for Algeria. Damaged in earlier enemy fighter attacks, and with not
enough fuel to reach allied territory, the pilot ditched in the Mediterranean Sea, 130 miles from the
North African coast; crew rescued next day
5893 (MSN 17-6189) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43. Ferried on the
North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 22/23May43.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*M], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 24May43.
336th Bomb Squadron [ET*F], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 16Jun43.
Named "Sad Sack") Failed to return from a mission to synthetic rubber factories at Hanover,
Germany 26Jul43 (6POW:2KIA). (8 missions) Damaged by flak, crashed Dorrieloh, 12 miles east of
Diepholz, Germany. {8 missions}. Plane not crashed and shot down by Hptm Gunther
Specht of JG 11/II Stab at Dorreloh, Germany Jul 26, 1943. MACR 197.
5894 (MSN 17-6190) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Apr43.
Salinas Field, CA 30Apr43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23May43. Freeman Goodman
Provisional Group, RCAF Gander, Newfoundland 9Jun43. Crashed with fuel exhaustion into Stravanan
Bay, Rothesay, Scotland on ferry flight from USA and Iceland 6Jun43 (9 survived, 1KIS). Salvaged after non battle damage 16Jun43
5895 (MSN 17-6191) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long
Beach Field, CA 24Apr43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 30May43. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*M], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Jun43. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*B],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 16Jun43. Named 'Souse Family'
551st Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to Hanover, Germany (6POW:5KIA
Shot down by Uffz Erich Ulmschneider in Bf 109T-2 of
Jasta Helgoland over North Sea 43 km NW of Helgoland, Germany Jul 26, 1943. MACR 191B.
5 KIA, 6 POW.
5896 (MSN 17-6192) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 27Apr43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 4May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30May43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. 549th Bomb Squadron,
385th Bomb Group 18May43. Disappeared on ferry flight en route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to UK 28Jun43 (10KIS). MACR 16.
5897 (MSN 17-6193) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Apr43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 4May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 4Jun43.
385th Bomb Group 16Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Jun43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*A],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jun43.
Named "Roundtrip Jack"--artwork of a dackass. "He! Haw!" added later..
Had 20 mm flexible cannon fitted in Plexiglas nose
The gun was later removed. Ground accident, exploded when parked at Great
Ashfield 3Sep43. Salvaged 29May45. .Condemned salvage no battle damage May 29, 1945
5898 (MSN 17-6194) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Apr43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Apr43. Sioux City AAB, IA 4May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jun43. 388th Bomb Group 17Jun43. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 21Jun43.
562nd Bomb Squadron [D], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jun43.
Named "Little Lass". {first combat mission 17Jul43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory which had been converted to Fw 190 production at
Warnemünde, Germany 29Jul43 (10RTD). Flak struck one of the engines resulting in an overspeeding
propeller which eventually melted off. The plane had to leave the formation and return
home alone. Failed to return from a mission to railway installations at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (10POW).
As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft
for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their friendly fighter escorts
arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Damaged by flak over
the target and attacked by enemy fighters, ditched in the IJsselmeer, east of Schellingwoude, Netherlands. {14 missions)
Shot down by Fuuz Keruz in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/9. MACR 3117.
5899 (MSN 17-6195) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 23Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 27Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 4May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. 560th Bomb Squadron [D], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Jun43. Named "Sioux City Queen".
{first combat mission 24Jul43}. Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Prouvy,
Valenciennes, France 2Sep43 (2WIA:8RTD). Fighter opposition was moderate and was encountered
about five minutes after leaving the target area. They pressed their attacks until the formation
was at the French Coast. A 20mm cannon shell exploded in the waist section wounding the radio
operator and a waist gunner. Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac,
Bordeaux, France 5Dec43 (1WIA:9RTD). When the target was found to be completely obscured,
the Group turned to its secondary target, the Luftwaffe airfield at Cognac. Finding this target
also obscured and facing a fuel shortage, the planes began jettisoning their bomb loads.
Meagre flak along the route intensified over target and about a dozen fighters attacked.
After the bomb run when this aircraft was attacked by fighters, the ball turret gunner was very
severely wounded by a 0.30 caliber bullet. Though suffering extreme pain, he remained by his guns,
fighting off the vicious assaults until the last plane had been driven off. Only then was he helped
from his turret to receive emergency first-aid treatment. He received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Battle damaged on a mission to the port area at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (10RTD). Attacked by a
large force of enemy fighters and flak over the target area was very intense. Failed to return from
a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 5Jan44 (2KIA:2POW:6EVD).
Flak was encountered in the target area which was accurate and moderate in intensity.
Fighter attacks were encountered in the Bordeaux area and again over the Brest Peninsula.
The bomber dropped out of the formation with the No.4 engine propeller feathered and was
attacked by fighters. The tail was shot-up by the fighters and the crew bailed out. Crashed
Cartujac, near Saint-Laurent-et-Benon, France. {25 missions}. MACR 3118
5900 (MSN 17-6196) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 26Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Apr43.
561st Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 5May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Jun43. Departed 14Jun43 on the
North Atlantic ferry route from Dow Field via RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador to Iceland. Ferried Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 17Jun43. 561st Bomb Squadron [Q], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jun43. Named "Virgin on the Verge". {first combat mission 17Jul43}.
Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43.
After the target, the bomber turned south and landed at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria.
Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot
at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Damaged landing at Knettishall 10Feb44. {final combat mission 2Jun44}.
Damaged taxying at Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 14Jul44. {34 missions}. Salvaged after non
battle damage 1Aug44. VIRGIN ON THE VERGE
5901 (MSN 17-6197) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 28Apr43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2May43. Air Service
Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21May43. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*T], 94th Bomb Group, Earls Colne (Station 358),
Essex 25May43. Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 13Jun43.
Named "Superstitious Aloysius"the name of a popular cartoon character s
Failed to return from a mission to the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (9POW:1KIA).
En route to the target area, the bomber formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters.
After the target, the Group turned and headed westward for England. German fighters, having landed and refueled,
attacked again. Enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed near Landa, between Würzburg and Mannheim, Germany
All crew bailed out safely but 1 KIA, 9 POW. MACR 789
5902 (MSN 17-6198) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Apr43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15May43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21Jun43.
Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 29Jun43. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*H],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 30Jun43.. Named *Lady Liz*.
Damaged landing at Great Ashfield 18Aug43. Accident returning from a mission to the port area of Bremen,
Germany 29Nov43. Substantially damaged when force landed at RAF Beccles, Ellough, Suffolk. The plane
overshot the runway and ended upm in a sugar beet field after running across a ditch that tore off the ball
turret and right landing gear. Salvaged 1Dec43
5903 ((MSN 17-6199) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 26Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 6May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 13May43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 23May43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul43. Ferried overseas on the North
Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*R],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 14Jul43. Named *Ascend Charlie*.
.{first combat mission 12Aug43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories
at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. After the target, the mission continued on to Bertoux, Algeria. Later
positioned to Telergma, Constantine, Algeria. Returned to Framlingham on a mission to a Luftwaffe air
depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Accident on return from a mission to the aircraft factories
at Bordeaux, France 16Sep43 (10KIA). The primary and secondary targets were found to be obscured by
cloud so the group selected an alternative target of the submarine pens at La Pallice, France.
With damage to No.1 engine, heavy rain squalls and impending darkness separated the bomber from its
formation. The storm front knocked out radio and navigation equipment. Lost and with fuel exhaustion,
the bomber crashed into the ridge below the Hermitage at around 500m at Crickhowell, near
Abergavenny, Wales. {9 missions}. Salvaged 24Sep43. MACR 3720.
5904 MSN 17-6200) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 4May43. Roswell Field, NM 26May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jun43. 560th Bomb Squadron [O],
(first combat mission 15Aug43}. Accident on return from a mission to the aircraft factories at Bordeaux,
France 16Sep43 (1KIA:2INJ:7RTD). The primary and secondary targets were found to be obscured by cloud
so the group selected an alternative target of the submarine pens at La Pallice, France. On the route back,
severe rain squalls were encountered off the southwest coast of England. Lost and at night, the aircraft ran
out of fuel and crashed on Long Holcombe Hill, Simonsbath, near North Moulton, Devon. About three miles
before the crash, the aircraft scraped a hilltop and the tail-gunner fell out of the plane when the tail escape
hatch came open; he was only slightly injured. A combat photographer was killed and the navigator, a well
known dancer on the Broadway stage before he enlisted, suffered the amputation of a leg. {7 missions}.
Salvaged 19Sep43
42-5905/5954 Boeing B-17F-35-VE Fortress
MSN 6201/6250. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of pooled
production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: Nose gun mounts added
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5905 (MSN 17-6201) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 7May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Jun43. 388th Bomb Group 3Jul43. Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 4/5Jul43. 561st Bomb Squadron [W], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jul43. Named "Just AG". {first combat mission 28Jul43}. Participated in a shuttle
mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. After the target, the bomber
turned south and landed at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria.
On return to England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43.
Aborted a mission to the industrial area of Solingen, Germany 30Nov43. With mechanical problems, on return
crash landed through pilot error on wrong runway at Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire. Repaired
and returned to operations May44. {final combat mission 27May44}. {19 missions}.
5906 (MSN 17-6202) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 7May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43.
Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 17Jun43. 562nd Bomb Squadron [E],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jun43. Named "Sondra Kay". Named after the baby
daughter of the tail gunner. {first combat mission 24Jul43}. Participated in a shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt
aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43. After the target, the bomber turned south and landed at
the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria. Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to England,
operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Accident on return
from a mission to the aircraft factories at Bordeaux, France 16Sep43 (10KIA). The primary and secondary targets
were found to be obscured by cloud so the group selected an alternative target of the submarine pens
at La Pallice, France. On the route back, severe rain squalls were encountered off the southwest coast of England.
Lost and at night, the aircraft crash landed on Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanyre, two miles from Llandrindod Wells,
Wales, after being diverted to RAF Shobdon, Worcestershire. {14 missions}. Salvaged. MACR 3119.
5907 (MSN 17-6203) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 27Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Apr43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 19May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun43. 563rd Bomb Squadron [M], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 11Jun43. Named "Wing and a Prayer". {first combat mission 17Jul43}. Failed to return
from a mission to the aircraft industries at Warnemünde, Germany 25Jul43 (8MIA:2KIA). The target was
covered by clouds and no bombs were dropped. The Combat Wing proceeded out into the Baltic Sea.
About five minutes after leaving the target area, the lead bombardier of the 388th Bomb Group spotted a
good target of opportunity, the Luftwaffe airfield at Rerik-West, near the Wustrow peninsula. Damaged in
an attack by enemy fighters on return from target. Crashed in North Sea off the Danish coast. {2 missions}.
MACR 3120.
5908 (MSN 17-6204) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 28Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6May43. Sioux City AAB, IA 19May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 10Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 14Jun43. 388th Bomb Group 16Jun43.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 17/18Jun43. 561st Bomb Squadron [X], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jun43.
{first combat mission 28Jul43}. Failed to return from a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory
which had been converted to FW 190 production at Warnemünde, Germany 29Jul43 (10KIA). Bombed the target
and on return at a point three miles off Cromer, Norfolk on the English coast, at 2,500 feet the left wing of the
plane above, B-17F, 42-30370 of the 96th Bomb Group, slid on top of this plane and both collided. One plane
broke in half and both fell in the sea on fire. Crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Norfolk. {2 missions MACR 3069.
5909 (MSN 17-6205) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Apr43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 6May43. Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. Modified with H2S radar scanner.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jun43. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*N],
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 26Jun43. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden
(Station 126), Suffolk. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 4Feb44 (10KIA:1POW). As the planes were passing over the Netherlands en route to Germany,
local cross winds carried the bombers straight into enemy flak. Flak damaged No.3 engine which caught
fire, the aircraft exploded in mid-air, crashed Gleuel-Bachem, eight miles southwest of Cologne, Germany.
MACR 2511, 3361
5910 (MSN 17-6206) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 5May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31May43. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*N], 92nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 6Jun43. Named *Ruthie* badly damaged by enemy fighters
during mission to Nantes Jul 4, 1943. Managed to return to
Alconbury. Repaired and transferred Jul 10, 1943 to 305th BG, 365th BS
at Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire, named "Hellcat/Homesick Angel".
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France 15Sep43. Low on fuel,
crash landed at RAF Hawkinge, Kent. Ground looped on landing causing major damage and knocking
off No.3 engine and nacelle as the aircraft breached the airfield perimeter. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Little Staughton (Station 127), Bedfordshire 16Sep43,
5911 (MSN 17-6207) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Apr43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 9May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jun43. 549th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group 16Jun43. Ferried Meeks Field,
Keflavik, Iceland to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 21Jun43. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk Jun43. Named *Hesitatin' Hussy*. Destroyed when B-17 42-30414 exploded
at Great Ashfield 3Sep43. Fully loaded for a mission, it caught fire spreading to the flares, gasoline and
finally the bombs. Salvaged after non battle damage 4Sep43.
5912 (MSN 17-6208) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 5May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Jun43. 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group 16Jun43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik,
Iceland to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 21Jun43. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Jun43.
94th Bomb Group. Named "Thunderbird". Returned to US. Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 9May44. Amarillo
Field, TX 29Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 5Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5913 (MSN 17-6209) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 5May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jun43. 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 20Jun43. Named'Shack Bunny'. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area at Düren,
Germany 20Oct43 (10POW). With mechanical trouble, turned back out of formation and later damaged
over Château d'Ardennes, France. Crashed in the backyard of houses at the Slekkerstraat near De Slek,
two miles south of Echt, Netherland. MACR 828
MACR database has the date as Oct 10.
5914 (MSN 17-6210) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 5May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Jun43. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*Q], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 17Jun43. Departed Bangor, ME 19Jun43 on ferry flight to UK via RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland. Departed Gander 22Jun43, arriving Prestwick, Scotland.
Named SACK TIME / ROGER WILCO. The aircraft was named and painted by a Disney artist [the crew's ball turret gunner]
at Bangor while waiting for maintenance and weather to clear. It was named for the captain's cocker spaniel dog
'Roger Wilco' which had become part of the crew during training, flying on missions which didn't require oxygen.
The dog's name and his picture were painted in the code letter Q. The aircraft was named 'Sack Time'
because the dog spent most of its time asleep, either in the bomber or the officer's quarters. Roger was
smuggled back to the US by a crew member who had been grounded sick on the day of the crash and
Roger was later reunited with his owner after release from prison camp. Failed to return from a shuttle mission
to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43 (10POW). En route to the target,
attacked by enemy fighters which set the left wing fuel tanks on fire. Unable to continue flying, the pilot
lowered the landing gear as a sign of surrender and the crew bailed out successfully. The bomber crashed
southwest of Darmstadt, Germany. Claimed by Lt Georg Frolich in Bf 109G-6 of JG1/8
MACR 387B.
5915 (MSN 17-6211) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 29Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 7May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 14May43. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 26May43. 390th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 7Jun43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul43. Ferried overseas on the
North Atlantic route via Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland Jul43. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*J],
90th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul43. Named "Cash & Carrie"
{first combat mission 12Aug43}. Failed to return from a mission to railway installations at Münster,
Germany 10Oct43 (10POW). As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force
of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their friendly fighter
escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Shot down by enemy fighters,
with wing on fire and No.1 engine disabled. Crash landed near Quantwick, southwest of Ahaus, Germany.
{11 missions}. MACR 860.
5916 (MSN 17-6212) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 8May43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 21May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 31May43.
325th Bomb Squadron [NV*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 6Jun43.
Sustained severe battle damage on a mission to Nantes, France 4Jul43 (1WIA). Just after bomb release
two fuel tanks were punctured by cannon fire, fuselage damaged, wing flaps knocked down into braking
system, hydraulic system wrecked, one landing tire punctured. The aircraft fell out of formation and
was attacked by Fw 190s. The pilot brought the bomber down at treetop level as two Ju 88s tried to shoot
it down. As the aircraft approached the English coast, a lone Bf 109 flew alongside the waist position for
a few minutes, the pilot finally gave a little salute, waggled his wings and flew away. During the landing,
the pilot discovered the flat tire and held the aircraft on the runway as long as he could before ground
looping in front of the control tower at RAF Portreath, Cornwall. Salvaged 7Jul43.
5917 (MSN 17-6213) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 30Apr43. Long Beach Field, CA 5May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26May43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Jun43. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*Y],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 21Jun43. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*Y/L].
Failed to return from a mission to the Klöckner Flugmototenbau aero engine factory at Hamburg,
Germany 25Jul43 (6POW:4KIA). Damamged by enemy aircraft and flak, crashed Ritzerau, near Molin,
30 miles northeast of Hamburg, Germanys Credited to Hptm Hermann Staiger
in Bf 109G-6 of JG 26/12 MACR 1767. 4 KIA, 6 POW.
5918 (MSN 17-6214) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 7May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 11May43. Smoky Hill Field,
Salina, KS 19May43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun43.
336th Bomb Squadron [ET*J], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 15Jun43.
Named "Heavenly Daze". 36 missions. Failed to return from a mission to the aero engine
complex at Brunswick, Germany 11Jan44 (9POW:1KIA). As weather conditions began to deteriorate
over the English bases, a recall order was sent to the bomber groups en route to the city. While some
the groups received the message and turned back for England, others did not receive the order,
and pressed onwards. When they arrived at the target area, they met stiff resistance from the Luftwaff
e. Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Schwege, west of Lemforde, near Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 2010.
One crew killed, rest bailed out and became POW
5919 (MSN 17-6215) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 8May43.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 23Jun43. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 28Jun43. Bovingdon 22Jul43. Returned to US. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 28Mar44.
Dover Field, DE 17Aug44. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 18Oct44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 21Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10May45. McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 24May45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 24Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
5920 (MSN 17-6216) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 2May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 12May43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 8Jun44. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo
Field, TX 11Jun44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped
5921 (MSN 17-6217) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 11May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 15May43. 333rd Base Unit, Morris, NC 1Jun44.
35th Fighter Group, Page Field, Fort Myers, FL 5Jun43. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery),
Laredo Field, TX 10Aug44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field,
San Antonio, TX 22May45. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 11Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5922 (MSN 17-6218) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 16May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 21May43. Designated as a TB-40 crew trainer.
2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 4Jun44.
610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 4Sep44. 2114th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 19Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Oct45
5923 (MSN 17-6219) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 11May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 16May43. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for
Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 10Aug43. 717th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron,
37th Bomb Group, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Damaged at Buckingham 4Feb44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5924 (MSN 17-6220) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 12May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 21May43. C-3 Squadron, 2126th Base Unit
(Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 3Jun44. 'Friendly fire' accident with
Bell RP-63G 'Pinball' 43-11723 and 43-11724 forty miles northwest of Laredo, TX 6Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5925 (MSN 17-6221) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 13May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 16May43. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for
Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 4Jul44; code 252. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5926 MSN 17-6222) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 13May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 21May43. Designated as a TB-40 crew trainer.
717th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, 37th Bomb Group, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL.
Damaged landing at Buckingham Field 15Mar44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 13Oct44. Damaged in collision with TB-17G 42-97887 on
the ground at Enid, OK 18Sep45. 2518th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
Enid Field, OK 20Sep45. Reclaimed 13Feb46.
5927 (MSN 17-6223) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 14May43.
Douglas Aircraft Company, Modification Center, Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK.
Modified by Douglas as a YB-40 [Vega Project V-140] 21May43. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for
Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 11Jun44. 610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 11Jul44. 2126th Base Unit (Central School for Flexible Gunnery), Laredo Field, TX 12Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5928 (MSN 17-6224) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 15May43.
Roswell Field, NM 26May43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 9Dec44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 27Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5929 (MSN 17-6225) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 16May43.
Roswell Field, NM 25May43. Raton NM 5Jun43. Roswell Field, NM 17Jul43. 30th Bomb Group, Pyote
Field, TX 12Oct43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX. Damaged in collision
with parked B-17F 42-30825 taxying at Pyote 2May44. 4209th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Des Moines Municipal Airport, IA 4Jun44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 29Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15May45.
556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 30Aug45. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 16Sep45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
5930 (MSN 17-6226) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 16May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23May43. 551st Two Engine Flying Training Squadron [TEFTS],
Roswell Field, NM. Damaged landing at Roswell Field 4Jun43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 14Dec44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets
and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine),
La Junta Field, CO 4May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 312Jul45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5931 (MSN 17-6227) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 16May43.
Roswell Field, NM 26May43. Long Beach Field, CA 28Oct43. 940th Bombardier Training Squadron,
Roswell Field, NM. Damaged landing caused by structural failure at Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 3Sep44. 4208th Base Unit,
San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command, Mines Field, Los Angeles, CA 13Sep44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 16Sep44. 1103rd Base
Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 2Feb45.
203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 23Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5932 (MSN 17-6228) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 17May43.
552nd Bombardier Training Squadron, Roswell Field, NM 15May43. Damaged landing with mechanical
failure at Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 4Aug43. Roswell Field, NM 13Aug43. Operational Training Unit,
17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 11Sep44. 2028th Base Unit,
Galveston Field, TX 4Oct44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field,
Colorado Springs, CO 30Mar45. 1454th Base Unit, Alaskan Division, Station 11, Air Transport
Command, Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, MN 7May45. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 25May45. Modified for training, stripped
of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 11Aug45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5933 (MSN 17-6229) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 18May43.
Roswell Field, NM 26May43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 11Dec44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 26Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5934 (MSN 17-6230) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 18May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Jun43. 582nd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group,
Sioux City AAB, IA 22Nov43. Crashed three miles southeast of Sioux City AAB 24Nov43 (3KIS). Salvaged 26Nov43.
5935 (MSN 17-6231) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 19May43.
March Field, Riverside, CA 10Jun43. Roswell Field, NM 13Jun43. Operational Training Unit,
Pratt Field, KS 14Jun43. Damaged while parked by Boeing B-29 Superfortress 42-6387 in an accident
during takeoff from Pratt Field 13Jun44. Salvaged 14Jun44. to CL-26 Pratt AAF Jun 14, 1944
5936 (MSN 17-6232) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 19May43.
Damaged when parked at Roswell Field, NM 26May43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Jun43.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible
Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 19Jun44. 4160th Base Unit, Albuquerque AAB, NM 21Jul44.
82nd Flying Training Wing, Yuma Field, AZ. Damaged while parked in collision by AT-11 41-9523
at Yuma Field, AZ. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for
storage and disposal 27Jul45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
5937 (MSN 17-6233) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 21May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Jun43.
15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 7Jun43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Saint-Donat (New Zealand), Tadjenanet, Algeria 9Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 6Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy 2Feb44. Failed to return from a mission to the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory
at Fischamend Markt, Vienna, Austria 17Mar44 (1KIA:8EVD). Attacked by enemy fighters,
the ball turret gunner was mortally wounded. Four engines eventually failed and the crew bailed
out, the injured gunner being pushed out to safety on a parachute, landing near Trebinje, Serbia,
Yugoslavia and aided by Chetnik guerillas. The aircraft is reported to have crashed at Zalaegerszeg,
Hungary. {43 missions}. .MACR 3200
5938 (MSN 17-6234) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 20May43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29May43. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Homestead Field, FL 12Jun43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 15Jun43.
Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-31622 taxying at Amendola 23Feb44.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Ploe?ti, Rumania 5Apr44 (2KIA:8EVD).
Damaged by flak and crashed near Bor, Serbia, Yugoslavia. The airmen were assisted by Chetnik guerillas
to evade capture; rescued by the Halyard Mission from Pranjani 9/10Aug44. Named "Elaine". MACR 3966
5939 (MSN 17-6235) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach
Field, CA 21May43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jun43. Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul43. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 19Jul43. Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Air Depot 26Jun44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Jul45
5940 (MSN 17-6236) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 21May43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 2Jun43. 15th Ferrying Group,
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 8Jun43.
Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen),
Constantine, Algeria 9Jun43. Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 17Jun43. Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia 1Aug43. {first combat mission 9Oct43}. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {8 missions}.
352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Cerignola #1,
Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. Damaged landing at Bari, Italy 8Mar44.
{43 missions}. Amendola Air Depot Mar44. Crashed 8Dec44
5941 (MSN 17-6237) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 22May43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Jun43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 20Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 2Jul43. Twelfth Air Force,
North Africa. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Aïn M'lila (Onyx), Constantine, Algeria 6Jul43.
{first combat mission 17Jul43}. Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 1Aug43. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Satellite #2 airdrome at Foggia, Italy 7Sep43 (1WIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy and accurate
causing injury to the bombardier. The number three engine was disabled and the pilot force
landed the plane at Borizzo (Chinisia), Trapani, Sicily to get medical treatment for the airman.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {19 missions}. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne,
Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Substantially damaged landing at Amendola 18Jun44.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft. Salvaged
5942 (MSN 17-6238) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 16May43. Long Beach
Field, CA 26May43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 4Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jun43.
563rd Bomb Squadron [R], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 4Jul43.
Named "Sky Shy/Wenatchee Special". {first combat mission 30Jul43}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) aircraft works at Waldau,
Kassel, Germany 30Jul43 (10RTD). A large force of enemy fighters was encountered along
the route from the Dutch coast to the target and out, but broke off the attacks over the
target area. Flak was moderate over the route, but intense and accurate over the target.
Further flak was encountered on return over Antwerp. Failed to return from a mission
to the Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (2KIA:8POW). From the Initial
Point until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small
sparse patches of farm land. This group went over the target area twice without dropping
their bombs because of the loss of the target-marking plane of the squadron. With bad weather
over Germany, the bomber attempted to attack a secondary target of a Luftwaffe air base to the
southwest of Strasbourg, France. Failing again to find the target, the bombs were jettisoned
into the Black Forest. Damaged by flak and attacked hard by enemy fighters.
Shot down by Major Thimmig flying a Bf 110G of night fighter-wing NJG 101. The first bomber
group the German pilot saw was in a fairly loose formation with two planes lagging behind.
The German tried hard to reach a position to attack the last plane of that group, but he could only
slowly decrease his distance to that plane, because it made an effort to catch up with its own group
at high speed. When only 500-600 meters was left between the fighter and the bomber,
the pilot saw himself in a position to attack and started the attack. After a number of bursts
from a distance of 200 meter to 30 meter aiming at the fuselage and engines, both of the right
wing engines caught fire. The burning plane turned down and tried to escape heading for
Switzerland. The engineer/top turret gunner had been fatally wounded by the attack.
Major Thimmig and his navigator now chased the burning plane and attacked it twice over
the city of Ulm, pushing it away from its escape course. The pilot of the bomber realized the
situation was futile, decided to abandon the plane and gave the order to bail out over Ulm.
The radio operator remained, took the pilots seat and flew the still burning bomber from Ulm
up the valley of the river Blau towards Stubersheim. He circled Weiler ober Helfenstein (a small number of farms)
2-3 times looking for an appropriate place to land and approached in an flat angle with the landing gear down.
Doing this, he did not see a mound two meters high. The landing gear broke off, the plane hit the ground hard and
slid over the meadow. In the crash landing, the radio operator's head was thrown against the cockpit windscreen
and caused severe fatal head injuries. Crash landed east of Weiler bei Helfenstein, Geislingen, Germany,
heading for Switzerland. {6 missions} Also credited to Hptm Werner Schroer in Bf 109G-6
of JG 27/II Stab near Ulm, Germany Sep 6, 1943, Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 3121.
5943 (MSN 17-6239) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 22May43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 1Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa.
414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 22Jul43.
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44.
Named "Joe Blow". Failed to return from a mission to the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at
Wiener Neustädt, Vienna, Austria 23Apr44 (6KIA:4POW). Struck by flak and attacked by enemy fighters
severely damaging the rear of the aircraft. Crashed on fire at Sieding, north of Steyr, Austria. MACR 4393
5944 (MSN 17-6240) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 28May43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Presque Isle Field, ME 15Jun43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 9Jul43. Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 19Jul43. Ferried from Menara Airport, Marrakech, French Morocco to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 31Aug/1Sep43. Ferried Prestwick to Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland 2Sep43. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy 1Nov43. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Cerignola #1, Italy 16Dec43. Battle damaged
on a mission to the business district of Sofia, Bulgaria 10Jan44. Flak was heavy and accurate and the
formation was attacked by enemy aircraft over Sofia, causing major damage to this plane which force
landed at an airfield near Naples, Italy. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 2Feb44. {43 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to a synthetic oil refinery at Blechhammer, Prussia 30Jun44 (5INJ:5RTD).
Low on fuel and unable to reach base, the pilot headed for the emergency landing field on the Island
of Vis, off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia. With fuel exhaustion in sight of the airfield, the plane
ditched off Vis Island, Croatia, Yugoslavia. The crew was rescued by the British and returned to Lucera 3Jul44
5945 MSN 17-6241) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 28May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 10Jun43. Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 23Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Jul43. Twelfth Air
Force, North Africa. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis, Tunisia 4Aug43. Named "Dina-Mite"
{first combat mission 25Aug43}. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at
Bologna, Italy 5Oct43 (1WIA:9RTD). Twenty to thirty enemy fighters attacked the formation, a waist
gunner was severely wound by shrapnel. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. {27 missions}. 301st Bomb
Group, Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 14Nov43. Cerignola #1, Italy 10Dec43. Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy 2Feb44. Salvaged 8Jul44.
5946 (MSN 17-6242) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 19May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Jun43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Navarin (Overcoat), El Eulma, Algeria 15Jun43. Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 4Aug43.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia 14Nov43. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery in Hungary 2Jul44 (1KIA:9POW).
Shot down by Uffz Leibold of I./ZG 76 flying a Bf 110 fighter. The crew bailed out, the aircraft exploded
above Megyercs and crashed at ?alovec, near Komárom, Hungary MACR 6617
5947 (MSN 17-6243) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 22Jun43. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 1Jul43. 15th Ferrying Group, Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 30Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Presque Isle Field, ME 3Aug43.
Ferried on the North Atlantic route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500),
Scotland 5/6Aug43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 12Aug43. 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Massicault, Tunis,
Tunisia. {first combat mission 6Sep43}. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Battle damaged
during a mission to the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke factory at Wiener Neustädt, Vienna,
Austria 2Nov43 (1KIA:9RTD). Damaged by flak over the target and attacked by enemy fighters
after leaving the target, a waist gunner was fatally wounded by shrapnel. {21 missions}.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy Nov43. 96th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy Feb44. Damaged landing at Amendola 17Jun44.
Declared 'war weary'. Reassigned for utility, training and weather check aircraft Jul44. {1 mission}.
Salvaged 1Sep45
5948 (MSN 17-6244) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA
28May43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun43.
Plummer Provisional Group, Pendleton Field, OR Jun43. Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber
Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 29Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 348th Bomb Squadron,
99th Bomb Group, Oudna #1, Mohammedia, Tunisia 9Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14Nov43. Failed to return
from a mission to the Messerschmitt factory at Augsburg, Germany 19Dec43 (2KIA:8POW).
Because of poor weather the group diverted to an alternate target, the railway marshalling yards
at Innsbruck, Austria. Attacked by enemy fighters over Linz, Austria, setting fire to the flight deck
and No.2 engine. The plane exploded ejecting some of the crew and crashed in the Brenner Pass,
Province of Bolzano, Italy. . MACR 1520. Named . THUNDERBOLT. Named by the ground crew.
5949 (MSN 17-6245) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 20May43. Long Beach Field, CA 28May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 29Jun43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Jul43. Twelfth
Air Force, North Africa 28Jul43. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Oudna #2, Tunis,
Tunisia 13Aug43. Failed to return from a mission to a railway bridge at Bolzano, Italy 25Sep43 (10KIA).
Hit by flak during the mission, the bomber was last seen leaking fuel as it peeled off south of Verona, Italy,
apparently under control, before it disappeared into the clouds and crashed on Monti Appennini
mountain range, central Italy. {15 missions}.. MACR 767
5950 (MSN 17-6246) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 28May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul43. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*P],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 12Jul43. Named MY DEVOTION/PETER'S PRIDE.
Failed to return from a mission to the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken AG (VKF) ball bearing factory at Erkner,
Berlin, Germany 8Mar44 (10POW). All the way from the Netherlands to Berlin, the bombers were hounded
by Luftwaffe fighters. Enemy aircraft set the tail on fire, crash landed Wieste, 17 miles west of Cloppenburg,
Germany. MACR 2997
5951 (MSN 17-6247) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Oudna #2, Tunis, Tunisia 12Aug43. Battle damaged by heavy flak on a tactical mission to a railway bridge at
Guilianova, Italy 14Oct43. {17 missions}. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Depienne, Sminja,
Tunisia. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43. Battle damaged during a mission to the ball bearing works
at Turin, Italy 1Dec43 (4WIA:6RTD). With four wounded airmen, the pilot force landed on Corsica to
obtain urgent medical assistance. Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43.
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44. Failed to return from a mission to the oil refineries at Ploe?ti,
Rumania 23Jun44 (1KIA). Damaged by flak and shot down by enemy fighters. Crashed at Suhozem,
northeast of Plovdiv, Bulgaria (seven civilians were killed when the bomber crashed). The crew was
tasked to attack the Dacia Oil Refinery at Ploe?ti. Flak struck the right wing, damaging control surfaces,
dislodged a fuel tank and knocking out an engine which slowed it down coming over the target, losing
altitude as the B-17 faltered and fell farther behind the formation. But still they continued and
dropped their bombs. Then it was the Bf 109 fighters pressing in after the flak let up, with their
20mm cannons and machine guns. The heavy bomber crew fought back, knocking down a couple
of the fighters, but were unable to stop others inflicting more damage, taking out another engine.
The enemy fighters had wounded the tail gunner, peppering his right arm, shoulder, head and
parachute with shell fragments; he then crawled forward to where the waist gunners were at.
They helped as best they could while still looking out for fighters but could not stem his bleeding
and soon called the bombardier to help. With his primary job on the mission completed, Lt. Kingsley
moved aft on the B-17 from the nose compartment to the waist gunner area and then dragged the
wounded tail gunner forward to the radio room and there tended to his wounds. By now the bomber
was a shambles with control surfaces damaged, some engines knocked out, and a wounded gunner.
After escaping the defenses of Ploe?ti, the bomber crossed from Rumania into Bulgaria. But their
ordeal continued as they were hit by a mix of eight German and Bulgarian Bf 109 fighter aircraft.
The bomber had strayed off course and was flying low and slow over a Messerschmitt training
base at Karlove, Bulgaria. The ball turret gunner was wounded and clambered up out of his turret
and proceeded to the radio room where Kingsley also helped him. When the new waves of fighter
attacks damaged a third engine, the pilot knew the aircraft could not fly much longer and made the
decision to abandon the bomber. He lowered the landing gear, a signal to the enemy fighters that
it would fight no more, and then sounded the bail out alarm. Four crew members, waist gunners,
ball turret gunner and radioman, bailed out of the entry door in the waist section; pilot, co-pilot and
navigator out the escape hatch in the bottom of the bomber's nose, while the flight engineer jumped
out through the bomb bay past the opened doors. In the radio room, Kingsley realized the wounded
tail gunner urgently needed a good parachute and without hesitation, unstrapped his own and put
it on him, then helped the wounded gunner, who was too weak to bail out unaided, exit the plane
through the bomb bay doors. The last sight of Kingsley was as he stood on the bomb door while
the plane flew on auto pilot until it crashed. Named O PISSONYA MACR 6406
In a further tragedy, the mortally wounded B-17, by now out of control, departed from any controlled
flight and plunged to the ground. A Bulgarian family was working in the vineyards below. They
sighted the bomber approaching as the crew bailed out and the aircraft passed over them,
only to reverse course back towards them and fall earthward where they were standing. A mother,
her young son, infant daughter and four other extended family members were killed as the bomber
crashed and exploded.
The bombardier, David Richard Kingsley, gave his parachute to a severely wounded crew member
and was killed when the bomber crashed. Kingsley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor,
and Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, is named in his honor. With the base still in use by the
Oregon Air National Guard, the 173rd Fighter Wing has repainted McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
78-0542 as a 'heritage jet' in a Flying Fortress paint scheme representing the crew's main aircraft
'Sandman' [42-30333]; the Eagle was unveiled 10Jan20.
A store wall in downtown Klamath Falls, OR has painted a mural of the aircraft's last moments with Kingsley
5952 (MSN 17-6248) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul43. Twelfth Air Force, North Africa. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group,
Châteaudun-du-Rhumel (Helen), Constantine, Algeria 29Jul43 named *Stop and Stare*
Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia 11Aug43. Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 15Aug43. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 1Nov43.
Foggia Main, Italy 15Dec43. San Giovanni, Cerignola, Italy 20Dec43. Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 16Jan44.
Destroyed in an accident landing at Amendola 24Jun44. Salvaged.
5953 (MSN 17-6249) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Jul43. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*Q/G], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (
Station 138), Norfolk 20Jul43. Named "Skin & Bones". Battle damaged during a mission
to the port and industrial area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43. Leaving the target, the bomber was struck
by a piece of flak which imbedded itself in the upper skin of the left wing. Back at base, examination
found one of the largets pieces of flak yet known to have struck an American bomber at operational
altitude. It was steel which weighed 12lbs, eight inches wide and almost three feet long; it was thought
to have come from a shell or rocket weighing at least 125lbs. Failed to return from a mission to the
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany 4Jan44 (10KIA). The bomber collided with
B-17F 42-30518 approaching the target and crashed at Gross-Hesepe, between Lingen and Ems, Germany.
MACR 2017
5954 (MSN 17-6250) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 22May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Jun43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul43. 562nd Bomb Squadron [J], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 11Jul43. , named *Mister Yank II*. {first combat mission 28Jul43}. Participated in a
shuttle mission to the Messerschmitt aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany 17Aug43.
After the target, the bomber turned south and landed at the Twelfth Air Force base at Bône, Algeria.
Later positioned to Telergma, Algeria. On return to England, operated a mission to a Luftwaffe air depot
at Mérignac, Bordeaux, France 24Aug43. Aborted a mission to the port area of Bremen, Germany 29Nov43 (1KIA:9RTD).
The pilot turned back some four hours into the mission when his navigator and engineer passed out
with anoxia. The plane force landed at Tibenham (Station 124), Norfolk for medical assistance.
The engineeer died during the two hour flight back. Battle damaged on a mission to the port area
at Bremen, Germany 20Dec43 (10RTD). Attacked by a large force of enemy fighters and flak over
the target area was very intense. Battle damaged on a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard
at Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3Feb44 (1KIA:9RTD). Flak over the target was moderate and the group
received several accurate bursts over Wangerooge island on the route home wounding the navigator;
he later died after being admitted to hospital. {final combat mission 24Feb44}. {28 missions}.
Returned to US 30Mar44. 312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, Maghaberry (Station 239),
County Down, Northern Ireland. Substantially damaged in a takeoff accident from Toome (Station 236),
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 13May44. Salvaged 4Jan46.
42-5955/6029 Boeing B-17F-40-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6251/6325. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of pooled
production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: New landing gear motor. Minor electrical changes.
Dispositions from FORTLOG
5955 (MSN 17-6251) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43.
613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, Cut Bank Field, MT 4Aug43. Unable to maintain altitude
after engine failure the plane crash landed in a field at Conrad, MT 21Aug43. Salvaged 14Sep43
5956 (MSN 17-6252) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 30May43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 30Jun43.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5957 (MSN 17-6253) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 24May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul43. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*D], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 29Jul43. Named "Horny II" Battle damaged on a mission to the Bosch magneto
factory at Stuttgart, Germany 6Sep43 (1KIA). The co-pilot was mortally wounded by a 20mm cannon
shell; despited injuries he attempted several times to assist the pilot [awarded DSC]. Salvaged 9May44
5958 (MSN 17-6254) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43.
Long Beach Field, CA 31May43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun43.
549th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT 8Jul43, named *Mr Smith*;
To Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43. 399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL Nov43.
Crash landed engine failure Avon Park 18Apr44. Salvaged 19Apr44. Class 26. Blown up; remains extant at Avon Park 2019
5959 (MSN 17-6255) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Jul43. Pyote Field, TX 7Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43.
Avon Park Field, FL 23Nov43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 20Nov44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 26Nov44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 31Mar45.
301st Base Unit (Separation Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 23Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45.
5960 (MSN 17-6256) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
Pyote Field, TX 1Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul43. Spokane Field, WA 24Jul43.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 11Jul44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 9May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5961 (MSN 17-6257) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 26Jul43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 11Jul44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 13Nov44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Avon Park Field, FL 15Jul44. 348th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Will Rogers Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 25Jul44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field,
Mobile, AL 11Nov44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 3Dec44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA
20Feb45. 4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 31Mar45.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 26Jun45. 325th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5962 (MSN 17-6258) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Air Technical Service Command,
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH. Damaged after engine failure at Patterson Field 1May45
5963 (MSN 17-6259) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jun43. Dalhart Field, TX 3Jul43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 16Jul43. 317th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA 7Sep43. Accident taking off at Walla Walla Field 18Sep43. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May44. 301st Base Unit (Separation Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 25Sep45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage
and disposal 29Oct45
5964 (MSN 17-6260) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA May43. Long Beach Field, CA 31May43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun43. Pyote Field, TX 2Jul43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command),
Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 3Aug44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Sep44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 29Apr45. Accident landing at Greater Pittsburgh Airport 2Jul45. 575th Base Unit,
6th Ferrying Station, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA 2Jul45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5965 (MSN 17-6261) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 2Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 5Jul43. Hammer Field, Fresno, CA 1Aug43. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School),
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 12Jun44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 23Jul44.
3706th Base Unit, Basic Training Center, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 2May45.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 12Sep45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 9Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5966 (MSN 17-6262) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 1Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Jul43. 399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43. Crashed two miles south east of Walla Walla 26Jul43 (1KIS). Surveyed Walla Walla Jul 27, 1943
Salvaged 2Sep43
5967 (MSN 17-6263) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 2Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Jul43. 399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,
Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43. Mid-air collision Walla Walla 8Sep43. Newark Field, NJ 9Oct43.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Nov43. Mid-air collision near Albany, GA 22Dec43.
Avon Park Field, FL 4Feb44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 10May44. Avon Park Field, FL 23May44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5968 (MSN 17-6264) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 3Jun43.
Rapid City Field, SD 1Jul43. 316th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43.
Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-6026 at Walla Walla 16Aug43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical
Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Jun44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Rapid City Field, SD 3Jun43. Damaged when collided with parked B-17 42-3373 at Rapid City
Field, SD 25Aug44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 30Aug44.
272nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 26Mar45. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 29Apr45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45
5969 (MSN 17-6265) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Jun43.
399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH Jan44. 399th Bomb Squadron,
88th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL. Damaged landing at Avon Park Field, FL 20Jan44.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 1May44. Mid-air collision
with P-51D Mustang 44-15610 five miles southeast of Arcadia, FL 8May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 20Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
5970 (MSN 17-6266) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 29May43.
Long Beach Field, CA 3Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Jul43. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul43. 813th Bomb Squadron [PC*T],
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 29Jul43. H2S radar scanner fitted.
Crash landed at Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 13Dec43. Salvaged. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*K],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Apr44. Declared 'war weary'.
Departed Thurleigh on transfer to 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44
Also listed as being with 391st BS, 34th BG,
8th AF based at RAF Mendlesham, Station USAAF-156, Suffolk, England and involved in taxiing accident
4 Nov 1944 at RAF Hardwick, USAAF-104, Norfolk, UK. All 9 crew survived, aircraft destroyed and ondemned
salvage no combat damage Nov 7, 1944
5971 (MSN 17-6267) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jun43.
Dalhart Field, TX 3Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 16Jul43. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Drew Field, Tampa, FL 8Jun43. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 17Jun43.
3708th Base Unit, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 20Jul44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 8Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for
storage and disposal 9Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5972 (MSN 17-6268) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43. 325th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 9Apr44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 20Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5973 (MSN 17-6269) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 28Jun43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 6Jul43. 450th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron [82], Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL. Damaged landing at Hendricks Field 20Nov43. Accident on the ground at Hendricks Field 19Apr44.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL.
Damaged in collision with parked TB-17F 42-30679 at Hendricks Field 7Dec44. Damaged when the left
landing gear collapsed landing at Hendricks Field 3Jan45. 2156th Base Unit, Enid, OK 20Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5974 (MSN 17-6270) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 28Jun43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 9Jul43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 15Sep44.
4124th Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Altus Field, OK 5Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 6Sep45
5975 (MSN 17-6271) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 3Jul43. Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 1Sep44.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 8Nov44.
301st Base Unit (Separation Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 22Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
5976 (MSN 17-6272) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach
Field, CA 5Jun45. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 457th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA 5Nov43.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 17Nov44. 2137th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 13Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5977 (MSN 17-6273) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Jun43.
Roswell Field, NM 22Jun43. Palm Springs Field, CA 18Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Aug43. 540th Bomb Squadron,
383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA. Crashed two miles south of Geiger Field 2Sep43 (3KIS).
To CL-26 at Geiger Field Sep 4, 1943. Salvaged 10Dec43.
5978 (MSN 17-6274) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 8Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43. Staging Base,
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Sep43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 20Oct43.
Pendleton Field, OR 2Nov43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 9Jul44. 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 10Jul44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 12Aug44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 13Sep44.
2132nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL 16Mar45.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 22Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
5979 (MSN 17-6275) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 540th Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 27Oct43. 353rd Combat Crew Training Squadron, Rapid City Field, SD.
Damaged in a collision while parked by B-17F 42-6010 taxying at Rapid City Field, SD 23Feb44.
225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 15Aug44.
Salvaged 15Aug44. Reclaimed 2Aug46. Reclamation completed Rapid City Aug 20, 1946
5980 (MSN 17-6276) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Jun43. Dalhart Field, TX 2Aug43.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 16Sep43. 483rd Bomb Squadron,
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 16Jul44. Damaged by fire at Harvard Field, NB 7Jun44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 19Oct44. 268th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Mar45. Modified for
training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 7Aug45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
5981 (MSN 17-6277) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43.
468th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 30Jul43. Crashed into terrain six miles
west, one mile north of Dalhart Field, TX 24Sep43 (7KIS). to CL-26 at Dalhart AAF Sep 25, 1943
Conflict:
(100th BG, *Laden Maiden (Stud Duck)*) lost on mission to Ludwigshafen Dec 30, 1943.
5982 (MSN 17-6278) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 11Jul43. Brooksville Field, FL 15Jul43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 20Nov43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 23Jun44. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas
Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 14Jul44. 3539th Base Unit (Technical School),
Langley Field, Hampton, VA 28Dec44. Reclamation completed Langley AAF Jul 5, 1945
5983 (MSN 17-6279) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 12Aug43. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 15Mar44. Crash landed at Gulfport Field 14Mar45 (5KIS).
Reclamation completed Gulfport AAF, MS Mar 22, 1945
5984 (MSN 17-6280) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 11Jun43.
Long Beach Field, CA 11Jun43. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Jul43.
568th Bomb Squadron [BI*F], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 20Jul43.
Named RUSTY LODE / BUCKSHOT ANNIE / BUCKSHOT BLUES. {first combat mission 7Sep43}.
Severe battle damaged on a mission to railway installations at Münster, Germany 10Oct43
(1KIA:3POW:6RTD). As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force
of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their
friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done.
The radio operator was killed by a 20mm cannon shell, the tail and waist gunners bailed
out and taken POW. The aircraft and rest of the crew returned to base. As the aircraft
approached the 390th Bomb Group home base at Framlingham, the weather closed in
with almost zero visibility. The Control Tower ordered the bomber to proceed to Thorpe
Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk, home of the 100th Bomb Group, where it landed with two
minutes fuel remaining. The fuselage had over 750 holes, large holes in both wings, the rudder,
left aileron and both wing flaps shot away. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*F] Jan44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany 3Feb44 (1WIA:9RTD). Struck by flak wounding the bombardier. {final combat mission 26Aug44}.
{55 missions}. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk. Returned to US. Departed Eye 6Aug45
via Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland; RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador;
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Aug44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
5985 Delivered Long Beach Jun 11, 1943; Gore Jul 7, 19 43; Dow Fd Jui 19, 1943; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-R] Gt Ashfield
Jul 20, 1943. MACR 355 12th AF, 98th BG, 414th BSAug 1, 1943, Italy, aircraft not lost.
Lost Jun 20, 1944 (385th BG, 549th BS, nmed "Mr Smith")
Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery at Hamburg, Germany 20Jun44 (9POW:1KIA).
Engines No.2 and No.3 sustained damage, then another propeller feathered.
Crashed Neuenwalde, twelve miles south of Cuxhaven, Germany, MACR 5899.
5986 ((MSN 17-6282) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach
Field, CA 15Jun43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jul43.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul43.
334th Bomb Squadron [BG*J], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 26Jul43,
named "Brown's Mule". Failed to return from a mission to railway installations
at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (7POW:3KIA). As they approached the city, the formation was
swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious
fighting. By the time their friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the Luftwaffe, the
damage had already been done. Shot down by enemy fighters, claimed by Feldwebel Gerd
Wiegand flying a Fw 190 of 4./JG 26. Also claimed by Lt Leopold Munster in Bf 109G of JG 3/4
Crashed Lingen-Darme, fifteen miles north of Münster, Germany. {12missions}. MACR 944.
5987 (MSN 17-6283) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jun43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Jul43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 17Jul43. Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 3Jan44.
231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 14May45
5988 (MSN 17-6284) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Jul43. Brooksville Field, FL 14Jul43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 30Nov43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 24Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5989 (MSN 17-6285) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Jun43.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Jul43. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jul43. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*S], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 20Jul43, named "Marge H") Failed to return from a
mission to the port and industrial area at Emden, Germany 27Sep43 (10KIA), Fw 190 damaged
engine No.3, wing burned and broke off, exploded, no chutes seen and crashed North Sea off Emden, Germany
MACR 734 and 5674.
5990 (MSN 17-6286) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jul43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. 601st Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD.
Damaged landing at Rapid City Field 18Jan44. 3507th Base Unit (Technical School), Sioux Falls
Field, SD 2Aug44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 10Aug44.
249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 29Dec44. 225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Rapid City Field, SD 7Jan45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 29Aug45
5991 (MSN 17-6287) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
New Orleans, LA 14Jul43. School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 15Dec43. 331st Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 24Jun44. 90th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Force landed with mechanical failure at New Orleans Airport, LA 14Jul43.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 5Jul44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 15Jul44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 27Jul44. Accident with TB-17F 42-29762 taxying at Hendricks
Field 6Sep45. Damaged by bird strike three miles northwest of Okeechobee, FL 19Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 9Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5992 (MSN 17-6288) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 12Jul43. Montbrook Field, Williston, FL 15Aug43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 28Nov43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 6Nov44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 22Aug45.
5993 (MSN 17-6289) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 24Jul43. Dyersburg Field, TN 29Jul43. 19th 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX. Crashed eight miles northeast of Bandera, TX 21Mar44 (7KIS). Salvaged 22Mar44
To CL-26 Dyersburg AAF Mar 22, 1944
5994 (MSN 17-6290) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jul43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Sep43.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX. Damaged by a tornado while parked
at Pyote Field 26Aug44. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 23Feb45.
Cincinnati, OH 23Sep45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5995 (MSN 17-6291) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jun43.
Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jul43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Aug43. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 6Jun44.
4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 9Jun44.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 24Jul44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 10Oct44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN 2Dec44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 9Apr45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5996 (MSN 17-6292) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43.
Moses Lake Field, WA 25Jul43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 10Jun44.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 18Jun44. 272nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Topeka Field, KS 15Oct44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 23May45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5997 MSN 17-6293) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 11Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jun43.
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Jul43. Assigned Eighth Air Force, England 15Jul43. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Jul43. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*F], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 17Jul43 named "Heaven Can Wait". . Failed to return from a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 30Dec43. (2POW:8EVD). shot down by
Fw 190A-6s of JG 26 and crashed at Vaux-les-Mouron,
MACR 2019.
5998 (MSN 17-6294) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 1Aug43. Las Vegas Field, NV 8Jun43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20Dec43. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 11Nov44. Damaged while parked by B-25J 44-29784 at Midway,
Chicago Municipal Airport 23Jun45. 200th Base Unit, Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 24Jun45.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 25Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
5999 (MSN 17-6295) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
Las Vegas Field, NV 1Aug43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 20Dec43.
Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 15Sep44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 5Jan45. Modified for training, stripped
of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 18Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 31Jul45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6000 (MSN 17-6296) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 24Jun43. 1123rd Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron,
Kingman Field, AZ 2Aug43. Damaged by 'friendly fire' at Kingman Field 1Sep43. 2117th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 23Jun44. 3501st Base Unit
(Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 16Jul44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 30May45.
3000th Base Unit, HQ, Western Flying Training Command, Santa Ana AAB, Orange County, CA 8Jun45.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 21Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Cal-Aero Field, Ontario, CA for storage and disposal 21Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Sharp & Fellows Contracting Company Jul46; scrapped
6001 (MSN 17-6297) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jun43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 12Aug43. 601st Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-5449 at Rapid City 15Sep43. 842nd Bomb
Squadron [1452], 488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged taxying with
B-17F 42-5150 at MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 17Feb44. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins
Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 9Jul44. Salvaged 21Apr45
6002 (MSN 17-6298) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 30Jul43. Las Vegas Field, NV 7Aug43.
Midwest Air Depot, Oklahoma City, OK 10Dec43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 8May44. Fatal accident 17,000ft over Buckingham Field 31May44 (1KIS).
Damaged and destroyed by fire at Buckingham Field 2Jun44. Salvaged 12Jun44
6003 (MSN 17-6299) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43.
Kingman, AZ 2Aug43. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 26Jun44.
249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 15Oct44. 460th Base Unit, Air Transport Command,
Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 15Jul45. 233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 19Jul45. Accident landing at Bowman Field, Louisville, KY 19Oct45.
1077th Base Unit (Convalescent Hospital), Bowman Field, Louisville, KY 21Oct45. Reclaimed 5Jun46.
6004 (MSN 17-6300) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43.
Kingman, AZ 1Aug43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44.
370th Base Unit, Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 5Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 29Oct45
6005 (MSN 17-6301) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jun43.
Las Vegas Field, NV 5Aug43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Dec43.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 16Sep44. 3010th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 24Nov44. Modified for
training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 18Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and
disposal 4Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6006 (MSN 17-6302) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43.
Las Vegas Field, NV 31Jul43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44.
4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 2Nov44.
Salvaged 29Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 24Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6007 (MSN 17-6303) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jun43.
Las Vegas Field, NV 31Jul43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Dec43.
716th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Mid-air collision with
B-17F 42-6047 over Naples, FL 16Mar44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 2Sep44. Landing accident and ground looped at Wright Auxiliary Field,
Vandalia, OH 9Sep44. Wright Auxiliary Field, Vandalia, OH 27Sep44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield
Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 16Jan45. 4142nd Base Unit
(Accelerated Service Test, Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 20Jun45. Reclaimed 5Jun46.
6008 (MSN 17-6304) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 19Jun43.
tional Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 20Jul43.
Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. 457th Bomb Group, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 18Nov43.
Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 27Jun44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Aug44. 329th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 19Apr45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 22Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6009 MSN 17-6305) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 19Jun43.
Alexandria Field, LA 25Jul43. Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing,
Grand Island Field, NB 8Jun44. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. 249th Base Unit
(Special), Alliance Field, NB 12Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux
City AAB, IA 21Oct44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 12May45.
Damaged in collision with parked UC-45 44-47697 at Long Beach, CA 21Aug45. 233rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 23Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 30Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6010 (MSN 17-6306) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 19Jun43.
Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 12Aug43. Walla Walla Field, WA 21Oct43.
353rd Combat Crew Training Squadron, Rapid City Field, SD. Damaged in a collision with parked
B-17F 42-5979 while taxying at Rapid City Field, SD 23Feb44. 483rd Bomb Squadron, 505th Bomb Group,
Harvard Field, NB 18Jun44. Accident at the Sub-Depot hangar, Harvard Field 12Jul44. 146th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI 14Aug44. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 20Aug44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Dalhart Field, TX 23Aug44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets
and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training
Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 8Mar45. Mid-air collision with TB-17F 42-30633 three miles northwest
of Jackson, MS 11Apr45. and crashed near Jackson, MS Apr 11, 1945.
Reclaimed 12Apr45 Reclamation completed Jackson AAB Apr 20, 1945
6011 (MSN 17-6307) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 26Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 2Nov43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 10Sep44; code PY011. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Harvard Field, NB 10Jan45. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 15Feb45.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 20Feb45. 4006th Base Unit
(Area Command), Miami Air Technical Service Command, Miami, FL 14Apr45.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 28Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
6012 (MSN 17-6308) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Jun43.
798th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 26Jul43. Crashed four miles east
of Rocklands, TX 13Aug43, fire in 3 engines, crew bailed out safely.
6013 (MSN 17-6309) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 25Jun43. Lewistown Field, MT 10Aug43. Combat Crew
Training Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA. Crashed and burned on a farm at
Holly Springs near Hornick, IA 2Jan44 (9KIS). Surveyed Lewstown AAF, MT Jan 4, 1944
6014 (MSN 17-6310) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jun43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 25Jun43. Kingman, AZ 9Aug43. 50th Flexible Gunnery
Training Squadron, Las Vegas Field, NV. Damaged while parked in an accident between
B-17G 42-31280 and B-17G 42-31284 at Las Vegas Field 5Nov43. Flexible Gunnery School,
Yuma Field, AZ 30Mar44. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 14May45.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-5475 while taxying at Syracuse AAB 25Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6015 (MSN 17-6311) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jun43.
Kingman, AZ 8Aug43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 16Jun44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 5Aug44.
Control Instructor School, Eastern Flying Training Command, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH.
Accident landing at Lockbourne AAB 15May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6016 (MSN 17-6312) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
Kingman, AZ 8Aug43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44.
203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 31Jan45.
Damaged in collision with parked B-25H 43-4626 taxying at Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 15Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6017 (MSN 17-6313) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 23Jun43.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 16Aug43. Combat Crew Training Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA
Crashed a mile W of Sioux City Fd, IA Jan 12, 1944; 4 killed.
Surveyed Great Falls AAF Jan 14, 1944
6018 (MSN 17-6314) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jul43.
799th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 26Jul43. Crashed after fuel
exhaustion five miles northeast Elizabeth, LA 17Oct43, crew bailed out.
Surveyed Alexandria AAF Oct 18, 1943. Salvaged 18Oct43;
6019 (MSN 17-6315) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group,Walla Walla Field, WA 25Jul43. Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43.
Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-30744 and crashed after the crew bailed out northwest of Madras Field,
OR 19Aug43 (1KIS). Salvaged 20Aug43.
6020 (MSN 17-6316) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 25Jul43. Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43.
Avon Park Field, FL Nov43. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 42-107187 at Avon Park 11Apr44.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 21Oct44.
611th Base Unit, Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 9Jun45.
621st Base Unit, Pinecastle Field, FL 1Aug44. 611th Base Unit, Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 19Sep45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 25Nov45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 5Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6021 (MSN 17-6317) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43. 7
96th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 27Jul43. Damaged landing at
NAS Pensacola, FL 3Aug43. Air Depot, Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 12Aug43. Pyote Field, TX 25Oct43.
245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 9Jun44. 3705th Base Unit
(Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Aug44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 1Sep44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 7Oct44.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 21Jan45.
4208th Base Unit, San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command, Mines Field, Los Angeles, CA 10Feb45.
2132nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL 10Mar45.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 11Jun45.
3505th Base Unit (Technical School), Scott Field, Belleville, IL 24Jun45. 4180th Base Unit,
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 1Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6022 (MSN 17-6318) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
Combat Crew Training Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 25Jul43.
Accident landing at Alexandria Field 2Dec43. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA. Accident involving B-17G 42-97340 eighty miles south-southeast of
Lake Charles, LA 1Aug44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 6Sep44.
504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 10Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Jan45. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 16Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Jul45
6023 (MSN 17-6319) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 26Jul43. Pendleton Field, OR 28Oct43. 245th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 4Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 28Aug44.
3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 16Oct44. Salvaged 6Nov44.
3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 20Mar45. Reclaimed 3Apr46
Reclamation completed Keesler AAF, MS Apr 30, 1946
6024 (MSN 17-6320) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Jun43.
399th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 25Jul43. Redmond Field, OR 15Aug43.
Avon Park Field, FL Nov43. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Avon Park Field, FL 3Mar44.
328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 14Nov44. 4119th Base Unit
(Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 21Nov44. 2116th Base Unit,
Pilot School, Advanced, Single-Engine, Napier Field, Dothan, AL 16Jan45. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 15Feb45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 9May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6025 (MSN 17-6321) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 22Jul43. Lewistown Field, MT 2Aug43. 614th Bomb Squadron,
401st Bomb Group, Glasgow Field, MT Aug43. On a training mission to Havre, MT, on return
an engine failed, closely followed by a second engine causing the aircraft to lose altitude.
The aircraft crash landed eight miles northeast of Roy, MT 7Sep43. Salvaged 21Sep43.
6026 (MSN 17-6322) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 26Jun43.
316th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 22Jul43. Mid-air collision with
B-17F 42-5968 at Walla Walla 16Aug43. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 8Mar44. Ditched caused by engine failure off shore 7 miles east of Gulfport 1Sep44.
Salvaged Gulfport AAF, MS Sep 2, 1944
6027 (MSN 17-6323) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jun43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Jul43.
Redmond Field, OR 10Dec43. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 14Jan44. 4000th Base Unit,
Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 23Jul44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13Nov44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6028 (MSN 17-6324) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach
Field, CA 26Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 25Jul43. Alexandria Field, LA 7Aug43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 10Sep43. Damaged by a tornado while parked at
Pyote Field 26Aug44. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing),
Jackson AAB, MS 23Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6029 (MSN 17-6325) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 27Jun43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43. 452nd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 26Oct43.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 10Sep43. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Pyote Field, TX. Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 29Nov44.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 21Dec44. Crashed due to
engine failure after the crew bailed one mile west of La Marque, TX. Reclaimed 17Apr45
42-6030/6104 Boeing B-17F-45-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6326/6400. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank,CA as part of
pooled production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: A-3 oxygen flow indicators; D-16 fuel pump deleted.
Dispositions from FORTLOG
6030 (MSN 17-6326) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jun43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jul43.
25th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged when
ground looped landing at Cheyenne Municipal Airport 24Jul43. Lowry Field, Denver, CO 28Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 10Nov43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 10Jun44.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 16Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 23Aug44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational
Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 21Jan45. Accident landing at Jackson AAB 13Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6031 (MSN 17-6327) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 1Jul43. 797th Bomb Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 30Jul43.
Crashed after a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24621 over the Gulf of Mexico, forty miles southeast
of Galveston Field, TX 10Sep43 (11MIS). The planes were part of a formation on a training mission
which had flown to the Mississippi delta where there was a bombing range and dropped 100 pound
practice bombs. After dropping the bombs, they continued out over the Gulf to practice
gunnery by firing at a towed target. Another plane was flying the diamond position, which was
the leader position of the second echelon, with two wing men on the bombing run. After leaving
the target, the instructor who was flying on the left wing, called and asked the pilot to drop
back and let them take the diamond position and to reform on his left wing. Shortly after he made
the formation change, the pilot of #031, who was flying right wing in the first echelon, for some
reason lost control of his airplane, dropped back and down and its propellers cut through the
cockpit of #621. Both airplanes came apart and both sank immediately afterwards. Only a few
parachutes were seen; no survivors were recovered. SOC 11Sep43.11 on each aircraft killed.
6032 (MSN 17-6328) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul43.
Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 6Aug43. Lewistown Field, MT 14Aug43. 505th Bomb Group,
Harvard Field, NB 2Jun44. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 7Aug44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Aug44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 5Nov44.
Crashed after takeoff from Dyersburg Field, Halls, TN 12Nov44 (8KIS). Salvaged 13Nov44(
Conflict:
(92nd BG, 326th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944. MACR 2754
6033 (MSN 17-6329) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 8Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 10Aug43. Sioux City AAB, IA 11Nov43.
748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group, Ephrata AAB, WA. Damaged while parked in collision by
B-17F 42-3499 at Ephrata 28Nov43. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 14Aug44.
241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 19Sep44.
2512th Base Unit, Childress, TX 10Nov44. Reclaimed 7Aug46
6034 (MSN 17-6330) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 3Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 843rd Bomb Squadron,
488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Substantially damaged taxying at MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 13Mar44. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command),
Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 3Jul44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 27Aug44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 9May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6035 (MSN 17-6331) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 11Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 10Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44.
6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. Ninth Air Force Special Project 18Aug44.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 10Oct44. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Oct44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 18Oct44. 2116th Base Unit,
Pilot School, Advanced, Single-Engine, Napier Field, Dothan, AL 19Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Jul45
6036 (MSN 17-6332) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 7Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 27Jan44.
Modified as YC-108 VIP transport for General Frank Hackett, Tenth Air Force, India.
Returned to US 4Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Augusta, GA 25Nov46.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) 30Apr47. 10th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
6037 (MSN 17-6333) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 3Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*P],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 9Oct43. Failed to return from a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Châteaubernard, Cognac, France 31Dec43 (4POW:7KIA). damaged by AAA then shot down by Uffz
Schiesseburg of JGr Ost/2 at La Clisse, France. MACR 1755
6038 (MSN 17-6334) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 29Jun43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 6Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. Scott Field,
Belleville, IL 25Sep43. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15Dec43. Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL 7Jan44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 22Oct44.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 5May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 17Sep45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6039 (MSN 17-6335) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 18Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*H],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 14Oct43, named "Blondie III".
Failed to return from a mission 29Nov43 (1KIA:9POW). badly damaged by Lt Zweigart
of JG 54/7 and 9 crew bailed out, then shot down by Lt
Eberhard Schade in Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/5 and exploded near
Cloppenburg, Germany. MACR 1560. 1 KIA, 9 POW.
6040 (MSN 17-6336) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 3Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Aug43. 4154th Base Unit,
Spokane, WA 4Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 18Jun44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 22Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 5Nov45
6041 (MSN 17-6337) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jun43. Long Beach Field, CA 30Jun43.
Amarillo Field, TX 3Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 441st Base Unit,
Glendale, AZ 4Jun44. 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 7Jun44. 246th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 29Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 9Jul44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 7Dec44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 28Mar45. 3505th Base Unit
(Technical School), Scott Field, Belleville, IL 6Apr45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 24Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6042 (MSN 17-6338) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 2Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field,
Dallas, TX 8Aug43. 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD. The aircraft was
on a night navigation training flight from Rapid City Field, SD when it crashed on a mountain
at an elevation of 10,500ft at Pingree Park, forty miles west of Fort Collins, CO 18Oct43 (8KIS). Salvaged 21Oct43.
6043 (MSN 17-6339) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jul43.
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 29Jul43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Aug43. 582nd Bomb Squadron,
393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB 5Oct43. Crash landed Kearney 26Oct43. 245th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 3Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 11Sep44.
3705th Base Unit (Technical School), Lowry Field, Denver, CO 16Oct44. Salvaged 6Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 24Sep45
6044 (MSN 17-6340) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 2Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul43. 4115th Base Unit (Spokane Air Technical Service Command),
Pendleton Field, OR 16Jun44. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 16Sep44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 3Oct44. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL
SOC 27Oct44. 446th Base Unit, Orlando AAB, FL 31Oct46. Reclamation completed Orland AAB May 29, 1947
6045 (MSN 17-6341) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 26Jul43. Lewistown Field, MT 4Aug43. 541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group,
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 4Oct43. Damaged when ground looped landing at Geiger Field 4Oct43. Salvaged 17Nov43.
6046 (MSN 17-6342) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 2Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Aug43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 15Sep43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 23Sep43. 817th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Accident at MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 29Dec43.
Force landed with structural failure at MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 30Jan44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 18Jan45. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 19Jan45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 19May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6047 (MSN 17-6343) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 17Aug43. 716th Flexible Gunnery Training
Squadron, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-6007 over Naples, FL 16Mar44.
500th Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS 8Aug44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 30Sep44. 2132nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Maxwell
Field, Montgomery, AL 8Oct44. 248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 8Nov44.
552nd Base Unit, Pinecastle Field, FL 10Nov44. 2528th Base Unit, Bombardier School & Instructor
School, Midland Field, TX 23Jan45. 2509th Base Unit (Bombardier School), Big Spring Field, TX 3Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 10Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6048 (MSN 17-6344) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 26Jul43. Staging Base, 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Oct43. Geiger Field,
Spokane, WA 18Nov43. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 27Dec44.
2113th Base Unit, Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine, Columbus Field, MS 19Mar45. 241st Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 1May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Jul45
6049 (MSN 17-6345) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jul43.
Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 6Aug43. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15Aug43. Ferried on the North Atlantic
route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 7/8Sep43.
Returned to US. 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Destroyed by fire at
Great Bend Field 16May44 (1KIS). To CL-26 Great Falls AAF May 19, 1944
6050 (MSN 17-6346) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Jul43.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 24Dec43. Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 2Jan44.
2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 16Jul44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10Aug44.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at Lockbourne AAB 7Sep44. 76th Flying Training Wing,
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Forced landed caused by mechanical failure at Freeman Field,
Seymour, IN 22Feb45. 1077th Base Unit (Convalescent Hospital), Bowman Field, Louisville, KY 26Feb45.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 14Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 28Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6051 (MSN 17-6347) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul43. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 14Sep44. 249th Base Unit (Special), Alliance Field, NB 17Oct44. 299th Base Unit,
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jan45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing),
Jackson AAB, MS 3Feb45. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 14Feb45.
Crashed on a liaison flight from Boriquen Field, Puerto Rico, to Batista Field, Cuba, May45.
Crashed into hills southeast of Guenfuegos, Cuba (11KIS). Crew belonged to 290th Base Unit,
Sioux City AAB, IA and aircraft to Gypsy Task Force, 2nd Air Force
6052 (MSN 17-6348) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 24Jul43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 11Aug43. Walla Walla Field, WA 18Nov43.
497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 8Aug44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 24Aug44. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 29Oct44. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 5Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Jul45
6053 (MSN 17-6349) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Jul43.
541st Bomb Squadron, 383rd Bomb Group, Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43. Landing accident at Pendleton Field 7Sep43.
Combat Crew Training Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 30Nov43. Crashed during takeoff in
collision with B-17F 42-30527 at Sioux City AAB 24Mar44 (5KIS). Salvaged 25Mar44.
6054 (MSN 17-6350) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jul43.
Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul43. 3007th Base Unit, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 28Jul44. 231st Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM 7Aug44. 3009th Base Unit,
Carlsbad Field, NM 25Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field,
Chandler, AZ 3Feb45. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 20Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 24Aug45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6055 (MSN 17-6351) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jul43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 24Jul43. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 26Oct44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport
Field, MS 31Mar45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 10May45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 23May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Jul45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6056 (MSN 17-6352) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Jul43.
Alexandria Field, LA 25Jul43. 2509th Base Unit (Bombardier School), Big Spring Field, TX 19Jul44.
236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 25Jul44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 30Jul44. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 8Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 5Nov45
6057 (MSN 17-6353) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 9Jul43.
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 24Jul43. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 2Aug44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 19Sep44. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field,
San Antonio, TX 10Oct44. 4006th Base Unit (Area Command), Miami Air Technical Service Command,
Miami, FL 25Nov44. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 4Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 5Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6058 (MSN 17-6354) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 8Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul43. 317th Bomb
Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 23Jul43. Avon Park Field, FL Nov43. Fatal accident
when force landed after engine failure at Avon Park Field 31Dec43 (4KIS). Salvaged 3Jan44
6059 (MSN 17-6355) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 8Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 20Jul43.
Pendleton Field, OR 25Jul43. Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 10Aug43. 19th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Pyote Field, TX
W/o 26 Feb 1944 at Pyote AAF, TX. To CL-26 Geiger AAF Feb 28, 1944
6060 (MSN 17-6356) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 8Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul43. 351st Flexible
Gunnery Training Squadron, Las Vegas Field, NV. Takeoff accident caused by engine failure and fire at
Las Vegas Field, NV 17Sep43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Oct43.
715th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Damaged landing with
mechanical failure at Hendricks Auxiliary Field, Immokalee, FL 2May44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 14Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6061 (MSN 17-6357) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 8Jul43.
318th Bomb Squadron, 88th Bomb Group, Walla Walla Field, WA 25Jul43. Crash landed after engine
failure at Walla Walla Field 30Jul43;
Surveyed Walla Walla AAF, WA Aug 13, 1943. . Salvaged 13Sep43
6062 (MSN 17-6358) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 8Jul43.
Walla Walla Field, WA 20Jul43. 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, Lewistown Field, MT 4Aug43.
The bomber departed Lewistown Field on a night training flight for local formation flying with
three other aircraft 24Aug43. They then proceeded to the Glasgow bombing range to practice
precision bombing from an altitude of 14,000ft. The plane completed the bombing and
departed for Lewistown Field to fly on instruments in the local area when it encountered a severe
electrical storm. Other aircraft reported turbulence from the storm which is presumed to have caused
the pilots of this plane to lose control and stall. The bomber hit the ground from a steep dive,
exploded and was destroyed by fire (11KIS). The crash site was fifty-eight miles southwest of
Glasgow Bombing Range and sixty-five miles west of Jordan, Garfield County, MT. Salvaged 21Sep43..
6063 (MSN 17-6359) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Oct43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 14Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6064 (MSN 17-6360) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 9Jul43.
467th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 23Jul43. Crash landed Cabresto
Peak, Carsoi National Forest, NM 1Sep43. Albuquerque AAB, NM 12Oct43.
Surveyed Dalhart AAF TX Nov 30, 1943.
6065 (MSN 17-6361) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Jul43.
2nd Air Force HQ,Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 29Nov43. 500th Bomb Group
Pinecastle Field, FL 26Jun44. 901st Base Unit, Heavy Bombardment, Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 28Jun44.
500th Bomb Group Walker Field, Victoria, KS 29Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Sep44. 275th Base Unit, Lincoln Field, NB 10Oct44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 24Nov44.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Jul45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6066 (MSN 17-6362) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 9Jul43.
Ephrata AAB, WA 1Aug43. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing
equipment; designated TB-17F. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 23Jul44.
3706th Base Unit, Basic Training Center, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 20Oct44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX. Damaged while parked in a collision
by TB-17G 42-29926 taxying at Amarillo Field 19Dec44. Accident taxying at Amarillo Field 16Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6067 (MSN 17-6363) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Jul43.
Alexandria Field, LA 25Jul43. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field,
El Paso, TX 28Jul44. Salvaged 18Sep44. 369th Base Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 1Sep45. Reclaimed 3Aug46.
Reclamation completed Biggs CAF Aug 30, 1946
6068 (MSN 17-6364) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jul43. 9th Bomb Group,
McCook Field, NB 9Jun44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 16Sep44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 13Dec44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 16Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 18Sep45
6069 (MSN 17-6365) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA 11Nov43. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 18Jan45. 331st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 20Jan45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 19May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6070 (MSN 17-6366) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul43.
552nd Bombardier Training Squadron, Roswell Field, NM. Damaged landin with mechanical failure at
Roswell Field 3Oct43. 303rd Base Unit, Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery
School), Las Vegas Field, NV 28Nov44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 11Dec44. 4160th Base Unit, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 2Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 2Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
6071 (MSN 17-6367) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul43. 600th Bomb Squadron,
398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD. Mid-air collision sixteen miles east of Rapid City 10Jan44.
245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 9Jun44. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 17Jun44.
4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 13Jan45.
245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 27Jan45. 357th Bomb Squadron,
331st Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB. Damaged in collision with parked C-47A, 42-23804 at Kelly Field,
San Antonio, TX 4Apr45. Headquarters Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB. Crash landed
eleven miles west of Maywood, NB 10Apr45 (5KIS). The crew of fourteen airmen from the McCook Army
Air Field were coming back from Maxwell Field in Alabama, when their plane crashed southwest of
Wellfleet, west of Maywood, NB. The B-17F crew had gone to pick up a stranded B-29 crew who were also
from the McCook Army Air Field. A stop was also made in St. Louis, MO, to pick up four other airmen.
During the early morning hours in darkness, the crew thought they were much higher, but due to a
wrong altimeter setting they struck the ground and skidded while the plane broke apart. Five of the
crew, who were mostly sleeping in the nose compartment of the plane, were killed; others were badly injured.
Reclaimed 12Apr45. Reclamation completed McCook AAF NB Apr 20, 1945
6072 (MSN 17-6368) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
583rd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB. Damaged by fire at Kearney 29Oct43.
3014th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), Douglas Field, AZ 17Jun44. 236th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 24Jun44. Damaged by a tornado while parked at
Pyote Field 26Aug44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 16Jan45.
Takeoff accident caused by mechanical failure at McCook Field 5Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
6073 (MSN 17-6369) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul43.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 4Jun44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 11Jul44.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 25Jan45.
4112th Base Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 23Jul45.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 5Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Hancock Field, Santa Maria Field, CA 22Sep45.
University of California, College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria Field, CA Nov45.
Jack Lynsdal/Lynsdale Flying Service, St. Paul, MN, 12Apr54. Registered N7942A. Minnesota
Airmotive, St. Paul Field, Minneapolis, MN, 13Sep57. LB Smith Aircraft Corporation 8Sep60.
Registration cancelled 21Dec60 on export to Bolivia. Bolivian Government. Registered as CP-686.
Corporacion Boliviana de Fomento 15Sep60. Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Bolivia, 5Apr65.
Crashed and destroyed, Trinidad, Bolivia November 4, 1965
6074 (MSN 17-6370) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Jul43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Dec43. 716th Flexible Gunnery
Training Squadron, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Damaged while parked in collision
by B-17F, 42-30920 at Buckingham 20Dec43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 14Sep44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Aug45
6075 (MSN 17-6371) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44. 3505th Base Unit (Technical School),
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 17Aug44. 3017th Base Unit, Hobbs 25Sep44. 4124th Base Unit (Air Technical
Service Command), Altus Field, OK 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK
for storage and disposal 24Aug45
6076 (MSN 17-6372) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul43. 3030th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 11Dec44. Modified for training, stripped
of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 18Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 4Aug45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6077 (MSN 17-6373) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul43. 223rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 17Sep45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6078 (MSN 17-6374) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul43. 9th Bomb Group,
McCook Field, NB 9Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 25Aug44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), McCook Field, NB 2Sep44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
6079 (MSN 17-6375) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug43. Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 14Nov43. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 1Oct44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 27Jul45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
6080 MSN 17-6376) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 14Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul43. Fitted with Sperry
gyroscope. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*P], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 3Sep43. {29 missions}
Named "Mary Ruth/The WeWa Special/Floozy Flossy") 36th Bomb Squadron,
Alconbury 23Mar44. Modified for radio counter measures. 803rd Bomb Squadron (H) Provisional,
RAF Oulton. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Modified as a drone for
Operation Aphrodite and Castor missions. Designated BQ-7. Not expended. 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk. Harrington (Station 179), Northamptonshire. Used for Carpetbagger
operations transporting agents, supplies and propaganda leaflets to southern France. Returned to US.
Bolling Field, Washington, DC 11Feb45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6081 (MSN 17-6377) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43. Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 14Nov43. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing
equipment; designated TB-17F. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 23Nov44. Takeoff accident caused by engine failure at Hendricks Field 9Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6082 (MSN 17-6378) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
468th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX. Crash landed six miles north east
Gulfport Field, MS 26Aug43. Salvaged 7Sep43.
6083 (MSN 17-6379) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43. Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 14Nov43. 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 7Jun44. 2121st Base Unit, Keesler Field,
Biloxi, MS 9Jun44. Materiel Command, Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 24Jun44. 3704th Base Unit
(Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 1Aug44. Reclaimed 3Aug45.
6084 (MSN 17-6380) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19Jul43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 2Dec43. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement
Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 16Jul44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 11Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6085 (MSN 17-6381) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43. 771st Bomb Squadron,
462nd Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Crashed taking off at Salt Lake City AAB, UT 19Feb44. Salvaged 24Feb44.
6086 (MSN 17-6382) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43. 94th Sub-Depot,
Scott Field, Belleville, IL 30Sep44. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*P], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 21Oct43. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*P]. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
works at Leverkusen, Germany 1Dec43 (10KIA). Clouds obscured the target so the formation diverted to the
secondary target, a non-ferrous metals works at Solingen, Germany. Damaged by flak, crashed Leutesdorf,
on bank of Rhine, twelve miles northwest of Koblenz, Germany) shot down by Hptm
Alfred Grislwaski in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/1 MACR 1322.
6087 (MSN 17-6383) Accepted by USAAF 16Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19Jul43. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*Z],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 5Sep43. Named *Royal Flush/Harper's Ferry*
{first combat mission 23Sep43}. Severely battle damaged on a mission to railway installations at Münster, Germany 10Oct43.
As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for an estimated
forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their friendly fighter escorts arrived to drive off the
Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. With two engines disabled, the intercom and the
oxygen system non-functional, and with a large ragged hole in the left wing, the aircraft was landed
safely on return to base. (this was the only one out of thirteen 100BG B-17s to return to base from this mission).
Failed to return from a mission to Villacoublay, France 11Aug44 (4KIA:3POW). Flak damaged No.3 engine
and the inner wing, crashed near Mulhouse, France. {49 missions}. MACR 8074
6088 (MSN 17-6384) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43.
583rd Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Kearney Field, NB. Mid-air collision with
B-17F 42-30025 at Broken Bow bombing range, NB 15Oct43, some of the crew bailed out.
Sioux City AAB, IA 13Dec43. 244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 9Jun44.
505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 17Jun44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 22Jul44. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 42-31964
at Biggs 6Aug44. 299th Base Unit, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 29Jan45. 203rd Base Unit
(16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 24Feb45. 290th Base Unit,
Sioux City AAB, IA 29Apr45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 5Sep45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6089 (MSN 17-6385) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 17Oct44.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 28Oct44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 15May45.
Crashed taking off due engine failure 2 miles southwest Glendale, CA 19Aug45.
441st Base Unit, Van Nuys Metropolitan, CA 31Aug45. Reclamation completed Metropolitan Field, CA Oct 25, 1945
6090 (MSN 17-6386) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul43.
612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, Great Falls AAB, MT. Crashed while practising
bombing runs in formation two miles east of Big Sandy, MT 1Oct43 (9KIS). Crash investigators
speculated that the pilot had finished his bombing run at an altitude of 20,000ft, then
turned into a half roll, and the effect of the four engines racing and gravity made it
increasing difficult to pull up. At about 475 miles per hour, the maneuver would have
exceeded the stress limits of the airframe. Pulling the B-17 level at 7,000ft snapped off
the wings and flipped the fuselage end over end, leading to the fatal crash on the prairie below.
Surveyed in USA Oct 14, 1943
6091 (MSN 17-6387) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jul43.
247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jun44. 273rd Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Aug44. 247th Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 30Aug44. 467th Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Group,
Dalhart Field, TX. Force landed after structural problems over the gunnery range at
Alamogordo Field, NM 2Oct43; some of the crew bailed out. 235th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 6Oct44. Damaged by engine and mechanical
failure over the McNary bombing range, fifty-five miles southeast of Biggs Field 31Oct44.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 3Apr45.
593rd Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Charleston Field, SC 28Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 7Nov45
6092 (MSN 17-6388) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jul43. 346th Bomb Group,
Dyersburg Field, TN 1Sep43. 346th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17F 42-30672 at Dyersburg 19Feb44. Damaged by structural
failure at Covington, TN 24Mar44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 3Aug44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 29Oct44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 18May45.
Used in USAAF training film "Ditch at Sea and Live in a Boeing B-17" (1944).
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6093 (MSN 17-6389) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM. Damaged by mechanical failure
at Clovis Field, NM 12Apr44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 18Jun44.
4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 6Aug44.
Fairfax, KS 21Aug44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 10Oct44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 23Feb45. 4202nd Base Unit
(Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 1Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 12Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6094 (MSN 17-6390) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul43. Dalhart Field, TX 17Aug43.
Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 10Oct43. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*Q], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 6Sep43. After a formation practice flight 27Dec43, this was the first aircraft to land at Thorpe Abbotts
in poor visibility and was clearing the end of the runway. The second aircraft, B-17G 42-37772, landed long
and was unable to stop before running into this aircraft, striking the right wing and spinning it around.
Further damaged when B-17F 42-3474 also overshot landing and ran into this aircraft. Salvaged 31Jan44.
6095 (MSN 17-6391) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul43. 769th Bomb Squadron,
462nd Bomb Group, Walker Field, Victoria, KS. Damaged taxying at Walker Field 29Dec43. 248th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 2Jun44. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 28Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 4Sep44. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field,
Geneva, NB 21Oct44. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 21Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6096 (MSN 17-6392) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul43. Operational Training Unit,
17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 3Sep43. Ferried from RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 13/14Sep43.
511th Bomb Squadron [DS*W], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 22Sep43.
Named "Onda Ball". . Named in the tradition of 511th Bomb Squadron by incorporating the word 'Ball'
in the title, after the squadron's first commander Clinton F Ball. Failed to return from a mission to the
ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 14Oct43 (1KIA:9POW). En route to the target area, the
formation was repeatedly attacked by a large number of Luftwaffe fighters. shot down by fighter with
rocket, caught fire and exploded, crashed Schweinfurt. {4 missions}. 1 KIA, 9 POW. MACR 1036
6097 (MSN 17-6393) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul43.
339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*O], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Sep43.
Named "Bad Penny Always Comes Back' Damaged when ground looped at Snetteron Heath 22Feb44.
Crash landed Snetterton Heath 15Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. Used by 3rd Air Division as a pilot trainer.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 13Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
6098 MSN 17-6394) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Jul43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 3Sep43.
Ferried from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 12/13Sep43.
335th Bomb Squadron [OE*R], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk.
Named "Superstitious Aloysius"the name of a popular cartoon character . Failed to return from a
mission to the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel, Germany 4Jan44; ditched off Bawdsey, Suffolk, crew rescued. {18 missions}
All crew rescued. MACR database has date of Aug 4, 1944. MACR 7700
6099 (MSN 17-6395) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Jul43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 23Jul43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 25Jul43. Dalhart Field, TX 15Aug43. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*E], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 9Sep43. Named RUTH L. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*R].
Failed to return from a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Oranienburg,
Germany 22Mar44 (10KIA). The weather confounded efforts to attack the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory, the bombers diverted to Berlin to destroy the Friedrichstraße railway station.
Flak over Berlin was more intense than previous missions. Hit by bomb from own group aircraft
above and crashed two miles northeast of Falkensee, due west of Berlin, Germany. MACR 3420.
Also named "Winnie C".
6100 (MSN 17-6396) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 24Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 10Aug43. 497th Bomb Group,
Pratt Field, KS 8Aug44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 6Sep44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 6Oct44. 332nd Base Unit,
Ardmore Field, OK 16Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 20Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6101 (MSN 17-6397) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 25Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 10Aug43. Sioux City AAB, IA 26Nov43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK Dec43. Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force
as Fortress Mark IIIA, serial 9203. Arrived at Rockcliffe, ONT 5Dec43. 168th Heavy Transport Squadron,
Rockcliffe, ONT Dec43. Used for VIP and mail flights to Europe and North Africa.
Lost at sea between Morocco and Azores Dec 15, 1944.
6102 (MSN 17-6398) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 24Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 10Aug43.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Sioux City AAB 30Mar44. 505th Bomb Group, Harvard Field, NB 2Jun44.
244th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 5Aug44. 249th Base Unit
(Special), Alliance Field, NB 20Sep44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command),
Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 17Jan45. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 23Jan45.
4126th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), San Bernardino Field, CA 1Mar45.
243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS 9Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 27Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6103 (MSN 17-6399) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 24Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 879th Bomb Squadron,
499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill, KS. Forced landing caused by engine failure ten miles east of
Kiowa, CO 3May44. Salvaged 14May44
6104 (MSN 17-6400) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 22Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 202nd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 9Jun44. 874th Bomb Squadron,
498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Damaged by structural and engine failure at
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10Jun44. 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 10Jun44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 20Jul44. 4
104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 10Dec44. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 27Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 3Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
42-6105/6204 Boeing B-17F-50-VE Fortress
MSN 17-6401/6500. Boeing B-17F built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company, Burbank, CA as part of
pooled production with Douglas and Boeing.
Production changes: Modified life raft hatch and inspection window. Modified horizontal
stabilisers for interchangeability.
Dispositions from FORTLOG
6105 (MSN 17-6401) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Aug43. 901st Base Unit,
Heavy Bombardment, Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 10Jun44. 99th Bomb Squadron,
9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB 5Jul44. 245th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
McCook Field, NB 16Sep44. 99th Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, McCook Field, NB.
Crashed during takeoff due engine failure at Mills Field, San Francisco, CA 1Dec44.
233rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 27Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45
6106 (MSN 17-6402) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA Jul43.
225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD. Landing accident at Rapid City Field 3Dec44.
6107 (MSN 17-6403) Accepted by USAAF 23Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jul43. Continental Airlines,
Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Aug43. 469th Bomb Squadron,
333rd Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 23Oct43. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at
Galveston Field, TX 23Oct43. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets
and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Galveston Field, TX 20Jul44. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 15Nov44. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 23Feb45.
4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 30Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 7Nov45.
Department of Public Institutions, Clarkston, WA, 1946. Used as an instructional airframe.
Derelict by 1953. To Columbia Airmotive, Troutdale, OR, 18Nov53. Registered as N1340N.
Aero Enterprises, Troutdale, OR, 1954. Converted to air tanker, 1961. Flown as tanker No.35.
King Baker/Aero Enterprises, Willows, CA & Fresno, CA, 13Sep64. Flown as tanker #E34.
Aero Flite Inc, Cody, WY, 19Jan68. Flown as tanker #A34. Re-engined with 4 Rolls Royce Dart
Turboprops & Rotol propellers from a Vickers Viscount at Twin Falls, ID, 1970. Crashed 18Aug70
during a fire bomber run on down slope side of mountain near Dubois, Wyoming, with a
density altitude of 13,000ft, winds of 25-35 mph, updrafts and downdrafts. Pilot misjudged
altitude and clearance, failed to maintain flight speed, aircraft stalled and struck trees.
Two crew killed. Registration cancelled 1Dec71.
6108 (MSN 17-6404) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 27Jul43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Aug43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Damaged taxying at
Alexandria 6Apr44. Salvaged 15Apr44.
6109 (MSN 17-6405) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 24Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 17Aug43. 874th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS.
Substantially damaged in an accident caused by 'friendly fire' over the Gulf of Mexico 10Jun44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 2Aug44. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 23Feb45. 4202nd Base Unit
(Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 29Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45.
6110 (MSN 17-6406) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 16Aug43. Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing,
Grand Island Field, NB 2Jun44. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 3Oct44.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Jan45.
202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 22Mar45.
268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Mar45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17F. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for
storage and disposal 7Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6111 (MSN 17-6407) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 24Jul43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, Pratt Field, KS 4Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 9Jul44. Salvaged 24Oct44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo
Field, TX 24Dec44. Reclaimed 7Jun46.
6112 (MSN 17-6408) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 25Jul43.
Amarillo Field, TX 30Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal
Airport, CO 17Aug43. 877th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Jun44.
Crashed two miles north of Valley, KS 15Jun44. Salvaged 16Jun44.
6113 (MSN 17-6409) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 1Aug43. Operational
Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44.
6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 7Aug44. 202nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 4Oct44. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 23Feb45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 27Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45
6114 (MSN 17-6410) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 25Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 31Jul43. 3018th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Kingman Field, AZ 18Jun44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air
Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 21Sep44. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 30Nov44. 4210th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 29Jan45.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 10Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 11Sep45
6115 (MSN 17-6411) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 27Jul43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 30Jul43. 1123rd Flexible Gunnery Training
Squadron, Kingman Field, AZ. Damaged while parked in an accident by B-17F 42-30965
at Kingman Field 28Dec43. 957th Twin-Engined Flying Training Squadron, Hobbs Field, NM.
Landing accident at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #4, NM, 13Mar44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 28Aug45.
6116 (MSN 17-6412) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 31Jul43. Combat Crew Training
Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged while parked in collision by
B-17F 42-30672 at Dyersburg 19Feb44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged in a collision with B-17G 42-102428 and 42-102773 while
taxying at Dyersburg Field 21Apr44. Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-3370 at Dyersburg
Field, TN 6Jun44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field,
Mobile, AL 23Oct44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 9Dec44.
Damaged by 'friendly fire' at Dyersburg Field 2Jan45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon
Park Field, FL 21Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6117 (MSN 17-6413) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 27Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 31Jul43. 223rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Crashed after crew bailed out due engine failure
at Holladay, TN 14Apr44. Salvaged 15Apr44
6118 (MSN 17-6414) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 1Aug43. Combat Crew Training
Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA. Fatal accident with a propeller at Sioux
City AAB 11Dec43 (1KIS). Crash landed after takeoff caused by engine failure and fire one
mile west of Sioux City AAB, IA 7Jan44 (9KIS). Salvaged 9Jul44
6119 (MSN 17-6415) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 31Jul43. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible
Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 30Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 14Sep44. 3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 5Jan45. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 3020th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 20Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 4Aug45. War Assets Corporation.
Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6120 (MSN 17-6416) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 28Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 1Aug43. 234th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 27Dec44. 234th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 3Feb45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air
Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 1Apr45. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 30Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 9Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6121 (MSN 17-6417) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 29Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 31Jul43. Operational
Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44.
Combat Crew Training Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA. Damaged taxying
at Sioux City AAB 21Dec43. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 12Jul44. 421st Base Unit,
Muroc Field, CA 2Oct44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 24Oct44.
24th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB. Damaged in collision with
parked B-17G 44-6888 taxying at Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Dec44. Modified for training, stripped
of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 242nd Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB. Damaged taxying at Boriquen, Puerto Rico 1Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Jul45
6122 (MSN 17-6418) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 28Jul43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3Aug43. 346th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dyersburg Field, TN. Substantially damaged when force landed after engine failure at
Dyersburg Field 6Mar44. Salvaged 28Mar44
6123 (MSN 17-6419) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 29Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 1Aug43. 393rd Bomb Group,
Sioux City AAB, IA 21Dec43. Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training
Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44. 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44.
272nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Topeka Field, KS 2Aug44.
9th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 6Aug44. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Pyote Field, TX. Damaged by a tornado while parked at Pyote Field 26Aug44.
24th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB. Damaged in collision
with parked B-17F 42-30572 taxying at Batista, Cuba 19Sep44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile
Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 6Nov44. 242nd Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 15Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Oct45. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Damaged while parked by P-51D Mustang 44-13809 at Luke Field, Glendale, AZ 26Nov46
6124 (MSN 17-6420) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 29Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3Aug43. Operational Training
Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 23Jun44.
9th Bomb Group, Grand Island Field, NB 8Jul44. 563rd Base Unit, Homestead Field, FL 10Feb45.
242nd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Grand Island Field, NB 9Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 29Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6125 (MSN 17-6421) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 2Aug43. 3501st Base Unit
(Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 16Jul44.
3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 11Apr45.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 20Sep45. 2
137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 4Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6126 (MSN 17-6422) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 2Aug43. 346th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged landing at Dyersburg Field 23Mar44.
4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 21Jun44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Crashed during a training
flight eight miles westnorthwest of Halls, TN 15Jan45 (10KIS). Reclaimed 29Jan45
6127 (MSN 17-6423) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 4Aug43. Dyersburg Field, TN 4Oct43.
Dalhart Field, TX 19Oct43. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 3Jun44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 10Jul44. 4121st Base Unit
(San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 2Nov44. Modified for
training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Sioux City AAB, IA 1Dec44. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at Sioux City AAB 17Apr45. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 12May45. 555th Base Unit, 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 1Apr46
6128 (MSN 17-6424) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Aug43.
498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 1Jul44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Great Bend Field, KS 20Sep44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 24Jan45.
Reclamation completed Amarillo AAF Jun 7, 1946
6129 (MSN 17-6425) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 31Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Aug43.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 1Apr44.
Designated FB-17F. Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East.
The aircraft departed Bahrain 22May44 and was doing photo reconnaissance in the Abu Dhabi
area heading towards Masirah when it force landed on the coast at Shuweihat, near Jebel Dhanna,
Persian Gulf. With an engine on fire, four crew bailed out leaving (they thought) only the pilot on
board, but at the exit hatch he met his photographer. As the fire was all but out they went back to
the cockpit and landed on a beach. There was very little damage, and all the crew were safe, but the
remote situation and tide ended with the aircraft being written off. Salvaged 1Jun46
6130 (MSN 17-6426) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 1Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 17Aug43.
498th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 9Aug44. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 19Sep44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for
storage and disposal 9Oct45..
6131 (MSN 17-6427) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 16Aug43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Damaged on Lake Charles
gunnery range 29Mar44. Crashed when the crew bailed out after engine failure three miles
north of Pitkin, LA 23Sep44. Salvaged 24Sep44
6132 (MSN 17-6428) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 30Jul43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Aug43. 50th Flexible Gunnery Training
Squadron, Las Vegas Field, NV. Damaged in collision with AT-6A 41-16006 taxying at Las Vegas 23Oct43.
247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 12Jul44. Damaged while
parked by B-17F 42-30616 taxying at Smoky Hill 16Jan45. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical
Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 2Feb45. 247th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Smoky Hill Field, Salina, KS 14Mar45. Reclaimed 20Nov45
6133 (MSN 17-6429) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 1Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 3Aug43.
19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 2519th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Fort Worth Field, TX 19Sep44. 236th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Pyote Field, TX 4Oct44.
3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 12Jan45. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 3Apr45. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service
Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 11Apr45. Reclaimed 20Apr45
6134 (MSN 17-6430) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 4Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 1Apr44.
Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jun44. Designated FB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 4Oct45
6135 (MSN 17-6431) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Aug43. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B. 3705th Base Unit (Technical School),
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 1944. Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A.
Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B. 19th Photographic Charting Squadron,
11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Designated FB-17F. Deployed to Egypt to map the
Middle East. Reclamation completed Lowry AAF, CO Sep 18, 1947.
6136 (MSN 17-6432) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Jul43. Long Beach
Field, CA 1Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 4Aug43.
225th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 24Apr44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Aug45
6137 (MSN 17-6433) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 5Aug43.
Operational Training Unit, 17th Bomber Operational Training Wing, Grand Island Field, NB 6Sep44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 7Oct44. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 233rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 28Mar45. 3704th Base Unit, Keesler, MS.
Crashed on Whigg Ridge, 27 miles northeast Tellico Plains, TN 8Apr45 (10KIS)
6138 (MSN 17-6434) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach
Field, CA 3Aug43. Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Aug43.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943
as F-9B. Mapping mission to Accra, Gold Coast, West Africa 29Feb44. Returned to US. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 12May44. 19th Photographic
Charting Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Aug44. Ninth Air Force.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Wing, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire Jul45. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence gathering flights over
Europe and North Africa. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Tortorella, Italy 20Aug45.
Foggia, Italy 6Sep45. Designated FB-17F 1945. Mapping mission to France and Netherlands Apr46.
Salvaged Ypres, Belgium 18Nov46
6139 (MSN 17-6435) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Aug43. Combat Crew
Training Squadron, 393rd Bomb Group, Sioux City AAB, IA. Crash landed Sioux City AAB, IA 19Feb44.
498th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS 4Aug44. 110th Base Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead,
Long Island, NY 12Sep44. 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Damaged landing
with mechanical failure at Great Bend Field 15Sep44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Great Bend Field, KS 20Sep44. Salvaged 5Oct44. Reclaimed 2Jan45
6140 (MSN 17-6436) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 9Oct43.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 27Oct43. 9th Photographic
Group, Buckley Field, CO 18Dec43. Mapping mission to Malta and Africa. Returned to US 9Oct44.
Designated FB-17F. Salvaged Panama Canal Zone 12Jun45.
6141 (MSN 17-6437) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug43.
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 28Sep43. 86th Sub-Depot, Tyndall Field, Panama City, FL 30Nov43.
Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Tyndall Field, Panama City, FL. Mid-air collision with AT-6C 41-32704
18 miles south of Marianna AAF, FL 27Dec43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 5Oct44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 30Aug45
6142 (MSN 17-6438) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 3Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Aug43.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 24Jun44. 4200th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 18Dec44.
234th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 22Dec44. 420th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), March Field, Riverside, CA 24Apr45. 234th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Clovis Field, NM 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6143 (MSN 17-6439) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Aug43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 17Jan44. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 29Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6144 (MSN 17-6440) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 8Aug43.
Sioux City AAB, IA 11Nov43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Dalhart Field 3Apr44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS. Damaged landing at Great Bend Field 31May44.
28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Great Bend Field, KS. Damaged taxying at Great Bend
Field 17Sep44. 243rd Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Great Bend Field, KS.
Damaged taxying at Great Bend Field 2Apr45. 2132nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy),
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL 21Apr45. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 5May45.
234th Base Unit, Great Bend Field, KS 26Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6145 (MSN 17-6441) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 8Aug43. Combat Crew
Training Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA. Crashed one mile north of Alexandria 25Feb44.
Salvaged 26Feb44
6146 (MSN 17-6442) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 6Aug43. 3]
398th Bomb Group, Rapid City Field, SD 9Sep43. Wendover Field, UT 13Dec43. 329th Base Unit,
Columbus, OH 21Jun44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
Damaged caused by mechanical failure taxying at MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Jun44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 23Oct44.
Damaged landing with mechanical failure at MacDill Field 18Jan45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 20Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6147 (MSN 17-6443) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 4Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Aug43. 818th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Lost in a blizzard over the Allegheny Mountains, the bomber
crashed three miles north of Rich Mountain, WV 15Jan44 (6KIS:1INJ). Salvaged 16Jan44
6148 (MSN 17-6444) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Aug43.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Aug43. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 8Oct44. 3007th Base Unit, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 21Dec44.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 3Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 27Aug45
6149 (MSN 17-6445) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 5Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Aug43.
424th Sub Depot, Grand Island Field, NB 3Sep43. Fitted with Sperry Gyroscope. 4
13th Bomb Squadron [MZ*X], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 10Sep43.
Suffered battle damage at Emden, Germany 27Sep43, crash landed RAF Ludham. Salvaged 29Sep43
6150 (MSN 17-6446) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Aug43. 202nd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Galveston Field, TX 9Jun44. 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 18Jun44.
29th Bomb Group, Dalhart Field, TX 2Sep44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 16Sep44.
Damaged by bird strike at Galveston Field, TX 16Feb45. 347th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Key Field, Meridian, MS 22Mar45. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 9Jun45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45. Named VIES GUYS
6151 (MSN 17-6447) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 6Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Aug43. 424th Sub Depot,
Grand Island Field, NB 3Sep43. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*M], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 24Sep43. {26 missions}. 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 17Jul44.
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Damaged by fire at Debach 20Jun45. Salvaged. Named ROUND TRIP
6152 (MSN 17-6448) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Aug43. 4100th Base Unit
(Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 18Jun44. 500th Bomb Group
Walker Field, Victoria, KS 23Jun44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 4Sep44.
241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 13Sep44.
902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 27Feb45. 241st Base Unit (Operational
Training Unit), Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 1May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 26Jul45
6153 (MSN 17-6449) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
Pyote Field, TX 8Aug43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 26Aug44.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 31Oct44. 2318th Base Unit,
Alamogordo Field, NM 8Jan45. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 10Jan45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Oct45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
Named GOOD PICKIN The inspiration for the Good Pickin nose art may have come from a book of matches.
The Superior Match Company of Chicago, Illinois produced a whole set in their series promoting War Bonds
6154 (MSN 17-6450) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 6Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug43. Hobbs Field, NM.
Damaged in collision with B-17F 42-5722 landing at Orange County, Santa Ana, CA 6Nov43.
962nd Bombardier Training Squadron [H-28], Hobbs Field, NM. Damaged landing with mechanical
failure at Hobbs Auxiliary Field #1, Knowles, NM 25Jan44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 8Nov44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 18Sep45
6155 (MSN 17-6451) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 11Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43.
424th Sub-Depot, Grand Island Field, NB. Installation of Sperry turret 7Sep43. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*P],
385th Bomb Group 15Sep43. Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast,
Northern Ireland 16Sep43. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Sep43.
Failed to return from a mission to railway installations at Münster, Germany 10Oct43 (10POW).
As they approached the city, the formation was swarmed by a large force of enemy aircraft for
an estimated forty-five minutes of vicious fighting. By the time their friendly fighter escorts arrived
to drive off the Luftwaffe, the damage had already been done. Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Beumer Farm, Westbevern, eight miles northeast of Münster, Germany MACR 827.
6156 (MSN 17-6452) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Aug43.
871st Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS. Damaged landing at Pratt Field 11Jun44.
2542nd Base Unit, Lackland Field, San Antonio, TX 10Dec44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 31Dec44. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6157 (MSN 17-6453) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Dec43. 2135th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Tyndall Field, Panama City, FL 16Sep44. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 18Sep44. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
Force landed with mechanical failure at Hobbs Field 4May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 27Aug45
6158 (MSN 17-6454) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 12Dec43. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 14Jul44.
Damaged while parked in collision by Douglas TB-26C Invader 41-35296 at Boca Raton Field 12Jun45.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
6159 (MSN 17-6455) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and
redesignated 1943 as F-9B. Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the
Middle East. Designated FB-17F. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk, England.
Accident landing and destroyed by fire at Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 23Aug45.
Salvaged after non battle damage 28Aug45
6160 (MSN 17-6456) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 11Aug43. 241st Base Unit (Operational Training Unit),
Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 22Jun44. 504th Bomb Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 24Jun44.
232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 22Aug44. 244th Base Unit
(Operational Training Unit), Harvard Field, NB 1Oct44. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational
Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 12Feb45. 224th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Sioux City AAB, IA 25Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6161 (MSN 17-6457) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 7Aug43.
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 11Aug43. 351st Sub-Depot, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43.
2136th Base Unit, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 24Jun44. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 27Jul44. Crashed after the crew bailed out caused by
engine failure 4 miles E Biggs 13Dec44. Reclamation completed Biggs AF Jan 17, 1945
6162 (MSN 17-6458) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 11Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Aug43. 28th Bomb Group,
Pyote Field, TX 2Oct43. 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 9Nov43. 235th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 27Aug44. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 3Apr45. to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 8Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6163 (MSN 17-6459) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 12Aug43.
221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 17Jan45. 329th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6164 (MSN 17-6460) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing, Mapping and Charting, Buckley Field, CO.
Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East. Designated FB-17F.
Accident landing at Boma, Belgian Congo, Africa 8Mar45. Salvaged Cairo, Egypt 8Sep45
6165 (MSN 17-6461) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 10Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Aug43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Damaged by 'friendly fire' over the Gulf of Mexico
fifty miles south of Lake Charles, LA 10Nov44. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 11Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6166 (MSN 17-6462) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug43. Dalhart Field, TX 17Oct43.
248th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Walker Field, Victoria, KS 9Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 1Aug45
6167 (MSN 17-6463) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Dec43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6168 (MSN 17-6464) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Aug43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Crashed 5 miles south of Caney, KS 11Apr44. Salvaged 12Apr44
6169 (MSN 17-6465) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 11Aug43.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 15Aug43. 221st Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA. Forced landing due engine and structural failure
at Jackson, MS 5Oct44. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 6Oct44.
329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 22Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6170 (MSN 17-6466) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 11Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43.
346th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Mid-air collision with
B-17F 42-5369, 2 miles east of Gates, TN 19Jan44. Surveyed Cheyenne Jan 26, 1944
6171 (MSN 17-6467) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 12Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Dec43. Buckingham Field,
Fort Myers, FL 30Nov43. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 19Sep44.
3010th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 21Nov44.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17F 42-29772 at Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 17Jan45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17F.
3020th Base Unit (Pilot School, Advanced, Two Engine), La Junta Field, CO 1Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK for storage and disposal 4Aug45.
War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6172 (MSN 17-6468) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43. 3010th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Williams Field, Chandler, AZ 28Nov44. 225th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Rapid City Field, SD 29Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 8Aug45
6173 (MSN 17-6469) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43. Air Service Command,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 13Dec43. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17F. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks
Field, Sebring, FL 11Nov44. Damaged by engine failure at Hendricks 8Dec44. Crashed 10 miles southeast of S\
Sebring, FL 14Jul45. Reclamation completed Hendricks AAF, FL Jul 27, 1945
6174 (MSN 17-6470) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
9th Ferrying Squadron, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA. Damaged taxying due mechanical failure
at Long Beach 13Aug43. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43. 4
22nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*K], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 7Nov43.
Experimented in night bombing alongside the RAF and operated night leaflet and propaganda missions.
Named HOMESICK ANGEL. 858th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group, North Pickenham 26Jun44. Special
operations and electronic countermeasure (ECM) missions. Harrington (Station 179), Northamptonshire Aug44.
Named STRIPPED FOR ACTION / SWING SHIFT. 856th Bomb Squadron [5Z*H]. Exhibited with other USAAF aircraft
at Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark September 8-30, 1945. Nose art was still HOMESICK ANGEL. Condemned salvage
from enemy action October 25, 1945
6175 (MSN 17-6471) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 15Aug43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Dec43.
716th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL. Crashed caused by engine
failure taking off at Buckingham Fieldn 14Mar44. Salvaged 15Mar44
6176 (MSN 17-6472) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
Palm Springs Field, CA 15Aug43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alamogordo Field, NM.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at San Bernardino Field, CA 2Oct44. 4126th Base Unit
(San Bernardino Air Technical Service Command), San Bernardino Field, CA 6Oct44. 223rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 26Nov44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 26Nov44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR f
or storage and disposal 18Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6177 (MSN 17-6473) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Aug43.
346th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Landing accident at Dyersburg Field
15Jan44. 223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN. Damaged by 'friendly fire'
fourteen miles southeast of McMinnville, TN 13Nov44. Crashed after a mid-air collision with
B-17F 42-5325 six miles northeast of Dyersburg 24Jan45 (6KIS:4RTD). Reclaimed 9Feb45
Reclamation completed Dyersburg AF, TN Dec 9, 1945
6178 (MSN 17-6474) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 13Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug43.
4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 23Oct44.
223rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 13Dec44.
330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 1Mar45. 325th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 19Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6179 (MSN 17-6475) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Aug43.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 6Sep44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 14Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6180 (MSN 17-6476) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug43. Materiel Command,
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 2Jun44. St. Paul Field, Minneapolis, MN 15Jun44. Materiel Command,
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 10Jul44. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 28Jul44.
110th Base Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 30Aug44. RFA Albuquerque AAB, NM 25Jun45.
6181 (MSN 17-6477) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 14Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Aug43.
30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pyote Field, TX 16Sep43. Air Service Command, Tinker Field,
Oklahoma City, OK 11Oct43. Combat Crew Training School, 395th Bomb Group, Ardmore Field, OK.
Mid-air collision with B-17F 42-30551, 75 miles southeast Amarillo Field, TX, 31Jan44. The bomber
was flying off 42-30551's left wing. It drifted a little too close, was caught in prop wash and hit the
left horizontal stabiliser of the other bomber with its right wing tip. 222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 19Sep44. 332nd Base Unit, Ardmore Field, OK 16Jun45.
215th Base Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 20Jun45. 4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Lambert Municipal Airport, Robertson, MO 12Jul45. 215th Base Unit, Pueblo AAB, CO 19Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 29Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6182 (MSN 17-6478) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 15Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 14Dec43. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 16Aug44. CIS,
76th Flying Training Wing, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Crashed due engine failure 5 miles
southwest Williamsport, OH 20Nov44. Surveyed Lockbourne AAF Nov 21, 1944.
Salvaged 22Nov44.
6183 (MSN 17-6479) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East. Returned to US I
ndependence Field, KS 13Sep44. Designated FB-17F. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
6184 (MSN 17-6480) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
Mapping mission Dakar, Senegal, 29Feb44. Returned to US Aug44. 1st Photographic Charting Squadron,
11th Photographic Mapping Wing, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 11Aug44. Landing accident at Robins Field,
Warner Robins, GA 14Aug44. Designated FB-17F. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Bush Field, Augusta, GA for storage and disposal 30J
6185 (MSN 17-6481) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 16Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
19th Photographic Charting Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL.
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland 10Feb44. Deployed to Egypt to map the Middle East. Designated FB-17F.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 31Jan46. 4112th Base Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command),
Middletown Air Depot, PA 6Jun46. 16th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 17Jul46.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 2Oct46. 16th Photographic
Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13Oct46. Reclaimed 14Nov47.
Reclamation completed MacDill AAF, FL Nov 18, 1947
6186 (MSN 17-6482) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
Mapping mission to Algiers, Algeria 11Sep44. Returned to US. Walnut Ridge, AR 29Dec44. Designated FB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 29Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6187 (MSN 17-6483) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43. Modified to
photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Apr44. 410th Base Unit, Rome Field, NY 21Oct44.
91st Photographic Charting Squadron, Buckley Field, CO 23Dec44. Mapping mission to Accra,
Gold Coast, West Africa 22Jan45. Designated FB-17F. Mapping mission to Trinidad 14Jun46.
6188 (MSN 17-6484) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43.
2117th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 16Jun44.
3501st Base Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 17Jun44.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 4Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
6189 (MSN 17-6485) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43.
909th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH. Damaged in ground
collision with B-17F 42-5165 Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 26Dec43. Salvaged 1Jan44..
6190 (MSN 17-6486) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
356th Sub-Depot, Dalhart Field, TX 17Oct43. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Dalhart Field, TX 9Jun44. 421st Base Unit, Muroc Field, CA 15Jul44. 232nd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dalhart Field, TX 3Dec44. 357th Base Unit, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, MI 29Dec44.
246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 23Jan45. Damaged when ground
looped landing at Orlando AAB, FL 16May45. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB, FL 17May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
6191 (MSN 17-6487) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43.
2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10Aug44.
357th Base Unit, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, MI 13Nov44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10Dec44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 18Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6192 (MSN 17-6488) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 17Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Aug43. 3036th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 12Oct44. 4126th Base Unit (San Bernardino Air Technical
Service Command), San Bernardino Field, CA 7Nov44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Yuma Field, AZ 21Nov44. 82nd Flying Training Wing, Yuma Field, AZ. Damaged in collision with
TP-39Q 44-3507 at Yuma 19Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 27Jul45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
6193 (MSN 17-6489) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 20Aug43.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Aug43. 2114th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 31Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 9Oct45
6194 MSN 17-6490) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Aug43.
Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 19Aug43. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alamogordo Field, NM 26Mar45. 4202nd Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Syracuse AAB, NY 29Mar45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
6195 (MSN 17-6491) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Aug43.
Gunnery School, Las Vegas Field, NV 4Sep43. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Dec43.
Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 6Jan44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 10Aug44. 575th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Station, Greater Pittsburgh
Airport, PA 3Oct44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 7Nov44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6196 (MSN 17-6492) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Aug43.
Flexible Gunnery School, Yuma Field, AZ 23Mar44. 231st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alamogordo Field, NM 2Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Searcey Field, Stillwater, OK
for storage and disposal 7Aug45. War Assets Corporation. Sold to Paul Mantz 19Feb46; scrapped
6197 (MSN 17-6493) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 18Aug43.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. 818th Bomb Squadron,
488th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Accident landing with mechanical failure at MacDill Field 16Feb44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Crashed twelve miles
west-southwest of Green Springs, FL 18Nov44. Salvaged 18Dec44
6198 (MSN 17-6494) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
Combat Crew Training Squadron, 469th Bomb Group, Alexandria Field, LA 22Sep43. Crashed after the
crew bailed out due engine failure 15 miles southwest Alexandria 11Feb44. Salvaged 17Feb44
6199 (MSN 17-6495) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 1Jun44.
497th Bomb Group, Pratt Field, KS 7Jun44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Jun44. 246th Base Unit (Operational Training Unit), Pratt Field, KS 26Jun44.
222nd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Ardmore Field, OK 7Aug44. 332nd Base Unit, Ardmore
Field, OK 16Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 13Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6200 (MSN 17-6496) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Aug44. Designated FB-17F.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 11Oct45
6201 (MSN 17-6497) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9A. Cameras changed and redesignated 1943 as F-9B.
Deployed to Deversoir Air Base, Ismalia, Egypt 1Apr44 to map the Middle East. Designated FB-17F.
Returned to US. 1377th Base Unit, Yuma Field, AZ 21Sep45. 4132nd Base Unit, Garden City Field, KS 25Sep45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jun46.
4112th Base Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 9Jun46.
16th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 24Sep46. 307th Base Unit, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 7Dec46.
Reclaimed 12Feb47
6202 (MSN 17-6498) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
Alexandria Field, LA 21Sep43. 221st Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 17Jan45.
329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 1Mar45. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 22Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 11Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6203 (MSN 17-6499) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
907th Specialized Pilot Training Squadron, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 7Sep43. Accident landing at
Lockbourne AAB 12Sep43. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 24Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 14Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
6204 (MSN 17-6500) Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Aug43. Long Beach Field, CA 21Aug43.
Air Service Command, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 6Dec43. 3501st Base Unit (Technical School &
Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 22Jul44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 17Oct44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 29Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
42-6205/6221 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
MSN 3339/3355. Info from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6205 Delivered to USAAF 11Sep43. Assigned to 40th Bomb Group
Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS. Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 31Dec49
6206 Delivered to USAAF 23Sep43. Assigned to 444th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Hill Field Sep 24, 1948
6207 Delivered to USAAF 23Sep43. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group. TO GIA at Alamogordo AAF, NM 9Aug44
Reclamation completed Alamogordo Jul 26, 1946
6208 Delivered to USAAF 23Sep43. Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group
Named 'Pioneer'. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6209 Delivered to USAAF 27Sep43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 1Apr44, arriving Piardoba, India 28Apr44
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India.
Named 'Old Man Mose'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 27Dec44
Modified to TB-29. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Force landed May45 at Roswell AAF, NM due to engine fire
To GIA at Roswell, NM 22May45. Scrapped 1945. Reclamation completed Roswell Jul 11, 1945
6210 Delivered to USAAF 27Oct43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Crashed 2Jul44 due to structural failure 5 miles north and 1 mile east of Harmon, OK
Surveyed Clovis AAF Jul 4, 1944
6211 Delivered to USAAF 26Oct43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 16Apr44, arriving Piardoba, India 13May44
Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India.
(462nd BG, 771st BS) crashed on takeoff at Piaradoba, India May 23, 1944. 4 crew members killed.
6212 Delivered to USAAF 17Nov43. Named 'Thunderbird'
On Sept. 8th, 1944, returning from a mission to Anshan, Manchuria in China with 444th BG, the fuel
transfer system would not function and the aircraft crash landed in the partly dry river bed of the
Wei River near Hsian, China. The aircraft was left in the riverbed to be salvaged for parts.
Crew of 11 survived and were rescued.
6213 Delivered to USAAF 16Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 7Apr44, arriving Piardoba, India 30Apr44
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Liberty Belle'
Forced landing 12Jul44 due to mechanical failure at Chengtu, China
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 27Dec44. Modified to TB-29
Reclamation complete Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6214 Delivered to USAAF 18Dec43. Assigned to 40th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Clovis AAF Oct 17, 1946
6215 Delivered to USAAF 27Oct43. Assigned to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing, Great Bend AAF, KS.
Departed CONUS for CBI 1Nov44. Named 'Deacon's Disciples'
(444th BG, 678th BS) crashed due to engine failure near Yibin, China Nov 9, 1944. The crew bailed out.
6216 Delivered to USAAF 16Nov43. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 5Oct44 taking off from Clovis AAF, NM. The aircraft crashed 1 mile off the end of the runway.
To CL-26 at Clovis AF Oct 8, 1944
6217 Delivered to USAAF 28Nov43. Departed CONUS for CBI 13Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 3May44. Named 'Pepper'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 25Dec44. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6218 Delivered to USAAF 6Dec43. Assigned to 40th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Amarillo Aug 23, 1946
6219 Delivered to USAAF 7Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 20Apr44, arriving Piardoba, India 5May44
Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India.
Modified for tankering fuel over the Hump. Named 'Petrol Packin' Mama'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 23Nov44. Reclamation completed Roswell May 31, 1946
6220 MSN 3354 Delivered to USAAF 13Dec43. Substantially damaged 10Jan44 in a landing accident and fire at
Great Bend AAF, KS. (444th BG, 677th BS) crashed on takeoff at Kwanghan, China Jun 15, 1944
6221 Delivered to USAAF 13Dec43. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Crashed 20Nov44 5 miles ESE of Dalhart, TX after the crew bailed out due to engine fire
Surveyed Clovis Nov 21, 1944
42-6222 Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress
MSN 3356. Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, GA
Info from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
Delivered to USAAF 30Dec43. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 18Apr44. Named 'Deuces Wild'
40th BG, 45th BS) crash landed due to fuel starvation at Chakulia, India Sep 11, 1944. Surveyed Nov 6, 1944
42-6223 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
Info from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
MSN 3357. Delivered to USAAF 16Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44 and arrived Piardoba, India 9May44
Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Lady Boomerang'
The plane took part in a daylight mission to the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata, Japan on August 20, 1944.
After a successful mission, the crew landed at Chengtu, China and then returned
to their base in, India. The aircraft was out of fuel and crashed on landing Aug 20, 1944 at Piardoba, India.
Two crew members killed. Salvaged CBI 6Nov44
42-6224 Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress
MSN 3358. Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, GA
Info from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
Delivered to USAAF 15Nov43. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group. Named 'Annie'
Condemned crash landing surveyed Nov 6, 1944. Reclaimed at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 30Apr46
42-6225/6228 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
MSN 3359/3362. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6225 Delivered to USAAF 16Dec43. Assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Named 'Ding How' ['good luck' in Chinese]. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS Jan45. Used as GIA
Reclaimed 1Nov48
6226 Delivered to USAAF 3Nov43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS 9Apr44 for CBI
Accident 9Apr44 at Prescott Isle, ME during taxying caused by mechanical failure
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piaradoba, India. Named 'Hap's Hazard'
Dqmaged Jun 12, 1944 at Piardoba India,
During repairs 20Jun44 after the first Yawata raid, a gas tank exploded. One man killed.
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 10Dec44. Reclamation completed Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Nov 1, 1948
6227 Delivered to USAAF 26Oct43
Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS.
Forced landing 16Nov43 12 miles SE of Walker AAF, KS due to structural failure. Five crew members killed.
Repaired. To GIA at Walker AAF, KS 17Nov43. W/o Jun 29, 1944
6228 Delivered to USAAF 4Nov43. Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend, KS.
Gunnery accident 24Nov43 130 miles SSW of Gulfport AAF, MS. Deployed to Dudhkindi, India
(444th BG, 677th BS) crashed and burned in China Aug 2, 1944. MACR 11299
The aircraft was returning from a raid over Manchuria when it was caught in a Monsoon storm and
crashed SE of Sylhet, India. 12 crew KIA.
42-6229/6232 Martin-Omaha B-29-1-MO Superfortress
MSN 3363/3366. Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, NB
Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6229 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 15Apr44. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group 7May44
(468th BG, 793rd BS) crashed at end of runway at Pengshan,
China on mission to Yawata Jun 15, 1944. The aircraft was immediately enveloped in flames, ammunition
cooked off and the bombs exploded. Every member of the crew got out safely with only minor scratches,
burns and shock.
6230 Delivered to USAAF 19Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 15Apr44. Arrived India 4May44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India. Named 'Limber Dugan'
(468th BG, 792nd BS) shot down by Ki-45 (Nick) flown by WO Sadamitsu Kimura of 45h Sentai
over Wakamatsu Fukuoka, Japan Jun 15, 1944 during attack on steel works at Yawata Kyoto, Japan. MACR 6596.
All 12 crew killed. Was first B-29 shot down over Japan.
6231 Delivered to USAAF 26Jan44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 10Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 29Apr44
(468th BG, 794th BS) hit mountain near Kiangyu, China Jun 15, 1944. MACR 6599.
The aircraft was returning to Pengshan [A-7], China after a mission to
Yawata, Japan. The aircraft crashed eleven miles northeast of Kiangyu, China into the side of a sheer
cliff and exploded.
6232 Delivered to USAAF 26Jan44. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 21Apr44
Named 'Kickapoo II'. Damaged on second combat mission 20Jun44. Modified as a tanker 36 hump missions
Kharagpur, India to Pengshan [A-7], China. Declared war weary 25Nov44. Returned to CONUS
Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 21Dec49
42-6233 Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress
MSN 3367 Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, GA.
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
Delivered to USAAF 20Feb44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Crash landed 28Jan45 due to mechanical failure 7 miles E of Clovis AAF, NM
Assigned to 4141st Army AF Base Unit, Pyote AAF, TX. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
42-6234 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
MSN 3368. Delivered to USAAF 19Dec43
With 444th BG, 670th BS, lost from unknown cause in China Sep 8, 1944 while on mission on Anshan, China. MACR 8593
4 crew killed, 7 rescued.
42-6235 Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
MSN 3369. Delivered to USAAF 2Jan44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 17Apr44
Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 10Jun44
(468th BG, 795th BS) gear retracted during takeoff
in India Jun 26, 1944. W/oThere were no injuries. Rebuilt
Transferred to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India Oct44
Named 'My Gal Sal' [Not painted on aircraft]. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS
Modified to TB-29Q. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Damaged 30May45 when the aircraft caught fire during taxying at Roswell AAF, NM
42-6236 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
MSN 3370. Delivered to USAAF 6Apr44. Assigned to 4136th Army AF Base Unit, Tinker AAF, OK
Was named "Cross Country" and was a trainer aircraft during its service life. Reclamation completed Tinker Mar 24, 1949
42-6237 Martin-Omaha B-29-1-MO Superfortress
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
MSN 3371. Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, NB. Delivered to USAAF 23Dec43
Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 17Apr44. Named 'Sir Trofrepus'
With 40th BG 25th BS shot down by AAA near Nanking China Nov 11, 1944 China. MACR 9663. Flak damaged
the number 4 engine which caught fire. 4 crew KIA, 8 bailed out of which 3 were captured and became POW.
5 evaded and were rescued.
42-6238/6242 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
MSN 3372/3376. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6238 Delivered to USAAF 8Nov43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 15Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 24May44
(468th BG, 792nd BS) converted to tanker. Crashed Oct 1, 1944 Emei Mountain, China due to bad weather
6239 Delivered to USAAF 12Nov43. Assigned to 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group
Written off 24May44 landing at Pratt AAF, KS. Surveyed Pratt AF May 26, 1944
6240 (Delivered to USAAF 6Nov43. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 7May44. Named 'Hap's Hope'
(40th BG, 395th BS) crashed from unknown causes 25 mi SE of Likiang, China
Jul 30, 1944. MACR 7177. 7 crew killed, 4 survived.
6241 Delivered to USAAF 4Nov43. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 7May44
Transferred to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group. Named 'Hump Happy Mammy'. Named 'Malfunction Junction'
Named 'Yellow Rose of Texas'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 25Nov44
Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 21Dec49
6242 Delivered to USAAF 3Nov43
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 15May44
Permanently modified for bulk haulage of fuel and named "Esso Express*. Flew 30 fuel tanking missions
over the 'hump'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 24Nov44. Reclaimed at Lowry AAF, CO 7Jul46
42-6243 Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress
MSN 3377. Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, GA
Dispostion from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
Delivered to USAAF 31Jan44. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Accident 9Mar44 due to mechanical failure taxying at Tinker AAF, OK
Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 11May44
Named 'Roger The Lodger'.
(468th BG, 792nd BS) crew bailed out due to mechanical failure near Taoyuan, Taiwan, Aug 10, 1944.
All crew rescued.
42-6244/6254 Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress
MSN 3378/3388. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6244 Delivered to USAAF 4Nov43. Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Damaged 2Feb44 due to a land gear malfunction and fire during taxying at Walker AAF, KS
Reclamation completed Amarillo AF Apr 9, 1946
6245 Delivered to USAAF 1Mar44. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Crash landed 7Jun44 due to engine failure and fire at Wichita Municipal Airport, KS
Condemned survey Wichita MAP Boeing Jun 8, 1944
6246 Delivered to USAAF 15Nov43. (679 BS, 444 BG) crew bailed out 80 mi SW of Hsichang,
China during ferry flight from Kharagpur, India to
Hsinching, China Jun 28, 1944 due to #1 and #3 engine failures.
6247 Delivered to USAAF 11Nov43
Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group
Accident 9Apr44 due to mechanical failure on landing at Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Assigned to 40th Bomb Group. Reclamation completed Amarillo Apr 30, 1946
6248 Delivered to USAAF 4Nov43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44 and arrived Piardoba, India 8May44
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Green Dragon'
Damaged 10Oct44 during a heavy takeoff with fire and smoke from number 1 engine and subsequent
landing at Piardoba, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 14Dec44
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6249 Delivered to USAAF 11Nov43
(40th BG, 25th BS) ferry flight crash at Payne Airfield, Cairo, Egypt Apr 18, 1944. All crew survived.
The aircraft struck a radio tower on takeoff in a dust storm.
6250 Delivered to USAAF 18Nov43. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 7May44. Named 'Bombin' Buggy'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6251 Delivered to USAAF 17Nov43. Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkindi, India
Combat damaged 21Nov44 during a mission to Omura, Japan. Forced to land in China due to damage from a
Japanese fighter attack. The aircraft was later recovered and sent back to CONUS as a trainer.
Named 'Ole Battler'. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6252 Delivered to USAAF 19Nov43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS 10Apr44 for CBI. Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
Named 'Ragged But Right'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 9Dec44.
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6253 Delivered to USAAF 28Nov43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 13Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 8May44. Named 'Windy City'
(468th BG, 794th BS) force landed in bad weather at Pengshan,
China Aug 20, 1944 retunning from combat sortie to Yawata, Japan. Assigned to 35th Repair Squadron
for salvage 22Aug44. Scrapped in CBI Oct 10, 1944
6254 Delivered to USAAF 6Dec43. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 13Apr44
Named 'Hump Happy Pappy'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 28Nov44
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
42-6255/6304 Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress
MSN 3389/3438. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6255 Delivered to USAAF 13Dec43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 18Apr44
(468th BG, 792nd BS) crew bailed out due to engine
fire near Liliabari, Assam, India May 1, 1944 while enroute to Pengshang, China.
The aircraft was dispatched to make the first trip over the Hump to the 468th Base at China.
Fifty miles north of Jorhat, the crew were forced to bail out with number 2 engine on fire and the
fire could not be controlled. Members of the crew were picked up within 2 days. The Radar Operator was
found drowned in a river near the scene of the crash.
6256 Delivered to USAAF 28Nov43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 14Apr44. (462nd BG, 771st BS, "Ramp Tramp") The aircraft was part
of a 100 aircraft raid against the Japanese Showa steel mill in Anshan, Manchuria. An engine failed
and the propeller could not be feathered so the aircraft diverted to Vladivostok, Russia Jul 29, 1944. MACR 7178..
The interned crew was allowed to "escape" into American-occupied Iran in January 1945. The aircraft was
not returned to the Americans and instead used by the Russians in the Tu-4 Bull development effort.
The aircraft was flown to a base near Romanovka, Russia 9Jan45 for initial test flights by Russian pilots.
Later, Tupolev sent it to the AF flight test center at Zhukovskiy.
Transferred to the Soviet AF 1Jul45. Assigned to 890th Air Regiment at Orsha. This special unit
boasted the greatest number of pilots with flight experience in U.S. aircraft, and its fleet included
19 B-25s, 12 B-17s (F and G models), and one B-24. Later the aircraft was refitted with Shvetsov ASh-73TK
engines, the Soviet clone of earlier Wright engine designs that had been acquired under license and for
which parts were available. Ramp Tramp flew for nearly a decade, and soon acquired a legendary status
among bomber crews as the progenitor of the Soviet strategic air arm in the early years of the cold war.
Many Soviet bomber pilots in the early stages of the Tu-4 program took enormous pride in the fact that
their flight log included hours on the Superfortress from Wichita.
Later used as mother ship for underwing launching of Samolet 346P glider
a development of ex-German DFS 346 rocket-powered aircraft in 1948-49. Ramp Tramp was becoming increasingly
difficult to maintain. By 1954, the Tu-4 fleet was gradually being dismantled, and the U.S. bomber was
scrapped along with it.
6257 Delivered to USAAF 28Nov43. Assigned to 679th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 10Jan44 due to mechanical failure at Great Bend AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI; arrived Dudhkundi, India. Modified as a fuel tanker for the Hump, Named 'Dumbo'
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6258 Delivered to USAAF 30Nov43
Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Accident 13Jan44 due to engine failure landing at Pratt AAF, KS
Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkindi, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS
Modified to TB-29Q. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Crash landed 3Aug45 due to engine failure near Roswell AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Roswell, NM Aug 21, 1945
6259 delivered to USAAF at Salinas Field, Kansas Nov 30, 1943. To Wright Field, OH Dec 2, 1943.
Was first "Pullman" B-29 modified with long bomb bay doors and used for testing of "Thin Man" and "Fat Man"
inert test shapes at Muroc and later assigned to 216th AAF Base Unit at Wendover AAF, UT. Code name "Pullman"
was later changed to "Silverplate". Reclamation completed Ft Worth May 11, 1945
6260 Delivered to USAAF 11Dec43
Assigned to 874th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 23Jun44 due to mechanical failure at Great Bend AAF, KS
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6261 Delivered to USAAF 13Dec43
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI 9Apr44; arrived Chakulia, India 24Apr44
Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 10Apr44. Named 'Stockett's Rocket'
(40th BG, 45th BS) lost over Hump Jun 15, 1944 while on mission to steel works at Yawata Kyoto, Japan.
MACR 6010 and 6600. All 11 crew killed.
6262 Delivered to USAAF 7Dec43. Named 'Round Trip Ticket'
(444th BG, 678th BS, "Round Trip Ticket") shot down by Ki-45 (Nick) Dec 7, 1944, Mukden, Manchuria. MACR 10041.
All 11 crew were killed.
6263 Delivered to USAAF 7Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 15Apr44. Named 'Sir Trofrepus'
(462nd BG, 769th BS) ditched off Kurmitola, India due to engine fire Jul 8, 1944. MACR 11300. 3 crew killed,
8 survived and were rescued.
6264 Delivered to USAAF 16Dec43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 13Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 29Apr44
Named 'O'Reilly's Daughter'. (468th BG, 792nd BS) suffered AAA damage and crew bailed out off
Chinese coast near Shanghai Aug 21, 1944 while returning from sortie to Yawata, Japan. MACR 11297
6265 Delivered to USAAF 10Dec43. Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group. Named 'Raiden Maiden'
On 5Nov44, about 30 minutes from Kalaikunda Airfield [B-1] on the return trip from Singapore
the engines failed due to fuel transfer problems and the plane glided to a landing.
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6266 Delivered to USAAF 21Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 5May44.
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 29Nov44
Modified to TB-29Q. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Accident 30Apr45 landing at Roswell Auxiliary AAF #3, Dexter NM
Reclamation completed Maxwell AFB Jul 2, 1946 as TB-29Q
6267 Delivered to USAAF 19Dec43
Assigned to 676 Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India. Named 'Winnie'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6268 Delivered to USAAF 19Dec43. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 29Apr44. Named 'Good Humpin'
(40th BG, 44th BS) crashlanded due to engine failure during test flight
at Chakulia, India Sep 16, 1944. Condemned survey Sep 17, 1944.
6269 Delivered to USAAF 21Dec43. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 13Apr44. Named 'Smokey Stover'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 8Jan45. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6270 Delivered to USAAF 18Dec43
Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS. Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 15Apr44
Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Case Ace'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 21Dec44. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6271 Delivered to USAAF 19Dec43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 13Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 5May44. Named 'Hellin' Helen'
(468th BG, 792nd BS) crew bailed out near Loshan due to prop failure Jun 7, 1944. MACR 6598
6272 Delivered to USAAF 18Dec43. Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 13May44
Named 'Miss Minette'. Named 'The Old Campaigner'
Declared war weary 15Jan45. Returned to USA Jan 30, 1945. Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 21Dec49
6273 Delivered to USAAF 23Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived India 19Apr44.
(58th BW, 462nd BG, 769th BS, "Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess") returned to USA Jan 1, 1945 as war
weary. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6274 Delivered to USAAF 20Dec43. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 14Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 1May44
Named 'Lady Hamilton'. (468th BG, 794th BS) shot down by Zero over China Jul 29, 1944. MACR 6946,
3 crew killed, 8 crew bailed out and returned safely to base.
6275 Delivered to USAAF 23Dec43. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 16Apr44
Named 'Snafuper Bomber'. Damaged over Omura, Japan Nov 20, 1944. Crew bailed out 10 mi from
base at Shinching, China. One crew member KIA.
6276 Delivered to USAAF 31Dec43. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 10Apr44
Named 'The Old Cracker Keg'. Transferred to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group. Named 'Black Magic'
(40th BG, 45th BS) crashed due to fuel starvation in CBI Dec 19, 1944. Condemned Dec 22, 1944
6277 Delivered to USAAF 30Dec43. Named 'Shanghai Lil'
(444th BG, 679th BS) in forced landing in India after ran out of fuel Jun 4, 1944. All crew survived.
Also listed as force landed 6Sep44 due to engine failure at Dudhkundi, India
6278 Delivered to USAAF 31Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 14Apr44. Named 'Assid Test'
Damaged 28May44 by friendly fire at Piardoba, India
(462nd BG, 770th BS) crashed in China Sea due to unknown cause while on mission to aircraft factor at
Omura, Japan Nov 21, 1944. MACR 9973. All 11 crew killed.
6279 Delivered to USAAF 29Dec43. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 1May44
Named 'Postville Express'. Was the first B-29 to drop bombs on Japan. (468th BG, 792nd BS)
On November 21, 1944 took off from Pengshan Airfield in China on a bombing mission over Omura.
Over the target the right blister of this bomber blew out and right gunner was sucked out.
The rest of the crew and bomber returned to base safely. MACR 9866. The gunner's remains were recovered post-war.
Declared war weary 30Dec44. Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 21Dec49.
6280 Delivered to USAAF 30Dec43. Named 'Defiant Lassie'
(444th BG, 676th BS) crashed into mountain near Fuling, China Oct 14, 1944 while om mission to Okayama
aircraft plant on Formosa. MACR 9321. All 11 crew killed.
6281 Delivered to USAAF 24Dec43. Assigned to 2532nd Army AF Base Unit, Randolph AAF, TX
Accident 26Jun44 due to mechanical failure taxying at Randolph AAF, TX.
Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 16Apr44. Named '20th Century Unlimited'
Renamed 'Heavenly Body' Oct44. (40th BG, 45th BS) crashed and exploded at Fanghsein, China while returning
from mission to aircraft factory at Omura, Japan Oct 25, 1944. All 11 crew bailed out but one died as he
landed from wounds he suffered over the target. 10 crew survived and were rescued.
6282 Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 246th Army AF Base Unit, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed CONUS to CBI 2Apr44; arrived Chakulia, India 14Apr44
Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 14Apr44
(40th BG) ditched off Chittagong, India Jun 5, 1944. Ditched in Bay of Bengal due to fuel transfer problem on
return from mission to bomb Bangkok, Thailand. MACR 6602 and 5861
6283 Delivered to USAAF 24Dec43. Assigned to 40th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6284 Delivered to USAAF 31Dec43. Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 29Apr44
Transferred to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India Oct44. Named 'The Challenger'
Declared war weary 18Jan45. Returned to CONUS.
Reclamation completed Pyote AMC Sep 30, 1946
6285 Delivered to USAAF 24Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 18Apr44
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Ours'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 13Jan45. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6286 Delivered to USAAF 31Dec43
Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkindi, India. Named 'Praying Mantis'
(444th BG, 677th BS) crashed into Shsi-Ling (Snow Mountain) in China after ran out of fuel while
returning from mission to steel works at Yawata Kyoto, Japan Aug 20, 1944. MACR 10590. All 11 crew killed.
6287 Delivered to USAAF 25Dec43. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI 5Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 20Apr44.
Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Assigned to the Air Depot 9Oct44
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 25Dec44
Assigned to 2532nd Army AF Base Unit, Randolph AAF, TX
Taxi accident 26Jun45 Randolph AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Randolph Field Jul 17, 1945
6288 Delivered to USAAF 31Dec43. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 12Apr44
(40th BG) crashed on takeoff from Hsinching (A-1) for photo mission Oct 22, 1944. 7 killed.
6289 Delivered to USAAF 6Jan44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 19Apr44
Named 'Nippon Nipper'. (40th BG, 44th BS) in ground fire at Chakulia, India Jul 8, 1944.
6290 Delivered to USAAF 10Jan44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 19Apr44
Named 'Wempy's Blitzburger'
(40th BG, 44th BS) collided on runway with B-29 42-6321 which was landing at Ankang Airfield Shaanxi, China
while returning from mission to aircraft factory at Omura, Japan Nov 21, 1944. All crew survived, but
aircraft was destroyed. Condemned crash landing Nov 23, 1944.
6291 Delivered to USAAF 9Jan44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 16Apr44
(40th BG, 395th BS) crashed at Midnapore, india due to engine failure after take-off from Chakulia, India
Jul 26, 1944
6292 Delivered to USAAF 10Jan44. Assigned to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group. Named 'Black Jack'
Force landed 23May44 at Chharra , India
6293 Delivered to USAAF 6Jan44. Assigned to 444th Bomb Group. Emergency landing at Neisiang, China Jun 16, 1944.
Japanese aircraft destroyed the aircraft on the ground the next day.
6294 Delivered to USAAF 11Jan44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 7May44
Named 'Monsoon'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 10Jan45
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6295 Delivered to USAAF 11Jan44. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 18Apr44. Named 'Monsoon Minnie'
(40th BG, 45th BS) damaged by fighters over Japan Oct 17, 1944. MACR 9511. Also MACR 9322
The aircraft was on a bombing run over Takao, Formosa when shot at by Japanese fighters. One of the turrets
was hit and the gunner was sucked out. Damaged 17Nov44 on a mission to Bangkok, Thailand from Chakulia, India.
The aircraft was hit by fighter fire, setting #3 engine on fire, forcing an emergency landing at Chittagong.
Repaired and returned to CONUS. Reclaimed at Pyote AFB, TX 21Dec49
6296 Delivered to USAAF 14Jan44. (444th BG, 678th BS) crashed and burned near Chharra airfield, India May 15, 1944
6297 Delivered to USAAF 16Jan44 Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 7May44. Named 'Ol' 297'
Damaged 6Jul44 due to engine failure at Chakulia, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 9Jan45
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6298 Delivered to USAAF 18Jan44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 17Apr44. Named 'Katie'
Damaged 3Nov44 when the aircraft blew a tire and ground looped, presumably at Hsinching, China.
Accident 2Dec44 landing at Hsinching, China. To GIA, later salvaged
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6299 Delivered to USAAF 11Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 19Apr44.
Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Humpin Honey'
Named 'Princess Patsy'. (462nd BG) rammed by Ki-44 (Tojo) over Mukden, Manchuria Dec 7, 1944. MACR 10125.
9 crew killed, 2 bailed out and became POW.
6300 Delivered to USAAF 14Jan44. (444th BG, 677th BS) lost Nov 11, 1944, China on mission to Omura, Japan. MACR 9688.
Last seen leaving formation on return from target with all engines running.
6301 (Delivered to USAAF 10Jan44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group 17Apr44
(40th BG, 25th BS) radar error sent aircraft off course and crashed
in mountains near Kunlien, China Aug 20, 1944. 11 KIA. MACR 7524
6302 Delivered to USAAF 18Jan44. (444th BG, 678th BS) force landed due to fuel starvation
at Bera, India Jul 15, 1944
6303 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44
To the Martin Modification Center, Omaha, NB
To the Oklahoma City Air Depot, Tinker AAF, OK
Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Flown to Bolling Field, DC 20Feb44 for inspection by President Roosevelt. It is believed that
this was the first --and possibly the only -- time the President saw a B-29.
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI 4Apr44; arrived Chakulia, India 14Apr44. Named 'Typhoon McGoon III'
Flown on the first B-29 combat mission to Bangkok, Thailand 5Jun44
Transferred to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Chakulia, India 22Oct44
Damaged 21/22Nov44 in air raid at Hsinching, China. Repaired and ferried back to Chakulia, India 9Dec44
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 19Dec44 10 missions
Assigned to 4121st Army AF Base Unit, Kelly AAF, TX
Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM Mar45
Assigned to 4105th Army AF Base Unit, Davis-Monthan AAF, AZ Nov45 for storage
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6304 (40th BG, 395th BS) ditched in Bay of Bengal, India due to fuel transfer problem Jun 5, 1944.
MACR 5860 and 6603. Two crew died and 10 crew rescued after several days at sea.
42-6305/6354 Boeing B-29-10-BW Superfortress
MSN 3439/3488. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6305 Delivered to USAAF 16Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI 10Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 29Apr44. Named 'Starduster'
(462nd Bg, 769th BS) crashed returning to Kuinglai, China after mechanical failure during takeoff
Aug 20, 1944. Condemned per survey in China and dropped Oct 1, 1944
6306 Delivered to USAAF 15Jan44. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44; arrived Chakulia, India 17Apr44. Named 'Pampered Lady'
Transferred to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Chakulia, India
Noted 9Sep44 at Hanchang, China covered in camouflage netting [presumably awaiting repair]
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 18Dec44. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6307 Delivered to USAAF 16Jan44. Named 'Blue Bonnet Belle'
(444th BG, 676th BS) aircraft iced up stalled and crew bailed out over Himalayan Mountains Nov 12, 1944.
Aircraft crashed and exploded. Seven crew members bailed out and were picked up by local Chinese.
Four crewmembers were killed.
6308 Delivered to USAAF 19Jan44. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS on 1Apr44 for CBI via Presque Isle, ME; Gander, Newfoundland; Marrakech,
French Morocco; Cairo, Egypt; Karachi, India to Chakulia, India. Arrived 12Apr44. Named 'Feather Merchant'
(40th BG, 45th BS) crashed near Lachokow, China while returning from mission to steel works at
Yawata Kyoto, Japan Aug 20, 1944. MACR 9686. 2 crew killed, 9 bailed out and were rescued by
friendly Chinese who helped them get to Lachowow, China.
6309 Delivered to USAAF 16Jan44
(444th BG, 676th BS) missing over the Hump enroute from India to China Sep 2, 1944. MACR 11296
6310 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 14Apr44. Named 'Hump Happy Jr'
Accident 16Aug44 during takeoff at Chakulia, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 30Nov44
Modified to TB-29. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Damaged by fire 13Apr45 at Chavez Airport, Mexico. Reclamation complted Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6311 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived Piardoba, India 21Apr44.
Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Night Mare'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 4Jan45. Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6312 Delivered to USAAF 19Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI 7Apr44; arrived India 20Apr44.
Assigned to 771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Mysterious Mistress'
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6313 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 14Apr44. Named 'Ding How'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 18Jan45. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6314 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 13Apr44
Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group 3May44
(468th BG, 793rd BS) crashed due to engine fire near Leipo, China Jun 8, 1944. MACR 6597 and 6122
6315 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Assigned to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group
Named 'Deacon's Disciples'. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6316 Delivered to USAAF 21Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived India 16Apr44.
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Excalibur'
Accident 6Jul44 during takeoff from Chengtu, China. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 26Dec44
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6317 Delivered to USAAF 20Jan44. Assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Named 'Hombicrismus'. Modified for use as a fuel tanker over the Hump
Accident 17May44 landing at Kharagpur, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS Dec44
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6318 Delivered to USAAF 22Jan44. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI 2Apr44; arrived Chakulia, India 17Apr44.
(40th BG, 395th BS) crashed on takeoff at Chakulia, India Jun 4, 1944. 10 of 11 onboard killed.
Condemned Jun 5, 1944
6319 Delivered to USAAF 21Jan44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 17Apr44. Named 'Himalaya Hussy'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 9Jan45. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6320 Delivered to USAAF 24Jan44. Assigned to 679th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group. Named 'Flying Stud'
(444th BG, 697th BS) crashed due to engine fire near Suining, China Aug 20, 1944. Brew bailed out,
all 12 were saved. Condemned Aug 21, 1944
6321 Delivered to USAAF 21Jan44. Named 'This Is It'
(444th BG, 677th BS) destroyed in crash landing at Ankang Airfield Shaanxi in China Nov 21, 1944
while returning from mission to aircraft factory in Omura, Japan. All crew survived. Collided
with 42-6290 on landing.
6322 Delivered to USAAF 24Jan44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 13Apr44. Named 'Bonnie Lee'
(40th BG, 44th BS) crashed after takeoff 50 mi from Ankang, China due to double engine failure Dec 23, 1944
6323 Delivered to USAAF 24Jan44. Named 'Eileen'
Modified for use as a fuel tanker over the Hump renamed 'Princess Eileen'
(444th BG, 678th BS) crashed and burned near Chabua, north of Calcutta,India Jun 26, 1944. MACR 11367.
All crew killed.
6324 Delivered to USAAF 24Jan44
Assigned to 679th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Transferred to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India when 679th BS was disbanded Oct44
Named 'Fubar' "Fouled up beyond all Recognition"
Crash landed May45 at Iwo Jima. All crew survived.
6325 Delivered to USAAF 25Jan44
Assigned to 444th Bomb Group
Named 'B-Sweet'. Named 'No Papa'
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6326 (Delivered to USAAF 25Jan44
Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 18Apr44.
(40th BG, 45th BS) crashlanded at Hsinching, China Jun 19, 1944. Condemned survey in China Sep 16, 1944
6327 Delivered to USAAF 25Jan44
(444th BG, 678th BS) forcelanded near Chharra, India May 1, 1944
6328 Delivered to USAAF 31Jan44
Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI 8Apr44; arrived India 21Apr44
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
(462nd BG,770th BS) crashed on takeoff at Chengtu, China during a Hump mission Jun 27, 1944. 10 killed, two saved.
6329 Delivered to USAAF 27Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed CONUS for CBI 8Apr44; arrived India 16Apr44.
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Ding Hao'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 21Jan45
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6330 Delivered to USAAF 28Jan44. Named 'Fickle Finger of Fate'
(444th BG, 676th BS) crashed into a cliff nearKqanghan, China on return from mission to Yawata, Japan,
Aug 20, 1944. Only one survivor.
6331 Delivered to USAAF 28Jan44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 2Apr44.
Named 'Gone With the Wind'. Was the first B-29 to arrive in CBI.
Declared war weary and used to transport gasoline to the forward operating base at Hsinching, China
(40th BG, 25th BS) shot down by gunfire from British Beaufighter over Chittagon, Burma by mistake
Dec 20, 1944. MACR 10589. All 11 crew bailed out, but one was killed when his chute
failed to open. The survivors were rescued.
6332 Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44; arrived India 16Apr44.
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Belle of Baltimore'
Combat damage by flak over Yawata, Japan 20Aug44. Crashed 10 miles east of Kwanghan [A-3], China, all crew saved.
Condemned MIA Aug 21, 1944
6333 Delivered to USAAF 31Jan44. Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group
Modified as a tanker to haul fuel over the hump. Named 'Camel Caravan'. Modified to TB-29Q
Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Accident 7May45 landing at Roswell AAF, NM. Reclamation completed Pyote Mar 2, 1949
6334 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 14Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 4May44
Accident 25Jun44 landing at Kharagpur, India. Named 'Gertrude C'
(468th BG, 794th BS) rammed by enemy Ki-45 fighter and crashed Yawata Kyoto, Japan Aug 20, 1944.
All 12 crew KIA.
6335 Delivered to USAAF 2Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44. Named 'Hoodlum House'
(462nd BG, 769th BS) destroyed by fire on ground at
Piaradoba, India May 12, 1944 due to gas explosion in rear area. Condemned survey Oct 18, 1944.
6336 (Delivered to USAAF 3Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 13Apr44. (462nd BG, 771st BS) w/o in landing accident at Calcutta-
Dum Dum, India Jun 5, 1944. Was returning from mission to attack railroad shops at
Bangkok, Thailand and ran out of fuel. Condemned crash and survey Nov 6, 1944
6337 Delivered to USAAF 31Jan44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 8Apr44. Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS
Damaged 29Dec44 in a ground collision due to mechanical failure at Kelly AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6338 Delivered to USAAF 7Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44. Damaged 14Apr44 during takeoff at Payne Field, Egypt.
Arrived India 8Jun44. Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
Named 'Patches'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 1Feb45
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6339 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 248th Army AF Base Unit, Walker AAF, KS
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 9May44 taxying at Clovis AAF, NM. Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1948
6340 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44. Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkindi, India
Force landed 16May44 due to engine failure at Chharra, India
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6341 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44
Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkindi, India
Accident 21May44 taxying at Chharra, India
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6342 Delivered to USAAF 8Feb44. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 11May44. Named 'Sister Sue'. Named 'Tabooma'
(40th BG, 395th BS) crashed 10 mi SW of Hsinching Airfield (A-1) Sichuan, China due to engine fire
while returning from mission to Einansho Air Depot at Formosa Oct 16, 1944. 2 crew killed, 9 bailed
out and survived.
6343 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44. Named 'Mary's Lil Lambs'
(444th BG, 678th BS) 5 min after takEoff and spun in, crashing
into side of a mountain Kwanghan, China Dec 27, 1944. The aircraft was on a ferrying mission
from Dudhkundi, India, to Kwanghan, China
6344 Delivered to USAAF 5Feb44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 11Apr44. Named 'Princess Patsy'
Named 'Old Firing Butt'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 15Dec44
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6345 Delivered to USAAF 9Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44.
(462nd BG, 771st BS) w/o in forced landing due to engine fire enroute from Karachi to Piardoba, India
Apr 21, 1944. Condemned salvage Jun 26, 1944
6346 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44; arrived India 1May44.
Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Man-O-War'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 2Jan45. Modified to TB-29
Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Accident 17Jul45 due to mechanical failure landing at Roswell AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AFB, TX Dec 21, 1949
6347 Delivered to USAAF 8Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Gravelly Point, VA for CBI 8Apr44. Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
Named 'King Size'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 20Jan45. Modified to TB-29
Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM. Damaged by fire 17May45 at Roswell AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6348 Delivered to USAAF 4Feb44. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India. Named 'Bengal Lancer'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 19Jan45. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6349 Assigned to 4121st Army AF Base Unit, Kelly AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6350 Delivered to USAAF 11Feb44. Assigned to 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Named 'Linda Lou'. Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 10Apr44
Crashed during emergency landing during ferry flight at Marrakech, French
Morocco due to fire in air Apr 14, 1944
6351 Delivered to USAAF 12Feb44. Assigned to 25th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 29Apr44.
(40th BG, 25th BS) crashed while landing at Hsinching, China after raid on Showa steel worksat Anshan
Jul 29, 1944. Condemned crash and explosion in China
Aug 5, 1944
6352 Delivered to USAAF 11Feb44. Assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend, KS
Assigned to 679th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Transferred to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India when 679th BS was disbanded Oct44
Named 'Fu-Kemal'. Deployed to CBI. Flew nine combat missions, thirty hump missions, and took credit for
sinking six Japanese vessels before being rotated back to the States where it became a trainer.
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949. Scrapped 7Jul50
6353 Delivered to USAAF 12Dec44. Assigned to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Named 'Big Poison'. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6354 Delivered to USAAF 19Feb44
Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS. Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 7Apr44; arrived India 30Apr44.
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Miss Lace'
Damaged 28Jun44 during taxying at Piardoba, India. Assigned to 86th Service Group
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 29Jan45
Assigned to 3502nd Army AF Base Unit, Chanute AAF, IL. [probably used as a GIA at Chanute]
Reclamation completed Chanute Apr 1, 1947
42-6355/6404 Boeing B-29-15-BW Superfortress
MSN 3489/3538. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6355 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Forced landing 13Jun44 2 miles N of Clovis AAF, NM. Surveyed Clovis Jun 15, 1944
6356 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 10Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 9May44. Named 'The Gusher'
Modified as a fuel tanker. 20 Hump supply missions. (468th BG, 792nd BS) suffered prop failure
on return from fuel delivery and crew bailed out over Fulin, China Aug 25, 1944 enroute from Pengshan,
China to Kharagpur, India.
6357 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 14Apr44
Assigned to 468th Bomb Group but crashed before receipt Apr 20, 1944 on landing at Karachi, India.
The aircraft slid along the ground and into a British barracks killing some soldiers.
Also reported as being assigned to NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 22, 1944 with NACA code K-76. Used to test NACA modifications to R-3350 engines. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6358 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 14Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 3May44
(468nd BG, 794th BS, "Ding Hao") damaged during raid on aircraft factory in Omora, Japan and diverted
to Vladivostok, Russia Nov 21, 1944 and fell into Soviet hands. MACR 9865.
The interned crew was allowed to "escape" into American-occupied Iran in January 1945. The aircraft was
not returned to the Americans and instead used by the Russians in the Tu-4 Bull development effort.
The aircraft was grounded as a reference aircraft
6359 Delivered to USAAF 18Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 14Apr44; arrived India 29Apr44. Named 'Missouri Queen'. Named 'Vixen'
(462nd BG, 770th BS) crashed into mountain near Qinyuan Shanxi, China Dec 7, 1944 while on mission
to Manchuria airplane manufacturing company and adjacent arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria. MACR 10124.
All 11 crew killed.
6360 Delivered to USAAF 18Feb44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group, Walker AAF, KS
Departed Walker AAF, KS for CBI 14Apr44. Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India
(462nd BG) made wheels up belly landing at fighter airfield at LaoHoKow, China Sep 8, 1944 due to damage
from Japanese fighters while on mission to Anshan, China. The aircraft was bombed and strafed on the
ground by Japanese fighters the following morning. The aircraft was blown up by the crew.
All 11 crew survived and were rescued.
6361 Delivered to USAAF 19Feb44 (444th BG, 678th BS) crashed due to fuel starvation 60 miles from Kunming, China
Jun 5, 1944. Ten of the crew parachuted to safety.
6362 (Delivered to USAAF 22Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 10Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 19Apr44
(468th BG, 792nd BS) crashed in Pengshan, China shortly after takeoff
Nov 21, 1944. Mission started in India, plane landed in China as a staging site for the next leg to Japan.
6363 Assigned to 7th Ferrying Group, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA
Crash landed 29Mar44 due to mechanical failure at Memphis Municipal Airport, Memphis, TN
Assigned to 3705th Army AF Base Unit, Lowry AAF, CO
Damaged 18May45 in a collision on the ground at Lowry AAF, CO. To GIA 31Mar45 at Lowry AAF, CO
Reclamation completed Lowry Field Mar 24, 1946
6364 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 12, 1949
6365 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 14Apr44
Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 29Apr44
Transferred to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India Oct44
(468th BG, 794th BS, "Hap Arnold Special") During a night time raid on Omura on Kyushu, Japan, the
aircraft was damaged and with low fuel diverted to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union
Nov 11, 1944 and fell into Soviet hands. MACR 9664. The interned crew was allowed to escape into
American-occupied Iran in January 1945. The aircraft was not returned to the Americans and instead
used by the Russians in the Tu-4 Bull development effort.
The aircraft was disassembled at the Central Aerodrome in Moscow.
6366 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit,
Clovis AAF, NM. Accident 9Aug44 landing at Tinker AAF, OK. Reclaimed at Robins AFB, GA 20Nov48
Reclamation completed Robins AF Nov 8, 1949
6367 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Reclaimed at Robins AFB, GA 25Apr49
6368 Delivered to USAAF 24Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 13Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 4May44. Named 'Calamity Sue'
(468th BG, 794th BS) crashed after struck in tail stabilizer by piece of wreckage from B-29 42-6334
that was rammed by enemy Ki-45 fighter and crashed Yawata Kyoto, Japan Aug 20, 1944. MACR 9685.
8 crew killed, 3 bailed out and became POW. The plane departed Pengshan, China and took part in
a daylight mission to the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata, Japan .
6369 Delivered to USAAF 21Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 13Apr44
Assigned to 468th Bomb Group but crashed before receipt in India
(468th BG, 793rd BS) crashed in dust storm during ferry flight enroute from USA to
Karachi, India Apr 21, 1944. . The crew abandoned the aircraft, which crashed 20 miles
southeast of Karachi.
6370 Delivered to USAAF 19Feb44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 10Apr44
Assigned to 468th Bomb Group 20Apr44. Named 'Lethal Lady'
(58th BW, 468th BG, 793rd BS) crashed 75 mi off Andaman Islands in Bay of Bengal during mission to
Singapore Nov 5, 1944. MACR 9577. All 11 crew killed.
6371 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM Code K-90
Accident 18May44 at Clovis AAF, NM. To GIA at Clovis AAF, NM 20Nov46
Reclamation completed Clovis Nov 20, 1946
6372 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Assigned to 882nd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group
Crashed 27Jun44 NE of Walker AAF, KS when the landing gear failed to extend and a fire in #2 engine. Crew safe
To CL-26 at Amarillo Jun 29, 1944
6373 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 882nd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group
W/o when force landed 11Jul44 due to an engine fire and propeller malfunction at Walker AAF, KS
Surveyed Walker AF, KS Jul 13, 1944
6374 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Hill Field Sep 14, 1948
6375 Delivered to USAAF 23Feb44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Crashed 2Jun44 when the aircraft was abandoned due to a fire 18 miles SE of Clovis AAF, NM
Surveyed Clovis Jun 4, 1944
6376 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Tested with four gun General Electric (Emerson modified)
upper forward remote control turret. Assigned to 611th Army AF Base Unit, Eglin AAF, FL
To storage at Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6377 Delivered to USAAF 1Mar44. Assigned to 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 27May44 due to structural failure at Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 15Jul44 taxying at Great Bend AAF, KS
Assigned to 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Isely AAF, Saipan
Reclamation complete Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6378 Delivered to USAAF 10Mar44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group. Modified to TB-29
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 236th Army AF Base Unit, Pyote AAF, TX
Accident 4Mar45 during take-off at Pyote AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Davis-Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6379 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India
Returned to USA and assigned to 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group
Crashed 17Sep45 near Copeland, KS. On a training flight out of Walker AFB, either the pilot or co-pilot
had worked on a farm in Copeland and deviated from their approved flight path to buzz the town. Plane
hit the ground and cart-wheeled through the farm of Ora Hatfield, killing Hatfield and his infant grandson and
severely burning Hatfield's wife and daughter. Entire crew killed. Claim for damages and loss-of-life was
initially denied by the USAAF because the training flight was off-course
and therefore not on official USAAF business. Claims by Hatfield family were finally granted by
Act of Congress in 1947. Aircraft was surveyed Walker AF Sep 18, 1945
6380 Delivered to USAAF 26Feb44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Named 'Queen of the Air'. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6381 Delivered to USAAF 1Mar44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Victorville AAF, CA Sep 14, 1948
6382 Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 3Jun44
Assigned to 770th/771st Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Big Chief'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 26Jan45. Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6383 Delivered to USAAF 14Mar44. Assigned to 40th Bomb Group, Herington, KS, Jun44
Ditched in ocean off coast of Africa during ferry flight enroute to India via Roberts Field, Georgetown,
Guiana Jun 17, 1944. Crew survived.
6384 Delivered to USAAF 6Mar44. Assigned to 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group
Written off 26Jul44 after take-off accident 20 miles north of Pratt AAF, KS
To CL-26 at Pratt AF Aug 27, 1944
6385 Delivered to USAAF 4Mar44. Assigned to 877th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Accident 5Jul44 taxying at Smoky Hill AAF, KS [probably used as a GIA at Chanute]
reclamation completed Chanute Apr 29, 1949
6386 Delivered to USAAF 7Mar44. Assigned to 2532nd Army AF Base Unit, Randolph AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6387 Delivered to USAAF 9Mar44. Assigned to 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group
Crashed 13Jun44 on take-off from Pratt AAF, KS. To CL-26 at Pratt AF Jun 14, 1944
6388 Delivered to USAAF 4Mar44. Assigned to 243rd Army AF Base Unit, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 10Mar45 landing at Great Bend AAF, KS. Reclamation completed Victorville AF Sep 18, 1948
6389 Delivered to USAAF 2Mar44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 10Apr44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 21Apr44. Named 'Party Girl'
(468th BG, 792nd BS) lost in China Dec 7, 1944 while on mission to Manchuria Airplane Factory and
arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria. MACR 10100. All 11 crew killed.
6390 MSN 3524 Delivered to USAAF 4Mar44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 13Apr44
Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 4May44. Named 'Gallopin' Goose'
(468th BG, 794th BS) rammed by enemy Ki-44 fighter flown by Sgt. Shinobu Ikeda of the 25th Dokuritsu
Chuta iover Mukden, Manchuria Dec 7, 1944. MACR 10101.
10 crew KIA and 1 bailed out and became POW.
6391 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to 497th Bomb Group. Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6392 Delivered to USAAF 19Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit,
Alamogordo AAF, NM. Reclamation completed Victorville AF Sep 14, 1948
6393 Delivered to USAAF 14Mar44. Modified to TB-29. Assigned to 497th Bomb Group
Assigned to 40th Bomb Group. Accident 22Jun45 due to mechanical failure landing at Roswell AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6394 Delivered to USAAF 7Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit, Alamogordo AAF, NM
Accident 28Jul44 due to mechanical failure at Alamogordo AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6395 Delivered to USAAF 20Mar44. Assigned to 43rd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, 314th Bomb Wing
Crashed 8Oct44 The aircraft was on a training flight from Pratt AAF, Pratt, Kansas. Crashed and burned
near the Texas refinery, 5 miles from the heart of Dallas, Texas
6396 Delivered to USAAF 9Mar44. Assigned to 6th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 14, 1947
6397 Delivered to USAAF 9Mar44. Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group
Named 'Million Dollar Baby'. Declared war weary. To Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949.
6398 Delivered to USAAF 10Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit,
Alamogordo AAF, NM. Accident 16Jan45 due to mechanical failure 7 miles NW of Alamogordo AAF, NM
Crashed 22Feb45 due to mechanical failure on take-off from Alamogordo AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Alamogordo Mar 1, 1945
6399 Delivered to USAAF 9Mar44. Assigned to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group. Named 'The Agitator'
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6400 Delivered to USAAF 20Mar44. Assigned to 236th Army AF Base Unit, Pyote AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6401 Delivered to USAAF 11Mar44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6402 Delivered to USAAF 10Mar44. Assigned to 243rd Army AF Base Unit, Great Bend AAF, KS
Assigned to 435th Bomb Squadron, 333th Bomb Group
Force landing 22Jun45 due to mechanical failure 7 miles ESE of Oklahoma City, OK
Reclamation completed Tinker AF, OK May 15, 1947
6403 Delivered to USAAF 20Mar44. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 22Jun45 Tinker AAF, OK. Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6404 Delivered to USAAF 20Mar44. Assigned to 30th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group
Accident 10Oct44 landing at Great Bend AAF, KS. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
42-6405/6454 Boeing B-29-20-BW Superfortress
MSN 3539/3588. Dispostions from The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive
Registry of the Planes by Robert A. Mann.
6405 Delivered to USAAF 28Mar44. Modified to TB-29
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 19Jul44 due to mechanical faliure over Strother AAF, KS
Crashed 29Mar45 after the crew bailed out due to a fire 8 miles SW of Ragland, NM
surveyed Clovis Mar 30, 1945
6406 Delivered to USAAF 16Mar44. Assigned to 497th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Kelly Field Jan 14, 1949
6407 Delivered to USAAF 23Mar44. Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, KS
Assigned to 795th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 27Aug44
Transferred to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India Oct44. Named 'Lucky Seven'
Declared war weary 11Jan45. Returned to CONUS 12Oct45. Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6408 Delivered to USAAF 29Mar44. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI on 5Jun44
Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 25Jun44. Named 'Reddy Teddy'
(468th BG, 792nd BS) suffered AAA damage and crew bailed out Yawata, Japan Aug 20, 1944.
MACR 9687. The aircraft was on a mission to Yawata when it was hit by flak and attacked by Japanese
fighters who gave its position and altitude to ground control then peeled away. The aircraft had an
explosion near the front when it was hit by flak; it was on fire and going down and the crew bailed out.
The aircraft crashed in Saienba, Kokura City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Three crewmembers were KIA and 8
crewmembers were POW's. Seven were moved to Tokyo and imprisoned in Omori POW Camp and returned to
the United States after the war, the other died in hospital.
6409 Delivered to USAAF 17Mar44. Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, OK.
Departed Smoky Hill AAF, OK for CBI on 10Jun44; Arrived Kharagpur, India 30Jun44. Named 'The Uninvited'
Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 11Jan45. Assigned to Roswell AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6410 Delivered to USAAF 20Mar44. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6411 Delivered to USAAF 30Mar44. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 26Aug44
Declared war weary 30Dec44. Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6412 Delivered to USAAF 27Mar44
converted to F-13 photo-recon aircraft. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF
Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM. Accident 7Jul45 due to mechanical faliure landing at Fort Worth AAF, TX
Redesignated RB-29 Jun 11, 1948. Reclamation completed Pyote AFB, TX Dec 21, 1949
6413 Delivered to USAAF 27Mar44. Tested with 2-gun General Electric upper forward remote
control turret. Assigned to 611th Army AF Base Unit, Eglin AAF, FL
To Eglin proving ground 8/31/45. Reclamation at March AFB, CA completed Jul 31, 1946
6414 Delivered to USAAF 27Mar44. Modified to TB-29. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Assigned to 244th Army AF Base Unit, Harvard AAF, NB
Accident 20Aug45 taking off at Harvard AAF, NB
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6415 Delivered to USAAF 23Mar44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6416 Delivered to USAAF 28Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit,
Clovis AAF, NM. Accident 3Jan45 on the ground at Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6417 (MSN 3551) with 73rd BW, 499th BG, 879th BS crashed in weather related accident 2 mi SE of Lorraine, KS
Jul 7, 1944. 5 killed. To CL-26 at Smoky Hill AF, KS Jul 9, 1944
6418 Delivered to USAAF 23Mar44. Assigned to 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI; arrived Chakulia, India 7Jul44
Crash landed 26Oct44 when the gear would not come down for a landing at Chakulia, India.
Crash landed 14Jan45 at Chakulia, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 22Feb45
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6419 Delivered to USAAF 3Apr44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6420 Delivered to USAAF 1Apr44. Assigned to 877th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group
Accident 27Jul44 due to engine failure landing at Walker AAF, KS
Reclamation completed Seattle AAF, WA Oct 2, 1946
6421 Delivered to USAAF 1Apr44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6422 Delivered to USAAF 1Apr44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6423 Delivered to USAAF 8Apr44. Assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Dudhkundi, India
Named 'Urgin' Virgin'. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 29Nov45 reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6424 Delivered to USAAF 15Apr44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan AAF, AZ Jun 27, 1949
6425 Delivered to USAAF 20Apr44. Assigned to 395th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Pratt AAF, KS
Departed Pratt AAF, KS for CBI 16Jun44; Arrived Chakulia, India 7Jul44. Named 'B-Sweet'
(40th BG) crashed 70 mi SW of Hsichang, China
Aug 20, 1944. MACR 7345. The crew bailed out due to engine failure over the hump and were rescued by locals
6426 Delivered to USAAF 5May44. Assigned to 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group
Accident 17Jan45 taxying at Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Accident 16Mar45 during taxying at Great Bend AAF, TX. To storage at Davis Monthan 6/27/49
6427 Delivered to USAAF 18May44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 15, 1947
6428 Delivered to USAAF 31Mar44. Assigned to 29th Bomb Group
Missing Gulf of Mexico (29th VHBG) Jan 9, 1945
6429 Delivered to USAAF 1Apr44. Assigned to 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6430 Delivered to USAAF 31Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 19Jan45 taxying at Clovis AAF, NM. Accident 13Jun45 due to mechanical failure landing at Kirtland AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Kirtland AF, NM Jul 2, 1945
6431 Delivered to USAAF 29Mar44. Assigned to 4136th Army AF Base Unit, Tinker AAF, OK. Modified to TB-29
Assigned to 502nd Bomb Group, Grand Island AAF, NB. Accident 10Jun45 due to weather 10 miles N of Shawnee, OK
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 17, 1947
6432 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to 238th Army AF Base Unit, Walker AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Apr 1, 1947
6433 Delivered to USAAF 3Apr44. Assigned to 497th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Las Vegas AAF, Apr 9, 1946
6434 Delivered to USAAF 4Apr44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Seattle AAF Oct 2, 1946
6435 Delivered to USAAF 7Apr44. Assigned to 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group
Crashed 29Aug44 at Rock Quary, 2 miles east of Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK. Crew bailed out
6436 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 3Jan45 taxying at Clovis AAF, NM. Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6437 Delivered to USAAF 1Apr44. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6438 Delivered to USAAF 31Mar44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit, Alamogordo AAF, NM
Crashed 18Jan45 20 miles SW of Alamogordo, NM. Reclamation completed Alamogordo, NM Jan 29, 1945
6439 Delivered to USAAF 3Apr44. Assigned to 873rd Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Accident 16Jun44 due to mechanical failure at Great Bend AAF, KS. Assigned to 19th Bomb Group
To storage at Davis Monthan 2/28/46. Reclamation completed Nov 30, 1948
6440 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 15, 1947
6441 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to 243rd Army AF Base Unit, Great Bend AAF, KS
Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group. Accident 25Sep44 due to mechanical failure landing at
Tinker AAF, OK. Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6442 Delivered to USAAF 2Apr44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 31Jul44 due to structural failure over the Nara Vista Range, Nara Vista, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6443 Delivered to USAAF 4Apr44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6444 Delivered to USAAF 12Apr44. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Group
Departed Smoky Hill AAF, KS for CBI 1Jun44; arrived India 17Jun44.
Assigned to 770th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, India. Named 'Humpin' Honey'
Crashed on takeoff at Piardoba airfield, India. Nov 5, 1944 due to engine failure during takeoff for a
mission to Singapore. 11 crew bailed out but one was killed.
6445 Delivered to USAAF 4Apr44. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, KS
Reclamation completed Harlingen AF, TX May 24, 1946
6446 Delivered to USAAF 3Apr44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 26, 1949
6447 Delivered to USAAF 12Apr44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit, Alamogordo AAF, NM
Accident 23Feb45 on the ground at Alamogordo AAF, NM. Accident 12Apr45 landing at Lubbock AAF, TX
Reclamation completed Kelly AA Jul 14, 1949
6448 Delivered to USAAF 11Apr44. Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6449 Delivered to USAAF 8Apr44. Assigned to 499th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 27, 1948
6450 Delivered to USAAF 11Apr44. Assigned to 497th Bomb Group
Reclamation completed Kelly AF May 27, 1948
6451 Delivered to USAAF 12Apr44. Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 234th Army AF Base Unit, Clovis AAF, NM
Accident 15Feb45 due to mechanical failure taxying at Clovis AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Tinker AF May 15, 1947
6452 Delivered to USAAF 13Apr44. (444th BG, 679th BS) crashed near Agartala, India
Aug 7, 1944. Caught fire, crew bailed out
6453 Delivered to USAAF 20Apr44
Assigned to Combat Crew Training Squadron, 231st Army AF Base Unit, Alamogordo AAF, NM
Reclamation completed Pyote AF Dec 21, 1949
6454 Delivered to USAAF 15Apr44. Departed CONUS for CBI; arrived 28Jun44
Assigned to 793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India. Named 'Totin' to Tokyo'
Crash landing 4Sep44 at Kharagpur, India. Declared war weary. Returned to CONUS 21Jan45
Modified to TB-29. Assigned to 3030th Army AF Base Unit, Roswell AAF, NM
Accident 12Aug45 taxying at Roswell Auxiliary AAF #3, Dexter NM
Reclamation completed Davis Monthan AF Jun 27, 1949
42-6455/6504 Douglas C-53-DO
MSN 4907/4956
6455 (MSN 4907) to USAAF Apr 20, 1942. To RAF 32 Sqdn as Dakota II, RAF serial was MA928.
Transferred to Pan American shortly after export. Crashed Mar 25, 1943, Agartala, India.
6456 (MSN 4908) to USAAF 20Apr42. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik,
Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23Oct42. Eighth Air Force 24Oct42. Oran 06Apr43. Returned to US 28Aug45
To RFC Aug 30, 1945. To civil registry as NC45362 Northeast delivered 27Nov45.
To Air Carrier Service Corp, Wash DC, Sep67. Jack Richards AircraftCO US Inc, Okla. City, OK US
To N12MA Mannion Air Charter, Detroit, MI US, registered 20Dec73. To South Central Avn. bought 04Feb81.
6457 (MSN 4909) to USAAF Apr 18, 1942. To RAF as Dakota II HK867. Transferred to Pan
American shortly after export, RAF record card shows use
in Middle East (267 Sqdn RAF, 1 MECCU RAF), but does not list fate.
6458 (MSN 4910) to USAAF Apr 20, 1942. to RFC Mar 5, 1945. To PP-AVK, to PP-EDL, to Brazilian AF as
FAB-EDL, to Clube Nautico Agua Limpa as PT-KVP. Ultimate fate obscure.
6459 (MSN 4911) 3 April 1942 Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air
Force with s/n 42-6459.
From 9 February 1945 to 21 December 1948 To Trans World Airlines with
c/r NC18565. Operated with markings: 369
December 1949 To Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
9 January 1950 To Lockheed Aircraft Corp with c/r N18565 (DC3A, 4911).
1960 Fitted with Nasarr nose for F-104 Training.
14 September 1962 Civil registration, N18565, cancelled.
From 19 October 1962 to 17 February 1967 Taken on Strength/Charge with
the Luftwaffe with s/n XA+117.
6460 (MSN 4912) to USAAF 24Apr42. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field,
Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23Oct42. 8th AF 25Oct42. Oran 10May43. US 28Aug45. To RFC 31Aug45
To NC45363 Western Airlines leased 1945/46, Bought 1 Aug49. Page Alws 26Mar55.
TO N70M Commercial Fidelity Corp Lombard Corp Walter E Heller and Co, Chicago, IL Jun63
Real Earth Estate, Tarzana, CA US 1965. Walter E Heller & Co, Oct67. B B Jackson, Grants Pass,
OR US Ju168. M Knippel, Monterrey,CA US, Jun70. Progressive Aviation Inc, Wichita, TX US 1972
R D Tapply, Ft Collins, CO. 1974. J W Duff, Mar77. Cancelled.
6461 (MSN 4913) to USAAF Apr 23, 1942. .Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field,
Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 18Dec42. 325th Ferrying Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group,
Grove (Station 519). En route from Saint-Dizier (A-64), France to Grove 13Mar45 the aircraft crashed during a forced
landing one mile NE of Vitra, France following a ? 2 engine fire. The crew bailed out but the pilot slipped out of
his parachute and was killed [1KIA]. Aircraft condemned salvage Apr 20, 1945
6462 (MSN 4914) to USAAF Apr 24, 1942. AMMISCA 21Aug42. 14th AF China 22Oct42. Accra 28Dec42
Chicago & Southern 08Apr43. Continental Al l 30Aug43. N Africa Wg ATC 13Jan44.
To United Air Lines Jul 3, 1944 as NC19946 "Mainliner Rock Springs". To PP-YQS REAL on 12 Aug 1956;
Aeronorte Jul 30, 1959. w/o 15 Mar 1961 at Ponta Grossa, Brazil
6463 (MSN 4915) to USAAF May 6, 1942. Crashed Aug 15, 1942 east of Garnett Peak, Peru, MA. 4 killed.
6464 (MSN 4916) to USAAF Apr 27, 1942. W/o 17 Jul 1943 Mid-air with 41-38730, 10 miles N. of Grenada
AAF, MS. Surveyed Grenada AAF, MS Jul 18, 1943
6465 (MSN 4917) to USAAF Apr 18, 1942, to US Navy Apr 27, 1942 as R4D-3 BuNo 05079
6466 (MSN 4918) to US Navy Apr 20, 1942 as R4D-3 BuNo 05080.
6467 (MSN 4919) to USAAF 23Apr42. Accra 28Dec42. Central African Wing ATC 29May43
North Africa Wing ATC 27Mar44. Returned to US 02Nov44 Delivered Nov 4, 1944 as NC19925 to United Airlines
"C/1 Moline"I"Oakland", bought Jan 10, 1945. Los Angeles Air Service bought Jul l, 1950
Northwest "346" bought Sep 8, 1951- Ozark bought Oct 2, 1958. Reregistered N149D in 1958
J H Vatterott, Bridgetown, MO, bought Jul 6, 1962. Rust Aviation Inc, Kanabee, IL, Apr69
Florida Airlines A C Allyn, Sarasota, FL US 1974. Pioneer Int'l Leasing Inc, Chicago, IL, registered
Oct 30, 1975. Sale reptd Jun79.
6468 (MSN 4920) to USAAF Apr 25, 1942. 10th AF India Dec 26, 1942. India China Wing ATC May 12, 1943.
Sold to Indian government Apr 10, 1946
6469 (MSN 4921) to USAAF Apr 30, 1942. 30Apr42. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field,
Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 23Oct42.
Returned to USA Sep 1, 1945. To RFC Bush Field, GA Sep 12, 1945
6470 (MSN 4922) to USAAF Apr 27, 1942. Accra 28Dec42. 10th AF 24Mar43. India China Wing ATC 29May43.
10th AF. Condemned salvage Army-Navy Liquidation Commission Oct 20, 1945.
To VT-ATI with Tata Airlines Oct 1945. Then to Air India. W/o at Jammu, India Nov 13, 1947.
6471 (MSN 4923) to USAAF Apr 27, 1942. 10th AF India 31Jul42. Accra 28Dec42. 10th AF India 24Mar43
India China Wing ATC 29May43. Crashed after takeoff at Dum Dum near Calcutta, India Aug 22, 1943. 20 killed.
6472 (MSN 4924) to USAAF Apr 30, 1942. 10th AF 15Sep42. India 26Dec42. India China Wing ATC 29May43.
10th AF or India-China Wing ATC 26Apr44. To excess inventory list Nov 30, 1945
6473 (MSN 4925) to USAAF Apr42. NC45374 American "Erie" 24Apr42. US Dec42. To RFC 30Apr45
To NC45374 DPC American leased May 16, 1945. "74" WAA 25Jun47 Southern 30Jun51. Reregistered N65SA in 1954
Reregistered N6510 Oct 10, 1967. Carolina Aircraft Corp, bought 13Oct67 Concare Aircraft Leasing Co, Jan68
Skyway Aviation Inc, Jackson, MI US, 1968 Continental Aviation Co, Tulsa, OK US 1973 -
Florida Nat'l Alws, FtL, FL US 1974. Registered N40FN 1975. J Sweeney, Miami Beach, FL, registered
9Jul 19, 1977. N40FN N-cancelled on 14 Feb 2011
6474 (MSN 4926) to USAAF Apr 30, 1942. To DPC Bush Field Jan 12, 1945. To Aerovias Braniff as XA-DUJ,
to Aerovias Inernacionales de Mexico (Aerovias Reforma) as XA-HIP, to Aero Mexico, still
as XA-HIP, to N5139B M M Landy, B23Jan56, to N46TE Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY US Jun63,
to Viking Express as N162E, General Development Corp, Miami, FL US Sep68. General Devel. Air Service
Inc, Miami, FL US Dec70. Mackinac College, Mackinac, MI US 1972. T J DillonCO US Inc, Akron, OH Jul73.
Escort Air Taxis Inc, Akron,OH US, 1974-Air Go Inc, Dallas, TX, Feb78. W D Industries Inc, LA,CA US, R16Nov78
Airspeed Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Ld Sep79. Bo-S-Aire Ld 1979 Air Molokai Ltd, Honolulu, HI BlSNov82.
To Pelican Air as N22RB, to Vintage Airways as N22RB. W/o
Aug 13, 2004 when flipped over on its back at Orlando Herndon
Airport during Hurricane Charlie.
6475 (MSN 4927) to Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) under Lend-Lease
May 26, 1942. Became XT-45, then N8361C. N8361C N-cancelled on 7 Oct 1965
6476 (MSN 4928) to USAAF May 6, 1942. To RFC Dec 19, 1944. To NC19932 United "C/I Portland "I" Omaha
leasted on 21 Mar 1945 bought 01Aug49. Continental B09May50. Forest Leasing Corp, Bradford, PA US, Jun63.
Forest Oil Corp, Dec66. Tecumseh Products Corp, Tecumseh, MI US 1967. Jack Adams Aircraft Sales Inc,
Walls, MS, May69. M R Smith, Midland, TX,Aug69. Two Jacks Inc, Arlington, TN, 1972. T T BearingCO
US Luxury Flights Inc, Rochester, NY US Dec73. D Rich, Ormond Beach, FL US registered 29Nov78.
Cancelled Sep82.
6477 (MSN 4929) To USAAF May 5, 1942. To Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) under
Lend-Lease Jun 1942. Became XT-55
6478 (MSN 4930) Delivered to USAAF 26May42; Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 22Aug42; 8th AF 20Oct42; 12th
AF, Oran, Algeria 13Nov42; 12th AF, Italy 15Jul43; 8th AF, UK
15Jul43 but remained in Algeria; loaned to RAF for use by Air Chief Marshal Tedder, AOC-in-C.
Mediterranean Air Command; allocated serial 'FD144' [sic]. No.144 Maintenance Unit, Maison
Blanche, Algeria; modified for VIP use by installation of seats salvaged from the
wreck of a French airship; DULCIE; Supreme Commander MAAF 19Jan44; to Northolt, Middx, UK
20Jan44; Northolt Station Flight; Allied Expeditionary AF Communications Flight,
Heston, Middx 23Feb44; . No.24 Squadron, Hendon 22Mar45. No.22 Maintenance Unit, Silloth 27Jul46.
Recaptured by US Government. Foreign Liquidation Commission. Connor Aircraft 2Dec46. Departed Silloth 12Feb47.
Registered 2Apr47 as G-AJLC; cancelled 10Nov47 on export abroad. Registered Nov47 as NC74139. Registered 11Mar48 as OO-APC;
cancelled 10Aug50. Registered Sep50 as N74139. Destroyed when overshot and stalled landing at Tampico, Isla Del Fronton, Mexico 7Jun68.
Registration cancelled.
6479 (MSN 4931) to USAAF May 8, 1942. To UK May 28, 1942. to Egypt Jun 12, 1942.
To RAF as Dakota II FJ709 Jun 1942. Appears as Dakota IV
on RAF record card. No record of fate
6480 (MSN 4932) converted to XC-53A. To AAF Museum Sep 21, 1945. Wright Fld 15Sep44
"Old Weary Wings" USAAF Museum 21Sep45. Reel 02Aug49 N69032 Brinkerhoff Drilling Co, Dallas, TX US Dec53.
N48CG Corning Glass Works, NY US Jun63. N480G Rr 1967. CF-WGO C W Millard, R15Jun67
CF-WGO-X Canadian Aero Service Quebec Ltd R02Apr68. CF-WGO Spartan Air Svces Ltd, Ottawa, Ont, R04Jan71
Air Dale Ltd, S.Ste Marie, Jan75 C-FWGO Rr 975' 8P-WGO Tropic Air LDec78 -C-FWGO Air Dale Ltd R27Jan83.
to Colombia AF as FAC-657A; wfu. Reported to be on display at Texas Flying Legends Museum.
6481 (MSN 4933) to USAAF May 8, 1942. To UK May 21, 1942. To Egypt Jun 12, 1942.
to RAF as Dakota II FJ710 Jun 1942. 117 Sqdn RAF. Appears as Dakota IV
on RAF record card. No record of fate
6482 (MSN 4934) to USAAF May 27, 1942. Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 22Aug42. 8th AF Oct 20, 1942.
Oran Nov 13, 1942. 12th AF Italy. WFU 30 Aug 1943
6483 (MSN 4935) to USAAF 28May42. Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 16Aug42.
Used on the 'Arnold' transport service across the North Atlantic Sep42. 8th AF 20Oct42 Oran 04Sep43 US 19Sep45
To RFC 24Sep45 Wfu 25 Sep 1945; Conv by Canadair 17Jan46. NC86584 Eastern "39S" L 1946, B31Aug49
L B Smith Aircraft Inc, B29AugS2. Capitol Wr C9HD 06Jul53. Mackey Airlines "City of Palm Beach" DecS3
F BAyer L01Jul64. Carolina Aircraft Corp. Ft Lauderdale. FLMercer Airlines 1968. Air Caribbean L Oct76
Old South Air Service Inc, Carolina, PR 1976. Tidewater Int'l Underwriters Inc, San Juan, PR,
RlSMay79 Std in Air Caribbean cis at San Juan Mar80. C & M Airtransport Corp RDec83; current 2011
6484 (MSN 4936) to USAAF 29May42. 8th AF UK for use by Gen. Miller 20Feb43 Oran 13Mar43 US 08Aug45
To RFC Augusta, GA Sep 1, 1945. NC44996 TWA "361" D22Sep45. NAVCO, St Louis, MO, 02Mar50.
Beldex Corp, 1950. XB-MIQ Banco DE US Mexico, R31Mar50. XC-BIY Rr Canc 05Dec56. N90U Beldex Corp
D W Onan & Sons Inc, bought 15Feb60. Studebaker Corp, S Bend, IN, 2lJan68. N9012 Rr Feb70 Emair Inc,
Kennedyville, MD, Dec70. Elizabeth Revyuh Foundn, Georgetown, MD, 1975. AA Larocque, Dove, DE US, 1976
Bird of the Sun Air Travel Club, Ft Lauderdale, FL US leased Aug77. Kwin Aircraft Corp, Ft Lauderdale,
FL US registered 27Jul79. Reregistered NS5KN. Oct79 noted as N9012 at Ft Lauderdale Mar80
Current 2011
6485 (MSN 4937) to USAAF May 28, 1942. Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 16Aug42.
8th AF Oct 20, 1942. Oran Nov 13, 1942.
To RFC at Bush Field Oct 4, 1945. Eastern "394" leased 1946, bought 31Aug49. L B Smith Aircraft Inc, 01 Oct52
Aero Maintenance Inc, FL US Dec53. Cancelled.
6486 (MSN 4938) to USAAF May 30, 1942. Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 16Aug42. 381st Service Squadron,
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, Eighth Air Force, Mount Farm (Station 234). , 8th AF 20Oct42. Oran 18Nov42.
9th AF 26Mar44. 8th AF. ). Crash landed at Bas-Warneton, Belgium 27Nov44.
Condemned salvage from battle damage Dec 2, 1944
6487 (MSN 4939) to USAAF 01Jun42. Used on project 'Knocker', movement of Eighth Air Force to UK. Ferried overseas
via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 22Aug42.
8th AF UK 20Oct42. Oran 13Nov42. US 22Aug45. To RFC at Bush Field Nov 2, 1945.
To NC86589 on 2 Nov 1945 with TWA "30S". Beldex Corp, bought 28Octt2; to N503 with Falstaff Brewing
corp, St Louis, MO on 21 Apr 1953; Reregistered N2503 in Jun 1963;
to N9351R in Dec 1966. Mark Aero Inc, St Louis, MO Dec66. Alpha Aviation Inc, Chesterfield, MO, 1967.
R Baskowitz Ent Inc, St Louis, MO, Dec70. to N169RB in Jun 1971; Mark Aero Inc, St Louis, MO
Alpha Aviation Inc, St Louis, MO, 1974. WFU 1 Jul 2009
6488 (MSN 4940) to USAAF Jun 2, 1942. USA. To RFC at Bush Field Dec 12, 1944. To NC49551 TWA "366" on 16 Jan 1945
Bought Aug 1949. Bought by Beldex Corp Oct 9, 1952. Bought by Zantop Air Transport Feb 10 1953.
w/o 20 Jan 1954 at Kansas City, MO. The cargo plane crashed while on approach. The loss of control
of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery. The loss of control resulted from an
accumulation of ice and the use of de-icer boots at low air speeds. All 3 crew killed.
6489 (MSN 4941) to USAAF May 16, 1942. 10th AF 30May42. India 26Oct42. Accra 05May43. North Africa Wing
ATC 29May43. US 29Oct44. To Western Airlines as N15563 Nov 20, 1944. Bought by Central 31MarS9. To Frontier 01Oct67.
Bought by Houston Aviation Products Corp, lApr68. M H Ruble, Milwaukee, WI 1974.
Pillow Pleasure Inc, Seattle, WA US Jun77. Starbird Inc, Reno, NV, R22Mar78. Cancelled 1982
6490 (MSN 4942) to US Navy May 20, 1942 as R4D-3 BuNo 05081
6491 (MSN 4943) to US Navy May 20, 1942 as R4D-3 BuNo 05082.
6492 (MSN 4944) to USAAF May 22, 1942. USA. North Africa Wing ATC 29May43. Returned to US 13Jun44.
To Pan American Aug 6, 1944. To NC34952 with Mid-Continent Airways on 11 Aug 1944; Braniff 15Aug52.
Trans Texas bought 01Dec59. Gulf American Land Corp, tla Modern Air Tpt, bought 24May65
Modern Air Tpt, Dec66. Provincetown-Boston All, bought 29Feb68. to N233PB in 1970; to N33PB on 27 May 1972;
to YV-427C on 25 Apr 1986
6493 (MSN 4945) to USAAF May 25, 1942.. Used on the 'Arnold' transport service across the North Atlantic 1942.
North Africa Wing ATC May 29, 1943. Accident taking off at Marrakech, French Morocco 6Jul43. Condemned in North Africa Sep 14, 1944
6494 (MSN 4946) to USAAF May 1942. 10th AF 15Jun42. India 26Dec42. India China Wing ATC 29May43. Karachi,
Condemned salvage Army-Navy Liquidation Commisssion Oct 18, 1945. To VT-ATK of Tata Airlines Oct 1945.
Then to Air India Nov 1946. Cancelled Dec 3, 1949.
6495 (MSN 4947) to USAAF Jun 2, 1942. Alaska 01Oct42. Alaska Wing ATC 19Oct42. US 18Dec43.
Wfu 16 Dec 1944; to RFC Dec 16, 1944. to NC49542 TWA "367" leased on 14 Jan 1945;
WAA 01Oct49. Los Angeles Air Service Dec49. to PP-XCM Maquinas Aerocom Ltda; to PP-VBR VARIG
on 17 Jun 1950; Broken up Sao Paolo 1969. Cancelled Jun 9, 1969
6496 (MSN 4948) to USAAF Jun 3, 1942. Alaska 14Dec42. US 06Oct43. W/o 29 Jan 1944 at Bagnall, MO,
surveyed US Mar 1944
6497 (MSN 4949) to USAAF Jun 5, 1942. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 1Sep42.
Oran Apr 8, 1943. Condemned salvage not combat related Oct 7, 1944
6498 (MSN 4950) to USAAF Jun 6, 1942. Delivered to USAAF 6Jun42. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic.
Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 2Sep42.
8th AF 15Dec42. Oran 22Mar43. 12th AF Italy. Condemned salvage not
combat related Apr 8, 1943
6499 (MSN 4951) to USAAF 09Jun42. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Patterson Field, Reykjavik, Iceland to UK 1Sep42.
Oran 20Mar43. US 22Aug45. RFC 15Oct45. to DPC Bush Field Nov 2, 1945.
To NC86587 on 1 Nov 1945 Continental, bought by Southern 15Jul58; Reregistered N86SA in 1958;
Reregistered N8661 in Oct 1967; Carolina Aircraft Corp, Ft Lauderdale, FL US bought 13Oct67
Skyway Aviation Inc, Jul68. Continental Aviation Co, Tulsa, OK US 1973. Florida Nat'l A/ws,
Ft Lauderdale, FL US 1975. Aviation Svces Inc, Peoria, IL R08Dec75. Air Caribbean leased Apr76
Derelict at San Juan Sep80. Current 2011
6500 (MSN 4952) to USAAF Jun 15, 1942. To China under Lend-Lease Jun 29, 1942
6501 (MSN 4953) to USAAF Jun 18, 1942. to China under Lend-Lease Jul 15, 1942
6502 (MSN 4954) to USAAF Jun 14, 1942. To Egypt Jun 30, 1942. To RAF as Dakota IV FJ711 Jun 1942.
267 Sqdn RAF. 216 Sqdn RAF. 117 Sqdn RAF. To South African AF. 28 Sqdn SAAF. 1 MECCU RAF.
SOC 9/22/1946.
6503 (MSN 4955) to US Navy as R4D-3 BuNo 05083
6504 (MSN 4956) to US Navy as R4D-3 BuNo 05084.
42-6505 Douglas C-52D-DO
Commercial DC-3A-363 NC41831 (MSN 3275) taken over by USAAF from Swiftflite
Sep 24, 1941. Operated by PAA and RAF 267 Sqdn Mar 04, 1942.
Redesignated C-48C Mar 14 1942 with serial 42-38260, but this did not
acually take place. To RFC Bush Field Mar 5, 1945. To civil registry as
NC41831 (DPC Mar 16, 1945 - Mid Continent Airlines Jun 22, 1945 -
Braniff Aug 15, 1952 - Lake Central Airlines May 1 1953, Then PK-ZDB (Zamrud
Aviation *Nirbaya* Apr 18, 1968), PK-WWL (National Air Charter May 1975, lsd
to Zamrud 1979). WFU Sep 1981
42-6506/6580 Cancelled contract
42-6581 Platt-LePage XR-1A
Crashed at Wright Field during hovering due to rotor blade
problem, Pilot OK. Following the damage at Wright Field, was returned to
Platt-LePage Aircraft for repair. During this time, contract was cancelled
By USAAF, along with 7 YR-1As. To RFC at Eddystone, PA Feb 8, 1946.
Sold to Helicopter Air Transport
(Camdem NJ). HAT overhauled the XR-1A now NX-69450. Following
bankruptcy of HAT, XR-1A NX-69450 was sold to Frank Piasecki, (one of
the original design team members) Essington PA. Piasecki modified XR-1A
as a mock up for PA-2B, later mistakenly scrapped, parts of XR-1A are in
storage at New England Air Museum.
42-6582/6681 Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson
MSN 414-6757/6856. Lend-Lease to RAF as Hudson Mk.VI and allocated USAAF serials for contractual purposes
6582 to RAF as Hudson VI EW873. Diverted to RCAF.
6583 to RAF as Hudson VI EW874. Retained by USAAF for transitin flight, not delivered to RAF..
6584 to RAF as Hudson VI EW875. SOC Mar 14, 1946
6585 to RAF as Hudson VI EW876. SOC May 31, 1945
6586 to RAF as Hudson VI EW877. Crashed when lost power on takeoff at El Adem, Libya Feb 5, 1943
6587 to RAF as Hudson VI EW878. SOC May 30, 1946
6588 to RAF as Hudson VI EW879. Wrecked when swung on landing at Kabrit, Egypt and
undercarriage collapsed Dec 8, 1942
6589 (MSN 414-6764) to RAF as Hudson VI EW880. Crashed during ferry flight to Middle East October 1942
Also listed as Lend-lease to USSR.
Ferried by Pan American Air Ferries from 36th Street Airport, Miami, FL to
Waller Field, Piarco, Trinidad; Belém, Brasil; Natal, Brasil.
Crashed after taking off too steeply, stalled, spun in and burned out at Natal, Brasil 8Jul42 [3 fatalities]
6590 to RAF as Hudson VI EW881. Dived into ground at Riyan (probably near Aden as
aircraft was with Aden Conversion Flight) Sep 25, 1944
6591 to RAF as Hudson VI EW882. SOC May 30, 1946.
6592 to RAF as Hudson VI EW883. SOC May 30, 1946.
6593 to RAF as Hudson VI EW884. SOC Sep 20, 1945
6594 to RAF as Hudson VI EW885. Retained in USA for pilot training by PanAM at Miami Jun-Oct 1942. To
RAF Ferry Command in Canada as EW885. DBR in Canada prior to Jul 1943.
6595 to RAF as Hudson VI EW886. Crashed before delivery, no RAF service.
Condemned in USA Aug 26, 1942
6596 to RAF as Hudson VI EW887. Wrecked when stalled on takeoff from Eastleigh, England
and undercarriage collapsed Jan 15, 1945
6597 to RAF as Hudson VI EW888. SOC Mar 1, 1946
6598 to RAF as Hudson VI EW889. SOC Mar 14, 1946
6599 to RAF as Hudson VI EW890. Wrecked when swung on landing at Kemble, England
and undercarriage collapsed Aug 7l 1943
6600 to RAF as Hudson VI EW891. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
6601 to RAF as Hudson VI EW892. Crashed before delivery at Homestead Field
FL Oct 2, 1942, no RAF service
6602 to RAF as Hudson VI EW893. SOC May 30, 1946
6603 to RAF as Hudson VI EW894. Wrecked when swung and undercarriage collapsed during
takeoff from North Bay, Canada Jul 19, 1943
6604 to RAF as Hudson VI EW895. SOC May 30, 1946
6605 (MSN 414-6780) to RAF as Hudson VI EW896. Delivered 18May42 to RAF as Hudson VI EW896.
No.45 Ferry Command, Canada for pilot training. Damaged when swung on landing and tipped up at North Bay, ONT, Canada 10Jul43.
Force landed sixty miles southwest of Gander, Newfoundland 23Dec44. Repaired, fitted with skis and flown to Gander, Newfoundland 17Feb45.
6606 to RAF as Hudson VI EW897. lost Jan 20, 1944
6607 to RAF as Hudson VI EW898. Crashed on delivery flight Aug 6, 1943
6608 to RAF as Hudson VI EW899. SOC May 30, 1946
6609 to RAF as Hudson VI EW900. Crashed when engine cut on takeoff from El Khana, Egypt
Nov 4, 1942
6610 to RAF as Hudson VI EW901. SOC May 30, 1946
6611 to RAF as Hudson VI EW902. SOC Jan 25, 1945
6612 to RAF as Hudson VI EW903. MIA from night patrol mission off Dutch coast Nov 23, 1942
6613 to RAF as Hudson VI EW904. Destroyed by fire when swung on takeoff from
Bircham Newton, England and cartwheeled Aug 17, 1943
6614 to RAF as Hudson VI EW905. SOC Mar 21, 1946
6615 to RAF as Hudson VI EW906. Flew into ground in Estrella Mountains, Portugal Feb 22, 1944
6616 to RAF as Hudson VI EW907. SOC Mar 31, 1946
6617 to RAF as Hudson VI EW908. Crashed on delivery flight, no RAF service
6618 to RAF as Hudson VI EW909. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
6619 to RAF as Hudson VI EW910. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
6620 to RAF as Hudson VI EW911. SOC Mar 31, 1946
6621 to RAF as Hudson VI EW912. MIA on night shipping strike mission off Dutch coast Nov 9, 1942
6622 to RAF as Hudson VI EW913. SOC Mar 28, 1946
6623 to RAF as Hudson VI EW914. SOC Mar 31, 1946
6624 to RAF as Hudson VI EW915. Ran short of fuel, force-landed in Mauritania and
interned Nov 3, 1942
6625 to RAF as Hudson VI EW916. Lost Feb 22, 1944
6626 to RAF as Hudson VI EW917. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
6627 to RAF as Hudson VI EW918. Damaged by flak Oct 12, 1942 and subsequently SOC
6628 to RAF as Hudson VI EW919. MIA from partrol Jan 27, 1943
6629 to RAF as Hudson VI EW920. SOC May 30, 1946
6630 to RAF as Hudson VI EW921. MIA on patrol mission to Bay of Biscay Oct 20, 1942
6631 to RAF as Hudson VI EW922. SOC May 30, 1946
6632 to RAF as Hudson VI EW923. Destroyed by fire when failed to gain height after
takeoff from Thorney Island, England and crashlanded Sep 7, 1942
6633 to RAF as Hudson VI EW924. SOC May 30, 1946
6634 to RAF as Hudson VI EW925. SOC Mar 14, 1946
6635 to RAF as Hudson VI EW926. SOC Jul 1944
6636 to RAF as Hudson VI EW927. SOC May 30, 1946
6637 to RAF as Hudson VI EW928. No details on fate
6638 to RAF as Hudson VI EW929. SOC May 30, 1946
6639 to RAF as Hudson VI EW930. SOC Mar 31, 1946
6640 to RAF as Hudson VI EW931. SOC May 30, 1946
6641 to RAF as Hudson VI EW932. Crashed during ferry flight, no RAF service
6642 to RAF as Hudson VI EW933. SOC May 30, 1946
6643 (MSN 414-6818) to RAF as Hudson VI EW934. Ferried by Pan American Air Ferries from 36th Street Airport, Miami, FL.
Damaged when a RAF Hawker Hurricane passed underneath and clipped the landing
gear at Kano, Nigeria 8Jul42. SOC Sep 28, 1944
6644 to RAF as Hudson VI EW935. Destroyed by fire when swung on takeoff at Jiwani
and undercarriage collapsed Jun 2, 1943
6645 to RAF as Hudson VI EW936. SOC Aut 2, 1945.
6646 to RAF as Hudson VI EW937. SOC Mar 14, 1946
6647 (MSN 414-6822) to RAF as Hudson VI EW938. Ferried by Pan American Air Ferries from 36th Street Airport, Miami, FL.
Accident landing at Marshall Field, Liberia 7Jul42.
The plane turned off the runway to clear for another landing aircraft when it was struck,
caught fire and burned out. Four crew injured by burns.
6648 to RAF as Hudson VI EW939. SOC Sep 30, 1945
6649 to RAF as Hudson VI EW940. SOC Mar 27, 1947
6650 to RAF as Hudson VI EW941. SOC Mar 29, 1945
6651 to RAF as Hudson VI EW942. SOC May 20, 1947
6652 to RAF as Hudson VI EW943. Wrecked when undercarriage collapsed during takeoff
at Hargeisa, Italian Somaliland May 18, 1945
6653 to RAF as Hudson VI EW944. Wrecked when swung on takeoff at Kabrit, Egypt
and undercarriage collapsed Sep 5, 1942.
6654 to RAF as Hudson VI EW945. MIA on transport mission Nov 25, 1942
6655 to RAF as Hudson VI EW946. SOC Jan 15, 1945
6656 to RAF as Hudson VI EW947. SOC Feb 22, 1945
6657 to RAF as Hudson VI EW948. SOC Aug 31, 1944.
6658 (MSN 414-6833) to RAF as Hudson VI EW949 but NTU, then to RNZAF as NZ2091 Aug 3, 1942. SOC Mar 1948
6659 (MSN 414-6834) to RAF as Hudson VI EW950 but NTU, then to RNZAF as NZ2092 Aug 3, 1942. SOC Mar 1948
6660 to RAF as Hudson VI EW951
6661 (MSN 414-6836) to RAF as Hudson VI EW952 but NTU, then to RNZAF as NZ2093 Aug 10, 1942. Crashed
just after takeoff from Ohakea Jul 15, 1943. Aircraft caught fire and burned out.
6662 (MSN 414-6837) to RAF as Hudson VI EW953, then to RNZAF as NZ2094 Aug 3, 1942. SOC Mar 1948.
6663 to RAF as Hudson VI EW954. SOC Sep 28, 1944
6664 to RAF as Hudson VI EW955. SOC Feb 22, 1945
6665 to RAF as Hudson VI EW956 Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service
6666 to RAF as Hudson VI EW957. Wrecked when belly landed at Masirah, Arabia
when undercarriage jammed Feb 14,1945
6667 to RAF as Hudson VI EW958. SOC Mar 29, 1945
6668 to RAF as Hudson VI EW959. SOC Mar 29, 1946
6669 to RAF as Hudson VI EW960. SOC Feb 29, 1945
6670 to RAF as Hudson VI EW961. Destroyed when struck by bomb during air raid
on Kufra, Egypt Oct 14, 1942
6671 to RAF as Hudson VI EW962. SOC Jan 16, 1945
6672 to RAF as Hudson VI EW963. SOC Jan 25, 1945
6673 to RAF as Hudson VI EW964. DBR when swung on landing at Asmara, Eritrea
and undercarriage collapsed Sep 7, 1942
6674 to RAF as Hudson VI EW965. SOC Dec 1, 1943
6675 to RAF as Hudson VI EW966. SOC Sep 4, 1943
6676 to RAF as Hudson VI EW967. SOC May 25, 1944
6677 to RAF as Hudson VI EW968. Wrecked when swung on takeoff at Khartoum,
Sudan and undercarriage collapsed Oct 14, 1942
6678 to RAF as Hudson VI EW969. Crashed in Iran during ferry flight in bad
weather Jan 18, 1943.
6679 to RAF as Hudson VI EW970. SOC Nov 30,1944
6680 to RAF as Hudson VI EW971. Crashed 4 mi NE of Bilbeis, Egypt when engine
cut during overshoot Mar 16, 1944
6681 to RAF as Hudson VI EW972. Wrecked when blown over in gale at Gaya, India
Jun 30, 1944.
42-6682/6771 Douglas SBD-3A Dauntless from USN.
MSN 1209/1228, 1284/1313, 1404/1433, 1517/1526. Delivered new to USAAF between Jul 1942 and Oct 1942.
6682 to RFC McKellar Field Oct 17, 1944
6683 to RFC Ponca City Oct 9, 1945
6684 to RFC Walnut Ridge Nov 30, 1945
6686 (56th BS, 48th BF) w/o in landing accident at Key Field, MS Mar 19, 1945. To CL-26 Meridian Apr 2, 1943
6687 to RFC Hot Box Field May 5, 1945
6688 to 3349th AAFBU as TB-24A Oct 3, 1944.
6689 to Mexico Feb 21, 1946
6690 surveyed Camp Stewart Sep 26, 1943
6691 to RFC Ontario, CA Mar 19, 1945
6692 surveyed Meridian Mar 6, 1944
6693 reclamation completed Meridian May 24, 1946
6694 reclamation completed Baltimore May 23, 1945
6695 (48 BG, 88 BS) crashed 15 mi W of Key Field, MS Jun 5, 1943
6696 wrecked Tulsa, OK Sep 13, 1942
6697 surveyed San Bernardino Air Service Command Sep 21, 1943
6698 reclamation completed Kelly Field Jan 3, 1946
6699 reclamation completed Meridian Jul 14, 1945
6700 to RFC Muskogee, OK Sep 23, 1944
6701 (MSN 1228) to CL-26 Hendricks Field, FL Feb 28, 1944
6702 wrecked Hunter Field Jan 8, 1943. Surveyed Feb 10, 1943
6703 (312 BG, 387 BS) wrecked Hunter AAF, Savannah, GA Jan 24, 1943. To CL-26
Apr 8, 1943
6704 surveyed Patterson Field Apr 15, 1943
6705 to RFC Ontario, CA Jan 18, 1945
6706 (MSN 1288) crashed Dec 10, 1943 Fourche Mountain, Eagleton (Mena), AR.
Surveyed William-Northern Dec 21, 1943
6707 reclamation completed Chanute Apr 9, 1946
6708 condemned San Bernardino Feb 8, 1943
6709 to RFC McKellar Sep 30, 1944
6710 surveyed Drew Field Mar 30, 1943
6711 (312 BG, 386 BS) crashed 10 mi SW of Parker, AX May 23, 1943
6712 surveyed Bluethenthal Field, NC Jul 8, 1944
6713 damaged in landing accident at Milton, PA Jun 29, 1943. To CL-26 at Olmstead Field, PA Aug 10, 1943
6714 wreckeed Neptune, TN Oct 7, 1942
6715 condemned Key Field Jan 19, 1943
6716 to excess inventory list Jul 5, 1943
6717 (85 BG, 305 BS) wrecked 20 mi W of Blythe, CA Feb 10, 1943
6718 to CL-26 Hunter Field Apr 30, 1943
6719 (MSN 1301) wrecked Waycross, GA. W/o 7 Sep 1942 at Alma, GA
6720 to DPC Bush Field May 7, 1945
6721 to WAA Feb 8, 1946
6722 surveyed at Patterson AAF Apr 15, 1943
6723 wrecked at Waycross, GA Sep 4, 1942
6724 reclamation completed Robins AAF Jan 3, 1946
6725 condemned salvage Sep 23, 1945.
6726 reclamation completed Kelly AAF Sep 23, 1945
6727 condemned Nov 4, 1942
6728 reclamation completed Kelly AAF Jan 3, 1946
6729 surveyed at Sarasota AAF, FL Aug 13, 1944
6730 DPC Bush Field Feb 10, 1945
6731 wrecked at Blythe AAB, CA Nov 22, 1942
6732 crashed 3 mi SE of McBee, SC May 21, 1943. Surveyed Drew AAF May 23, 1943
6733 (MSN 1405) w/o 13 Oct 1943 at Oakland, CA
6734 (84 BG, 303 BS) crashed at Mullet Key Bombing Range, FL Mar 9, 1943.
Reclamation completed Drew AAF Jul 14, 1945
6735 (84 BG, 304 BS) flew into shallow water Drew Field, FL 3/11/1943. Pilot injured.
6736 wrecked 22 mi SE of Daniel Field, GA Dec 21, 1942
6737 (MSN 1409) w/o 21 Aug 1944 at Baltimore AAF, MD, reclamation completed Baltimore AF Dec 21, 1944
6738 (84 BG, 304 BS) crashed at Drew Field, FL Mar 28, 1943. Condemned Savanna AAF Mar 31, 1943
6739 reclamation completed Kelly AAF Jan 3, 1946
6740 (312 BG, 386 BS) crashed 14 mi SE of Camp Polk, LA Apr 1, 1943. Surveyed DeRidder AAF Apr 3, 1943
6741 (312 BG, 389 BS) w/o as Rice AAF, CA Jun 7, 1943. To RFC at McKellar Field Oct 27, 1944
6742 DPB Bush Field Nov 11, 1944
6743 (84 BG, 301 BS) crashed 9 mi SW of Avon Park, FL Feb 27, 1943. Surveyed Avon Park AAF, FL Mar 5, 1943
6744 (84 BG, 303 BS) crashed at Drew Field, FL Mar 10, 1943. Surveyed Drew AAF Mar 16, 1943
6745 (MSN 1417) surveyed Camp Stewart, GA Dec 4, 1943
6746 DPC Bush Field Apr 16, 1945
6747 (312 BG, 387 BS) crashed at Hunter Field, GA Feb 17, 1943. Condemned Mobile Air Depot Feb 19, 1943.
6748 (339 BG, 483 BS) crashed at Pass-a-Grlle, St Petersburg, FL Apr 26, 1943.
To CL-26 Drew AAF, Tampa, FL Apr 29, 1943
6749 reclamation completed Kelly AAF Jan 3, 1946
6750 (84 BG, 301 BS) crashed 7 mi SW of Townsend, GA Jan 4, 1943. Wrecked Hunter AAF Jan 11, 1943
6751 RFC Hicks Field Oct 30, 1944
6752 (MSN 1424) w/o 26 Nov 1942 at Key Field, MS; to CL-26 Mobile Air Depot Dec 9, 1942
6753 to RFC Ontario, CA Jan 19, 1945
6754 reclamation completed Reading AAF Jan 19, 1945
6755 reclamation completed Bradley Field Feb 13, 1946
6756 DPC Bush Field May 23, 1945
6757 to RFC Ontario, CA Feb 2, 1945
6758 to RFC McKellar Field Sep 8, 1945
6759 (MSN 1431) w/o 25 Aug 1943 at Camp Davis, NC; surveyed Camp Davis, NC Aug 27, 1943
6760 to RFC Woodward, Camden, SC Dec 14, 1944
6761 (48 BG, 55 BS) crashed 16 mi NE of Key Field, MS Feb 25, 1943.
6762 to WAA Feb 11, 1946
6763 condemned Mobile Air Depot Feb 11, 1943
6764 reclamation completed Kelly Field Jan 3,1 946
6765 (84 BG, 302 BS) went missing Apr 26, 1943 between Tampa and
Montbrook AAF, FL Apr 26, 1943.
6766 surveyed Meridian Oct 22, 1943
6767 (MSN 1522) w/o 28 Apr 1944 at Dannelly AAF, AL; reclamation completed Kelly Field Jan 3, 1946
6768 to RFC Muskogee, OK Nov 25, 1944
6769 to RFC Bush Field Mar 15, 1945
6770 to RFC Cuero, TX Jan 29, 1945
6771 wrecked Hunter Field, DBR Nov 23, 1942
42-6772/6831 Douglas A-24A Dauntless
MSN 1527/1546, 1652/1681, 1802/1811
6772 to RFC Woodward, Camden,SC Apr 18, 1945
6773 (312 BG, 388 BS) damaged in takeoff accident at Rice AAF, CA Jun 28, 1943.
Surveyed San Bernardino AAF Aug 1, 1943
6774 (MSN 1529) wfu 20 Mar 1946 at Bradley Field, CT; reclamation completed Bradley Field Mar 20, 1946
6775 to RFC Ponca City Jan 10, 1945
6776 surveyed Drew Field Jun 15, 1944
6777 to RFC Augusta Field Jun 15, 1944
6778 to RFC Bush Field Mar 15, 1945
6779 to RFC Omtario, CA Oct 22, 1945
6780 (84th BG, 304th BS) in hard landing at Drew Field, FL 3/11/1943. Crashed at Mullet Key Bombing
Range, FL May 26, 1943. Surveyed at Drew Field May 30, 1943
6781 (48 BG, 56 BS) forcelanded 4 my E of Key Field, MS Mar 4, 1943. Surveyed Key Field Mar 16, 1943.
6782 DPC Woodward, SC Oct 18, 1945
6783 (MAN 1538) remanufactured at QF-24A 48-044
6784 surveyed Drew Field Mar 8, 1943
6785 to RFC Ontario, CA Feb 7, 1945
6786 reclamation completed Milliville AAF, NJ Oct 2, 1945
6787 surveyed Gunter Field Apr 30, 1944
6788 to RFC McKellar Field Dec 10, 1944
6789 surveyed San Bernardino Air Depot Jul 30, 1943
6790 (86 BG, 311 BS) wrecked Pachuta Bomb Range Jan 10, 1943
6791 reclamation completed Patterson Field Mar 20, 1946
6792 condemned Jan 29, 1944
6793 surveyed Jul 30, 1943, San Bardardino AF. Another report has this plane being converted to ZDF-24B drone
and scrapped Nov 1951 at Wright Field
6794 (48 BG, 56 BS) crashed 7 mi W of Morton, MS Mar 26, 1943. Surveyed Meridian MS Mar 31, 1943
6795 to RFC Hot Box Field Sep 10, 1944
6796 (MSN 1656) w/o 7 Jan 1944 at State Line, MS; surveyed Selman Field Jan 13, 1944
6797 (48 BG, 88 BS) crashed at Jackson AAB, MS Feb 22, 1943. Condemned in USA Mar 5, 1943
6798 reclamation completed La Fayette AF, LA Apr 1, 1946
6799 to RFC Ponca City Dec 24, 1945
6800 crashed at Atlanta, GA Feb 5, 1943. Condemned Alanta AB Feb 13, 1943.
6801 to RFC Ontario AAF Apr 22, 1945
6802 to DPC Bush Field Dec 12, 1944
6803 (48 BG, 56 BS) crashed 2 mi NW of Key Field, MS Feb 25, 1943. On excessive inventory list Aug 5, 1945
6804 9312 BG, 387 BS0 crashed at De Ridder AAB, LA Mar 3, 1943. Surveyed DeRidder Apr 30, 1943
6805 on excessive inventory list Aug 5, 1945
6806 to RFC Hot Box Field, Muskogee, OK Apr 13, 1945
6807 reclamation completed Seymour Johnson AAF Jul 14, 1945
6808 to DPC Woodward Field, SC Dec r, 1944
6809 condemned in USA Feb 9, 1943
6810 reclamation completed Dover AF Oct 15, 1944
6811 (48 BG, 56 BS) wrecked Key Field, DBR Jan 14, 1943
6812 on excess inventory list Aug 5, 1945
6813 on excess inventory list Aug 5, 1945
6814 to RFC Ponca City Jan 24, 1945
6815 to RFC Bush Field, GA Jan 24, 1945
6816 to RFC McKellar Field Feb 1,1945
6817 to CL-26 at Hamilton Field, CA Feb 1, 1945
6818 to DPC Bush Field Mar 24, 1945
6819 (MSN 1679) wrecked Desert Creek, NV Oct 21, 1944
6820 (MSN 1680) got lost on training flight and crashed on Mt Rainier Apr 18, 1944. Pilot killed.
Surveyed May 13, 1944
6821 condemned Jan 29, 1944
6822 condemned May 29, 1944
6823 surveyed Eglin Field Mar 31, 1945
6824 (MSN 1804) reclamation completed San Bernardino AAF, CA Oct 22, 1945
6825 to CL-26 at Camp Davia Mar 11, 1944
6826 reclamation completed Kelly Field Jan 3,1 946
6827 (48 BG, 56 BS) crashed at Key Field, MS Apr 6, 1943. Surveyed Key Field Oct 6, 1945
6828 to DPC Bush Field Oct 6, 1945
6829 condemned salvage Oct 20, 1944
6830 condemned Hawaii Air Depot May 24, 1943
6831 reclamation completed Hill Field Jun 20, 1946
42-6832/6975 Vultee P-66 Vanguard
MSN 501/644. Model 48C ordered by Sweden but embargoed by USAAF for delivery to France. After the fall
of France, the order was diverted to the UK for use in Canada and allocated RAF serials BW208/BW351
but not pursued with. 129 sent to China under Defense Aid. 15 retained by USAAF and used as advanced trainers.
6832 was previously under test registration of NX19999. May have been painted in Swedish markings as 501.
Painted in RAF markings with serial BW208. Transferred to USAAF as 42-6832
6833 was previously under test registration of NX28300. Painted in RAF markings with serial BW209. Tranferred
to USAAF as 42-6833. Defense Aid to China
6834 painted in RAF markings with serial BW210. Transferred to USAAF as 42-6834. To China
6835 painted in RAF markings with serial BW211. Transferred to USAAF as 42-6835. Condemned in USA Apr 29, 1942
6836/6838 to China
6839 to CL-26 at Davis Monthan AAF, AZ Jun 25, 1942
6840 wrecked at Long Beach, CA due to engine failure Feb 11,1 942
6841 wrecked at March AAF, CA Feb 9, 1942 and stripped for parts.
6842/6845 to China
6846 to CL-16 May 5, 1942 Oakland, CA
6847 to China
6848 pilot bailed out Dec 13, 1941 Daughtery Field, CA
6849/6874 to China
6875 wrecked at March AAF, CA Jan 28, 1942, to CL-26 Mar 16, 1942
at San Bernardino Air Depot, CA
6876/6877 to China
6878 crashed into San Francisco Bay due to engine failure Feb 26, 1942. Pilot bailed out
6879 to China
6880 wrecked at March Field, CA Feb 2, 1942. To CL-26 Mar 16, 1942
6881 crashed and burned at Long Beach, CA Feb 1, 1942
6882 to China
6883 wrecked at Vultee factory Jan 28, 1942. To CL-26 Mar 16, 1942
6884 to China
6885 wrecked at Daughtery Field Jan 8, 1942, condemned Apr 29, 1942
6886/6906 to China
6907 wrecked at Vultee Field, CA Jan 1, 1942. Condemend Jan 23, 1942
6908 to China
6909 ditched in San Francisco Bay Mar 2, 1942. Pilot killed
6910/6911 to China
6912/6935 shipped to China boxed
6936/6958 to China
42-6976/7005 Ford B-24E-1-FO Liberator
6977/7005 MSN 1/29
6976 converted to C-87
6977 (MSN 1) W/o 12 Jun 1943 at Bradford, OH
6982 (MSN 6) July 12, 1943 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped
6983 (MSN 7) W/o 29 Jan 1943 at Patterson Field, OH
6985 (MSN 9) converted to C-87
6986 (MSN 10) W/o 15 Mar 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
6988 (MSN 12) W/o 17 Dec 1944 at Fort Worth, TX
6990 (MSN 14) W/o 13 May 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
6992 (382nd BG, 538th BS) crashed on training mission
near Shiprock, NM 5/8/1943. 4 crew killed.
6993 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
6994 (MSN 18) W/o 12 Feb 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
6995 (MSN 19) June 29, 1943 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico, Transfered to 400th Bombardment Group at Pueblo Army Airfield Colorado. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
6996 (MSN 20) W/o 22 Aug 1944 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
6997 (MSN 21) W/o 7 May 1943 at Park Valley, UT
6999 (MSN 23) W/o 8 Jul 1944 at Walla Walla AAF, WA
7000 (MSN 24) W/o 13 May 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
7001 (MSN 25) W/o 24 Nov 1943 at Nashville, TN
7003 (MSN 27) W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
7004 (MSN 28) July 12, 1943 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
42-7006/7065 Ford B-24E-5-FO Liberator
MSN 30/89
7006 (MSN 30) W/o 14 Nov 1943 at Smyrna, TN
7007 (MSN 31) W/o 23 Oct 1943 in Idaho
7008 (MSN 32) June 24, 1943 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to 302nd Bombardment Group Clovis Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7009 (MSN 33) June 24, 1943 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to 471st Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield Colorado. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7010 (MSN 34) July 12, 1943 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7011 ran out of fuel on training mission, July 3, 1943 and
crashed near Santa Barbara, CA. 2 crew missing.
7012 (MSN 36) W/o 2 Mar 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
7014 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7016 (MSN 40) W/o 10 Aug 1943 at Nashville, TN
7017 (MSN 41) W/o 12 Jul 1943 at Smyrna, TN
7018 (MSN 42) W/o 5 Mar 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
7019 (MSN 43) W/o 25 Mar 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
7021 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7024 (MSN 48) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 18 Dec 1943 at Benbrock, TX
7025 (MSN 49) W/o 18 Apr 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM
7026 (MSN 50) June 29, 1943 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Pubelo Army Airfield Colorado. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7028 (MSN 52) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 2 May 1944 at Smyrna AAF, TN
7029 (MSN 53) W/o 13 Sep 1943 at Fort Worth, TX
7033 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7034 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7035 March 26, 1943 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7036 (MSN 60) W/o 11 Oct 1943 at Smyrna AAF, TN
7039 (MSN 63) March 26, 1943 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7041 (MSN 65) March 26, 1943 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to 330th Bombardment Group Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico.
W/o 26 Sep 1943 at Steins, NM and believed scrapped.
7043 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7049 (MSN 73) March 26, 1943 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Pubelo Army Airfield, Colorado. W/o 19 Aug 1943 at Biggs Field, TX and scrapped.
7050 (MSN 74) W/o 17 Jun 1943 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
7053 (MSN 77) crashed into the side of a 20 million cubic foot natural gas
holding tank at 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL
May 5, 1943. 12 killed.
7054 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7055 to 2115th AAF Base Unit, Courtland AAF, AL
7059 (MSN 83) suffered failure of 3 engines over Mojave Desert Jun 22, 1943.
All 9 crew members bailed out successfully, and the plane
crashed S of Inyokern, CA. W/o 26 Aug 1943 at Godley, TX
7061 (MSN 85) March 26, 1943 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to 330th Bombardment Group Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico.Redesignated as RB-24E;
w/o 2 Dec 1944 at Courtland AAF, Courtland, AL and believed scrapped
7062 (MSN 86) W/o 8 Apr 1943 at Tarrant Field, TX
7063 (MSN 87) March 26, 1943. 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Pubelo Army Airfield Colorado. W/o 24 Dec 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA. Believed
scrapped
7064 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7065 (MSN 89) March 26, 1943. 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield.
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico. W/o 2 Jun 1943 at Deming AAF, NM.
Believed scrapped
42-7066/7122 Ford B-24E-10-FO Liberator
MSN 90/146
7066 (331st CCTS) crashed 3/2/1944 near Caspar AAG, Wyoming. All 8 crew killed.
7067 (MSN 91) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 27 Jun 1944 at Kirtland Field, NM
7068 (MSN 92) W/o 9 Jul 1943 at AAB, Casper, WY
7071 (MSN 95) 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico
Collided Jun 15, 1943 With B-24E (42-7146) in Mid Air and Crashed 52 Miles From Alamogordo, New Mexico While
on a Navigation Formation and Bombing Mission. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Survived. (9) Crew Were Killed.
Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7072 June 24, 1943 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 471st Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield, Colorado. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7073 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Patterson Field, OH
7074 W/o 26 Aug 1943 at Gowen Field, ID; repaired (?). (464th BG, 776th BS) crashed Dec 19, 1943
at Kimama, ID. 8 killed. Probable cause was icing.
7075 June 24, 1943 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico
Transferred to 471st Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield, Colorado. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped
7078 crashed May 2, 1944 near Smyrna AAF, TN on training flight. 5 killed.
7083 (MSN 107) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 20 Mar 1944 at Chandler, AZ
7086 (MSN 110) W/o 7 Jan 1944 at Pocatello AAB, ID
7088 (MSN 112) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 10 Dec 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS
7090 (MSN 114) W/o 18 Aug 1943 at Wendover Field, UT
7091 (MSN 115) W/o 25 May 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
7092 (MSN 116) W/o 29 Oct 1943 at Fontana, CA
7097 (MSN 121) W/o 29 Jul 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7099 (MSN 123) W/o 24 Jul 1943 at Blythe, CA. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Blythe Field, CA.
Crashed after engine failure half a mile south of Blythe Field 24Jul43 (5KIS:7RTD).
The group photographer was out in his Jeep with his camera gear when the
crash occurred and was one of the first at the scene. A few other men who arrived at the scene
first had pulled some of the crew from the wreckage and loaded them into the photographer's Jeep.
As they loaded the injured men onto the jeep, one of the bombs the plane was carrying blew up.
The photographer was able to rush the men to hospital. However they were in bad shape and did not survive.
7100 (MSN 124) W/o 29 Nov 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7103 stalled into the ground on takeoff from
Westover Field, MA May 4, 1944. 3 killed.
7106 (MSN 130) 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico
In landing accident 25 May 1943 at Alamogordo AAB, NM. Washed out and believed scrapped.
7107 (MSN 131) W/o 18 Aug 1943 in Gulf of Mexico off Corpus Christi, TX
7108 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7109 (MSN 133)
7110 (MSN 134) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 15 Jan 1945 at Courtland AAF, AL
7112 (MSN 136) W/o 17 Jun 1943 at Salinas AAB, CA
7113 (MSN 137) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 14 Jan 1945 at Tom Creek, AL
7114 (MSN 138) W/o 9 Oct 1943 at Wendover Field, UT
7116 (MSN 140) W/o 25 Aug 1943 at Lowry Field, CO
7117 (MSN 141) W/o 14 Jul 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7118 crashed into mountains near June Lake, CA
on training mission Jun 21, 1943. All 7 crew killed.
7119 crashed at Weed, California Jun 10, 1943 due to mechanical failure and possible electrical system
failure. 4 bailed out, six killed. 7th Bomb Squadron, Provisional Bomb Group, Salinas Field, CA.
Crashed during a night training mission caused by mechanical failure near Weed, CA 10Jun43 (6KIS:4RTD).
The co-pilot remained to try to ensure others had time to bail out but he did not survive the crash.
7120 (MSN 144) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 4 Dec 1944 at Town Creek, AL
7122 (MSN 146) W/o 12 Aug 1943 at Indio, CA
42-7123/7171 Ford B-24E-15-FO Liberator
MSN 147/195
7124 (MSN 148) W/o 9 Jul 1943 at Orogrande, NM
7125 (MSN 149) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 27 Sep 1944 at Tucumcari, NM
7126 crashed 3/3/1944 in bad weather near Sugarpine Mountain, Lake
Arrowhead, CA. 4 crew killed.
7128 (MSN 152) June 24, 1943 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 302nd Bombardment Group Clovis Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7129 (MSN 153) 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico
Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield New Mexico. W/o 14 Aug 1943 at Ellsworth, KS and scrapped.
7130 (MSN 154) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 24 Jan 1944 at Langley Field, VA
7131 (MSN 155) W/o 12 Jun 1943 at Soledad, CA
7132 (MSN 156) W/o 25 Oct 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7134 (MSN 158) June 24, 1943. 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 471st Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield, Colorado
Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 2 Feb 1944 at Langley Field, VA and scrapped
7135 (MSN 159) W/o 17 Aug 1943 at Smoky Hill AAF, KS
7136 (MSN 160) June 26, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 34th Bombardment Group Blythe Army Airfield California. SOC at Searcy Field,
Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946. Scrapped.
7137 (MSN 161) June 24, 1943. 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 302nd Bombardment Group Clovis Army Airfield New Mexico.
Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 29 Mar 1944 at Biggs Field, TX and scrapped
7138 (MSN 162) June 24, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 19th Bombardment Group El Paso Army Airfield Texas. Believed Scrapped.
7139 (MSN 163) W/o 1 May 1944 at Macon, GA
7141 (MSN 165) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 5 Jan 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7144 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7145 (MSN 169) June 24, 1943. 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 471st Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield Colorado. Believed Scrapped.
7146 (MSN 170) 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico
Collided Jun 15, 1943 With B-24E (42-7071) in Mid Air and Crashed 52 Miles From Alamogordo, New Mexico
While on a Navigation Formation and Bombing Mission. Collision Tore The Tail Section off. All (10) Crew Were Killed.
Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7147 (MSM 171) W/o 26 Jul 1943 at Blythe AAB, CA
7148 (MSN 172) W/o 19 Oct 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS
7151 (MSN 175) W/o 27 Jul 1943 at Belen, NM
7152 (MSN 176) W/o 1 Sep 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
7153 (MSN 177) W/o 31 Aug 1943 30 miles from Alamogordo AAB, NM
7154 (MSN 178) W/o 18 Jun 1943 at Natrona, WY
7155 (MSN 179) W/o 11 Oct 1943 at Scottsbluff, NE
7157 (MSN 181) W/o 24 Oct 1944 at Tonopah AAF, NV
7159 (MSN 183) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 8 Aug 1943 at Wendover AAB, UT
7160 (MSN 184) crashed on San Miguel Island, CA July 3, 1943 while searching for lost 42-7011. All 12 crew killed.
7161 (MSN 185) SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7163 (MSN 187) W/o 17 Aug 1943 at Kelly Field, TX
7165 (MSN 189) Jun 24, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 302nd Bombardment Group Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico. crashed on Mt Logan
near Shawnee, CO Sep 30, 1943. 11 killed, one parachuted to safety. There is a plaque at the crash site.
7169 (445th BG) crashed Feb 24, 1945 after takeoff one mile S of
Tibenham, England. 5 aboard survived, 4 killed.
7171 (MSN 195) W/o 1 Dec 1943 at Tonapah, NV; repaired (?); SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
42-7172/7229 Ford B-24E-20-FO Liberator
MSN 196/253
7172 (MSN 196) W/o 10 Apr 1944 at Nashville, TN
7176 (MSN 200) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 4 Aug 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7177 (MSN 201) W/o 11 Sep 1943 at Sioux City AAB, IA
7179 (MSN 203) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 24 Feb 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7180 (MSN 204) crashed on Green Mountain 35 mi from Casper, WY Jul 5, 1943 . 12 crew killed.
7182 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7183 collided with 42-7408 near Lakeside, UT Dec 29, 1943.
12 on board 7183 killed, 12 on board 7408 killed.
7186 (MSN 210) W/o 13 Oct 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS
7188 (MSN 212) W/o 21 Mar 1944 at Maxwell Field, AL; repaired (?). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7190 (MSN 214) July 16, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to 400th Bombardment Group Pubelo Army Airfield Colorado. W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Natoma, KS.
Believed scrapped.
7191 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7196 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7199 (MSN 223) June 24, 1943. 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Clovis Army Airfield New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7200 (MSN 224) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7201 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7203 (MSN 227) W/o 13 Aug 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7205 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7208 (MSN 232) August 8, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7211 (MSN 235) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7212 (MSN 236) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka. Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7216 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7218 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7220 (MSN 244) W/o 28 Jul 1943 at Casper AAB, WY
7221 converted to XC-109. Lost Aug 28, 1944, Tezpur area, India
7222 (MSN 246) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 16 Sep 1944 at Maxwell Field, AL
7225 (MSN 249) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 12 Dec 1943 in Atlantic Ocean of Massachusetts
7227 (MSN 251) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 28 Nov 1943 at Muroc AAF, CA
7228 (MSN 252) W/o 12 Oct 1943 at Gowen Field, Boise, ID
7229 (MSN 253) W/o 6 Sep 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
42-7230/7464 Ford B-24E-25-FO Liberator
MSN 254/488
7235 (MSN 259) W/o 9 Sep 1943 at Liberal, KS
7237 (MSN 261) W/o 2 Sep 1943 at Sioux City, IA
7239 (MSN 263) W/o 12 Mar 1944 at Mountain Home AAF, ID
7240 (MSN 264) W/o 17 Dec 1944 at Fort Worth, TX
7248 (NSN 272) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7249 (MSN 273) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 20 Oct 1944 at Lemmon, SD
7251 (MSN 275) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7256 (MSN 280) W/o 13 Jun 1944 at Ashville, NC
7261 (MSN 285) July 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7262 (MSN 286) W/o 26 Jul 1943 at Camp Haan, CA
7266 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7268 (MSN 292) W/o 9 Aug 1943 at Pueblo AAB, CO
7271 (MSN 295) W/o 16 Nov 1943 at San Bernardino AAB, CA
7272 (MSN 296) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7273 (MSN 297) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 3 Dec 1943 at Chatham Field, GA
7274 (MSN 298) July 13, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Tucson Army Airfield Tucson Arizona. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7275 (MSN 299) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas. W/o 1 Nov 1943 at March Field, CA;
repaired (?); SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946, scrapped.
7276 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7278 (MSN 302) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transfered to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7280 (MSN 304) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 19 Dec 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7283 (MSN 307) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico. W/o 16 Aug 1943 at Barstow, TX.
Believed scrapped.
7285 (MSN 309) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7287 (MSN 311) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico.
W/o 21 Mar 1944 at Charleston AAF, SC. Believed scrapped.
7288 (MSN 312) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transfered to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7290 (MSN 314) July 12, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Alamogordo Sub Depot Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico.
W/o 4 Oct 1943 at Gulfport Field, MS. Believed scrapped.
7291 (MSN 315) W/o 2 Nov 1943 at Maxwell Feld, AL
7292 (MSN 316) July 13, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Another Bombardment Group at Tucson Army Airfield Tucson Arizona. Aircraft Fate Unknown.
Believed Scrapped.
7293 (MSN 317) August 5, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946. Scrapped
7295 (MSN 319) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield Topeka Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped.
7296 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7299 (MSN 323) W/o 21 Dec 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS
7300 (MSN 324) July 16, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to HQ. 296th Colorado Springs Colorado. Redesignated as RB-24E;
W/o 31 Mar 1945 at Perkinston, MS and believed scrapped
7303 (MSN 327) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transferred to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka. Kansas. Aircraft Fate Unknown. Believed Scrapped
7305 (MSN 329) July 16, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Alamogordo Army Airfield,
New Mexico. Transferred to Tucson Army Airfield, Tucson, Arizona. Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 17 Jan 1944
at Langley Field, VA and scrapped
7308 (MSN 332) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 23 Dec 1943 at Kirtland Field, NM
7310 (MSN 334) W/o 12 Aug 1943 at Safford, AZ
7311 (MSN 335) W/o 28 Jul 1943 at Adena, CO
7312 (MSN 336) W/o 6 Sep 1943 at Wendover Field, UT
7313 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7316 collided in midair with 42-7363 6 mi N of Liberal AAF Nov 25, 1943.
All aboard killed.
7318 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7319 (MSN 343) W/o 15 Nov 1943 at Orlando AAF, FL
7320 (MSN 344) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 13 Jan 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7323 (MSN 347) August 7, 1943. 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield,
Topeka, Kansas. Transfered to Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas. W/o 28 Oct 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS.
Believed scrapped.
7324 (MSN 348) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 1 Apr 1944 at Gage AAAF, OK
7334 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7339 (MSN 363) W/o 8 Jan 1944 at Claremont, VA
7340 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7341 (MSN 365) Redesignated as RB-24E; wfu
7342 (MSN 366) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 11 Aug 1944 at La Junta, CO
7343 (MSN 367) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 10 Sep 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7344 (471st BG, 804th BS) crashed Aug 16, 1943. 7 killed. I also have an MACR report
of this plane being lost Apr 12, 1944, South Pacific with 868th BG, but this was 42-73446.
7345 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7347 (MSN 371) collided with 41-28508 near Westover Field, MA.
May 18, 1944. 5 killed. 41-28508 landed safely.
7349 (MSN 373) W/o 9 Feb 1944 at Kirtland Field, NM
7350 (MSN 374) crash-landed 22 mi SE of Willcoz, AZ Mar 22, 1944. 4 killed, 5 injured.
7351 (MSN 375) W/o 1 Sep 1943 at Pocatello AAB, ID
7353 (MSN 377) W/o 9 Jul 1944 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
7354 (MSN 378) W/o 16 Jul 1943 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
7355 (MSN 379) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 4 Feb 1944 at Liberal AAF, KS
7357 (MSN 381) W/o 8 Jan 1944 at Gowen Field, ID
7362 (MSN 386) W/o 25 Jul 1943 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
7363 collided in midair with 42-7316 6 mi N of Liberal AAF, KS Nov 25, 1943. All aboard killed.
7365 (464th BG) lost in training accident at Pocatello Jan 9, 1944. 7 killed, 3 survived.
7366 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7368 (MSN 392) W/o 2 Mar 1944 at Fort Worth AAF, TX
7369 (MSN 393) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 22 Mar 1944 at Kirtland Field, NM
7372 (MSN 396) W/o 27 Jun 1943 at Liberal AAF, KS
7381 (MSN 405) W/o 8 Aug 1943 at Fort Worth AAF
7383 (MSN 407) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 21 Sep 1944 at Kirtland Field, NM
7384 (MSN 408) W/o 8 Jul 1944 at Woodrum Field, VA
7386 (MSN 410) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 8 Jun 1944 at Kirtland Field, NM
7389 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7392 (MSN 416) W/o 14 Feb 1944 at Gowen Field, ID
7398 (MSN 422) W/o 6 Jan 1944 at Hugo, CO
7399 (MSN 423) W/o 14 Sep 1943 at Casper AAB, WY
7400 (MSN 424) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 20 Mar 1944 at Biggs Field, TX
7405 (MSN 429) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 7 Jun 1945 at Liberal, KS
7408 collided with 42-7183 near Lakeside, UT Dec 29, 1943.
13 on board 7408 killed, 12 on board 7183 killed.
7409 (383rd CCTS) crashed near Floyada, TX Mar 26, 1944 during
night navigation mission. All 9 onboard killed.
7411 (MSN 435) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 25 May 1945 at 30 miles from Dodge City, KS
7412 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7414 served as Combat Crew Training School training plane at Casper AAB ca 1943-44
7415 (MSN 439) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 13 Sep 1944 at 55 miles from Mountain Home AAF, ID
7416 (610th PTTS) crashed Apr 14, 1944 near Tuskegeee Army Air Field.
7417 crashed into Bull Mountain, VA 3/15/1944. All crew killed.
7420 (MSN 444) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 22 Jan 1944 at Langley Field, VA
7421 (MSN 445) W/o 16 Aug 1943 at Goodfellow Field, TX
7422 (MSN 446) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 8 Jan 1945 at Goldfield, NV
7423 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7428 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7430 (MSN 454) W/o 9 Oct 1943 at Granbury, TX
7431 (MSN 455) W/o 25 Oct 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7434 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7436 (MSN 460) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 31 Mar 1944 at Gate, OK
7438 (MSN 462) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 13 Jun 1944 at Smyrna AAF, TN
7445 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7446 (1014 PTTS, 96 PTTG) collided in midair with B-24D 41-1113 5 mi NE of Fort Worth, Texas Sep 3, 1943.
7449 (MSN 473) The following information is on microfilm PDF ACR-43, page 519.
6/29/1943 accepted by U.S. Army Air Forces
7/3/1943 to St. Paul Mod Center at St. Paul, MN
7/25/1943 to Army Air Forces Pilot School (Specialized 4-Engine) at Tarrant AAFld, TX
9/19/1943 to 302nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) at Clovis AAFld, NM (Temporarily loaded to Group)
11/29/1943 to 305th Sub Depot at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ
12/1943 to 39th Combat Crew Training School at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ
12/29/1943 (39th CCTS) crashed after takeoff 0.5 mile SE of runway 12L at Davis Monthan Field, AZ
7450 (MSN 474) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 29 Dec 1943 at Gowen Field, ID
7451 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7453 (MSN 477) W/o 9 Aug 1943 at Winstom Salem, NC
7454 (MSN 478) W/o 30 Jan 1944 at Myrtle Beach, SC
7457 (MSN 481) W/o 26 Dec 1943 at Thorpe Abbotts, UK
7458 (MSN 482) W/o 26 Sep 1943 at Denver, CO
7460 (MSN 484) W/o 20 Nov 1943 at Hammer Field, CA
7461 (MSN 485) W/o 2 Nov 1943 at Maxwell Feld, AL
7464 (MSN 488) Redesignated as RB-24E; w/o 2 Jan 1944 in Colorado
42-7465/7717 Ford B-24H-1-FO Liberator
MSN 489/741
7466 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Named "Ford's Folly". Shot Down Sep 11, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6
and Crashed at Allendorf, Germany While on a Mission on an Ordnance Manufacturing Depot at Hannover, Germany.
BF 109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. (8) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 8850.
7467 (392 BG, 578 BS) crash-landed Aug 24, 1943 in Aspull, Lancashire, UK. One killed.
W/o 27 Aug 1943 at Burtonwood, UK
7468 (392nd BG) crashed near Bold, St. Helens, England Aug 30, 1943. All 9 onboard killed
7469 (392 BG, 579 BS, "Rose of Juarez") crashlanded Apr 8, 1944 at Wendling, UK.
7470 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Named "Exterminator". Shot Down Oct 8, 1943 By Gunfire From German Junkers Ju 88C-6 and Crashed
South Southwest of Helgoland, Germany in The North Sea While Returning From a Mission to Vegesack, Germany.
Believed Ju 88C-6 Flown By Oblt. Helmut Niklas of NJG 3/6. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 879
7471 (392nd BG, 579th BS, "Mack's Sack") collided with crashing B-24H
42-7481 and crashed Oct 4, 1943 into North Sea. MACR 890. 10 KIA
7472 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Declared War Weary on August 27, 1944 and Transfered to RAF Warton Airfield Station USAAF-582,
Lancashire, England on September 11, 1944. Aircraft Fate Unknown But Believed Scrapped.
7473 (392 BG, 579 BS) crashed Mar 6, 1944 on takeoff
at Church Farm, Great Dunham, UK.
7474 (392nd BG, 579th BS, "Satan's Flame") shot down by Bf 109G of JG ll/II
Oct 4, 1943 over North Sea off Germany. MACR 891. 10 KIA.
7475 (MSN 499) W/o 20 Aug 1943 at Presque Isle AAB, ME
7476 (MSN 500) 66th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF crashed from unknown cause 4 Jan 1944 at RAF Shipdam, UK.
All crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7477 (392nd BG, 579th BS, "The Drip") shot down by marine flak
and crashed into North Sea W of Domburg, Netherlands
Nov 5, 1943. MACR 1165. 6 KIA, 4 POW.
7478 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Crash Landed Oct 9, 1944 at West Bradenham 3 Miles South of RAF Wendling Airfield
Due to Engine Failure While on a Test Flight. Aircraft Broke in Two and Caught Fire. (1) Crewman Was Killed.
(3) Crew Survived Uninjured. Aircraft Was Destroyed
7479 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force "War Horse" (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Jan 4, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 110G-4 and Crashed off
The Coast of Denmark in The North Sea While Returning From a Mission on Kiel, Germany. Believed BF 110G-4
Flown By Hptm. Leopold Fellerer of NJG 5/II Stab. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 1909
7480 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Landing Accident Feb 9, 1944 at RAF Wendling Airfield Due to Landing Short of Runway
While Returning From a Recalled Mission to Gotha, Germany. Landing Gear Struck a Ditch Mound and Left
Landing Gear Collapsed and Aircraft Broke in Half. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7481 (392nd BG, 579th BS, "The Drip") shot down by Oblt Heinz Knoke in Bf 109G-6 of
JG 11/5, then collided with B-24H 42-7471 and crashed into
North Sea 100 km N of Ameland, Germany Oct 4, 1943. MACR 892.
8 crew bailed out but all 11 KIA.
7482 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Named "Shack Rat". Shot Down By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 110G-4 and Crashed
off Langeness Island off The Coast of Germany in The North Sea While on a Mission to Kiel, Germany.
Believed BF 110G-4 Flown By Lt. Herbert Altner of NJG 5/8. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 1908.
7483 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "Big Dog") damaged by AAA then shot down by
Obfw Hans Heitmann in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/4 Nov 13, 1943 over
Zwartsluis, Netherlands. MACR 1553. 10 POW.
7484 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Jan 29, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 15 km South of Brussels
2 km South of Waterloo, Belgium While Returning From a Mission on Frankfurt, Germany. Believed Fw 190A-7
Flown By Lt. Dieter Kehl of JG 26/5. (2) Crew Killed. (9) Crew Bailed Out & (4) Captured & Became POWs.
Released in 1945. (5) Evaded Capture. MACR 2548.
7485 (392 BG, 578 BS, "Alfred") crashlanded Jan 6, 1944 at Pretty Corner, Sheringham, UK.
4 killed, 1 died of injuries 4 days later. 5 OK. MACR 16033.
7486 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "The Shark") shot down by Uffz Walbeck in Bf 109T of Jasta
Helgoland and and crashed into North Sea 117 km SW of Hanstholm, Norway Nov 18, 1943. MACR 1503. 10 KIA
7487 ((392nd BG, 576th BS, "Million $ Baby") shot down by Hptm. Werner Borchers in Bf-110G-4 of NJG 5/III.
Stab near Niebüll, Germany Jan 4, 1944. 4 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 1907.
7488 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "Hellz-a-Droppin") shot down by Hptm Paul
Szameitat in Ju 88C-6 of NJG 3/5 Oct 8, 1943 during attack on U-boat
construction facility at Vegesack, Germany. MACR 880. 10 men bailed
out, aircraft crashed at Oerdingen, Germany. 8 POW, 2 KIA,
7489 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Ditched Mar 5, 1944 35 Miles South of Brighton England in The English Channel Due to
Engine Failure While Returning From a Mission to Bordeau Cognac, France. (4) Crew Were Killed When The
Aircraft Sank. (6) Crew Survived and Were Rescued By a British RAF Walrus Amphibious Biplane. MACR 3585.
7490 (392nd BG, 578th BS, 'Big Ass Bird') shot down by FW Ludwig
Reinbacher in Fw 190A of JG 11/1 5 km NW of Ueden,
Germany Nov 5, 1943. 11 crew KIA. MACR 1163
7491 (392nd BG, 578th BS) MIA Mar 3, 1944 near Heligoland. MACR 2800
7492 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Flew (35) Missions. Declared War Weary on August 27, 1944 and Transfered to
(RAF Warton Airfield) Station USAAF-582, Lancashire, England on August 10, 1944. Returned to U.S.A.
in June 1945. (SOC) Struck off Charge at Searcy Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Sold By War Assets
Corporation to Paul Mantz on February 19, 1946. Scrapped.
7493 (392nd BG, 577th BS, "Gregory the Great") shot down by Uffz
Losch in Fw 190A of JG 11/1 at Friedrichskoog,
Germany Nov 26, 1943, Germany. MACR 1494. 10 KIA.
MACR 1494 is also listed as referring to 42-12905 (or 42-12995).
7494 (446th BG, 704th BS, "Bumbs Away") hit by AAA over Texel on mission
to Bremen then slid into B-24 of 392nd BG and sheering its tail turret, regained
control but crashed into North Sea off Netherlands on return Dec 20, 1943 and 10 KIA. MACR 1735
7495 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Declared War Weary on August 27, 1944 and Transfered to (RAF Warton Airfield) Station USAAF-582,
Lancashire, England on September 11, 1944. Believed Scrapped.
7496 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed Near
Bad Hersfeld, Germany While on a Mission on The Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha, Germany.
BF 109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. (3) Crew Killed. (7) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 2946.
7497 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Mar 18 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 and Crashed at Kintzheim,
France Near Schettstadt, Germany While Returning From a Mission to Friedrichshafen, Germany. Believed Fw 190A-6
Flown By Lt. Suss of JG 2/II. (3) Crew Were Killed. (7) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
Released in 1945. MACR 3322
7500 (392nd BG, 576th BS, "Sky Queen") damaged by AAA then shot down
by Oblt. Wilhelm Kientsch in Bf 109G06 of JG 27/ NW of
Bremen, Germany Dec 20, 1943. MACR 1734. 4 KIA, 6 POW
7501 (44th BG, 68th BS, 8th AF, named "Bing's Big Box") shot down by Fw 190A-6 flown by Oblt Artur Besse of JG 26/1
at Grattenoix, France 9 km WE of Neufchatel-en-Bray, France Jan 21, 1944. MACR 2360.
4 crew killed, 6 bailed out (4 became POW, 2 evaded capture)
7502 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "Bakadori") damaged by fighters Nov 18, 1943, interned in Sweden. MACR 1504
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
7503 (392nd BG, 577th BS, "Miss America") No 2 engine hit by a bomb
above and was damaged by a fighter, on the return was shot
down by Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/6 45 km NE of Great Yarmouth, UK Nov 13, 1943 over North Sea. MACR 1552
10 KIA.
7504 (MSN 528) 330th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF in landing accident at RAF Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk, England 16 Jun 1944
All crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7505 ("Old Faithfull") with 446th BG, 706h BS, damaged on landing Bungay, England lost Aug 27, 1944.
7506 (392nd BG, 576th BS, "Southern Comfort XII") shot down by
Fw. Heinz Stower in Fw 190A of JG 11/3 and crashed into
Dollart Bay S of Emden, Germany Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1733.
8 KIA, 2 POW
7507 (44th BG, 68th BS "Heaven Can Wait") ran out of fuel on final
aproach to base and slid in on belly. Aircraft destroyed in
fire but all crew escaped
7508 (455th BG, 703rd BS, "Liberty Belle") shot down by Obfw. Karl-Heinz
Munsche in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/9 at Les Petites-Armoises,
France Dec 30, 1943. MACR 4132. 6 KIA, 4 POW
7509 (MSN 533) 506th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF) salvaged Aug 8, 1944 at RAF Shipdam, UK due to battle damage
after returning from mission to Langenhagen, Germany.
7510 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Apr 29, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 and Crashed on The
Outskirts of Dinklage, Germany While on a Mission to Berlin, Germany. Fw 190A-7 Flown By Unknown Pilot
and Unit. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 4461.
7511 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed Near
Bad Hersfeld, Germany While Returning From a Mission on Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha, Germany.
Believed BF 109G-6 Flown By Uffz. Eduard Britzlmair of JG 3/4. (10) Crew Bailed Out. (8) Captured & POWs.
Released 1945. (2) Crew Killed. MACR 2947
7512 (445th BG, 703rd BS, *Gremlins Roost*) shot down by Fw 190s near
Friedrichskoog, Germany Jan 5, 1944. 6 KIA, rest POW. Luftwaffe pilots known to be in
the area and claiming a B-24 were Walter Oseau and Horst Maier. MACR 2510.
7513 (445th BG, 702nd BS, *Pistol Packing Mama*) suffered double engine failure enroute to target and
interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3333.
7514 (44th BG, 68th BS, 8th AF, named "Valiant Lady") shot down by Fw 190A-6 flown by Oblt Artur Beese of JG 26/1 Jan 21, 1944
and crashed at Neuville-Ferrieres 4 mi SSW of Neufchatel, France. MACR 2359. 7 crew killed, 3 bailed
out and became POW.
7515 (445th BG, 701st BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot down Feb 24, 1944 By BF 109G-6 and crashed near Bad Hersfeld Germany while on a mission on the
Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha Germany. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (8) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 2550
7516 (MSN 540) 755th BS, 458th Bg, 8th AF, based at RAF Horsham St. Faith Airfield, Station USAAF-123,
Norfolk, England crashed on takeoff 20 Sep 1944 in vicinity of Hastings Avenue, Nowrich,
Norfolk, 1/4 mi S of RAF Horsham St Faith, UK while on fuel supply mission for General Patton's tanks
All 6 crew killed.
7517 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 by Fw 190A-7 and Crashed at Dillkrels Southwest of Gotha Germany While on a
Mission on The Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha Germany. Fw 190A-7 Flown By Unknown
Pilot and Unit. All (9) Crew Were Killed. MACR 2551
7518 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Mar 18, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 and Exploded in Mid Air
Over Schramberg, Germany While on a Mission to Friedrichshafen, Germany. Fw 190A-7 Flown By Unknown Pilot
of JG 11. (9) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. Released in 1945.
MACR 3323.
7519 (93rd BG, 328th BS, 8th AF) landed at Dubendorf airfield near Zurich, Switzerland after being damaged by German
fighter Jan 7, 1944, and crew of 10 was interned in Switzerland. MACR 2367.
7520 (445th BG, 700th BS, 8th AF, "Snow Goose" based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot Down Dec 22, 1943 by BF 110G-2 and Crashed 1 Mile From Bolsward, Holland While on a Mission to Osnabruck, Germany.
Aircraft Caught Fire and Crashed in Flames. BF 110G-2 Flown By Uffz. Josef Holzmann of ZG 26/1.
All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 16098
7521 (MSN 545) "Poop Deck Pappy" returned to USA. Wfu 26 Nov 1943
7522 (44th BG, 506th BS, 8th AF, *Southern Comfort*) shot down by AAA Apr 11, 1944 2 km NE of Bernburg, Germany.
MACR 3848. 7 crew killed, 3 bailed out and became POW.
7523 (445th BG, 703rd BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Tibenham) lost Feb 2, 1944, North Sea. MACR 2509
Ditched Feb 2, 1944 from unknown cause in The North Sea while on a mission on The V-1 Rocket Site at Siracourt,
France. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 2509
7524 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Landing Accident Dec 7, 1943 at RAF Wendling Airfield. Ran off The End of The Runway
into a Ditch Tearing The Right Landing Gear off Due to Brake Failure. All (7) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was
Destroyed.
7525 disappered Apr 7, 1944 on training mission out of Westover Field, MA enroute
to a bombing range south of Montauk Point. Crew of 11 missing.
7527 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 at Schnepfental Roedichen
Southwest of Gotha, Germany While on a Mission on The Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha, Germany.
Fw 190A-7 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. (5) Crew Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out & Captured & POWs. Released
in 1945. MACR 2948
7528 (MSN 552) 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 2nd Air Force Topeka Army Airfield, Topeka, Kansas
Crashed Aug 25, 1943 During Wheels Up Belly Landing in a Cornfield 2 Miles Northwest of LeCompton, Kansas
While on a Calibration and Training Mission. Number (3) and (4) Engines Propellers Ran Away and Engines
Were Shut Down. (3) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed and Washed Out.
7529 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Exploded in Mid Air Feb 20, 1944 From Unknown Cause Over (RAF Manston Airfield),
Kent, England During Emergency Landing Due to Damage From German Fighters While on a Mission to
Helmstadt, Germany. All (10) Crew Were Killed.
7531 759th Bombardment Squadron 459th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Giulia Airfield Foggia Italy
Shot Down Apr 23, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed at Parndorf
Austria While on a Mission on The Aircraft Factory at Bad Voslau Austria. BF 109G-6 Flown By
Unknown Pilot & Unit. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and (9) Were Captured and Became POWs.
Released in 1945. (1) Killed When Parachute Failed to Open. MACR 4206
7532 (MSN 556) 702nd BS, 445th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Tibenham
Landing accident Jan 31, 1944 at RAF Tibenham Airfield. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Washed Out.
7533 (44th BG, 66th BS) shot down by Fw Bernhard Kunze in Fw 190A-6 of
JG 1/1 near Dem Ham, Netherlands Dec 22, 1943. MACR 1713. 7 KIA, 3 POW.
Parts recovered 1995:Den Ham, Hammerflier. Large parts recovered Jun 2, 2003.
7534 (445th BG, 700th BS, "Good Nuff") shot down by AAA Dec 20, 1943 while returning from
a Delmenhorst, Germany raid. MACR 6343. 11 KIA
7536 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "The Banshee") then to 44th BG, 66th BS. Forcelanded due to engine failure Jan 2, 1944
at Deopham Green Airfield, Norfolk, UK. Salvaged.
7537 (392 BG, 576 BS, "Jungle Princess") crashlanded Dec 31, 1943 at Swanton Morley, UK.
7538 (MSN 562) W/o 8 Sep 1943 at Old Town, ME
7539 (446th BG, 704th BS, 8th AF, "Ye Old Thunder Mug") ran out of fuel and
crashlanded near RAF Bungay (USAAF 125), Suffolk, UK Dec 16, 1943. All crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7540 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Named "Crew Chief". Shot Down Nov 13, 1943 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed near Dordrecht, Holland
26 Miles South of Rotterdam, Holland While Returning From a Mission to Bremen, Germany. (1) Crewman Was Killed.
(9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 1551.
7542 (446th BG, 707th BS, 8th AF, *Black Widow*) shot down Feb 4, 1944 by Fw 190A-8 fllown by Lt
Waldemar Radener of JG 26/7 and crqshed 10 km SE of Albert at Bray-sur-Somme, France while on mission to Frankfurt,
Germany. 5 KIA, 5 POW. MACR 2248
7543 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "Georgie Belle") hit by AAA then shot
down by Oblt Hugo Frey in Bf 109G-6 of JG 11/7 near
Datteln, Germany Nov 5, 1943. MACR 1164. 10 POW.
7544 (292nd BG, 577th BS, then to 44th BG, 67th BS, 8th AF, "Seed of Satan II") shot down by AAA on return from
mission to Solingen, Germany, crashed in I'Ijsselmeer, close to
Staden, Netherlands Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1382. All 10 crew bailed out, 6 POW, 2 crew captured
in 1944, 2 evaded.
7545 (44th BG, 67th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Ju 88C-6 flown by Fw Heinz Koppe of NJG 3/10 and
crashed into North Sea off Norway Nov 18, 1943. MACR 1378. All 10 crew KIA.
7546 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Crashed Apr 29, 1944 at Walcott, Norfolk, England After Crew Bailed After Pilot Unable
to Land Aircraft Due to Battle Damage While Returning From a Mission on Berlin, Germany. All (10) Crew Bailed
Out and (1) Struck The Aircraft and Was Killed. The Others All Survived.
7547 (44th BG, 67th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown by Oblt Josef Wurmheller of JG 2/9 Jan 29, 1944 at
Wilgone, Belgium. MACR 2251. 4 crew killed, 5 bailed out and became POW. One evaded but
killed one month later. One was released in 1944, 4 in 1945.
7548 (44th BG, 66th BS, "Bull O' The Woods") shot down by Oblt.
Walter Matoni in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/6 at Chavigny,
France Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1752. 2 KIA, 8 evaded, one of them later
POW.
7549 with 492nd BG, 579th BS, transferred to 44th BG, 67th BS, 8th AF. Salvaged Mar 16, 1944 after crash
landing at Kingsnorth near Woodchurch, Kent, England. 6 crew killed, 4 survived with injuries. Airraft
was destroyed.
7550 (445th BG, 700th BS, "Gallant Lady") caught fire in flight
and crashed near Attlebridge, UK Dec 28, 1943.
Pilot killed, fate of rest of crew unknown.
Salvaged Dec 29, 1943.
7551 (MSN 575) 68th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF crashed due to engine failure 13 Jan 1944 2 mi N of RAF Shipdam, UK
while on training mission. All 10 crew killed.
7552 (489th BG "Lil' Cookie") declaredwarweary and usedas formation assembly ship.
7553 salvaged Nov 1944 as war-weary
7554 (445th BG, 702nd BS) shot down by FW Theodor von Kavarbasic in Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26/7 and crashed at
Mirns, Netherlands Dec 22, 1943. MACR 15597. 7 KIA, 2 POW, 1 evaded. Plane was not named
"Tail End Charley"
7556 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Right Fuel Tanks Caught Fire and Aircraft Exploded Dec 5, 1943 at RAF Wendling Airfield
While Ground Crew Was Getting Ready to Load 12 Bombs Which Were Under Both Wings. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7559 (703rd BS, 445th BG, 8th AF, "Kelly"). Crashed Feb 15, 1944 from unknown Cause at RAF Manston Airfield, Manston Kent England
while returning from a mission on The V-1 Rocket Sites at Siracourt France. All (10) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Was Destroyed
7560 (MSN 584) converted to CB-24H; 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield)
Station USAAF-118, Norfolk, England. Crash Oct 29, 1944 During Take off at RAF Wendling Airfield
During a Practice Mission. Pilot Could Not Pull The Stick Back Due to Binding Elevator Controls & Went
off The Runway into a Ditch and Nose Wheel Collapsed. All Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Washed Out.
Declared War Weary on July 30, 1944.
7561 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk England. Named "Mack's Sack II". Shot Down Nov 13, 1943 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6
Near Endel, Germany While on a Mission to Bermen, Germany. Fw 190A-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 11.
(5) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 1554
7563 (859th BS, detached from 492nd BG to 2641st Special Group (Provisional), 15th AF, based at Brindisi Airfield,
Brindisi, Italy). Crashed Feb 9, 1945 After Exploded From Unknown Cause in Mid Air at Brusnica Velika,
Yugoslavia While Returning From a carpetbagger Mission to Karlovak Yugoslavia. All (8) Crew Were Killed.
MACR 12361.
7564 (MSN 588) W/o 5 Nov 1943 at Powhattan, KS
7565 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Jan 30, 1944, North Sea. MACR 2247.
7566 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot down Feb 24, 1944 by BF 109G-6 and crashed at Assler, Germany While on a Mission on
the Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha Germany. BF 109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit.
(5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 2552
Freeman gives date as Mar 6, 1944.
7567 (445th BG, 700th BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot down Feb 24, 1944 By Fw 190A-6 and crashed at Baalder 1 km Northeast of Hardenburg, Holland while on a mission on
Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha Germany. Believed Fw 190A-6 flown By Oblt. Hans Hartigs
of JG 26/2. (6) Crew Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and POWs. MACR 2553
7569 (445th BG, 701st BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot Down Feb 20, 1944 By Fw 190A-7 in The Holzminden, Germany Area and Crashed 1 km North of Edemissen, Germany
while on a Mission to Brunswick Germany. Aircraft Crashed and Burned. Fw 190A-7 Flown By Hptm. Rolf-Gunther
Hermichen of JG 11/I Stab. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 2439
7570 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Ditched Feb 2, 1944 From Unknown Cause in The North Sea While Returning From a Mission
on a V-1 Rocket Site at Watten, France. All (9) Crew Were Killed. MACR 2531.
7571 (445th BG, 703rd BS, 8th AF, *Lillian Ann II* based at RAF Tibenham) interned in Switzerland Jul 11, 1944
due to flak damage while returning from mission to Munich, Germany. Missed the airfield
and landed in a cornfield. MACR 6943. All 9 crew survived and were interned in Switzerland. MACR 6943
7572 (446th BG, 705th BS, 8th AF, *Werefolf/Princess O/Rourke*) shot down by AAA Apr 11, 1944, Diepholz, SW
of Strohen, Germany while on missin to Bernburg, Germany. MACR 3782. All 10 crew bailed out and became POW.
7574 (704th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF, *Henry's Pride*) damaged by cannon fire Feb 24, 1944 on mission to Gotha,
Germany. Crew bailed out over England but pilot crashed with the plane at Sternfield, Suffolk, England and was killed.
7576 (from 44tth BG, 700th BS, "Blackdog" to 446th BG, 705th BS, "Stardust") survived WW2
7577 (446th BG, 706th BS, *Buzz Buggy*) crashed on mission to Mimizan, France Dec 31, 1943.
10 KIA. MACR 1679.
7578 (704th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF, *Hula Wahine*) lost superchargers on mission to Frankfurt, Germany and
attacked by enemy fighters over Belgium Jan 29, 1944. Crash-landed at RAF Detling with 2 injured crewmen.
All 10 crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7579 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF, *Paper Doll*, based at RAF Tibenham)
Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 By BF 109G-6and Crashed at Driedorf, Southwest of Herborn, Germany While on a
Mission on The Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at Gotha Germany. BF 109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot
and Unit. (3) Crew Killed. (6) Crew Bailed Out Became POWs. MACR 2554
7581 (446th BG, 706th BS, 8th AF, "Flak Bait") shot down by AAA and crashed at Marcillac,
France Dec 31, 1943 on mission to Cognac, France. 1 KIA, 7 POW, 2 evaded. MACR 1680
7582 (44th BG, 66th BS, 8th AF, *Ice Cold Katy*) in midair collision with P-47C 41-6356 Mar 7, 1944 over RAF Shipdham
airfield, UK during training flight. All 7 crew killed.
7583 (446th BG, 707th BS, *Wee Willie*) lost on mission to Orleans May 23, 1944. Bombs were dropped through
closed bomb bay doors, and a piece of the damaged door struck the tail, causing the aircraft
to go into an unrecoverable spin. 10 KIA. MACR 5251
7584 (707th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF, *Merle Lee*) damaged by AAA on mission to V-1 sites in France Jan 21, 1944 and
crashlanded at Hawkinge, Kent, UK. All 10 crew survived, aircraft was salvaged.
7586 (445th BG, 701st BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham ) shot down by flak Mar 6, 1944 and Crash Landed at Schonwalde
Northwest of Berlin, Germany While on a Mission on Factories at Berlin Germany. (1) Crewman Was Killed.
(9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POW . MACR 2960
7587 (MSN 611) 704th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF in landing accident 7 Jan 1945 at RAF Bungay (USAAF 125), Suffolk, UK.
All crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7588 (392 BG, 578 BS) damaged by AAA and crashed W of Rouen, France
Dec 30, 1943. MACR 1677. 6 POW, 4 evaded.
7589 (446th BG, 705th BS, 8th AF, "Rigor Mortis") shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Uffz Ignaz Geirbos
of JG 107/1 Feb 25, 1944 and crashed 1 km from Mittersheim, 15 km N of Sarrebourge, France on mission to
Furth, Germany. All 10 crew bailed out and became POW. MACR 2952
7590 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF *Paper Doll* based at RAF Tibenham) Shot Down Mar 23, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire
and Crashed Near Wildeshausen Germany While on a Mission to Munster and Hamm Germany. All (10) Crew Bailed
Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 3544.
7591 (448th BG, 712th BS, 8th AF, *Fat Stuff II*, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Landed at Altenrhein airfield, Altenrhein St Gallen, Switzerland Jul 12, 1944 after being damaged by flak
while on mission to Munich, Germany. All 10 crew survived and were interned in Switzerland, returned
in 1945. Aircraft returned Oct 3, 1945 and salvaged Oct 22, 1945. MACR 7559.
Returned Oct 3, 1945 and salvaged Oct 22, 1945
7592 (446th BG, 705th BS, "Sweet Moonbeam McSwine") survived WW2
7593 565th Bombardment Squadron 389th Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Hethel Airfield) Station USAAF-114
Norfolk England. Named "Blunder Bus"
Shot Down Jan 7, 1944 by Hptm. Herbert Huppertz and Uffz. Heinz Lorbeer from JG 2 at Orgères-en-Beauce, France
and Crashed Southeast of Chartres France
While on a Mission on The I. G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Plant at Ludwigshafen Germany.
(2) Crew Killed. (9) Crew Bailed Out and (7) Captured & POW(2) Evaded.
MACR 1852
7595 (446th BG, 706th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Fw 190A-78 flown by Oblt Rudiger von Kirchmayr of JG 1/5 Mar 8, 1944
and crashed SE of Ziekau, 5 km from Luckau, Germany while on mission to Erkner, Germany. MACR 2963.
6 crew killed, four bailed out and became POW.
7596 578th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk. England. Crash Landed Jan 7, 1944 at RAF Wendling Airfield while Returning From a Mission to
Ludwigshafen, Germany. Pilot Landed too Fast and too Far Down The Runway. Aircraft Ran off The Runway and
Through a Ditch Causing The Right Landing Gear to Collapse. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7598 576th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Mar 6, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 After Hit By Flak
Over Berlin, Germany About and Crashed 18 Miles Southeast of Amersfoort, Netherlands While on a Mission
to Genshagen, Berlin, Germany. Fw 190A-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot & Unit. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and
Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 3183.
7599 579th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Apr 8, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 Flown By Fw. Walter Kohne of JG 1/3.
Crashed 2 km southeast of Breitenhaus, 5 km Southwest of Bodenstein, Germany While on a Mission to Brunswick, Germany.
(10) Crew Killed. (1) Crew Bailed Out & Was Captured and Became a POW. Released in 1945. MACR 3945.
I also have this plane as being interned in Sweden on that date.
7601 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham ) Shot Down Apr 12, 1944 By Fw 190A-8 and
Crashed at Ningeon, Belgium While on a Mission to Zwickau Germany. Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit.
All (10) Crew Bailed Out and (6) Were Captured and Became POWs. (4) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 3828.
Another report from Don Schneck has this plane being picked up at Tinker Field on July 29, 1943, and assigned to a
lead crew of the 445th Bomb Group, 702nd Squadron. In March, 1944 it was reassigned/transferred to the
93rd Bomb Group, 329th Squadron, assigned to a lead crew and later to the Squadron Commander. While
with the 93rd, the bombsight was removed and replaced with GEE-H navigation equipment. The aircraft returned
to the USA after the war, with its orginal crew. The aircraft carried the name "Sin Ship". Maybe the
MACR has the wrong serial number.
7603 (44th BG, 67th BS, "Raggedy Ann/Junior") shot down by fighter over North Sea
off Norway Nov 18, 1943. MACR 1380. 10 KIA.
7604 (455th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham) Shot Down Mar 9, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed 1 km Northwest
of Gehrden Hannover, Germany While on a Mission on The Arado Fluzgeugwerke Factory at Brandenburg, Germany.
All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 2961.
7605 (392nd BG, 578th BS) shot down by fighter and exploded at
Bedenac, Franc Dec 31, 1943 on mission to St Jean d'Angley, France. MACR 1676.
9 KIA, 1 POW. A burning wing fell into a house and the occupant
died of burns next month.
7606 (488th BG, 714th BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down Feb 24, 1944 by AAA while returning from mission to Gotha, Germany and crashed
near Sint-Stevens-Woluwe near Brussels, Belgium. 4 crew killed, 6 bailed out and became POW. MACR 2955.
7607 (446th BG, 705th BS, "The Spirit of '77") returned to USA
7608 (446th BG, 705th BS, "Freckle Face") returned to USA
7609 706th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, Bungay/Flixton (Station 125); named 'Lazy Lou'. 14th Troop Carrier Squadron,
61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483) Dec44. Moments after take-off from Barkston-Heath on a
proficiency flight 18Dec44, there was a mid-air collision with C-109 #42-51766. Soon after the B-24 took off the C-109
appeared in close formation, apparently as a lark. As the B-24 started a left turn away from the airfield, still at only 400ft,
it lost sight of the C-109. The C-109 pilot must have mis-judged his next manoeuvre as his aircraft's vertical stabilisers
hit the propellers on numbers 1 & 2 engines of the B-24 as they were approaching Carlton Scroop. Meanwhile the B-24 was in a
steepening left turn, having had lost the propellers on both the left engines. The pilot tried to return to the airfield,
but it was short of power and on fire, with the rudder surfaces burning away, making it increasing hard to control.
At only 200ft, losing height and heading towards buildings on the base, they opted to crash land in an open field instead.
But as they cleared a row of trees they saw a thatched building dead ahead. As they eased off the rudder to avoid the building
the aircraft stalled and the left wing dug into the ground, tearing the aircraft apart and killing two of the five aboard,
one of whom was the 14th TCS commanding officer.
7610 (706th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF, *Satan's Sister*) crashed one mile W of RAF Thorpe Abbots (USAAF 139), Norfolk,
England Apr 27, 1944 due to engine failure while on mission to Wizernes, France. Jettisoned the bombs
before it crashed, but one bomb exploded and damaged the tail. 2 KIA, 8 survived, aicraft was destroyed.
7611 (446th BG, 704th BS, 8th AF, *Silver Dollar*) lost Dec 22, 1943, Germany when hit in the wing from above by
bomb dropped from another B-24 aircraft and crashed at Osnbruck, Germany. 8 KIA, 2 bailed out
and became POW. MACR 2009.
7613 (446th BG, 704th BS, "Mi Akin Ass") hit by AAA and crashed at
Noordwijk, W of Groening, Netherlands Dec 22, 1943. 3 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 2008
7614 (328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF, named "Lady Shamrock") Shot down by Maj. Egon Mayer in FW-190A-6 of JG 2/Stab and crashed at Seine-Port,
France Jan 7, 1944. . MACR 2368. 2 KIA, 5 POW, 3 evaded.
7615 crashed into a mountain at 10,900 foot level near Shawnee, CO Sep 30, 1943.
All but one of the 12 crew members were killed. There is a marker honoring
the dead at the crash site.
7616 (MSN 640) Conv to CB-24H; w/o 15 Oct 1944 at Bungay, UK
7617 lost Nov 15, 1943, Caribbean. MACR 1091.
7618 (44th BG, 66th BS, "Hell's Kitchen") damaged and interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3982.
7619 (445th BG, 702nd BS) crashed shortly after takeoff Feb 24, 1945 about
300 yards from runway at AAF Station 124 (Tibenham, England). 4 killed, 5 survived.
7620 (446th BG, 706th BS, 8th AF, *The Princess*) shot down by AAA and crashed at Timmel, 12 km S of Aurich, Germany
Apr 8, 1944 on mission to Brunswick, Germany. 3 crew killed, 7 bailed out and became POW. MACR 3931.
7621 (MSN 645) 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF, crashed on takeoff 1 May 1944 at RAF Hardwick, UK, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft exploded and burned. 5 crew killed, 5 crew survived.
7623 (717th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Crashed Mar 24, 1944 Near Mostar, Yugoslavia Due to Mechanical Failure While on a Mission to
Steyr, Austria. (6) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 3469
7624 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashlanded Mar 9, 1944 at Beccles, UK. Crew survived.
7625 (446th BG, 705th BS, *Happy go Lucky*) damaged by flak and interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland Mar 18, 1944.
MACR 3335.
7626 (392nd BG, 578th BS, "Ramblin' Okie", later "Liberty Belle") two engines
failed, then damaged by Fw Hugo Feutscher in Ju 88C-6 of
NJG 3/11 and ditched in north Sea off Ameland, Netherlands
Dec 13, 1943. MACR 1732. 3 KIA, 7 POW
7627 (445th BG, 702nd BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham) landed in Sweden after damaged By flak while on a mission an Aircraft Assembly
Plant at Tutow, Germany. All (10) Crew Survived and Were Interned in Sweden. Aircraft Returned on October 2, 1945.
MACR 3943.
7630 (44th BG, 506th BS, 8th AF) hit by flak and shot down by Bf 110G-2 flown by Lt Gerhard Bitter of ZG 26/2 and crashed into
North Sea near Langeoog, Frisian Island, Germany Dec 20, 1943. MACR 1712. All 10 crew bailed out, 2 killed and
8 became POW.
7635 (44th BG, 68th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Fw 190A-6 flown by Lt Georg Kiefner of JG 26/1 Jan 21, 1944
near Lignieres Chatelain, 9 km W of Poix de la Somme, France. MACR 2357. 4 crew killed, 7 bailed out (5 evaded
capture, 2 became POW)
7636 (726th BS/451st BG, "Three Feathers") shot down in bombing mission to Ploesti
oil fields Dec 14, 1944.
7637 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Crash Landed Jan 4, 1944 in a Field at Skona Near Simrishamn, Sweden Due to Engine
Failure While Returning From a Mission to Kiel, Germany. All (10) Crew Survived and Were Interned in Sweden.
Returned in 1944 to England. Aircraft Fate Unknown. MACR 1910.
7638 (44th BG, 66th BS, "Big Banner") damaged by AAA and crashed into
Ijsselmeer, Netherlands Dec 22, 1943. 9 KIA 1 POW. MACR 1714.
Wreckage & 5/MIA remains recovered 1975;Zuid-Flevoland
7640 (446th BG, 707th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Fw 190A-6 flown by Uffz Paul Turkovitch of JG 2/12 at
Brest, France Nov 18, 1943. MACR 1252. 2 KIA, 10 POW, 2 evaded.
7642 (MSN 666) 506th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Shipdam, Station USAAF-115, Norfolk, England)
In taxiing accident 9 May 1944 at RAF Shipdam (USAAF Station 115),
Norfolk, UK. All 10 crew survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7643 (445th BG, 700th BS, 8th AF based at RAF Tibenham) Crashed Mar 16, 1944 at Trouan 30 km North Northeast of Troyes, France Due to
Engine Failure While Returning From a Mission to Friedrichshafen Germany. (5) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed
Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 3186.
7645 (482nd BG, 814th BS, 8th AF) shot down by AAA Mar 2, 1944, Bergen, Netherlands while
on mission to Friedrichshafen, Germany. MACR 3199. 6 crew killed, 6 crew bailed out and became POW.
7647 (44th BG, 506th BS, 8th AF) crashed during landing near RAF Shipdam, UK Nov 13, 1943. 2 crew killed,
8 survived, aircraft DBR.
7648 (MSN 672) 350 BS, 302BG W/o in takeoff accident 27 Feb 1944 at Chatham Field, Savannah, GA
7649 (707th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF, "Gerty The Gremlin") 70 missions, declared war weary Jan 1945. Returned to USA
7650 (44th BG, 67th BS) shot down by AAA and by rocket fired by Me 210 Nov 13, 1943 and belly-landed at Schoterzijl,
Netherlands. 10 Crew POW. MACR 1376.
7651 (446th BG, *Brown Knowser*) crashed near field on return from mission to
Wimereux, France Jun 10, 1944. 1 killed, 9 parachuted to safety.
7654 (MSN 678) after combat career ended, became formation assembly ship "Fearless Freddie"
of 446th BG. Crashed Jan 1945. W/o 29 Jan 1945 at Bungay, UK
7655 (448th BG, 712nd BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down by AAA Apr 29, 1944 and crashed at Wildeshausen, Germany while on mission to
ralilroad facilities in Berlin, Germany. 5 crew killed, 5 bailed out and became POW. MACR 4486.
7657 (451st BG) in midair collision with 42-7673 during formation flying training near Milligan, Nebraska
Oct 25, 1943. All 8 crew killed.
7658 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118,
Norfolk, England. Shot Down Feb 24, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed at
Waltershausen, Near Gotha, Germany While on a Mission on Messerschmitt BF 110 Aircraft Factory at
Gotha, Germany. Believed BF 109G-6 Flown By Lt. Erich Dobrick of JG 11/I Stab. (4) Crew Killed.
(6) Crew Bailed Out & Captured & POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 2949.
7659 (446th BG, 705th BS, 8th AF, "Brown Knowser") crashed 1 mi NW of RAF Metfield (USAAF 366), Suffolk,
UK Jun 10, 1944 while returning from mission to Wimereux, France due to engine failure. One crewman killed,
9 bailed out and survived. Aircraft was destroyed.
7661 (MSN 685) W/o 6 Oct 1943 at Biggs Field, TX
7662 (MSN 686) W/o 19 Nov 1943 at Belchertown, MA
7666 (MSN 690) W/o 25 Mar 1945 at Liberal, KS
7669 (482 BG, 814 BS) collided in midair with 42-100005 during assembly for mission to
Frankfurt Jan 29, 1944 and crashed near English villages of Gissing and Tivetshall, Norfolk.
All 14 aboard killed.
7670 (MSN 694) W/o 7 Dec 1943 at Beaufort NAS, SC
7672 (MSN 696) 814th BS, 482nd BG, 8th AF crashed from unknown 23 Jan 1944 at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire,
UK. Unknown number of crew killed, aircraft was destroyed.
7673 (451st BG) in midair collision with 42-7657 during formation flying training near Milligan, Nebraska
Oct 25, 1943. 9 crew killed, one crewman thronwn clear and managed to open his chute and
survived.
7674 (MSN 698) W/o 6 Dec 1943 at Huntington Lake, CA
7676 (MSN 700) W/o 30 Dec 1943 at Charleston AAF, SC
7679 (446th BG, 704th BS, 8th AF, *The Beast*) shot down by AAA and fighters and crashed 300 meters W of
Osterlinde 22 km E of Hildesheim, Germany Apr 8, 1944 while on mission to Brunswick Germany. One
crewman killed, 9 bailed out and became POW. MACR 3930.
7680 W/o 23 Dec 1943 at Salome, AZ
7681 (448th BG, 715th BS) crashed due to engine failure 12 mi NW of Marrakech,
French Morocco Dec 8, 1943. MACR 4135 and 3907. All aboard killed.
7682 (587th BS, 466th BG) lost at Stevensbeck, Holland 3/31/1945.
7683 (448th BG, 714th BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down by FW 190A-8 flown by Fw Walter Dobrath of JG 1/1 Apr 29, 1944 and crashed near
Vechta, Germany while on mission to railroad facilities in Berlin, Germany. One crewman killed,
9 bailed out and became POW. MACR 4487.
7684 (471st BG, 806th BS) crashed near Barela, CO Nov 17, 1943. 1 killed.
7685 (MSN 709) W/o 10 Oct 1943 at Tulsa, OK
7686 (MSN 710) Conv to TB-24H
7687 (MSN 711) 726th BS/451st BG, "The Stork" salvaged Jan 14, 1946
7689 (MSN 713) W/o 19 Jan 1944 at Alamogordo, NM
7691 (719th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down Apr 4, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 Near Alexandria, Rumania While on a
Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Bucharest, Rumania. BF 109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit.
(7) Crew Were Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 3703
7696 (MSN 720) W/o 2 Mar 1944 at Chatham Field, GA
7697 (720th Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed Mar 17, 1944 From Unknown Cause Near Sanski Most Yugoslavia While Returning From a Mission on
The Airfield at Schwechat Vienna Austria. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (9) Crew Bailed Out and Evaded
Capture With Help From Partisans. MACR 3261.
7700 (716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down Feb 22, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 10 km South of Vorau Near
Salzburg, Germany While on a Mission on The Me 109 Aircraft Factory at Regensburg, Germany.
Believe BF 109G-6 Flown By Lt. Emil Kaiser of JG 27/3. (7) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 2613
7701 (MSN 725) Converted to TB-24H
7707 (MSN 731) W/o 23 Feb 1944 at Wendover Field, UT
7708 (MSN 732, 716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Crash landed 17 Jul 1944 at Grottaglie Airfield Taranto Italy While Checking Out a New Pilot.
(1) Crewman Was Killed. Rest of Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Washed Out.
7709 (448th BG, 715th BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England, named "Maid of Tin")
Shot down by German fighter Jan 5, 1944 and crashed into North Sea while on mission to shipyard
at Kiel, Germany. All 10 crew killed. MACR 2515.
7710 723rd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed and Burned Feb 14, 1944 From Unknown Cause Near Mantova Italy During a Mission on The
Marshalling Yards at Verona Italy. (2) Crew Were Killed. (8) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 3157.
7712 (448th BG, 713rd BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down by AAA Jan 5, 1944 and crqshed near Neumunster, SW of Kiel, Germany while on mission to
shipyard at Kiel, Germany. 7 crew killed, 3 bailed out and became POW. MACR 2514.
7713 (448th BG, 715th BS, "The Merry Max") in belly landing at East Wreatham, UK Nov 26, 1943
7714 722nd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Feb 22, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed Near Straubing Germany
While on a Mission on The Me 109 Aircraft Factory at Regensburg Germany. Believed BF 109G-6/R6 Flown B
y Lt. Alfred Hammer of JG 53/6. (7) Crew Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
Released in 1945. MACR 2694.
7715 (719th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Crashed Feb 22, 1944 into The Side of Mountain From Unknown Cause 20 Miles South of Graz, Austria
While on a Mission The Me 109 Aircraft Factory at Regensburg, Germany. All (11) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 3174
7717 returned to USA Apr 25, 1945.
42-7718/7769 Ford B-24H-5-FO Liberator
MSN 742/793
7720 (727th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "St Peter's Ferry" based at San Pancrazio Airfield, San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy)
Shot down Apr 5, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 Over Moreni, Rumania While
on a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Ploesti, Rumania. Aircraft Exploded. BF 109G-6 Flown
By Unknown Pilot & Unit. (5) Crew Killed (1) Parachute Failed To Open (2) Died of Wounds.
(5) Crew Bailed Out & Captured & POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 4080.
7721 (MSN 745) 725th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Lamplighter" based at Gioia del Colle Airfield, Apulia, Italy
Ground looped 23 Jan 1944 at Nothrup AB, Italy. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
Washed Out.
7722 (448th BG, 714th BS, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down Jan 5, 1944 by by Hptm. Walter Borchers in Bf-110G-4 of NJG 5/III. Stab over Kiel, Germany while on mission to shipyard at
Kiel, Germany. All 10 crew killed. MACR 2516.
7723 (717th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Crash landed Aug 12, 1944 at Tarquinia Airfield, Tarquinia, Italy While Returning From a Mission to
Toulon, France. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Damaged Beyond Repair. Salvaged on August 12, 1944.
7724 723rd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Jan 16, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 North of Padua Italy While
Returning From a Mission to Ossopo Italy. Aircraft Caught Fire and Exploded in Mid Air over the
Adriatic Sea 30 km W of Rovinj, Croatia . BF 109G-6
Flown By Gefr. Friedrich Schwab of JG 4/3. All (11) Crew Bailed Out but all drowned. MACR 2207.
7725 (724th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Adolph and Tojo" based at San Pancrazio Airfield, San Pancrazio, Salentino, Italy)
Shot down Mar 11, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed 2 km South of Cap Capet 35 km South of
Toulon, France in The Mediterranean Sea While on a Mission to Toulon, France. Aircraft Caught
Fire and Broke in Half and Crashed in The Mediterranean Sea. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 15249
7726 (718th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Ground accident Aug 1, 1944 at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy. Damaged Beyond Repair. Salvaged.
7727 (716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down Feb 25, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 3 km West of Heinheim, Germany
While on a Mission on The Messerschmitt BF 109 Factory at Regensburg, Germany.
Believed BF 109G-6 Flown By Oblt. Eberhard Bock of JG 104/2. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 3203
7728 720th Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Spr 25, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed South of Rimini Italy
While on a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Varese Italy. Aircraft Exploded on Impact. BF 109G-6
Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 4628
7730 (718th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Rammed Jan 30, 1944 By German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 From Under The Aircraft and Hit The Bomb
Bay Southwest of Udine, Italy While on a Mission on Udine Airfield at Udine, Italy.
Both Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air. BF-109G-6 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. All (10) Crew Were Killed.
MACR 2479.
7731 722nd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Mar 11, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed 35 km South of
Toulon France in The Mediterranean Sea While on a Mission on The Submarine Pens at Toulon France.
Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air. BF 109G-6 Flown By Fw. Horst Rippert of JGr Sud/4. All (10) Crew Were Killed..
MACR 3201.
7733 (MSN 757, 712th BS, 448th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Crashed during wheels-up belly landing 13 Dec 1943 at RAF Predanneck, Station USAAF-504, Cronwall, UK.
All crew survived, aircraft was destroyed.
7734 (MSN 758) 725th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF,"Lakanookii" based at San Pancrazio Airfield, San Pancrazio, Salentino, Italy)
Landing accident Mar 21, 1944 at Manduria airfield, Manduria, Italy. All (10) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Was Destroyed. Washed Out.
7735 (450th BG, 720th BS, "Peg O' My Heart") crashed into mountain
5 mi W of Mechmeya, Algeria Dec 19, 1943. 12 killed, 1 injured.
7737 (716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Damaged Jun 26, 1944 when Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire Over Austria While on a Mission on The Aircraft
Factory at Vienna, Austria. Crashed in Yugoslavia While on The Way Back to Base. (1) Crewman Was Killed.
(9) Crew Bailed Out and Evaded Capture. MACR 6443.
7738 (726th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Hard to Get", based at Gioia del Colle Airfield, Apulia, Italy)
Crashed Feb 25, 1944 at Farla di Majano, Italy 5 Miles North of Udine, Italy Due to Damage From Gunfire
From German BF 109G-6 While Returning From a Mission on The ME 109 Aircraft Factory at Regensburg, Germany.
(1) Crewman Was Killed. (10) Crew Bailed Out and (5) Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945.
(5) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 3284.
7739 (715th BS, 448th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Lost from unknown cause Mar 23, 1944 in Germany. Most crew fate unknown, but one became POW. MACR 3547
7740 (450th BG, 722nd BS) crashed at San Pancranzio Jan 30, 1944. Scavenged for spare parts.
7741 (716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Crash landed at near Bari airfield, Bari, Italy Jan 14, 1944 due to Engine Failure While Returning
From a Mission to Mostar, Yugoslavia. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged.
7742 720th Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Sep 10, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed 6 Miles North of Split Yugoslavia While
Returning From a Mission on The Southeast Industrial Center Vienna Austria. All (10) Crew Bailed
Out and Evaded Capture With Help From Partisans. MACR 8372.
7743 720th Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy "Miss Temptation"
Crashed Jan 24, 1944 after damaged by a Me-109G-6 of JG 27/IV. and crashed later near Tirana, Albania while on a Mission
on The Marshalling Yards at Skoplje Yugoslavia. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (10) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 2065.
7744 (717th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, bsed at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down May 5, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 Near Ploesti, Rumania While on a Mission
on The Marshalling Yards at Ploesti, Rumania. Aircraft Exploded. BF 109G-6 Flown By Ofw. Johann Pichler
of JG 77/7. (4) Crew Were Killed. (6) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 4714.
7745 (449th BG, 718th BS, 15th AF, *Sleepy Time Gal*, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down Feb 23, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed at Mitterberg
20 km South of Wels, Austria While on a Mission to Steyr, Austria. Believed BF 109G-6 Flown
By Lt. Gerhard Keppler of JG 27/2. (7) Crew Were Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. MACR 2685.
7746 722nd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force "Miss Fury" Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Shot Down Feb 25, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed 16 Miles Southeast of Klagenfurt Austria
While on a Mission on The Prufening Aircraft Factory at Regensburg Germany. All (10) Crew Bailed Out
and (4) Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. (6) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 3297
7747 (449th BG, 719th BS, "Pudgy II") crashed into a mountain near
Tareudant, French Morocco Dec 8, 1943. All 14 onboard killed.
7748 (720th Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed Sep 13, 1944 East of San Martino Italy While on a Mission on The Railroad Bridge at Ora Italy
Due to Engine Failure. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and (4) Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945.
(6) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 8444.
7750 (449th BG, 718th BS, *Wood's Chopper*) crashed while landing at Grottaglie, Italy Jul 2, 1944
from battle damage received over Budapest.
7751 725th BS/451st BG, "Ice Cold Katie" salvaged Dec 18, 1944
7752 (MSN 776) 723rd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed Jun 20, 1944 off Italy in The Gulf of Taranto During Attempted Landing With (3) Engines With
Nose Landing Gear Failure and Number (1) Engine Failure While Returning From a Practice Mission.
All (6) Crew Were Killed. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7753 722nd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed Dec 11, 1944 From Unknown Cause at Unknown Location While Returning From a Mission on The
Oil Refinery at Moosbierbaum Austria. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7754 (448th BG, 715th BS, "Harmful Li'l Armful") shot down by
Gefr. Schulmayer in Bf 109F-2 of JGr Ost/4 2 mi S of Lesparre-Medoc,
France Dec 31, 1943. MACR 3093. 3 KIA, 4 POW, 2 evaded.
7755 (448th BG, 714th BS) salvaged as war-weary Nov 8, 1944.
7756 (718th BS, 449th BG, 15th BS, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Taxiing accidwent Mar 25, 1944 at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy. All (10) Crew Survived.
Right Main Strut Ruptured. Aircraft Damaged Beyond Repair. Salvaged and Used as Spare Parts.
7757 (724th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Windy City" based at Castelluccio Airfield, Foggia, Italy)
Crashed Jun 6, 1944 45 Miles Southwest of Belgrade, Yugoslavia While Returning From a Mission on
The Oil Refineries at Ploesti, Rumania After (1) Engine Damaged By Flak Over Rumania.
All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Evaded Capture and Returned on August 11, 1944. MACR 5477.
7759 (MSN 783) 727th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Little Butch" based at Castelluccio Airfield, Foggia, Italy
Take off accident 17 May 1944 at Castelluccio airfield, Italy. All (10) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Was Destroyed. Washed Out.
7760 722nd Bombardment Squadron 450th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Manduria Airfield Manduria Italy
Crashed Dec 11, 1944 From Unknown Cause at Unknown Location While Returning From a Mission on The
Oil Refinery at Moosbierbaum Austria. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
7761 (719th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Landing Accident Feb 8, 1944 at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy During a Down Wind Landing
While Returning Early With a Full Bomb Load. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Damaged Beyond Repair. Salvaged.
7762 (718th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Made an Emergency Landing Apr 2, 1944 at Foggia Main Airfield, Foggia, Italy While Returning From a
Mission to Steyr, Austria. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Damaged Beyond Repair. Salvaged.
7763 (725th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Seldom Available", based at Castelluccio Airfield, Foggia, Italy)
Shot down Aug 23, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed North of Bruck an der Mur, Austria While on a
Mission on Markersdorf Airfield, Austria. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
Released in 1945. MACR 8324
7764 (448th BG, 715th BS) damaged but returned to Seething (UK) Feb 21, 1944
7765 (724th BS, 451st BG, 15th AF, "Knock It Off", based at Gioia del Colle Airfield, Apulia, Italy)
Shot down Feb 25, 1944 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 and Crashed 25 Miles South
of Klagenfurt, Austria While on a Mission on The MF 109 Aircraft Factory at Regensburg Germany.
BF 109G-6 Flown By Ofw. Rudolf Schmidt of JG 53/3. (1) Crewman Killed. (9) Crew Bailed Out and
Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 3173.
7766 (389th BG, 566th BS, "Heavy Date") shot down by Fw Gottfried Kurzernhart in
Bf 110F-4 of NJG 4/9 Dec 30, 1943 and crashed
2km SE of La Horne, Belgium. MACR 1974. 7 POW, 2 evaded, 1 KIA
7767 (44th BG, 67th BS, 8th AF) shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by unknown pilot and unit and crashed
at Hannover, Germany Apr 8, 1944. MACR 3849. 7 crew killed, 3 bailed out and became POW.
Also listed as being named "Shack Rabbit" and returned to USA.
7768 (714th BS, 448th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Seething, Station USAAF-146, Norfolk, England)
Shot down Feb 21, 1944 by Bf 109G-6 flown by Lt Kilian of JG 11/7 and crashed at Hoerstel,
Germany in raid on Hesepe Airfield. 2 crew killed, 8 bailed out and became POW. MACR 2469.
7769 (716th BS, 449th BG, 15th AF, based at Grottaglie Airfield, Taranto, Italy)
Shot down Jan 31, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed North of Aviano, Italy While on a
Mission on Aviano Airfield, Aviano, Italy. Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air. (2) Crew Were Killed.
(8) Crew Bailed Out and (5) Were Captured and Became POWs. (3) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 2300.
42-7770 Ford B-24E-FO Liberator
This airframe was assigned an AAF serial number at the end of its respective orders so that the material
could be accepted as contract fulfillments and be billed. The Ford delayed acceptance was a "factory mule"
testbed that was actually one of the two B-24H aircraft. Was the first B-24 to be assembled at Willow Run,
Used to verify the process and parts list. Completed May 15, 1942.
42-7771 Grumman OA-12
Model G-15. J2F-5 #00660 of US Navy transferred to USAAF
42-7772 Stout XC-65 Skycar
Was NX22446
42-7773/7792 Taylorcraft O-57 Grasshopper
Ordered as O-57, redesignated L-2 Apr 1942
MSN 4045/4054 and 4056/4066
7777 (MSN 4049) w/o 10 Aug 1943 at Hampton, FL
7778 (MSN 4050) W/o 7 Feb 1942 at Fort Benning, GA
7786 (MSN 4059) W/o 25 Feb 1942 at Evans Landing, IN
7789 (MSN 4062) w/o 1 Aug 1944 at Laurel AAF, Laurel, MS
42-7793/7812 Aeronca O-58A Grasshopper
Ordered as O-58A, redesignated L-3A Apr 1942
7794 to civil registry as N47750
7795 W/o 5 Sep 1942 at Gastonia Airport, NC
7796 to civil registry as N49087
7797 on display at Fort Rucker, AL. In 2013 was no longer there.
7798 to civil registry as N46513. Supposedly in storage at Fort Rucker, but the plane there is actually
a civilian TC-65.
7802 overshot landing and hit tree 3/11/1943, Denton, TX
7803 w/o 4 Jan 1944 at Seymour Johnson Field, NC
7804 in Category 3 accident Feb 11,1 943 at Woodson, Arkansas. Condemned Jun 14, 1943.
7805 to civil registry as N49020
7808 W/o 12 Jan 1942 at Lawson Field, GA
42-7813/7852 Piper O-59 Grasshopper
Model J3C-65D. Redesignated L-4 Apr 1942. 7814/7852 MSN 7845/7883
7813 (MSN 7842) W/o 1 Dec 1941 at Post Field, OK
7814 (MSN 7845)
7815 (MSN 7846)
7816 (MSN 7847)
7817 (MSN 7848)
7818 (MSN 7849)
7819 (MSN 7850) W/o 2 Nov 1941 at Wadesboro, NC
7827 (MSN 7858) w/o 30 May 1945 at Petrolia AAAF, TX
7828 (MSN 7859) w/o 29 Apr 1943 at Camp Campbell Reservation, KY
7829 (MSN 7860) w/o 21 Mar 1943 at Harvey, IL
7830 (MSN 7861) w/o 10 Oct 1942 at Hunter Field, GA
7833 (MSN 7864) w/o 6 Apr 1943 at Lillington, NC
7839 (MSN 7870) w/o 7 Dec 1945 at Durham, NC
7840 (MSN 7871) w/o 10 Feb 1943 at Pope Field, NC
7841 (MSN 7872) W/o 1 Apr 1942 at Margate, NJ
7843 (MSN 7874) w/o 9 Nov 1942 at Wooster, OH
7845 (MSN 7875) w/o 20 Jun 1944 at Elmendorf, AK
42-7853/7957 Republic P-47D-1-RE Thunderbolt
7853 (MSN 1) 63rd FS [UN-R], 56th FG, 8th AF; 335th FS [WD-C],
4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356
7854 (MSN 2) 487th FS [HO-D bar], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Gusillier II"
7855 (MSN 3)
7856 (MSN 4)
7857 (MSN 5)
7858 (MSN 6)
7859 (MSN 7)
7860 (MSN 8) 62nd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF; 61st FS; "Chow Hound" [Artwork and name never applied although preliminary
sketch done]
7861 (MSN 9) 514th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF; "Margie Ann"; shot down by Bf 109K-4 believed flown by Uffz Paul Gunther
Kramper of JG 53/11 NE of Rheda, Germany February 22, 1945; MACR 12688. Pilot taken POW
7862 (MSN 10) HQ Squadron, 8th Fighter Command, 8th AF, Bovingdon, Station 112; 334th FS [QP-L],
4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356
7863 (MSN 11) 82nd FS [MX-O], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 335th FS [WD-C], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden,
Station 356; Shot up by 3 x Fw 190's, heavily oil streaked but brought back to Debden thanks to another
pilot who shot one of them off his tail and provided escort to base, 16Aug43; [WD-E]; 410th FS, 373rd FG,
9th AF, Illesheim [R-10], Germany; Crash landed 5Jun45 at Illesheim
7864 (MSN 12)
7865 (MSN 13) 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF; Crashed with engine failure at Gournay-sur-Aronde, 15km NW of
Compiègne, France August 16, 1943; MACR 266. Pilot bailed out & taken POW
7866 (MSN 14) 62nd FS [LM-G], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Greek"; Crashed 5Sep44 with
propeller control failure at Halesworth
7867 (MSN 15)
7868 (MSN 16)
7869 (MSN 17) 84th FS [WZ-O], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357
7870 (MSN 18) 62nd FS [LM-R], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Pappy"; Accident 21Jan44 landing
at Halesworth; 312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland,
Station 597; Accident 6Jul44 landing at Langford Lodge airfield, Lough Neagh, Ireland while on ferry flight.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
7871 (MSN 19) 61st FS [HV-F then A], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Combat damaged 30Jul43 by a
Bf 109 which was then shot down by another 61FS aircraft, the P-47 returning damaged to Halesworth;
Mid air collision 9Aug43 at RAF Halesworth, Suffolk, UK; Able to land, aircraft damaged and repaired and
used by 351st Bomb Group, 8th AF, Polebrook, Station 110 as formation monitor
7872 (MSN 20) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-H], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Accident 5Jun43 landing at Atcham; Crashed 30Sep43 with P-47D 42-7898 near Cats Tor, Peak District, one mile E of
Bollington; Pilot killed. The two Thunderbolts were on a training exercise from their base at Atcham
near Shrewsbury when they crashed in low cloud on the western slope of Cat's Tor near the Cat and Fiddle
in the Peak District.
7873 (MSN 21) 336th FS [VF-J], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Crash landed 17Jun43 with engine fire
and failure at North Weald, Essex, UK
7874 (MSN 22) 334th FS [QP-L], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "The Deacon"; Crashed 2Dec43 when caught
fire while on a test flight at Moat Farm, Kenton, Stowmarket, Suffolk; Witnesses reported seeing the
Thunderbolt dive into the ground at an angle of 30°-40° and disintegrate on impact; Pilot killed
7875 (MSN 23) 334th FS [QP-T], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Crashed 14Jun43 on local altitude
training flight due to bad weather 2 miles E of Swaffham, Norfolk, UK; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
7876 (MSN 24) 334th FS [QP-K], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Miss Dallas"
7877 (MSN 25) War Bond aircraft; "Jackson County, Michigan, Fighter"; 61st FS [HV-D then L], 56th FG, 8th AF;
"In The Mood", artwork of nude under name; 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-Q], 495th Fighter
Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 17Oct44 at RAF Ternhill
7878 (MSN 26) 62nd FS [LM-R], 56th FG, 8th AF; 63rd FS [UN-G]; "Li'l Goody"; Force landed 14Oct43 near Doddington, Kent.
Pilot OK, aircraft repaired and transferred to 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Accident 16Nov44 when nosed over landing at Creil [A-81C], France. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged
and washed out.
7879 (MSN 27) 335th FS [WD-O], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; [WD-M]; 22nd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF,
Kingsnorth, UK, Station 418; Crashed 28May44 on take-off at Kingsnorth
7880 (MSN 28) War Bond aircraft, paid for by citizens of Redondo Beach, California; To 61st FS [HV-N], 56th FG, 8th AF
7881 (MSN 29) 334th FS [QP-E], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, UK, Station 356; Artwork of three Gremlins, another was
located on the rear fuselage. Crashed Jul 19, 1943 just off Debden while returning from a local flight.
Witnesses noted that the pilot was flying low and climbing. He reached the top of a sharp bank across
the road from the E-W runway when his plane dived straight for the ground and went up in flames; Pilot killed
7882 (MSN 30) 83rd FS [HL-H], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Sabotage Jr."; Crash landed 21Sep43 at
RAF Tangmere, Sussex, UK; Pilot survived. Repaired and to 379th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Kimbolton, Station 117
7883 (MSN 31) 82nd FS [MX-C; MX-X], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Iron Ass"; Last seen after
aerial combat with Fw 190 and Bf 109 fighters over Rheine, Germany and crashed near Tongeren, NW of
Kortenberg, Belgium February 10, 1944; MACR 2161. Pilot killed.
7884 (MSN 32) 336th FS [VF-P]; 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Reggies Reply" under
windshield [Named after the pilot's brother, who had perished during the Battle of the Atlantic] / "Lucky"
[name of pilot's dog] - Artwork of dog in horseshoe; [VF-T], "Donnie Boy" , Artwork - eagle wearing boxing
gloves; 506th FS [4K-T], 404th FG, 9th AF; Shot down by return fire while strafing an armored column,
exploded and crashed SE of Avranches, France July 31, 1944; MACR 7933. Pilot killed.
The plane was flown regularly by Don Gentile from May 1943 until Sep 1943. Later assigned to John Godfrey.
7885 (MSN 33) 63rd FS [UN-N], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Bonnie Ann" [Named for pilot's
wife and first child]; Accident 28Dec43 landing at Halesworth; Shot down by flak and made wheels-up belly landing at
Schmalge, near Rahden, 20km N of Lübbecke, Germany March 8, 1944; MACR 2840. Pilot taken POW
7886 (MSN 34) 84th FS [WZ-P], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 361st FS [QI-Z], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Shot down by flak, crashed and exploded at Mantes-Gassicourt, France
June 10, 1944; MACR 5751. Pilot killed
7887 (MSN 35) 62nd FS [LM-J], 56th FG, 8th AF; "Moonbeam McSwine"; Shot down by Fw Hans Wulfers in Bf 109G-6
July 29, 1943 at Zandvoort, Netherlands; MACR 119. Pilot bailed out and taken POW
7888 (MSN 36) 82nd FS [MX-V], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 514th FS [O7-V], 406th FG, 9th AF, Ashford,
Station 417; Crashed 28Apr44 after engine failure at Ashford. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7889 (MSN 37) 83rd FS [HL-I], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Declared war weary; 551st Fighter
Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 18Oct44 in bad
weather at Eaton Park, Chester; Pilot killed
7890 (MSN 38) 334th FS [QP-B], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Boise Bee"; 551st Fighter Training
Squadron [VM-K], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crash landed 16Jun44 at
Charlton Farm, near Wellington, Salop. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7891 (MSN 39) 62nd FS [LM-M], 56th FG, 8th AF; Combat damaged 29Jul43 by Bf 109 causing the main
landing gear to collapse on landing at Halesworth; Shot down by Hptm Wilhelm Lemke in Bf 109G-6 of
JG 3/9 at Warsage, Belgium August 17, 1943; MACR 264. Pilot KIA
7892 (MSN 40) 336th FS [VF-?], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; 397th FS [D3-D bar], 368th FG, 9th AF,
Chilbolton, Station 404, received March 1944.
7893 (MSN 41) 63rd FS [UN-F], 56th FG, 8th AF; Crashed into North Sea when engine failed 20 miles W of
Ijmuiden, Netherlands November 29, 1943; MACR 1278. Pilot KIA
7894 (MSN 42) 84th FS [WZ-Q], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Rebel"; Accident 30Aug43
landing at Duxford; "Mister Luckey"; 370th FS [CS-L], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133;
Force landed at RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England April 11, 1944; pilot survived, aircraft badly
damaged but repaired. 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-L], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF,
Atcham, Station 342; Accident 15Oct44 at Atcham
7895 (MSN 43) 336th FS [VF-K], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Artwork of angel on cloud; 63rd FS [UN-N],
56th FG, 8th AF; 386th FS [D5-H], 365th FG, 9th AF
7896 (MSN 44) 63rd FS [UN-H], 56th FG, 8th AF; 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LJ-D], 496th Fighter
Training Group, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Declared war weary
7897 (MSN 45) 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 18Jul43
into a hill at the top of Ffrith Dreborth close to Glyndyfrdwy, Llangollen, Wales; Pilot killed. The
pilot was on a local flying exercise from Atcham with three other P-47s when his aircraft crashed on high
ground. The investigating officer found that the fuel supply had been switched from the main tank to
the auxiliary which together with a statement from a person on the ground suggested the aircraft was
possibly suffering from an engine related problem, also the flaps had been lowered. The first part
of the aircraft to touch the ground was the tail, followed about 100 yards later by the propeller.
Shortly after the aircraft began to break up, with the tail detaching close to the turbocharger
and the engine coming away from its mounts. The wings broke off and the remaining part of the fuselage
rolled down the slope, the pilot and his seat were thrown from the cockpit.
7898 (MSN 46) 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 30Sep43 with P-47D 42-7872 near Cats Tor, one mile E of Bollington; Pilot killed. The two
Thunderbolts were on a training exercise from their base at Atcham near Shrewsbury when they
crashed in low cloud on the western slope of Cat's Tor near the Cat and Fiddle in the Peak District.
7899 (MSN 47) 84th FS [WZ-H then J], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "El Bango"; Declared war weary;
Detachment B [5F-M], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
7900 (MSN 48) 352nd FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
412th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Le Culot [A-89], Belgium; Accident 21Jan45 landing at Le Culot;
Damaged 28Feb45 on take-off at Le Culot. Pilot survived but aircraft was destroyed.
7901 (MSN 49) 335th FS [WD-G], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356, then to 353rd FG, 352nd FS.
Shot down by Lt. Werner Beckers in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/4 at Ligny, Belgium Sep 6, 1943. MACR 541. Pilot KIA
7902 (MSN 50) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Destroyed 17Jun43 in collision
with P-47D 42-7926 on landing at Goxhill
7903 (MSN 51) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; 361st FG,
8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374;
7904 (MSN 52) 352nd FS [SX-F], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "8 Gun Melody"; Metfield,
Station 366; Accident 14Sep43 landing at Metfield; Crashed 11Jan44 into North Sea after the
aircraft appeared to suffer an oxygen fault or the pilot became disorientated in the overcast; MACR 2007. Pilot MIA
7905 (MSN 53) 352nd FS [SX-Z], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Shot down by
Lt. Werner Beckers in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/4 at Ligny, Belgium and crashed at Gueudecourt, near Bapaume,
France September 6, 1943; Pilot KIA
7906 (MSN 54) 351st FS [YJ-L], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Chief Wahoo"; Metfield, Station 366;
83rd FS [HL-R], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Shot down by flak and caught fire while strafing
locomotives near Venlo, Netherlands March 30, 1944. MACR 3461. The pilot bailed out but his parachute was on fire
and he was killed when he hit the ground.
7907 (MSN 55) 350th FS [LH-J], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Lonesome Polecat"; Metfield, Station 366;
Crashed near Dusseldorf, Germany November 5, 1943; MACR 1447. Pilot KIA. The pilot was last seen in a
dive apparently after an enemy aircraft.
7908 (MSN 56) 350th FS [LH-T], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
Damaged 16Aug43 taxying at Metfield; Crash landed 14Oct43 at Thrift Farm, Herongate, Essex due to
damage received during a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany; Pilot killed
7909 (MSN 57) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Damaged 3Jul43 by ground crew taxying
at Goxhill; Nobody injured, repaired. To 376th FS [E9-E], 361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374; "Carol"
7910 (MSN 58) 352nd FS [SX-J], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Force
landed 18Oct43 with engine failure at Theberton airfield; Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-Q],
65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Damaged 21Jun44 taxying at RAF Halesworth, Suffolk, UK
7911 (MSN 59) 335th FS [WD-P], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Hptm Friedrich Eberle in
Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/9 at Stadskanaal, Netherlands October 8, 1943; MACR 882 and 938. Pilot bailed out,
evaded but was captured and taken POW
7912 (MSN 60) 352nd FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Crashed 24Jul43 Claxby, north of Market Rasen,
LIncolnshire; Pilot killed. This aircraft took off from Goxhill as one of a pair for high-altitude
formation practice. After 30 minutes' work, the element leader decided to descend. At 15,000 feet,
the leader sighted a bomber at around 11,500 feet and brought his pair of aircraft in for a mock
attack pass. Both fighters passed below the bomber and rejoined formation. Shortly afterwards this
aircraft disappeared from the element leader's sight. The wreckage of this aircraft was found near
Market Rasen, having dived in at high speed from a steep angle.
7913 (MSN 61) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-P], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Damaged 23Jun43 taxying at Atcham; 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Accident 27Jan44 landing at Atcham; Crash landed 8Jun44 at Lytonhouse Farm, Wells, Somerset. Pilot
survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7914 (MSN 62) 83rd FS [HL-P], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Miss Norma"; Force landed 29Sep43
at Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, UK, pilot surived, aircraft repaired; Detachment B, 65th Fighter Wing,
8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
7915 (MSN 63) 334th FS [QP-U], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Hptm Detlev Rohwer
in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/2 at Ruinerwold, Netherlands October 8, 1943; MACR 857 and 937. Pilot bailed out
and taken POW
7916 (MSN 64) 82nd FS [MX-O], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed at Campeaux, N of Gournay-en-Bray,
France after the engine caught fire and then failed February 29, 1944; MACR 2746. Pilot bailed out at
12,000ft and became POW.
7917 (MSN 65) 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 31Aug43 with mechanical failure at Woore, 7 miles NE of Market Drayton, UK; Pilot bailed out,
aircraft was destroyed.
7918 (MSN 66) 84th FS [WZ-Y], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Old Ironsides"
7919 (MSN 67) 334th FS [QP-N], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Lilliput"; Damaged 22Sep43 when the
right landing gear failed and the aircraft ground looped landing at RAF Warmwell, Dorset damaging the
propeller, landing gear and right wing; 23rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Juvincourt [A-68], France;
Damaged 5Oct44 on take-off at Juvincourt. Pilot survived but aircraft was destroyed.
7920 (MSN 68) 334th FS [QP-N], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Mid air collision 21May43 with P-47C
41-6406 near Ghent, Belgium when chasing a Fw 190 aircraft inland after a fighter sweep to the
Ghent-Ostend area of Belgium; MACR 2663. Pilot killed
7921 (MSN 69) HQ Squadron, 8th Fighter Command, 8th AF, Bovingdon, Station 112; Damaged 13Jul43 taxying
at Bovingdon; Destroyed by fire 20Dec43 when ground looped at Bovingdon
7922 (MSN 70) 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Declared war weary;
Detachment B [5F-Z], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
7923 (MSN 71) 82nd FS [MX-D; MX-J], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed with fuel
exhaustion in the English Channel 15 miles W of Dieppe, France January 24, 1944. The aircraft was low
on fuel in bad weather but was on the wrong heading to land at RAF Manston, Kent to refuel; MACR 2112.
Pilot MIA
7924 (MSN 72) 334th FS [QP-F], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Maj Kurt Brandle
in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/II Stab and crashed into Wieringer Vlaak, Ijsselmeer, Netherlands
November 3, 1943; MACR 4126. Pilot KIA; Wreckage recovered, reported to be at Mototechnica Museum,
Bad Oeynhausen, Allemagne; Museum closed 2007 and all remaining objects were due for removal by end 2016
7925 (MSN 73) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 14Jan44 on edge of town of Nantwich, Cheshire after entering high speed dive; Pilot may have
suffered anoxia and passed out; Pilot killed
7926 (MSN 74) 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Accident 17Jun43 in collision with P-47D
42-7902 landing at Goxhill; Repaired. To 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-K], 6th Fighter Wing,
8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crash landed 25Oct43 with mechanical failure at Atcham; repaired.
To 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crash landed 19May44 Sondern Estate,
near Atcham; Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7927 (MSN 75) HQ Squadron, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Destroyed when force landed
14Aug43 with fuel starvation at Atcham
7928 (MSN 76) 334th FS [QP-Z], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Crash landed 27Sep43 at Debden; 411th FS,
373rd FG, 9th AF; Woodchurch, Station 419; Damaged by flak dive bombing a railway yard on the
German-Belgian border with part of a wing missing and the engine damaged. The aircraft crashed
1km SE of Noirefontaine, 20km S of Spa, Belgium May 29, 1944. The pilot bailed out at 2,000ft and
evaded capture with assistance from Belgian civilians until the area was liberated by American forces.
7929 (MSN 77) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-F], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 27Jul43 on take-off after engine failure at Atcham; Repaired. To 551st Fighter Training
Squadron [VM-Q], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 2Jun44 at Walford Manor, Shropshire, UK, near Baschurch; Pilot bailed out but was killed.
Aircraft was destroyed.
7930 (MSN 78) 2025th Gunnery Flight, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 11Jun43
at RAF Llanbedr; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron; 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LA-Q],
6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Mid air collision 17Sep43 with P-47D 42-7978
2 miles E of Much Wenlock, Shropshiere, UK; Pilot bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.
7931 (MSN 79) Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Speke, Liverpool; Crashed 18May43 with engine fire into the
River Mersey near Speke, Liverpool during a test flight post re-assembly; Pilot (Lockheed test pilot)
bailed out and was rescued
7932 (MSN 80) 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 30May43 near Aston Birmingham, Wellington,
Salop after entering high speed dive; Pilot killed
7933 (MSN 81) 336th FS [VF-Y], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Miss Skippy" / "Pappy" (below canopy)
7934 (MSN 82) 63rd FS [UN-U], 56th FG, 8th AF; Shot down by Fw 190A-6 and crashed near Selles, east of
Boulogne, France September 2, 1943. MACR 467; Pilot killed
7935 (MSN 83) 84th FS [WZ-I], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Collided in mid air with P-47D
42-7961 and crashed into Zuider Zee, Holland July 30, 1943; MACR 135C. Pilot KIA; Wreckage located
1976 near Driel, Netherlands
7936 (MSN 84) 335th FS [WD-W], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Pistol Packin' Mama" / "Texas";
551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-L], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Declared war weary; Mid air collision 6Sep44 with P-47C 41-6215 near Atcham; Able to land. Repaired.
TO 493rd FS, 48th FG, 9th AF, Illesheim [R-10], Germany; Accident 16May45 landing at Regensburg [R-66], Germany
7937 (MSN 85) 62nd FS [LM-Q], 56th FG, 8th AF; "Triss" (R cowling) / Nude artwork (L fuselage) [Triss
is picture of woman as devil]; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group,
8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary; Crashed 30Jul44 with mechanical failure near
Astley Farm, Minsterley, Shrewsbury, UK; Pilot bailed out
7938 (MSN 86) War Bond aircraft; "Hewlett-Woodmere, Long Island"; 62nd FS [LM-S & S], 56th FG, 8th AF,
Debden, Station 356; Artwork, Hairless Joe from Li'l Abner on nose; Crash landed 3Feb44 5 miles
E of Halesworth, Suffolk, UK; Declared war weary; 306th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Thurleigh, Station 111;
Used as a formation monitor
7939 (MSN 87) 335th FS [WD-Z], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Lt. Werner Beckers
in Bf 109G-6 of JG 2/4 at Toutencourt, France July 14, 1943; MACR 3149. Pilot KIA
7940 (MSN 88) 350th FS [LH-M], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Colleen"; Metfield, Station 366;
Crashed at Deintrup near Langförden, 7km from Vechta, Germany February 3, 1944 after the tail section
was cut off in collision with P-47D 42-8001; MACR 2126. Pilot was unable to bail out of the spinning
aircraft and was killed
7941 (MSN 89) 61st FS [HV-R], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Slugger"
7942 (MSN 90) 62nd FS [LM-U], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Old-Man-Mose" / "Pokey";
Crashed 20 miles N of The Hague, Netherlands March 4, 1944; MACR 2785. Pilot MIA
7943 (MSN 91) 61st FS [HV-K], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Mid air collision with P-47C 41-6213 5Feb44
during a local training flight 4 miles E of Halesworth; Pilot killed
7944 (MSN 92) 83rd FS [HL-V], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Topper"; 328th FS [PE-Y], 352nd FG,
8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Declared war weary; 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LJ-K],
496th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Strato-Viking"; 354th Squadron [WR-P],
355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Speed / Lil' Jo"; Shot down by two Bf 109G-6s of JG 3/I
between Bergentheim and Marienberg and crashed near Hardenberg, Netherlands November 13, 1943;
MACR 1449. Pilot bailed out and evaded capture
7945 (MSN 93) 334th FS [QP-D], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Miss Plainfield", artwork - black-haired
nude woman holding two lightning bolts in front of a red disc, with Miss Plainfield written underneath
[named for a girl from the town in New Jersey in which the pilot settled after emigrating from Greece
in 1938]; HQ Squadron, 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed in North Sea July 1, 1943;
MACR 27. Pilot killed
7946 (MSN 94) 63rd FS [UN-I], 56th FG, 8th AF, Horsham St. Faith, Station 123; Crashed 31May43 after the
pilot suffered anoxia near Moorsele, Belgium; Pilot killed
7947 (MSN 95) 62nd FS [LM-Y], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Ah'm Available" Artwork of
cartoon character "Available Jones"; Force landed 10Oct43 with fuel exhaustion after trying to find
base in poor visibility, hit an earth moving tractor on landing at the uncompleted airfield and was
wrecked at Boreham, Station 161, UK. Pilot injured.
7948 (MSN 96) 82nd FS [MX-P], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Flagari II" [Named for pilot's
hometown - Flagstaff, AZ]; Shot down by Fw. Martin Lacha in FW-190A-5 of JG 1/2 at Oostvorne,
Netherlands July 1, 1943; MACR 27. Pilot bailed out but was killed
7949 (MSN 97) 336th FS [VF-Q], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Fw 190 of JG 2,
crashed and exploded at L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France August 16, 1943; Pilot bailed out and evaded capture
7950 (MSN 98) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-A], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Accident 28Jun43 landing at RAF Llanbedr, Wales; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter
Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Mid air collision 4Jul44 with P-47D 42-7971
near Wellington, Salop; Pilot bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.
7951 (MSN 99) War Bond aircraft; "The Spirit of Sycamore Hill"; 83rd FS [HL-G], 78th FG, 8th AF,
Duxford, Station 357;
7952 (MSN 100) 83rd FS [HL-Y], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed 15Aug43 when the pilot
attempted to make a 'victory roll' over the main runway at Duxford upon return from a bomber mission
escort; Pilot killed
7953 (MSN 101) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-L], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 27Jul43 near Winton Farm, Ellesmere, Salop; Pilot killed
7954 (MSN 102) 82nd FS [MX-L], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Pin Up Girl" - artwork of
naked black African woman with hairpins in
7955 (MSN 103) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed near Leek, England December 2, 1943; Believed to have lost radio contact and flew too low in cloud;
Pilot killed
7956 (MSN 104) 350th FS [LH-K], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366.
Crashed 5Sep43 at RAF Biggin Hill, Kent. As the aircraft approached to land at Biggin Hill in low cloud,
it came in over the trees and banked sharp to port and in doing so caught the left wing tip on a bungalow,
crashing in Jail House Lane, Biggin Hill. The pilot was killed instantly and flames quickly engulfed
the aircraft and surrounding area though luckily nobody on the ground was injured.
7957 (MSN 105) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-H], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342,
Shropshire, UK; Damaged 6May44 taxying at Atcham. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
42-7958/8402 Republic P-47D-2-RE Thunderbolt
7958 (MSN 106) 351st FS [YJ-V], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Hawkeye";
Metfield, Station 366; 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-J], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF,
Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary; Destroyed 24Sep44 on take-off at Atcham
7959 (MSN 107) 336th FS [VF-W], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Artwork - Diving Eagle; 395th FS, 368th FG,
9th AF, Cardonville [A-3], France; Accident 25Jul44 landing at Cardonville; 506th FS [4K-D], 404th FG, 9th AF;
Shot down by Fw 190A-7 flown by Hptm Walter Matoni of JG 11/1 Stab one mile E of Linnich, Germany October 4, 1944;
MACR 9279. Pilot POW
7960 (MSN 108) 61st FS [HV-J], 56th FG, 8th AF; "Joker"; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group,
8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary; Crashed 28Jul44 near Dolau, Llanfair, Radnorshire, Wales; Pilot killed,
aircraft was destroyed.
7961 (MSN 109) 84th FS [WZ-M], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Collided in mid air with P-47D 42-7935
after failure of the oxygen system and crashed into Zuider Zee, Holland Jul 30, 1943; MACR 135B. Pilot POW
7962 (MSN 110) Accident 26Jul43 landing at Atcham; 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LA-B], 6th Fighter Wing,
8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crash landed 11Sep43 at Atcham; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-F],
495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Damaged 3Jul44 on take-off at Atcham;
Declared war weary; Destroyed in mid air collision 29Jul44 at Tophouse Farm, Uffington, UK; Pilot killed,
aircraft was destroyed.
7963 (MSN 111) War Bond aircraft; "Dawson County Nebraska"; 83rd FS [HL-T], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
Crashed 11Feb44 at Great Hormead near Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, UK. The pilot took off late and then had a
problem retracting the landing gear. He was attempting to catch up with his flight when a returning aircraft
noticed that this aircraft had a fuel leak from the drop tank. Advised of that, the aircraft turned back
towards base but was losing altitude. The aircraft was seen to spin and then crashed into a ploughed field
on the side of a small hill. It was thought that the pilot was attempting a forced landing but misjudged
the rising gradient and the softness of the ground, which caused the aircraft to dig in and stop
suddenly then exploded. The pilot was killed, the aircraft was destroyed.
7964 (MSN 112) 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 30May43 with excessive dive speed near Roden,
Shropshire, UK; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
7965 (MSN 113) 84th FS [WZ-D], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Accident 3Oct43 landing at Knettishall;
510th FS, 405th FG, 9th AF, Christchurch, Station 416; Accident 13May44 landing at Halesworth
7966 (MSN 114) 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Accident 31Mar44 landing at RAF Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, UK. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
7967 (MSN 115) 61st FS [HV-I], 56th FG, 8th AF; Collided with P-47D 42-8606 when lining up for an attack on
enemy fighters and crashed into North Sea 18km N of Norderney, Germany December 11, 1943; MACR 1537. Pilot KIA
7968 (MSN 116) 335th FS [WD-U], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; 506th FS [4K-A], 404th FG, 9th AF, Winkton,
Station 414; [last noted 13May44]; 366th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Vitry [A-67], France; Destroyed 14Oct44
when crash landed after engine failure 5 miles E of Saint-Dizier, France. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7969 (MSN 117) 84th FS [WZ-D], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-S],
495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 1Mar44 landing at RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea, Wales;
Accident 12Apr44 landing at RAF Atcham, Shropshire, UK. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7970 (MSN 118) 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-M], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342;
Shropshire, UK. Declared war weary; Destroyed 9Sep44 when crash landed with engine failure at Atcham. Pilot
survived, but aircraft was destroyed
7971 (MSN 119) 2906th Observation Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK;
Force landed 26Sep43 with engine failure at Beslow Farm, near Atcham; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron,
495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Mid air collision 4Jul44 with P-47D 42-7950 near
Wellington, Shropshire, UK. Pilot bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.
7972 (MSN 120) 351st FS [YJ-P], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Gator Bait" [Named for pilot's home
State of Florida]; Metfield, Station 366; 506th FS [4K-S], 404th FG, 9th AF;
7973 (MSN 121) HQ Squadron, 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 3Jul43 at RAF Llanbedr, Wales;
1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, 6th Fighter Wing; RAF Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK; Accident 16Sep43
landing at Warton; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-U], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF,
RAF Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary; Accident 5Sep44 landing at Atcham. Pilot survived but aircraft was
destroyed.
7974 (MSN 122) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Destroyed 18Oct44 after a mid air collision with P-47D 42-75071 and crashed at Muckleton Farm, Wellington,
Shropshire, UK; Pilot killed
7975 (MSN 123) 63rd FS [UN-C then I], 56th FG, 8th AF; Artwork - Map of Texas with cowboy hat and lasso;
Crashed 7Nov43 after the propeller oversped causing an engine fire over Holland near Son en Breugel,
Netherlands while on a mission to escort B-17 bombers attacking at Düren, Germany; MACR 1166.
Pilot bailed out and evaded capture
7976 (MSN 124) 2906th Observation Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK;
1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LA-K], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Crashed 2Sep43 with engine failure near Billingsley, Shropshire; Pilot bailed out
7977 (MSN 125) HQ Squadron, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Crashed 29Jun43 after losing control
during mock combat maneuvres with another P-47 near Goxhill. The aircraft was below the clouds at
less than 2,000 feet when it performed a turn or part of a roll and struck the ground at a steep
angle near Goxhill airfield. The pilot was killed.
7978 (MSN 126) 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LA-S], 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK;
Mid air collision 17Sep43 with P-47D 42-7930 2 miles E of Much Wenlock; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
7979 (MSN 127) War Bond aircraft; "Spirit Of Bellflower, California"; 62nd FS [LM-I], 56th FG, 8th AF,
Chalgrove, Station 465; Accident 28Jun43 landing at RAF Exeter; [LM-C]; "Annie M"; On 26Nov43 the
aircraft was despatched with other P-47s from 56th FG to provide escort to bomber formations attacking at
Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was damaged by bullets from the rear gunner of a Bf 110 which punctured
the fuel tanks and the aircraft began losing fuel. The pilot headed back to England but was forced to
abandon the aircraft over Huizen, Holland and was captured as a POW. MACR 1275. The aircraft is
believed to have crashed into the Ijsselmeer, Holland.
7980 (MSN 128) 334th FS [QP-H], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Texas" - artwork of a rampant bull
on the Texas state outline
7981 (MSN 129) 334th FS [QP-R], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Damaged 27Jul43 taxying at Debden;
552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK.
Destroyed 12Jul44 after mid air collision with P-47C 41-6362 8 miles SW of Atcham; Pilot killed
7982 (MSN 130) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-A], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342,
Shropshire, UK. "Mary"; Damaged 22Dec43 on take-off at Atcham; [DQ-J bar]; Declared war weary;
Mid air collision 8Sep44 at Atcham, landed safely. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
7983 (MSN 131) 62nd FS [LM-S bar], 56th FG, 8th AF; 83rd FS [HL-W], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Fw. Hans-Gerd Wennekers of JG-11/5 N of Quakenbruck, Germany March 6, 1944;
MACR 2974. Pilot killed
7984 (MSN 132) 357th FS [OS-Q], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "On The Ball";
Damaged 24Aug43 taxying at Steeple Morden. On 7Nov43 the fighter was despatched to provide escort
for B-26 formations of the 9th AF attacking German airfields at Montdidier and Meulan, France.
On the return the flight encountered thick cloud formations over France. The flight entered the clouds
his aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with P-47D 42-8370 and crashed near Montdidier, France;
MACR 1280. Aircraft salvaged and used by the Luftwaffe.
7985 (MSN 133) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Damaged 16Mar43 when ground looped at Goxhill;
352nd FS [SX-R]; Metfield, Station 366; Crashed and destroyed by fire when the aircraft stalled while
attempting to land with engine malfunction at RAF Metfield, Suffolk, UK. 18Sep43; Pilot killed
7986 (MSN 134) 84th FS [WZ-S], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Accident 14Sep43 landing at Duxford;
551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-R], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Declared war weary; Mid air collision 10Sep44 with P-47D 42-74684 at Cronkhill Farm near Shrewsbury; Pilot killed
7987 (MSN 135) 351st FS [YJ-J], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Jeannie"; Metfield, Station 366;
552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-V], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342, Shropshire, UK;
Declared war weary; Accident 29Aug44 landing at RAF Atcham; 22nd FS [3T-Z bar], 36th FG, 9th AF
7988 (MSN 136) 350th FS [LH-U], 353rd FG, 8th AF, RAF Goxhill, Station 345, Lincolnshire, UK; [LH-X]; "Dove of Peace V";
Accident 20Jul43 landing at Goxhill. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
7989 (MSN 137) 350th FS [LH-L], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
Crashed near Saint-Omer, France October 22, 1943; MACR 1041. Pilot killed. After entering a Cirrus overcast,
the mission was recalled and the flight turned back towards base. This aircraft wasn't seen to turn
and is presumed to have lost contact with the flight.
7990 (MSN 138) 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Shot down by
Fw 190A-4 of JG 2 and crashed at Elbeuf, France August 16, 1943; Pilot killed. The pilot was
Colonel Joseph A. Morris, commander of 353rd FG.
7991 (MSN 139) 358th FS [YF-U], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Miss Pam";
53rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Le Culot [A-89], Belgium; Accident 8Feb45 landing at Le Culot;
Damaged on the ground 16Feb45 when ground looped and collided with P-47D 44-20061 at Le Culot. Pilot survived,
aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
7992 (MSN 140) 358th FS [YF-D], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; 62nd FS [LM-K bar], 56th FG,
8th AF, RAF Halesworth, Station 365, Suffolk, UK; Crash landed 27Mar44 at Halesworth. Pilot survived, aircraft
badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
7993 (MSN 141) 486th FS [PZ-X], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Bromo Baby" Artwork - Grumpy
from Snow White; Declared war weary; 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Rougham, Bury St Edmonds,
Station 468; Accident 23Mar45 landing at RAF Rattlesden, Suffolk, UK. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
7994 (MSN 142) HQ FS [WR-I], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Speed" / "Lil' Jo"; Lost November 13, 1943
7995 (MSN 143) 84th FS [WZ-I], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 352nd FS [SX-X], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill,
Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Shot down on a mission to escort B-17s attacking at Rennes, France by
Fw. Ernst Henning in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/1 over Carentoir and crashed at Le Couettu, 3km NW of Carentoir,
France September 23, 1943; MACR 757. Pilot killed.
7996 (MSN 144) 354th FS [WR-D], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Shot down during a mission to
provide penetration support to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany by Bf 109G-6 flown by Hptm Gunther Specht
of JG 11/II Stab near Oldenburg, Germany November 29, 1943; MACR 1286. Pilot KIA
7997 (MSN 145) 328th FS [PE-P], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Hildegarde"; "Patty II" [Named after
the pilot's wife]; HQ Squadron; Crashed 21Feb44 after engine failure 10 miles N of Norwich, Norfolk, UK;
Pilot bailed out
7998 (MSN 146) 82nd FS [MX-D; MX-N; MX-G], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Kitty" [named for his
new wife] / Sundown Ranch artwork - coat-of-arms of his family ranch [Named for pilot's home - Sundown
Ranch, Snowflake, AZ]; Shot down 6Mar44 by a Fw 190 near Aumühle, Germany; MACR 2975. Pilot killed.
7999 (MSN 147) 352nd FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
While flying escort for the B-17 bomber formation attacking the German airfield at Ameins, Glisy, France,
collided with P-47D 42-8383 during a formation turn and crashed 5 miles S of Doullens, France August 31, 1943;
MACR 474. Pilot bailed out but his parachute failed to open and he was killed
8000 (MSN 148) 357th FS [OS-H], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Damaged 5Feb44 taxying at
RAF Gravesend; 377th FS [E4-J], 362nd FG, 9th AF; Crash landed 30Jun44 with fuel starvation near Chailey, East Sussex.
Pilot survived but aircraft was destroyed.
8001 (MSN 149) 350th FS [LH-V], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Crash landed
24Oct43 at Metfield; Mid air collision with P-47D 42-7940 near Vechta, Germany February 3, 1944;
The pilot was firing on a Bf 109 when he saw another P47 coming in from his right, which was firing
on the same Bf 109 at about 30 degrees deflection. The other P-47 came in over the right wing,
hitting the number 1 and 2 guns and engine cowling, its tail cut off by the propellor. The aircraft
was seriously damaged, the instruments were completely out (at one point the pilot hung a knife
on a string to stay level in clouds) and the engine was vibrating as if it were about to leave the aircraft.
Declared war weary; 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, Station 342
Shropshire, UK ; Mid air collision 28Jul44 near Ludlow, landed safely but aircraft was badly damaged and
washed out.
8002 (MSN 150) 351st FS [YJ-E], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; "Sis";
Battle damaged on a dive-bombing mission to Fort Rouge airfield, St Omer, France 25Nov43; 359th FS [OC-N],
356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Wilmarine" / "Losesome Lee"
8003 (MSN 151) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366
8004 (MSN 152) 487th FS [HO-W], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Gee Whiz" [aircraft shared by
Lt Gee & Lt Whisner - hence aircraft name]; Accident 26Jan44 landing at RAF Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, UK
8005 (MSN 153) 350th FS [LH-B], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366
8006 (MSN 154) 358th FS [YF-A], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Shot down by Oblt Hans-Georg Dippel
in Bf 109G-6 of JG26/9 at Stekene, Belgium December 1, 1943; MACR 1435. Pilot KIA
8007 (MSN 155) 487th FS [HO-J], 352nd FG, 8th AF, RAF Bodney, Station 141, Norfolk, UK; "Helen Of Troy"; Damaged 24Oct43
when the right landing gear collapsed after a hard landing at Bodney. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8008 (MSN 156) 486th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141, Norfolk, UK; Crash landed 21Jul43 and destroyed at Bodney
8009 (MSN 157) National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA); Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory,
Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH; Engine & Test Branch, Wright Field, Dayton, OH; Destroyed 5Mar45 at
Wright Field, OH. Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-55962 was taking off from Wright Field on a test flight when the
pilot lost control of the airplane. It crashed into a hangar, killing five workers. A fire erupted, destroying seven planes
inside, including P-47D 42-8009
8010 (MSN 158) 395th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Crash landed 18Apr44
wheels up with engine failure at Fire Island, Long Island, NY; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field,
Goldsboro, NC; Force landed 18Apr44 with engine failure and destroyed one mile W of Goldsboro, NC
8011 (MSN 159) 132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
Accident 14Apr44 landing at Suffolk County
8012 (MSN 160) 14th Tow Target Squadron, 1st AF, Camp Davis Field, Holly Ridge NC; Damaged 25Jan44 in collision
with Curtiss RA-25A Shrike 42-80127 while taxying at Camp Davis
8013 (MSN 161) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 207th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Deming Field, NM; Crash landed
11Jun45 wheels up after mechanical failure at Deming
8014 (MSN 162) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 207th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Deming Field, NM;
Accident 21Dec44 after engine failure taking off from Deming; Crash landed 16Mar45 wheels up after engine failure at Deming
8015 (MSN 163) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 207th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Deming Field, NM; Accident 13Jun45
8016 (MSN 164) 141st Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Davis Field, Holly Ridge NC; Accident 10Jun44 landing at Camp Davis;
Combat Crew Training Squadron, 207th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Deming Field, NM; Crash landed 14May45 wheels up
after mechanical failure 30 miles E of Deming
8017 (MSN 165)
8018 (MSN 166) 365th FS, 358th FG, 1st AF, Baltimore Field, MD; Crashed 7May43 with engine failure and
destroyed at Baltimore; Pilot killed
8019 (MSN 167) 53rd FS, 36th FG, 2nd AF, Scribner Field, NB; Ainsworth Field, NB; Crashed 17Feb44 on fire
and destroyed 6 miles SE of Bassett, NB; Pilot bailed out
8020 (MSN 168) 404th FS, 371st FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Force landed 5Dec43 with fuel starvation at Camp Springs
8021 (MSN 169) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 26Jul43 in
collision with P-47D 42-74769 while taxying at Republic Field; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Crashed 19Apr44 after losing control and destroyed at Bradley; Pilot killed
8022 (MSN 170) 262nd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Bruning Field, NB; Destroyed 9Jul44 when force landed with fuel
starvation 3 miles NE of Bruning
8023 (MSN 171) 435th Base Headquarters Squadron, 133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI;
Crash landed 15Mar44 wheels up near Hillsgrove; Accident 3Mar45 taxying at Hillsgrove
8024 (MSN 172) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Destroyed 19May43 in collision
with P-47D 42-22344 landing at Grenier Field
8025 (MSN 173) 130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Mid air collision 6Jun44 with a towed target at Norfolk
8026 (MSN 174) 310th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Crashed 14Aug43 with fuel
starvation and destroyed 10 miles SE of Harwich, MA
8027 (MSN 175) 21st FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 6May43
landing at Farmingdale; 377th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Accident 28Jul43 landing with mechanical failure at Bradley Field
8028 (MSN 176) 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 31Jan45 landing at
Bradley; Redesignated TP-47D; Crashed 24Feb45 with mechanical failure after take-off from Bradley
8029 (MSN 177) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 261st Base Unit, 2nd AF, Abilene Field, TX; Force landed
21Jun44 with engine failure near Abilene
8030 (MSN 178) 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Mid air collision 24Apr45 with P-47D 42-27829
5 miles SW of Cape May, NJ
8031 (MSN 179) 328th FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Crashed 6May43 after
losing control at Mitchel Field; Pilot bailed out
8032 (MSN 180) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Crash landed 28May43
with engine failure at Farmingdale; 406th FS, 371st FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Damaged 4Oct43
taxying at Camp Springs; 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Crashed 28Apr44 and destroyed at Dover;
Pilot killed
8033 (MSN 181) 358th FS, 355th FG, 1st AF, Philadelphia Municipal Airport, PA; Accident 6May43 landing
at Philadelphia; 376th FS, 361st FG, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Accident 21Aug43 with mechanical
failure taking off at Millville
8034 (MSN 182) 374th FS [F-21], 361st FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Damaged 19Jul43 while parked
in collision by L-4A 43-36593 taxying at Camp Springs; 534th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE;
Crashed 1Apr44 with mechanical failure landing at Dover; 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE;
Crashed 8Jul44 at the Dover Ground Gunnery Range; Pilot killed
8035 (MSN 183) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Redesignated TP-47D;
Accident 26Jan45 landing with mechanical failure at Seymour Johnson
8036 (MSN 184)
8037 (MSN 185) 358th FS, 355th FG, 1st AF, Philadelphia Municipal Airport, PA; Accident 30May43 on the
ground with assistant crew chief at Philadelphia; 390th FS, 366th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, NC;
Accident 22Oct43 taxying at Bluethenthal
8038 (MSN 186) 311th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Mid air collision 19Aug43
with a towed target at Suffolk County; 320th FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Crashed 4Dec43 and destroyed at Camp Upton Landing Strip, Long Island, NY; Pilot killed
8039 (MSN 187) 435th Base Headquarters Squadron, 133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI;
Accident 10Apr44 taking off at Hillsgrove; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Damaged 6Jun45 taxying at Seymour Johnson
8040 (MSN 188) 486th FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 7May43
during take-off in collision with parked P-47C 41-6143 at Farmingdale; 442nd FS, 326th FG, 1st AF,
Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Accident 17Nov43 when nosed over landing at Bedford, MA;
133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Ditched 28Jun44 after engine failure at
Narragansett Bay off Point Judith, RI
8041 (MSN 189) 366th FS [IA-Z], 358th FG, 9th AF, High Halden, Station 411; "Mrs. Ham" / "Lil' Ham 3";
Shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown by unknown pilot and unit crashing on a wooded hill in Bérou-la-Mulotière,
France July 14, 1944; MACR 6878. Pilot killed
8042 (MSN 190) 370th FS [CR-H; CS-H], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Force landed 11Apr44 at
RAF Manston, Isle of Thanet, Kent, UK
8043 (MSN 191)
8044 (MSN 192)
8045 (MSN 193) 388th FS, 365th FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 1Sep43 landing at Dover;
324th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Destroyed 18Dec43 in collision with P-47D 42-75480 taxying at Richmond
8046 (MSN 194) 322nd FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Crash landed 17Mar44 with
engine failure at Black Creek, NC; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Accident 26Sep44 landing at Seymour Johnson
8047 (MSN 195) 357th FS, 355th FG, 1st AF, Philadelphia Municipal Airport, PA; Crashed 26May43 and
destroyed after losing control at Davon, PA; Pilot killed
8048 (MSN 196) 357th FS, 355th FG, 1st AF, Philadelphia Municipal Airport, PA; Crash landed 7May43 after engine
failure at Millville, NJ; 131st Base Unit, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA; Accident 17Jun44 landing with
mechanical failure at Blackstone
8049 (MSN 197) 388th FS, 365th FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Crashed 5Sep43 and destroyed 6 miles W of
Bridgeville, DE; Pilot killed
8050 (MSN 198) 357th FS, 355th FG, 1st AF, Philadelphia Municipal Airport, PA; Crash landed 7May43 wheels
up with mechanical failure at Millville Field, NJ; 126th Base Unit, 1st AF, Walterboro Field, SC;
Accident 28Dec44 when ground looped landing at Walterboro. Also listed (342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF) crashed
on Mount Strong Morobe, Papua New Guinea Aug 18, 1943 due to bad weather Aug 18, 1943. Pilot killed.
Wreckage not found until 1996.
8051 (MSN 199) 375th FS, 361st FG, 1st AF, Langley Field, Hampton, VA; Ditched 16Jul43 after engine failure
into Mobjack Bay, VA
8052 (MSN 200)
8053 (MSN 201) Assigned to 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Air Transport Command; Destroyed 18Jul43 in collision with P-47D 42-8124 on the ground at Cooktown, QLD,
Australia during the delivery flight to New Guinea. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8054 (MSN 202) 342nd FS [61], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 31Aug43 taxying at Wards; Accident 18Oct43 landing at Wards. Pilot survived, aircraft badly
damaged, unknown if repaired.
8055 (MSN 203)
8056 (MSN 204) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Crash landed 28Aug43 and destroyed 5 miles inland of Red Scar Bay, New Guinea. Pilot survived, but
aircraft was destroyed.
Conflict:
553rd Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, MI; Force landed 2Mar45 with engine failure 10
miles W of Greensboro, NC
8057 (MSN 205) 328th FS [PE-O], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141
8058 (MSN 206) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 7Oct43 on take-off at Dobodura, New Guinea. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown
if repaired.
8059 (MSN 207) 342nd FS [59], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
On August 18, 1943 the fighter took off from Wards Airfield, Port Moresby on an escort mission for C-47
Dakotas bound for Wau Airfield, New Guinea. This aircraft and P-47D 42-8144 entered cumulus clouds
over the Owen Stanley mountains. Both became lost and failed to return from the mission and were
officially declared Missing in Action (MIA). These two aircraft became the first weather-related P-47
Thunderbolt losses in New Guinea. In fact, both aircraft crashed into the mountains. In 1996, Alfred Hagen
located the wreckage of this P-47 at an elevation of 8,000' on Mount Strong near Arabuka village.
8060 (MSN 208) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 15Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8146 taxying at Wards Airfield, New Guinea; Damaged 28Oct43
taxying at Nadzab, New Guinea
8061 (MSN 209)
8062 (MSN 210) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 28Sep43 landing at Wards Airfield, New Guinea
8063 (MSN 211)
8064 (MSN 212) 341st FS [33], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"P-Shooter"; May have been shipped back to USA as war weary on USS Nassau, noted at Dreger Harbor,
Finschhafen, New Guinea May25, 1944. Off-loaded at NAS San Diego, CA.
8065 (MSN 213) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 3Nov43 in collision with P-47D 42-8105 taxying at Dobodura Strip #12, New Guinea;
4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN; Damaged 6Jul45 taxying at Greenwood, MS
8066 (MSN 214) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Carter's Lil' Pill" [after the popular regularity medicine named Carter's Little Liver Pills]
[Pilot William O. Carter Jr]. Force landed in Lake Iraguma, NW of Port Moresby, New Guinea October 1, 1943.
Pilot survived and was rescued. On October 1, 1943 the fighter took off from Port Moresby;
during the flight, the oil pump failed, causing the engine to seize. The pilot made a wheels
up landing roughly 18 miles northwest of Port Moresby at Lake Iraguma near the Waigani Swamp.
The aircraft was virtually undamaged during the force landing. During 1965 to 1968, Bill Champan
decided to salvage this P-47. He began by clearing a track to the wreck, to allow access. The
P-47 was lifted onto a trailer flatbed then towed out by a bulldozer. Due to the wet seasons and
difficulty transporting it, the aircraft was cut into five sections and moved by hand onto dry land,
then transported to Port Moresby. After salvage, the P-47 was stored at the South Pacific Motor
Sports Club (SPMSC) in Port Moresby then outside at The Air Museum of New Guinea (AMPNG) until
the early 1970s. The AMPNG attempted restoration but very little substantial work was done.
The remains languished, firstly in a holding yard owned by a local car dealership, and then
behind the local car club without any security. Then along came the Museum of Transport and
Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. A deal was hatched, and the remains were shipped to
New Zealand in about 1970-1972. During the early 1970s, the P-47 was transported to New Zealand on
loan to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MoTAT). The museum attempted some external restoration
of the aircraft for static display. Until 1991, this P-47 was displayed outdoors until MoTAT swapped
this aircraft to the RNZAF Museum in exchange for restoration work done on their Mosquito.
Until 1995, the P-47 was stored disassembled inside the RNZAF Weedons facility. During 1995, the P-47
was swapped or sold to Robert Greinert, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) for a new built
Sopwith Camel that included some original parts. The P-47 was transported as air freight aboard a
RNZAF C-130 to Sydney Airport then transported to HARS at Sydney Airport (Mascot).
During the late 1990s, Robert Greinert began to restore this P-47 with plans to make it airworthy.
During 2000 to 2004, this aircraft was under restoration by Peter Salmon and volunteer labor from HARS.
Around 2010, this aircraft was transported to HARS at Albion Park Airfield, Illawarra and placed on
public display. Around this time, a new built tail group was attached to the fuselage.
As of April 2012, this aircraft was no longer on public display at Albion Park; restoration work continues.
8067 (MSN 215) 342nd FS [68], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea; "Bonnie"
8068 (MSN 216)
8069 (MSN 217) 39th FS, 35th FG, 5th AF, Nadzab, Morobe, New Guinea; Accident 12Dec43 landing at
Schwimmer Airfield (14 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8070 (MSN 218)
8071 (MSN 219) 342nd FS [90], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea
8072 (MSN 220) 340th FS [20], 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Fair Dinkum"; Damaged 28Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8076 taxying at Jackson. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8073 (MSN 221)
8074 (MSN 222) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 28Sep43 landing at Nadzab #3, New Guinea; Pilot survived. Aircraft was abandoned at Finschhafen
Airfield, New Guinea and buried in a pit. During 2002, this aircraft was reportedly dug up by an Australian
group known as '75 Squadron' (no association with the RAAF or 75 Squadron) while the group was recovering
aircraft scrap from Finschhafen Airfield. The aircraft was transported to Lae where it was loaded into a
container, shipped to Australia and unloaded at Melbourne. Shipped to Westpac Restorations in Rialto,
California and stored at their facility 2003. Owned by Paul Allen, Flying Heritage Collection.
This recovery was cited as an illegal recovery in a PNG Government Public Accounts Committee
Report in 2006. Current whereabouts today are unknown, likely moved to Paul Allen, Flying Heritage
Collection in Arlington, WA.
8075 (MSN 223) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Hell'za Poppin"; Damaged 14Sep43 on take-off from Jackson; Accident 22Oct43 landing at Jackson.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8076 (MSN 224) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 28Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8072 taxying at Jackson. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8077 (MSN 225) 340th FS [12], 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea
8078 (MSN 226) RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946;
scrapped at Searcy
8079 (MSN 227)
8080 (MSN 228)
8081 (MSN 229) 341st FS [36], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Hi-Topper"; Damaged 27Aug43 in ground accident at Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Ditched 10Oct43 into Redscar Bay, New Guinea. While test firing the fighter's guns, the shells ricochetted
off rocks into the belly fuel tank. Pilot survived and was rescued by natives.
8082 (MSN 230) 341st FS [34], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Crashed 24Aug43 in bad weather near Waffar River, New Guinea; Pilot bailed out
8083 (MSN 231)
8084 (MSN 232) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 2Sep43 in collision with Douglas P-70 Havoc 39-789 taxying at Jackson; Pilot survived, aircraft
damaged but repaired. To 122nd Base Unit, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Redesignated TP-47D;
Damaged 20Feb45 taxying at Camp Springs; RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation
to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcy
8085 (MSN 233)
8086 (MSN 234)
8087 (MSN 235)
8088 (MSN 236) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 18Oct43 landing on the emergency strip at Rogers Airfield, (30 Mile Drome), New Guinea
8089 (MSN 237) Accepted by USAAF 4Aug43; Shipped to Westpac Restorations in Rialto, California and
stored at their facility 2003
8090 (MSN 238)
8091 (MSN 239)
8092 (MSN 240) 341st FS [34], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea
8093 (MSN 241)
8094 (MSN 242)
8095 (MSN 243) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Lost 26Dec43 near Sakar Island, west of Cape Gloucester, New Guinea, possibly shot down by Allied
anti-aircraft fire; MACR 4474. Pilot MIA. The fighter took off on a mission to escort bombers over Cape Gloucester.
Off the southwest coast of New Britain, at 18,000' it encountered Japanese fighters and bombers.
The P-47 was seen to peel off into a long steep dive after a Japanese fighter, and disappeared
into the clouds at about 6,000'. The MACR wrongly lists this loss as being in 1944.
8096 (MSN 244) 341st FS [31], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Miss Mutt" / "Pride of Lodi Ohio"
8097 (MSN 245)
8098 (MSN 246) RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946;
scrapped at Searcey
8099 (MSN 247) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Shot down by Japanese fighter near Arawe Islands, New Guinea December 27, 1943; MACR 2603. Pilot bailed out & MIA
8100 (MSN 248)
8101 (MSN 249)
8102 (MSN 250) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 283rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Galveston Field, TX;
Crashed 26Jun45 after engine failure 17 miles SW of Galveston; Pilot bailed out
8103 (MSN 251)
8104 (MSN 252)
8105 (MSN 253) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 3Nov43 in collision with P-47D 41-8065 taxying at Dobodura Airfield #12, New Guinea.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8106 (MSN 254)
8107 (MSN 255) 41st FS, 35th FG, 5th AF, Nadzab, Morobe, New Guinea; Damaged 1Jan44 on take-off at Nadzab #1, New Guinea;
556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Long Beach Field, CA; Crashed 4Jun45 8 miles S of Corona, CA
8108 (MSN 256) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 15Aug43 when caught in a crosswind on approach, stalled causing a tail spin, crashed and destroyed at
Durand Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
8109 (MSN 257)
8110 (MSN 258) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 10Aug43 landing at Wards Airfield. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8111 (MSN 259) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Crash landed 20Jul43 and destroyed at Durand Field, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Pilot survived
8112 (MSN 260)
8113 (MSN 261) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 16Aug43 taxying at Jackson Airfield. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8114 (MSN 262) 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Force landed 30Mar45 with engine failure
at NAS Lakehurst, NJ
8115 (MSN 263)
8116 (MSN 264) 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA; Crashed 9Jul45 with mechanical failure
10 miles N of Charleston, MS; Pilot bailed out
8117 (MSN 265) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Red Devil"; Crashed 22Oct43 in New Guinea. The fighter took off from Port Moresby on a mission to
escort B-25 Mitchells over Wewak. This P-47 became lost and ran low on fuel. The pilot bailed
out 100 miles up the Fly River over Madiri plantation. MACR 6606. Pilot MIA
8118 (MSN 266)
8119 (MSN 267) 342nd FS [60], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea
8120 (MSN 268) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 7Oct43 landing at Nadzab #2, New Guinea. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8121 (MSN 269) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea; "Sunshine".
On October 22, 1943 the fighter took off from Tsili-Tsili Airfield, New Guinea on a mission to escort
B-25s over Wewak. Last seen by the flight leader as their flight engaged Japanese Ki-61 Tonys off
the southwest coast of Kairiru Island. The pilot became lost in bad weather until he ran short of fuel.
Pilot bailed out over the mouth of the Fly River, was rescued by friendly natives and returned to his squadron.
MACR 14287
8122 (MSN 270)
8123 (MSN 271)
8124 (MSN 272) Assigned to 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Air Transport Command; Destroyed 18Jul43 in collision with P-47D 42-8053 on the ground at Cooktown, QLD,
Australia during the delivery flight to New Guinea. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8125 (MSN 273) 342nd FS [51], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT; Crashed 7Jan45 10 miles N of Aurora, CO
8126 (MSN 274)
8127 (MSN 275) 340th FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 26Sep43 landing at Jackson. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8128 (MSN 276) 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea; "My Ba-a-aby"
8129 (MSN 277)
8130 (MSN 278) 341st FS [67], 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Frankie"; During 1943, this P-47 force landed at Hood Point Airfield (Hula Airfield) east of Port Moresby,
New Guinea; precise date of crash is unknown, but sometime after November 7, 1943. The rear fuselage
was severely damaged, and the P-47 was abandoned upside down at the end of the runway.
During 1968, the engine, cockpit section and tail were salvaged by Bill Chapman and transported to
Jackson Airport for use as a source of spare parts for the restoration of P-47D 42-8066.
During the early 1970s, Charles Darby was allowed to export P-47D 42-8066 and in exchange was to restore
and return this aircraft. This P-47 was transported to New Zealand and restored at Museum of Transportation
and Technology (MoTaT). Per his agreement, it was returned to the PNG Museum and placed on display until 2001.
During 1968, the engine, cockpit section and tail were salvaged by Bill Chapman and transported to Jackson
Airport for use as a source of spare parts for the restoration of P-47D 42-8066.
During the early 1970s, Charles Darby was allowed to export P-47D 42-8066 and in exchange was to restore and
return this aircraft. This P-47 was transported to New Zealand and restored at Museum of Transportation
and Technology (MoTaT). Per his agreement, it was returned to the PNG Museum and placed on display until 2001.
During 2001, the aircraft was given to Robert Greinert, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS)
to re-restore. It was shipped to Australia and some minor restoration work (stripping of paint) was undertaken.
Instead of being further restored and returned to the PNG Museum, the P-47 was sold to the Pima Air & Space Museum.
It was shipped to the United States and placed into storage to await further restoration. Will be sent to
HARS, Sydney for static restoration and returned to Pima for eventual display.
8131 (MSN 279)
8132 (MSN 280) 342nd FS [75], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Black Magic"; Damaged 1Sep43 taxying at Wards Airfield; Pilot survived, aircraft ws repaired.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX; Crash landed 30Aug45 with mechanical failure at Greenwood, MS
8133 (MSN 281)
8134 (MSN 282)
8135 (MSN 283)
8136 (MSN 284)
8137 (MSN 285) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 5Aug43 on the ground at Durand Field, New Guinea. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8138 (MSN 286)
8139 (MSN 287)
8140 (MSN 288) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 9Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8145 taxying at Durand Field, New Guinea.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8141 (MSN 289)
8142 (MSN 290)
8143 (MSN 291) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 20Oct43 landing at Durand Field, New Guinea. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8144 (MSN 292) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
On August 18, 1943 the fighter took off from Wards Airfield, Port Moresby on an escort mission for C-47
Dakotas bound for Wau Airfield, New Guinea. This aircraft and P-47D 42-8059 entered cumulus clouds over
the Owen Stanley mountains. Both became lost and failed to return from the mission and were officially d
declared Missing in Action (MIA). These two aircraft became the first weather related P-47 Thunderbolt losses
in New Guinea. In fact, both aircraft crashed into the mountains. This P-47 crashed roughly 20 miles southwest
of Garaina near Mount Blackmar. Pilot bailed out and was rescued by locals and evaded capture
8145 (MSN 293) 342nd FS [73], 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
"Fiery Ginger"; Damaged 9Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8140 taxying at Durand Field, New Guinea.
On October 22, 1943 the fighter took off from Tsili-Tsili Airfield, New Guinea on a mission to escort B-25s
over Wewak. Weather was scattered clouds and overcast at 10,000'. Last seen by the Flight Leader with
a Ki-61 Tony (or "Zeke") on its tail near Kairiru Island. MACR 4361. Pilot bailed out but was killed.
8146 (MSN 294) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Damaged 15Sep43 in collision with P-47D 42-8060 taxying at Wards Airfield
8147 (MSN 295)
8148 (MSN 296) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 8Aug43 landing at Wards Airfield. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired
8149 (MSN 297) War Bond aircraft; "City of Aberdeen, South Dakota"; 348th FG, 5th AF, Jackson Airfield (
7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea
8150 (MSN 298)
8151 (MSN 299)
8152 (MSN 300) 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Wards Airfield, (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea; "Cabby"
8153 (MSN 301) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Force landed 22Aug44 with
mechanical failure near Seymour Johnson
8154 (MSN 302) 124th Base Unit, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Force landed 13Apr44 after engine
failure and destroyed at Bluethenthal
8155 (MSN 303) 320th FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 18Feb44 at Suffolk County, NY;
132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY; Force landed 25Sep44
with engine failure 2 miles NE of Suffolk County
8156 (MSN 304) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Damaged 14Oct44 when nosed over
taxying at Seymour Johnson; Damaged 6Dec44 when ground looped landing at Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC
8157 (MSN 305) 325th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Force landed 18Feb44 with mechanical failure at
Lee Hall, VA; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Force landed 23Jun44 with
engine failure one mile SW of Seymour Johnson
8158 (MSN 306) 328th FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 14May43
landing at Mitchel Field; 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Crash landed 10Jun43 after engine failure Southaven Centre, Moriches Flight Strip, NY; 534th FS, 83rd FG,
1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Crashed 24Feb44 2 miles W of Goshen, NJ; Pilot killed
8159 (MSN 307) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL;
Accident 12Jan44 in collision on the ground at Cross City
8160 (MSN 308) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Accident 27Sep44 in collision with P-47C 41-6608 taxying at Seymour Johnson;
Accident 7Nov44 when ground looped landing at Seymour Johnson; 232nd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Dalhart Field, TX;
Crash landed 4May45 after mechanical failure 15 miles NE of Stratford, TX
8161 (MSN 309)
8162 (MSN 310) HQ Squadron, 1stSingle Engine Gunnery Training Group, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL;
Crash landed 20Oct43 and destroyed after taking off at Auxiliary Field No 4 (Peel Field), Eglin, FL
8163 (MSN 311)
8164 (MSN 312) 553rd Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, MI; Force landed 18Aug45 out of
gas 90 miles NE of Scott Field, IL
8165 (MSN 313) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Mid air collision
6Aug43 with a towed target at Suffolk County; 397th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead,
Long Island, NY; Crashed 6Oct43 after losing control at Suffolk County AAB, NY; Pilot killed
8166 (MSN 314) 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Redesignated TP-47D;
Force landed 20Jan45 after engine failure at Bradley
8167 (MSN 315) 402nd FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Destroyed 17Dec43 landing at Groton
8168 (MSN 316)
8169 (MSN 317) 366th FS, 358th FG, 1st AF, Langley Field, Hampton, VA; Crashed 1May43 after engine failure
and destroyed at Langley
8170 (MSN 318) 124th Base Unit, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Mid air collision 12May44 with
a towed target on the aerial gunnery range, Bluethenthal; 356th Base Unit, 1st AF, Selfridge Field,
Mount Clemens, MI; Crash landed 11Feb45 with mechanical failure at Selfridge
8171 (MSN 319) Wright Field, Dayton, OH; Crash landed 29Apr43 wheels up at Patterson Field, OH; 390th FS,
366th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Force landed 7Nov43 in water and destroyed after
engine failure one mile N of Wrightsville Beach, NC
8172 (MSN 320) 401st FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Crashed 19Nov43 after engine failure and
fire near Groton; Pilot killed
8173 (MSN 321) 485th FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Force landed 14Nov43 after engine failure
at Amagansett Beach, Long Island, NY; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Mid air collision 2Oct44 at Peakskill NY
8174 (MSN 322) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Crash landed 30May43 wheels up after engine failure at Rye Lake Airport, White Plains, NY;
130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Mid air collision 12Feb45 with a towed target 55 miles NE of Norfolk
8175 (MSN 323) 53rd FS, 36th FG, 2nd AF, Scribner Field, NB; Ainsworth Field, NB; Mid air collision with
P-47D 42-22559 and crashed near Wood Lake, 20 miles NW of Ainsworth, NB February 5, 1944. Two P-47's
from the Ainsworth Army Air Field were conducting a training mission over the Sandhills near Wood Lake.
The pilot of this aircraft covered the canopy in order to fly by instruments so that he would not be
able to see the ground. The other P-47 was acting as the observer, but was too close to the plane
flying by instruments which made an unanticipated turn and flew into the observer plane. Both planes
spiraled out of control and crashed about one half mile apart. Both pilots were killed during
either the mid-air collision or upon striking the ground.
8176 (MSN 324) 537th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Accident 18Jan44 landing at Millville;
536th FS; Mid air collision 1Apr44 with a towed target on the Gunnery Range near Atlantic City, NJ
8177 (MSN 325)
8178 (MSN 326) 366th FS, 358th FG, 1st AF, Langley Field, Hampton, VA; Crashed 22May43 with mechanical
failure and destroyed at Langley
8179 (MSN 327)
8180 (MSN 328) 132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
Accident 4May44 landing at Suffolk County
8181 (MSN 329)
8182 (MSN 330) 124th Base Unit, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Accident 2Jun44 landing at
Bluethenthal; Mid air collision 28Sep44 with P-47D 42-22433 25 miles SE of Wilmington, NC; Pilot killed
8183 (MSN 331) 341st FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, Durand Airfield, (17 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea;
Accident 8Aug43 taxying at Jackson; 534th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 19Feb44
taxying at Dover; 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 9Jul44 taxying at Dover;
Force landed 24Jul44 with mechanical failure at Dover
8184 (MSN 332) 324th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Destroyed 2May43 taking off at Richmond
8185 (MSN 333) 310th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Accident 29Aug43 caused by
mechanical failure at Hillsgrove Field; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Crash landed 29May44 after engine failure 5 miles E of Dudley, NC
8186 (MSN 334) 311th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Mid air collision 24Jun43
with P-47D 42-8208 at Westboro, MA; Pilot killed
8187 (MSN 335) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Accident 19Jul43 taking off and destroyed at Suffolk County
8188 (MSN 336) 370th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Bedford Field, MA; Accident 2May43 landing wheels up at Bedford;
Accident 29May43 landing at Stewart Field, NY
8189 (MSN 337) Crashed on take-off after striking a brick factory building at Green Field, RI June 3, 1943
8190 (MSN 338) 311th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Crash landed 2Jun43 with
fuel starvation at Sagamore Beach, MA
8191 (MSN 339) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Accident 9May43 in collision
with P-47C 41-6147 taking off at Grenier
8192 (MSN 340) 370th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Crashed 29May43
on fire at Ossining, NY; Pilot bailed out
8193 (MSN 341) 402nd FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Mid air collision 17Sep43
with P-47D 42-22376 at Westover; 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Accident 3Jul44
landing with mechanical failure at Camp Springs; Crash landed 7Feb45 after engine failure 3 miles S of Forrester, MD
8194 (MSN 342) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Crashed 13May43 out of control at Candia, NH;
Pilot killed
8195 (MSN 343) 370th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Damaged 31Jul43 in
collision with P-47D 42-22376 taxying at Mitchel; 321st FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field,
Goldsboro, NC; Accident 23Feb44 landing at Seymour Johnson
8196 (MSN 344) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Mid air collision 3Jun43 with a towed target at Farmingdale; 395th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field,
Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 26Sep43 landing with mechanical failure at Farmingdale
8197 (MSN 345) Patterson Field, OH; Accident 26May43 in collision with Curtiss P-36G Hawk, 42-108995,
landing at Patterson; Replacement Training Unit, 325th Base Unit, 3rd AF, Avon Park Field, FL;
Accident 5Jul44 landing at Avon Park; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Redesignated TP-47D; Damaged 10Jan45 in collision with parked TP-47D 42-8245 at Bradley;
Crashed 30Apr45 in bad weather 2 miles NW of Ellington, CT; Pilot killed
8198 (MSN 346) 535th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Destroyed 30Mar44 in collision with P-47C
41-6144 landing at Camp Springs
8199 (MSN 347) 69th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Bedford Field, MA; Accident 14Aug43 with mechanical failure
taxying at Bedford; 132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
Force landed 14Jun44 after engine failure on the beach E of Shinnecock Inlet, NY
8200 (MSN 348)
8201 (MSN 349) 133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Crashed 22May44 in Narragansett Bay,
one mile SE of Quonset, RI; Pilot killed
8202 (MSN 350) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 22Jul43
landing at Suffolk County Field; Crashed 31Jul43 after engine failure and destroyed by fire at Sayville, NY
8203 (MSN 351) 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Force landed 1May44 with engine failure at Camp Springs
8204 (MSN 352) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 10Jul43
landing at Suffolk County; 485th FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Crash landed 29Oct43 after
engine failure at Sagoponick, Long Island, NY
8205 (MSN 353) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Accident 14May43 when ground
looped with mechanical failure landing at Grenier Field; Redesignated TP-47D; Texas Railway & Equipment Co,
Houston TX; Registered NC75640 to Universal Air & Marine Supply Co, Washington, DC, cancelled 12Oct49 on export to Bolivia;
Ferried Clinton AFB, OK to Washington, DC 5Oct49, ferried to La Paz, Bolivia Oct49; Fuerza Aérea Boliviana,
El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia; No operational use; Gate guardian with fake serial 'FAB 007' at La Paz airport,
Bolivia 1955/73; To Jim Cullen / Westair International Inc, 1976; Registered N14519 Dec73; Doug Champlin/ Windward
Aviation, Enid OK Feb76; Restored Carlsbad, CA 1976/81; Displayed at Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field,
Mesa AZ, delivered May81; Painted in the markings of 325th FG; flew as USAAF "Big Stud", code 88; Museum
of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA Nov00; Current registered to Windward Aviation Inc.; Preserved and
on display at Museum of Flight, Seattle
8206 (MSN 354) 53rd FS, 36th FG, 2nd AF, Alamogordo Field, NM; Damaged 11Oct43 landing with mechanical
failure at Biggs; Damaged 11Oct43 in collision with P-47D 42-74773 landing at Biggs Field, El Paso, TX
8207 (MSN 355) National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA); Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory,
Langley Field, Hampton, VA; Assigned 14Oct43 to 13Mar44; 443rd FS [61], 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA;
Accident 31Mar44 in collision with P-47D 42-75464 landing at Norfolk
8208 (MSN 356) "311th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Mid air collision 24Jun43 with
P-47D 42-8186 at Westboro, MA; Pilot bailed out;
Conflict:
121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Force landed 19Apr44 after engine failure at Westover
8209 (MSN 357) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 9Jul43
landing after engine failure at Suffolk County; 331st Sub-Depot; Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Destroyed by fire 15Feb44 at Bradley Field
8210 (MSN 358) 310th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Destroyed 17Jul43 when crashed
into the Taunton River, Somerset, MA; Pilot killed
8211 (MSN 359) 320th FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Damaged 29Nov43 when nosed
over taxying at Mitchel
8212 (MSN 360) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 283rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Galveston Field, TX; Mid air collision
20Jun45 with P-47D 42-28196, crashed and destroyed 4 miles NW of Galveston; Pilot killed
8213 (MSN 361) War Bond aircraft; "Spirit of Hayti"; 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE;
Damaged 24Aug44 taxying at Dover
8214 (MSN 362) 2nd Staff Squadron, Bolling Field, Washington, DC; Damaged 4Jun43 in collision with an object
at Newark Field, NJ
8215 (MSN 363) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 261st Base Unit, 2nd AF, Abilene Field, TX;
Crash landed 29May45 with mechanical failure at Abilene
8216 (MSN 364) 124th Base Unit, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Accident 15Sep44 landing
with mechanical failure at Bluethenthal
8217 (MSN 365) 448th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Mid air collision 8Apr44 with a towed target at Dover
8218 (MSN 366) 69th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Bedford Field, MA; Accident 21Aug43 landing at Bedford; 401st FS,
370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Accident 18Nov43 landing at Groton; 124th Base Unit, 1st AF,
Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Destroyed 18Jun44 when force landed with engine failure 3 miles NE of Southport, NC
8219 (MSN 367) 69th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Bedford Field, MA; Accident 16Jun43 landing at Bedford;
Accident 20Jul43 landing at Bedford
8220 (MSN 368) 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Crashed 26Jul44 and destroyed near Trenton, NJ.
The pilot was on a night formation flight in the number two position. In the vicinity of Trenton, he
slid away from the formation and started a series of dives and recoveries. The flight leader made
several attempts to contact him, but with no response. The dives continued until the aircraft hit the
ground and exploded near Mercerville, 5 miles NE of Trenton, NJ. The pilot was killed.
8221 (MSN 369) 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Destroyed 15May44 when ground
looped taking off at Bradley
8222 (MSN 370) 359th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Crashed 14Jun43 into
Atlantic Ocean, 5 miles SW of Bay Shore, NY; Pilot killed;
Conflict:
262nd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Bruning Field, NB; Accident 28Jul44 and damaged by fire at Bruning
8223 (MSN 371) 370th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Bedford Field, MA; Accident 5May43 when ground looped landing at Bedford;
133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Crash landed 26Dec44 after engine failure 5 miles
N of Newport, RI
8224 (MSN 372) 377th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Crash landed 20Jul43 after engine
failure at Bradley; Damaged 20Sep43 taxying at Suffolk County
8225 (MSN 373) 310th FS, 58th FG, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Accident 21Jun43 landing at Hillsgrove;
401st FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
Mid air collision 29Oct43 with a towed target at Suffolk County; RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK;
sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8226 (MSN 374) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 3Jun43
when crashed after take-off with engine failure one mile SW of Farmingdale
8227 (MSN 375)
8228 (MSN 376) 412th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Accident 23Jan44 taxying at Norfolk in
collision by P-47C 41-6418 which had ground looped during take-off; 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD;
Damaged 25Apr44 taxying at Camp Springs; Force landed 6Jun44 with fuel starvation after engine failure
one mile N of Camp Springs
8229 (MSN 377) 360th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Damaged 9May43 in collision with an object at Groton;
412th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Damaged 31Jan44 in collision with P-47D 42-8236 taxying at
Norfolk; 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Force landed 13Jul44 with fuel starvation
8 miles NE of Easton, MD; RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul
Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8230 (MSN 378) 320th FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 8Dec43
after engine failure taking off at Mitchel
8231 (MSN 379) 370th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 31Jul43 taxying at Mitchel
8232 (MSN 380) 361st FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 25May43 taxying at Bradley;
130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Destroyed 30May44 when force landed after engine failure
2 miles SE of Camp Perry, Williamsburg, VA
8233 (MSN 381)
8234 (MSN 382) 411th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA; Mid air collision 10Nov43 with P-47D
42-8269 and destroyed at Camp Pickett, Blackstone; Pilot killed
8235 (MSN 383) 411th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA; Accident 7Jan44 in collision with
Beech C-43 43-10852 taxying at Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC
8236 (MSN 384) 361st FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
Damaged 21Jun43 while parked in collision by P-47C 41-6432 taxying at Suffolk County;
412th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Damaged 31Jan44 in collision with P-47D 42-8229
taxying at Norfolk; 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Redesignated TP-47D;
Accident 24Nov44 at Camp Springs; RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation
to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8237 (MSN 385) 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Crash landed 13Mar45 3 miles N of Easton, MD;
Pilot killed
8238 (MSN 386)
8239 (MSN 387) 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Accident 13Jun44 taking off at Camp Springs
8240 (MSN 388) 378th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Destroyed 31Jul43 taking off at Bradley
8241 (MSN 389) 360th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Crashed 13May43 and destroyed after losing
control at North Stonington, CT; Pilot killed
8242 (MSN 390) 359th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 14Jun43
after engine failure and crashing into the Atlantic Ocean, one mile S of Rockaway Beach, NY; Pilot bailed out
8243 (MSN 391) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 21Jul43
landing at Suffolk County; 131st Base Unit, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA. Destroyed 20Jun44 after
engine failure and crashing at McKenney, VA; Pilot bailed out
8244 (MSN 392) 368th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Crash landed 21Jun43
with mechanical failure at Ronkonkoma, NY; 537th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ;
Accident 15Feb44 landing at Millville; 537th Replacement Training Unit, 135th Base Unit, 1st AF,
Millville Field, NJ; Damaged 14Apr44 taxying at Millville; 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ;
Damaged 9May44 taxying at Millville; Mid air collision 18Dec44 with a towed target 5 miles E of Ocean City, NJ;
Damaged 10Mar45 by bird strike 3 miles S of Bridgeton, NJ;
8245 (MSN 393) 412th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Accident 22Jan44 at Norfolk; 610th Base Unit,
Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL; Force landed 30Nov44 with fuel starvation
5 miles N of Marion, IN; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Redesignated TP-47D;
Damaged 10Jan45 while parked in collision by TP-47D 42-8197 at Bradley;
8246 (MSN 394) 131st Base Unit, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VAAccident 26Apr44 in collision with P-47D 42-74797
landing at Blackstone
8247 (MSN 395) 532nd FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 17Jan44 at Dover
8248 (MSN 396) 325th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 9Mar44 landing at Norfolk; RFC,
Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946;
scrapped at Searcey
8249 (MSN 397) 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 1May44 landing at Dover
8250 (MSN 398) 325th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 2Mar44 landing at Norfolk;
130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Mid air collision 11May44 with P-47D 42-74790 and
destroyed 7 miles WSW of Norfolk; Pilot killed
8251 (MSN 399) 377th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 17Jul43 landing
with mechanical failure at Bradley; 539th FS [A-374], 326th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC;
Crash landed 4Jan44 after engine failure at Bluethenthal
8252 (MSN 400) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Accident 7Oct44 when nosed
over taxying at Seymour Johnson
8253 (MSN 401) 487th FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Mid air collision 11Jun43 with
P-47D 42-8253 over Fire Island gunnery range, MA; 402nd FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field,
Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 21Nov43 after engine failure taking off at Suffolk County
8254 (MSN 402) 396th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 12Sep43
when crashed after engine failure at Floyd Bennett Field, NY
8255 (MSN 403) 361st FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Crashed 13May43 with structural
failure and destroyed at Windsor Locks, CT; Pilot killed
8256 (MSN 404) Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 269th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Strother Field, Winfield, KS;
Crash landed 18Oct44 with fuel starvation 6 miles W of Newkirk, OK
8257 (MSN 405) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 20Aug43
landing at Republic Field
8258 (MSN 406) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Crash landed 3Aug43
at Republic Field
8259 (MSN 407) 131st Base Unit, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, in mid air collision 2May44 with P-47D 42-74812
and destroyed at Farmville, VA
8260 (MSN 408) 456th FS, 414th FG, 1st AF, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI; Accident 17Dec44 landing with
mechanical failure at Selfridge
8261 (MSN 409) 378th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Mid air collision 4Aug43 with P-47C 41-6425
3 miles E of Perryville, RI; Pilot killed
8262 (MSN 410) 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Crashed 9Aug44 after losing control
and destroyed at Windsor, CT
8263 (MSN 411) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Crashed 21Jul44 and destroyed
one mile S of Seymour Johnson; Pilot killed
8264 (MSN 412) 359th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 26Jun43 landing
at Mitchel; 378th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Crash landed 11Sep43 with mechanical failure
at Westover Field, MA; 320th FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY;
Accident 22Dec43 landing at Mitchel; 29th Air Base Squadron, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Crashed 22Mar44 after losing control and destroyed at Bradley Field; Pilot killed
8265 (MSN 413) 410th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Accident 23Jan44 when ground looped taking
off at Norfolk; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Crashed 11Apr44 on the
Madison Range, CT; Mid air collision 21Jul44 at New Milford, CT
8266 (MSN 414) 369th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Accident 8Jul43 taxying at Suffolk County Field; 538th FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field,
Wilmington, NC; Crash landed 4Feb44 at Camp Davis Field, Holly Ridge NC
8267 (MSN 415) 487th FS, 352nd FG, 1st AF, Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Crashed 2Jun43 when the aircraft fell
out of formation, possibly with oxygen failure at 22,000 feet, and went straight into the ground
7 miles E of Tarriffville, CT; Pilot killed
8268 (MSN 416) 379th FS, 362nd FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT; Damaged 26Sep43 in collision with an object
at Spencer, MA; 452nd FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Destroyed 18Mar44 when
crash landed with fuel starvation near New Bedford, MA
8269 (MSN 417) 411th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA; Mid air collision 10Nov43 with P-47D 42-8234
and destroyed at Camp Pickett, Blackstone; Pilot bailed out
8270 (MSN 418) 395th FS [K73], 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Redesignated TP-47D; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 9Apr45 with
engine failure taking off at Bradley
8271 (MSN 419) 395th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Crashed 31Oct43 after
in-flight fire and destroyed at Lindenhurst, Long Island, NY; Pilot bailed out
8272 (MSN 420)
8273 (MSN 421) 411th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA; Accident 13Jan44 taxying at Bluethenthal, Wilmington, NC
8274 (MSN 422) Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Accident 28Aug43 taking off with mechanical failure
and collided with parked P-47D 42-75127 at Farmingdale; 411th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Blackstone Field, VA;
Mid air collision 22Dec43 with a towed target at Wilmington, NC; 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE;
Destroyed 1Sep44 when force landed after engine failure at Dover
8275 (MSN 423) 368th FG, 1st AF, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; 536th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF,
Millville Field, NJ; 536th Replacement Training Unit, 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ;
Crashed 23May44 on Ground Gunnery Range B, Millville Field, NJ; Pilot killed. The pilot was number
six man of a flight of six aircraft firing on the scoring range. He made four dry passes and, on the
fifth pass, flew directly into the target. The aircraft knocked down the target, struck the ground, and exploded.
8276 (MSN 424) 533rd FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Crash landed 15Mar44 after engine failure at
Blackstone; 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Mid air collision 12Nov44 with a towed target
10 miles SE of Atlantic City, NJ
8277 (MSN 425) 361st FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 19May43 taxying
at Bradley; Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 263rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA;
Mid air collision 10May44 with P-47D 42-23096 and destroyed 20 miles NE of New Orleans, LA; Pilot bailed out
8278 (MSN 426) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 27May43 landing
with mechanical failure at Orlando; 535th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Accident 10Mar44
taxying at Richmond AAB, VA; 120th Base Unit, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Crashed 20Jun44 8 miles NNW
of Bumpass, VA; Pilot killed
8279 (MSN 427) 325th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Crash landed 9Apr44 and destroyed at Norfolk; Pilot killed
8280 (MSN 428) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 3Jun43 landing
with mechanical failure at Orlando; Mid air collision 7Dec43 with P-47D 42-8317, crashed and destroyed
6 miles ENE of Montbrook Field, FL; Pilot bailed out
8281 (MSN 429) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 5Nov43 when
nosed over landing at Leesburg Field, FL
8282 (MSN 430) 445th FS, 50th FG, AFs Tactical Center, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 19Jul43 taking off at Orlando
8283 (MSN 431) 445th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 3Jun43 landing at
Pinecastle Field, FL; Redesignated TP-47D; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Accident 15Dec44 landing at Bradley
8284 (MSN 432) 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Force landed 30Jun44 after
engine failure at East Hartford, CT
8285 (MSN 433) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Damaged 7Jun43 while
parked in collision with P-47D 42-8287 taxying at Orlando; Accident 8Oct43 taxying at
Cross City Field, FL; 29th Base Headquarters Squadron, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Crash landed 24Mar44 with fuel starvation at Windsor Locks, CT; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF,
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Mid air collision 28May44 with P-47D 42-22269, crashed and
destroyed at Glastonbury, CT; Pilot killed
8286 (MSN 434) 120th Base Unit, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Mid air collision 25Jul44 with P-47C 41-6340
2 miles N of Hopewell, VA
8287 (MSN 435) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFS School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 7Jun43
colliding with parked P-47D 42-8285 and 42-8303 taxying at Orlando; Mid air collision 9Jun43
with P-47D 42-8316 at Orlando; Force landed 23Jun43 with fuel starvation at Cross City Field, FL;
Redesignated TP-47D; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD;
Crashed 10Oct44 3 miles N of Camp Springs, MD
8288 (MSN 436) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Damaged 26Jul43
in collision with an object at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL; 120th Base Unit, 1st AF,
Richmond AAB, VA; Crash landed 30May44 after engine failure at Richmond
8289 (MSN 437) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 26Aug43
landing with mechanical failure at Leesburg Field, FL; 904th Base Unit, AFs School of Applied Tactics,
Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 12Sep44 when nosed over taxying at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL;
135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Damaged 10Mar45 by bird strike at Somers Point, NJ
8290 (MSN 438) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Crash landed
31Aug43 after engine failure 5 miles N of Lake Griffin, FL; Accident 25Oct43 with mechanical
failure taking off at Leesburg Field, FL; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF,
Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Crash landed 11Apr44 with fuel starvation at Faisen, NC;
Force landed 27Oct44 with engine and mechanical failures near Kenasville, NC
8291 (MSN 439) Aircraft and Systems Test Branch, [8], Wright Field, Dayton, OH; Crash landed 4Jun43 with
fuel starvation near Mason, OH; 265th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Pocatello Field, ID; Force landed 13Sep44
after engine failure 4 miles NW of Aberdeen, ID; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 266th Base Unit,
2nd AF, Majors Field, TX; Accident 22Jan45 landing at Majors, TX
8292 (MSN 440) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Crashed 28Aug43
and destroyed 6 miles SE of Live Oak, FL; Pilot killed
8293 (MSN 441) 1158th School Squadron, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 1Mar44 landing at Orlando; 123rd Base Unit,
1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Crashed 24Nov44 out of control 4 miles E of Kingston, NC
8294 (MSN 442) Combat Crew Training Squadron, 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD;
Redesignated TP-47G; Mid air collision 24Oct44 with TP-47G 42-24972 at Easton, MD
8295 (MSN 443)
8296 (MSN 444) 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ; Mid air collision 26Apr45 with a towed
target 10 miles E of Avalon, NJ; 553rd Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, MI;
Crashed 2Jul45 in Greenwich, CT; Pilot killed
8297 (MSN 445) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Crash landed 4Feb44
after engine failure at Cunnellon Field, FL; 135th Base Unit, 1st AF, Millville Field, NJ;
Mid air collision 7Feb45 with a towed target 35 miles E of Atlantic City, NJ
8298 (MSN 446) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Destroyed 17Jun43
landing at Zephyrhills Field, FL
8299 (MSN 447) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 16Aug43
landing with mechanical failure at Leesburg Auxiliary Field, FL
8300 (MSN 448) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 7Feb44 taxying at
Orlando; 437th FS, 414th FG, 1st AF, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI; Force landed 27Jan45 with
engine failure 5 miles NNW of Marine City, MI
8301 (MSN 449) War Bond aircraft; "Borough Of Hellerton", purchased by War Bond donations from citizens of
Hellertown, PA; 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Redesignated TP-47D; Crash landed 2Feb45
after take-off 3 miles S of Forestville, MD
8302 (MSN 450)
8303 (MSN 451) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFS School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Damaged 7Jun43 while parked
in collision by P-47D 42-8287 taxying at Orlando; 1158th School Squadron, Leesburg Field, FL;
Accident 1Mar44 landing at Orlando; 132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach,
Long Island, NY; Force landed 9Jun44 after engine failure in a potato field near Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY
8304 (MSN 452) 122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Force landed 1Jul44 after engine failure at
Easton Airport, MD; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 232nd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Dalhart Field, TX;
Crash landed 30Apr45 with engine faiulre 12 miles SW of Happy, TX
8305 (MSN 453) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Damaged 7Jul43 in
collision with P-47D 42-8316 taxying at Cross City Field, FL; Accident 28Jul43 landing at Cross City;
121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Mid air collision 4Oct44 with P-47D 42-22595
and destroyed at Simsbury, CT; Pilot bailed out
8306 (MSN 454) 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, MI; Accident 17Aug45 landing with mechanical failure at Stout Field, IN
8307 (MSN 455) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Mid air collision 2Dec43 at
Leesburg; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 21Jul44 landing at Bradley, CT
8308 (MSN 456) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 22Jun43 in collision
with P-47D 42-8320 landing at Bushnell Field, FL; Accident 17Aug43 with mechanical failure taking off at Leesburg AAF,
Florida
8309 (MSN 457) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Mid air collision 17Sep43 with P-47G
42-25012, 2 miles SW of Dale Mabry; Pilot killed
8310 (MSN 458) 412th FS, 373rd FG, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Accident 30Jan44 landing with mechanical failure
at Norfolk; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Crash landed 30May44 after engine
failure at Bradley; Damaged 2Nov44 by bird strike at New Haven, CT; RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK;
sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8311 (MSN 459) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Crashed 17Jul43 with
fuel starvation and destroyed at Otter Creek, FL
8312 (MSN 460) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Damaged 3Jun43 in
collision with P-40M 43-5447, 43-5457, and L-3B 42-36113 taxying at Leesburg
8313 (MSN 461) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 14Jun43 landing
at Leesburg; Accident 16Jul43 landing with mechanical failure at Leesburg; Mid air collision 31Aug43
with B-26C 41-35174 and destroyed 5 miles N of Lake Griffin, FL
8314 (MSN 462)
8315 (MSN 463) 445th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Mid air collision 1Oct43 with
P-51A 43-36240 and destroyed 4 miles E of Otter Creek; Pilot bailed out
8316 (MSN 464) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Mid air collision 9Jun43
with P-47D 42-8287 at Orlando; Damaged 7Jul43 in collision with P-47D 42-8305 taxying at Cross City Field, FL;
122nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Crashed 2Jun44 with fuel starvation and destroyed at
Prince Frederick, MD; Pilot bailed out
8317 (MSN 465) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Mid air collision 7Dec43
with P-47D 42-8280, crashed and destroyed 6 miles ENE of Montbrook Field, FL; Pilot killed
8318 (MSN 466) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 30Oct43 at Lawson Field, GA
8319 (MSN 467) 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Force landed 13Jul44 after engine
failure 6 miles NE of Seymour Johnson
8320 (MSN 468) Delivered to USAAF 30May43; 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL;
Accident 22Jun43 in collision with P-47D 42-8308 landing at Bushnell Field, FL; Ditched 12Aug43 into
Lake Kerr, FL; Recovered complete from Lake Kerr 1986; P-47 Heritage Commission, Evansville, IN 1986/95;
Restored for static display as 222250, "Hoosier Spirit"; Stored in warehouse, Evansville Municipal
Airport, IN; Destroyed by fire in warehouse, Evansville 18Mar97
8321 (MSN 469) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Crashed 28Sep43 when engine
failed 400 yards short of runway and destroyed at Zephyrhills Field, FL; Pilot killed
8322 (MSN 470) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; "Black Market";
Crash landed 4Aug43 after engine failure 2 miles SSW of Inverness, FL; 534th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF,
Dover Field, DE; Accident 24Mar44 landing at Dover
8323 (MSN 471) 130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA; Accident 24May44 landing near Norfolk
8324 (MSN 472) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 28Jun43
taxying at Bushnell Field, FL
8325 (MSN 473) 538th FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Damaged 6Apr44 in collision
taxying at Gunnery Range, Bluethenthal; 124th Base Unit, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC;
Accident 4Aug44 taking off at Bluethenthal
8326 (MSN 474) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Accident 26Jul43
with mechanical failure taking off and destroyed at Cross City Field, FL
8327 (MSN 475) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 21Jul43 taking
off and destroyed at Leesburg AAAF, FL
8328 (MSN 476) 901st Base Unit, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Force landed 12Jun44 with
fuel starvation and destroyed near Orlando AAB
8329 (MSN 477) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Crashed 12Aug43 into Lake Kerr, FL
8330 (MSN 478) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Damaged 6Oct43 while parked
in collision by RDB-7B AL351 taxying at Leesburg; 539th FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field,
Wilmington, NC; Damaged 5Apr44 in collision with P-47D 42-74834 taxying at Bluethenthal
8331 (MSN 479) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Crash landed 1Jul43
after engine failure and destroyed by fire at Leesburg
8332 (MSN 480) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Mid air collision 1Nov43
with a towed target W of Homosassa Springs, FL; 901st Base Unit, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL;
Crash landed 11Aug44 with mechanical failure at Orlando; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field,
Goldsboro, NC; Crashed 30Mar45 4 miles NE of Newton Grove, NC; Pilot killed
8333 (MSN 481) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 3Aug43 landing
at Leesburg; 120th Base Unit, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Mid air collision 6May44 with P-47G 42-24987,
one mile S of Cuckoo, VA; Pilot bailed out
8334 (MSN 482) 351st Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, Las Vegas Field, NV; Accident 22Dec43 in collision with
parked US Navy Timm N2T-1 Tutor, BuNo 32425, taxying at Las Vegas; 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of
Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Mid air collision 7Feb44 with a towed target near Homoassasssa Springs,
15 miles from Orlando, FL; 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Redesignated TP-47D;
Accident 3Jan45 taxying at Bradley, CT; 123rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC;
Accident 21Jun45 landing at Seymour Johnson
8335 (MSN 483) 133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Accident 12Jan45 landing with
mechanical failure at Hillsgrove, RI
8336 (MSN 484) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Damaged 10Oct43
taxying at Bushnell Field, Orlando, FL; [V14], 121st Base Unit, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
"The City of Ironwood, Mich."; Crash landed 25Aug44 3 miles N of Bradley
8337 (MSN 485) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 17Jul43 landing at Leesburg;
534th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Damaged 9Apr44 in collision with P-47D taxying at Dover;
125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 26Jan45 landing with mechanical failure at Dover, DE
8338 (MSN 486) 81st FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL;
Crashed 21Aug43 4 miles S of Old Town, FL; Pilot killed
8339 (MSN 487) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Accident 15Jul43 taking off
at Leesburg AAF, FL
8340 (MSN 488) 313th FS, 50th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL; Force landed 29Dec43 after
engine failure and destroyed one mile from Leesburg AAF, FL
8341 (MSN 489) 2539th Base Unit, Central Flying Training Command, Foster Field, Victoria, TX;
Accident 7Feb45 taxying at Metagordo Peninsula, TX
8342 (MSN 490) 312th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Mid air collision 23Aug43 with P-47D 42-22391
15 miles N of Perry; Pilot killed
8343 (MSN 491) 312th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Accident 20Aug43 landing at Perry
8344 (MSN 492) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Destroyed 23Jul43 landing
at Dale Mabry; Pilot killed
8345 (MSN 493)
8346 (MSN 494) 321st FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Mid air collision 6Apr44 at Clayton, NC
8347 (MSN 495) 441st FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Accident 22Jun43 landing with mechanical failure at Perry;
Accident 21Aug43 taxying at Perry; Destroyed 23Sep43 taking off at Perry; Pilot killed
8348 (MSN 496) 389th FS, 366th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Crashed 27Sep43 10-15 miles W
of Southport, NC; Destroyed 14Nov43 when crashed 2 miles ESE of Fort Caswell, near Southport, NC; Pilot killed
8349 (MSN 497) 319th Sub-Depot; Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Damaged 28Sep43 while parked at Westover; 532ndFS,
83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 22Mar44 in collision with P-47C 41-6499 landing at Dover
8350 (MSN 498) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Mid air collision 9Sep43 with
P-47D 42-8365 and destroyed 20 miles E of Tallahassee, FL; Pilot killed
8351 (MSN 499) HQ Squadron, 3rd Detachment, 3rd AF, Drew Field, Tampa, FL; Accident 1Apr44 taxying at Drew;
Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 263rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA;
Crashed 16Jul44 and destroyed by fire near Gulfport, MS; Pilot bailed out
8352 (MSN 500) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Accident 21Sep43 landing in
bad weather at Dale Mabry; Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 263rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Harding Field,
Baton Rouge, LA; Mid air collision 4Oct44 with P-47D 43-25347 and destroyed 20 miles NW of Harding, LA;
Pilot bailed out
8353 (MSN 501) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Accident 12Jul43 taxying at
Gunter Field, AL; 325th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 13Nov43 on the ground
at Millville; 450th FS, 87th FG, 1st AF, Camp Springs AAB, MD; Crash landed 1Mar44 after engine failure at Camp Springs
8354 (MSN 502) 391st FS, 366th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Crashed 24Oct43 at Bluethenthal
8355 (MSN 503) 305th FS, 338th FG, AFs School of Applied Tactics, Cross City Field, FL; Accident 7Jun43
landing at Cross City; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 269th Base Unit, 2nd AF, Strother Field,
Winfield, KS; Accident 16Jun44 landing at Strother; Damaged 12Jan45 in collision with P-47D 42-23022
on the ground at Strother
8356 (MSN 504) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Crash landed 3Aug43 at Dale Mabry
8357 (MSN 505) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Destroyed 25Jun43 landing at Dale Mabry
8358 (MSN 506) 306th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Accident 22Jun43 landing with
mechanical failure at Dale Mabry; Damaged 25Aug43 in collision with P-47C 41-6615 taxying at Dale Mabry;
320th FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT; Accident 19Mar44 landing at Suffolk County;
132nd Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY; Destroyed 30Aug44
landing at Suffolk County
8359 (MSN 507) 441st FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Crashed 17Aug43 8 miles S of Perry; Pilot killed
8360 (MSN 508) 443rd FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 18Feb44 landing at Norfolk Field;
Damaged 24Feb44 while parked in collision by P-47D 41-6655 taxying at Norfolk, VA;
8361 (MSN 509) 312th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Accident 13Sep43 landing with mechanical
failure at Perry; Destroyed 13Sep43 landing at Perry
8362 (MSN 510) Fighter Pilot Training Squadron, 263rd Base Unit, 2nd AF, Harding Field, Baton Rouge, LA;
Mid air collision 3Oct44 with P-47D 42-28191, crashed and destroyed three miles west of Morganza, LA; Pilot bailed out.
8363 (MSN 511) 312th FS [G 81], 338th FG, 3rd AF, Perry Field, FL; Accident 18Jul43 with mechanical failure
taking off at Perry; Damaged 14Sep43 in collision with P-47C 41-6594 taxying at Perry; 132nd Base Unit,
1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY; Accident 26Jun44 on the ground at
Suffolk County; Accident 9Apr45 landing at Suffolk County
8364 (MSN 512) 443rd FS; 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Crash landed 28Jan44 after engine failure
7 miles S of Petersburg, VA
8365 (MSN 513) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Mid air collision 9Sep43
with P-47D 42-8350 20 miles E of Tallahassee, FL; 130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA;
Accident 19Jul44 landing at Norfolk, VA
8366 (MSN 514) 125th Base Unit, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Mid air collision 17Jun44 with P-47G 42-25147 at Dover
8367 (MSN 515) 312th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Accident 4Jun43 taxying at Dale Mabry;
2541st Base Unit, Central Flying Training Command, Matagorda Peninsula Field, TX;
Accident 4Jun44 when nosed over taxying at Matagorda Peninsula
8368 (MSN 516) 358th FS [YF-I], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Ole"
8369 (MSN 517) 61st FS [HV-E], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Francy Ann II";
Damaged 3Oct43 on take-off at RAF Hitcham, Suffolk, UK; 63rd FS [UN-Z]; Lost 29Jan44
8370 (MSN 518) 357th FS [OS-L], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Alabama Bound";
On 7Nov43 the fighter was despatched to provide escort for B-26 formations of the 9th AF attacking
German airfields at Montdidier and Meulan, France. On the return the flight encountered thick cloud
formations over France. The flight entered the clouds and this aircraft sustained a mid-air
collision with P-47D 42-7984 and crashed near Montdidier, France. MACR 1448. The pilot bailed out but
struck the tailplane and broke both legs; he was captured as a Prisoner of War. Aircraft salvaged and
used by the Luftwaffe as T9+FK. Recaptured at Bad Woerischofen May 1945 and returned to USA.
8371 (MSN 519) 328th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Destroyed 13Sep43 landing at RAF Earls Colne, Essex, UK;
Pilot killed
8372 (MSN 520) 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; Crash landed 16Aug43 with fuel starvation
at Site D, RAF Lewes, East Sussex; HQ Squadron, 66th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
"Piccadilly Pete"; Damaged 4Jul44 taxying at RAF King's Cliffe, pilot survived and aircraft damaged but
repaired; 100th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Thorpe Abbotts,
Station 139; Used as a formation monitor
8373 (MSN 521) 350th FS [LH-Y], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; Crash landed 22May44 after engine
failure 8 miles ESE of RAF Raydon, Suffolk, UK; 61st FS [HV-A bar], 56th FG, 8th AF
8374 (MSN 522) 352nd FS [SX-D], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
Declared war weary; 84th FS [WZ-J], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
8375 (MSN 523) 84th FS [WZ-A], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford, Station 357, Cambridgeshire, UK; Accident 15Feb44 landing at Duxford,
pilot survived, aircraft damaged but repaired; 351st FS [YJ-D], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345;
Metfield, Station 366; Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-C], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
8376 (MSN 524) 352nd FS [SX-Q], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366
8377 (MSN 525) 486th FS [PZ-W], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Little Rebel"
8378 (MSN 526) 350th FS [LH-R], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
Accident 26Sep43 landing at RAF Ford, West Sussex; Damaged 13Jan44 taxying at Metfield; 375th FS [E2-Z],
361st FG, 8th AF, RAF Bottisham (USAAF Station 374), Cambridgeshire, UK; Crash landed 25Mar44 at Bottisham.
8379 (MSN 527) 351st FS [YJ-H], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Big Nose"; 506th FS [4K-K], 404th FG,
9th AF, Winkton, Station 414; Damaged 20Apr44 in collision with P-47D 42-75052 and 42-25731 taxying at
Winkton; Crashed, possibly offshore, at Grandcamp-Maisy, France June 7, 1944; MACR 5867. Pilot MIA.
8380 (MSN 528) 351st FS [YJ-A], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; "Lonesome Polecat";
Accident 25Sep43 landing at RAF Biggin Hill, Kent; 352nd FS [SX-L]; 6th Tactical Air Depot,
9th AF, Membury (USAAF
Station 466), Berkshire, UK; Accident 23Aug44 landing at Membury. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8381 (MSN 529) 328th FS [PE-B], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Little One" [Named for his petite wife];
Declared war weary; 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight [LJ-B], 496th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF,
East Wretham, Station 133
8382 (MSN 530) 487th FS [HO-J], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Helen of Troy";
Damaged 16Jul43 taxying at Bodney; 53rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, RAF Kingsnorth (USAAF station 418), Kent, UK;
Crash landed 12Jul44 with fuel starvation and destroyed at Kingsnorth. Pilot survived,
but aircraft was destroyed.
8383 (MSN 531) 352nd FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Mid-air collision 31Aug43
with P-47D 42-7999 during a formation turn at 30,000 feet 9 miles N of Amiens, France while on a mission
to escort a formation of B-17s attacking the German airfield at Amiens/Glisy, France. The tail was severed,
the aircraft entered a flat spin and crashed at La Vicogne, 5 miles S of Doullens, France. MACR 475.
The pilot bailed out safely but was captured as a POW.
8384 (MSN 532) 328th FS [PE-O], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "The Flying Draft-Dodger" / "Hildegarde";
Accident 16Nov43 landing at Sywell; 551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-I], 495th Fighter Training Group,
8th AF, RAF Atcham (USAAF Station 342); Declared war weary; Crash landed 8Sep44 with fuel starvation at
Charlton Farm, near Wellington, Shropshire.
8385 (MSN 533) 351st FS [YJ-M], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Boston Bull'; Metfield, Station 366;
8386 (MSN 534) [G 82], 437th Base Unit, 1st AF, Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY; "Zombie";
Accident 8Apr44 taking off at Suffolk County
8387 (MSN 535) 448th FS, 83rd FG, 1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 19Feb44 taxying at Dover; 125th Base Unit,
1st AF, Dover Field, DE; Accident 16Jul44 when nosed over taxying at Dover; Force landed 28Jul44 with
mechanical failure 7 mmiles S of Denton, MD; Force landed 15Feb45 after engine failure 11 miles S of Ocean City, MD
8388 (MSN 536) 370 th FS, 359th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Crash landed 6Jun43
after engine failure 3 miles S of Belleport, NY
8389 (MSN 537) 357th FS [OS-J], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Sheaf"s Jug"; 512th FS [O7-J],
406th FG, 9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; "Lillian"; Shot down by flak and crashed near Tollevast, 8km S of
Cherbourg, France June 22, 1944; MACR 6210. Pilot bailed out but killed.
8390 (MSN 538) War Bond aircraft; "Scarsdale Legionnaire" - One of more than 100 P-47 Thunderbolts purchased
through War Bonds by residents of Scarsdale, NY; 352nd FS [SX-I], 353rd FG, 8th AF, RAF Raydon (USAAF Station 157),
Suffolk, UK; Crashed 22Apr44 on take-off at Raydon when its left tyre blew out, the pilot escaped but the aircraft
was destroyed, having swerved off the runway and nosed over onto its back; Salvaged.
8391 (MSN 539) 487th FS [HO-Y], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Damaged 14Mar44 taxying at Gosfield;
Declared war weary. 306th Bomb Group, 40th Combat Bomb Wing, Eighth Air Force, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire May44. Crashed on take-off at Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 29May44. The engine cut out,
the pilot tried to ground loop but the right undercarriage collapsed and the plane stopped just off the runway.
40th Bomb Wing, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France Jun-Jul45.
40th Bomb Wing, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France Jun-Jul45.
8392 (MSN 540) 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366
8393 (MSN 541) 350th FS [LH-Q], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Mud 'n Mules"; Metfield, Station 366;
Damaged 10Dec43 on take-off at RAF Hornchurch, Essex, UK
8394 (MSN 542) 350th FS [LH-O], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; 361st FS [QI-U],
356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath (USAAF Station 369), Suffolk, UK; Crash landed 21Mar44 and destroyed
at Martlesham Heath
8395 (MSN 543) 351st FS [YJ-S], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill (USAAF Station 345); "Cookie"; Metfield, Station 366;
Shot down by flak and crashed in the center of Ecques, 10km S of Saint-Omer, France November 25, 1943.
Flak hit the engine which caught fire and most of the fuselage skin was either burnt off or blown away.
The forward two-thirds of the fuselage was burning fiercely. The pilot pulled up and rolled to the right
in flames. The plane did a two turn spin before the pilot bailed out. MACR 1446. The pilot landed near
Lumbres, 15km SW of Saint-Omer, badly burnt and taken POW. The pilot was Lt Colonel Loren McCollom,
356th FG commander leading the first 356FG dive bombing mission.
8396 (MSN 544) 352nd FS [SX-T], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill (USAAF Station 345); "Lucky"; Metfield, Station 366;
Declared war weary; 61st FS [HV-B], 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; "Lucky" / "The Mole";
Accident 2Feb45 landing at Boxted
8397 (MSN 545) 357th FS [OS-K], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Prune Face";
552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-S], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham (USAAF Station 342),
Shropshire, UK; Crash landed 22Jun44 after engine failure and destroyed at Duncote Farm, near Atcham
8398 (MSN 546) 350th FS [LH-H], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Flamin' Mamie" - artwork of a naked
woman painted on the nose cowl; Metfield, Station 366; Shot down while chasing an enemy aircraft by
Fw Gerd Wiegandin in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/4 at Erpion, Belgium December 30, 1943; MACR 1865. Pilot KIA.
Crash site excavated 1995.
8399 (MSN 547) 357th FS [OS-M], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Arkansas Traveller";
379th FS, 362nd FG, 9th AF, Prosnes [A-79], France; Crashed 2Oct44 4 miles NE of Reims/Champagn airfield
A-62 Betheny, France. Piot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8400 (MSN 548) 354th FS [WR-E], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Dragon Wagon";
487th FS [HO-W], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Beverly"
8401 (MSN 549) 359th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; 351st FS [YJ-R],
353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; "Dottie" / "Scatterbolts"; Declared war weary;
Detachment B [5F-K], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; "Chris"; Crash landed 16Aug44
after engine failure and destroyed at Tibenham
8402 (MSN 550) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Damaged 6Jul43
while parked in collision by P-47D 42-22361 taking off at Republic Field; 351st FS [YJ-F], 353rd FG,
8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; "Devil's Thumb"; 368th FS [CV-M bar], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham,
Station 133; "Devil's Thumb"; Declared war weary; 310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group,
8th AF, Warton, Station 582; Crash landed 21May44 with mechanical failure at Boxted;
Detachment B [5F-F], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Destroyed 7Aug44 in collision
with P-47D 42-74664 landing at Boxted
42-8403/8702 Republic P-47D-5-RE Thunderbolt
8403 (MSN 551) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Crash landed 19Feb44 and destroyed at Republic Field
8404 (MSN 552) 354th FS [WR-P], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122;
"Speed" / "Li'l Jo"; Accident 5Nov43 landing; 350th FS [LH-K], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366;
Probably damaged by flak and crashed after engine failure at Gambais, 18km NW of Rambouillet, France
August 13, 1944; MACR 7604. Pilot MIA, believed killed.
8405 (MSN 553) 350th FS [LH-X], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; Crashed 23Aug43 and destroyed landing at
RAF Debach (Station 152), Suffolk, UK; Pilot Robert C. Peters durvived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8406 (MSN 554) 357th FS [OS-T], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Eager Eve"; Shot down by
Fw Ernst Florian in Fw 190A of JG 1/2 over North Sea off Westenschouwen, Netherlands November 5, 1943;
MACR 1169. Pilot KIA
8407 (MSN 555) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Damaged 6Jul43
while parked in collision by P-47D 42-22361 taking off at Republic Field; 359th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Damaged 6Feb44 taxying at RAF Manston, Kent
8408 (MSN 556) 357th FS [OS-U], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Jean's Little Moe";
Probably collided with P-47D 42-8413 in bad weather over Wissant, France on a meteorological mission
to St. Omer and Boulogne, France; Crashed near Ostend, Belgium November 15, 1943; MACR 1290. Pilot KIA
8409 (MSN 557) 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; 352nd FS [SX-U], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield,
Station 366; 514th FS [O7-Q], 406th FG, 9th AF, "Skirty Bert"; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 while on an armed
reconnaissance mission and crashed at Occagnes, 6km NW of Argentan, France June 10, 1944;
MACR 6217. Pilot was wounded, bailed out at low altitude, captured but died the following day from his injuries.
8410 (MSN 558) 63rd FS [UN-U], 56th FG, 8th AF, "Betty Ann II"; Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-L],
65th Fighter Wing; WFU August 1, 1944
8411 (MSN 559) 486th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Shot down at Oirschot, Netherlands by
Hptm Wilhelm Lemke in Bf 109G-6 of JG 3/II Stab November 30, 1943; MACR 1434. Pilot KIA
8412 (MSN 560) 486th FS [PZ-R], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Sweetie", Artwork - Vargas girl;
61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Damaged 1Sep44 taxying at RAF Boxted, Essex, UK.
Pilot surived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8413 (MSN 561) 357th FS [OS-P], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Ma Fran 3rd"; Probably collided
with P-47D 42-8408 in bad weather over Wissant, France on a meteorological mission to St. Omer and Boulogne,
France; Crashed near Ostend, Belgium November 15, 1943; MACR 1289. Pilot KIA
8414 (MSN 562) 352nd FS [SX-K], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "The Flying Finn" / "Ginny" / "Doll";
Metfield, Station 366; On September 5, 1943, the aircraft was flown from Metfield to Halesworth
by a pilot from 56th FG, apparently 'liberated' during an escape exercise; Damaged 15Sep43 taxying
at RAF Thorney Island, Hants; Damaged 12Nov43 taxying in collision by P-47D 42-74647 landing at
Metfield; Damaged 4Dec43 when a tire blew on landing and the aircraft nosed over at Metfield;
Base Air Depot No.1; 8th AF Service Command, Burtonwood, Station 590; Crashed 16Mar44 after engine failure at
RAF Burtonwood, Lancashire, UK
8415 (MSN 563) 357th FS [OS-A], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Available Jones 4th";
366th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Crashed 27Jun44 with combat damage near Mahéru, France; MACR 6227. Pilot killed
8416 (MSN 564) 357th FS [OS-X], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; The aircraft was despatched 13Dec43
to provide escort to bombers on a mission to Keil, Germany. On take-off the aircraft struck a tree which
knocked off the belly fuel tank and caused structural damage. The pilot headed for the coast and
abandoned the aircraft over Sizewell, Suffolk, returning to his unit. The aircraft crashed into the North
Sea two miles east of Sizewell
8417 (MSN 565) 361st FS [QI-W], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Damaged 18Oct43 when
ground looped on take-off caused by an unlocked tailwheel at Martlesham Heath; 359th FS [OC-A],
"Ich Brauche Du" ['I Need You']; Damaged by flak near Bremen, Germany. Able to fly home until engine
failed and the aircraft crashed near DuPunt, 10km S of Groningen, Netherlands May 7, 1944;
MACR 4550. Pilot bailed out and taken POW
8418 (MSN 566) 358th FS [YF-Y], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Force landed 7Nov43; [YF-M];
Base Air Depot No.2; 8th AF Service Command, Warton, Station 582; Crash landed 1Mar44 with mechanical failure at Warton
8419 (MSN 567) 328th FS [PE-X], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Blondie" [Named after pilot's wife];
Damaged 14Jan44 on take-off at Bodney; Shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown by Lt Waldemar Radener of JG 26/7,
crashed and exploded one km east of Chagny, SW of Beaune, France February 8, 1944; MACR 2153. Pilot killed.
8420 (MSN 568) 352nd FS [SX-A], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366.
The fighter was despatched on bomber escort for B-17s attacking at Romilly-sur-Seine and Paris, France.
The fighter was operating at its maximum range and was returning to base in darkness. It is believed that
the aircraft suffered fuel starvation, the pilot abandond the aircraft over Truro and it crashed and
burnt out in a potato field at Week Orchard Farm, two miles east of Bude, Cornwall September 15, 1943.
The pilot was seriously injured. Wreckage excavated 2008
8421 (MSN 569) 487th FS [HO-Y], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Ditched in English Channel January 29, 1944;
Pilot rescued
8422 (MSN 570) 324th FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 13Mar44 taxying at Matagorda Peninsula, TX
8423 (MSN 571) 357th FS [OS-W], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Becky"; 412th FS, 373rd FG,
9th AF, Woodchurch (USAAF Station 419), Kent, UK; Destroyed 25Jul44 landing at Woodchurch, pilot survived
8424 (MSN 572) 328th FS [PE-S], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Kathie" - artwork of girl on aircraft
in flight; Shot down by flak and crashed in the English Channel 8 miles W of Cayeux, France March 11, 1944;
MACR 3053. Pilot bailed out and MIA
8425 (MSN 573) 361st FS [QI-R], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Gentle Annie"
8426 (MSN 574) 358th FS [YF-F], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Claire"; HQ Squadron,
355th FG; Accident 24Nov43 landing at Hitcham; 63rd FS [UN-P], 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Boxted (USAAF Station 150),
Essex, UK; Accident 22Apr44 when the engine failed on approach for a landing at Boxted and crash landed in the
garden of a cottage near the base; [UN-B bar]
8427 (MSN 575) 358th FS [YF-S], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Mona Lou"; 361st FS [QI-O],
356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Crashed SE of Le Tréport , France after engine
failure June 8, 1944; MACR 5588 Pilot bailed out but was killed.
8428 (MSN 576) 351st FS [YJ-Q], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Pat"; Metfield, Station 366;
The pilot had just shot down a Bf 109 when he was shot down by Maj Egon Mayer in Fw 190A-6 of JG 2/Stab
and crashed near Mulheim, Germany November 5, 1943; MACR 1167. Pilot POW.
8429 (MSN 577) 506th FS [4K-E], 404th FG, 9th AF, Winkton, Station 414; Assigned 22May44;
8430 (MSN 578)
8431 (MSN 579) 487th FS [HO-I], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Amelia Christine"; 552nd Fighter
Training Squadron [DQ-W & L], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham (USAAF Station 342) Shropshire, UK;
Declared war weary; Accident 5Sep44 landing at Atcham, pilot survived but aircraft was destroyed.
8432 (MSN 580) 487th FS [HO-A], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Babylon Panther"
8433 (MSN 581) 354th FS [WR-K], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; [WR-S]; Broke up in mid air
during a high-speed dive and crashed at Charmy Down, near Bath, Somerset December 4, 1943; Pilot killed
8434 (MSN 582) 354th FS [WR-U], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Miss Behave" / "Li'l Lo";
Damaged 17Oct43 on the ground at Steeple Morden; 487th FS [HO-U], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141;
"Miss Behave" artwork removed as being 'too provocative'; 328th FS [PE-V]; "Desiree Y" [named for pilot's wife];
Crashed 9Apr44 near Osnabrück, Germany; MACR 3623. Pilot bailed out and taken POW
8435 (MSN 583) 328th FS [PE-A], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Sandra Lee"; Base Air Depot No.1;
8th AF Service Command, Burtonwood, Station 590; 406th FG, 9th AF, Asch [Y-29], Belgium;
Crashed after engine failure in vicinity of Hunsel, Holland while on a ferry flight from Burtonwood to Asch
February 20, 1945; MACR 12554. Pilot bailed out, was injured and died from his wounds
8436 (MSN 584) 328th FS [PE-Y], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 361st FS [QI-G], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369"Betsy"
8437 (MSN 585) 328th FS [PE-G], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Sunny IV"
8438 (MSN 586) 357th FS [OS-B], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Dizzy Miss"; 387th FS [B4-W],
365th FG, 9th AF, Fritzlar [Y-86], Germany; "Mortician"s Delight"; Declared war weary;
Force landed 19Apr45 at Saint-Dizier (A-64), France. The pilot was one of two who had taken a war-weary
aircraft to visit an injured squadron pilot, recently liberated from a POW camp. The squadron
maintenance officer had suggested not to bother bringing the war-weary aircraft back. The pilot
deliberately force landed and then hitched a ride with his wingman but force landed again as a
passenger in the other aircraft.
8439 (MSN 587) 328th FS [PE-T], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Slender, Tender and Tall" / "Bugs",
Artwork - Bugs Bunny on left Cowl; "Patty Ann" [Named for pilot's niece]; Crashed 10Dec43 at Neaton, Norfolk
8440 (MSN 588) 361st FS [QI-P], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Crashed due to bad weather
into North Sea 5 miles E of Felixstowe, Suffolk March 20, 1944; MACR 3393. Pilot killed.
8441 (MSN 589) 354th FS [WR-R], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Sweat"; Damaged by the
explosion of a fuel depot and crashed while strafing aircraft at Achmer airfield near Osnabruck,
Germany March 8, 1944; MACR 3055. Pilot KIA
8442 (MSN 590) 61st FS [HV-H], 56th FG, 8th AF; Declared war weary; Used as a hack; 551st Fighter
Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; 91st Bomb Group, 8th AF,
Bassingbourn, Station 121; Used as a hack and formation monitor
8443 (MSN 591) 354th FS [WR-H], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Honeychild"; 358th FS [YF-K];
"Witch Hazel", artwork - nude witch on broom; "Miss Clean Sweep"; Shot down 26Mar44 by ground fire
during a low-level strafing attack on a German airfield at Chateaudun, France. Bullets from the
fighter ignited the fuel dump and the resulting explosive debris damaged the aircraft, causing it
to crash land. MACR 3629, Pilot evaded capture.
8444 (MSN 592) 354th FS [WR-P], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Speed / "Li'l Jo"; [WR-O];
8445 (MSN 593) 354th FS, 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; 492nd FS [F4-V], 48th FG, 9th AF;
Crashed near Euskirchen, Germany November 21, 1944 after the fighter flew into heavy clouds while
on a cover mission; MACR 10581 and 15880. Pilot killed.
8446 (MSN 594) 352nd FS [SX-B], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; 376th FS,
361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374; Damaged 6Mar44 on take-off at Bottisham; 375th FS;
Damaged 24Apr44 on take-off at Bottisham; 512th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, Asch [Y-29], Belgium;
Accident 10Feb45 landing with fuel starvation at Asch
8447 (MSN 595) 487th FS [HO-S], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Queen City Mama", artwork -
Map of Ohio left fuselage [the pilot was from Cincinnati (known as 'The Queen City')];
Force landed 30Dec43 when lost in fog and with fuel starvation at Lumbres, France; MACR 1683
The thermite grenade that the pilot placed in the cockpit failed to explode; Pilot evaded capture
and returned to squadron; Aircraft recovered and flown by Luftwaffe
8448 (MSN 596) 305th FS, 338th FG, 3rd AF, Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL; Accident 12Jul43 landing
at Dale Mabry; Combat Crew Training Squadron, 261st Base Unit, 2nd AF, Abilene Field, TX;
Crash landed 27Apr45 with mechanical failure at Avenger, TX; Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8449 (MSN 597) 3702nd Base Unit, Buckley Field, Aurora, CO; Accident 12Dec44 taking off at Buckley
8450 (MSN 598) Wright Field, Dayton, OH
8451 (MSN 599) 375th FS, 361st FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Accident 20Oct43 in collision taking off at Richmond
8452 (MSN 600) 486th FS [PZ-J], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141
8453 (MSN 601) 354th FS [WR-K], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Shot down by Fw Wilhelm Mayer
in Fw 190A-6 of JG26/7 at Cuffies, 2km N of Soissons, France December 30, 1943; MACR 1869. Pilot bailed out taken POW.
8454 (MSN 602) 328th FS [PE-D bar], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 487th FS [HO-D], 352nd FG, 8th AF,
Bodney, Station 141; "Maureen"; 411th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Tour-en-Bessin [A-13], France;
Crashed with mechanical failure at Le Mesnil-Adelée, 12km NW of Mortain, France August 4, 1944;
MACR 8040. Pilot killed.
8455 (MSN 603) 358th FS [YF-X], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Mid air collision 14Sep43
near Steeple Morden - Able to land, pilot survived; 506th FS 4K-D], 404th FG, 9th AF, Winkton, Station 414;
Withdrawn 13May44.
8456 (MSN 604) 328th FS [PE-F], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Denali"
8457 (MSN 605) 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; 487th FS [HO-H], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney,
Station 141; 351st FS [YJ-O], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366
8458 (MSN 606) 61st FS [HV-A], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Combat damaged 1Dec43 by Bf 110
damaging the wings and engine, force landed at Wattisham, Station 377; 4th Strategic Air Depot, Hitcham,
Station 477; 61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Damaged 17Dec43 taxying at
Halesworth; [HV-F]; Damaged 7Jan44 when hit a flak emplacement on take-off and turned over at Halesworth
8459 (MSN 607) 486th FS [PZ-E], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Bonnie Lee", Artwork- girl walking bulldog
8460 (MSN 608) War Bond aircraft; "City Of Healdsburg, California"; 486th FS [PZ-D], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney,
Station 141; "The Flying Scot!", Artwork of locomotive and train running from nacelle towards cockpit
area [named after the nick name of the pilot]
8461 (MSN 609) 61st FS [HV-P], 56th FG, 8th AF; Halesworth, Station 365; "Lucky"; A flight of four aircraft
entered heavy cloud at 5,500 feet, 15 minutes after take-off. Three aircraft were never seen again
and presumed to have crashed into the North Sea 15 miles E of Lowestoft, England March 22, 1944;
MACR 3387. Pilot MIA
8462 (MSN 610) Republic Aviation Corporation; Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Mid air
collision 4Jun43 with P-47C 41-6545, 3 miles E of Farmingdale; Pilot bailed out but was killed
8463 (MSN 611) 63rd FS [UN-T], 56th FG, 8th AF; Halesworth, Station 365; Crashed with fuel starvation
into North Sea 40 miles off Felixstowe, England February 3, 1944; MACR 2119. Pilot MIA
8464 (MSN 612) 87th Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Crashed 5Sep43 in bad weather near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire; Pilot bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.
8465 (MSN 613) 63rd FS [UN-K], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Crash landed 13Oct43 at RAF Brenzett, Kent.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8466 (MSN 614) 352nd FS [SX-B], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Gena 'This Is It'", Artwork both sides
of lion on cloud; Metfield, Station 366; 486th FS [PZ-M], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141;
Crash landed 2Feb44 near Holland-on-Sea, Essex; Pilot survived, aircraft damaged but repaired.
Mid air collision 15Oct44 with P-47D 42-74674 at Leebotwood, Shrewsbury; 551st Fighter Training
Squadron [VM-T], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342
8467 (MSN 615) 82nd FS [MX-X], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 359th FS [OC-L], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Crashed while strafing Achmer airfield near Hesepe, Germany March 8, 1944;
MACR 3057. Pilot killed.
8468 (MSN 616) 87th Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Crash landed 7Nov43 on ferry flight and destroyed at RAF East Wretham, Norfolk, UK. Pilot survived, but aircraft
was destroyed.
8469 (MSN 617) 360th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Jersey Bounce";
551st Fighter Training Squadron [VM-O or Q], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham (USAAF Station 342);
Declared war weary; Mid air collision 12Aug44 with P-47D 42-76296 at Atcham; Crash landed 17Aug44 a
after engine failure near Wellington, Shropshire
8470 (MSN 618) Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Propeller Division, Caldwell-Wright Airport, NJ; Accident 28Sep43
landing at Caldwell-Wright; Force landed 3Jun44 after engine failure and destroyed at Casella Farm,
Valley Road, Preakness, NJ
8471 (MSN 619) 352nd FS [SX-S], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
82nd FS [MX-C; MX-X], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Squint";
359th FS [OC-A bar], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath (USAAF Station 369) Suffolk, UK;
Accident 22Sep44 landing at Martlesham Heath
8472 (MSN 620)
8473 (MSN 621) 487th FS [HO-V], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Sweet Louise" / "Mrs. Josephine" / "Hedy"
[named for the wives of the pilot and crew chiefs]; Pilot Captain Virgil Meroney was the 352nd's
only P-47 ace, all claimed using this aircraft between 1Dec43 and 16Mar44; 514th FS [O7-R], 406th FG,
9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; "Bloom's Tomb II"; Accident 25Apr44 landing at Ashford; Shot down by
Fw 190A-6 one mile S of Dreux, and crashed near Havelu, 13km NE of Dreux, France June 29, 1944; MACFR 6224.
Pilot bailed out and evaded capture with help of the French underground, but was caught later in Paris and
taken POW but died in Buchenwald.
8474 (MSN 622) 487th FS [HO-E], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Barbara M"; 360th FS [PI-G],
356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369
8475 (MSN 623) 350th FS [LH-X], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366;
Crashed 5Sep43 after the pilot lost control in low cloud near RAF Biggin Hill, Kent;
Pilot bailed out too low and was killed when the parachute failed to open.
8476 (MSN 624) 351st FS [YJ-X], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Little Demon"; Metfield, Station 366;
82nd FS [MX-X], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Little Demon";
Shot down by flak while strafing Ostheim airfield Feb 22, 1944. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
Two other sources show this Jug being
transferred to the 82nd FS 78th FG (re-coded MX-X) and keeping the "Little Demon" nickname until being written
off on Mar 17, 1944 when crash landed at RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire. Pilot severely burnt.
Meanwhile, Maj Beckham, an 18-victory ace by February 1944 (the most in the ETO at the time), was shot down by AAA Feb 2, 1944
while attacking Ostheim airfield, but he was in "Little Demon II" (P-47D-11-RE 42-75226) on that mission.
8477 (MSN 625) 358th FS [YF-X], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; The aircraft was despatched
to provide bomber escort to B-26 bombers from 9th AF attacking German airfields at Mondidier and Meulan,
France November 7, 1943. On the return strong headwinds over 100mph caused the flight to use excessive
fuel. This aircraft suffered fuel starvation and made a forced landing on a beach near Caen, France,
the pilot believing that he was over southern England. The pilot was captured as a POW.
Luftwaffe, Rechlin, Germany; Evaluated by the Luftwaffe test centre.
8478 (MSN 626) 351st FS [YJ-Y], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; "Barbara";
370th FS [CR-K], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 359th FS [OC-V], 356th FG, 8th AF,
RAF Martlesham Heath USAAF Station 369), Suffolk, UK; "Fifinella"; Damaged 31Aug44 in collision with P-47D
42-8549 taxying at Martlesham Heath; [OC-V bar]. Pilot survived, but aircrast was destroyed.
8479 (MSN 627) 83rd FS [HL-V bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366
8480 (MSN 628) 350th FS [LH-Z], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; 512th FS, 406th FG,
9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; Accident 1Jun44 landing at Ashford; 386th FS [D5-B], 365th FG, 9th AF,
Lignerolles [A-12], France; Damaged 20Aug44 on take-off at Lignerolles. Pilot survived but aircraft was destroyed.
8481 (MSN 629) 328th FS [PE-L], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Muriel V"; 487th FS [HO-U]; 552nd Fighter
Training Squadron [DQ-D], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary;
Accident 24Sep44 landing at Atcham; 386th FS [D5-B], 365th FG, 9th AF, Florennes/Juzaine [A-78], Belgium;
Crashed 26Feb45 into a building 2 miles S of Le Bourget, Paris, France; Pilot killed. The pilot,
Edward 'Loco' Szymanski, had been ordered to Paris for an Armed Forces Radio interview. Departing
Le Bourget to return to base in poor visibilty, he didn't see the apartment building looming out of
the mist and low cloud.
8482 (MSN 630) 361st FS [QI-A], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Skeeter" / "Kiss O'Death";
[QI-P]; 361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374
8483 (MSN 631) 487th FS [HO-B], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Shot down by flak SE of Dunkerque,
France December 30, 1943; MACR 1864. Pilot taken POW.
8484 (MSN 632)
8485 (MSN 633) 368th FS [CV-B], 359th FG, 8th AF, RAF East Wretham (USAAF Station 133) Norfolk, UK; Declared war weary;
Detachment B [5F-T], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
8486 (MSN 634) 328th FS [PE-Y], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Helen"; 551st Fighter Training
Squadron [VM-P], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham (USAAF Station 342), Shropshire, UK;
Accident 10May44 landing near Atcham. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8487 (MSN 635) War Bond aircraft; "Spirit of Atlantic City, N.J."; 63rd FS [UN-M], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth,
Station 365; Pilot Captain Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin, the first American 'Double Ace'.
Mahurin would claim 20 kills in the European Theatre of Operations. His final kill March 27, 1944
was a Dornier 217, which he shot down over France. His aircraft had sustained heavy battle damage
by the rear gunner of the Do 217 and the engine caught fire. The aircraft crashed close to Allonnes,
Boisville-la-Saint-Père, 16km SE of Chartres. Mahurin was forced to bail out at 3,000ft; he evaded
capture with the help of the French resistance and returned to his squadron May 7, 1944.
Colonel Walker "Bud" Mahurin, who has died aged 91, was one of the greatest US fighter pilots of the
second world war, and the only man to shoot down enemy planes in both the European and Pacific theatres,
and during the Korean war. Captured in Korea in 1952, he also became one of the most prominent
victims of the brainwashing techniques pioneered by the Chinese and North Koreans.
[P-47G 42-25234 flies as 28487 "Spirit of Atlantic City N.J."]
8488 (MSN 636) 87th Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Accident 20Aug43 landing at Warton; 63rd FS [UN-A], 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Halesworth (USAAF Station 365),
Suffolk, UK; "Lofty"; Damaged 20Oct43 taxying at Halesworth. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown
if repaired
8489 (MSN 637) 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; 362nd FG, 9th AF, Wormingford, Station 159, 30Mar44.
Lost Jun 14, 1944. MACR 6501.
8490 (MSN 638) 486th FS [PZ-S], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Bundle of Joy", Artwork - Nude standing
over name; Accident 14Sep43 landing at Bodney; Mid air collision 8Mar44 with P-47D 42-8652 while flying with
42-8652, 42-22486 and 42-75157 near RAF Hethel, Norfolk, UK while flying formation in a long climb through thick cloud
after take-off for a mission; Able to land. Declared war weary; Detachment B, 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF,
Boxted, Station 150; "Bundle of Joy"
8491 (MSN 639) 486th FS [PZ-N], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Donna Dae III" [Named in honor of the
pilot's favorite Hollywood actress]; Crash landed 5Nov43 with fuel starvation on return from a bomber escort
mission near Bodney; 359th FS [OC-C], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Princess Jocelyn";
"Tiger Lil" [named by Crew Chief after a local girl]; Shot down by 'friendly fire' flak 14Aug44 whilst
mistakenly attacking a US motor convoy in the Bois de Picot and crashed at La Corderie, 3km NW of Andouillé,
12km N of Laval, France; Pilot killed.
8492 (MSN 640) War Bond aircraft; "The Falcon"; 359th FS [OC-C], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369
8493 (MSN 641) 328th FS [PE-E], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 354th FS [WR-W], 355th FG, 8th AF,
RAF Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Woody's Maytag"; Damaged 2Oct43 in collision with parked P-47D 42-74681
taxying at Steeple Morden; 514th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; Shot down by flak near
Le Gros Frêne, Gratot, 4km NW of Coutances, France June 17, 1944; MACR 6635. Pilot killed.
8494 (MSN 642) 352nd FS [SX-W], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; Metfield, Station 366; Damaged by flak,
with fuel starvation and crashed into English Channel 18 miles SW of Portland, Dorset September 15, 1943;
MACR 625. Pilot bailed out and MIA.
8495 (MSN 643) 335th FS [WD-W], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Shot down by Fw 190A-6 flown by
Fw Hans Prager of JG 26/5 SE of Paris, France February 6, 1944; MACR 2142. Pilot bailed out at 20,000ft and became POW.
8496 (MSN 644) 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Galloping Catastrophe"; Declared war weary;
5th Emergency Rescue Squadron [5F-X], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Galloping Catastrophe";
Mid air collision 13Mar45 with B-24H 42-50359, 4 miles NNE of Seething, Norfolk; Pilot killed
8497 (MSN 645) 22nd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Kassel/Rothwesten [R-12], Germany; Lost from unknown cause between
Kassel and Leck, Germany June 1, 1945; MACR 14560. Pilot MIA
8498 (MSN 646) 358th FS [YF-T], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Trigger"; 370th FS [CR-T then CS-T],
359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Jeepers"; 377th FS, 362nd FG, 9th AF, Headcorn, Station 412;
Damaged in combat with Fw 190s and crash landed near Elbeuf, France June 14, 1944; MACR 6501. Pilot taken POW.
8499 (MSN 647) 350th FS [LH-Y], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "The Georgia Peach"; Metfield, Station 366;
Damaged by flak and crashed near Wittensee, Germany April 9, 1944; MACR 3624. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
8500 (MSN 648) 487th FS [HO-P], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Cripes A'Mighty"
8501 (MSN 649) 365th FS [CH-B], 358th FG, 9th AF, RAF Raydon (USAAF Station 157), Suffolk, UK; Damaged 8Feb44
taxying at Raydon. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8502 (MSN 650) 82nd FS [MX-K], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 360th FS [PI-W], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Hell's Angel"; Combat damaged by Bf 109G near Scheveningen and
crashed into North Sea off Den Haag, Netherlands November 29, 1943; MACR 1436. Pilot bailed out and taken POW.
8503 (MSN 651) 328th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Accident 15Sep43 landing at RAF Ford, West Sussex;
552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-N], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Damaged 23Jan44 taxying at Atcham; 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Raydon, Station 157; Damaged 9Aug44 on
take-off at Raydon; 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Accident 20Nov44 on take-off at Boxted
8504 (MSN 652) 358th FS [YF-G], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Bunky"; Shot down
January 29, 1944 near Koblenz, Germany; MACR 2131. Pilot KIA
8505 (MSN 653) 82nd FS [MX-E; MX-K bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford (USAAF Station 357), Cambridgeshire, UK;
"Smilin' Jack II"; "Achtung! Der Finger"; Accident 7Jun44 landing long and ground looped at Duxford. Pilot survived,
but aircraft was destroyed.
8506 (MSN 654) 335th FS [WD-X then B], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Mark II"; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown
by unknown pilot and unit 4 miles N of Haaksbergen, Netherlands January 30, 1944; MACR 2296. Pilot WIA and taken POW.
8507 (MSN 655) 360th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; The aircraft was last seen chasing
a Bf 109 in a vertical dive, entering a cloud layer at 6,000 ft in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France
on a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany February 11, 1944. MACR 2296.
The aircraft crashed at Moncornet, 15km SSE of Vervins, France; Pilot killed.
8508 (MSN 656) 328th FS [PE-Z], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Panama Papacito"; 350th FS [LH-D],
353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366
8509 (MSN 657) 328th FS [PE-I], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 361st FS [QI-O], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Uffz Peter Reinhardtof JG 11/5 at Neuenkirchen
near Holdorf, SW of Bremen, Germany November 29, 1943; MACR 1453. Pilot KIA
8510 (MSN 658) 361st FS [QI-Y], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath (USAAF Station 369); "Shoo Shoo Baby"; [QI-M];
"Fireball"; Damaged 8Jul44 when nosed over and the propeller struck the ground taxying at Martlesham Heath;
Destroyed 24Oct44 landing at Martlesham Heath. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8511 (MSN 659) 328th FS [PE-W], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Red Raider", Artwork of cowboy on
bucking bronco; 351st FS [YJ-K], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Raydon, Station 157; Mid air collision 30Jun44
with P-47D 42-8628, crashed and destroyed 2 miles SW of RAF Tibenham, Norfolk, UK; Pilot killed
8512 (MSN 660) 359th FS [OC-O], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Hayseed Margaret";
375th FS, 361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374; Damaged by flak and ditched in North Sea 35 miles
E of Great Yarmouth March 22, 1944; MACR 3403. Pilot MIA.
8513 (MSN 661) 350th FS [LH-Y], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Eager Beaver"; Metfield, Station 366;
Shot down by Obfw. Adolf Glunz in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/5 at Budel, Netherlands October 14, 1943; MACR 504.
Pilot bailed out and evaded capture. The Thunderbolt was peppered by machine gun fire from the attacking aircraft
and the instrument panel disintegrated. The pilot was shot and shrapnel found its way into his
stomach through his leather flying jacket and Mae West. As his plane shuddered under the attack,
he was forced to bail out at 800ft with his parachute finally opening at 50ft. The pilot was
picked up by members of the Dutch resistance returned to 353rd Group in March 1944.
8514 (MSN 662) 486th FS [PZ-P], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Shot down by Fw Gerhard Thyben
in Bf 109G of JG 3/6 near Zandvliet and crashed near Oirschot, Netherlands November 30, 1943; MACR 1445. Pilot killed.
8515 (MSN 663) 328th FS [PE-N], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Dixie Boy" / "Hildegarde";
Damaged 14Jan44 on take-off at Bodney; Damaged 22Feb44 taxying at Bodney; 350th FS [LH-T], 353rd FG, 8th AF,
Metfield, Station 366; Raydon, Station 157; Shot down by flak and crashed in English Channel
5 miles off Le Treport, France June 7, 1944; MACR 5559. Pilot killed.
8516 (MSN 664) 487th FS [HO-Z], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Lucky Boy"; Crashed 26Jan44 near
Crows Green, Barfield, Essex; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
8517 (MSN 665) 328th FS [PE-Q], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "INB" [Indiana National Bank - where
the pilot used to work] / "Eleanor";
8518 (MSN 666) 357th FS [OS-V], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Wild Bill"
8519 (MSN 667)
8520 (MSN 668) 328th FS [PE-M], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 354th FS [WR-Q], 355th FG, 8th AF,
Steeple Morden, Station 122; Crash landed 23Jan44 at RAF Welford, Berkshire, UK. Pilot survived, aircraft
badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8521 (MSN 669) 487th FS [HO-Y], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; Damaged by flak 29Jan44 over France
and crashed in the English Channel; Pilot rescued
8522 (MSN 670) 352nd FS [SX-U], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Betsy"; Metfield, Station 366;
92nd Bomb Group, 8th AF, Podington, Station 109; Used as formation monitor
8523 (MSN 671) 360th FS [PI-F], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Dear Alean" [name from
start of letters to girlfriend]; 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; 84th FS [WZ-K], 78th FG, 8th AF,
Duxford, Station 357;
8524 (MSN 672) 83rd FS [HL-Y; HL-S], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Artwork - a flying Superman
with a yellow disc as a background.
8525 (MSN 673) 63rd FS [UN-J], 56th FG, 8th AF; 365th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Toul/Croix de Metz [A-90], Lorraine, France;
Damaged 18Dec44 after engine failure on take-off at Toul. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8526 (MSN 674) 358th FS [YF-M], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Artwork of boxing glove on
medal ribbon; Shot down by flak at Saint-Inglevert, France December 30, 1943; MACR 1868. Pilot KIA
8527 (MSN 675) 328th FS [PE-V], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Ramblin Rebel"; Shot down in combat
with a Fw 190 and crashed on the edge of the Route Marle-Vervins at Saint-Gobert, 7km SW of Vervins, France
February 8, 1944; MACR 2152. Pilot MIA.
8528 (MSN 676) 336th FS [VF-L], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; 313th FS, 50th FG, 9th AF, Carentan [A-10],
France; Shot down by Fw 190A-8 whilst strafing enemy trucks near Bourey and crashed at La Crocquerie, 3km S
of Cérences, France July 30, 1944; MACR 7403. Pilot killed.
8529 (MSN 677) 487th FS [HO-M], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Lambie"
8530 (MSN 678) 82nd FS [MX-I; MX-E], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford (USAAF Station 357), Cambridgesire, UK;
"Jeanie - V.O.S" [V.O.S. = Victory Over Separation]; Crashed 22Mar44 on take-off and destroyed at Duxford.
The aircraft swung during takeoff but, with full rudder deflection, was unable to continue straight. The pilot pulled
the aircraft off the ground to try and avoid the lead aircraft's slip stream causing a stall and
wing drop and strike the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled, the engine broke away, the fuselage
separated behind the pilot's seat and burst into flames. Pilot suffered only slight injuries.
8531 (MSN 679) 357th FS [OS-X], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; 352nd FS [SX-C], 353rd FG,
8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; Base Air Depot No.1; 8th AF Service Command, Burtonwood, Station 590;
Accident 23Apr44 landing at RAF Woodchurch, Kent; converted to 2-seater and redesignated TP-47D;
HQ Squadron, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Le Culot [A-89], Belgium; Damaged 10Dec44 taxying at Le Culot
8532 (MSN 680) HQ Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Hethel, Station 114; Crash landed 11Apr45 at Wattisham
8533 (MSN 681) 360th FS [PI-K], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Crashed with fuel starvation
at Louvroil, 4km SE of Maubeuge, France May 20, 1944; Pilot bailed out at 7-8,000ft NE of Valenciennes and taken POW.
8534 (MSN 682)
8535 (MSN 683) 360th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Red Dog" [Named due to the
pilot's luck at Red Dog Poker]; Damaged 30Mar44 taxying at RAF Martlesham Heath; Repaired. Base Air Depot No.1;
8th AF Service Command, Burtonwood, Station 590; Damaged by ground accident and fire 30Dec44 at RAF Burtonwood,
Lancashire. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8536 (MSN 684) 361st FS [QI-H], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Accident 29Dec43 landing at
Great Ashfield; 13thCombat Bomb Wing, 8th AF, Horham, Station 119; Mid air collision 13Sep44 and
crashed at Sibdon, near Craven Arms; Shropshire, UK; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
8537 (MSN 685) 84th FS [WZ-J & N], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Accident 30Oct44 in Belgium
8538 (MSN 686) 84th FS [WZ-E], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Shot down by Fw 190A-6
of JG 2/Stab, crashed, exploded and destroyed by fire at 1.5km N of Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault,
20km N of Fougères, France January 5, 1944; MACR 1741. Pilot killed.
8539 (MSN 687) 397th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 5Oct43
landing with mechanical failure at Mitchel; 437th FS, 414th FG, 1st AF, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, MI;
Damaged 19Dec44 when in collision in bad weather with P-47D 44-30904 [sic] on the ground at Selfridge
8540 (MSN 688)
8541 (MSN 689) 365th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF
8542 (MSN 690) 368th FS [CV-E], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Shot down by BF 109G-6 flown by
unknown pilot and unit near Staphorst, Netherlands January 11, 1944; MACR 1857. Pilot killed.
8543 (MSN 691) 83rd FS [HL-U bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed near Chievres, Belgium
after strafing the airfield and hitting the ground while attacking an enemy aircraft at low altitude
March 16, 1944; MACR 3094. Pilot killed.
8544 (MSN 692) [1], 2nd Service Group, Meeks Field, Iceland; August 9, 1943; "Natalie"; Ferried Meeks Field to
Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943. 357th FS [OS-R], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Moon";
513th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; Shot down by flak at Brix, 2 miles SE of Cherbourg,
France June 17, 1944; MACR 5972. Pilot bailed out and taken POW.
8545 (MSN 693) 369th FS [IV-L], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Mary" / "Georgette"
8546 (MSN 694) 87th Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Accident 9Oct43 landing at Warton; 350th FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; 349th FS, 356th FG,
8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Martlesham Heath, Station 369;
412th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Woodchurch, Station 419; Crashed 16Jul44 on take-off and destroyed at RAF Woodchurch,
Kent, UK
8547 (MSN 695)
8548 (MSN 696) Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
486th FS [PZ-Z], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Pistol Packin' Mama"; 410th FS, 373rd FG,
9th AF, RAF Woodchurch, USAAF Station 419, Kent, UK; Damaged 13Jun44 on take-off at RAF Woodchurch. Pilot
survived but aircraft was destroyed.
8549 (MSN 697) 359th FS [OC-R], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Elsie"; Damaged 31Aug44
in collision with P-47D 42-8478 taxying at Martlesham Heath;
82nd FS [MX-R bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
8550 (MSN 698) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
357th FS [OS-S], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Hell's Angels"; Shot down by
Bf 109G-6 flown by Oblt Karl-Heinz Kapp of JG 27/4 between Eisafthal and Cologne, Germany February 11, 1944;
MACR 2162. Pilot bailed out and evaded capture
8551 (MSN 699) 84th FS [WZ-C], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357
8552 (MSN 700) 365th FS [CH-B], 358th FG, 9th AFLeiston, Station 373; Damaged by flak, causing fuel shortage,
crashed into North Sea 4 miles off Ijmuiden, Holland January 7, 1944; MACR 2006. Pilot killed.
8553 (MSN 701) 367th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, High Halden, Station 411; Damaged by flak near Saint-Germain,
France and crashed in a wood at Saint-Jacques-d'Aliermont, 15km SE of Dieppe, France June 5, 1944; MACR 6099.
Pilot bailed out at 5,000ft and taken POW.
8554 (MSN 702) 63rd FS [UN-G], 56th FG, 8th AF; "Lil Goody"; [UN-P bar]; Artwork of girl in green bikini
on nose; "Jerry" beneath cockpit; Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-W], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF,
Boxted, Station 150;
8555 (MSN 703) 84th FS, 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Crashed 24Oct43 during a training flight after
loss of control and destroyed one mile S of Orwell, Cambs; Pilot killed
8556 (MSN 704) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
328th FS [PE-M], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Patricia Lee"; Shot down in combat
with a Fw 190A-8 flown by Lt Waldemar Radener of JG 27/7 and crashed at Saint-Gobert, 8km SW of Vervins,
France February 8, 1944; MACR 2154. Pilot MIA.
8557 (MSN 705) 354th FS [WR-J], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; 350th FS [LH-U], 353rd FG,
8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; "Soubrette"; Damaged by flak over Hannover, Germany losing fuel and
headed back to base but pilot bailed out and the fighter crashed 3km S of Hellendoorn, Netherlands
March 8, 1944; MACr 2992. Pilot evaded capture , returning to the Group Sep44;
Parts recovered 1978 at Nijverdal/Haarle
8558 (MSN 706) 370th FS [CR-J; CS-J], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Force landed at
RAF East Wretham, Norfolk, England April 11, 1944. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8559 (MSN 707) 359th FS [OC-G], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Force landed 20Feb44 after
engine failure at RAF Ipswich, Suffolk. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8560 (MSN 708) 82nd FS [MX-I], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357
8561 (MSN 709) 369th FS [IV-W], 359th FG, 8th AF, RAF East Wretham (USAAF Station 133) Norfolk, UK; "Green Eyes";
Crashed 11Feb44 on take-off and destroyed at East Wretham, pilot survived.
8562 (MSN 710) 552nd Fighter Training Squadron [DQ-U], 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Mid air collision 26May44 with P-47C 41-6203 near Newport, Shropshire, crashed and destroyed; Pilot killed
8563 (MSN 711) 328th FS [PE-R], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Ilene II"; Crashed in North Sea
February 3, 1944; MACR 2122. Pilot MIA.
8564 (MSN 712) 83rd FS [HL-D; HL-U], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 359th FS [OC-A bar], 356th FG, 8th AF,
RAF Martlesham Heath (USAAF Station 369), Suffolk, UK; Accident 1Sep44 landing at Martlesham Heath.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8565 (MSN 713) 360th FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Accident 1Aug43 landing at Grenier Field
8566 (MSN 714) 369th FS [IV-G], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 370th FS [CR-M then CS-M]
8567 (MSN 715) 359th FS [OC-W], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "We Four"; HQ Squadron [Q],
41st Combat Bomb Wing, 8th AF, Molesworth, Station 107
8568 (MSN 716) 359th FS [OC-G & I], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath (USAAF Station 369), Suffolk, UK;
"The Bloody Shaft"; Crashed 28May44 on take-off and destroyed at Martlesham Heath
8569 (MSN 717) 368th FS [CV-F], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Hairless Joe";
Damaged 21Mar44 on take-off at East Wretham; 22nd Depot Repair Squadron, 86th Air Depot Group, 9th AF,
Chilbolton, Station 404; Damaged 11Jun44 by ground crew in collision with P-47D 42-75599 taxying at Chilbolton;
10th Depot Repair Squadron, 10th Air Depot Group, 9th AF Service Command, Charleroi [A-87], Belgium;
Accident 21Feb45 landing at Charleroi
8570 (MSN 718) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
358th FS [YF-E], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122
8571 (MSN 719) 370th FS [CR-H], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Crash landed 8Mar44 with fuel
starvation and destroyed near Bungay, Suffolk. Pilot survived
8572 (MSN 720) 82nd FS [MX-A], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 367th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Pontorson [A-28],
France; Damaged 2Sep44 by ground crew at Pontorson. Only ground crew involved and none were injured.
Aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8573 (MSN 721) 84th FS [WZ-L bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Shot down by Obfw Adolf Glunz
in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/5 near Moisselles, France November 26, 1943; MACR 1442. Pilot bailed out and taken POW.
8574 (MSN 722) 359th FS [OC-X], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Princess Pat";
84th FS [WZ-D bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357
8575 (MSN 723) 82nd FS [MX-C], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Lady Yvonne";
63rd FS [UN-K], 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Crashed after strafing a car at Etten-Leur,
15km E of Roosendaaal, SW of Rotterdam, Netherlands September 9, 1944; MACR 8685. Pilot killed.
8576 (MSN 724) 361st FS, 356th FG, 1st AF, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Crashed 29Jul43 at New Cumberland
Field, NH; Pilot killed
8577 (MSN 725) 87th Air Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Crash landed 9Oct43 and destroyed at Speke Airfield, Liverpool; Pilot killed
8578 (MSN 726) 370th FS [CR-V then CS-V], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133
8579 (MSN 727) Ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
61st FS [HV-Y], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; A flight of four aircraft
entered heavy cloud at 5,500 feet, 15 minutes after take-off. Three aircraft were never seen again
and presumed to have crashed into the North Sea 15 miles E of Lowestoft, England March 22, 1944;
MACR 3388. Pilot MIA
8580 (MSN 728) 328th FS [PE-C], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Hi Ho Silver"; 53rd FS, 36th FG,
9th AF, Le Culot [A-89], Belgium; Damaged 6Nov44 on take-off at Le Culot; Crashed near Gottingen,
Germany February 13, 1945; MACR 12303. Pilot killed
8581 (MSN 729) 443rd FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Mid air collision 24Mar44 with a target at Norfolk Field;
Combat Crew Training Squadron; 130th Base Unit, 1st AF, Norfolk Field, VA;
Accident 2May44 landing at Norfolk; Accident 1Oct44 landing with mechanical failure at Norfolk, VA;
To RFC, Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK; sold by War Assets Corporation to Paul Mantz February, 1946; scrapped at Searcey
8582 (MSN 730) 10th FS, 50th FG, 9th AF, Lymington, Station 551; 12th AF, Toul/Ochey [A-96], France;
Accident 15Dec44 landing with fuel starvation at Saint-Dizier, France. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8583 (MSN 731) 89th Ferrying Squadron, 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE;
Accident 9Jul43 landing at Rome Field, NY; 389th FS, 366th FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC;
Crashed 19Sep43 after engine failure and destroyed by fire 15 miles N of Jacksonville, FL
8584 (MSN 732) Declared war weary; 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham,
Station 342; Crashed 8Aug44 at Home Farm, Cruckton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Pilot bailed out and survived,
aircraft was destroyed.
8585 (MSN 733) Base Air Depot No.3; 8th AF Service Command, Langford Lodge, Station 597, Northern Ireland;
Crashed 18Sep43 on a ferry flight from Sydenham to Langford Lodge at Lyle Hill, near Langford Lodge,
Northern Ireland; Pilot killed
8586 (MSN 734) 84th FS [WZ-K], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 368th FS [CV-V], 359th FG, 8th AF,
East Wretham, Station 133; Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-S], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF,
Boxted, Station 150;
8587 (MSN 735) 411th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Woodchurch, Station 419; Crash landed 5May44 at Woodchurch
8588 (MSN 736) 369th FS [IV-Y], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 359th FS [OC-K], 356th FG, 8th AF,
Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "4-F" [4F does not in this case mean the normal "unfit for military service"
but to "Fearless Fosdick Frank Forsyth" as called by pilot's crew; "Gracie" [renamed in honor of pilot's wife]
8589 (MSN 737) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY; Destroyed by
fire 6Jul43 while parked in collision by P-47D 42-22361 taking off at Republic Field
8590 (MSN 738) 370th FS [CR-L then CS-L], 359th FG, 8th AF, RAF East Wretham, Station 133, Norfolk, UK; Force landed at
East Wretham March 27, 1944. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8591 (MSN 739) 370th FS [CR-H], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133
8592 (MSN 740) 368th FS [CV-L], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 22nd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF,
Brucheville [A-16], Basse-Normandie, France; Damaged 17Aug44 taxying at Brucheville. Pilot survived,
aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8593 (MSN 741) War Bond aircraft; "Employees of Oil-O-Matic"; 365th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF; Raydon, Station 157;
Damaged 1May44 taxying at RAF Manston, Kent; Shot down by flak at Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
February 3, 1945; MACR 12060. Pilot killed
8594 (MSN 742) 10th FS, 50th FG, 9th AF, RAF Lymington, Station 551, Hampshire, UK; Mid air collision 19Apr44
with P-47D 42-75116 and crashed at Pylewell House, near Lymington; Pilot killed
8595 (MSN 743) 397th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; "Marie Belle";
Grenier Field, Manchester, NH; Accident 11Aug43 with mechanical failure taking off at Grenier Field;
320th FS, 402nd FG, 1st AF, Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, NC; Crashed 4Feb44 after losing control
and destroyed at Guilford, CT; Pilot bailed out
8596 (MSN 744) 368th FS [CV-P], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Marryin' Sam" [named from
Al Capp cartoon strip]; 510th FS [2Z-A], 405th FG, 9th AF, Christchurch, Station 416; "Al's Gal";
Accident 12Jun44 landing at Christchurch
8597 (MSN 745) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Destroyed 6Jul43 while parked in collision by P-47D 42-22361 taking off at Republic Field
8598 (MSN 746) 359th FS [OC-D], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAf Martlesham Heath, Station 369;
Shot down by Lt Heinrich Overhagen in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/8 and crashed at Vreeland, Netherlands
November 29, 1943; MACR 1452. Pilot bailed out and taken POW.
8599 (MSN 747) 361st FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath, Station 369, Suffolk, UK;
Accident 25Oct43 in collision with P-47D 42-8692 landing at Martlesham Heath resulting in
damage to both wings; Repaired; 359th FS; Accident 13Feb44 landing at RAF Martlesham Heath; Pilot survived;
Salvaged Feb 31, 1944 at RAF Manston #9 airfield, Isle of Thanet, England due to unknown cause
8600 (MSN 748)
8601 (MSN 749) 359th FS [OC-Z], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369;
The fighter was despatched to provide escort to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany.
Shortly after crossing the Dutch coast the aircraft lost oil pressure and sustained an engine failure.
Crashed at Nieuwlande, Netherlands, November 29, 1943. MACR 1451. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
[Another source claims shot down by mistake by B-17 at Nieuwlande but the MACR does not state this]
8602 (MSN 750) 84th FS [WZ-K], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Sis"; 351st FS [YJ-E], 353rd FG,
8th AF, Metfield, Station 366
8603 (MSN 751) 83rd FS [HL-H], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford, Station 357; Crashed 21Apr44 after engine
failure 2 miles E of Duxford; Pilot killed
8604 (MSN 752) 374th FS, 361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374; Forced to abort mission shortly
after take-off due to a runaway propeller March 5, 1944. While returning to base, the fighter
crashed and exploded near Babraham, 10 miles SE of Bodney. Pilot killed.
8605 (MSN 753)
8606 (MSN 754) 61st FS [HV-C], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Collided with P-47D 42-7967
when lining up for an attack on enemy fighters and crashed into North Sea 18km N of Norderney, Germany
December 11, 1943; MACR 1536. Pilot MIA
8607 (MSN 755) 63rd FS [UN-K], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Shot down by Maj Egon Mayer in
Fw 190A-6 of FG 2/Stab at Merdorp, Belgium December 1, 1943; MACR 1276. Pilot KIA.
8608 (MSN 756) 83rd FS [HL-W; HL-B], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 361st FS [QI-B], 356th FG,
8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Butch", artwork of cartoon character 'Smokey Stover';
350th FS [LH-D], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; 392nd FS, 367th FG, 9th AF,
Frankfurt/Eschborn [Y-74], Germany; Damaged 12May45 taxying at Nurnberg, Germany
8609 (MSN 757) 63rd FS [UN-P], 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Halesworth, Station 365; Crashed 30Dec43 after loss of
engine power, failed to become airborne, the wheels sank in soft ground and the aircraft turned over at Halesworth
8610 (MSN 758) 357th FS [OS-Q], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Reddy for Action";
Combat damaged and crash landed near Ath, SE of Brussels, Belgium January 29, 1944; MACR 2130. Pilot evaded capture.
8611 (MSN 759) 368th FS [CV-H], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 370th FS [CR-N then CS-N]
8612 (MSN 760) 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle Field, Wilmington, DE; Damaged 6Aug43 when ground looped in
at Bluie West One, Greenland while on ferry flight from USA to England. Pilot survived, aircraft badly
damaged, unknown if repaired.
8613 (MSN 761) 370th FS [CR-A then CS-A], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133;
3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, 496th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133;
Damaged 2Dec44 taxying at RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8614 (MSN 762) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to St Mawgan, Cornwall. 62nd FS [LM-D], 56th FG, 8th AF,
Halesworth, Station 365; "Saucy Shirley II", artwork of young
nude girl answering telephone; Combat damaged 8Oct43 when a bullet struck the instrument panel;
Crashed 13Nov43 into North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk; Pilot MIA. The aircraft was part of a flight
of four aircraft practising a group bombing technique when they let down for several thousand feet
in icing conditions; it is presumed that the pilot lost control and perished in the North Sea.
8615 (MSN 763) 84th FS [WZ-E], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "My Baby"; 442nd Sub-Depot Squadron,
305th Bomb Group, 8th AF, Chelveston, Station 105; call sign "Monsoon Z"
Crash landed in a field near Thurleigh, Bedfordshire 23Nov44. The engine failed at 800ft, the pilot aimed to land at
Thurleigh but force landed in a field west of the airfield at Risely Road bringing down a power line.
Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed
8616 (MSN 764) 410th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, RAF Woodchurch, Station 419; Damaged 23May44 when ground looped at Woodchurch;
On a dive bombing mission to Châteaudun and Orléans, the aircraft crashed near Château-du-Loir, France July 16, 1944;
MACR 7050. Pilot killed.
8617 (MSN 765) 368th FS [CV-M], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Lucky Pearl"; 359th FS [OC-T],
356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Force landed 19Jun44 after engine failure and destroyed at
RAF Sutton Heath, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Pilot survived.
8618 (MSN 766)
8619 (MSN 767) War Bond aircraft; "The Spirit of Lewisboro"; 82nd FS [MX-M bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford,
Station 357; 351st FS [YJ-A], 353rd FG, 8th AF, RAF Raydon, Station 157; "Lonesome Polecat";
Crash landed 21May44 with fuel starvation at Raydon; [YJ-A bar], "Anvil Chaos"; Accident 30Jun44 landing
at Raydon; Repaired and returned to Group 8Jul44; Declared war weary; 334th FS [QP-O], 4th FG, 8th AF,
RAF Debden, Station 356; "Man Made Monster"; Detachment B [5F-K], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150
8620 (MSN 768) 82nd FS [MX-F], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 368th FS [CV-V bar], 359th FG, 8th AF,
East Wretham, Station 133; 23rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Brucheville [A-16], France; With the ammunition
exhausted, the pilot returned towards base but shot down and crashed at Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet,
10km S of Argentan, France August 13, 1944; MACR 8578. Pilot bailed out wounded, taken POW and
was freed by the resistance.
8621 (MSN 769) 370th FS, 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Accident 2Jan44 landing at East Wretham;
310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582; On February 6th 1944,
5 American P-47 Thunderbolts were being ferried from East Wretham in Norfolk, to the Air Depot at Warton
near Preston for modification. They had taken off in spite of a warning of bad weather over Lancashire;
two pilots were killed. This Thunderbolt crashed near Freckleton on approach to Warton, killing the pilot,
while P-47D 42-22758 crashed on Pendle Hill, near Blackburn.
8622 (MSN 770) 83rd FS [HL-N bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Damaged in combat by Fw 190A-6 flown by
Maj Egon Mayer of JG 2/Stab between Rennes and Châteaubriand and crashed at La Touche, near Juvigné,
25km SE of Fougères, France January 5, 1944; MACR 1738. Pilot killed.
8623 (MSN 771) 350th FS [LH-F], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Janie"; Metfield, Station 366;
512th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, RAF Ashford, Station 417, Kent, UK; Damaged 10Jun44 taxying at Ashford.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8624 (MSN 772) 368th FS [CV-X], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Damaged 19Mar44 taxying at
East Wretham; 366th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Cretteville [A-14], France; Shot down by flak and crashed
between Tessy-sur-Vire and Fervaches, France July 29, 1944; MACR 8046. Pilot killed.
8625 (MSN 773) 514th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, RAF Ashford, Station 417; Shot down by flak and crashed between
Lessay and Périers, France June 17, 1944; MACR 5971. Pilot killed.
8626 (MSN 774) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotalnd Aug 11, 1943.
358th FS [YF-W], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Nuisance"; Shot down by
Fw Gerd Wiegand in Fw190A-6 of JG 26/4 and crashed at Dalmsholte, near Dalfsen, Netherlands
November 13, 1943 during bomber escort to Bremen, Germany; MACR 1288. Pilot KIA
8627 (MSN 775) ferried Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland Aug 11, 1943.
328th FS [PE-H], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Dallas Darling";
366th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Cretteville [A-14], France; Shot down by flak and crashed in flames
6km SW of Tessy-sur-Vire, France July 29, 1944; MACR 8047. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
8628 (MSN 776) 84th FS [WZ-R], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford, Station 357; 351st FS [YJ-T], 353rd FG, 8th AF,
RAF Raydon, Station 157; "Jose"; Mid air collision 30Jun44 with P-47D 42-8511, 2 miles SW of Tibenham;
Crash landed on fire one mile ENE of Nijverdal, 7 miles NNW of Rijsssen, Netherlands while strafing
trucks 10 miles SW of Almelo, Netherlands September 5, 1944; MACR 8403. Pilot POW.
8629 (MSN 777) 358th FS [YF-Z], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; The aircraft was despatched to
provide escort of B-26 bombers from 9th AF attacking the German airfields at Montdidier and Meulan, France.
On the return, the flight enountered strong headwinds of over 100mph which caused excessive fuel consumption.
This aircraft suffered fuel starvation over the English Channel and crashed into the sea November 7, 1943; .
MACR 1283. Pilot killed.
8630 (MSN 778) 84th FS [WZ-S], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 361st FS [QI-A], 356th FG, 8th AF,
RAF Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Skeeter" / "Kiss O'Death"; 352nd FS [SX-W bar], 353rd FG, 8th AF,
RAF Metfield, Station 366; Shot down by flak while strafing a motor vehicle convoy, damaging the
fuselage and right wing, and crashed near Vignats, 5km SE of Falaise, France June 10, 1944; MACR 5560.
Pilot killed.
8631 (MSN 779) 358th FS [YF-U], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; "Mud Cat"; On November 29, 1943
the aircraft was despatched to provide penetration support to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany.
When the flight reached Holland it was attacked by German fighters. The fighter sustained battle damage
in the attack and was forced to crash land at Gasselternijveen near Vreeland, Netherlands; MACR 1284.
Pilot POW; Parts recovered 1987
8632 (MSN 780) 368th FS [CV-H], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133
8633 (MSN 781) 487th FS [HO-Q], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141
8634 (MSN 782) 350th FS [LH-X], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Goxhill, Station 345; "Dove of Peace IV"; Metfield, Station 366;
369th FS [IV-R], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Sally"; 370th FS [CS-Q];
395th FS [A7-P bar], 368th FG, 9th AF, Metz/Frescaty [Y-34], France; Declared war weary;
Modified as a two-seat hack; Accident 21Feb45 landing at Metz; Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged.
Repaired. Straubing [R-68], Germany; Accident 17Aug45 taxying at Furstenfeldbruck [R-72], Germany
8635 (MSN 783) 328th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; On October 10, 1943 the aircraft was despatched
to provide escort for B-17 bomber formations attacking at Munster, Germany. On return the aircraft
sustained damage from Bf 109G of JG 11/5 over Holland, but the pilot stayed with the aircraft until
20 miles short of the English coast where he was forced to abandon the aircraft over the North Sea
off Lowestoft, Suffolk. MACR 851. No trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found.
8636 (MSN 784) 370th FS [CS-F bar], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; Damaged 23Dec43 in
collision with P-47G 42-25079 taxying at East Wretham; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by unknown pilot
and unit at Schmargendorf, Germany February 24, 1944; MACR 2680. Pilot killed.
8637 (MSN 785) 368th FS [CV-Z then CV-T], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; 365th FG, 9th AF
8638 (MSN 786) 390th FS [B2-D], 366th FG, 9th AF, St Pierre-du-Mont [A-1], France;
Accident 29Jun44 landing at St Pierre-du-Mont; Shot down by flak 5 miles NE of Barenton, France
August 9, 1944; MACFR 8151. Pilot killed.
8639 (MSN 787) 359th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Shot down by flak at Laeseyck,
Netherlands January 7, 1944; MACR 1736. Pilot bailed out but was murdered by civilians
8640 (MSN 788) 361st FS [QI-T], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Jersey Jerk";
375th FS [E2-D], 361st FG, 8th AF, Bottisham, Station 374
8641 (MSN 789) 334th FS [QP-I], 4th FG, 8th AF, RAF Debden, Station 356; "Great Dane II";
Force landed 29Jan44 after engine failure at Lashenden, Kent; 512th FS [L3-L], 406th FG, 9th AF,
RAF Ashford, Station 417; Mid air collision 21Apr44 with P-47D 42-75598, 10 miles SE of
Ashford, Kent; Pilot killed, aircraft was destroyed.
8642 (MSN 790) 83rd FS [HL-C bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford, Station 357; Crash landed 22Oct43 at
Duxford; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342;
Damaged 7May44 on take-off and crashed 8 miles S of Atcham. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8643 (MSN 791) 354th FS, 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122; Crashed 24Sep43 in bad weather at
Corner Farm, South Wheatley, Notts; Pilot killed
8644 (MSN 792) 334th FS [QP-N then U], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Lilliput";
513th FS, 406th FG, 9th AF, Asch [Y-29], Belgium; Damaged 20Mar45 landing at Venlo, Netherlands;
Shot down by Obfw. Hermann Hoffmann in Bf 109G-3 of JG 54/ll and ditched off Ostend, Belgium May 21, 1943;
Pilot POW
8645 (MSN 793) 359th FS [OC-T], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; 368th FS [CV-M], 359th FG,
8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133
8646 (MSN 794) 369th FS [IV-J], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Primrose Peggy";
359th FS [OC-G], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; [OC-J]; Declared war weary;
Detachment B [5F-Y], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, RAF Boxted, USAAF Station 150, Essex, UK; "Primrose Peggy";
Damaged 22May44 in collision with P-47D 42-76364 taxying at Boxted. Pilot survived, aircraft badly
damaged, unknown if repaired.
8647 (MSN 795) 23rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Brucheville [A-16], France; Accident 3Aug44 landing at Brucheville.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8648 (MSN 796)
8649 (MSN 797) 394th FS, 368th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY;
Accident 18Dec43 landing with mechanical failure at Mitchel; 401st FS, 370th FG, 1st AF, Groton Field, CT;
Accident 18Dec43 landing at Suffolk County Field, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY;
121st FG, 1st AF, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT;
Force landed 3Aug44 after engine failure and destroyed at Ellington, CT
8650 (MSN 798) 361st FS [QI-C], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Zombie";
Crash landed 13Mar44 with landing gear failure at RAF Hitcham; 84th FS [WZ-O], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357;
Damaged by the blast from an explosion from the train it had just strafed [which had been carrying
flying bomb components] at Maubeuge, France,and crash landed after the engine failed 6 miles N of Ypres, Belgium
August 28, 1944; MACR 8307. Pilot evaded capture. The fighter was destroyed by other squadron members to
prevent it being captured by the enemy.
8651 (MSN 799) 487th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, RAF Bodney, USAAF Station 141; 551st Fighter Training Squadron,
495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, RAF Atcham, USAAF Station 342; Crashed 8May44 after engine failure
2 miles NE of Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire; Pilot bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.
8652 (MSN 800) 486th FS [PZ-O], 352nd FG, 8th AF, RAF Bodney, USAAF Station 141; "The Bid"; Accident 2Oct43 landing
at Bodney; Mid air collision 8Mar44 with P-47D 42-8490 while flying with 42-8490, 42-22486 and 42-75157
near RAF Hethel, Norfolk
while flying formation in a long climb through thick cloud after take-off for a mission; Pilot killed
8653 (MSN 801) 328th FS [PE-A], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Flossie"
8654 (MSN 802) 359th FS [OC-E bar], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369
8655 (MSN 803)
8656 (MSN 804) 412th FS [V5-B], 373rd FG, 9th AF, Tour-en-Bessin [A-13], Basse-Normandie, France;
Damaged 20Aug44 taxying at Tour-en-Bessin.
8657 (MSN 805) 328th FS [PE-K], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Jamie Mi Boy" (L) / "The West 'by Gawd' Virginian" (R)
8658 (MSN 806) 83rd FS [HL-P bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 508th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group,
8th AF, Polebrook, Station 110; Accident 16Mar45 landing at Polebrook
8659 (MSN 807) 336th FS [VF-T], 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; "Donnie Boy", Artwork - eagle wearing boxing gloves;
367th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, RAF High Halden, USAAF Station 411; Damaged 24Apr44 taxying at High Halden
8660 (MSN 808) 328th FS [PE-D], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; The Flying Draft-Dodger";
23rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF, Brucheville [A-16], France; Crashed 5 miles E of Le Havre, France July 19, 1944;
MACR 8496. Pilot MIA. The aircraft was low on fuel and being escorted by P-47D 42-26662 to an emergency
landing ground on a beach head on the Cherbourg peninsula. After peeling away from the squadron and
disappearing into cloud, neither aircraft were seen again, nor responded to radio calls.
8661 (MSN 809) 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; 374th FS, 361st FG, 8th AF, RAF Bottisham, USAAF Station 374,
Cambridgeshire, UK; Crash landed 13May44 at Bottisham. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
8662 (MSN 810) 361st FS [QI-X], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; Mid air collision with P-47D 42-22542
at 4,000ft and crashed at Les Montoilles, near Rochy-Condé, 8km SE of Beauvais, France December 30, 1943; MACR 1870.
Pilot killed. One of them was shot down by Lt Waldemar Radener in Fw 190A-6 of JG 26/7 and then collided with the other.
8663 (MSN 811) 370th FS [CR-G, then CS-G], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Baltimore Babe";
Force landed 11Jan44 by bad weather near Molesworth
8664 (MSN 812) 352nd FS [SX-W], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366;
366th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF, Toul/Croix de Metz [A-90], France;
Damaged by flak while strafing tanks at Hinterweidenthal, Germany and crash landed, hitting trees and
catching fire at Neunhoffen, Dambach, 15km ESE of Bitche, France March 15, 1945; MACR 13029. Pilot killed.
8665 (MSN 813) 323rd FS, 327th FG, 1st AF, Richmond AAB, VA; Force landed 7Jan44 out of gas at Milford, VA;
133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Crashed 29Nov44 after engine failure
2 miles E of Putnam, CT; Pilot bailed out
8666 (MSN 814) 133rd Base Unit, 1st AF, Hillsgrove Field, Providence, RI; Accident 25Jul44 landing at Hillsgrove;
Ditched 1Sep44 after engine failure into bay off Conimicut Point, RI
8667 (MSN 815) 84th FS [WZ-K bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 412th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF,
Saint-James [A-29], Brittany, France; Damaged 14Sep44 taxying at Saint-James. Pilot survived, aircraft badly
damaged, unknown if repaired.
8668 (MSN 816) 360th FS, 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; "Stewpot"; The fighter was despatched
to provide escort to B-17 bombers attacking at Munster, Germany. While over Holland near Arnhem,
the pilot reported mechanical problems with the aircraft and turned back towards England.
Shot down by Ofhr. Manfred Spork in Bf 109G-6 of JG 1/7 at Bennekom, Netherlands November 11, 1943.
MACR 1450. Pilot killed
8669 (MSN 817) 84th FS [WZ-I], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 310th Ferrying Squadron,
27th Air Transport Group, 8th AF, Warton, Station 582;
Accident 13Apr44 landing at Calveley, Cheshire;
510th FS [2Z-O], 405th FG, 9th AF, Christchurch, Station 416; Picauville [A-8], Basse-Normandie,
France; "Mormon Meteor" / "Yvonne";
Damaged 26Aug44 in collision with P-47D 42-25718 taxying at Picauville. Able to land. Pilot survived,
aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8670 (MSN 818) 82nd FS [MX-W], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, USAAF Station 357, Cambridgeshire, UK;
Damaged 24Oct43 taxying at RAF Waterbeach; Damaged 15Feb44 when ground looped at Duxford. Pilot survived,
aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8671 (MSN 819) 82nd FS [MX-U bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; "Hun Hopper";
Accident 22May44 landing at Duxford; 397th FS, 368th FG, 9th AF, Metz/Frescaty [Y-34], France;
Shot down by BF 109G-14 flown by unknown pilot and unit near Neustadt, W of Mannheim, Germany January 14, 1945;
MACR 11788. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
8672 (MSN 820)
8673 (MSN 821) 63rd FS [UN-Q], 56th FG, 8th AF; 396th FS, 368th FG, 9th AF, Cardonville [A-3], France;
Shot down by flak and crashed at Épinay-sur-Odon, France July 18, 1944; MACR 7172. Pilot killed.
8674 (MSN 822) 351st FS [YJ-K], 353rd FG, 8th AF, RAF Metfield, USAAF Station 366; 390th FS, 366th FG, 9th AF,
Laon/Couvron [A-70], France; Damaged 12Oct44 taxying at Laon. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged,
unknown if repaired.
8675 (MSN 823) 351st FS, 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; 335th FS [WD-E], 4th FG, 8th AF,
Debden, Station 356; 10th FS, 50th FG, 9th AF, Carentan [A-10], France; Failed to return from a
strafing mission to Saint-Denis-le-Gast, France when the formation broke up to avoid eight
strafing P-47's crossing their flight path. Crashed 10 miles NE of Granville at Bréhal, France
July 28, 1944; MACR 8044. Pilot killed
8676 (MSN 824) 62nd FS [LM-V], 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; "Miss Box" / "Margaret D";
Crash landed near Beverloo, Belgium due to engine failure March 2, 1944; MACR 2786. Pilot POW.
8677 (MSN 825) 361st FS [QI-L], 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369; 362nd FS;
Damaged 22Oct43 during take-off at Martlesham Heath when it hit the air traffic control box,
killing one person; 361st FS; Mid air collision 20Dec43 with B-24 42-63964 (93BG/329BS) near
Den Helder, Netherlands during formation form-up, sliced in half and crashed into North Sea; MACR 1540.
Pilot killed
8678 (MSN 826) 487th FS [HO-O], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Skip"; 53rd FS, 36th FG, 9th AF,
RAF Kingsnorth, USAAF Station 418, Kent, UK; Crashed 2May44 after engine failure near Kingsnorth; Pilot bailed out
8679 (MSN 827)
8680 (MSN 828) 328th FS [PE-E], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Betty"
8681 (MSN 829) 83rd FS [HL-E], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown
by Lt Wilhelm Flegel von Famholz of JG 2/7 near Moisselles, 25 miles NNW of Paris, France November 26, 1943;
MACR 1443. Pilot killed.
8682 (MSN 830) 486th FS [PZ-T], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Li'l Evey"; 514th FS, 406th FG,
9th AF, Ashford, Station 417; Damaged 25Apr44 taxying at Ashford; Shot down in combat with four
Fw 190A-6 fighters and crashed 1km S of Dreux, France June 29, 1944; MACR 6225. Pilot killed.
8683 (MSN 831) 350th FS [LH-D], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; Accident 2Oct43 landing at Metfield;
Shot down by flak 15km E of Saint-Omer, France October 22, 1943; MACR 1042. Pilot KIA. The mission
was recalled and the flight turned back towards base. During the turn, this aircraft was seen
to pull up to the right and out of the formation in a vertical left bank, snapping to the right,
and going down.
8684 (MSN 832) 487th FS [HO-X], 352nd FG, 8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Lucia"
8685 (MSN 833) 361st FS [QI-N], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath, Station 369;
83rd FS [HL-R], 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; 356th FG, 8th AF, Martlesham Heath, Station 369
8686 (MSN 834) 47th Liaison Squadron, 9th AF; Verdun/Charny [Y-28], France; Attached to Twelfth Army Group;
Crashed 20Sep44 on take-off at Verdun. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
8687 (MSN 835) 352nd FS [SX-R], 353rd FG, 8th AF, Metfield, Station 366; "Hi-Lander"; 10th Air Depot Group,
9th AF Service Command, Chilbolton, Station 404; Salvaged 15Aug44
8688 (MSN 836) 83rd FS [HL-B bar], 78th FG, 8th AF, RAF Duxford, USAAF Station 357; Damaged by flak after
strafing an airfield near Reims March 17, 1944. The engine failed with a fire in an oil line;
the aircraft exploded and crashed near Monthenault, 4km SW of Vorges, 8km S de Laon, France March 17, 1944.
MACR 3101. The pilot bailed out at 3,500ft and evaded capture.
8689 (MSN 837) 358th FS [YF-H], 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122
8690 (MSN 838) 366th FS [IA-K], 358th FG, 9th AF, High Halden, Station 411; "Super Rabbit";
Damaged in combat by Fw 190A-6 (itself destroyed by the rest of the section) N of Saint-Lô and
crashed SE of La Haye-du-Puits, 20km W of Carentan, France June 17, 1944; MACR 6281. Pilot killed.
8691 (MSN 839) 61st FS [HV-X], 56th FG, 8th AF, RAF Halesworth, USAAF Station 365; Shot down by flak after
strafing an airfield and crashed at Eggebek, Germany April 15, 1944; MACR 4065. Pilot bailed out and became POW.
8692 (MSN 840) 361st FS [QI-Q], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath, USAAF Station 369, Suffolk, UK;
Accident 25Oct43 in collision with P-47D 42-8599 landing at Martlesham Heath, damaging both wings;
Combat damaged by Bf 109G and crashed at Egede, N of Hellendoorn, Netherlands November 29, 1943;
MACR 1543. Pilot KIA. Parts recovered 1991.
8693 (MSN 841) 63rd FS [UN-I], 56th FG, 8th AF; "Liquidator"; "Quaker - Sad Sack"; 370th FS [CS-E],
359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Miss Margaret" / "Pee Wee";
Declared war weary; Detachment B [5F-E], 65th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150;
"Miss Margaret" / "Pee Wee"
8694 (MSN 842) 359th FS [OC-R], 356th FG, 8th AF, RAF Martlesham Heath, USAAf Station 369;
"Little Texan" / "Gwen" or "Gwendoline" [name may not have been applied before the aircraft
was lost in combat]; Shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Hptm Klaus Mietusch of JG 26/3 Stab
2 miles W of Arras and crashed near Pénin, 21km W of Arras, France January 14, 1944; MACR 1967.
Pilot bailed out and became POW.
8695 (MSN 843) 369th FS [IV-F], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Oily Boid"
8696 (MSN 844)
8697 (MSN 845) 350th FS [LH-Y], 353rd FG, 8th AF, RAF Metfield, USAAF Station 366; Crash landed 1Dec43 with
mechanical failure at Metfield
8698 (MSN 846) 369th FS [IV-X], 359th FG, 8th AF, East Wretham, Station 133; "Able Mabel"; 510th FS [2Z-K],
405th FG, 9th AF, Christchurch, Station 416; Picauville [A-8], France; Accident 31Jul44 landing
and destroyed at Picauville
8699 (MSN 847) War Bond aircraft; "Spirit of Los Angeles City College"; 486th FS [PZ-A], 352nd FG,
8th AF, Bodney, Station 141; "Prairie Farmer"; 412th FS, 373rd FG, 9th AF, Woodchurch, Station 419;
Shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown by Ofw Waldemar Soffing of JG 26/1, crashed and exploded at Bachy,
N of Orchies, France May 24, 1944; MACR 6485. Pilot bailed out at 500ft and evaded capture.
8700 (MSN 848) Wright Field, Dayton, OH
8701 (MSN 849)
8702 (MSN 850) Republic Aviation Corporation, Republic Field, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY;
Modified with a Hawker Typhoon bubble canopy; Designated XP-47K; First flight July 1943; Used to test the P-47N wing.
42-8703/8707 Ryan YPT-25
MSN 1775/1779. Contrary to some reports, this was not an order
taken over from an NEIAF order.
8703 w/o Sep 1, 1943 2 mi E 3 1/2 Mi N of Bennington, Kansas.
8704 w/o Aug 11, 1943 at Salina MAP, Kansas
8705 SOC 9/13/44
8707 (MSN 1779) W/o 5 Aug 1943 at Salina, KS
42-8708/8725 Schweizer TG-2-SW
Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Model SGS 2-8 two seat training glider. Ordered 24Oct41
8708 325th School Squadron, Fort Sumner, NM. Crashed 29 Sep 1942 after losing control at Fort Sumner, NM
8709 325th School Squadron, Fort Sumner, NM. Crashed 15 Sep 1942 after losing control at Fort Sumner, NM
8710 325th School Squadron, Fort Sumner, NM. Damaged taking off at Fort Sumner, NM 5Oct42
8711 (MSN 28) to civil registry as N50795. Expired 20Nov07, cancelled 15Aug13. In process of being restored
in Springfield, Missouri
8712 6th Glider Training Detachment, Twentynine Palms Air Academy, Condor Field, CA. Damaged in
collision landing at Condor Field 12May42
8715 6th Glider Training Detachment, Twentynine Palms Air Academy, Condor Field, CA. Mid-air collision
with TG-2 42-8716 and crashed five miles NNW of Condor Field, CA 10Apr42 [1KIS].
8716 6th Glider Training Detachment, Twentynine Palms Air Academy, Condor Field, CA. Mid-air collision
with TG-242-8715 and crashed five miles NNW of Condor Field, CA 10Apr42 [1KIS].
8720 (MSN 43) on civil registry as N50796. Registered as N50796. Destroyed when stalled landing at
Auburn, CA 29Jul67. Substantially damaged at Boise, ID 24Aug68. Downdrafts prevented a return to
the airfield; the pilot caught a wing in Alfalfa crops during landing in gusty winds, ground looped
and nosed over. Registration current [Jun18].
8724 6th Glider Training Detachment, Twentynine Palms Air Academy, Condor Field, CA. Crashed after
takeoff at Deadman Dry Lake, CA 13Jun42 [1KIS].
42-8726 Stearman XBT-17
MSN 91000 Model X90 ex MSN 90000 (NX21924)
42-8727/9126 Bell P-39N Airacobra
8727/8805 to USSR
8740 recovered from crash site Tadji, Papua New Guinea in 1974. To civil registry as N81575. Noted at
Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA 1974-1989. Restored to airworthy, Chino, California 1990-2002.
(www.warbirdregistry.org)
8784 recovered from Russian crash site. Hulk to Chino, California 1996 for restoration.
(www.warbirdregistry.org)
8806 W/o 27 Sep 1943 at Chame, Panama
8807 to USSR
8808/8842 converted to P-39N-3-BE
8812 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 22 Feb 1943 at Alexandria, LA
8818 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 16 Feb 1943 at Esler Field, LA
8819 to Free French AF
8823 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 30 Sep 1943 at Alco, LA
8826 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 19 Dec 1943 at Hopkinsville, KY
8832 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 21 Feb 1943 at Wayne Co Arpt, MI
8833 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 27 Mar 1943 at De Ridder AAB, LA
8835 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 22 Sep 1943 at Thomasville, GA
8837 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 8 Nov 1943 at Elmer, LA
8840 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 6 Jun 1944 at Victorville AAF, CA
8841 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 23 Mar 1944 at Victorville AAF, CA
8842 Conv to P-39N-3-BE; w/o 2 Feb 1944 at Ain Draham, Tunesia
8844 W/o 8 Jul 1943 at Blythe, CA
8845 W/o 24 May 1944 at Epharta AAB, WA
8846 W/o 21 Jan 1943 at Circleville, OH
8848 W/o 27 May 1943 at San Pablo Point, CA
8849 W/o 4 Jul 1943 at Into Clear Lake, CA
8851 W/o 19 Aug 1943 at Camp Beale, CA
8852 W/o 17 Mar 1943 at Bet Walnut Creek, CA
8853 W/o 11 May 1943 at Hayward, CA
8855 W/o 15 Apr 1944 at Drakes Bay Bonb Range, CA
8856 W/o 27 Mar 1944 at Concord AAF, CA
8857 W/o 8 May 1944 at Coules City, WA
8858 W/o 2 Oct 1943 at Salem AAB, OR
8859 W/o 11 Feb 1943 at Mills Field, CA
8860 W/o 3 May 1943 at Moss Landing, CA. 327 FTR SQ, 328 FTR GP.
Pilot killed in crash into Monterey Bay, 3 miles off Moss Landing, California,
during intended flight from SF Muni airport to Watsonville, CA and return.
Fishermen witnessed aircraft skimming low to the water.
Investigators speculated pilot was attempting to fly below fog bank
and inadvertently flew into surface. Airplane and body never found
8862 crashed Jan 21, 1944 at NAS Alameda, CA. Pilot parachuted to safety but 10 people
on the ground were injured.
8863 W/o 8 Apr 1943 at Dublin, CA
8864 W/o 8 Mar 1944 at Redmond AAF, OR
8865 W/o 29 Mar 1943 at Santa Rosa AAB, CA
8866 W/o 20 Mar 1943 at Santa Rosa AAB, CA
8867 W/o 8 Mar 1944 at Tubbs Island, CA
8868 W/o 15 Jul 1943 at Santa Rosa AAB, CA
8870 W/o 13 Feb 1943 at San Francisco Bay, CA
8871 W/o 7 Feb 1943 at San Francisco Bay, CA
8872 W/o 27 Jan 1943 at Salt Flats, TX
8873 W/o 4 May 1943 at Hayward AAB, CA; repaired (?); w/o 26 Jun 1944 at Ephrata, WA
8874 W/o 5 May 1943 at Half Moon Bay, CA
8881 W/o 1 Mar 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA; repaired (?); wfu; reported in 1991 to be under restoration at Chino, CA
8882 W/o 22 Mar 1943 at Sebastopol, CA
8883 W/o 12 Jun 1943 at San Francisco Bay, CA
8884 W/o 26 Jun 1944 at Wilson Creek, WA
8885 W/o 17 Mar 1943 at Bet Walnut Creek, CA
8886 W/o 15 Feb 1943 in San Francisco Bay nr San Mateo Bridge, CA
8887 W/o 1 Apr 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA
8888 W/o 3 Oct 1943 at San Pablo Bay, CA
8889 W/o 16 Jul 1943 at Tonopah, NV
8890 W/o 9 Jul 1943 at Portland AAB, OR
8891 W/o 9 Dec 1943 at Mount Hood Gunnery Range, OR
8892 W/o 23 Jun 1943 at Oasis, CA
8893 (329th FS, 328th FG) in training accident at Trace, CA Mar 10, 1943. Pilot bailed out OK.
8894 W/o 24 Mar 1944 at Santa Rosa AAF, CA
8895 W/o 14 May 1943 at Oroville, CA
8897 W/o 11 Jul 1943 at Gudalcanal
8900 (347th FG, 68th FS) ditched 1 mi S of Kalolo Island, Fiji
Dec 10, 1943. Pilot MIA
8906 (67th FS, 347th FG) lost Jul 14, 1943, Solomon Islands. MACR 81
8912/8961 to USSR
8962 W/o 26 May 1943 at 9 Mi NE Gainesville, TX
8963 W/o 22 Jul 1943 at Into Pacific Ocean, near Pacific City, OR
8964 to Free French AF
8965 (350th FG) lost Jan 31, 1944. MACR 2481
8971 (350th FG) lost Apr 4, 1944. MACR 3994
8979 (350th FG) lost Apr 4, 1944. MACR 4108
8980/9079 to USSR
9004 to USSR. Was "White 100", flown by Alexander Pokryshin, top Allied ace.
9080 W/o 4 Apr 1944 at Vesuvius, Italy
9083 to Free French AF
9085 to French AF. Crashed Mar 15, 1944 near Lapasset, Algeria
after engine failure during training flight. Pilot bailed out OK.
9087 to Free French AF
9090 W/o 3 Jun 1943 at Tafaroui Airport, Algeria
9093 to Free French AF
9095 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Red Bluff, CA
9097 W/o 17 Oct 1943 at Lusk, WY
9098 W/o 5 Feb 1943 at Niagara Falls, NY
9099 W/o 5 Apr 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA
9101 W/o 5 Mar 1944 at Casper AAF, WY
9102 W/o 12 Apr 1943 at Hayward, CA
9103 W/o 23 Mar 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA
9104 W/o 7 Jul 1943 in Pacific Ocean off Point Jenner, CA
9106 W/o 25 Apr 1943 at San Pablo Bay, CA
9111 W/o 18 Dec 1943 at Tonopah, NV
9112 W/o 21 Mar 1943 at Middletown, CA
9113 W/o 18 May 1943 in Pacific Ocean off Point Jenner, CA
9114 W/o 24 Sep 1943 at Portland AAB, OR
9115 W/o 5 Jun 1944 at Moses Lake AAF, WA
9118 W/o 20 Jul 1943 at 41 miles from Tonopah, NV
9120 W/o 21 Mar 1943 at Rumsey, CA
9121 W/o 2 Mar 1943 in Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, CA
9122 W/o 25 May 1943 at Portland, OR
9123 W/o 9 Feb 1943 at Niagara Falls Airport, NY
9125 W/o 13 Sep 1943 at Chame, Panama
9126 W/o 23 Nov 1943 at Chame, Panama
42-9127/9726 Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra
9141,9145, 9148,9150,9152,9211,9255,9416,9615,9677,9697/9712,
9714/9724,9726 to P-39N-2.
9127/9140 to USSR
9142/9144 to USSR
9146 to USSR
9147 to USSR
9148 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 14 Jul 1943 at Kinder, LA
9149 to USSR
9150 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 29 Dec 1943 at Crossville, TN
9155/9184 to USSR
9186 W/o 27 May 1943 at Courbet, Algeria
9188 to Free French AF
9193 to Free French AF
9194 to Free French AF
9199 to Italian AF
9202 to French AF
9207 to French AF. Spun in and crashed Jun 22, 1943 during training
flight near Ber Rechid, Morocco. Pilot killed.
9211 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 12 Sep 1943 at Selman Field, LA
9213 W/o 17 May 1943 at Orleansville. Algeria
9215 to USSR
9216 (416th FG) lost May 20, 1944. MACR 4972.
9217/9246 to USSR
9249/9254 to USSR
9256/9287 to USSR
9258 To USSR (ntu); w/o 15 Apr 1943 at Whitehorse, Canada
9284
9288 W/o 2 Feb 1943 at Niagara Falls, NY
9289/9336 to USSR
9290 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 30 Mar 1943 at Rockford, IL
9291 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 26 Mar 1943 at Kasbeer, IL
9299 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 12 Mar 1943 at Selfridge Field, MI
9305 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 26 Mar 1943 at Kasbeer, IL
9311 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 31 Mar 1943 at Fort Nelson, Canada
9325 To USSR (ntu?); retained by USAAF (?); w/o 28 Mar 1943 at Billings, MT
9338 W/o 20 Sep 1943 at Chame, Panama
9339 W/o 13 May 1944 at Brownsville, TX
9340 W/o 25 Jun 1943 at Tonopah, NV
9341 to French AF. Failed to return Apr 11, 1944 from patrol off La Reghaia,
Algeria. Pilot lost at sea.
9347 W/o 28 Dec 1943 at Concord AAF, CA
9348 W/o 24 Jul 1943 at Mills Field, CA
9349 W/o 21 Sep 1943 at Santa Rosa AAF, CA
9350 W/o 2 Apr 1943 at San Francisco Bay, CA
9351 W/o 8 Jul 1943 at Half Moon Bay, CA
9354 W/o 13 Aug 1943 at Vancouver, WA
9356 W/o 6 Aug 1943 at Santa Rosa, CA
9357 W/o 2 Jul 1943 at Tonopah, NV
9359 W/o 15 Jun 1943 at Portland AAB, OR
9363 W/o 9 Jun 1943 at Graton, CA
9366 to Free French AF
9367 W/o 2 Feb 1944 at Ain Draham, Tunesia
9368 to Free French AF. Crashed during training flight Mar 28, 1944 near
Courbet firing range, Algeria. Pilot killed.
9370 W/o 11 Aug 1943 at Hamilton Field, CA
9371/9376 to French AF
9377 to Italian Co-Belligerent AF
9380 W/o 22 May 1943 at Maison Blanche, Algeria
9381 W/o 10 Aug 1943 at San Francisco Bay, CA
9382/9384 to French AF
9386/9387 to French AF
9388 W/o 19 May 1943 at Maison Blanche, Algeria
9389 to French AF. Crashed into hill near Caviagnac, Algeria
Dec 1, 1943 in bad weather after encountering engine problems.
Pilot killed.
9390 to Free French AF
9391 W/o 14 Apr 1944 at Thermal AAF, CA
9392 W/o 27 Nov 1943 at El Centro, CA
9393 to Free French AF
9394 to Free French AF
9395 to Free French AF
9396 (13th FS, 53rd FG) in ground collision at Page Field, FL Mar 10, 1943. Pilot killed.
9397 to Free French AF
9398 W/o 30 Mar 1944 at Salton Sea, CA
9401 W/o 13 Jun 1943 at Monastir Field
9402/9412 to Free French AF
9413 W/o 14 May 1943 at Oroville, CA
9414 to Free French AF. Pilot bailed out due to engine failure during
patrol off Lapasset, Algeria Sep 27, 1943. Pilot was rescued
and saved by an Allied ship.
9418 W/o 31 May 1943 at Bocagrande Beach, FL
9419 to Free French AF
9420 to Free French AF
9421 to French AF. Suffered engine failure during patrol Sep 11, 1943
between Lapasset and Mostaganem, Algeria and pilot was killed
when belly tank exploded during forced landing.
9422/9424 to Free French AF
9422 To French AF; w/o 11 Mar 1944 at Capodichino, Italy
9426/9427 to Free French AF
9429/9436 to Free French AF
9429 To French AF; /o 6 May 1944 at El Aouina AAB, Tunesia
9436 To French AF; w/o 7 Nov 1943 at Mouvion, Morocco
9437/9641 to USSR
9615 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 8 Aug 1943 at Shell Beach, CA
9643/9666 to USSR
9667 Conv to TP-39N; w/o 25 Jul 1944 at Casa Grande, AZ
9669 to Free French AF. W/o 8 Aug 1943 at 2 Mi N Shell Beach, CA
9676 to Free French AF
9678 (346th FS, 350th FG) lost Jun 13, 1943, Italy. MACR 13
9679 to Free French AF
9682 to Free French AF
9685 to Free French AF
9688 W/o 19 May 1943 at Maison Blanche, Algeria
9692 (345th FS, 350th FG) crash landed off shore S of San Marinella, Italy due to engine failure
Nov 20, 1944. Pilot OK
9696 W/o 2 Feb 1944 at LaCroix, Algeria
9699 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 18 Jun 1944 at Naples AAF, FL
9701 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 12 Aug 1943 at Thomasville AAF, GA
9702 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 27 Feb 1944 at Thermal AAF, CA
9704 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 21 Dec 1943 at Thomasville AAF, GA
9708 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 14 Jul 1943 at Thomasville AAF, GA
9710 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 5 Sep 1944 at Naples AAF, FL
9713 to Free French AF
9716 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 11 Sep 1943 at Cairo, GA
9717 to French AF. Used by Fighter School of Meknes, Morocco. Lost
Oct 10, 1944 when trainee pilot flew too low over the firing
range of Ait-Raho and hit the target. Pilot survived the subsequent
forced landing but the fighter was destroyed.
9719 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 27 Apr 1944 at Cayce, SC
9720 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 14 Jul 1943 at Thomasville AAF, GA
9722 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; conv to TP-39N; w/o 27 Sep 1944 at Victorville AAF, CA
9724 Conv to P-39N-2-BE; w/o 27 Sep 1943 at Thomasville AAF, GA
42-9727/9729 Curtiss P-40K Warhawk
Contract cancelled
42-9730/9929 Curtiss P-40K-5-CU Warhawk
MSN 21114/21313
9730 condemned Elmendorf AAF, Ak Mar 16, 1944
9731 condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Sep 9, 1943
9732 condemned war weary Jun 14, 1944 in China and to salvage Mar 10, 1945
9733 (MSN 21117) shot down over Aleutians, wreck abandoned Amchitka Island, Aleutians. Condemned salvage
Adak, AK May 12, 1945. Recovered in 1969
and on civil registry as N4363. To Alpine Fighter Collection in 1988,
number ZK-FRE reserved but not used. Restored as ZK-PXL. Flew as RNZAF NC3108/18. Crashed
due to engine problem Oct 26, 1997, restored as NX4436J.
Now on civil registry with Vintage Warbirds Museum, Louisville, KY as N4436J
9734 condemned salvage obsolete Sep 14, 1945
9735 condemned salvage Adak, AK May 12, 1945
9736 condemned Dec 2, 1943
9737 W/o 26 Jun 1944 at Landhi Field, India; condemned inventory Dec 31, 1944
9738 condemned crash Feb 17, 1943; W/o 11 Feb 1944 at Jorhat, India
9739 condemned Dec 9, 1943
9740 condemned salvage Jul 19, 1945
9741 condemned salvage Nov 25, 1944
9742 condemned Jan 19, 1945
9743 condemned Dec 22, 1943
9744 condemned inventory Dec 31, 1944
9745 condemned Sep 19, 1943
9746 (51st FG, 25th FS) w/o in landing accident at
Sookerating Field, India May 2, 1943. Condemned Oct 9, 1943
9747 W/o 17 May 1944 at Kunming, China; condemned inventory Dec 31, 1944
9748 condemned salvage Jun 8, 1945
9749 (MSN 21133) crashed near Port Heiden, AK. Listed as being condemned inventory Jun 30, 1943
in USAAF records. Hulk recovered in 1975. To civil registry as N67253.
Now registered as N293FR and is at the Evergreen Air Museum
collection at McMinnville, OR. Listed as going to RAF as FR293
This plane is now in the possession of the Collings Foundation and went through a fair amount of changes.
R-built as a trainer TP-40N version. Identity changed to 42-104721 for unknown reason in 2018. The original
42-104721 went to RAAF as A29-499 and crashed Apr 14, 1944.
9750 condemned Jun 30, 1943
9751 condemned India-China Wing Sep 2, 1944; W/o 2 Sep 1944 at Karachi, India
9752 (74th FS, 23rd FG) MIA Aug 20, 1943, China. MACR 460.
9753 (51st FG) lost May 10, 1944. MACR 4734
9754 condemned salvage Jun 20, 1945
9755 (23rd FG) lost Aug 16, 1944. MACR 7590.
9756 condemned Aug 22, 1943
9757 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned salvage Adak, AK
Oct 13, 1945
9758 condemned Jan 11, 1944
9759 condemned Adak, AK May 11, 1945
9760 condemned Feb 16, 1944
9761 W/o 1 Jul 1944 at Bryant, IN; surveyed Wright AAF Jul 3, 1944
9762 condemned inventory Jun 30, 1943
9763 condemned Aug 22, 1943
9764 W/o 4 Apr 1944 at Kunming, China; condemned Apr 9, 1944
9765 condemned landing accident Elmendorf AAF, AK Mar 30, 1945
9766 (51st FG, 26th FS) w/o in takeoff accident at Mengtze,
China Dec 13, 1943. W/o 27 May 1944 at Kunming, China
9767 (MSN 21151) salvaged Ft Richardson, AK Sep 11, 1943.
9768 (3rd FG) MIA Feb 1, 1945, China. MACR 12289
9769 W/o 17 Aug 1944 at Pitkin, LA; surveyed De Ridder AAF Aug 23, 1944
9770 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL714. No record of fate
9771 (MSN 21155) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL715. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn, to 5 Sqn SAAF. DBR when bellylanded W
of Ben Gardane Aug 16, 1943 after engine failed.
9772 (MSN 21156) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL716. SOC Sep 30, 1943
9773 (MSN 21157) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL717. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn SOC Apr 10, 1943
9774 (MSN 21158) to USSR
9775 condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Feb 30, 1944
9776 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL719. Wrecked when forcelanded in desert
Mar 31, 1943 after being hit by friendly flak.
9777 condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Mar 13, 1943
9778 (MSN 21162) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL720. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. No record of fate
9779 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned salvage
Adak, AK Oct 3, 1945
9780 (MSN 21164) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL721. Operated by RAAF 3 and 450 Sqns. Transfered to 260
Sqn. Crashed after pilot abandoned aircraft off Cape Bon, Tunisia May 8, 1943 following damage by Bf 109s
9781 W/o 30 Nov 1943 at Amchitka, AK
9782 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL722. SOC Mar 4, 1946
9783 was to have gone to USSR but retained by USAAF. W/o 18 Mar 1944 at Amchitka, AK. Condemned Elmendorf AAF
AK Mar 26, 1944
9784 (MSN 21168) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL723. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. SOC May 31, 1944
9785 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned salvage
Elmendorf AAF, AK Feb 21, 1945
9786 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL724. SOC Apr 10, 1943
9787 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. W/o 20 Apr 1943 at Amchitka, AK. Condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK
Apr 22, 1943
9788 (MSN 21172) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL725. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9789 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. W/o 19 Apr 1943 at Adak, AK. Condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK
May 5, 1943
9790 (MSN 21174) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL726. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9791 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK
Nov 7, 1943
9792 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL727. SOC Dec 31, 1943
9793 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Surveyed Sarasota AAF, FL
May 19, 1943
9794 (MSN 21178) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL728. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. SOC Mar 8, 1944.
9795 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned Adak, AK Apr 21, 1945
9796 (MSN 21180) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL729. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. Destroyed Mar 26, 1943 when engine
failed, aircraft stalled and bombload exploded on impact at El Hamma
Mar 26, 1943
9797 wrecked Sep 11, 1942 when caught fire in midair, civilian pilot bailed out
and plane crashed through roof of Curtiss-Wright plant at Buffalo, NY
9798 (MSN 21182) to USSR
9799 was to have gone to USSR, but retained by USAAF. Condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK
Oct 18, 1944
9800 (MSN 21184) to USSR
9801 condemned salvage Adak, AK May 15, 1945
9802/9804 (MSN 21186/21188) to USSR
9805 W/o 6 May 1943 at Mecorius Bay, AK; condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK May 11, 1943
9806/9826 (MSN 21190/21210) to USSR
9827 W/o 18 Sep 1944 at Casco AB, AK; condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Sep 30, 1944
9828 condemned Mar 16, 1943 Elmendorf AAF, AK
9829 condemned salvage Adak, AK May 15, 1945
9830/9831 condemned salvage Adak, AK May 15, 1945
9832 condemned salvage Adak, AK Oct 3, 1945
9833 condemned Unmak, AK Mar 2, 1943
9834 W/o 17 Jul 1944 at Attu, AK; condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Jul 21, 1944
9835 W/o 26 Jun 1943 at Amchitka, AK; condemned Elmendorf AAF, AK Jun 27, 1943
9836 W/o 6 Jul 1943 at Amchitka, AK; condemned salvage Adak, AK May 15, 1945
9837 W/o 24 Mar 1945 at Shemya, AK; condemned salvage Elmendorf AAF, AK Apr 5, 1945
9838 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR119. DBR when forcelanded while lost and
undercarriage collapsed, Ed Debba Islands Mar 19, 1943.
9839/9851 (MSN 21223/21235) to USSR
9852 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL718. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9853 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FL730. MIA from ground attack mission Feb 5, 1943,
presumed shot down by Bf 109s.
9854 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR116. Wrecked when forcelanded 2 mi W of
Zuara Sep 8, 1943 after engine failed.
9855 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR117. DBR when undercarriage collapsed
on landing, Marble Arch Dec 20, 1942
9856 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR118. Wrecked when bellylanded at Zavia
May 5, 1943 after engine failed.
9857 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR120. To French AF Mar 31, 1945
9858 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR121. Crashed when abandoned SE of Todi
Apr 6, 1944 following flak damage.
9859 W/o 30 Apr 1945 at Elmendorf AAF, AK; condemned salvage May 15, 1945.
9860 lost Sep 2, 1944 Landhi, India. MACR 8187
9861 condemned inventory Jun 30, 1943
9862 condemned Dec 19, 1943
9863 condemned Aug 27, 1943
9864 condemnend inventory Jun 30,1943
9865 W/o 13 Feb 1945 in Alaska; condemned salvage Feb 23, 1945, Elmendorf AAF, AK
9866 condemned Aug 28, 1943
9867 reclamation completed Newark AB Aug 3, 1945
9868 condemned salvage Dec 1, 1944
9869 W/o 26 Sep 1943 at Foster AAF, TX; surveyed Oct 5, 1943 Foster AAF, TX
9870 (51st FG) lost Apr 8, 1944. MACR 3690.
9871 W/o 8 Dec 1943 at Bird Cape, AK; condemned Dec 8, 1943 Elmendorf AAF, AK
9872 condemned Jan 12, 1944
9873 condemned salvage Jul 18, 1945
9874 condemned Jan 21, 1944
9875 W/o 21 Aug 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; surveyed Nov 19, 1943 Ft Myers AAF
9876 wrecked Nov 30, 1942, Crescent City, FL due to fuel exhaustion
and forced landing. Condemned Dec 28, 1942
9877 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 9, 1945
9878 wrecked Feb 28, 1943, Sarasota AAF in landing accident
when overran plane landing ahead
9879 wrecked Dec 24, 1942 4 mi E of Causeway, Tampa, FL during
aerobatics. Pilot killed.
9880 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR122. Dove into sea during dive bombing practice
1 mi N of Marble Arch Dec 30, 1942.
9881 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR123. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9882 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR124. DBR when undershot landing and hit
obstruction, El Assa Feb 19, 1943.
9883 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR125. Missing near Gabes Feb 26, 1943. Believed
shot down by Bf 109s
9886 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR126. SOC Feb 22, 1945
9887 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR127. DBR when bellylanded near Tmini Jan 2, 1943.
9888 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR128. Wrecked when collided with Kittyhawk
FR791 (ex 43-5584) while landing Agnone Sep 3, 1943.
9889 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR129. Missing from mission to attack enemy motor
transport Jan 18, 1943.
9890 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR130. Missing from fighter-bomber escort mission
to El Hamma Feb 27, 1943.
9891 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR131. Missing NW of Foum Tatouine Mar 10, 1943,
believed shot down by Bf 109s.
9892 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR132. SOC Feb 29, 1945.
9893 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR133. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9894 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR134. Lost Jan 5, 1943.
9895 (MSN 21279) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR135. Operated by RAAF 450 Sqn. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9896 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR136. DBR when struck while parked by Kittyhawk
FL890 (ex 42-45778) at Bari Sep 27, 1943
9897 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR137. DBR when bellylanded at Mellaha
Aug 18, 1943 after undercarriage jammed.
9898 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR138. SOC Feb 29, 1944.
9899 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR139. SOC May 31, 1944
9900 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR140. SOC Apr 28, 1945
9901 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR385. Wrecked when taxied into marker drum and
undercarriage collapsed, LG.08 Mar 25, 1945
9902 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR386. SOC Mar 14, 1946
9903 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR387. Missiong from armed reconnaissance mission
to Vasto Dec 20, 1943
9904 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR388. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9905 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR389. Wrecked when overshot takeoff in dust and
hit trees, Grottaglie Sep 16, 1943
9906 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR390. SOC Apr 26, 1945
9907 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR391. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9908 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR392. SOC Jul 13, 1943
9909 condemned salvatge Apr 17, 1944
9910 (51st FG) lost Apr 7, 1944. MACR 3515
9911 condemned Aug 22, 1943
9912 diverted to China Dec 28, 1945
9913 W/o 18 May 1944 at Yunnanyi, China.
9914 (74th FS, 23rd FG) MIA Jul 26, 1943, China. MACR 461
9915 condemned Aug 31, 1943
9916 condemned salvage Army-Navy Liquidation Commission Oct 13, 1945
9917 condemned Aug 22, 1943
9918 condemned Jun 7, 1943
9919 condemnend Apr 6, 1944
9920 crashlanded near Landhi, India Dec 9, 1944.
Condemned salvage Dec 16, 1944
9921 (23rd FG, 75th FS) w/o near Kunming, China Mar 24, 1943.
Condemned inventory Jun 30, 1943
9922 diverted toChina Dec 28, 1945
9923 condemned inventory Jun 30, 1943
9924 W/o 30 Aug 1944 in China/Burma/India; condemned accident Aug 31, 1944
9925 condemned May 3, 1944
9926 condemned salvage Mar 10, 1945
9927 W/o 28 Mar 1944 at Jodhpur, India; condemned wrecked Oct 18, 1943
9928 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR412. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9929 (MSN 21313) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR413. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn.
Wrecked when swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed, Ben Gargane Jul 16, 1943
42-9930/10264 Curtiss P-40K-10-CU Warhawk
MSN 21314/21648
9930 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR414. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9931 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR415. Missing near Bir Dufan Jan 14, 1943,
presumably shot down by enemy fighters
9932 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR416. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9933 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR417. Wrecked when crashlanded on beach near
Catania Jul 27, 1943 following engine failure
9934 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR418. SOC May 31, 1944
9935 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR419. Lost Oct 15, 1943, but not SOC until Feb 29, 1944.
9936 (MSN 21320) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR420. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. SOC Mar 29, 1945
9937 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR421. Wrecked when struck while parked by SM.83,
Lecce Nov 6, 1943
9938 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR422. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9939 crashed and burned Oct 28, 1942, Lutz, FL
9940 wrecked Mar 7, 1943, Romulus AAF, elevator control disconnected,
pilot killed. W/o 17 Mar 1943 at Toledo, OH
9941 crashed on beach Siesta Key, FL Feb 17, 1943
9942 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 3, 1945
9943 wrecked Apr 9, 1943 5 mi S of Dale Mabry AAF, Tallahasse, FL,
forced landing and burned
9944 surveyed Jan 22, 1943 Dale Mabry AAF, FL. W/o 2 Aug 1943 at Hampton Springs, FL
9945 condemned Tallahassee Jan 22, 1943
9946 wrecked Apr 3, 1943 5 mik S of Ft. Myers, FL and 1/2 mile
out to sea. Flew into water.
9947 surveyed Sarasota AAF Jan 18, 1944
9948 W/o 2 Jan 1943 at Dale Mabry Field, FL; to CL-26 Apr 12, 1943, transferred to SMOB Training School
New Orleans May 31, 1946
9949 to CL-26 at Sarasota AAF Mar 25, 1943
9950 crashed and burned Jan 4, 1943 1/4 mi SE of Drew AAF
9951 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR423. SOC Mar 8, 1944
9952 surveyed Sarasota AAF Mar 2, 1944
9953 wrecked Nov 9, 1942 near Mullet Key Gunnery Range in Tampa
Bay; Drew AAF to CL-26 Nov 18, 1942
9954/9955 (MSN 21338/21339) to USSR
9956 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR424. DBR when crashlanded on
runway at Azizia Jun 13, 1943 after engine failed on takeoff.
9957 (MSN 21341) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR425. Shipped to Middle East.
On SS Sheaf Crown en route from New York bound for Durban, South Africa, Aden and Alexandria, Egypt.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Aircraft salvaged but DBR. DBR Jun 28, 1943.
9958 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR426. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. The aircraft was repaired and transferred to SAAF as 5023 Mar 31, 1945.
A Flight, No.11 Operational Training Unit, Zwartkop, Pretoria Jul43. Waterkloof, Pretoria Feb44.
No. 2 Air Depot, Kimberley, Northern Cape. SOC 18Feb48. Sold by public tender; scrapped.
9959 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR427. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Aircraft was repaired and transferred to SAAF as 5024.
A Flight, No.11 Operational Training Unit, Zwartkop, Pretoria Jul43. Waterkloof,
Pretoria Feb44. No. 2 Air Depot, Kimberley, Northern Cape. SOC 18Feb48. Sold by public tender; scrapped
9960 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR428. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Aircraft was repaired and transferred to SAAF as 5025
A Flight, No.11 Operational Training Unit, Zwartkop, Pretoria Jul43. Waterkloof, Pretoria Feb44.
Crashed near Wonderboom, Pretoria 15Jun44.
9961 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR429. Missing from ground attack mission
over Sicily Aug 4, 1943
9962 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR430. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Salvaged but DBR and SOC Mar 31, 1945.
9963/9966 (MSN 21347/21350) to USSR
9967 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR431. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Repaired and transferred to SAAF as 5026.
A Flight, No.11 Operational Training Unit, Zwartkop, Pretoria Aug43. Waterkloof, Pretoria Feb44.
No. 2 Air Depot, Kimberley, Northern Cape. SOC 18Feb48. Sold by public tender; scrapped
9968/9973 (MSN 21352/21357) to USSR
9974 wrecked Jul 29, 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL when lost engine on
takeoff and overshot runway.
9975 wrecked Mar 1, 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL when caught fire on final
approach, pilot landed and ground looped to escape burning plane.
9976 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 9, 1945
9977/9984 (MSN 21361/21368) to USSR
9985 reclamation completed Nashville AAF Sep 16, 1945
9986 to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
9987 modified as XP-40Q (Model 87). Surveyed Oct 8, 1944
9988/9995 (MSN 21372/21379) to USSR
9996 surveyed Sarasota AAF
9997 W/o 4 Feb 1944 at Pinellas AAF, FL; surveyed Hilsboror AAF Feb 12, 1944
9998 W/o 19 May 1943 at Sarastoa AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF, FL May 20, 1944
9999/10052 (MSN 21383/21436) to USSR
10053 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR432. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days. Aircraft was repaired and transferred to SAAF as 5027.
B Flight, No.11 Operational Training Unit, Isipingo, Durban, Natal Nov43.
Crashed at Stamford Hill, Durban, Natal 22Dec43 (1KIS). The pilot took off from Stamford Hill
and struck the Lorenz beacon. The aircraft crashed on the airfield close to the perimeter fence
near a vehicle park
10054 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR433. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days Aircraft DBR and SOC Mar 31, 1945
10055 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR434. Shipped to Middle East.
Damaged in a torpedo attack by U-510 ENE of East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa 4Mar43.
The merchant ship was quickly abandoned by the crew but was taken in tow to East London
after three days Aircraft DBR and SOC Mar 31, 1945
10056 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR435. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10057 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR436. SOC Mar 22, 1945
10058 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR437. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10059 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR438. Wrecked when crashlanded
at Venafro Feb 22, 1944 after being hit by flak over Roccaseca
10060 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR439. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10061 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR440. DBR when bellylanded S of
Fayid after engine failed during overshoot.
10062 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR441. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10063 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR442. SOC Feb 29, 1945
10064 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR443. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10065 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR444. DBR when bellylanded at
Peretola Oct 6, 1943 after engine failure
10066 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR445. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10067 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR446. Wrecked when crashlanded
at Fayid Dec 21, 1944 after engine caught fire during
approach
10068 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR447. DBR when bellylanded near
Sfax Apr 11, 1943 after engine failed.
10069 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR448. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10070 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR449. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10071 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR450. Wrecked when struck by
Kittyhawk FR476 (ex 42-10333) while parked at Ben Gardane
Apr 6, 1943.
10072 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR451. Bellylanded in desert
May 12, 1943 after engine failed.
10073 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR452. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10074 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR453. Missing off Cape Bon
Apr 22, 1943, believed shot down by Bf 109s.
10075 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR454. DBR when struck marker barrels
at Zuara Jun 2, 1943 after engine lost power during takeoff
10076 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR455. SOC Feb 22,1945
10077 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR456. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10078 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR457. Shot down by flak while
attacking enemy motor transport Mar 26, 1943
10079 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR458. Ditched off San Tecla
Aug 4, 1943 after being hit by flak over Francavilla
10080 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR459. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10081/10088 (MSN 12465/21472) to USSR
10083 forced landing due to battle damage near Murmansk Nov 10, 1944. Recovered from crash site.
Acquired by Jim Pearce of Sussex, UK Sep 26, 1996. Shipped to Griffin, GA for restoration Feb 1997.
Registered N402WH, current. Preserved and on display at Fagen Fighters World War II Museum, Granite
Fall, Minnesota
10089/10091 (MSN 21473/21475) to Brazil
10089 later as FAB 4026
10090 later as FAB 4027
10091 later as FAB 4028
10092/10098 (MSN 21476/21482) to USSR
10099/10101 (MSN 21483/21485) to Brazil
10099 later as FAB 4029
10100 later as FAB 4030
10101 later as FAB 4031
10102/10108 (MSN 21486/21492) to USSR
10109/10111 (MSN 21493/21495) to Brazil
10109 later as FAB 4032
10110 later as FAB 4033
10111 later as FAB 4034
10112/10118 (MSN 21496/21502) to USSR
10119 (MSN 21503) to Brazil, later as FAB 4035
10120 surveyed Rice AAF, CA Mar 30, 1944
10121 surveyed Key AAF Mar 19, 1944
10122/10128 (MSN 21506/21512) to USSR
10129 wrecked in landing accident at Orlando AAB Jan 9, 1943
10130 surveyed Sep 14, 1943 Salinas AAB
10131/10152 (MSN 21515/21536) to USSR
10150 diverted from USSR to USAAF Jan 11, 1944. To TP-40K Aug 2, 1944, to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10153 (MSN 21537) to New Zealand as NZ3045. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. Struck by NZ3046 while landing after training flight at Ohakea
on 24 June 1944. Struck off at Ohakea on 2 August 1944 as reduced to spares
10154 (MSN 21538) to New Zealand as NZ3046. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia on 2 March 1948.
10155 (MSN 21539) to New Zealand as NZ3047. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.2 OTU, Ohakea. Mid-air collision with NZ3104 north of
Foxton on 6 September 1944.
10156 (MSN 21540) to New Zealand as NZ3048. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.14 Squadron departing Whenuapai 26 March 1943 as part of
the first ferry flight from New Zealand. To No.2 OTU, Ohakea. Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia
on 2 March 1948.
10157 (MSN 21541) to New Zealand as NZ3049. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.14 Squadron departing Whenuapai 26 March 1943 as part
of the first ferry flight from New Zealand. Crashed during ferry
flight to Guadalcanal on 30 March 1943 but later salvaged and returned to service.
The aircraft was one of four that force landed on a beach near Noumea after being caught in a
thunderstorm and running short of fuel. Shot down by enemy aircraft near
Munda Point on 1 July 1943. The aircraft dived into the sea from 5000 feet.
10158/10161 (MSN 21542/21545) to USSR
10162 (MSN 21546) to New Zealand as NZ3050. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at
Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.15 Squadron departing Whenuapai 26 March 1943 as part
of the first ferry flight from New Zealand. Crashed at Kukum on 1 May 1943. The aircraft
suffered an engine failure and fire just after takeoff and crashed into the sea
10163 (MSN 21547) to New Zealand as NZ3051. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and
BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.14 Squadron. Lost during ferry flight to Guadalcanal
on 26 March 1943 and struck off at Guadalcanal. The aircraft was ditched
near Noumea after being caught in a thunderstorm and running short of fuel. The other four
aircraft in the formation had landed on a nearby beach.
10164 (MSN 21548) to New Zealand as NZ3052. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC
at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943. To No.4 OTU, Ohakea by September 1944. Crashed during ferry
flight to Guadalcanal on 30 March 1943 but later salvaged and returned
to service. The aircraft was one of four that force landed on a beach near Noumea after being caught in a thunderstorm and running
short of fuel. Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia on 02 March 1948.
10165 (MSN 21549) to New Zealand as NZ3053. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943.
Coded "27". To No.14 Squadron. Crashed during ferry flight to Guadalcanal on 30 March 1943 but later salvaged and returned to service.
The aircraft was one of four that force landed on a beach near Noumea after being caught in a thunderstorm and running short of fuel.
Collided with NZ3078 after landing at Sunlight Field on 30 June 1943. NZ3078 landed ahead of NZ3053 after a tight turn onto final approach
and was hit by NZ3053 after it had landed.
10166 (21550) to New Zealand as NZ3054. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943.
To No.14 Squadron. Lost during ferry flight to Guadalcanal on 30 March 1943, and written off. The aircraft
was one of four that force landed on a beach near Noumea after being caught in a thunderstorm and
running short of fuel.
10167/10171 (MSN 21551/21555) to USSR
10172 to RAAF as A29-164 Jan 1943. Destroyed by fireat Werribee bombing range Oct 28, 1947.
10173 to RAAF as A29-165 Jan 1943. Collided with A29-148 at Benetook May 25, 1945
10174 to RAAF as A29-166 Jan 1943. Crashed near Kiriwina Jan 12, 1944.
10175 to RAAF as A29-182 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing range Jun 1948.
10176 to RAAF as A29-167 Jan 1943. Collided with A29-186 near Mildura, Vic Feb 1945.
10177 to RAAF as A29-168 Jan 1943. Forcelanded near Yelta Jul 27, 1945. Converted to components.
10178 to RAAF as A29-183 Jan 1943. Forcelanded near Vivigani,
Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea Feb 1944. Abandoned in place. Recovered ans stored NSW C1990.
To restoration project with Graham Orphan, Blenheim, NZ 200-2002.
10179 wrecked Aug 5, 1943 1/2 mi S of Lido Beach, FL when spun
into water. Pilot killed
10180 W/o 22 Jun 1943 at Oneco, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF Jun 24, 1943
10181 converted to two-seat TP-40K for use by mechanics to learn how to taxi, with nosewheel to prevent noseovers.
Plane was unflyable. Reclamation completed Buffalo AF, NY Jun 29, 1945. Scrapped Aug 5, 1945
10182 W/o 19 May 1943 at Sarastoa AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF May 21, 1943
10183 to RAAF as A29-169 Jan 1943. Shot down near Gurney airstrip Milne Bay, NG Apr 14, 1943.
10184 to RAAF as A29-170 Jan 1943. Crashed near Laverton, VIC
Mar 13, 1943 after caught fire in the air.
10185 to RAAF as A29-171 Jan 1943. Crashed Jan 11, 1945 on landing at Essendon Vic when the starboard
wheel didn't lock down. Authorized for w/o Nov 19, 1946, SOC Jul 1949.
10186 to RAAF as A29-172 Jan 1943. Force landed Wedan beach
May 25 1943. Converted to components.
10187 W/o 15 Mar 1944 at Sarasota AAB, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF May 17, 1944
10188 W/o 18 Nov 1943 at Sarasota AAB, FL; surveyed Drew AAF Nov 20, 1943
10189 surveyed Sarasota AAF Aug 28, 1943
10190 to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10191 W/o 24 Apr 1944 at Pinellas AAF, FL (440th FS) surveyed Pinellas AB, FL Apr 25, 1944
10192 reclamation completed Sarasota AAF Aug 21, 1944
10193 to RAAF as A29-184 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing range Feb 1948
10194 to RAAF as A29-185 Jan 1943. Crashed into sea near
Goodenough Island Nov 3, 1943 after hit by flak on an attack on Pal Mal Mal Plantation Jaquinot Bay New Britain .
10195 to RAAF as A29-186 Jan 1943. Collided with A29-167 over Wentworth bombing range near
Mildura, VIC Feb 16, 1945.
10196 to RAAF as A29-187 Jan 1943. Jul 17, 1945 failed to lock down the u/c and belly landed at Mildura strip.
Authorized for w/o Nov 1946, SOC Jul 1949.
10197 to RAAF as A29-188 Jan 1943. Ditched Mar 2, 1943 in China Straits near Milne Bsy
10198 crashed near Bee Ridge, FL Feb 4, 1943. Pilot bailed out OK.
10199 to RFC Ontario Apr 20, 1945
10200 to RFC Ontario Apr 20, 1945
10201 wrecked at Pinellas AB, FL Dec 5, 1943 in dead stick wheels-up landing
10202 W/o 4 Sep 1943 at Passage Key, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF Sep 7, 1942
10203 to RAAF as A29-189 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Jul 24, 1947.
10204 to RAAF as A29-190 Jan 1943. Crashed when failed to pull out of diveat Wentworth bombing
range Aug 27, 1945
10205 to RAAF as A29-173. Collided with A29-181 Apr 13, 1945 over Mildura,
VIC, Australia
10206 to RAAF as A29-191 Jan 1943. Missing between Port Moresby
and Goodenough Island Dec 18, 1943.
10207 W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL surveyed Sarasota AAF, FL Sep 1, 1943
10208 (338 FG) crashed near Wakilla, FL Apr 22, 1943 when
hit trees on side of river and crashed on the other side
of the river. Pilot killed
10209 W/o 26 Aug 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AF, FL Aug 28, 1943
10210 W/o 15 Jan 1943 at Sarasota, FL; to CL-26 Sarasota AAF, FL Jun 6, 1943
10211 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 9, 1945
10212 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 3, 1945
10213 to RAAF as A29-174 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Oct 1948.
10214 to RAAF as A29-192 Jan 1943. Engine failed on takeoff Mar 18, 1943 and crashed at
end of Gurney Strip, Milne Bay. Reduced to spares.
10215 to RAAF as A29-175 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Feb 1948.
10216 to RAAF as A29-193 Jan 1943. Crash landed Feb 7, 1945 after an electrical fire in the cockpit.
Authorized for w/o Nov 1946. SOC Jul 1949
10217 to RAAF as A29-176 Jan 1943. Crashed during dive bombing exercise at Wentworth bombing
range Dec 14, 1944
10218 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 3, 1945
10219 converted to XP-40K and used to test installation of several
Allison engines as well as Packard V-1650. W/o 10 Jun 1944 at Indianapolis, IN. The record card
indicates that it went to Indianapolis-Allison Corp as CL-26
Jun 12, 1944, which may refer to the same episode, but CL-26 usually indicates
a non-flying aircraft used for ground training. Maybe this
was its ultimate fate after the tests were complete.
10220 reclamation completed Newark AAB Aug 3,1 945
10221 surveyed Robins AAF Nov 1, 1943
10222 to RAAF as A29-194 Jan 1943. The engine stalled on take off Feb 25, 1945, it was sent to 1 CRD
Authorized for w/o Nov 1946, SOC Jul 1949
10223 to RAAF as A29-195 Jan 1943. Crashed 10 mi west of Mildura, VIC Nov 7, 1944
10224 to RAAF as A29-177 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Aug 1947.
10225 to RAAF as A29-178 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Oct 1948
10226 to RAAF as A29-179 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Oct 1948.
10227 to RAAF as A29-180 Jan 1943. Destroyed at Werribee bombing
range Jun 1948.
10228 W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF Sep 1, 1943
10229 (98th FS) undershot landing at Sarasota AAF, FL and written off Jun 2, 1943.
10230 W/o 30 Aug 1943 at Pinellas AAF, FL; surveyed Pinellas AB, FL Sep 2, 1943
10231 crashed near Sarasota AAF, FL Jun 25, 1943 after midair fire. Pilot bailed out OK.
W/o 25 Aug 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL
10232 to RAAF as A29-181 Jan 1943. Collided with A29-173 Apr 13, 1943 over Mildura,
VIC, Australia.
10233 to RAAF as A29-196 Jan 1943. Authorized for w/o Nov 1946,
SOC Jul 1949.
10234 to RAAF as A29-197 Jan 1943. Ditched in sea near Vivigani,
Goodenough Island Jan 21, 1944.
10235 to RAAF as A29-198 Jan 1943. Authorized for w/o Nov 1946,
SOC Jul 1949.
10236 (MSN 21620) to USSR
10238 reclamation completed Sarasota AAF Oct 19, 1945
10239 W/o 23 Sep 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF, FL Sep 26, 1943
10240 crashed nea Sarasota AAF, FL Jan 20, 1943. Pilot killed.
10241 reclamation completed Ft. Logan Jul 21, 1945
10242/10247 (MSN 21626/21631) to USSR
10248 wrecked in hard landing Sarasota AF Dec 20, 1942.
Surveyed Dec 27, 1942
10249 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 9, 1945
10250 wrecked Drew AAF Dec 15, 1942
10251 crashed near Drew Field, FL Dec 13, 1942 in late pullout from dive. Pilot killed.
10252/10256 (MSN 21636/21640) to USSR
10256 (MSN 21640) to USSR. Shot down in combat with four Bf 109s. Made gears-up forced
landing near Murmansk Sep 29, 1943. Recovered from crash site in Russia c1993, underwent
reastoration project 1993-2004. First flight Granite Falls, MN May 30, 2006. Registration
N401WH reserved Mar 17, 2006, taken up Apr 13, 2006, Debuted at EAA Airventure
2006 at Oshkosh, WI. Now in Aleutian Tiger Markings with Dakota Territory Air Museum, Minot, ND.
In 2016 was with Texas Flying Legends Museum
10257 reclamation completed Luke AAF Oct 22, 1945
10258 to RFC Bush Field Feb 16, 1945
10259 reclamation completed Robins AAF Aug 3, 1945
10260 W/o 16 Jan 1943 at Sarasota AAB, FL; condemned Sarasota AAF, FL Jan 27, 1942
10261 to RFC Ontario Feb 10, 1945
10262 (MSN 21646) to USSR
10263 (MSN 21647) to USSR
10264 (MSN 21648) to USSR
42-10265/10429 Curtiss P-40K-15-CU Warhawk
MSN 21649/21813
10265 to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10266 to RFC Ontario Mar 20, 1945. In 1995 was reported to be under restoration as N40K. Later stored.
Destroyed by fire in workshop, South Louisville, KY Aug 9, 2001.
10267 (MSN 21651) to USSR
10268 W/o 12 Feb 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; repaired (?); crashed Feb 17, 1943 near Sarasota AAF, FL. Pilot killed.
w/o 29 Jun 1945 at Sarasota AAF, FL
10269 reclamation completed Sarasota AAF Jun 29, 1945
10270 (440th FS) surveyed Pinellas AAB Mar 3, 1944
10271 crashed near Eglin Field, FL Nov 29, 1942, killing Lt. Col Boyd "Buzz" Wagner,
first USAAF ace of WW2.
10272 (MSN 21656) to USSR. Shot down Aug 9, 1943 over Sarkisalo, Finland.
10273 (MSN 21657) to USSR
10274 (MSN 21658) to USSR
10275 (MSN 21659) to USSR
10276 W/o 16 Jun 1944 at Bradenton, FL; surveyed Sarasota AAF, FL Jun 17, 1944
10277 wrecked Oct 22, 1943 after midair with 42-10355, Osprey FL. Pilot killed.
10278 reclamation completed Luke AAF Oct 22, 1945
10279 W/o 22 Jul 1943 at Hillsborough AAF, FL; surveyed Bartow AAF, FL Jul 29, 1943
10280 to DPC Bush Field Apr 16, 1945
10281 (MSN 21665) to USSR
10282 (MSN 21666) to USSR
10283 (MSN 21667) to USSR
10284 (MSN 21668) to USSR
10285 (MSN 21669) to USSR
10286 W/o 17 Apr 1944 at Pinellas AAF, FL; surveyed (304th FS) at Pinellas AAB, FL Apr 18, 1944
10287 to RFC Ontario, CA Mar 10, 1945
10288 wrecked Feb 16, 1943, Sarasota, FL. Converted to spares.
10289 W/o 14 May 1943 at Sopchoppy, FL; surveyed Tallahassee AAF, FL May 16, 1943
10290 surveyed Sarasota Aug 4, 1944
10291/10316 (MSN 21675/21700) to USSR
10317 (MSN 21701) to New Zealand as NZ3055. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 28 January 1943.
To No.15 Squadron. Crash landed at Russell Island on 5 July 1943 after being damaged by enemy action.
10318 (MSN 21702) to New Zealand as NZ3056. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 28 January 1943.
Coded "7". To No.14 Squadron. Crash landed on beach at Guadalcanal at 1345 hours on 16 June 1943 after engine failure. Repaired and
returned to service. To No.4 OTU, Ohakea by September 1944. Crashed half a mile from the end of the runway at Ohakea during a test
flight on 19 May 1945.
10319 (MSN 21703) to New Zealand as NZ3057. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 28 January 1943.
Struck off on 31 January 1944.
10320 (MSN 21704) to New Zealand as NZ3090. Was to have been shipped with the aircraft that became NZ3045/3065,
but had to be sent with a later shipment. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on
26 April 1943. To No.2 OTU, Ohakea. Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia on 2 March 1948
10321 (MSN 21705) to New Zealand as NZ3058. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 28 January 1943.
To No.4 OTU, Ohakea. Undercarriage collapsed after heavy landing at Ardmore on 22 May 1944.
Struck off at No.1 RD, Hamilton on 23 June 1944 as scrapped.
10322 (MSN 21706) to New Zealand as NZ3059. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on
28 January 1943. Coded "23". Crashed at Ardmore on 11 March 1944. The aircraft suffered an engine failure on takeoff and ran through a
fence after overshoting the end of the runway. Struck off at Ardmore on 12 May 1944 as scrapped while with No.26 SU. Converted
to instructional airframe INST97 with TTS, Nelson.
10323 (MSN 21707) to New Zealand as NZ3060. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on
30 January 1943. Coded "9". To No.14 Squadron. Belly landed at Kukum following test flight on 19 July 1943. Later repaired and
returned to service. To No.4 OTU, Ohakea by September 1944. Coded "9". Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia on 2 March 1948.
10324 (MSN 21708) to New Zealand as NZ3061. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on
30 January 1943. Coded "61". To No.2 OTU, Ohakea. Sold to J. Larsen from Rukuhia on 2 March 1948
10325 (MSN 21709) to New Zealand as NZ3062. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943.
To No.2 OTU, Ohakea. Crashed near Ohakea on 8 January 1945. The aircraft dived into the ground and exploded shortly after takeoff.
10326 (MSN 21710) to New Zealand as NZ3063. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943.
Struck off at Espiritu Santos on 31 January 1944 while with No.4 RD
10327 (MSN 21711) to New Zealand as NZ3064. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 30 January 1943.
To No.4 OTU, Ohakea by September 1944. Force landed eleven miles west of Ohakea during training flight on 8 December 1944.
Struck off at Ohakea on 16 January 1945.
10328 (c/bn 21712) to New Zealand as NZ3065. Assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on
30 January 1943. Coded "29". To No.18 Squadron. Belly landed at Russell Islands after being badly damaged by enemy aircraft on
4 July 1943. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service. Struck off at Espiritu Santo on 1 November 1943.
10329 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR472. SOC May 31, 1944
10330 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR473. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10331 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR474. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10332 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR475. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10333 (MSN 21717) to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR476. Operated by RAAF with 450 Sqn, to 3 Sqn RAAF. Struck Kittyhawk FR450
(parked) at Ben Gardane, Tunisia Apr 6, 1943. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10334 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR477. Crashed after being
abandoned off Hammamet Apr 23, 1943 when engine lost power.
10335 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR478. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10336 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR479. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10337 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR480. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10338 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR481. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10339 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR482. Crashed near Salerno Sep 10, 1943 after
pilot bailed out after engine failed.
10340 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR483. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10341 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR484. SOC May 31, 1944
10342 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR485. Hit barrel while taxying at Berka Jun 28, 1943,
presumably SOC.
10343 reclamation completed Patterson AAF May 12, 1945
10344 wrecked Jun 11, 1943 during aerobatics, Hillsborough, Tampa, FL. Pilot killed.
10345 to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10346 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR486. SOC Mar 14, 1946
10347 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR487. Lost at sea enroute to Middle East
10348 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR488. Wrecked when hit by Kittyhawk FR310
(ex 42-45900) on runway at Zuara Jul 4, 1943
10349 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR489. Crashed after pilot bailed out near Catania Aug 4, 1943
10350 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR490. Ditched south of Malta Jul 18, 1943 after
engine failure.
10351 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR491. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10352 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR492. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10353 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR493. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10354 to RFC Bush Field Feb 16, 1945
10355 wrecked Oct 22, 1943 after midair with 42-10277, Osprey, FL. Pilot killed.
10356 wrecked Aug 11, 1942 Dale Mabry AAB, FL due to prop failure, wheels-up
landing, swerved off runway and DBR
10357 (338th FG) ground-looped Malbry Field, FL Mar 11, 1943. Surveyed
May 23, 1944
10358 (440th FS) surveyed Pinellas AAB Jun 4, 1944
10359 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR494. SOC Feb 22, 1945.
10360 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR495. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10361 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR496. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10362 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR497. SOC Aug 8, 1944
10363 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR498. DBR Jan 12, 1944
10364 wrecked Oct 23, 1942, Sarasota Bay, FL 5 mi SW of Bradenton, FL. Pilot killed.
10365 W/o 24 Jun 1943 at Sarasota AAF, FL; surveyed Sarasota AB Jun 26, 1943
10366 wrecked Apr 7, 1943 Newport, Fl and w/o
10367 W/o 29 May 1943 at Hillsborough Field, FL; surveyed Hillsboro AAF, FL May 30, 1943
10368 wrecked Mar 29, 1943 Bendhaven, FL and w/o.
10369 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR499. No record of fate
10370 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR500. SOC Mar 22, 1945
10371 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR501. SOC May 31, 1944.
10372 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR502. Wrecked when forcelanded near Rome
Mar 8, 1944 following engine failure.
10373 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR503. No record of fate
10374 to RFC McKellar Field May 8, 1945
10375 wrecked in landing accident at Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL when crashed into
P-40K 42-10356. W/o 20 Apr 1943 at Dale Mabry Field, FL
10376 crashed at Alligator Pt Gunnery Range, FL Apr 11, 1943. Pilot killed.
10377 reclamation completed Robbins AAF Aug 9, 1945
10378 to RFC Ontario May 10, 1945
10379 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR504. SOC May 31, 1944
10380 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR505. Wrecked when undershot landing and
undercarriage collapsed, Sorman West Oct 7, 1943
10381 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR506. SOC Apr 24, 1945
10382 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR507. SOC Feb 22,1945
10383 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR508. Destroyed by fire after crashing at
Hazbub Apr 19, 1943 after stalling on approach.
10384 crashed near Panacea, FL Jan 31, 1943. Pilot bailed out OK.
10385 to RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10386 in midair with P-40N 44-7611 Nov 9, 1944 20 mi NW of Luke AAF, AZ. To RFC Ontario Mar 10, 1945
10387 to Britain
10388 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR509. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10389 (MSN 21773) to Brazil, later as FAB 4036
10390 (MSN 21774) to Brazil, later as FAB 4037
10391 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR510. Crashed into sea off Syracuse, Sicily
Jul 12, 1943 after colliding with Kittyhawk FR514 (ex 42-10395)
10392 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR511. Missing from ground attack mission
over Sicily Aug 3, 1943
10393 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR512. SOC Feb 29, 1944
10394 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR513. Lost at sea enroute to Middle East
10395 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR514. Crashed into sea off Syracuse, Sicily
Jul 12, 1943 after colliding with Kittyhawk FR510 (ex 42-10391)
10396 (MSN 21780) to Brazil, later as FAB 4038
10397
10398 (MSN 21782) to Brazil, later as FAB 4039
10399 (MSN 21783) to Brazil, later as FAB 4040. Condemned Jun 29, 1943
10400 (MSN 21784) was to have gone to Brazil, but forcelanded at
Paramaribo, Surinam during ferry flight. Condemned Feb 8, 1943
10401 (MSN 21785) to Brazil, later as FAB 4041.
10402 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR515. No record of fate
10403 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR516. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10404 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR517. Wrecked when struck by Kittyhawk FR338
(ex 42-46131) while taxying at El Ejem Apr 18, 1943
10405 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR518. SOC Feb 22, 1945.
10406 (MSN 21790) to Brazil, later as FAB 4042. Condemned Jun 20, 1943
10407 (MSN 21791) to Brazil, later as FAB 4043
10408 (MSN 21792) to Brazil. later as FAB 4044
10409 (MSN 21793) was to have gone to Brazil, but forcelanded at Cayenne,
French Guiana during ferry flight. Condemned Feb 8, 1943
10410 (MSN 21794) to Brazil, later as FAB 4045
10411 (MSN 21795) to Brazil
10412 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR519. Bellylanded at Sorman West Sep 22, 1943,
presumably SOC.
10413 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR520. Wrecked when undercarriage
retracted in error whilst taxying at Alem Main May 5, 1943.
10414 to RAF as Kittyhawk III FR521. SOC Feb 22, 1945
10415 to RAAF as A29-200 Feb 1943. Authorized for w/o Nov 1946,
SOC Jul 1949.
10416 (MSN 21800) to Brazil
10417 (MSN 21801) to Brazil
10418 (MSN 21802) to Brazil
10419 (MSN 21803) to Brazil
10420 (MSN 21804) to Brazil
10421 (MSN 21805) to Brazil
10422 to RAAF as A29-201 Feb 1943. Lost on operations near
Vivigani Aug 2, 1943. Made attack Gasmata airfield and on the returning
from there they attacked barges and this a/c was believed hit from shrapnel by own bombs.
10423 to RAAF as A29-202 Mar 1943. Authorized for w/o Nov 1946,
SOC Jul 1949.
10424 crashed with 79th FG, 99th FS near Modena, Italy Jan 3, 1944. Conflict with next item.
10424 to RAAF but lost when delivery ship was sunk by U-boat on Caribbean Jan 29, 1943
10425 to RAAF but lost when delivery ship was sunk by U-boat in Caribbean Jan 29, 1943
10426 to RAAF as A29-203 Mar 1943. Authorized for w/o Nov 1946,
SOC Jul 1949.
10427 to RAAF as A29-199 Feb 1943. Forcelanded at Mildura
Feb 1945, reduced to components.
10428 was to go to RAAF but lost when delivery ship was sunk by UBoat in
Caribbean Jan 29, 1943
10429 was to go to RAAF but lost when delivery ship was sunk by UBoat in
Caribbean Jan 29, 1943
42-10430/10479 Curtiss P-40L-1-CU Warhawk
Model 87-B3. MSN 15526/15575
10430 (33rd FG, 60th FS) shot down in error by a Spitfire near
Licata, Sicily Jul 13, 1943. Pilot KIA. MACR 928.
10431 surveyed USA Mar 11, 1944
10432 condemned flak May 21, 1943
10433 (MSN 15529) to New Zealand as NZ3074, but returned to USA. It had been delivered to New Zealand by mistake.
W/o 29 Jan 1944 at Luke AAF, AZ; Surveyed at Rome AAF, NY Feb 2, 1944
10434 (325th FG, 318th FS) during strafing collided in midair with another P-40 and crashed 3 km S of
Pula, Sardinia, Italy Jul 3, 1943. Pilot KIA. MACR 432.
10435 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10436 W/o 14 Jul 1944 at Lake Bolseno, Italy; condemned crash Jul 15, 1944
10437 condemned crash landing Aug 18, 1943
10438 condemned crash landing Jan 21, 1944
10439 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10440 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Jul 23, 1945
10441 condemned salvage May 15, 1943
10442 condemned enemy aircraft May 21, 1943
10443 condemned French Morocco Feb 20, 1943
10444 condemned crashed May 27, 1944
10445 condemned French Morocco Feb 20, 1943
10446 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10447 W/o 9 May 1944 at Cercola, Italy; condemned mechanical failure May 13, 1944
10448 condemned crashed Sep 18, 1943
10449 to excess inventory list Mar 13, 1945
10450 condmned salvage non combat Mar 30, 1945
10451 condemned crash landing Oct 9, 1943
10452 (522nd FS, 27th FG, 12th AF) shot down by machine gun fire from trucks he was strafing SW of
Viterbo, Italy Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5448. Pilot killed.
10453 (57th FG, 64th FS) shot down 6 km N of Slano,
Yugoslavia Nov 28, 1943. MACR 1409. Pilot POW.
10454 surveyed USA May 12, 1944
10455 W/o 19 Dec 1943 at San Pancrazio, Italy; condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10456 condemned flak Apr 15, 1944
10457 (79th FG, 85th FS) shot down by ground fire Italy Dec 2, 1943.
MACR 1411. Pilot KIA
10458 W/o 18 Apr 1943 at Wadi Halfa, Sudan; condemned May 4, 1943
10459 condemned taxi accident at Castello, Italy Sep 19, 1943
10460 (324th FG, 315th FS) damaged by a Bf 109G-6/trop of JG 53/II. and crashed into sea between
Sicily and Tunisia Jul 8, 1943. Pilot KIA. MACR 62.
10461 condemned salvage non combat May 7, 1945
10462 condemned crashed Dec 31, 1943
10463 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10464 condemned Feb 20, 1943
10465 returned to USA Mar 4, 1944
10466 condemned Feb 20, 1943
` 10467 condemned Feb 20, 1943
10468 condemned salvage Jun 26, 1944
10469 condemned Feb 20, 1943
10470 condemned Feb 20, 1943
10471 condemned Feb 20, 1943
10472 condemned combat Jun 30, 1943
10473 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10474 condemned enemy action Jun 17, 1944
10475 (325th FG, 318th FS) presumed collided in midair with P-40L 42-10887 during evasive
actions near Oristano, Sardinia, Italy July 22, 1943. MACR 446. Pilot KIA
10476 condemned crashed May 28, 1943
10477 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10478 (MSN 15574) diverted to French Apr 5, 1943
10479 (325th FG, 318th FS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 of JG 51/II. S of Sardinia, Italy Jun 24, 1943.
Pilot KIA. MACR 454.
42-10480/10699 Curtiss P-40L-5-CU Warhawk
Model 87-B3
10513, 10616, 10642, 10648, 10669, 10676 converted to P-40R-2
10480 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10481 condemned enemy action Jun 17, 1944
10482 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa
10483 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10484 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10485 condemned crash landing Jun 28, 1943
10486 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 5, 1943
10487 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 5, 1943
10488 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10489 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 5, 1943. DBR in landing accident
Oct 16, 1944 at Meknes, Morocco. Pilot uninjured.
10490 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 5, 1943
10491 condemned salvage May 13, 1944
10492 to excess inventory lis Nov 30, 1945
10493 condemned salvage Apr 6, 1945
10494 was to go to RAAF but lost when delivery ship was sunk by UBoat in
Caribbean Jan 29, 1943. Condemned MIA Jan 7, 1943
10495 (324th FG) lost May 12, 1944. MACR 4710
10496 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1945
10497 surveyed Jackson AAB Mar 22, 1944
10498 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10499 condemned mechanical failure May 27, 1944
10500 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10501 condemned salvage non combat Apr 13, 1945
10502 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 5, 1943
10503 diverted to Free French AF in North AfricaJun 15, 1944
10504 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10505 diverted to French Jan 22, 1944
10506 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10507 diverted to Free French AF in North Africa Apr 4, 1943. W/o 22 Feb 1944 at Bone Les Salines, Algeria
10508 to excess inventory list Mar 4, 1943
10509 W/o 6 Jun 1943 at Matagorda Island, TX; surveyed Foster AAF (358th FG) Jun 21, 1943
10510 to excess inventory list Mar 4, 1943
10511 condemned salvage Feb 5, 1944
10512 85th FS, 7oth FG, 12th AF. Condemned MIA Sep 11, 1943
10513 reclamation completed Spence AAF Jun 15, 1945
10514 condemned MIA Sep 23, 1943
10515 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10516 to RFC Ontario CA Feb 9, 1945
10517 condemned MIA Jul 11, 1943
10518 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG, 12th AF) ditched from unknown cause in Tyrrhenian Sea Apr 16, 1944.
Pilot killed, aircraft condemned ditched Apr 16, 1944
10519 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS400. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10520 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10521 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10522 condemned salvage non combat Apr 12, 1945
10523 condemned MIA Italy Feb 29, 1944
10524 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10525 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10526 (59th FS) condemned MIA Sep 14, 1943
10527 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10528 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10529 condemned crash Aug 16, 1943
10530 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10531 W/o 27 May 1944 at Matagorda AAF, TX; surveyed USA Jun 1, 1944
10533 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10534 condemned salvage non combat Apr 7, 1945
10535 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10536 condemned salvage non combat Apr 12, 1945
10537 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10538 surveyed Rome AAF Sep 1, 1944
10539 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS401. Spun into ground while on
approach, Fort Lamy Apr 9, 1943.
10540 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS402. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10541 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS403. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10542 to RFC Arledge AAF, Standiford, TX Jan 27, 1945
10543 condemned salvage Aug 10, 1944
10544 diverted to French Mar 26, 1944
10545 W/o 30 Apr 1944 at Mazara, Italy; to excess inventory list Aug 1, 1944
10546 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10547 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS404. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10548 reclamation completed Rome AAF Jul 23, 1945
10549 returned to USA Apr 12, 1944. To CL-26 Apr 15, 1944.
10550 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS405. Missing from attack on enemy
motor transport, Sicily Jul 13, 1943
10551 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS406. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10552 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS407. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10553 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS408. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10554 to excess inventory list Nov 30, 1945
10555 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10556 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS409. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10557 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS410. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10558 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS411. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
MACR 525 wrongly list 42-10558 as being lost Jul 28, 1943 (this was actually 42-10958)
10559 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS412. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10560 W/o 21 Jan 1944 at Sparanise, Italy; condemned salvage non combat Apr 9, 1945
10561 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10562 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS413. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10563 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS414. Wreched when overturned on landing
at Mileni Dec 5,1943
10564 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS415. Wrecked when bellylanded at Kano
Mar 31, 1943 following engine failure
10565 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10566 (33rd FG, 59th FS) shot down by German armour near Pomezia, Italy Jan 26, 1944, Italy. MACR 2076
10567 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS416. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10568 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS417. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10569 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS418. Wrecked when crashlanded 3 mi
NW of Maidaguri Mar 31, 1943 after oil line broke.
10570 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS419. Wrecked when overshot landing
and overturned, Gioia Oct 24, 1943
10571 condemned salvage Nov 9, 1944
10572 condemned salvage Apr 3, 1944
10573 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS420. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10574 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS421. Shot down by flak near Forli Mar 27, 1943
10575 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS422. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10576 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS423. Crashed near Riposti Aug 8, 1943
after being hit by flak
10577 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10578 condemned salvage non combat Mar 29, 1945
10579 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS424. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10580 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS425. DBR when bellylanded near
Sulmona Jan 23, 1944 after flak damage
10581 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS426. SOC Nov 1, 1943
10582 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS427. DBR when crashlanded at
Catania Aug 25, 1943 following engine failure
10583 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10584 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10585 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS428. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10586 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS429. Shot down by flak near
Francavilla Dec 30, 1943
10587 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS430. Transferred to USAAF Aug 1, 1943.
10588 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10589 wrecked at Curtiss Aircraft Co Feb 16, 1943 and DBR
10590 (33rd FG, 58th FS) after takeoff tried to avoid collision and crashed into sea off Pantelleria, Italy
Jul 6, 1943. Pilot killed. MACR 251.
10591 W/o 12 Jul 1944 in Italy; condemned crash landing Jul 15, 1944
10592 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10593 condemned salvage non combat Mar 29, 1945
10594 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10595 condemned enemy action May 13, 1944
10596 condemned salvage non combat Apr 5, 1945
10597 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10598 to excess inventory list Mar 13, 1945
10599 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10600 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10601 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Jul 24, 1945
10602 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10603 to CL-26 Apr 20, 1943 at Richmond AAB, VA (358th FG). W/o 23 Apr 1943 at Richmond AAB, VA.
10604 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10605 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10606 condemned salvage non combat Apr 9, 1945
10607 condemned salvage non combat Mar 30, 1945.
10608 returned to USA Feb 27, 1944. To CL-26 Mar 26, 1944
10609 (33rd FG, 60th FS) engine failed and ditched into sea SE of Pantelleria Island, Italy Jul 10, 1943.
Pilot KIA. MACR 344.
10610 condemned salvage non combat Apr 7, 1945
10611 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS433. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn RAAF. SOC Mr 29, 1945
10612 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS434. Crashed Oct 6, 1943 after
pilot abandoned aircraft following flak hit
10613 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS435. SOC May 31, 1944
10614 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS436. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10615 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS437. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10616 reclamation completed DeRidder AAF Jan 13, 1945
10617 to RFC Ontario, CA Feb 9, 1945
10618 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS438. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10619 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS439. Crashed at Mahares Oct 4, 1943
after pilot abandoned aircraft following engine failure.
10620 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS440. Wrecked when stalled on landing
at Fort Lamy Apr 6, 1943 following engine failure in circuit.
10621 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS441. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10622 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS442. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10623 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS443. Crashed 7 mi N of Modica,
Sicily Jul 25, 1943 after pilot bailed out following
engine failure.
10624 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS444. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10625 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS445. DBR when bellylanded 1 mi E of
Setif Oct 29, 1943 following engine failure
10626 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS446. DBR when crashlanded on beach
Sep 5, 1943 following flak damage over Mileti.
10627 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS447. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10628 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS448. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10629 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS449. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10630 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS450. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10631 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS451. DBR Nov 12, 1943.
10632 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS452. Wrecked when forcelanded near Gioia Nov 9, 1943
following engine failure
10633 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS453. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10634 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS454. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10635 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS455. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10636 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS456. SOC Mar 29, 1945
10637 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS457. DBR when engine failed on takeoff, El Fasher
Apr 26, 1943
10638 to RAF
10639 diverted to French Jul 29, 1944
10640 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10641 condemned ditched Jul 15, 1942
10642 to RFC Bush Field Jun 6, 1945
10643 condemned salvage non combat Apr 13, 1945
10644 surveyed Rome AAF, NY Aug 31, 1944
10645 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10646 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY May 8, 1945
10647 diverted to French Jul 12, 1944
10648 Conv to P-40R; w/o 30 May 1944 at Pounds Field, TX; surveyed May 31, 1944
10649 to RFC McKellar Field Feb 22, 1945
10650 diverted to French May 10, 1946
10651 diverted to French Jul 22, 1944
10652 condemned crash Apr 29, 1944
10653 diverted to French May 10, 1946
10654 reclamation completed Oct 13, 1944
10655 surveyed Mayt 16, 1943
10656 (54th FG) wrecked Mar 1, 1943 in mid-air 4 mi NE of Harding Field.
To CL-26 Mar 9, 1943
10657 diverted to French Jul 22, 1944
10658 condemned crash landing Feb 21, 1944
10659 condemned salvage non combat Apr 12, 1945
10660 (79th FG, 85th FS) shot down by AAA Dec 8, 1943, Italy. MACR 1473.
Pilot KIA
10661 condemed MIA Dec 8, 1943
10662 surveyed Selfridge AAF Sep 28, 1943
10663 W/o 3 Jun 1943 at Pinellas AAF, FL; surveyed Pinellas AF Jun 6, 1943
10664 to excess inventory list Aug 26, 1944
10665 diverted to French Apr 22, 1944
10666 surveyed Rome AAF Aug 31, 1944
10667 diverted to French Apr 22, 1944
10668 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10669 to P-40R. Reclamation completed Luke AAF Mar 20, 1946
10670 ground looped during landing at Harding Field, LA Mar 2, 1943. Converted
` to spares Apr 23, 1943.
10671 diverted to French Apr 22, 1944
10672 diverted to French Jun 15, 1943
10673 diverted to French Jun 15, 1943
10674 diverted to French Apr 3, 1943
10675 to CL-26 Apr 12, 1944
10676 to RFC Ontario AAF, CA Apr 28, 1945
10677 surveyed Luke AAF Jun 30, 1943
10678 diverted to French Apr 9, 1943
10679 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10680 condemned salvage non combat Apr 6, 1945
10681 returned to USA Mar 4, 1944. Surveyed Mar 11, 1944
10682 diverted to French Apr 28, 1944
10683 surveyed Pinellas AAF, FL Apr 27, 1944
10684 W/o 13 Mar 1943 at Harding Field, LA; surveyed Harding AAF, LA May 1, 1943
10685 condemned enemy action Jan 1, 1944
10686 (332nd FG) lost May 27, 1944. MACR 5372.
10687 to excess inventory list Mar 13, 1945
10688 diverted to French Apr 24, 1943
10689 to excess inventory list Nov 30, 1943
10690 crashed after spin at low altitude near Harding Field, LA Mar 19, 1942. Pilot killed.
10691 W/o 28 Apr 1943 at Pinellas AAF, FL; surveyed Macdill May 1, 1943
10692 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10693 diverted to French Apr 11, 1943
10694 diverted to French Apr 27, 1945
10695 diverted to French Apr 22, 1944
10696 condemned Nov 25, 1943
10697 spun in near Luke Field, AZ Oct 22, 1942. Pilot killed.
10698 to RFC Arledge Field Jan 27, 1945
10699 diverted to French Apr 28, 1944
42-10700/10847 Curtiss P-40L-10-CU Warhawk
Model 87-B3
10700 diverted to French
10701 diverted to French Jul 22, 1944
10702 condemned enemy action Jul 22, 1944
10703 to excess inventory list Mar 7, 1944
10704 wrecked May 13, 1943 300 yd off Rocky Point in Old Tampa Bay
10705 to RFC Arledge Jan 27, 1945
10706 diverted to French Jul 22, 1944
10707 condemned crash Jul 22, 1944
10708 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10709 condemned flak Jul 27, 1943
10710 condemned crash Sep 14, 1943
10711 to RFC McKellar Field Feb 22, 1945
10712 converted to P-40R-2. Reclamation completed Luke AF Jun 29, 1945
10713 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Jun 29, 1945
10714 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG, 12th AF) in landing accident at Pomigliano airfield, Italy Apr 13, 1944.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged and condemned Apr 29, 1944
10715 condemned salvage non combat Nov 20, 1944
10716 condemned salvage non combat Oct 31, 1943
10717 condemned crash Jul 19, 1943
10718 W/o 1 Apr 1944 at Luke AAF, AZ; surveyed Pinellas AAF, St Petersburg, FL Apr 2, 1944
10719 condemned salvage Aug 28, 1944
10720 condemned enemy action Feb 10, 1944
10721 (332nd FG) lost to flak Jun 8, 1944. MACR 6067
10722 condemned crash Oct 1, 1943
10723 condemned crash Oct 3, 1943
10724 condemned flak Jun 10, 1944
10725 condemned salvage Aug 5, 1944
10726 condemned Sep 5, 1943
10727 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10728 condemned salvage not combat Apr 3, 1945
10729 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10730 condemned crash Oct 31, 1943
10731 excess inventory list Mar 13, 1945
10732 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10733 excess inventory list Aug 17, 1944
10734 condemned crash landing Jul 27, 1943
10735 (79th FG, 87th FS) shot down by enemy plane W of Cisterna di Latina, Italy Jan 22, 1944. Pilot bailed out
and became POW. MACR 1987
10736 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS431. SOC Mar 8, 1944
10737 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10738 reclamation completed Rome AAF, NY Oct 23, 1944
10739 to RFC Bush Field May 15, 1945
10740 87th FS, 79th FG, 12th AF, "Sweet Bets" to excess inventory list Jul 29, 1944
10741 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10742 condemned crash Dec 28, 1943
10743 condemned salvage non combat Apr 13, 1945
10744 condemned salvage Jun 6, 1944
10745 condemned flak Aug 3, 1943
10746 condemned salvage non combat Apr 7, 1945
10747 W/o 12 Jun 1943 at Atar, French West Africa; condemned Jun 15, 1943
10748 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10749 condemned Jul 2, 1943
10750 condemned inventory Jul 8, 1944
10751 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS432. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10752 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS458. Crashed when abandoned after being hit
by flak, Anagni Mar 14, 1944
10753 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS459. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10754 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS460. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10755 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS461. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10756 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS462. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10757 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS463. SOC Nov 30, 1944
10758 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS464. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10759 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS465. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10760 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS466. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945.
10761 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS467. Crashed when abandoned after flak hit near
Guidonia Mar 17, 1944
10762/9 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS468/75. All transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10770 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS476. Wrecked when forcelanded in Anzio beachhead
Mar 2, 1944 after being damaged by flak.
10771/4 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS477/80. All transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945.
10775 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS481. Destroyed by fire when crashed after takeoff
from Kaqsfareet Aug 13, 1943.
10776 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS482. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. Shot down by flak near San Benedetto May 15, 1944
10777/9 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS483/5. All transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945
10780 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS486. SOC Mar 22, 1945
10781 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS487. Transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945
10782 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS488. Ditched in Adriatic Sea after flak hit Dec 10, 1943
10783 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS489. Transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945
10784 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS490. Operated by RAAF 3 Sqn. No record of fate
10785 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS491. Transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945
10786 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS492. Transferred to French AF Mar 30, 1945
10787 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS493. SOC May 31, 1944
10788 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS494. Transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945
10789 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS495. No record of fate
10790/3 to RAF as Kittyhawk II FS496/9. All transferred to French AF Mar 31, 1945.
10794 (58th FS, 33rd FG) shot down by AAA near Linguaglossa, Sicily
Aug 9, 1943. MACR 418. Pilot KIA
10795 condemned 59th FS Oct 23, 1943.
10796 (324th FG, 99th FS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 of JG 77/I. over SW coast of Sicily, Italy Jul 2, 1943.
Pilot KIA. MACR 537.
10797 (324th FG) lost at Rocca d'Evandro, Italy Nov 11, 1943. MACR 1183. Pilot KIA
10799 (332nd FG) lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 6447. Also listed as lost
Jul 29, 1944. MACR 7302. Also listed as w/o Jan 20, 1944 at Cercola, Italy
10805 (33rd FG, 99th FS) engine failed and crashed 8 km S of Capo d'Orlando, Sicily Aug 14, 1943
MACR 229. Pilot returned.
10819 (79th FG) MIA 1/15/1944, Italy. MACR 1797
10820 (523rd FS, 27th FG 12th AF) crshed during wheels-up belly landing 29 mi S of Siena, Italy due
to engine failure Jun 13, 1944. MACR 5786. Pilot survived and became POW.
10827 99th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group, Licata South, Sicily Sep43. When it moved on, the squadron left the fighter
because they apparently could not get it in flying condition. A couple of 53rd TCS glider pilots tinkered around with it,
trying to get it to run. Repaired by 46th Service Squadron, 34th Service Group. A glider pilot from the 53rd Troop Carrier
Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group undertook to fly the aircraft 2Oct43. He was not rated or trained for P-40 flying,
nor did he have anyone's approval to try flying it; the unauthorized flying was pure misconduct. He took off and
buzzed the field and tent area repeatedly (with the P-40 landing gear down) for about half an hour distracting everybody,
and at last buzzed too low over the 53rd TCS tent area, pulled up and stalled. He hit several almond trees and the tip of a
tent pole, left wing tip and fragments of plane and trees, barely cleared the mess tents, orderly room tent,
and crashed a hundred yards farther on. The plane was completely wrecked; the engine left its mounts and bounced
100-feet beyond the rest of the wreck between tents of the 61st TCG area. The engine cut some tent ropes and just missed
some men in the tent. The unfortunate glider pilot was rushed to the hospital but was dead a few hours later.
Miraculously no one else was hurt; the whole business of the crash took place in an area crowded with tents and men.
10830 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG, 12th AF) in landing accident at Pomigliano airfield, Naples, Italy Apr 1, 1944.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
10832 W/o 12 Jan 1944 in Italy
10834 (79th FG) lost Jun 4, 1944. MACR 3646
10845 crashed Jun 1, 1943, Atar, on ferrying mission.
10846 (324th FG) lost Jun 5, 1944. MACR 5790
42-10848/10959 Curtiss P-40L-15-CU Warhawk
Model 87-B3
10864, 10873, 10874, 10883, 10903, 10913, 10924, 10944, 10953, 10954
converted to P-40R-2
10848 (79th FG, 87th FS) lost Dec 18, 1943. MACR 1524. Pilot KIA.
10849 (79th FG, 86th FS) shot down by AAA Dec 8, 1943. MACR 1410. Pilot KIA
10850 W/o 22 Jan 1944 at Capodicino, Italy
10853 W/o 25 Mar 1944 at Cercola, Italy
10857 (originally allocated serial 42-65629. Ditched in sea during Anzio landings Jan 31, 1944.
Recoverdd Jan 12, 1998, displayed in recovered condition.
10860 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG, 12th AF) crash landed during wheels-up belly landing at Santa Maria airfield,
Naples, Italy due to engine failure Mar 26, 1944. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
10861 W/o 27 May 1944 at Marcianise, Italy
10863 crashed near Drew Field, Tampa, FL due to engine failure Apr 7, 1943.
Pilot bailed out OK.
10849 (79th FG) MIA 12/8/1943, Italy
10857 (79th FG) crashed in sea Jan 31, 1944 near Latina, Italy. MACR 2071. The complete wreck was on
display Apr 2015 at Museo Storico di Piana delle Orme, Borgo Faiti, Italy
10859 (79th FG) MIA 1/10/1944, Italy. MACR 1838
10867 (324th FG) lost Jun 18, 1944. MACR 6081
10869 (79th FG, 85th FS) shot down by AAA and crashed into
Adriatic Sea off Ortona, Italy Dec 18, 1943. MACR 1523.
Pilot bailed out and entered a dinghy but was killed.
10870 W/o 2 Jun 1944 at Pignataro, Italy
10873 crashed May 14, 1942, Rufisque, Senegal, French West Africa. Pilot killed.
Also listed as destroyed 5Mar45 at Wright Field, OH. Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-55962 was taking off from
Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO) on a test flight when the pilot lost control of the airplane. It crashed into a hangar,
killing five workers. A fire erupted, destroying seven planes inside
10876 (14th FRG) damaged in crash 8 mi W of Chinguetti, Mauritania Jun 12, 1943. Pilot killed. Repaired.
Crashed due to engine failure 105 mi N of Atar, Spanish Morocco Jun 25, 1943. Pilot baled out.
10881 (79th FG, 85th FS) lost Dec 12, 1943, Italy. MACR 1843. Pilot POW
10884 W/o 23 Jun 1943 at Luke AAAF #4, AZ
10885 W/o 5 Oct 1943 at Paestum, Italy
10886 (86th FG) lost May 27, 1944. MACR 5079
10887 (325th FG,318th FS) presumed collided in midair with P-40L 42-10887 during evasive
actions near Oriatano, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy Jul 22, 1943. MACR 452. Pilot KIA
10893 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Tampa Bay, FL
10894 W/o 29 Apr 1943 at Pinellas AAF, FL
10896 W/o 29 May 1944 at Lago, Italy
10897 W/o 19 Oct 1943 at Paestum, Italy
10898 (325th FG, 317th FS) shot down by Bolt Wolfgang Ernst in Bf 109G-6 of JG 77/9 SW of
Oristano, Sardinia, Italy Jul 30, 1943. MACR 431. Pilot POW.
10900 (527th FS, 86th FG, 12th AF) in landing accident at Ciampino airfield, Italy Jun 12, 1944. Pilot
survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
10903 Conv to P-40R; w/o 4 Jun 1943 at Drew Field, FL
10905 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG, 12th AF) crashed during wheels-up belly landing 5 mi NW of Pomigliano airfield, Italy
due to engine failure Mar 27, 1944. Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
10906 (324th FG) lost May 16, 1944
10913 Conv to P-40R; w/o 26 Apr 1945 at Litchfield, AZ
10915 (324th FG) lost May 26, 1944. MACR 5071
10917 (324th FG) lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4728
10920 (324th FG) lost Feb 22, 1944. MACR 2826
10921 (79th FG) MIA 1/9/1944, Italy. MACR 1839
10923 W/o 21 Jun 1943 at Luke AAAF #1, AZ
10926 (57th FG, 65th FS) shot down by AAA and crashed into Adriatic 2 mi off Trigno
estuary, Italy Dec 20, 1943. MACR 1605. Pilot bailed out but KIA.
10929 W/o 4 Nov 1943 at Paestum, Italy
10937 (523rd FBS, 27th FBG 12th AF) crashed after right wing broke off while on bomb run at Pontecorvo, Italy
May 18, 1944. MACR 4919. Pilot killed.
10940 (523rd FS, 27th FG, 12th AF) in landing accident at Ciampino airfield, Italy Jun 14, 1944.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.
10941 (324th FG, 99th FS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 of JG 77/I. over SW coast of Sicily, Italy Jul 2, 1943.
Pilot KIA. MACR 538.
10943 W/o 22 Aug 1943 at Oscoda, MI
10951 W/o 7 Jun 1944 at La Banca, Italy
10957 W/o 13 Apr 1944 at Capodichino, Italy
10958 (325th FG, 319th FS) shot down by AAA SW of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Jul 28, 1943.
MACR 525. Pilot POW. MACR wrongly lists as 42-10558.