43-37674/37873 Boeing B-17G-70-BO Fortress
MSN 8652/8851. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
Production changes: Radio compass antenna; trailing wire static discharger added. Landing gear motor change
37674 (MSN 8652) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*F], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 28Jun44. Accident with B-17G 43-37780 landing in a
rain squall at Polebrook 13Jul44. {31 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 7Oct44 (9INT). Damaged by flak with No.2 engine failed, force
landed at Bredåkra, Sweden. Repaired, flown to Västerås and returned to England 25May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 15Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37675 (MSN 8653) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22May44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28May44. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland
direct across the North Atlantic landing at Prestwick, Scotland 1Jun44. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*N],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 10Jun44 Named *Patches/Flak Magnet".
Severe battle damage on mission to Berlin, Germany 27Aug44. Battle damaged on a mission to Cologne,
Germany 14Oct44, it sustained some 300 holes from flak damage without a single person being injured.
{55+ missions}. Repair Depot and reskinned Oct44. Renamed "Trudie's Terror* after repair Oct 1944
Battle damaged during a mission to Neckarsulm, Heilbronn, Germany 1Mar45. Force landed at
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France. Repaired and regained by Group. {130+ missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37676 (MSN 8654) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31May44.
509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*L], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 8Jun44. Named "Flak Magic". {60 missions}. Battle damaged on a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg,
Germany 12Dec44. Damaged by flak, force landed at Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Salvaged 4Jan45
37677 (MSN 8655) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun44. 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6Jun44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*A],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 7Jun44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37678 (MSN 8656) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 11May44. 326th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 23May44. Accident at MacDill Field
18Nov44. Damaged taxying at MacDill Field 19Nov44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 28Feb45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 20Mar45. 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.
37679 (MSN 8657) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 11May44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 9Apr45. 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
37680 (MSN 8658) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 11May44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL Jan45. Crashed six miles southeast of Sebring, FL 26Jan45.
Salvaged 27Jan45. Reclaimed 11Apr45
37681 (MSN 8659) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 11May44. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 24May44.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 3Aug44. Reclaimed 6Jul45
37682 (MSN 8660) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 11May44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
15Nov44. Avon Park Field, FL 19May44. 901st Base Unit (Heavy Bombardment), Pinecastle
Field, Orlando, FL 2Jun44. 903rd Base Unit, Orlando AAB, FL 2Jun44. 325th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 15Jun44. Accident landing with
mechanical failure at Avon Park 29Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Aug45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37683 (MSN 8661) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jun44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*J], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 3Jun44, Named "Round Trip Ticket". Landing accident
at Wattisham (Station 377), Suffolk 2Feb45. Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 43-37643
while taxying at Snetterton Heath 24Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrappe
37684 (MSN 8662) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11May44.
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 25May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 26Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*E], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 11Jul44. A formation of B-17 Fortresses took off from
Snetterton Heath for a training mission with a mock bombing run above Rugby. Over the village
of Farthingstone, Northamptonshire before their planned turn at Silverstone to return to base,
tragically a formation of 3 aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision at 15,000ft after encountering
severe turbulence and cloud. The accident was triggered when the pilot of B-17F 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. This B-17 and the other Flying Fortress
plummeted to earth at Woodend, west of Towcester, Northamptonshire in four sections.
Although badly damaged 43-37684 was able to limp back to Snetterton Heath. Salvaged 23Oct44
37685 (MSN 8663) Accepted by USAAF 9May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 24May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun44.
563rd Bomb Squadron [C], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 7Jun44.
Named "Slave's Dream'. {first combat mission 18Jun44}. Battle damaged on a tactical mission
to a supply depot northwest of Beaumont-sur-Oise, France 8Jul44 (1WIA:9RTD). The target was
completely cloud covered and was not attacked. The group diverted to an alternate target, the
railway in the vicinity of Yvetot. Meagre flak was encountered over the targets but flak at Clères
caused major damage to the plane, wounding a waist gunner. Battle damaged on a mission
To the Daimler-Benz tank assembly works at Marienfelde, Berlin, Germany 6Aug44.
Moderate to intense barrage and tracking flak was encountered over the target.
Battle damaged on a mission to a synthetic oil refinery at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44.
Flak was encountered at the target and then the Group was attacked by a large force of
enemy fighters. Battle damaged on a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg?Nürnberg (MAN)
AG industrial complex at Nürnberg, Germany 3Oct44 (2WIA:7RTD). Flak over the target
was moderate, wounding the navigator and bombardier. Battle damaged on a mission to a
railway marshalling yard northwest Cologne, Germany 14Oct44 (9RTD). Unable to open the
bomb bay doors over the target and with two engines struck by flak, the pilot called
for friendly fighter escort and made a forced landing in Belgium. Battle damaged on a
mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany 9Mar45. Flak was moderate to intense at the
target, wounding a waist gunner. On return, force landed at Brussels, Belgium.
{final combat mission 9Mar45}. Salvaged 1Apr45. Regained by Group. Modified with
all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb
bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled
Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England;
American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {70 missions + 1 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37686 (MSN 8664) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May44.
350th Bomb Squadron [LN*G], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1Jun44.
Named "Josephine". Destroyed in a taxy accident with B-17G 44-6010 at Thorpe Abbotts 21Jun44.
This aircraft was taxying past to takeoff for an operational mission when the brakes failed on a
down gradient. The pilot stopped the engines but the plane ran off the perimeter track and its
right wing struck the nose compartment of the other bomber which was parked on its hardstand
with engines running while the crew ran through their pre-mission checks. The impact caused the
moving aircraft to swing around broadside into the stationary aircraft, tearing off the right wing
down to No.4 engine. Salvaged.
37687 (MSN 8665) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12May44.
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 23May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
385th Bomb Group [H], Great Ashfield 11Jul44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*Y], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jul44. Named "Crash Crew". Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45 (9RTD). Damaged by flak,
losing an engine over the target and the propeller feathered. During the turn off the target to the
rally point, a second engine failed and the plane started to lose altitude. Realising that it wasn’t
going to make it all the way back to England, the pilot turned east to head for allied lines in Poland.
At that time, Cottbus was about twelve miles from the Russian front lines. The crew jettisoned
machine guns and ammunition to save weight but the plane continued to lose altitude. Coming out
of the clouds, the pilot started looking for a place to crash land just as a third engine failed.
Selecting a field, the landing gear was lowered as the plane approached the field. The pilot decided
the field was too short but there were trees ahead. The plane bounced on the field and, with just
sufficient power, brushed through the tree tops and landed in another field, skidding in the
snow to a stop with the wheels in a ditch and the nose among trees. The bomber had force landed
five miles from Staszów, Poland. Repaired Feb/Mar45 by a team from Eastern Command, Poltava
(Station 559), Ukraine. Flown out of the field for return to Poltava 5Mar45. With minimum fuel and
an oncoming snow storm, the pilot diverted to Rzeszów for fuel and then on to Lwów, Poland for fuel.
Several snow storms kept the plane there for a week. The repair crew flew the crew of B-17 43-38823
which had crash landed at Rawa Ruska, Poland late February, and some POWs, to Poltava (Station 559),
Ukraine 17Mar45. Regained by 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 15Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, J
efferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37688 (MSN 8666) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 12May44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Avon Park Field, FL 13Aug45. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 17Aug45. 4152nd Base Unit, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 19Nov45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 6Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37689 (MSN 8667) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 12May44. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 23May44.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Oct44. Modified
to photographic configuration. Designated F-9C. 311th Photographic Wing, Buckley Field, CO 3Nov44.
Redesignated FB-17G 1945. 7th GEO Detachment, Buckley Field, CO 30Apr46. 7th GEO Detachment,
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10Jun46. Designated RB-17G 10Jun48. 3203rd Mission Support Group,
Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL 1Sep49. Reclaimed Dec49
37690 (MSN 8668) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 12May44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 15May44.
Avon Park Field, FL 19May44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field,
MS 31Mar45. 324th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Chatham Field, Savannah, GA 11May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 29Oct45
37691 (MSN 8669) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 12May44. 4108th Base Unit (Atlantic Overeas
Air Technical Service Command), Newark Field, NJ 15Dec44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 18Dec44. Accident with ‘friendly fire’ thirty-five miles
northwest of Fort Myers, FL 29Apr45. 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.
37692 (MSN 8670) 488th Bomb Group, Avon Park Field, FL 12May44. 901st Base Unit (Heavy
Bombardment), Pinecastle Field, Orlando, FL 2Jun44. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 15Jun44. 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
37693 (MSN 8671) Accepted by USAAF 15May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 24May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*L], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 13Jun44. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of Operation
Overlord to bomb an enemy troop concentration at Cauvicourt, southeast of Caen,
France 8Aug44. Struck by flak, several crew members were wounded. Failed to return
from a mission to Delitzsch, Germany 16Aug44 (2KIA:7POW). Struck by enemy flak
over the target which damaged two engines, one propeller was feathered and the
other engine caught fire. Exploded and crashed Molbitz, Altenburg, Germany
37694 (MSN 8672) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun44.
750th Bomb Squadron [G], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 5Jun44.
Named *Patty Ann*. Damaged taxying when crashed into an ordnance building at
Glatton 18Aug44. Damaged taxying at Glatton 24Aug44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37695 (MSN 8673) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12May44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 23May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jun44.
731st Bomb Squadron [B+], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 28Jun44. Named "Lucky Lady III"
Battle damaged on a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45 (9RTD).
The expected clear weather did not materialize so the Group hit the secondary target,
the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over Frankfurt was
intense and accurate, damaging the plane. There was a loss of power to one engine
but the pilot continued. Over the target another engine was struck and the plane
started losing altitude. Hoping to force land behind allied lines in Brussels,
after flying for some time the plane descended into clouds. When it broke through,
the crew could see the ground and started to jettison excess weight. With fuel
exhaustion, the pilot selected a fairly level piece of ground on which to crash land.
The ball turret was jettisoned as the crew prepared for the landing. The level piece
of land was actually a hill and on the first attempt to land, the plane struck the
top of a tree and overshot. The pilot anded onj the second attempt and skidded
through the mud. The plane had force landed on Le Faît des Marnes near Assigny,
France. Salvaged 25Feb45. Airmen from a Troop Carrier Group based at Orléans,
France, attempted to recover the bomber and return it to service but were unable
to remove it from the hill. It was noted on its wheels with engines removed later in February 1945
37696 (MSN 8674) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
23May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*Z], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 28Jun44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TO-Z]. Named "Transit Belle"
{105 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 25May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37697 (MSN 8675) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30May44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 7Jun44.
Named "Liberth Run II". Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project
which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s
aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary
task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the
war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project
operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
37698 (MSN 8676) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12May44. 4501st Base Unit,
Lakeland Field, FL 13Aug44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 30Aug44. Accident 32 miles north of Avon, FL 8Feb45. 330th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 16Mar45. 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
37699 (MSN 8677) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12May44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 28Feb45. 330th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 20Mar45. 555th Base Unit,
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Aug45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 20Aug45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 28Aug45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 4Sep45. 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
37700 (MSN 8678) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12May44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 21May44. Accident caused by
mechanical failure off the Cedar Keys gunnery range, FL 7Jul44. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 19Feb45.
Damaged by fire in an accident at Avon Park 4Mar45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL. Crashed six miles south of Ridgeland, SC 5Aug45
after the No.2 engine caught fire at 10,000ft during a flight from Stewart Field, New York,
to its home base in Florida. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out (3KIS:2MIS). Reclaimed 20Mar46
37701 (MSN 8679) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12May44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 24Feb45. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 2Mar45. 203rd Base Unit
(16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 3Sep45. 268th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO 11Oct45.
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
37702 (MSN 8680) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13May44. 326th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 26Feb44. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Alexandria Field, LA 12Mar45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37703 (MSN 8681) Accepted by USAAF 16May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 23May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 31May44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*P], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 8Jun44.
Named *Tremblin' Gremlin II*–-artwork of a gremlin trembling, painted by the tail gunner.
{first combat mission 12Jun44}. During formation assembly for a mission to the
Ford Motor Works, Cologne, Germany 18Oct44, an engine caught fire and force
landed at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Eighth Air Force Service Command 19Oct44.
Regained by Group 2Nov44. {83 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic
oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 22Jan45 (9POW). Damaged by flak, the aircraft crashed
on fire at Kervenheim, Kevelaer, Germany.
37704 (MSN 8682) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 24May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Jun44. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*J], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 16Jun44. Named *Button Nose*. {17 missions}.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of Operation Overlord to bomb
an enemy troop concentration at Cauvicourt, southeast of Caen, France 8Aug44 (9RTD).
Damaged by flak, the aircraft caught fire. The pilot skillfully brought the B-17G in
for a crash landing near British lines at Caen. The entire crew escaped the burning
bomber and returned to their base the next day
37705 (MSN 8683) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 23May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30May44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*T], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 1Jun44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*F].
Named "The Little One". {72 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ f
or storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37706 (MSN 8684) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
24May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
613th Bomb Squadron [IN*U], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 12Jun44. Named "Satan's Chillen" {62 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37707 (MSN 8685) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*M], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 28Jun44. Named *Madame Shoo Shoo*.
After a practice flight, damaged landing on one wheel at Bassingbourn 1Jul44.
{first combat mission 6Jul44}. Battle damaged by flak on a Crossbow mission
to a German V-weapon site at Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, France 6Jul44.
The squadron made three 360 degree turns in the target area, finally bombing a
last resort target northeast of Estrée-Blanche. Damaged landing at Bassingbourn
30Jul44. Returning from an afternoon sortie to drop practice bombs over The Wash,
the plane returned to base at dusk and the pilot began the landing approach.
Only the right and tail wheels would lower. After exhausting attempts to lower
the left wheel and jettisoning loose equipment, the plane approached and touched
down gently on the right wheel. As the speed bled off the left wing tip scraped the runway
and the bomber ground looped off the runway, damaging only the left wing propellers.
Accident landing with mechanical failure at Bassingbourn 24Nov44. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Schlesischer railway station and east marshalling yards at Berlin,
Germany 18Mar45. Moderate and accurate flak encountered over the target resulted
in damage to the plane. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*M]. Severe battle damaged during
a mission to an oil storage depot at Derben, Germany 8Apr45. With solid cloud cover,
the group diverted to the secondary target, locomotive repair facilities at Stendal,
Germany. The Germans had moved two railcar mounted 88mm Flak guns into Stendal
the night before the raid; the soldiers had manned anti-aircraft guns the entire war
and were skilled marksmen. Force landed on the continent. {80 missions}. Salvaged
37708 (MSN 8686) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13May44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 23May44. 3501st Base
Unit (Technical School & Overseas Replacement Depot), Boca Raton Field, FL 9Feb45.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 20Feb45.
4210th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Lambert Municipal
Airport, Robertson, MO 6Apr45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10Apr45. 575th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Station, Greater
Pittsburgh Airport, PA 27Jul45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 19Sep45. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN 31May46. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 5Jun46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 6Jun46. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 24Jun4
37709 (MSN 8687) 483rd Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13May44. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL
22May44. 351st Base Unit, Myrtle Beach Field, FL7Sep44. 4139th Base Unit, Mobile ATSC,
Birmingham Field, AL 6Nov44. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill
Field, Tampa, FL 10Feb45. 325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park
Field, FL 19Feb45. Damaged by mechanical failure at Avon Park 26Feb45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
21Aug45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped
37710 (MSN 8688) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13May44. 323rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 25May44. Crashed at Tiger Lake, near
Lake Wales, FL 11Jul44 (5KIS). The airplane had taken off from Drew Field with another
B-17 on a high altitude formation flight. While flying on the leaders right wing at 10,000ft,
the engineer noticed a fire in the base of the top turret. The pilot was informed and
he alerted the crew to stand by. The pilot received no reply from any of the crew members.
The fire grew and the pilot ordered the engineer aft to order the crew to bail out.
The pilot ordered the assistant engineer to the nose to order the bombadier and
navigator to bail out. The pilot claims to have activated the alarm bell and it was
not known why some members of the crew did not hear the alarm bell. The pilots
were unable to withstand the fire and fumes on the flight deck so they bailed out.
The crew of the lead B-17 observed the subject airplane in a flat spin over the lake.
The airplane spun into the lake and exploded in flames. Investigation revealed
that the upper turret fire was caused by an oxygen leak in the base of the turret,
the oxygen being ignited by electrical arcing from chafed wiring in the base of the
turret. Investigators noted that the fire might have been brought under control
if the crew had manipulated a shutoff valve on the flight deck that cuts off the
supply of oxygen to this turret. This was one of several similar top turret fires
on board B-17's. Investigators noted that the subject airplane's records indicated
that it was in compliance with a related technical order. Five crew members
apparently drowned after parachuting into Tiger Lake. Two crew members
were injured, one seriously parachuting to safety. Three crewmembers
were uninjured parachuting to safety. The Army corps of engineers salvaged
parts of the aircraft, ran a cord type charge down the spine of the entire aircraft
splitting it open and blew up the tail section of the fuselage because it was
hindering navigation on the lake. Wreckage extant
37711 (MSN 8689) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa,
FL 13May44. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9C. 19th Photographic Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 25Apr44.
19th Photographic Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, Buckley Field, CO 29Nov44. 19th Photographic
Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 24May45. 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. Redesignated RB-17G 1945. Salvaged 30Oct46
37712 (MSN 8690) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13May44. 4115th Base Unit
(Spokane Air Technical Service Command), Pendleton Field, OR 20Sep44. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 4Oct44. On training mission
15Oct44 the aircraft was involved, while landing, in a minor collision with B-17F 42-3470.
Both aircraft landed safely at MacDill Field. 329th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Alexandria Field, LA 18Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 8Jul45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB,
MS 31Aug45. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado
Springs, CO 7Oct45. 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
37713 (MSN 8691) Accepted by USAAF 16May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 24May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*S], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 3Jun44 Named "Grewsome Crewsome".
When the crew ?ew 43?37713 to England they had decided to name the aircraft
‘Grewsome Crewsome’. However, upon arrival in England the aircraft had to be taken
away to be modi?ed to the latest operational standards. Undaunted, the crew took the
name for themselves and had ?ight jackets painted with the name and a design.
The design showed a bomb at about 45 degrees heading down to the right with three or
four crewmen riding it ?dressed in Pilgrim costumes ?hats, tailcoats, and shoes with giant buckles.
{first combat mission 15Jun44}. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of
Operation Overlord to a Luftwaffe airfield at Juvincourt, France 28Jun44. The Group
experienced traffic conflicts in the target area and had to make a second bomb run.
Damage by flak forced the crew to jettison the bombs before the target. Battle damaged
on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg,
Germany 13Sep44 (1WIA:8RTD). Force landed on return at RAF Manston, Kent. Eighth Air
Force Service Command 13Sep44. Salvaged 18Sep44. Regained by Group 6Nov44. {46 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery
northeast of Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (4KIA:5POW). When the plane started the bomb run
No.1 engine suffered a mechanical failure and had difficulty maintaining formation with the
group on three engines. It encountered intense, very accurate ?ak near the target area and
was hit several times. The crew dropped the bombs early and left the formation to get out
of the ?ak and try to make it back to allied lines. There were several more hits and
lost two more engines which left just the No.4 engine running. The crew was given
instructions to bail out but they took a vote and decided to stay with the aircraft.
They had more faith in the pilot and the B?17 than in their parachutes because of the
statistical odds of three out of ten parachutes failing. To prepare for the forced landing,
the ball turret had to cranked up to let the gunner out, then the turret was jettisoned.
As much ammunition as possible was also jettisoned and the Norden bomb sight destroyed.
in preparation for the landing the crew took up their crash positions in the radio room.
The aircraft crash landed near Rebgeshain, Ulrichstein, Germany. Four of the crew
were subsequently murdered by the local Nazi Ortsgruppenleiter. MACR 11129.
37714 (MSN 8692) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
708th Bomb Squadron [CQ*G], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 3Jun44. Failed to return from a mission to Hanover, Germany 18Jun44 (1KIA:9POW).
Flak damaged No.2 engine, then fire broke out in the cockpit, the aircraft exploded and
crashed at Groß Lobke, ten miles northeast of Hildersheim, Germany.
37715 (MSN 8693) Accepted by USAAF 17May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*V], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 13Jun44. Named "-Lassie Come Home"--a 1943 movie. Battle damaged on a
tactical mission in support of Operation Overlord to Rouen, France 8Aug44. Battle damaged
on mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover, Germany 26Nov44.
Crossing the coast of the Netherlands, the plane was struck by flak damaging two cylinder
heads on No.3 engine. The propeller oversped and the plane was losing altitude. Half of the bombs
were jettisoned but the other half had to be kicked out of faulty racks. With the chin
turret failed, the plane turned back and returned to base alone. Accident after a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Speyer, Germany 8Jan45. No.2 engine
failed just before the I.P. and No.1 engine failed just after leaving the target. On return,
in a strong crosswind and a snow storm, with two engine out on the left wing, the
plane stalled just before touchdown at Thurleigh, landing about 150 yards short,
damaging a wing and propellers. Salvaged 9Jan45
37716 (MSN 8694) Rolled out at dusk 12May44 by employees of Boeing. Named 5 GRAND
(the 5,000th B-17 off the Boeing production line since Pearl Harbor). On 13May44,
a Boeing worker, Mrs. Gertrude Aldrich, whose son had perished in a B-17, christened
the aircraft by breaking a champagne bottle on the chin turret. During an exhibit at the
Boeing factory featuring 5 Grand, the aircraft was bedecked with signs drawing
attention to its significance. The names of workers who participated in the construction
were painted on virtually every spare inch of the aircraft, an exception being the control
surfaces. During early flights of 5 Grand, it was discovered that the hundreds of painted
signatures created drag, slowing down the aircraft by several miles per hour.
Names of personnel were painted in a multitude of sizes and colors, leading some to
give the plane the additional nickname the ‘Easter Egg’. As a Boeing promotional project,
5 Grand was meant to commemorate and honor those who built it and the B-17s that preceded it.
Accepted by USAAF 17May44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 18May44.
Ferried via Spokane Field and Gore Field to Cheyenne MAP 18May44. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22May44. 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 27May44. Ferried Cheyenne Municipal Airport to Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 28May44. 4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 28May44. Publicity and public relations. Ferried to Kearney
Field, NB 2Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul44.
Ferried 13Jun44 to RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador; Bluie West One, Narsarsuaq, Greenland;
Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland; 1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command,
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590),
Lancashire 1Jul44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*H], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 14Jul44. During a training flight, electrical failure prevented the
landing gear being extended; the pilot was instructed to divert and, after jettisoning the
ball turret, crash land at Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 24Jul44. 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. {78 missions}. 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk May45. {1 Chowhound mission}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14Jun45. Flown to Boeing, Seattle Jun45
for refurbishment to go on a War Bond tour. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jul45 for further
repairs and refurbishment. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage 22Nov45 while Seattle officials decided how to proceed
on the planned memorial incorporating 5 Grand. The US Army Air Forces were willing to
donate 5 Grand to Seattle for the memorial planned by the Seattle Historical Society but
on 3 January 1946 Seattle city officials declined the donation of 5 Grand on the grounds
that building a memorial with the aircraft represented too costly an endeavor. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37717 (MSN 8695) Accepted by USAAF 17May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*S], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 3Jun44 Named "Fern The Pro-Kid"
(first combat mission 14Jun44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the manufacturing
facilities of the Junkers Flugzeug-und Motorenwerke at Dessau, Germany 20Jul44 (1KIA:8RTD).
The navigator was mortally wounded by flak. The squadron’s mascot, ‘Lucky’ the dog, was
closely attached to the navigator, sleeping at the foot of his bed and waiting for his return
from missions. About the time that the navigator was injured, the dog let out a howl
and was never seen again. Damaged landing at Grafton Underwood 12Oct44. Returning
from a non-combat training mission, the pilot approached the airfield too high and
too slow. As it passed over the end of the runway with a crosswind from the right,
the plane stalled, striking the runway hard with the right landing gear. The right landing
gear collapsed and the plane ground looped off the runway. The inboard drag strut
support bolt had sheared first and the stresses created caused failure of the drag
links and outboard drag strut support bolts. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
(Station 547), Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. Regained by Group 7Nov44.
Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Nieder Breisig, 19km
south-south-east of Bonn, Germany 5Jan45 (9RTD). Force landed with fuel
exhaustion on the continent in allied territory. Repaired and regained by Group
22Mar45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war
to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
{84 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops
from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed
the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the
war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green
Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45
from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks who had sympathized
with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek imprisonment and were under
armed guard. Flights were from Istres, France to Munich, Germany to pick-up
passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned from
Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy. Salvaged 18Feb46
37718 (MSN 8696) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15May44. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 19May44. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 24May44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 25May45. 301st Base Unit
(Separation Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 22Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 5Nov45
37719 (MSN 8697) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15May44. 326th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 22May44. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 5Mar45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37720 (MSN 8698) 88th Bomb Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 15May44. 575th Base Unit,
6th Ferrying Station, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, PA 9Nov44. 326th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Dec44. Damaged while parked in
an accident by B-17G 42-102804 at MacDill Field 7Dec44. 335th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, FL 14Jun45. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 18Jun45. 4000th Base Unit,
Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 9Aug46
37721 (MSN 8699) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 15May44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May45. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 21Feb46. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
37722 (MSN 8700) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 15May44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS. Accident after engine failure at Gulfport Field 1Oct44.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May45.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 13Oct45.
62nd Base Unit, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged taxying at Morrison Field 29Jul46.
62nd Base Unit, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 12Feb47. 4141st Base Unit
(Air Material Command), Pyote Field, TX 13Mar47. 4141st Base Unit (Air Material
Command), Pyote Field, TX 11May48
37723 (MSN 8701) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY
15May44. Air Service Command, Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 28May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Jun44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Jul44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*H], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 14Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to
Fulda, Germany 3Jan45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged 28Jun45
37724 (MSN 8702) Accepted by USAAF 17May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command,
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jun44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [O], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 7Jun44. Named OLD SILVER / SOLVANG REVENGER.
{first combat mission 22Jun44}. Battle damaged on a mission to a synthetic oil
refinery at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44. Flak was encountered at the target
and then the Group was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg?Nürnberg (MAN) AG
industrial complex at Nürnberg, Germany 3Oct44 (1KIA:8RTD). Flak over the target
was moderate, killing the co-pilot. On return, force landed in France. Battle damaged
on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44.
Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44.
Flak over the target was a meagre to moderate barrage with several rockets.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Kassel,
Germany 30Dec44 (9RTD). Aborted the mission in the vicinity of Koblenz, Germany
when No.3 engine failed. The bomber left the formation and asked for friendly
fighter escort, but used cloud cover to return to allied lines and force landed at
Lille, France. Salvaged 28Jan45. Regained by Group Feb45. 561st Bomb Squadron
[S] Feb45. {final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament
and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation
Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth,
Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were
flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {67 missions + 5 Chowhound + 4 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. 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
37725 (MSN 8703) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15May44. Air Service Command, Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton,
OH 28May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
26Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*K],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jul44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 2Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37726 (MSN 8704) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26May44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jun44.
731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 7Jun44.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield
at Darmstadt, Germany 24Dec44. Force landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium
(452nd BG, 731st BS) destroyed on ground at Melsbroek, Belgium
airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte raid.
37727 (MSN 8705) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*N], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 9Jun44. {46 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44
(3KIA:6POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Merseburg
Production changes: Oil reserve for propeller feathering system
37728 (MSN 8706) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16May44. 323rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged in collision with
B-17G 42-102741 taxying at Drew Field 17Aug44. Damaged in collision with parked
B-17G 42-102722 while taxying at Drew Field 19Nov44. Crash landed at Drew Field
14Feb45. Reclaimed 1Mar45
37729 (MSN 8707) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16May44. Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 19May44. Drew Field, Tampa, FL 24May44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 31Mar45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 17May45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 28Aug45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 18Sep45. 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
37730 (MSN 8708) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16May44. 327th Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 26May44. 203rd Base Unit
(16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 12Sep45.
268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado Springs,
CO 11Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37731 (MSN 8709) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16May44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 25May44. 110th Base
Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 6Mar45. 327th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4Jun45. 110th Base
Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 9Jan46. 326th Base
Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 16Jan46.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 21Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37732 (MSN 8710) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 16May44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 26May44. 203rd Base Unit
(16th Bomber Operational Training Wing), Jackson AAB, MS 4Sep45.
268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson Field, Colorado
Springs, CO 9Oct45. 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
37733 (MSN 8711) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 16May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 26May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Jun44. 749th Bomb Squadron [J], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 7Jun44. Named *Ace of Hearts*– artwork of the Ace of Hearts playing card.
.En route on a mission to Montbartier, France, damaged and aborted 26Jun44 (3POW:1EVD:6RTD)
hit by flak. They swung away from the formation and most of the crew
prepared to bail out, although the bailout signal had not been given.
Four of the crew, thinking that the bailout alarm system had failed,
bailed out and became POW. The plane returned successfully to the field.
Accident landing at Glatton 14Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45.
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
37734 (MSN 8712) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
338th Bomb Squadron [BX*X], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 3Jun44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 4Aug44, crash landed Hardwick (Station 104),
Norfolk. Salvaged 7Aug44
37735 (MSN 8713) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 29May44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 837th Bomb Squadron [4F*Q],
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 7Jun44. 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 29Jun44. Named *My Gal Ellen*.
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying
thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group,
Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was
the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock
airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the
journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project
included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return
leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
37736 MSN 8714) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24May44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*T],
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 10Jun44.
Named "Little Pieces/Little Pedro". Battle damaged on a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 8Nov44. Arriving in
the target area and before dropping their bombs, two engines were hit by flak and with two
runaway propellers at the same time. Engine No.4 had its oil pressure system damaged and
the propeller could not be feathered. The propeller controls and supercharger of No.3 were
damaged. The propeller of No.4 engine finally twisted off its whitehot bearings and 'froze'
in one position and No.3 propeller, out of control, became steady at 2,250 revolutions
per minute which gave the pilot some power to hold formation. The bombs were dropped
on Merseburg and the Fortress began to steadily lose altitude, straggling at 15,000ft,
the aircraft was about to be attacked by German fighters when nine Mustangs swooped
in from out of the sun and chased them away. A short time later a few more P-51's picked
them up and stuck with the bomber until it was over friendly territory. The bomber was
struck again by more flak from its vulnerable altitude and the hydraulics system was
damaged, automatically knocking out the brakes. Over Belgium and in the vicinity of
Brussels, the pilot saw an RAF base and decided to go in for a landing. As he was about
to let down, a fire started in the cockpit and while the crew stood ready to bail out,
it was extinguished by the engineer. The fire had so damaged the radio equipment that
the pilot could not call the control tower and tell them he was going to make an emergency
landing, and without brakes. On landing the crew counted 30 flak holes in addition
to the damaged engines. Repaired and regained by Group. Ninth Air Force. United
States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 18Feb46
37737 (MSN 8715) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
25May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun44.
533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*T], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 10Jun44
Named "Second Year". . Battle damaged on a mission to Villaroche airfield,
France 14Apr44, on return diverted to 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
(Station 547), Huntingdonshire. Salvaged 24Jun44.
37738 (MSN 8716) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17May44. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 4May45. Accident landing at
Drew Field 16May45. 203rd Base Unit (16th Bomber Operational Training Wing),
Jackson AAB, MS 9Sep45. 268th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Peterson
Field, Colorado Springs, CO 15Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 7Nov45
37739 (MSN 8717) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17May44. 323rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged in accident at Drew Field 20Jun44.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Dec44.
300th Base Unit, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 20Mar45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1Aug44. Damaged taxying at Drew Field 26Mar45.
73rd Wing, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 31Mar45. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 31May45. Reclaimed 30Jan46.
37740 (MSN 8718) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17May44. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 20May44. Drew Field, Tampa, FL 25May44. 328th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 3Jun44. Damaged landing
at Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 12Jul44. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10May45.
325th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Avon Park Field, FL 30May45.
326th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 6Jun45.
4200th Base Unit, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 17Sep45. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 19Sep45. HQ, 8th Bomber
Command, Strategic Air Command, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL. Damaged in collision
with UC-45F 43-35789 taxying at Roswell Field, NM 18Jul46. 427th Base Unit,
Roswell Field, NM 31Jul46. Salvaged 29Aug46.
37741 (MSN 8719) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17May44. 4200th Base
Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 25May44.
2185th Base Unit, Nashville, TN 7Jul44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Gulfport Field, MS 31Mar45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg
Field, TN 17May45. 327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field,
Tampa, FL 26Aug45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Dyersburg Field,
TN 4Sep45. 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
37742 (MSN 8720) 396th Bomb Group, Drew Field, Tampa, FL 17May44. Gore Field, Great Falls,
MT 22May44. Drew Field, Tampa, FL 26May44. 328th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Gulfport Field, MS 31Mar45. 330th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Dyersburg Field, TN 17May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
37743 (MSN 8721) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27May44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Jun44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*H],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 19Jun44. {108 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To 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.
37744 (MSN 8722) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Dec44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 20Jun44. Named "Final Approach" Failed to return from a mission
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Handorf, Münster, Germany 5Oct44 (10POW). Flak was moderate
and the plane was last seen to leave formation under control at the I.P. with No.2 and No.3
engines smoking. With three engines disabled, the pilot force landed on a road between
Venray and Castenraij, 20km northwest of Venlo, Netherlands. The crew set the plane on
fire before their capture by the Germans.
37745 (MSN 8723) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 19Jun44. Named "Lacka Shacky" Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine shipyards at Hamburg, Germany 17Jan45 (9INT). Flak over the target was
intense and accurate. Damaged by enemy fighters and force landed at Kalmar, Sweden.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 1Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 3Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37746 (MSN 8724) Flight Section, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH Jun44.
Used for airplane and engine performance testing. First flight test 6Jul44. Used for
Project Cirrus to monitor the seeding of hurricanes by other aircraft. Flight Test Division,
Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. Damaged when ground looped
at Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 6Feb46
37747 (MSN 8725) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26May44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 4Jun44.
729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 7Jun44.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Rouen, France 8Jul44
(9KIA:1POW). Arriving over the target at high altitude, it was hidden by clouds and bombing
was impossible. The pilot then set course southeast towards secondary targets at
Mantes-la-Jolie. Over Nucourt, the plane received a direct flak hit, broke in two and
went straight down. One airmen was ejected and managed to parachute to safety and
survive. Crashed 200m southwest of Boubiers, 16km northwest of Pontoise, France
MACR 7224
37748 (MSN 8726) Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 17May44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
20May44. Pilot School (Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH
24May44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB,
Columbus, OH 25May45. 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.
37749 (MSN 8727) Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 17May44. Columbus, OH 24May44.
C-1 Squadron, 2114th Base Unit, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 25May45.
Damaged in collision with parked AT-6D 44-81493 while taxying at Lockbourne 24Aug45.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 22Sep45. 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.
37750 (MSN 8728) Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18May44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 28Aug44. 3715th Base Unit,
Factory School, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 29Aug44.
3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 24May45. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 25May45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 3Jan46
37751 (MSN 8729) Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18May44. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 12Nov44. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO
Jul46; scrapped
37752 (MSN 8730) Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 18May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Jul44. 2002nd Base Unit, Pilot School, Basic-Advanced,
Stewart Field, Newburgh, NY 19Aug44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 1Sep44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air
Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 2Oct44. 1st Base Unit (Headquarters),
Bolling Field, Washington, DC 21Dec44. 2002nd Base Unit, Pilot School, Basic-Advanced,
Stewart Field, Newburgh, NY4Jan45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 13Feb45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 28Jun45. 2137th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 30Aug45.
235th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 8Nov45.
305th Base Unit, Biggs Field, El Paso, TX 28Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
37753 (MSN 8731) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27May44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 5Jun44.
729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 11Jun44.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission to front line strong points around Metz and Thionville,
France 9Nov44 (1WIA:8RTD). Complete undercast prevented the group from conducting a
visual run on the targets, and the formation diverted to the rail marshalling yards at
Saarbrücken, Germany. Flak over the target was moderate and accurate. The engineer/top turret
gunner was wounded. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37754 (MSN 8732) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Jun44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*R], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 7Jun44. Named "Mickey II". Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission
to a German V-weapon site at Humières, Pas de Calais, France 8Jul44. Force landed on the
continent, crash landed in a corner of a captured airfield in Normandy 21Jul44 taking off a
corner of the German hangar. Salvaged 14Nov44. Repaired and regained by Group.
Returned to US. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37755 (MSN 8733) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Jun44.
526th Bomb Squadron [LF*Z], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 28Jun44.
Named "Everybody's Baby". Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 13Sep44 (10RTD). Struck by flak, the damage
took out two engines and oil was leaking from a third. The crew jettisoned their equipment and
bombs to stay airborne, but they were soon forced to find a place to crash. Crash landed near
Ciney, Belgium. Salvaged 13Feb45
37756 (MSN 8734) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27May44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 8Jun44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden
(Station 126), Suffolk 9Jun44 Named *Milk Wagon*. (first combat mission 20Jun44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg,
Germany 2Nov44 (1KIA). The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500
Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the bomber force. {129 missions with no aborts}. Returned to US 29/30Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37757 (MSN 8735) Accepted by USAAF 20May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 28May44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Jun44. 561st Bomb Squadron [L], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall 7Jun44 Named "Panhandle", . {first combat mission 15Jun44}. Battle damaged on
a Crossbow mission to a German V-weapon missile site at Beauvoir, France 15Jun44 (3WIA:7RTD).
Received two rocket hits; the first rocket struck the nose section knocking off the Plexiglass,
the second rocket struck the No.3 engine leaving a hole of nine inches in diameter, then
went through the cockpit, emerging on the left side. This tore up the cockpit, knocked
out the top turret and set the oxygen system on fire. The engineer/top turret gunner
was badly burned, the navigator and bombardier were injured. Returned to crash
land at RAF Manston, Kent. {1 mission}. Salvaged 17Jun44
37758 (MSN 8736) Hobbs Field, NM 18May44. 2519th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Fort Worth Field, TX 5Dec44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 8Dec44. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 7Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37759 (MSN 8737) Hobbs Field, NM 18May44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 16Jan45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field,
TX 27Sep45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 28Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37760 (MSN 8738) 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 18May44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44.
ToReconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
7Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped.
37761 (MSN 8739) 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 18May44.
Continental Airlines, Modification Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 26May44.
3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH), Roswell Field, NM 2Jun44.
Crashed forty-five miles southwest of Roswell, NM 15Nov44 (3KIS). Salvaged 17Nov44
37762 (MSN 8740) Page Field, Fort Myers, FL 19May44. 3036th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Yuma Field, AZ 24Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 4Jun45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 27Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37763 (MSN 8741) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Jun44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME. Ferried RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland to Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 11Jun44.
422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 28Jun44
Named "Foxy Lady". Failed to return from a mission to bomb a synthetic
refinery at Wurzberg, Germany 21Jul44 (8KIA:1RTD). The aircraft was hit by flak about
ten minutes after crossing the enemy coast and turned back to base. Engines No.1 and 4
were knocked out of commission and the bomb load was jettisoned. Over the Frisian Islands,
the aircraft was further damaged by another barrage of flak which knocked out No.2 engine.
Three of the crewmembers bailed out of the plane over the North Sea about thirty-five
miles southwest of one of the Frisian Islands before the bomber exploded.
Two amphibious aircraft arrived over their position but were unable to land because
of the very rough seas. About forty-five minutes later a British Air-Sea Rescue launch arrived and the only survivor
(the tail gunner) was taken aboard .
MACR 8233, which incorrectly shows 42-37763.
37764 (MSN 8742) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19May44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 337th Bomb
Squadron [AW*B], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 8Jul44
Named "7 Up 'N Cider/Boyd's Boids". Accident on a mission to a
railway marshalling yard at Osnabrück, Germany 21Nov44 (9RTD). En route over
to the target over Europe No.1 propeller governor malfunctioned with oil leaking and
the propeller was partially feathered. Continuing with compensating power applied
to the other engines, after a while the additional stress caused increasing oil pressure
on No.3 engine. When oil started to come out of the breather, the pilot feathered the
propeller, aborted the mission and turned back to England. With the loss of airspeed
and altitude, the crew jettisoned the bombs on a target of opportunity, a railway line.
Then No.2 engine failed and efforts were made to keep No.4 operating. Excess weight
was jettisoned in the hope of keeping sufficient altitude to cross the North Sea.
By the Ijsselmeer, Netherlands, the plane was down to 1,000 feet but had not been
attacked by any enemy fighters. Over the North Sea, at times the propellers were
kicking up spray but air currents kept the plane airborne until land came into
sight. Returning to Snetterton Heath, the pilot set up a slow, low approach to
land but was cut up by another B-17 firing red flares with injured on board.
Too late to pull up with insufficient engine power, the bomber crash landed on a
railway embankment at Bryants Bridge, Quidenham, Suffolk. Salvaged 22Nov44
Plane destroyed but all crew survived.
37765 (MSN 8743) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 1Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Jun44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*K], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 18Jun44. Named "Donna J II";
Transferred to 750BS/457BG [B] Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire Jun 19, 1944; Renamed "The Duchess"
Declared ‘war weary’. Equipped with airborne lifeboat. 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron,
65th Fighter Wing, Halesworth (Station 365), Suffolk 24Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45.
37766 (MSN 8744) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 14Jun44. 751st Bomb Squadron [H], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 17Jun44. Named *Dolores*. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (6POW:3KIA).
The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters
went up to meet the bomber force. Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Volkstedt, Germany.
After dropping the bombs, the aircraft was attacked by a swarm of fighters. The tail was
damaged, and members of the crew put out a fire between the nose and the cockpi
37767 (MSN 8745) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19May44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 26Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44.
339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*H], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 8Jul44. Named " Star Eyes" & "My Ideal",
Failed to return from a mission to Brunswick, Germany 2Mar45 (9KIA),
W/o after mid-air with 44-8697, aircraft ditched 10 miles S off Southwold, UK into North Sea.
MACR 12848
37768 (MSN 8746) Page Field, Fort Myers, FL 19May44. 2117th Base Unit (Flexible
Gunnery School), Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL 30May44. 3036th Base Unit
(Flexible Gunnery School), Yuma Field, AZ 16Jun44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 4Jun45. 3701st Base Unit
(Technical School), Amarillo Field, TX 14Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37769 (MSN 8747) Kingman Field, AZ 19May44. 3018th Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Kingman Field, AZ 29May44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 27Jun45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 4Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37770 (MSN 8748) Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. HQ Squadron, Scott AFB, Belleville, IL. Force
landed with mechanical failure and ground looped at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX 14Jan51.
3380th Maintenance Squadron, 3380th Maintenance and Supply Group, Keesler AFB,
Biloxi, MS. Damaged landing at Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Apr54.
Converted as staff transport, designated VB-17G. Air Training Command, Chanute AFB,
Rantoul, IL 1956.
37771 (MSN 8749) Las Vegas Field, NV 19May44. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Las Vegas Field, NV 2Jun44. 3022nd Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Indian Springs
Auxiliary Field, NV 16Jun44. 4126th Base Unit, San Bernardino Field, CA 13Dec45.
3022nd Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Indian Springs Auxiliary Field, NV 20Dec44.
3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV 15Mar45. 3006th Base Unit,
Las Vegas Field, NV 3Apr45. 3000th Base Unit, HQ, Western Flying Training Command,
Santa Ana AAB, Orange County, CA 28Jul45. 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
37772 (MSN 8750) Las Vegas Field, NV 19May44. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School),
Las Vegas Field, NV 2Jun44. 3022nd Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Indian Springs
Auxiliary Field, NV 16Jun44. Damaged taxying at India Springs 1Dec44. 4126th Base Unit,
San Bernardino Field, CA 23Dec44. 3022nd Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Indian
Springs Auxiliary Field, NV 2Jan45. Damaged by mechanical failure at Indian Springs 13Mar45.
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment;
designated TB-17G. 3021st Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Las Vegas Field, NV
19Mar45. Damaged by structural failure 42 miles NNW of Las Vegas Field, NV 31Jul45.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 14Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37773 (MSN 8751) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Jun44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*W], 94th Bomb Group,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 16Jun44. Named "The Uninvited".
Battle damaged on a mission to the Leica factory at Wetzlar, Germany 21Nov44; force
landed on Antwerp airfield, Belgium. Salvaged 22Dec44
Production changes: Five additional oxygen regulators
37774 (MSN 8752) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 1Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jun44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 20Jun44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37775 (MSN 8753) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Jun44.
Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*E],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Jun44.
Landing accident at Snetterton Heath 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 553rd Base Unit, 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Damaged in collision with parked North
American AT-6A 41-16285 at Scott Field, Belleville, IL 10Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. Named HELL'S CHARIOT, later named OH! HARD LUCK
37776 (MSN 8754) Accepted by USAAF 23May44. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit
(Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 31May44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Jun44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 11Jun44. Named "Heavenly Body"
Crashed Sep 27, 1944 From Unknown Cause at Elmside Farm Nailstone, Near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire,
England While on a Training Flight. All (12) Crew Were Killed. Aircraft Destroyed By Fire. MACR 15341.
The crash was seen by three men cycling home from Nailstone Pit along Grange Lane.
They saw the aeroplane descend steeply in flames into a field on the other side of the
main road to the village. The nose dropped and the left wing struck the ground.
37777 (MSN 8755) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Jun44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*Q], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 19Jun44. 527th Bomb Squadron. The plane was christened "Four of a Kind" by Princess Elizabeth
(later Queen Elizabeth II) at Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 6Jul44
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 42-97258 at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 19Dec44.
Twice force landed on the continent Mar45. Repaired and regained by Group. Salvaged 18Jun45
37778 (MSN 8756) Yuma Field, AZ 20May44. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 82nd Wing, Yuma Field, AZ.
Damaged while parked in collision by AT-11 41-9523 at Yuma Field, AZ 25May45.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 4Jun45.
425th Base Unit, Gowen Field, Boise, ID 13Aug45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 1Sep45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 14Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37779 (MSN 8757) Yuma Field, AZ 20May44. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 4Jun45. 3701st Base Unit (Technical School),
Amarillo Field, TX 7Oct45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37780 (MSN 8758) Accepted by USAAF 23May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Jun44.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*O], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 9Jun44. {6 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Munich, Germany 13Jul44. Moderate accurate
flak was encountered at Ludwigshafen and Mannheim with intense flak
at the target. Crash landed when overshot the runway returning during a
rain squall at Polebrook. Salvaged 15Jul44.
37781 (MSN 8759) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Jun44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*R], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 11Jun44. Participated in an Operation Frantic II shuttle mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 21Jun44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine.
Destroyed on the ground by a major German strike force night of 21/22Jun44. Salvaged 1Jul44
37782 (MSN 8760) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 750th Bomb Squadron [S], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 16Aug44 Named *Lady Margaret/Lady Katherine*.
Accident at Glatton 27Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (6POW:3KIA). The box barrage of
flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the
bomber force. Enemy aircraft damaged engine No.3 and set fire to radio room, crashed
Emseloh, Germany MACR 10319 (10156?)
37783 (MSN 8761) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*F], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 8Sep4495th BG, 412th BS,
named "Lucky Sherry"--named for the pilot's wife.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. Battle damaged during a mission to Ludwigshafen,
Germany 5Nov44. Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate.
Just after the bombs had been released and before the bomb bay doors could be closed,
flak burst in the bomb bay and another off the left wing. The force of the shell exploding
inside caused the plane to nose over into a vertical dive. With the autopilot engaged the
plane slowly recovered to level flight. The elevator cables running along ceiling had been
cut but the electrical controls, running along the fuselage walls, remained intact.
The engineer managed to splice the control cables and the plane landed safely back at
Horham. A piece of flak hit the main spar of the left wing, requiring a wing change.
Transferred to 95th BG, 335th BS, renamed "Temptation".
Battle damaged during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 5Jan45; force landed at Athies (A-69), Laon, France. {109 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37784 (MSN 8762) Accepted by USAAF 23May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 31May44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*S], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*O], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 18Jul44. Named "Big Chief". Battle damaged on a
mission to Cologne, Germany 28Jan45; force landed Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Salvaged 2Feb45.
37785 (MSN 8763) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Jun44. 748th Bomb Squadron [B], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 17Jun44. Named *Tarfu* (Things Are Really F*cked Up).
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37786 MSN 8764) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 14Jun44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*Z], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 16Jun44, Named "Madam Shoo Shoo" Nose art painted by
Anne Haywood, American Red Cross Aero Club, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield.
Severe battle damage Nov44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-38667 taxying at Great
Ashfield 17Jan45. {76 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37787 (MSN 8765) Accepted by USAAF 24May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 5Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Jun44. 560th Bomb Squadron [R], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 20Jun44. Named HOLY SMOKES – artwork of a male angel with a cigar in right hand.
{first combat mission 4Jul44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 4Aug44.
Moderate accurate flak was encountered at the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the
I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 25Aug44. Intense and accurate flak was
encountered at the target. Battle damaged on a mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk
tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (9RTD). Flak over the target was a meagre to
moderate barrage with several rockets. On return, force landed at Knocke (B-83), Belgium.
{final combat mission 5Dec44}. {48 missions}. Salvaged
37788 (MSN 8766) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jun44. 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 17Jun44. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area of Munich,
Germany 13Jul44 (2POW:8EVD). Moderate accurate flak was encountered at
Ludwigshafen and Mannheim with intense flak at the target. Damaged by flak,
crashed Vendrest, France. Salvaged 13Oct44.
37789 (MSN 8767) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21May44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 30May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 14Jul44. Accident 17Jan45 (3KIA).
Failed to return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany 9Mar45 (8POW:1KIA).
Damaged by flak, crashed in a wood near Gelnhausen, on a hill named Schnepfenkopf,
Germany. Salvaged 14Apr45 MACR 12958
37790 MSN 8768) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*J], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 10Jul44
Named "Lady Luck". This aircraft was nicknamed "Lady Luck" by the crew of
R.H. Bonney. On their second mission (20Jul44) they were flying on the left wing of the
lead ship. When on the bomb run they flew into a flak box and SC-J was flung over
on her back, two of her engines being knocked out. The two pilots fought to right her
as she fell about 20,000ft and finally succeeded. They somehow managed to get back
to Deenethorpe and thereafter named their ship "LADY LUCK"
Crashed Mar 28, 1945 From Unknown Cause in Belgium While Returning From a Mission
on The Spandau Armament Factory at Berlin Germany. All (9) Crew Bailed Out Over Allied Lines and Survived.
37791 (MSN 8769) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29May44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Jun44.
533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*V], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 28Jun44.
The pilot aborted en route for a mission to railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany
30Oct44 (2MIA:7RTD). The aircraft was out of control. One engine exploded and the aircraft
turned over on its back and went into a spin. The bail out order was given but the pilot was
able to recover from the spin and returned to base without the two men who had bailed out at
19,000ft while over the North Sea. Battle damaged during a mission to Cologne, Germany 18Dec44;
force landed on the continent. Salvaged 5Jan45
37792 (MSN 8770) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30May44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Jun44.
413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*N], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 11Jun44.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany
21Nov44 (9KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Poye, near Osnabrück, Germany. MACR 10417.
37793 (MSN 8771) Accepted by USAAF May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 22May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite missions.
Designated CQ-4. 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Jun44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37794 (MSN 8772) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jun44.
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 11Jun44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*T],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 12Jun44. Failed to return from a
mission to Wiesbaden, Germany 19Sep44 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Wiesbaden, Germany
37795 (MSN 8773) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44.
709th Bomb Squadron [IE*H], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 16Jun44
Named *Miss Minookey*. . Crash landed 8May45. Salvaged, repaired and regained
by Group Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37796 (MSN 8774) Accepted by USAAF 25May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 1Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44.
750th Bomb Squadron [M], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire, Named *Stinky*.
Accident landing at Glatton 20Jan45; nose compartment torn off. Failed to return from a tactical
mission in support of Operation Market Garden to a Luftwaffe airfield at Hopsten, Germany 24Mar45.
Crash landed Kaiserlautern, Germany. Salvaged 17Apr45
37797 (MSN 8775) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44.
708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 16Jun44.
Named *American Beauty*. Crashed at Rattlesden 10Jan45. Salvaged 8May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 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
37798 (MSN 8776) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jun44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*Q],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 20Jun44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37799 (MSN 8777) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44.
447BS Rattlesden 16Jun44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*W], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 17Jun44. Battle damaged on a Crossbow mission to a German V-weapon site at Humières,
Pas de Calais, France 8Jul44. On return, crash landed at RAF Sutton Bridge, King's Lynn, Lincolnshire.
Salvaged 10Jul44
37800 (MSN 8778) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Jun44. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 28Jun44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*S], 486th Bomb
Group, Sudbury 29Jun44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [3R*R]. {64 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37801 (MSN 8779) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44.
336th Bomb Squadron [ET*P], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 17Jun44
Named "Reluctant Dragon" ??. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to
drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force
base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. {27 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (9POW),
crashed Heinzil, Germany
37802 (MSN 8780) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44.
728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 19Jun44.
Named . MIASIS DRAGON – artwork of a dragon holding a bomb in its tail.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Bayerische Motoren Werke aero engine factory at Spandau,
Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (1KIA:8RTD). Flak over Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven was meagre and
inaccurate. A waist gunner was fatally wounded. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37803 (MSN 8781) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*R], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 20Jun44. Named "Hell's Belles" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. 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.
37804 (MSN 8782) Accepted by USAAF 25May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 1Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 27Jun44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*K], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk Jul44. {first combat mission 19Jul44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic V shuttle
mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen Kurt Kannenberg AG Focke-Wulf assembly works at
Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at
Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zili?tea,
Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to
England on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44.
{15 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Rheinmetall Borsig armaments
factory at Düsseldorf, Germany 9Sep44 (9POW). A minute before the bombs were released
over the target, anti-aircraft guns unleashed intense flak that completely engulfed the Group.
Two engines were damaged by flak and a third engine had the propeller feathered.
The aircraft fell out of formation and the pilot stated that he would attempt to
make it back to friendly lines. Unfortunately, the damage the aircraft received over
Düsseldorf was too great, and it went down over hostile territory. Crashed at
Frohnhardt, near Oberpleis, east of Königswinter, Germany
37805 (MSN 8783) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44.
837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 28Jun44.
Failed to return from a mission to Berlin, Germany 6Aug44 (8POW:1KIA). After dropping
bombs on the target, the Group started to break to the right instead of left, as briefed, and
thus brought it into the heaviest flak zone. A direct hit on No.3 engine knocked off the
propeller which spun through the nose of the plane, making a large gash. The engine
was on fire; No.4 engine was knocked out with the propeller windmilling, oil all over
both engine nacelles. The co-pilot pulled the CO2 controls and extinguished the fire
in No.3 engine. Flak struck the pedestal of the cockpit, knocking out the generator panel and
jamming on the alarm bell switch. Another direct hit blew all of the Plexiglass out of the
nose. The bombardier and nose gunner left at this time, not known if blown out or
bailed out on faulty alarm bell signal. The co-pilot’s window was smashed, the pilot’s
window was cracked. The No.4 propeller could not be feathered as all of oil gone. Propeller
control cables on No.1 and No.2 engines were shot away. Losing altitude rapidly, the
plane dropped out of formation. A check on the condition of the plane showed that
half of right stabiliser and elevator gone; top part of rudder gone; large holes in fuselage.
Wing flaps were partially shot away and vibrating in the slipstream; right landing gear
hanging down; nose starting to buckle and sheets of metal tearing off in the slipstream.
At 10,000ft more flak was coming up which was hitting more frequently. The crew
bailed out at about 4,000ft. No.4 engine and wing were on fire and the plane started
to break up. It crashed and exploded at Zeitz, Germany MACR 7892.
37806 (MSN 8784) Accepted by USAAF 26May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 2Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jun44. 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 18Jun44. 561st Bomb Squadron [B:Y], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 19Jun44. Named "Miss Fortune". {first combat mission 6Jul44}. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Moderate
to intense flak was encountered over the target. Accident during assembly for a mission to the
Braunkohle Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha, Leipzig, Germany 6Feb45 (1KIA:8RTD).
Mid-air collision in poor visibility at 6,000ft with B-17G 43-37894 [490BG] over Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire. The two aircraft locked left wings while climbing to altitude. When aircraft #806
lost part of its wing, the crew bailed out but the co-pilot died when his parachute failed to open.
Crashed on Brack’s Farm, Soham, Cambridgeshire where all ten bombs exploded creating
a huge crater but only causing superficial damage to property. {37 missions}. Salvaged
37807 (MSN 8785) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jun44.
731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 20Jun44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37808 (MSN 8786) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44.
350th Bomb Squadron [LN*U], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 16Jun44.
418th Bomb Squadron [LD*V]. Named "Milk Run Mabel" Battle damaged on the crew’s first mission
to a railway bridge at Cologne, Germany 10Jan45, crashed a few kilometers from Gestel in Belgium.
The aircraft was hit twice by intense flak during the bomb run, once in the waist which
severed the control cables and one under the left wing. After the bombs were dropped the
bomber dropped out of formation. There was a fire under the left wing. Returning towards
allied lines, the crew stayed with the aircraft until flames bloomed out all along the wing
way past the tail. At this point they bailed out at about 20,000ft. The crew landed near Meerhout, Belgium
37809 (MSN 8787) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jun44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 28Jun44.
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. ToReconstruction 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.
37810 (MSN 8788) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Jun44. Accident
taking off at RCAF Gander, Newfoundland 27Jun44. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service
Command), Rome Field, NY 17Sep44. 1308th Base Unit, Presque Isle Field, ME 9Nov44.
4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 5Dec44. Modified
for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G.
3704th Base Unit (Technical School), Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 8Jan45. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jan45.
Research and Development, Air Transport Command. Crash landed at Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland 12Jun45
37811 (MSN 8789) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44.
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 16Jun44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*D],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 17Jun44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*D].
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany 10Apr45.
Crash landed on return at Leiston (Station 373), Suffolk. Salvaged 12Apr45
37812 (MSN 8790) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 14Jun44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 16Jun44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Marburg, Germany 23Mar45 (9KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Montabaur, Germany
MACR 13604
37813 (MSN 8791) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jun44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 28Jun44. Named Scooterini" Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 9Sep44 (9KIA). Damaged by flak with a direct
hit in the nose and cockpit, the bomber went straight over in a dive. Crashed at Viernheim,
Mannheim, Germany MACR 8598
37814 (MSN 8792) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 20Jun44. 730th Bomb Squadron. Named "Richter's Wreckers" Accident on return from a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg, Germany 5Apr45.
Nosed over on landing at Deopham Green. Salvaged 6Apr45
37815 (MSN 8793) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 5Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44.
351st Bomb Squadron [EP*L], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 28Jun44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20May45.
Named "Humpty Dumpty" --a character in an English nursery rhyme. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37816 (MSN 8794) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jun44. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*H], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 28Jun44. Battle damaged on a mission to the fuel
dumps at Montbartier, southern France 7Aug44 (9RTD). Struck by flak returning
from the target, crash landed and burned out on a horse track at Le Petit Bourigny,
near Saint-Maur-des-Bois, Normandy, France.. All crew survived.
37817 (MSN 8795) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 20Jun44. Named "Mollita". This plane was named after the
daughter of a Colonel of the 452nd Bomb Group. His daughter was named Mollie and
in Spanish it is "Mollita". . Accident returning from a mission to railway marshalling yards
at Munich, Germany 12Jul44 (9RTD). Approaching to land with No.2 engine failed and fuel
exhaustion, the pilot was told that he would have to circle the airfield because the runway
was not clear. During the circuit another engine failed and the plane lost speed. It crash
landed and was badly damaged at Deopham Green. Salvaged 14Jul44
37818 (MSN 8796) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Jun44.
709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 28Jun44.
Named "Hurry Home".
Failed to return from a mission to an armored vehicle factory at Bremen, Germany 26Sep44
(7KIA:1POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 9401
37819 (MSN 8797) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*E], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 19Jul44. Namrf "B. T.O../Mr Five X Five". {first combat mission 20Jul44}.
Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery at Mockau, Leipzig, Germany 20Jul44 (2KIA:7POW).
When the Luftwaffe decided to pick off the 91st Bomb Group there were no friendly fighters
in the area to defend it. As the formation drew close to Leipzig, wave after wave of German
fighters attacked. The plane survived the initial attack, although sustaining some damage.
Then in a further attack it was hit in the right wing root which caught on fire. The aircraft
pulled off to the right of the formation under control; it was last seen on fire and breaking
up with no parachutes observed. Crashed Vielau, southeast of Zwickau, Germany. {1 mission}.
MACR 7284
37820 (MSN 8798) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*T], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury 28Jun44.
833rd Bomb Squadron [3R*T]. {75 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Briest, Brandenburg, Germany 10Apr45 (10POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Ziesar,
Germany MACR 13910.
37821 (MSN 8799) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 20Jun44. 710BG. named "Red Hot Mama".
Failed to return from a mission to Berlin, Germany 6Aug44 (9POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
ditched in North Sea. The crew was rescued by the ‘Nicolaas Marius’ next day and taken prisoner
Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9779. 9 crew POW.
37822 (MSN 8800) Accepted by USAAF 27May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 8Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*N], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 29Jun44. {first combat mission 20Jul44}. Named "Lead Banana".
{28 missions}. Failed to
return from a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg,
Germany 28Sep44 (8KIA:1POW). After releasing its bombs over the target, the bomber was struck
by B-17 42-31222 which had veered off course. The bomber’s wing collided with the nose
compartment of 42-31222 "Lazy Daisy", knocking it off and taking its nose gunner with it.
This bomber was struck amidships and broke in half, throwing out a waist gunner, the only survivor.
The aircraft crashed near Ost Ingersleben, Germany. The children of the two surviving waist gunners
met 75 years after it happened. Both airmen lived by being thrown out of their respective B-17’s,
became POWs in the same prison camp – Stalag Luft IV – and both survived the camp’s 86-day 500-mile
march across Poland and Germany to liberation. MACR 9753.
37823 MSN 8801) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 17Jun44.
Named, "Now An' Then". Accident during a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (9RTD). En route to the target
near Koblenz, Germany, the No.4 engine failed but the propeller could not be feathered.
Unable to remain in formation, the pilot turned back to England. The bombs were jettisoned and
the plane crossed the English Channel. passing Dover, Kent, the engine caught fire, its intensity
threatening to burn through the wing. The crew bailed out as the pilot set the bomber on a course
back out to sea then followed the crew to safety. The plane crashed on the shoreline at Harty Ferry
on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Salvaged 12Sep44
37824 (MSN 8802) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Jun44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44.
731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 19Jun44.
729th Bomb Squadron. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37825 (MSN 8803) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Jun44.
603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*J], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire
18Jul44. {60 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Osnabrück, Germany 14Mar45 (5KIA:4POW).
Just after bombing the target, flak damaged the No.3 engine which caught fire. The aircraft left
the formation, diving down in an attempt to put out the fire. It suddenly burst into flames when
a flak burst in the upper turret started an oxygen fire before any crew members could bail out.
The survivors were blown out of the bomber before it crashed at Icker, northeast of Osnabrück, Germany
37826 (MSN 8804) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44.
748th Bomb Squadron [R], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Jun44
Named *Wild Hare*– artwork of a hare carrying a bomb. Damaged in a ‘friendly fire’ a
ccident at Glatton 4Dec44. Air Transport Command 19May45. Returned to US 19May45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 26May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37827 (MSN 8805) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 6Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Jun44. 422nd Bomb Squadron,
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 28Jun44
Named "Wally's Wheels/Sweet 17". Failed to return from a mission
to munitions and tank factories in Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (8POW:1KIA).
Damaged by flak, crashed Wedesbüttel, Germany. Salvaged by Luftwaffe.
Found wrecked at Kolleda, Weimar, Germany May45. MACR 11043.
37828 (MSN 8806) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 749th Bomb Squadron [L], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 30Jun44. Named *Remember Me?/Georgia Peach.
Remember Me was the name of this aircraft on the left side but on the right side was
the name Georgia Peach. The ground crew chief was from Georgia and made sure Georgia Peach
was somewhere on the aircraft. . Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the Daimler-Benz
Motoren aircraft engine factory at Genshagen, Berlin, Germany 6Aug44 losing the top of the fin
and rudder. Crash landed in France on 30Dec44 after a mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Repaired and regained by Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37829 (MSN 8807) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 29Jun44. 729th Bomb Squadron [-D], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 28Jun44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44. Flak over the target was
intense and accurate. The plane was hit by flak over the target losing engines No.1 and No.2.
Returning to England, at the German-Luxembourg border, it lost engine No.3, the crew
bailed out over allied lines and the plane crashed. Salvaged 19Oct44
37830 (MSN 8808) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44.
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 19Jun44.
708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 20Jun44.
Named "Lady Jane/Lady Love". Battle damaged on a mission to Soest, Germany 10Mar45;
force landed on the continent. Salvaged 14Mar45.
37831 (MSN 8809) Accepted by USAAF 29May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 5Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*C],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 17Jun44. nNed "Lady Velma",
{first combat mission 11Jul44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop
supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the
bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued
on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44.
{62 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Seelze,
Hanover, Germany 14Mar45 (9KIA:1POW). Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-102972. #831
was caught in propeller wash, the right wing crashing in to the vertical stabiliser of #972,
bounced off and crashed in to it again. Both aircraft burst in to flames and exploded
several seconds later. Pieces of both planes were seen falling to earth. Crashed
Wulften am Harz, northeast of Göttingen, Germany MACR 13024.
37832 (MSN 8810) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 23Jun44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*K], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 8Jul44. Crash landed on return from a mission at
Portsmouth, Hampshire 19Jul44. Salvaged.
37833 (MSN 8811) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 4Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 729th Bomb Squadron [-H],
452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 28Jun44.
Named THE UNINVITED / THE UNINVITED II Participated in an Operation Frantic VI
shuttle mission to the Wanderer-Werke machine tool factory at Chemnitz, Germany 11Sep44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine.
Operated a mission to the steel and armament works at Diósgy?r, Hungary 13Sep44
and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to
England 17Sep44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic
oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (9RTD). Flak over the target was intense
and accurate. Two engines were disabled by flak and a third was damaged. After dropping
the bombs over the target, the plane dropped down to avoided detection by enemy fighters.
When the third engine failed, the pilot instructed the crew to bail out. Seven crew bailed
out over allied lines and were returned to Deopham Green the following day. The aircraft
made it back to land safely at base. Failed to return from a tactical mission to front line
strong points around Metz and Thionville, France 9Nov44 (8POW:1EVD). Complete undercast
prevented the group from conducting a visual run on the targets, and the formation diverted
to the rail marshalling yards at Saarbrücken, Germany. Flak over the target was moderate
and accurate. No.3 engine damaged by flak reaching the target, the plane dropped out of
formation and lagged behind. The electrical system had been disabled and the crew
jettisoned the bombs. The pilot reported looking for an emergency landing field in
allied territory but the plane was burning too fiercely so the crew bailed out. Crashed near
Minheim, northeast of Trier, Germany. This serial was used in Sir Richard
Attenborough's 2008 film "Closing the Ring", incorrectly allocated in movie to 401st BG, 612th BS.
37834 (MSN 8812) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44.
100th Bomb Group. 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 28Jun44. 748th Bomb Squadron [T], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 29Jun44. Failed to return from a mission to the
Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany
28Sep44 (7POW.2KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Wetzleben, Germany.
37835 (MSN 8813) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Jun44.
1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2),
ME 28Jun44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*B], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 2Jul44. {69 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped.
37836 (MSN 8814) Accepted by USAAF 30May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jun44.
570th Bomb Squadron [DI*J], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 20Jun44. Named MERRY MAX / CHAPEL IN THE SKY. {first combat mission 6Jul44}.
Participated in an Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen
Kurt Kannenberg AG Focke-Wulf assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561),
Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zili?tea, Rumania 8Aug44,
continuing on to a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England
on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44.
{final combat mission 20Apr45}. {71 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US 5Jul45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37837 (MSN 8815) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 28Jun44. Named "Stag Party"--artwork of a young woman.
Failed to return from a mission to Magdeburg, Germany 1Jan45 (6KIA:4POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Cröchern, Germany.
37838 (MSN 8816) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jun44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*A], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 27Jun44. Named "Fearless Fosdick" (a character fron Li'l Abner
comic strip). Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at
Wiesbaden, Germany 15Aug44 (8EVD:1KIA). Shot down by Fw 190 fighters, caught fire
and crashed near Beine-Nauroy, France. 8 of 9 crew escaped and evaded back to Britain. The 9th, the
bombardier, was killed.
37839 (MSN 8817) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 7Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Jun44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*L], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 3Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to Magdeburg, Germany 5Aug44
(2KIA:7POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Magdeburg, Germany
37840 (MSN 8818) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Jun44. 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 30Jun44
(487th BG, 836th BS, flown by 839th BS crew) based at Lavenham
airfield, Suffolk, UK collided in midair with B-24H 42-51197 during
practice flight over the Ducks Hall bombing range north of Cavendish, Suffolk Jul 20, 1944.
B-17 crashed not far from base at Lavenham, Suffolk,
B-24 crashed at Cavendish. 10 killed (5 per plane)
37841 (MSN 8819) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jun44.
339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*P], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 20Jun44.
Landing accident at base 9Dec44. Lost engine on assembly for mission 5Apr45, returned to base
but skidded along before it nosed over on the grass. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. 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.
37842 (MSN 8820) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Jun44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*O],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Jul44. Named "Lenora Linda". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37843 (MSN 8821) Accepted by USAAF 30May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 6Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*B], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 21Jul44. Named *Alex*. . {first combat mission 24Jul44}.
Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen,
Germany 5Sep44 (1WIA:9RTD). Battle damaged on a mission to the Ford Motor Works, Cologne,
Germany 18Oct44. Low on fuel, force landed on the continent. {90 missions}. Failed to return
from a mission to an ordnance depot at Ingolstadt, Germany 5Apr45 (8RTD). Substantially
damaged in a mid-air collision with B-17G 44-8430 flying through a snowstorm. The crew
bailed out before the bomber crashed in Belgium. Salvaged.
37844 (MSN 8822) Accepted by USAAF 30May44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
31May44. Ferried via Gore Field to Cheyenne MAP 31May44. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Jun44. Ferried to Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 23Jun44. Ferried 27Jun44 to Dow Field, Bangor, ME; RCAF Goose Bay,
Labrador; Bluie West One, Narsarsuaq, Greenland; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland;
1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 1Jul44.
310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group 8Jul44. Ferried Burtonwood to
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 10Jul44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*K],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 10Jul44.
Named "Yankee Gal" Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial complex at
Karlsruhe, Germany 19Oct44. The plane took a flak hit over the target setting the No.3
engine on fire. The pilot could not feather the propeller and, with the fire rather
severe, the waist gunner wanted to bail out. The pilot told him not over German territory.
He then tried diving the plane to put out the fire and pulling up sharply in an attempt to
throw off the propeller; neither worked. With the engine still burning, he headed for an
emergency airfield in allied territory on the continent. Once there, he found that the
Eighth Air Force base, Cormeilles-en-Vexin (A-59), France, was too crowded with
other B-17s who had made emergency landings. The pilot then headed for the
Ninth Air Force base, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Although it had a short runway and was
sending up red-red flares warning him not to land, there was no choice but to put the bomber
down on the field. The ground personnel were most unhappy, but came out with foam and
eventually extinguished the fire. Returned to group several weeks later. Battle damaged by
flak on a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Dortmund, Germany 19Feb45 (1WIA).
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works
and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The bomber took a lot of small flak hits as
it went over the target, but there was no serious structural damage to the plane. {71 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. 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.
37845 (MSN 8823) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jul44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 4Jul44. Battle damaged during a mission to the hydrogenation
works at Scholven-Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 26Aug44 (1WIA). Salvaged 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
37846 (MSN 8824) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jun44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*T],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 18Jul44. Named 'Phoney Express'.
(31 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover,
Germany 26Nov44 (9POW). Just after the target, the No.3 engine was hit by flak and the aircraft
went into a dive but still apparently under control. Crash landed and destroyed at Velswijk,
27km east of Arnhem, Netherlands. MACR 11144
37847 (MSN 8825) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*C], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 17Jul44
Named "Hi Ho Silver". Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Dresden, Germany 17Apr45; force landed at Nivelles (B-75), Belgium. Salvaged 20Apr45
37848 (MSN 8826) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*S],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 19Jul44. Named "Scrappy Mike".
Failed to return from a mission to a battle support area 13Aug44 (8KIA:1POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed Évreux, France MACR 8078
37849 (MSN 8827) Accepted by USAAF 31May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 7Jun44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk
29Jun44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Carl Zeiss optical works at Jena, Germany 19Mar45;
force landed on continent. Returned to Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 11Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37850 (MSN 8828) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jun44.
377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*G], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Jul44. Named "Umbriago" [drunk as a skunk] - a word made famous by
comedian/entertainer Jimmy Durante, who had a hit song of the same name. {25 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at
Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 12Sep44 (4POW:5KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Werneuchen, Germany
37851 (MSN 8829) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*O], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 18Jul44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*O]. Named *Goo-Goo*.
Failed to return from a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45
Shot down by Me 262s over Oranieburg Apr 10, 1945. All crew
bailed out successfully. Some of the crew evaded to Allied territory, some were captured and later
escaped to Allied territory, some were taken POW. MACR 13874.
37852 (MSN 8830) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Jun44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*A], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 17Jul44. {22+ missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37853 (MSN 8831) Accepted by USAAF 31May44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 7Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 560th Bomb Squadron [E], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 27Jun44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 28Jun44. Named "Leading Lady".
Battle damaged on a mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover, Germany
31Dec44 (1KIA:8RTD); the tail gunner was killed. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37854 (MSN 8832) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 8Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*V],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Jul44
Named *Touchy Tess*. {53 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland,
Germany 15Feb45 (1KIA:8INT). Damaged by flak, crash landed Ermensee, Switzerland{53 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at
Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 15Feb45 (1KIA:8INT). Damaged by flak, crash landed Ermensee, Switzerland
37855 (MSN 8833) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Aug44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*T], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 18Jul44. Named PETER PAIN / BOOMERANG’S BIG FRIEND
Failed to return from a mission to railway installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany
18Mar45 (8POW). Shot down near Verden, Germany. Crew bailed out and were captured by Hitler Youth.
The aircraft crashed alongside the canal just west of Spankeren, Rheden, Netherlands
37856 (MSN 8834) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jun44.
1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field
(Station 2), ME 28Jun44. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 28Jun44.
833th Bomb Squadron [4N*K], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury 29Jun44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*R].
Named "Lady V". {80 missions}. Battle damaged during a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Wustermark, west of Berlin, Germany 20Apr45. Force landed Venlo (Y-55), Netherlands.
Salvaged Aug47
37857 (MSN 8835) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jun44.
548th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Jul44.
Named 'Honey-Chile'. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45 (1KIA:8POW). The flak damaged both engines
on the left side of the plane. The No.1 Engine was stopped and the propeller feathered,
but the No.2 Engine was on fire and the propeller could not be feathered. The pilot
managed to fly the plane back to the area of Strasbourg, France. At that point the
fire had spread to the bomb bay and the damaged aircraft was becoming uncontrollable.
The pilot and his co-pilot started to circle around the German towns of Schutterwald and
Offenburg, southeast of Strasbourg, France, to allow the crew time to bail out safely.
The pilot's final intentions are unclear. This was a snowy late January day with a cloud
ceiling quite low. After all the crew had bailed out, the plane was nearly uncontrollable
by only one man and as reported by one airman, the autopilot was also out. Thus, a crash
landing was probably the pilot's only hope but this was not to be. As reported by German
civilian ground observers, when the plane broke through the low cloud cover, he seemed
to realize that he was about to crash land on the small village of Schutterwald and the
children playing in the snow-covered fields just outside the village. To avoid this, he added
engine power resulting in the aircraft avoiding Schutterwald, but stalling and crashing in a
forested area west of Schutterwald MACR 11765
37858 (MSN 8836) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 2Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (9POW).
Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate. Struck by flak over the
target, No.3 and No.4 engines began to smoke and the plane peeled off to the left, losing
about 3,000ft of altitude. The pilot asked for friendly fighter support as he attempted to
reach allied lines, by now with flames emitting from both engines. Crashed Wittlich, Germany
MACR 10324
37859 (MSN 8837) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30May44. Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 8Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jun44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*D],
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 10Jul44.
Named "Jeanne". Failed to return from a tactical mission in support of Operation
Overlord to a Luftwaffe airfield at Chartres, France 1Aug44 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with
B-17G 42-39873 which had been hit by flak, crashed near Poisvilliers, 4km north of Chartres, France
MACR 9189.
37860 (MSN 8838) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30May44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 549th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 4Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Loddenheide, Münster, Germany 5Oct44 (9POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed Herne, Germany MACR 9518
37861 (MSN 8839) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 10Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 29Jun44. 851st Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "Lee Mee Bee III:"
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. 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
37862 (MSN 8840) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire.
Named "Fearless Fosdick"--a character in the Li'L Abner comic strip.
Damaged taxying in collision with parked Cessna UC-78 Bobcat 42-37664 and
Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman 43-5310 at Burtonwood 16Jul44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*G],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Jul44. {81 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37863 (MSN 8841) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44.
350th Bomb Squadron [LN*A], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 1Jul44
Named "Leading Lady". Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (9POW). Enemy aircraft
set wings on fire and fuselage severely damaged, crashed Berlin, Germany MACR 8812. All 9 crew bailed out
and became POW
37864 (MSN 8842) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. Long Beach Field, CA 12Jun44. BDV tests. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [E], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk Aug44. Named"Penny Jive/Thelma Jane".
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Damaged on takeoff for a mission to Augsberg, Germany 15Jan45.
The tail wheel was off the runway and when the aircraft reached the speed where the tail
lifted and the rudder became effective, the aircraft lurched to the right and came to an
abrupt halt in the mud, causing a nose down attitude followed by the tail falling back to the
ground. Repaired. Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45.
The plane was flying from the assembly point to the target when the propeller hub of No.3
engine froze, making it impossible to change the pitch of the blades. The pilot shut down
the engine but the propeller was windmilling, causing the plane to lose speed and fall
back from the bomber stream. The bomber was at least an hour behind the main
34th Bomb Group as it turned on the I.P. and headed for the original target. Suddenly,
from out of the sun and contrails came a Me 262 jet fighter. The fighter scored a hit on
the trailing edge of the left wing, which shot out the aileron and wing from the tip to
almost the engine nacelle. It exposed the gasoline lines from the wing tip to the main tank;
thankfully, the fuel had already been transferred. After much discussion between the navigator,
pilot and flight engineer it was decided to turn slowly towards England rather than head straight
north to Sweden. The pilot accomplished this by a slow flat turn to avoid losing the wing completely.
Within the next half-hour, another Me 262 appeared; the tail and ball turret gunners opened
fire but did not see the fighter go down. The navigator plotted a course over the North Sea.
The radio operator contacted British Air-Sea Rescue to stand by, as the crew was not sure if they
could maintain enough altitude to reach Mendlesham. The pilot fought the controls all the way
from Hamburg as he made a long, straight approach to the runway, finally landing, very roughly,
without any casualties. The bomber was sent to the hanger for a new wing. {final combat mission 19Apr45}.
{65 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. To 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
37865 (MSN 8843) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Jun44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*P],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 10Jul44. Failed to return from a
tactical mission in support of Operation Overlord to bomb an enemy troop concentration
at Cauvicourt, southeast of Caen, France 8Aug44 (8KIA:1POW). Flak damaged engine No.2,
and another burst cut off the tail, crashed St Sylvain, France
37866 (MSN 8844) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 8Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 24Jun44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*B], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 29Jun44. Named*Blues in the Night*--a 1941 song.
The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer,
for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally
released as Blues in the Night. . {first combat mission 12Jul44}. Participated in an
Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen Kurt Kannenberg AG Focke-Wulf
assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44. After the target, the bomber continued east
and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to an oil refinery at Trzebinia,
Poland 7Aug44, returning to Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zili?tea,
Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England
on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44. {22 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Daimler-Benz aero engine factory in Stuttgart, Germany
5Sep44 (9INT). Concentrated flak over Stuttgart crippled the plane, engine number 4 was hit
and had to be shut down. Engine number 2 ran hard and smoked and number 3 was losing fuel.
Then number 1 had to be shut down as well. No longer able to return to England the pilot headed
for Switzerland. Before the bomber pilot left the formation, he asked for escort from friendly fighters.
Two pilots of 339th Fighter Group immediately rushed to the aid of the damaged bomber.
The bomber was shot at by flak from a small town, Frauenfeld, Switzerland. The pilot didn't think
that he was over Switzerland and didn't notice that escorting P-51 Mustangs were also following.
The increased air activity in the border area attracted the attention of the Swiss and when
their observation posts reported the arrival of the bomber, two pairs of Swiss Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
fighters set out to intercept the intruders and escort them to Dübendorf. The two American Mustang
escort fighters who were circling over the Fortress had spotted three of the four Bf 109E. They thought
they were German fighters, completely surprising the Swiss planes. They caught two Messerschmitt
with short bursts of fire. The combat lasted seconds, then the Mustangs were gone. The Swiss
didn't have the slightest chance to defend themselves. One pilot was killed when his burning plane
crashed near Neuaffoltern. The other pilot was seriously injured and crash landed in Dübendorf.
The bomber crew tried to make the plane lighter and threw all heavy weapons overboard.
Then they jettisoned the ball turret and dropped the radar over Lake Zurich. The ball turret had fallen
through the roof of a building but luckily no one was injured. The bomber landed safely at Dübendorf,
Zürich, Switzerland. Returned to England. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire
12Sep45. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 7Oct45. 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.
37867 (MSN 8845) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 29Jun44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*C], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury Nov44. {53 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37868 (MSN 8846) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 9Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*Y], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul44. Named "Gentleman Jim":
{first combat mission 19Jul44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the
Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen Kurt Kannenberg AG Focke-Wulf assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia,
Poland 6Aug44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561),
Ukraine. Operated a mission to an oil refinery at Trzebinia, Poland 7Aug44, returning to Ukraine.
Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zili?tea, Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to a
Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England on a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII
mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine.
Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and
continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England
23Sep44. {final combat mission 18Apr45}. {79 missions + 4 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37869 (MSN 8847) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 29Jun44. Named "Blonde Bomber" Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44 (6POW:3KIA).
Damaged by flak, crashed Plauen, Germany
37870 (MSN 8848) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 28Jun44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*H], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 17Jul44. {first combat mission 20Jul44}.
{6 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Leunawerke chemical industrial complex
at Merseburg, Germany 29Jul44 (2KIA:8POW). The bombers encountered heavy flak over the
target which disrupted the formation. Damaged by flak, the aircraft crash landed near Obertrebra,
5 km northeast of Apolda, Germany. Salvaged by German forces 29Jul44
37871 (MSN 8849) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*N], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 2Jul44 Named "Slick Chick" and "Perry's Pirates"
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at
Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Apr45 (8POW:1EVD). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Dresden, Germany.
37872 (MSN 8850) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 29Jun44.
407th Bomb Squadron [PY*S], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 10Jul44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*F]. Battle damaged Kyllburg, Germany 8Jan45, crashed Reims, France.
Salvaged 21Jan45
37873 (MSN 8851) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31May44. Long Beach Field, CA 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 709th Bomb Squadron,
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 4Aug44. Named *Nazdrowie*.
Takeoff accident caused by electrical fire at Rattlesden 5Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
43-37874/38073 Boeing B-17G-75-BO Fortress
MSN 8852/9051. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Ada
Production changes: Parachute staic lines at exits.
37874 (MSN 8852) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31May44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*W], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 15Jul44. Named "Georgia Paach". Battle damaged on a mission
to bomb an enemy troop concentration at Cauvicourt, southeast of Caen, France 8Aug44.
Flak damaged No.2 engine and No.3 engine causing an oil leak. With the propeller feathered,
the aircraft dropped out of formation and landed safely at Nuthampstead. Failed to return
from a mission 27Sep44; force landed on the continent. Repaired and returned 24Nov44.
Failed to return from a mission 30Nov44; force landed on the continent. Repaired and
returned 17Dec44. Failed to return from a mission 13Jan45; force landed Grimberghen (B-60),
Belgium 15Jan45. Repaired and returned 16Feb45. Failed to return from a mission
8Mar45; force landed Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium 9Mar45. Repaired and returned
29Mar45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US.
1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 1Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 22Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
37875 (MSN 8853) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 835th Bomb Squadron [4N*K], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 30Jun44. {15 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to bomb gun emplacements
near Brest, France 5Sep44 (1POW:7KIA:1EVD),
Collided With B-17G (43-37949) in Mid Air Over Brest, France.
Aircraft Caught in Prop Wash of Another B-17G and Forced Down
into B-17G and Broke into Three Pieces and Crashed in Flames. (7) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed
Out and Evaded Capture. MACR 8459
37876 (MSN 8854) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 10Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*D],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 29Jun44. Named SEQUATCHIEE – artwork
of the head of a Cherokee chief / MARY FRANCES. . {first combat mission 1Jan44}. Failed to return
from a tactical mission in support of Operation Overlord to a Luftwaffe airfield at Tours,
France 1Aug44 (2KIA:4POW:3EVD). After losing an engine to flak, the plane entered
into a spin and crashed at Tours, France. {7 missions
37877 (MSN 8855) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jul44. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 19Jun44. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 4Jul44. 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*E]. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany
30Nov44 (7KIA:2POW). Shot down by flak near Merseberg, Germany
Aircraft Caught Fire and Went into a Spin and One Wing Broke off and Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air.
(7) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
MACR 11154
37878 (MSN 8856) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44.
730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 2Jul44. Failed
to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Handorf, Münster, Germany 5Oct44.
The aircraft was abandoned over the Wash, Norfolk after an engine fire but turned about after
being abandoned and flew back across England and Ireland, finaly disappearing out over the Atlantic
off County Mayo. The aircraft was loaded for a bombing raid and thus raised massive concerns
for the authorities in the areas it overflew. The crew all survived the bail out and were rescued by a
RAF Air-sea rescue launch. (This account has not been confirmed).
37879 (MSN 8857) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun44.
711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 29Jun44.
Battle damaged on a mission to Aachen, Germany 9Aug44, crash landed. Salvaged 12Aug44
37880 (MSN 8858) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31May44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jun44.
350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 29Jun44.
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at
Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (9POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Littnitz, Germany
37881 (MSN 8859) 4152nd Base Unit, Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH. Used for glider towing.
Damaged in an accident taxying at Wright Field, Dayton, OH 12Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton,
OH Jan46. Designated EB-17G. 2750th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH 1948.
Loaned to Honeywell Aero Division, St. Paul Field, Minneapolis, MN 1950. Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
Salvaged 1954. 3040th Aircraft Storage Depot, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ 20Jan55.
Modified to standard B-17G 13Jan56. Departed 26Sep56. Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB,
Mobile, AL. Modified as target drone 2Jan57. Designated QB-17N. 3205th Drone Squadron,
3205th Drone Group, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL. Expended 21Aug58.
37882 (MSN 8860) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44.
350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 29Jun44.
Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44
(8KIA:1POW). Flak damaged engine No.1 & No.2, the wing caught fire and spun down near
Spandau, Germany
37883 (MSN 8861) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jun44. 833th Bomb Squadron [4N*C],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*T]
Named "Blue Streak". {27 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (9KIA).
The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target. Just as the bombs were released
the plane was struck by flak, an 88mm shell exploded in the left main fuel tank.
Crashed at Merseburg, Germany MACR 10168 (FORTLOG)
37884 (MSN 8862) Accepted by USAAF 3Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Jun44. 848th Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 1Jul44 Named "Penns-Belle"
Failed to return from a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (8KIA:1POW).
Collided Nov 5, 1944 With B-17G (43-38087) in Mid Air Northeast of Mannheim, Germany
Crashed into the wreckage of a brned house Between Hemsbach and Huttenfeld. Germany.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 10325.
37885 (MSN 8863) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 1Jun44. 4126th Base Unit,
San Bernardino Field, CA 20Nov44. Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton,
OH 8Dec44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field,
Mobile, AL 14Dec44. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command),
Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 10Feb45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 28Mar45. 620th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Muroc Field, CA 17Apr45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 9Jul46. 620th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Muroc Field, CA 9Jul46
37886 (MSN 8864) Accepted by USAAF 3Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 25th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group,
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 848th Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 24Aug44. Named "Pennsy Belle"
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at
Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44 (9POW:1KIA). Over the target area, the plane
was hit first in number one engine, followed by a burst in front of the number
two engine. This blasted a hole in the side of the plane next to the navigator.
They were heading for home when the engineer noticed a stream of oil
coming out of number three engine. With only one and a half engines
functioning, the pilots decided they should lighten the plane as much as
they could and instructed the crew to throw out anything loose that they
could find. Then engine number four began leaking oil and the plane was
rapidly losing altitude. All 10 crew bailed out, 9 became POW, one drowned in a lake.
The plane crashed at Apolda, Germany. MACR 10759
37887 (MSN 8865) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Jun44. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*T],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 31Jul44. Named "Old Battle Axe"
Nose art painted by the pilot, David Hettema. Battle damaged on a mission to the Siebel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Halle, Germany 16Aug44. Modified as a Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft Aug44.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*J]. Battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44. Upon approaching the target the
Strike Force encountered very high and dense cloud cover. Other groups turned away to head for
alternate targets. The 91st Bomb Group leader had been in radio contact with a scouting force
checking on weather over the target. They informed him that there was an opening at 17,000 feet.
Upon receiving this information, the 91st Bomb Group dropped down from its briefed bombing
altitude of 27,000 feet to 17,000 feet and went under the weather front. After leaving the target,
the formation swung extra wide to the east taking it within range of the heavy concentration of
flak batteries at nearby Leipzig. The plane was hit by flak which punched holes in one of the
wing fuel tanks. Losing fuel combined with strong head winds made it obvious the plane
could not make it back to England. The pilot headed for the Eighth Air Force base,
Cormeilles-en-Vexin (A-59), France. Regained by Group. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor
built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 12/13May45; liberated prisoners of war from
Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to Ford, West
Sussex, England 12May45. American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France 13May45.
{22 missions}. Returned to US, departing 8Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 15Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37888 (MSN 8866) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44.
551st Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Jul44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (8POW:1KIA). The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target.
An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the bomber force. Damaged by flak,
crashed Detmold, German MACR 10155.
37889 (MSN 8867) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*B], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire
16Jul44. Failed to return from a mission 21Nov44. Force landed on the continent, repaired and
returned 24Nov44. {38 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to bomb a railway bridge at
Mannheim, Germany 20Jan44 (2KIA:7POW). Damaged by flak during a second approach to the
target and dropped out of formation after the bomb run. With the aircraft on fire, the crew bailed
out before it crashed between Heiligenstein and Mechtersheim, near Speyer, Germany
37890 (MSN 8868) Accepted by USAAF 3Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Jun44.
Ferried via Gore Field to Cheyenne MAP 5Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 10Jun44.
Ferried to Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 18Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
28Jun44. Ferried 30Jun44 to Dow Field, Bangor, ME; RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador; Bluie West One,
Narsarsuaq, Greenland; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland; 1407th Base Unit, European Wing,
Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood
(Station 590), Lancashire 1Jul44. 310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group 8Jul44.
Ferried Burtonwood to Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 8Jul44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*Q],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 8Jul44.
Named "Fearless Fosdick"--s character in the Li'l Abner comic strip.
{first combat mission 11Jul44}. {43 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 (5POW:4KIA). Upon approaching
the target the Strike Force encountered very high and dense cloud cover. Other groups turned
away to head for alternate targets. The 91st Bomb Group leader had been in radio contact with a
scouting force checking on weather over the target. They informed him that there was an opening
at 17,000 feet. Upon receiving this information, the 91st Bomb Group dropped down from its briefed
bombing altitude of 27,000 feet to 17,000 feet and went under the weather front. After leaving the target,
the formation swung extra wide to the east taking it within range of the heavy concentration
of flak batteries at nearby Leipzig. Over Böhlen, the plane took a direct flak hit in the right wing.
With No.3 engine out, it went into a steep dive, disintegrating in a fiery explosion almost immediately.
Five of the crew were able to bail out to become POWs. Crashed at Dobitschen, Germany
37891 (MSN 8869) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*J], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44.
Named "Old Man's Folly". {54 missions}. Damaged while parked by B-17G 43-37945 taxying
at Sudbury 20May45. Salvaged 20May45
37892 (MSN 8870) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44.
603rd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 15Jul44.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of Operation Overlord to a Luftwaffe airfield
at Bricy, Orléans, France 1Aug44. On return, crash landed at RAF Merston, Chichester, West Sussex.
Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 4Aug44.
37893 (MSN 8871) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*S],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 28Jun44. Named "Betty Jo". Damaged
landing at Great Ashfield 8Sep44. Damaged on a tactical mission in support of the
Battle of the Bulge to the airfield at Großostheim, Aschaffenburg, Germany 24Dec44.
B-17G 43-38233 was hit by flak prior to reaching the target. The Fortress went out of control
and collided with this plane. The propeller on #893's No.2 engine struck the waist section of the
fuselage cutting #233 in two. This plane landed safely, and after replacing its rudder, it continued
to fly missions. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 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 13Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37894 (MSN 8872) Accepted by USAAF 5Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 13Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 849th Bomb Squadron [R],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 1Jul44. Named "Big Poison"--artwork of a tiger.
The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the 490th Bomb Group. Battle damaged by flak on a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. An almost direct hit had severed
all the oil lines on No.2 engine, including the one to the feathering pump. Consequently all attempts
to feather that propeller were futile; this caused extreme over speeding of the propeller and with no
oil to the engine it soon seized, causing the crankshaft to shear. The windmilling propeller caused a
huge amount of drag which could not be overcome, even with the other three engines at full power.
As the bomber dropped out of formation it was picked up and escorted by two P-51 Mustangs.
The pilot had to make the decision to try and make the North Sea crossing back home to Eye or
attempt a landing on the Continent. With a high risk of the runaway propeller breaking away
from its mount and slicing through the nose of the aircraft, with dire consequences. he also
knew that there was a possibility he would have to ditch the plane in the North Sea. Either way, concern
for the safety of his crew made him decide to land at Brussels, Belgium. Maintenance crew inspection r
evealed that the propeller was ready to fall off with the touch of a finger. Returned to Group.
849th Bomb Squadron [F]. Accident during assembly for a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Chemnitz, Germany 6Feb45 (1KIA:8RTD). Mid-air collision in poor visibility at 6,000ft with
B-17G 43-37806 [388BG] over Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. The two aircraft locked left wings
while climbing to altitude. The crew bailed out safely but the tail gunner died. Two civilians died
and three more suffered serious injuries or burns when #894 crashed on a bungalow at Lilecote
Cottage, Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Salvaged
37895 (MSN 8873) Accepted by USAAF 5Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 6Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*R], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 3Jul44. Named "Tqke It Easy". {first combat mission 25Jul44}.
Participated in an Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen Kurt
Kannenberg AG Focke-Wulf assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44. After the target,
the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to an
oil refinery at Trzebinia, Poland 7Aug44, returning to Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Zili?tea, Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy.
Returned to England on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44.
Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw,
Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561),
Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and
continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England. Accident on
return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg, Germany 5Apr45.
Landing back at Framlingham, the right landing gear collapsed, bending the wing and destroying
two engines. {final combat mission 5Apr45}. {62 missions}. Salvaged 25Apr45.
37896 (MSN 8874) Accepted by USAAF 5Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Jul44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [O:A:D], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 3Jul44. Named "Forever Amber". {first combat mission 24Jul44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz,
Germany 16Aug44. Intense accurate flak was encountered at the target. Battle damaged on a
mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 25Aug44. Intense and accurate flak
was encountered at the target. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel, Berlin,
Germany 5Dec44. Flak over the target was a meagre to moderate barrage with several rockets.
Failed to return from a mission to enemy strongpoints and flak batteries at Royan, France 14Apr45 (9RTD).
En route to the target the plane caught fire. The crew bailed out over Léon, France. {60 missions}.
37897 (MSN 8875) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44.
838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 29Jun44. Battle damaged
on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45.
Force landed behind Soviet lines at Ok?cie, Warsaw, Poland. Repaired by Soviet Air Force.
890th Aviation Regiment, 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia
37898 (MSN 8876) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jun44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jul44. 535th Bomb Squadron,
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 3Jul44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*A],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 4Jul44. Named "Belle in the Keyhole".
Participated in an Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen
Kannenberg AG Focke Wulf assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44. After the
target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated
a mission to an oil refinery at Trzebinia, Poland 7Aug44, returning to Ukraine. Operated a
mission to an airfield at Buz?u, Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to Foggia #1, Celone, Italy,
a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England on a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to Rechlin,
Germany 25Aug44 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Tutow, Germany. {19 missions}.
37899 (MSN 8877) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*T], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44
Named "Rack and Ruin". The nose art depicted the Wolfman character from the 1941
Lon Chaney film of the same name. first combat mission 1Aug44}. 833th Bomb Squadron [4N*D].
{first combat mission 24Aug44}. 835th Bomb Squadron. Returning from a mission in poor weather
with low visibility, the bomber circled the base twice but did not lower the landing gear on
approach and crash landed at Sudbury 6Feb45. Repaired. {80 missions}. 601st Bomb Squadron
[3O*B], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
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
37900 (MSN 8878) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*M], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 26Jul44.
{80 missions}. Battle damaged Bremen, Germany 30Mar45; force landed at Helmond (B-86), Eindhoven,
Netherlands. Salvaged 20May45
37901 MSN 8879) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 14Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44.
837th Bomb Squadron [4F*B], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 30Jun44
Named "Miss Bea Havin'". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37902 (MSN 8880) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 2Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jun44.
832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*A], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 5Jul44.
{83 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37903 (MSN 8881) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24Jun44.
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 29Jun44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*D],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 8Jul44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at
Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 24Aug44 (9KIA). Damaged by flak over the target but returned
with the formation until it was seen leaking fuel and crashed at Marrum, 14km north of
Leeuwarden, Netherlands MACR 8285.
37904 (MSN 8882) Accepted by USAAF 5Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 6Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 13Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Jun44.
569th Bomb Squadron [CC*L], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul44.
Named PRINCESS PAT / HANNAH’S CHILDREN. {first combat mission 14Jun44}. Participated in
an Operation Frantic V shuttle mission to the Flugzeugwerk Gotenhafen Kurt Kannenberg AG
Focke-Wulf assembly works at Rahmel, Gdynia, Poland 6Aug44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to an oil
refinery at Trzebinia, Poland 7Aug44, returning to Ukraine. Operated a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Zili?tea, Rumania 8Aug44, continuing on to a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern
Italy. Returned to England on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Francazal, Toulouse, France 12Aug44.
Severely battle damaged on a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) tank
factory at Nürnberg, Germany 10Sep44 (2WIA:7RTD). The navigator and bombardier were
wounded. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {66 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37905 (MSN 8883) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Jun44. 729th
Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 28Jun44.
524th Bomb Squadron [WA*B], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 8Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
37906 (MSN 8884) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 730th Bomb Squadron [+C], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 29Jun44. Named "Rose-Etta". . Accident during assembly
for a mission to the Hanomag vehicle factory at Hanover, Germany 26Oct44 (8KIA:1RTD). Mid-air
collision with B-17G 43-38696 caused by propeller wash. #906 dropped down and struck #696,
breaking off the tail section from which the gunner was able to bail out. #906 pulled up and
separated from the other plane but then stalled back on top of it. Both planes exploded and the
wreckage fell to earth in fields near Caston Hall, Easton, Norfolk. The tail section fell on the
driveway to Caston Hall, Norfolk. Salvaged 27Oct44, 8 killed, tail gunner parachuted
to safety.
37907 (MSN 8885) Accepted by USAAF 6Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 17Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+J], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 2Jul44. 848th Bomb Squadron [-H]. {78 missions}
Named *Carolina Moon*– artwork of a slinky nude reclining on a crescent moon.
The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the 490th Bomb Group. Several members of
its replacement crew painted wives and girlfriends names under the aircraft's windows.
Rita was applied under the left waist gunner's position and LORRAINE appeared beneath
the rudder. Tail gunner had a big red heart along with the line HAVE A HEART painted above
his rear turret installation, whilst the navigator had the names Adeline & Suzy marked above
his window for his wife and daughter. Finally, the nose gun boasted the titling Eagle's Nest
for the togglier [S/Sgt Leo Eagle], and the swastika denoted the destruction of an Me 262 by
the gunners. Returned to US by 490th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland. Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45.
To 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
37908 (MSN 8886) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*H], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 2Jul44 Named "Woeful Bear", (24 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the Luftwaffe airfield at Wiesbaden, Germany 10Nov44. Damaged by flak, crashed Izel, Belgium.
The pilot ordered those crew members not wounded to bail out after he made the decision
to crash land the plane as the only way to save his wounded. As the aircraft descended
out of the clouds, he was confronted by the steeple of a village church and through
skilled action, he steered the plane around the church and into a nearby meadow. All crew and
village population survived. Salvaged 22Nov44. (6) Crew Bailed Out and Evaded Capture. (4) Crew Stayed
With Aircraft and Survived and Were Rescued By U.S. Army Troops. Aircraft salvaged Nov 22, 1944. MACR 10336
37909 (MSN 8887) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*B], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 3Jul44. {3 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 4Aug44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak and mid-air
collision with B-17G 43-38145, crashed Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany. MACR 7711
37910 (MSN 8888) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 17Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
30Jun44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*C], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44.
{38 missions}. Crashed on takeoff for a mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover,
Germany 31Dec44 (10RTD). The plane had reached a height of 20-30 feet when the No.3 engine
malfunctioned with flames coming out of the cowlings. The engine then surged out of control and
lost oil so quickly that the propeller coiuld not be feathered. Turning back for an emergency
landing, the plane was too high and broke off to go around again. unfortunately the main landing
gear refused to retract; it was subsequently hand cranked up. Fortunately the fire in the engine
burnt itself out. Unable to maintain height with the drag from the landing gear and a windmilling
propeller, the bomber slowly descended but the pilot was able to make a successful crash
landing in a meadow at Little Cornard, southeast of Sudbury, about three miles south of the
airfield. The plane had struck some trees on approach before skidding across the field ripping
off the right wing. The chin and ball turrets were smashed when the plane plowed through a
hedge and barbed-wire fence, spun around and stopped short of the nearest dwelling. Salvaged 3Jan45
37911 (MSN 8889) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
28Jun44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 29Jun44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 22Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37912 (MSN 8890) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 28Jun44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*Y], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 30Jun44. Battle damaged by flak on return from a mission to Mannheim, Germany
11Dec44. Crew bailed out and aircraft crash landed at Distroff, France. Salvaged 8Feb45.
37913 (MSN 8891) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jun44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 28Jun44.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*T:OR*A], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 29Jun44. Named "Seattle Sleeper". {first combat mission 24Jul44}.
Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the shipyards at Kiel, Germany 30Aug44. Failed to return
from a mission to a railway viaduct at Altenbeken, Germany 26Nov44 (3POW:6EVD). Attacked by
enemy fighters about ten minutes prior to I.P. About forty enemy fighters attacked from the rear.
The main assault lasted some ten minutes with two concentrated passes, followed by intermittent
attacks, that left the bomber wrecked and dropping away from the formation. It was down to 15,000ft
when it disintegrated in a huge explosion that left pieces of burning debris cartwheeling and tumbling
through the sky. Crashed south of Haulerwijk, Netherlands. {25 missions} Crew
bailed out. 3 POW, 6 evaded. MACR 10837
37914 (MSN 8892) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Apr44.
Modified to photographic configuration. Chin turret replaced by three cameras, three in
radio compartment, heaters fitted in camera bays. Prototype F-9C. 11th Photographic Group,
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Aug44. 19th Photographic Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance),
325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. 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. Damaged while parked
in collision by B-17G 44-8211 at Schweinfurt [R-25], Germany 20Jun45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Redesignated FB-17G 1945. 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group,
Istres AAB, Marseille, France Feb46. Mallard Field, Dakar, Senegal May46. North Field, Gibraltar
Jun46. 423rd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco Sep46. Salvaged 6Nov46.
37915 (MSN 8893) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jun44. Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT 13Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Aug44. 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 11Aug44.
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 12Aug44.
Battle damaged on an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance
forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. Attacked by enemy fighters, the plane force landed
behind Russian lines. Salvaged 18May45.
37916 (MSN 8894) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jul44.
832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*D], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 4Jul44
Named "Smokey Stover"--an American comic strip. Landing Accident Nov 15, 1944 at RAF Knettishall Airfield, Station USAAF-136,
Suffolk, England. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Badly Damaged. Salvaged Nov 19, 1944
37917 (MSN 8895) Accepted by USAAF 8Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*B], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 17Jul44. Named "Pauline/The Gravy Train"
(first combat mission 20Jul44}. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the
war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane
suffered major battle damage on that final mission; three Tokyo tanks and a wing spar
were damaged. {106 missions}. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire 12May45. Regained by Group 29May45. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to
expedite the return of troops to USA(code #29). It called for the round-the-clock airlift of
troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the
troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French
citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Participated in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to
return Greeks who had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek
imprisonment and were under armed guard. Flights were from Istres, France to Munich,
Germany to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’.
Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy. Salvaged 31Dec45.
37918 (MSN 8896) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*Q], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 2Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37919 (MSN 8897) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*K], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "Rio Tinto" {5 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44.
Before reaching the target, the No.4 engine lost oil pressure and had to be feathered.
Unable to stay with the group, the bomber dropped out of formation. The crew jettisoned the
bombs and headed for home. They attempted to join another group returning from Merseberg,
but before they could join them No.3 engine had to be feathered. This put the bomber with two
engines out on the right side and slowly losing altitude. In addition fuel consumption on the
remaining engines was very high. The engineer attempted to transfer fuel from No.3 and No.4,
but was unable to do so with the electric pump or the hand pump. The bomber crossed over the
allied lines and began looking for an airfield. However, just north of Liège, Belgium, both
No.1 and No.2 engines stopped with fuel exhaustion, and the bomber was crash landed on a
green slippery field. Salvaged 16Dec44.
37920 (MSN 8898) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*L], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 17Jul44. {6 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the Daimler-Benz Motoren aircraft engine factory at Genshagen, Berlin, Germany 6Aug44
(6KIA:3POW). Damaged by flak and shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Wilhelmshorst, Germany.
37921 (MSN 8899) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 30Jun44. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*K], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 18Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic
oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 13Sep44. Crew bailed out, the bomber crashed at
Paris, France. Salvaged 14Nov44
37922 (MSN 8900) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 23Jul44 Crashed on takeoff in poor
weather from Chelveston/USAAF Sta. 105 England, for a mission to Dresden, February 15, 1945.
(5) crew killed, (4) survived, (2) airmen on ground killed in their rescue and/ or firefighting assistance.
Salvaged Feb 15, 1945.
37923 (MSN 8901) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Jul44. 837th Bomb Squadron [4F*P], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 3Jul44. Named "Naughty Marietta" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37924 (MSN 8902) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*C], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 18Jul44. Salvaged 22Nov44.
37925 (MSN 8903) Accepted by USAAF 7Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 16Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+E],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "Easy Does It" Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*T], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Nov44.
{17 missions}. Returned to US. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Jan46. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37926 (MSN 8904) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 7Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+C], 490th Bomb Group, Eye
(Station 134), Suffolk Jul44. Named "Lotta Stern" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 16Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37927 (MSN 8905) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*G], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "The Last Roundup"
Shot down Dec 6, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Ijmuiden, Netherlands While on a Mission on The
I. G. Farben Synthetic Oil Refineries at Merseburg, Germany. Right Wing Broke off and Aircraft Caught Fire
and Crashed in Flames. Exploded on Impact as it Hit The Water 100 Yards off The Breakwater at
Ijmuiden. All (9) Crew Were Killed. 36 missions. MACR 11048.
37928 (MSN 8906) Accepted by USAAF 8Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 19Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [G], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 2Jul44.
Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 28Oct44 (1KIA)
832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*S], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Oct44. {43 missions}.
Crash landed Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 18Apr45. 851st Bomb Squadron [+G], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk. Returned to US by 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group crew on
Operation Home Run. Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland. Damaged taxying at Meeks Field, Keflavík,
Iceland 9Jul45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
12Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field,
KS 16Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37929 (MSN 8907) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*F], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44. {3 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag
Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 4Aug44 (9POW).
Shot Down Aug 4, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Einswarden, 5 km West of Wesermunde, Germany
Aircraft Turned Over and Went
Straight Down and Exploded and Broke Up Before Impact. All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. MACR 7712
37930 (MSN 8908) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jul44.
360th Bomb Squadron [PU*F], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 4Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G.
synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44 (8POW:1KIA).
Flaps down and nose up, a Focke-Wulf 190 fired its 20mm cannon into the bomber.
On fire, parts of the aircraft flew into the sky. In a spin, the B-17 descended from
20,000ft and crashed at Dorstadt, south of Wolfenbüttel, Germany MACR 9406
37931 (MSN 8909) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
16Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*H],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*L].
Named *Pursuit of Happiness*. {82 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 17Apr45 (9KIA). Struck by
flak southwest of Dresden. Exploded in the air and again upon crashing to the ground
about two kilometers northwest of the village of P?e?aply, near Udlice, Czechoslovakia
MACR 14186
37932 (MSN 8910) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 29Jun44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*H], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 16Jul44. Named "Spratt O-Liner" Failed to return from a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 5Nov44 (1KIA:8POW). Damaged by
flak, crashed Frankfurt am Main, Germany MACR 10353
37933 (MSN 8911) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 2Jul44. 837th Bomb Squadron
Named "Yankee Maid" . Damaged landing at Lavenham 10Nov44. Failed to return from a mission
to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (8POW:1KIA).
Shot Down Jan 14, 1945 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-10 2 km East of Redefin 18 km West of
Ludwigslust Germany While on a Mission to Osnabruck Germany. Made Belly Landing. BF 109G-10 Flown By Uffz. Siegfried
Schaefer of JG 300/13. (1) Crew Killed. (8) Crew Survived & Were Captured & Became POWs. Released in 1945. MACR 11732
Also listed as colliding with B-17G 42-98013 and crashed at Redefin, Germany.
37934 MSN 8912) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*X], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 15Jul44. Named . MILLION DOLLAR BABY – renamed HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BABY
when reached 100 missions. {101 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37935 (MSN 8913) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 2Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to Magdeburg, Germany
5Aug44 (1KIA). Flak set off some of the ammunition for the flexible nose guns.
The Bombardier was killed and the Navigator wounded. Damaged taxying at Thorpe
Abbotts 1Sep44. Taxying out for a combat mission, the aircraft ran off one side of the
taxyway into a drain. Without hydraulic pressure, the aircraft continued to turn
heading for a building (gunner’s briefing room) but, with a burst of power, the
pilot managed to recover back onto the perimeter track. There was another
aircraft in front, slowing down for a turn, but the pilot of this aircraft was
unable to slow and control his aircraft and ran into an abandoned aircraft that
was being used for demonstrating ditching procedures. Salvaged 3Sep44.
37936 (MSN 8914) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 16Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 711th Bomb Squadron,
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 2Jul44 Named "Bonnie Babie"
.Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works
at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44. The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target.
An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the bomber force.
Ditched English Channel, crew rescued
37937 (MSN 8915) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 7Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 26Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*K],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 15Jul44. Named "The Prowler".
Landing Accident on practice operation Mar 17, 1945 at
RAF Sudbury Airfield. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Badly Damaged.
Salvaged Mar 21, 1945.
37938 (MSN 8916) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 2Jul44. 708th Bomb Squadron. Named "Little Rock Blonde" Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 8Jan45 (4POW:5KIA).
Damaged by flak, crashed Frankfurt am Main, Germany MACR 11582.
37939 (MSN 8917) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*E],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 9Jul44. {27 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Bingen, Germany 27Nov44.
Forced Landing Nov 27, 1944 in a Turnip Patch at Brussels, Belgium After Three Engines Failed While
Returning From a Mission on The Marshalling Yard at Bingen, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Badly Damaged and Abandoned. Salvaged Dec 1, 1944.
37940 (MSN 8918) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
30Jun44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 5Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 18Jul45. 4th Ferrying Group,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN. Damaged in collision with parked C-47B 45-1091 at Memphis
Field 14Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37941 (MSN 8919) Accepted by USAAF 9Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "Miss Ana Bortion" Failed to return from a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 1Sep44 (10KIA). The
mission was cancelled en route because of bad weather and the plane had just crossed the
French coast returning to England. There was a mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38184 over
Dives-sur-mer, France. The deputy lead was flying under the lead plane and was about half
a plane length ahead when it pulled up and collided. Crashed at Cabourg, France.
Salvaged 1Apr45 MACR 8854
37942 (MSN 8920) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*J], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44.
Named "Flippy" aka "The Blue Fairy"
During assembly for a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44,
mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38005 at 17,00ft over England. With No.3 and No.4 propellers feathered,
the aircraft returned to land safely at base. On a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 2Nov44, the aircraft lost No.2 engine twenty minutes before
reaching the target. Bombs jettisoned near Brunswick to stay in formation. Then lost No.1 engine ten
minutes before the target and had to turn back at 25,000ft. The aircraft flew the return course
to base at 120mph, descending at 200-300ft/minute. After two hours, the aircraft reached the enemy
coast of the Netherlands at 8,500ft. It was able to maintain 7,500ft at 120mph over the North Sea
until forty miles from England, when No.3 engine spouted oil, the propeller oversped
feathered/unfeathered for ten minutes. The aircraft began losing altitude quickly, so the
crew threw out all ammunition, flak suits, helmets, excess radio equipment and waist guns.
The aircraft managed to level off at 6,000ft until No.3 propeller oversped again and oil pressure
dropped to zero. Feathered No.3 over the English coast at 5,000ft. The pilot sighted an emergency
field just inland. Circled for landing, making a downwind leg at 1,500ft. It made a safe landing at
RAF Beccles, Ellough, Suffolk on No.4 engine only. Force landed RAF Woodbridge emergency landing
ground, Suffolk 3Jan45. {52 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at
Grafenwöhr, Germany 8Apr45 (2KIA:7POW). Flak hit No.3 engine which caught fire, then went
into a spin, lost a wing then exploded and crashed at Rehau, Germany.
MACR 13739
37943 (MSN 8921) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jun44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*G], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44. Named "The Fertile Turtle"
Crashed Feb 27, 1945 Somewhere Northwest of Leipzig, Germany Due to Engine Failure While on a Misison
on The Aircraft Engine Factory at Leipzig, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Unknown if Crew Bailed
Out or if Aircraft Crash Landed. MACR 12782
37944 (MSN 8922) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*R],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44
Named "Mr Tacoma". . {34 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 6Dec44 (9POW).
The aircraft was on a mission to bomb rail marshalling yards Merseburg, Germany.
While flying at an altitude of twenty-one thousand feet, the bomber was hit by flak.
It went into a dive when it lost two engines but pulled out of the dive at five thousand
feet. The hydraulics, electrical and radio were destroyed. It flew for three hours or
more at about two hundred feet above ground. It then lost the third engine after being hit
by German rifle fire and crashed at Ouddorp, Netherlands. The plane broke in half as it
hit the ground. All nine crew members survived MACR 11047
37945 (MSN 8923) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 30Jun44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*K], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 2Jul44. {75 missions}. Collided with parked B-17G 43-37891 while taxying at
Sudbury 20May45. Salvaged 21May45.
37946 (MSN 8924) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 9Jul44. Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite and Castor
missions. Designated CQ-4. 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 10Jul44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37947 (MSN 8925) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 21Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Jul44. Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*S],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 8Jul44. Battle
damaged Cologne, Germany 10Jan45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged 22Jan45.
612nd Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire Jan45. Damaged taxying at Deenthorpe 3Feb45
37948 (MSN 8926) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 837th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 9Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*T],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 27Oct44. {7 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (8POW:1KIA).
Shot Down Nov 30, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Witzenhausen, 10 Miles East of Kassel, Germany
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and (8) Were Captured and Became POWs. Released in 1945.
(1) Crewman Was Killed When His Parachute Failed to Open. MACR 11153
37949 (MSN 8927) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Jul44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*B], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44
Named "Nobody Getszit/Sunrise Serenade". The mother of the pilot dearly
loved the Glenn Miller tune “Sunrise Serenade” so the crew agreed to affix the name to their plane.
{15 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Daimler-Benz aero engine factory in Stuttgart,
Germany 5Sep44 (8KIA:1POW),
Collided Sep 5, 1944 With B-17G (43-37875) in Mid Air Over Brest, France.
Aircraft Went into Flat Spin and Burst into Flames and Crashed.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW
MACR 8460
37950 (MSN 8928) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*G], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 20Jul44
accident landing at Kimbolton 11Aug44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*G].
Named "Gravel Gertie (character in Dick Tracy comic strip) /I'll Be Seeing You (1944 film):"
Force landed on the continent 28Mar45. Regained by Group 8Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37951 (MSN 8929) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Jul44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*J], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 15Jul44 .Named "Red Dragon" Failed to return from a mission to Permasens,
Germany 9Aug44 (9EVD). Damaged by flak, crashed Antwerp, Belgium MACR 7393
37952 (MSN 8930) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Jun44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*F], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Jul44.
833th Bomb Squadron [2N-H]. {83 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37953 (MSN 8931) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME
9Jul44. Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite and Castor missions.
Designated CQ-4. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 10Jul44. Damaged taxying at Knettishall 14Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37954 (MSN 8932) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*K. H8*C], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 8Jul44. Named "Goin' Jessie" {79 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 6Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
37955 (MSN 8933) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 8Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery,
Misburg, Hanover, Germany 26Nov44 (7POW:2EVD). Damaged by flak, ditched off Diepenveen,
Netherlands MACR 11202
37956 (MSN 8934) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*L], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Aug44. {81 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37957 (MSN 8935) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Jul44.
510th Bomb Squadron [TU*D], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Jul44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*M]. {46 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37958 (MSN 8936) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 11Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*H], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 14Jul44. Named "Flak Plow". {69 missions}. Force landed
Belgium 21Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
37959 (MSN 8937) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44.
834th Bomb Squadron [2S*K], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 8Jul44.
{22 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the secondary target, the railway installations
at Koblenz, Germany 19Sep44 (9RTD). Above the target, the flak was very accurate. Two engines
had been hit and the wing was covered with a layer of oil. There was some damage in the
bomb bay. Here the electrical lines were damaged. The turbochargers gave problems
and the pressure in the exhaust of the third engine dropped visibly. The crew managed to
restart the number two engine, but the oil pressure dropped after a while. The crew
jettisoned all loose equipment but the bomber was losing height. As soon as the third
engine failed, they were too low to bail out and had no choice but to perform a crash
landing. The aircraft landed in a potato field at Vantegem in Kwatrecht, Belgium; dirt
and potatoes struck through the ball turret and the bomb bay. Salvaged 14Nov44.
After the remaining armaments and engines had been dismantled, the hulk remained
and was eventually stripped by the local population
37960 (MSN 8938) Accepted by USAAF 12Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 18th Bomb Squadron [L], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 12Jul44 Named "Going My Way" (a 1944 musical comedy drama movie
starring Bing Crosby)/"Delta Girl" [named by the pilot whose
wife was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta). {first combat mission 7Mar45}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45.
The plane was attacked from the rear by a Me 262 jet fighter. Most of the left elevator was
blown off in the explosion of a cannon shell and spread shrapnel through the tail section.
An oxygen line and some control cables were severed. The tail was riddled with approximately
three hundred holes. Damaged preparing for a mission to enemy strongpoints and flak
batteries at Royan, France 14Apr45. It was a foggy morning and workmen had been repairing
the hard stands. There were some holes marked with lights but the pilot did not turn the plane
properly and a wheel dropped into a hole, damaging a propeller when it struck the ground.
The engineer jumped out of the bomber and extinguished all the marker lights. The crew claimed
that the holes were not properly illuminated and the aircraft damage was not pilot error.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany.
British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{final combat mission 20Apr45}. {27 missions + 6 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US by
34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 22Jun45. Force landed after engine failure at South
Plains Field 9Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37961 (MSN 8939) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 2Aug44. Battle damaged Cologne, Germany 10Jan45, two engines knocked out by
flak, crash landed near Saint-Lô, France. Salvaged 23Jan45. MACR 11564
37962 (MSN 8940) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 21Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 8Jul44. Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite and Castor
missions. Designated CQ-4. 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 10Jul44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37963 (MSN 8941) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*J],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 8Jul44 named "Dirty Deuce".
833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*K]. {61 missions}. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 3Nov45. 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
37964 MSN 8942) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 8Jul44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*M],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 22Jul44. Named "Dozey Doata"
(a novelty song). {95 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 9Apr45; force landed on the continent. Repaired and returned to UK. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37965 (MSN 8943) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 8Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to Karlsruhe, Germany 9Aug44 (5KIA:4POW).
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Beinheim, German MACR 8068
37966 (MSN 8944) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*G], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 8Jul44. Named "Hock Shop". {31 missions}. Battle damaged during
a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 5Jan45; force
landed on the continent. Salvaged
37967 (MSN 8945) Accepted by USAAF 13Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*B],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 20Jul44. Artwork of DONALD DUCK
with a cigar and the victory sign in right hand and a bottle of beer in the left above a bomb
being dropped. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil
refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44 (2INJ:7RTD). Struck by flak over the
target disabling No.1 engine and the oxygen system. With the propeller feathered the
plane was unable to maintain formation altitude. Then No.2 engine started to leak oil
and the propeller was feathered. On return, over the River Rhine, the No.3 engine was
struck by flak. With only one engine operating there was a risk of the bomber slipping
into a tail spin. The crew was ordered to bail out and jumped over Tourinne, Belgium.
The pilots remained and crash landed the aircraft in a pasture near Brussels.
Sensitive equipment was removed and turned over to a USAAF unit in Belgium. Salvaged 1Dec44
37968 (MSN 8946) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 8Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*R], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 27Oct44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*V ]. Named SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS – the name
of a popular cartoon character. {75 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
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
37969 (MSN 8947) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*N], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44.
Named "Beverly Jean". Battle damaged on a a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45 (9RTD). Crossing the front lines
the formation met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition
was scattered, with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the primary
target. When they got closer it was decided that there were too many clouds, but by this time,
in order to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at Zwickau, the formation had to
circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way around, and the formation couldn't go much
farther east because of the Russian front lines. Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation
on the bomb run. Mid-air collision on return with B-17G 43-38038. The crew bailed out before
the bomber crashed near Couvron, France. Salvaged 21Mar45. MACR 16022.
37970 (MSN 8948) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham 11Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*S], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury. {49 missions}.
Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire Apr 10, 1945 Over Brandenburg, Germany While on a Mission on The
Briest Airfield at Brandenburg, Germany. Able to Keep Flying on Two Engines on The Left Wing
Until Crash Landed on One Landing Gear Because Other One Would Not Come Down Near Breda, Netherlands.
All (9) Crew Survived. Must have been repaired since returned to US
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37971 (MSN 8949) Accepted by USAAF 13Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Jul44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*T], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 17Jul44. {first combat mission 31Jul44}.
Eighth Air Force Service Command 20Dec44. Regained by Group 19Jan45. {89 missions}.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. Returning to Grafton Underwood from Istres,
the plane force landed at No.1 Staging Post, Guernsey, Channel Islands 11Jun45.
After crossing the French Coast at Rouen, France, the plane encountered low cloud and
failed to find London on the expected flight path. Turning back, the pilot found a break
in the clouds and went under. Spotting land, it was the island of Guernsey off the French coast.
With zero visibility on the upwind landing end, the pilot elected to land downwind on the
short, grass runway. Unable to stop, the pilot ground looped the aircraft which came to rest
in rough ground and into abandoned German gun pits. Salvaged 12Jun45.
37972 (MSN 8950) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 349th Bomb
Squadron [XR*F], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 8Jul44.
833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*J], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 9Jul44
Named ULALUME [a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1847].
{17 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Loddenheide,
Münster, Germany 5Oct44 (9POW). Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Munster,
Germany. Headed Home With (2) Engines Out and (2) P-51s as Escort But Crashed at Quendorf,
Near Schuttorf, Germany. All (9) Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 9528.
37973 (MSN 8951) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 11Jul44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*N],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 12Jul44. Named "The Worry Bird".
{70 missions}. Returned POWs from Austria May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37974 (MSN 8952) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Jul44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*F], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44. Named "The Big Drip Jr." Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45.
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
37975 (MSN 8953) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*A], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 8Jul44. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38704 near Lavenham 8Jul45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 27Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37976 (MSN 8954) Accepted by USAAF 14Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 22Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44.
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 7Jul44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 8Jul44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*F],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Jul44. .
Named "IF YOU KNEW SUZY (popular song)/ LILY MARLENE (A German love song recorded by Marlene Dietrich)".
Failed to return from a mission to the Hanomag vehicle factory at Hanover,
Germany 22Oct44 (9MIA). On return, mid-air collision with B-17G 44-8099 over the
North Sea off Clacton, Essex. This plane was flying in #4 position of the high squadron;
the other plane was lead of the high squadron. The lead plane reduced speed while in a
gradual climb. At that time, this plane overran and slid ahead underneath the lead plane,
the pilot not making any attempt to lose altitude or get clear. They remained together for
about ten seconds then collided. This plane broke up, exploded and crashed into the sea. .
MACR 9656
37977 (MSN 8955) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*R],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 20Jul44. Named "Miss X".
Failed to return from a non-operational sortie 12Jan45; force landed in Belgium. Salvaged by 5th Strategic
Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*R], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 3Mar45. Damaged taxying when tail wheel was damaged in perimeter
track hole at Nuthampstead 23May45. Not Regained by Group; returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37978 (MSN 8956) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jul44.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*J], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 7Aug44. {48 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. 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.
37979 (MSN 8957) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron [2C*N], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44.
Damaged taking off in collision with B-17G 42-37736 landing at Lavenham 20Oct44.
Battle damaged en route for a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Großostheim, Aschaffenburg, Germany 24Dec44. Shot down over Liège,
Belgium with 30mm cannon by Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel Wilhelm Hopfensitz of IV/JG 3
flying Fw 190 ‘Yellow 19’. Force landed at Le Culot (A-89), Belgium. Salvaged
37980 (MSN 8958) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 8Jul44. Accident landing at Lavenham 9Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 25Aug44
(9KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Lake Müritz, Germany. Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air. (9) Crew Were Killed.
(2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8470
37981 (MSN 8959) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron [2C*B], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 8Jul44 Landing Accident Aug 9, 1944 at (RAF Lavenham Airfield)
Station USAAF-137 Suffolk England. All (10) Crew Survived.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 18Jul45.
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
37982 (MSN 8960) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Jul44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*K], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 31Jul44. Named "Be Be" (named for the Crew Chief's wife)
Failed to return from a mission to the Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerke AG synthetic oil
refinery at Záluží, Brüx, Sudetenland 7Oct44, damaged by flak with two engines out, force
landed in Belgium. Repaired and regained by Group. Failed to return from a mission 29Jan45;
force landed at Merville (B-53), France. 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 25Mar45. Battle damaged by flak, right wing
replaced from a salvaged aircraft. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the
war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {67 missions}.
Returned to US. Departed Nuthampstead 26May45. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 26May45.
Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores. St. Johns, Newfoundland. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37983 MSN 8961) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*M],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*N].
Named *Umbriago* [drunk as a skunk] - a word made famous by comedian/entertainer
Jimmy Durante, who had a hit song of the same name. {83 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson
City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37984 (MSN 8962) Accepted by USAAF 14Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 16Jun44.
Ferried via Gore Field to Cheyenne MAP 17Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jun44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 25Jun44.
Ferried to Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. Ferried 7Jul44 to RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador; Bluie West One,
Narsarsuaq, Greenland; Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland; 1407th Base Unit, European Wing,
Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. Base Air Depot No.1,
Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire 12Jul44. 310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air
Transport Group 18Jul44. Ferried Burtonwood to Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 20Jul44.
839th Bomb Squadron [R5*H], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 9Jul44.
Named "Flutterbye". {first combat mission 1Aug44}. On a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Mainz, Germany 18Dec44 (9RTD), two engines were damaged by flak. The bomber force landed
at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium 18Dec44. Destroyed by enemy strafing action on the
ground during Operation Bodenplatte at Melsbroek 1Jan45. Salvaged 3Jan45
37985 (MSN 8963) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 834th Bomb
Squadron [2S*L], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44. {32 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to Düren, Germany 16Nov44;
Crashed From Unknown Cause at Tielt-Winge, Belgium
Aircraft Crashed into Naten's Farm Destroying The Home and Outbuildings and Killing Two People.
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Survived.. Salvaged 17Nov44. 67th Tactical
Reconnnaissance Group, IX Tactical Air Command, Ninth Air Force, Charleroi (A-87), Belgium
37986 (MSN 8964) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*H], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 31Jul44. {10 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 12Sep44 (6POW:3KIA).
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Prötzel, Germany. MACR 8895
37987 (MSN 8965) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jul44.
839th Bomb Squadron [R5*J], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 15Jul44
Named. MEAN WIDDLE KID. The nose art on the Flying Fortress was a figure of a popular
cartoon character called Junior the Mean Widdle Kid, a young troublemaker portrayed by
comedian/actor Red Skelton. The caricature was painted on the left side of the B-17’s nose,
and shows Junior marking off the number of missions completed by the crew from 34 to 35,
the final number need to go home. . Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield
at Briest, Brandenburg, Germany 10Apr45 (8POW:2KIA). The aircraft received several flak
hits after crossing the River Elbe about a minute short of the target. It then circled out of
the formation to the left, then passed over the formation before starting to lose altitude.
The No.2 propeller was seen to be windmilling but the plane leveled off with no signs of fire.
However the pilot ordered the bail out as he said that the plane had fires in both wings,
two engines and in the bomb-bay. Another crew reported seeing the left wing break off
and an explosion which caused the aircraft to lose control and crashed at Havelberg, Germany
(2) Crew Killed. (1) When His Parachute Failed to Open. (8) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. MACR 13883.
37988 (MSN 8966) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*F], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 14Jul44. {nil missions}. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*C], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 22Jul44. Named "The B.T.O". {first combat mission 25Jul44}.
Major battle damaged on a mission to Brest, France 11Aug44 when flak hit a wing spar. Major
battle damaged on a mission to Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 when No.2 and No.3 engines were hit.
{53 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Ostheim Cologne,
Germany 10Jan45 (3KIA:6RTD). Force landed at Evere (B-56), Brussels, Belgium, overran and
collided with a C-47 Skytrain and a hangar then exploded. Salvaged 18Jan45.
37989 (MSN 8967) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 837th Bomb
Squadron [4F*F], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44. Battle
damaged Rechlen, Germany 25Aug44, crash landed at Lavenham. Salvaged 27Aug44
37990 (MSN 8968) Accepted by USAAF 15Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 25Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*G],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Jul44
Named "Parker's Madhouse". {first combat mission 28Jul44}. {26 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Wesseling, Germany 3Oct44 (9RTD).
One of the engines had already failed during assembly above the North Sea. Although the
plane fell out of formation, the crew decided to continue the mission. Crossing Germany,
the plane was hit by flak. A second engine was shut down and the plane fell more and more
behind and lost altitude. It was heard calling for landing instructions at Brussels, Belgium
but the radio operator failed to make contact with the base. The crew bailed out over friendly
territory. The plane flew on by itself until crashing into a Belgian farmhouse; an engine
tumbled into the cellar, a young horse in the stable was killed instantly. Large pieces of wreckage
lay in the field that formed a corner with Veldonkstraat and Hoevestraat at Tremelo, near Brussels,
Belgium. The farmhouse was virtually destroyed and uninhabitable; compensation for the damage
was never made. It was not long before the British forces were on the spot. They tried to extinguish
the fire, ammunition exploded all around and a soldier was injured in the head as a result. Salvaged 14Nov44
The wreck was removed by local residents and scrap dealers. However, after the tail plane was later salvaged,
the farmer retained the Cheyenne turret and used it on the farm as a chicory stove for about 60 years.
It became a project for restoration by the Belgian Aviation History Society. The tail turret is now on display
in the For Freedom Museum in Knokke-Ramskapelle. Aluminum skin panels were rediscovered
in a barn roof 75 years later.
37991 (MSN 8969) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 8Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. .To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37992 (MSN 8970) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*P],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44. {49 missions}. Battle damaged
on a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather did not materialize
so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany.
Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate
Crashed Feb 6, 1945 4 Miles North of Shorehan-on-Sea, West Sussex, England Due to Bad Weather
While Returning From a Mission on The Oil Refinery at Bohlen, Germany. All (9) Crew Were Killed.
Aircraft Was Destroyed.
37993 (MSN 8971) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*U], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 23Jul44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*N] . Named "Mah Ideel". Battle damaged on a
mission to the Lützkendorf oil facilities at Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany 11Sep44.
{72 missions}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor
built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 12May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
15Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37994 (MSN 8972) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*D],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 11Jul44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*D].
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20May45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37995 MSN 8973) Accepted by USAAF 16Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 25Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [A], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 12Jul44. Named "Baby Ann". Crashed Dec 9, 1944 During Wheels Up Belly
Landing at Sutton Valence, southeast of Maidstone, Kent, England. Unknown Number of
Crew Were Killed. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged Dec 11, 1944
37996 (MSN 8974) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [4N*A], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 8Jul44
Named "Hock Shop".
Crash landed Jan 28, 1945 at RAF Woodbridge Airfield, Suffolk England While Returning From a Mission
on The Marshalling Yard at Hohenburg, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Must have been repaired since
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. 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
37997 (MSN 8975) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jul44.
837th Bomb Squadron [4F*E], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 8Jul44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
37998 (MSN 8976) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jun44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [4N*E],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44. Named "Miss Irish". {66 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
37999 (MSN 8977) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
837th Bomb Squadron [4F*M], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44.
Battle damaged Brandenburg, Germany 14Apr45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged.
38000 (MSN 8978) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
324th Bomb Squadron [DF*E], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Jul44.
Failed to return from a mission to the Siebel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Halle,
Germany 16Aug44 (8KIA:1POW). The formation was attacked by a force of enemy fighters
east of Eisenach, Germany. During this attack, which lasted twenty or thirty seconds,
the bomber was damaged by cannon shells. Exploded and crashed at Lehna, Germany..
MACR 8181.
38001 (MSN 8979) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 10Jul44.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 44-6299 while taxying by ground crew at
Lavenham 26Aug44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*B], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 27Oct44. Named "Oh Miss Agnes". {58 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to
the railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 17Apr45 (9POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed Dresden, Germany. All parachuted to safety and made POW.
38002 (MSN 8980) Accepted by USAAF 16Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44.
Named "Our Baby". Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany
14Jan45 (9POW). Damaged by flak and attacked by enemy fighters. Crashed Rhoden, Osterwieck,
Germany Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Rhode 9.5 km Northeast of The Airfield at
Helmstedt Germany. All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were
Captured and Became POWs. MACR 11733
38003 (MSN 8981) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*D],
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44. Named "Hell's Belle Too".
Failed to return from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Hanover, Germany 15Dec44.
Ditched in North sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Crew rescued
38004 (MSN 8982) Accepted by USAAF 18Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
850th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 11Jul44. Battle damaged
on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg,
Germany 30Nov44; force landed on continent. Returned to Group, Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yard at Lützel, Koblenz, Germany 2Dec44. Abandoned
in poor weather, crash landed Belgium. Salvaged 6Dec44
38005 (MSN 8983) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*M],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44. {15 missions}. During assembly for a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44, mid-air
collision with B-17G 43-37942 at 17,000ft over England. Crew bailed out at 4,00ft, aircraft
crashed in North Sea off Suffolk coast
Collided Sep 27, 1944 With B-17G (43-37942) in Mid Air at RAF Sudbury Airfield While on a Mission on The
Marshalling Yard at Mainz, Germany. All (9) Crew bailed out and Survived. Aircraft crashed in
North Sea off Suffolk coast.
38006 (MSN 8984) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 15Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite and Castor missions. Designated CQ-4.
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 10Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38007 (MSN 8985) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham 11Jul44. Failed to return from a
mission to Magdeburg, Germany 5Aug44 (2POW:8KIA). . Shot Down Aug 5, 1944 By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Lostau 13km
South Southwest of Burg Near Magdeburg Germany Part of Right Wing Came off and Aircraft Broke in
Half & Exploded and crashed Lössau, Germany. (8) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 7893
38008 (MSN 8986) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 11Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission
to industrial, oil and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (9POW)
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Rieserhof Near Schnellenbach 22 km East of Cologne
Germany. Aircraft Caught Fire and Went into a Spin and Crashed in Flames.
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 9492.
38009 MSN 8987) Accepted by USAAF 20Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 3Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 12Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
850th Bomb Squadron [O-], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 21Jul44.
Failed to return from a mission to the oil refinery at Sindelfingen, Stuttgart, Germany 13Sep44 (7KIA:2POW).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Hochheim, Near Worms, Germany.
Left Wing Broke off and Aircraft Went Straight Down and Crashed.
(7) Crew Were Killed because they were unable to bail out doe to centrifugal
force as the aircraft spun down and crashed. (2) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8855
38010 (MSN 8988) Accepted by USAAF 18Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 16Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 11Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38011 (MSN 8989) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Jul44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*H], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 12Jul44
Named "The Reluctant Dragon"– artwork of a sad looking dragon. Named after
the Walt Disney movie of 1941. Accident after a practice bombing mission when landing at
Thorpe Abbotts 26Nov44. The pilot was carrying out some practice landings, after one landing,
the pilot gave control of the aircraft to the co-pilot. It is thought that the aircraft contacted
the ground before losing flying speed, putting excess strain on the right landing gear which
failed at the drag link. Power was applied and the aircraft regained flying speed. With a Group
operational mission due back, the pilot was instructed to divert to the emergency landing strip at
RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, where it landed damaging the right wing and No.4 propeller.
Severely battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at
Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44. Salvaged 1Dec44
38012 (MSN 8990) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*L], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to the
Siebel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Halle, Germany 16Aug44 (8POW:1KIA). The formation was
attacked by a force of enemy fighters east of Eisenach, Germany. During this attack, which lasted
twenty or thirty seconds, the bomber was damaged by cannon shells.Crashed Witzenhausen, Germany
MACR 8180. 1 KIA, 8 POW
38013 (MSN 8991) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Jul44. 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 11Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jul44. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38014 (MSN 8992) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 12Jul44. Named"The Naughty Virgin". Battle damaged on a mission to railway
installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (7RTD:2POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed Berlin. Salvaged 4Apr45.
38015 (MSN 8993) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron [2C*H], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45.
Force landed on the continent. Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France 18Feb45
38016 (MSN 8894) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system
equipment. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*R], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 23Jul44. Named "Lorraine". {first combat mission 25Jul44}.
Damaged after landing at Grafton Underwood 11Sep44. The pilot turned off the runway and found
significant activity on the perimeter track consisting of crew trucks and bicycles. At a turn, two
crew trucks on the right distracted the pilot who failed to see another truck on the left, scraping
it with the plane’s wing tip and aileron. Accident landing after a late night ferry flight from Grafton
Underwood to Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 2Dec44. In a gusting crosswind, the pilot landed but
didn’t use sufficient braking force. The plane ran off the end of the runway into grass and mud,
the No.3 propeller striking a tree stump; the ball turret glazing was also damaged. {66 missions}.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 22Apr45. Converted for
trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green
Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg
from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to
10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 6Nov45
38017 (MSN 8995) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 16Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*Z], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh
(Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Jul44. Accident after returning from a mission to bomb an enemy
troop concentration at Cauvicourt, southeast of Caen, France 8Aug44 (2INJ). After landing,
B-17G 42-102619 became stuck at the end of a runway. This plane, severely battle damaged by flak,
was approaching the opposite runway with hydraulic failure and instructed to land short.
When the pilot did not land short he was instructed to go around but did not. The brakes failed,
the plane was ground looped but collided with #619. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 9Aug44
38018 (MSN 8996) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 12Jul44. Accident 15Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission to a railway bridge at Wesel,
Germany 24Feb45; force landed on continent. Returned to Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38019 (MSN 8997) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*T], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Jul44. MILK RUN SPECIAL [not named] – artwork of a haggard old cow with bombs as udders
Battle damaged on a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg,
Hamburg, Germany 4Nov44. The plane lost the formation and bombed with another group.
Struck by flak with two holes in the wings. Damaged taxying at Thurleigh 15Nov44. The plane
was taxying past dispersal #22 when the No.1 propeller struck a small cart belonging to the
telephone company which was being unloaded adjacent to the perimeter track; the plane
was too close to the edge of the perimeter. Accident during a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Kassel, Germany 15Dec44 (7KIA:2RTD). Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37633
and crashed at Greenham Common, Berkshire. The two B-17s were returning from the mission
when the accident occurred. Fog had enveloped over northern Europe and the weather
worsened on their return to England. The two bombers, leading the formation back to their
base at Thurleigh, were diverted to RAF Greenham Common, Newbury, Berkshire. At about
2,100 feet, the 368BS plane collided with the 423BS plane. The pilot of this plane remembered
hearing a loud noise, followed by an explosion. His plane blew apart at the cockpit and he and
his co-pilot were able to bail out, deploy their parachutes and escape. The bomber crashed
near the Swan Roundabout, Newtown, just to the southwest of Greenham Common. Salvaged
38020 MSN 8998) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*P],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 13Jul44. Named "Miss Anthracite" {31 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at Grafenwöhr, Germany 8Apr45 (1KIA:8POW).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Over Hof, Germany. (1) Crewman Was Killed.
(8) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 13887
38021 (MSN 8999) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Jul44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 25Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44; force landed on continent. Returned to Group.
Battle damaged on a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather
did not materialize so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at
Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate. Force landed Melsbroek (B-58),
Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged by 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France
38022 (MSN 9000) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Jul44. 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 11Jul44.
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*D], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Jul44
Hit Jan 22, 1945 By Taxiing B-17G (44-8611) While Parked at RAF Lavenham Airfield) Station USAAF-137
Suffolk England. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged Jan 23, 1945
38023 (MSN 9001) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Jun44.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jun44.
The aircraft departed Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska en route to Dow Field, Maine, for onward overseas
deployment. In bad weather and with faulty navigation equipment, the bomber was miles off course and
found itself over Rangeley, 100 miles west of Bangor and down amongst the hills. Low on fuel, the aircraft
was turning for a forced landing at an airstrip in Rangeley when a tree took the left wing tip off, the bomber
cartwheeling down through the spruce trees, crashing and exploding on impact into Deer Mountain in
Parkertown, North Oxford, Maine, killing all ten crew. Salvaged 18Jul44 to 8Aug44.
Production changes: Homogeneous armour added.
38024 (MSN 9002) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 12Jul44.
Named "Glittering Gal". Battle damaged during a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 9Mar45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged 24Mar45
38025 (MSN 9003) Accepted by USAAF 20Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 28Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jun44.
364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 29Jul44.
Battle damaged on an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at
Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45. Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Force
landed on the continent. Repaired and returned 16Feb45. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*P],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 9May45.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers
on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile
during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich,
Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks who had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers
were facing Greek imprisonment and were under armed guard. Flights were from Istres,
France to Munich, Germany to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’.
Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy. Salvaged 10Dec45
38026 (MSN 9004) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 28Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 748th Bomb Squadron [H],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 2Jul44. Failed to return
from a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee,
Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44 (8KIA:1POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Hornburg, Germany
38027 (MSN 9005) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 832nd Bomb
Squadron [3R*R], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44.
Named "Batchelor's Delight/Umbriago". (62 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38028 (MSN 9006) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 12Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron [2C*O], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44.. Named "High Tailed Lady".
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Oranienburg,
Germany 15Mar45 (8RTD). The bomber approached the turning point toward the I.P.
west of Berlin. It was flying at 24,000ft when an accurate burst of flak struck the plane.
The co-pilot was seriously wounded, one engine quit, the intercom only functioned
sporadically and all the control cables on the port side, except the rudder, were severed.
This caused the plane to bank to starboard at about 30 degrees. It dropped from
formation, apparently unseen, lost altitude and turned towards Berlin. At only 12,000ft
over Berlin a second flak burst smashed part of the Plexiglas nose, stopped a second
engine, ruptured the oxygen system and started a fire in the bomb bay. Twelve 500 pounders
stuck there would neither jettison or toggle. Several crew members were hit by flak shrapnel.
The pilot gave the crew the alternative of baling out or staying while he attempted to ride
the plane down to a crash landing in Poland. No-one wanted to jump. The fire in the bomb bay
was finally extinguished and the crew managed to jettison the bombs into a lake below.
As the bomber crossed the Oder River at only a few thousand feet, the Russian allies fired on
it but no hits were sustained. The pilot approached what appeared to be a level field enclosed
on three sides by woods. Without wing flaps, landing gear, air speed indicator and many
other vital instruments the plane crash landed and broke in two but all the crew survived.
Crash landed at Bomst, Poland. Salvaged 28Mar45. Crew Landed in Poland
Which Was in Russian Hands and Were Liberated By Russians
Who Treated Them More Like Prisoners Then Allied Aimen.
Finally All But Two That Were Hospitalized Were Released.
38029 (MSN 9007) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 28Jun44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*B],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 16Jul44
Named "Honeychile". . {12 missions}. Crashed Oct 14, 1944 Near Leige Belgium Due to Engine Failure While on a Mission
on The Ford Motor Plant at Cologne, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
Salvaged Nov 14, 1944
38030 (MSN 9008) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*E], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 14Jul44 Named "My Achin' B". Crashed on return from a
mission to the Hanomag vehicle factory at Hanover, Germany 22Oct44 (9KIA). Two formations
of B-17 planes flew overhead Thurleigh airfield, one heading towards the northeast,
the other heading towards the northwest. Both formations were at approximately 800-1000 feet.
Visibility was reduced by a dense haze. The aircraft of both formations took violent evasive
action but this plane collided in mid-air with B-17G 43-38133, caught fire and disintegrated.
Debris fell to earth on the runways but without causing further damage to aircraft or
personnel; four engines were found embedded in the surface of a runway
38031 (MSN 9009) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*M], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 17Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*M]. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*V]. Named "Blue Grass Girl"
(39 missions}. Accident on return from an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling
yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (5KIA:4RTD). The crew had completed their thirty-five
missions and were celebrating by firing flares from the waist windows. The bomber quickly caught fire,
crashed and destroyed by fire near Church Farm, Reydon, two miles northwest of Southwold, Suffolk. Salvaged 4Feb45.
(5) Crew Were Killed (1) After He Bailed Out and His Parachute Failed to Open. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Survived.
Aircraft Destroyed By Fire and salvaged Feb 4, 1945.
38032 (MSN 9010) Accepted by USAAF 20Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [A],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 28Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38033 (MSN 9011) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron [2C*G], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 5Jul44.
Battle damaged on the crew’s first mission to Weimar, Germany 9Feb45. After crossing the
German border, No.4 engine was hit by flak and the propeller feathered. Unable to keep
formation, the aircraft turned back towards the French coast. Next, No.3 engine lost power,
later No.1 engine overheated then the remaining engine stopped. The bomber crash landed
in a pasture in German occupied Rienne, Belgium, plowed into mud and stopped at the edge
of a lake. Half of the crew had bailed out and the others went down with the aircraft.
The crew survived and were hidden by the resistance fighters until Belgium was liberated
by the allied forces. Salvaged 13Mar45
38034 (MSN 9012) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul44.
834th Bomb Squadron [4N*V], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 12Jul44.
Named "The Chariot". {68 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45.
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
38035 (MSN 9013) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul44. 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 13Jul44. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*F], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 14Jul44. Named "Anxious Angel". . Nose art painted
by Cpl Anthony L Starcer. Artwork of one of Starcer's rare nudes. Nose art painted by
Cpl Anthony L Starcer. Artwork of one of Starcer's rare nudes. Battle damaged on a mission
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Buc, south of Versailles, France 12Aug44 (1WIA:8RTD). Flak over
the target was moderate but accurate, seriously wounding the tail gunner. Battle damaged
during a mission to industrial, oil and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44.
En route to the target, flak was meagre and inaccurate. From the I.P. to the target, flak was
continuous, increasing in intensity and accuracy. Some meagre, inaccurate flak was
experienced on the route back. Equipped with radio counter measure equipment Feb45.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Schlesischer railway station and east marshalling
yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45. Moderate and accurate flak encountered over the
target resulted in damage to the plane. {70+ missions}. Modified with all guns, armament
and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival
12/13May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth,
Germany. British POWs were flown to Ford, West Sussex, England 12May45. American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France 13May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To 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
38036 (MSN 9014) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*H], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 22Jul44. Named "Hey Daddy". Equipped with radio counter measure
equipment Feb45. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*D] Apr45. {18+ missions}. Operation
Revival 13/14May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany and flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38037 (MSN 9015) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul44. 836th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 13Jul44. Named "Liberty Belle".
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Bielefeld, Germany 30Sep44 (7KIA:2POW),
After a sharp turn, propeller wash caused a collision with B-17G (43-38154) in Mid Air Over Bielefeld, Germany While
Left Wing Came off and Aircraft Spun Down and Crashed at Leopoldshohe-Kentrup Germany. (7) Crew Were Killed.
(2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 9422
38038 (MSN 9016) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Jul44. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Jul44.
Named "Flying Chapel". Battle damaged on a a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45 (9KIA). Crossing the front lines
the formation met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition was scattered,
with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the primary target. When they got
closer it was decided that there were too many clouds, but by this time, in order to reach the
secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at Zwickau, the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was
heavy flak all the way around, and the formation couldn't go much farther east because of the
Russian front lines. Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run. Mid-air
collision on return with B-17G 43-37969. The crew was unable to escape and the bomber crashed
near Couvron, France. Salvaged 21Mar45.
38039 (MSN 9017) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 19Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Jul44. 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 16Jul44. Named "Bashful Bessie". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38040 (MSN 9018) Accepted by USAAF 21Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*L], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Jul44.
{first combat mission 1Aug44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44. With solid cloud cover, the
formation turned to the secondary target of the railway marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany.
On return, force landed at Thuillies, near Thuin, Belgium. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{65 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38041 (MSN 9019) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Jul44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*L], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 28Jul44.
Named "Easy Movements". {60 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38042 (MSN 9020) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44
Named "Snake Bite". Taxiing Accident Oct 15, 1944 at (RAF Lavenham Airfield) Station
USAAF-137 Suffolk England. All (10) Crew Survived. Aircraft Badly Damaged.
15Oct44. Damaged landing at Lavenham 21Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Holzwickede and aluminium works at Meschede, Germany 23Mar45.
On the bomb run the aircraft hit propeller wash and was forced to leave formation. The crew
dropped their bombs and turned left to the rally point. They joined up with the 34th Bomb Group
and flew #13. Their #11 [43-38971] aircraft had been hit by flak losing the left wing tip and No.1 engine.
The crew lost control of the plane and the No.4 propeller cut off the rudder of #042, then it crashed
into the aircraft on its left wing and they both went down. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38043 (MSN 9021) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 17Jul44. Taxying out for a practice mission from Thorpe Abbotts
29Aug44, the aircraft taxied into an obstruction on the perimeter strip. A power shovel
was being operated by a civilian driver and at an inopportune time, swung the crane
around hitting the right wing tip of the aircraft. Failed to return from a mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44
(3KIA:6POW). Struck by 20mm cannon shell then by flak, crashed Machern, Germany
38044 (MSN 9022) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*L], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 13Jul44. 837th Bomb Squadron [4F*D], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44. Named "Piccadilly Lily". Failed to return from a mission
to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45 (1KIA:8POW). The expected clear weather did not materialize
so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany.
Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate. Crashed Tripitz, Germany
Caught Fire and Crashed Tripitz, Germany in Flames. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (8) Crew Bailed Out and Were
Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12239
38045 (MSN 9023) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jun44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jul44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*O], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 14Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 14Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38046 MSN 9024) Accepted by USAAF 21Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 3Jul44. Departed Hunter Field for Grenier Field 23Jul44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 23Jul44. RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador 24Jul44. Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland 25Jul44.
Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 27Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [O],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. Failed to return from a mission
to the Bitterfeld oil refinery located north of Leipzig, Germany 17Mar45 (9KIA).
Aircraft 43-38135 was struck by flak over the target damaging an engine. While the pilots
were busy trying to feather the propeller on the dead engine and control the aircraft,
a second engine on the same side began losing power. This caused the element of three
planes to fall behind the group. Poor visibility caused by contrails and haze prevented
the pilot of the right wing plane, 43-38071, from realizing that he was closely
approaching 43-38046, the leader of the last element in the high squadron. Mid-air
collision between B-17G 43-38046 and 43-38071; #046, flying below #071 drifted
upwards and the two aircraft collided. The unusually close formation flying dictated
by the commander of the 490th Bomb Group, undoubtedly contributed to the collision.
Crashed at Bad Camberg, Germany. The radio operator was killed in the collision; his body
was found lodged in the nose of 43-38071 after it landed MACR 13080.
38047 (MSN 9025) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jul44.
350th Bomb Squadron [LN*O], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 2Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (5KIA:4POW). Shot down by
enemy fighters, exploded and crashed Tellerhäuser, Germany, near Gottesgab, Czechoslovakia.
38048 (MSN 9026) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 849th Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. . Failed to return from a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Czechoslovakia 19Apr45 (1KIA:1EVD: 8POW).
Shot down by Me 262A-1a and crashed near Sykorice village, Rakovnik
County, Czechoslovakia. Believed Me 262 A-1a Flown By Oblt Walter Bohatsch of JG 7/1.
MACR 14195. All 10 crew bailed out, 9 captured
and became POW (one died). One evaded capture.
38049 (MSN 9027) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jul44.
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 24Jul44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*S],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 14Aug44. Returned to US. 121st
Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38050 (MSN 9028) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 23Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44.
Accident during a mission for new crews above Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 5Jan45 (7KIS:3INJ).
The new crews needed additional training for assembly and formation flying, navigation and
simulated bomb runs. Several times during the mission the pilot of B-17G 43-38111 failed to hold
position and caused a mid-air collision with #050. The left wing of #111 struck #050 in the
waist which broke apart near the radio room. With a fire in the bomb bay, the forward section
fell then exploded and crashed in flames on Hall Farm, one mile northeast of Bury St Edmunds.
Wreckage was spread for four miles between Bury St Edmunds and Fornham St. Martin..
(7) Crew Were Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Survived. MACR 15362
38051 (MSN 9029) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jul44. 848th Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 28Jul44. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37618 three
miles north of Scoles near Diss, Norfolk 13Aug44 (4KIS:6RTD). The collision occurred during a training
flight transitioning from B-24 to B-17. Reaching 8,000ft the pilot eased into a gentle left turn and
the right wingman arrived below, as was normal during the join-up for formation. The wingman was
climbing too fast and it struck this B-17 shearing away the right wing at the inboard engine. The bomber
nosed over and entered a clockwise spin. Several crew bailed out before the plane crashed and destroyed
by fire at Factory Lane, Diss, Norfolk. Salvaged 14Aug44
38052 (MSN 9030) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 6Aug44. Damaged landing at Chelveston 10Aug44.
Damaged taxying at Chelveston 12Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Cologne.
38053 (MSN 9031) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 23Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*W], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 28Jul44. {first combat mission 9Sep44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission
to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force
base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. Battle damaged on a tactical mission to
front line strong points around Metz and Thionville, France 9Nov44. Complete undercast
prevented the group from conducting a visual run on the targets, and the formation diverted to
the rail marshalling yards at Saarbrücken, Germany. Flak over the target was moderate and
accurate. On return, the plane force landed at RAF Woodbridge emergency landing ground,
Suffolk. {23 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic
oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (4KIA:5POW). The crew bombed their assigned
target; this was their 25th mission together and this was their first mission on this plane.
Just after dropping the bombs, anti-aircraft fire hit the nose of the plane and the bombardier
was killed. The co-pilot was also killed and the pilot wounded. Right after, the plane caught
fire and started to dive, the pilot pulled the plane out of the dive and held it steady
until all five enlisted men had time to bail out. Just minutes later, the plane exploded
over Großkayna, six miles northwest of Weißenfels, Germany. All four officers were killed and
the enlisted men taken prisoner by the Germans
38054 (MSN 9032) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+D], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44,
Named "Lil Edie". Accident departing for a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha, Leipzig, Germany 6Feb45 (1INJ:8RTD). The aircraft was seen circling over
Yoxford, Suffolk with an engine on fire. When it came round again there appeared to be fire in the cockpit.
The machine guns were fired to warn people to take cover. Then the load of fragmentation bombs
were jettisoned, two falling into the Egg Depot Yard, northeast of the railway station, killing two
sows and three fowls. Eighteen bombs fell at Oven House Corner, Yoxford Road. The remainder of
them fell in two fields causing damage to two cottages. The crew bailed out, and a few moments
later the bomber crashed in a field next to the railway station and burst into flames. Two of the
bombs, which fell into a road and made large craters, blew a roadman off his bicycle. When he
recovered from the shock he unstrapped his shovel from the cycle and started to fill in the craters.
A train had only just left the station when the bombs went off. Children from the village in the train
on their way to school saw their homes enveloped in smoke as the bombs exploded. Then the
burning plane crashed at Hill Farm, Darsham, Suffolk. The children got out at the next station
and walked back home, to find that the damage only consisted of broken windows and shattered
roofs. One member of the crew fell on the railway line in front of the oncoming train; he
released himself from the parachute and just managed to scramble to safety. The accident
had been caused by a faulty upper turret base, where the oxygen and hydraulic oil entered
the turret allowing the mixture to combine when the valves were turned on. Salvaged
38055 (MSN 9033) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 20Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 18Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+Q], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 27Jul44. Returned to US. 85th Base Unit, Reading Field, PA 20Jul45. 4185th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 24Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38056 (MSN 9034) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 16Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+V],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 28Jul44. Named "Raidin' Maiden". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 15Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 22Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38057 (MSN 9035) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Jul44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 1Aug44.
427th Bomb Squadron [GN*L], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 15Aug44.
Named MISS UMBRIAGO [drunk as a skunk] - a word made famous by comedian/entertainer Jimmy Durante,
who had a hit song of the same name. Accident during assembly for a tactical mission to front line
strong points around Metz and Thionville, France 9Nov44 (9KIA). The aircraft collided in mid-air
with B-17G 43-37666. Both aircraft exploded and crashed near Wenlock, Shropshire.
Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 10Nov44.
38058 (MSN 9036) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 850th Bomb Squadron [F-], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44.
Named "The Wish Bone". The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the 490th Bomb Group
Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Parchim, Germany 7Apr45. Struck by a
suicide Bf 109 (Sonderkommando Elbe), ramming its right wing into the bomber against the left waist gun
position. The impact knocked over the gunner but he was not hurt. The fighter’s wing disintegrated
twisting the fighter down and under the bomber’s fuselage, leaving a six foot gash and mangling the ball
turret before cartwheeling across the lower surface of the right wing. It knocked off the inboard
supercharger and part of the outer propeller before falling free. The bomber returned to allied
territory safely despite two engines out and force landed on the continent. Returned to US.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. .
38059 (MSN 9037) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [M], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk Aug44. Named "Chesty-V". {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
{19 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works
at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (4KIA:4POW:1EVD). Received a direct flak hit in No.1 engine
just after bomb release. The aircraft violently slid under the formation losing 2-3000 feet altitude.
The engine caught fire and the propeller was reported later as windmilling. About five minutes
after being hit the engine blew up and tore off the wing sending the plane into a dive straight down.
Crashed Sommerda, Germany. MACR 10841. 1 evaded, 4 KIA, 4 POW.
38060 (MSN 9038) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Aug44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*G], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 2Aug44. Named "Texas Bluebonnet" Failed to return from a mission
to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (8KIA:1POW). Shot down by
enemy fighters, crashed Pessin, Germany. MACR 9508
38061 (MSN 9039) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 26Jul44. Named ERIE FERRY. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*E].
Battle damaged Mainz, Germany 18Dec44 (1MIA:8RTD), three engines out, crash landed
Dinant, France. Salvaged 18Jan45. Named "Robin Hood"
38062 (MSN 9040) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 20Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Jul44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*A], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 11Aug44. Named "Pleasure Bent"
{first combat mission 12Aug44}. Turned back on a mission to the Deurag-Nerag oil refinery,
Misburg, Hanover, Germany 29Nov44. Aborted because of mechanical failure, jettisoned
bombs in the North Sea and landed away at Halesworth (Station 365), Suffolk. Eighth Air
Force Service Command 29Nov44. Regained by Group 7Dec44. Diverted by bad weather
returning from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Neuss, Germany 23Jan45.
Landed away at North Pickenham (Station 143), Norfolk. Eighth Air Force Service Command 24Jan45.
Regained by Group 2Feb45. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic
oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha, Leipzig, Germany 19Mar45. After an engine failed, the plane
dropped out of formation and headed back to base but force landed at Laon-Couvron (A-70),
France (9RTD). Regained by Group 28Mar45. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe
airfield at Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 9Apr45 (8RTD). Turned back prior to target when
No.2 engine started smoking. The aircraft was under control and apparently landed somewhere
in allied territory. Regained by Group 10May45. {83 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped
of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of
troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s
aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the
return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45.
38063 (MSN 9041) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
850th Bomb Squadron [H-], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 21Jul44.
Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-98003 on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at
Ludwigshafen, Germany 25Sep44. Returned to US. 85th Base Unit, Reading Field, PA 20Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field,
KS 21Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38064 (MSN 9042) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 27Jul44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*H], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 15Aug44. Unofficially named by the Engineer as UMBRIAGO [drunk as a skunk] - a
word made famous by comedian/entertainer Jimmy Durante, who had a hit song of the same name.
Damaged during a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Neumünster, Germany 13Apr45.
The aircraft was carrying ten RDX bombs which were supposed to be dropped in train,
not salvoed. Over the target, the bomb load of B-17G 44-8636 initially failed to release but
then all dropped a few moments later. Shortly after there was an explosion under that which
peppered other aircraft nearby with bomb fragments. A couple of bombs had collided and the
unstable RDX had caused the bombs to explode. This plane suffered a severed wing spar with
an engine barely hanging on. Control cables had been severed and the aircraft was riddled
with holes. The pilot coaxed the bomber back to a safe landing at Nuthampstead. Returned to US.
1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 1Jun45, 121st Base Unit, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. .
38065 (MSN 9043) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jun44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jul44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*J],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Jul44.
Named "Princess Pat II". Battle damaged Dresden, Germany 15Feb45, crash landed RAF Lakenheath,
Suffolk. Salvaged 17Feb45
38066 (MSN 9044) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44.
365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 12Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission to Cologne, Germany 14Oct44 (8KIA:1POW). Mid-air collision
with B-17G 43-38108, crashed Elsenhorn, Belgium.
38067 (MSN 9045) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
412th Bomb Squadron [QW*E], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 4Aug44.
Named "Big Chief Illiniwek/Joyride". Named by the crew chief.
Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in
Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at
Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at
Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern
Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. Force landed with battle damage at RAF Woodbridge
emergency landing airfield, Suffolk 16Nov44. Force landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels,
Belgium 6May45. Force landed at Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. {67 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38068 (MSN 9046) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 5Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Jul44. 850th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44
Named "Magnificent Obession"--a 1935 film.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 9Mar45 (1KIA:1DOI:7POW). After the target and before the rally point east of
Frankfurt, one engine had been struck by flak, a fire had started below the cockpit and two
crew had been injured. The bombs had jammed and could not be jettisoned. The plane
headed back towards allied lines and a possible landing at an emergency airfield. The
crew remained onboard as the plane continued to lose altitude. The pilot spotted a small
airfield and attempted to control the bomber to a crash landing. The plane crash landed in a
meadow near the village of Gusternhain, west of Herborn, with such force that it almost
completely broke into two parts. One crew member was killed in the crash and another
died in German hospital of his injuries thirteen days later. The two pilots were taken POW; the other airmen went
to the hospital in Herborn with their injured crew. They were liberated Mar 31, 1945 eighteen days later by
advancing allied troops. MACR 12947. Landing gear cylinders and other parts of 43-38068
were discovered in a local barn about to be torn down. The owner’s father had collected military items
from the former Luftwaffe airfield and from the B-17 crash at Gusternhain. They are now located in the
Herborn local history museum.
38069 (MSN 9047) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Jul44.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*U], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 27Aug44.
Modified for Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket
assisted bombs. 407th Bomb Squadron. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and
turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project
which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the
initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green
Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg
from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to
10Sep45. Ninth Air Force, Europe 31Jul46. 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 1Jan48 for storage. Reclaimed prior to 1Jul48
38070 (MSN 9048) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 21Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jul44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*G],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 7Aug44. 509th Bomb
Squadron [RQ*V]. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 42-97169 taxying at
Polebrook 10Apr45. {56 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 5Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38071 (MSN 9049) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [R], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 26Jul44. Named "Magnetic Maggie" Damaged on a mission to the Bitterfeld oil refinery
located north of Leipzig, Germany 17Mar45 (9RTD). Aircraft 43-38135 was struck by flak over
the target damaging an engine. While the pilots were busy trying to feather the propeller on the
dead engine and control the aircraft, a second engine on the same side began losing power.
This caused the element of three planes to fall behind the group. Poor visibility caused by
contrails and haze prevented the pilot of the right wing plane, 43-38071, from realizing that
he was closely approaching 43-38046, the leader of the last element in the high squadron.
Mid-air collision between B-17G 43-38046 and 43-38071; #046, flying below #071 drifted upwards
and the two aircraft collided. The unusually close formation flying dictated by the commander
of the 490th Bomb Group, undoubtedly contributed to the collision. The plane lost altitude
fast and fell behind the formation; the nose section was missing from the cockpit forward.
The pilot was trying to feather the number three propeller as it was windmilling. The radio
operator of 43-38046 was killed in the collision; his body was found lodged in the nose of this
aircraft after it force landed at Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Salvaged 23Mar45
38072 (MSN 9050) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 848th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb
Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 27Jul44. Damaged during a training flight when the left
landing gear collapsed on the third landing at Eye 18Aug44. Returned to Group 9Feb45.
850th Bomb Squadron [B-]. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Plauen, Germany 21Mar45 (8KIA:1POW
Rammed Mar 21, 1945 By Me 262 A-1a Northwest of Dresden, Germany While on a Mission on The Tank Factory at
Plauen, Germany. Both Exploded in Mid Air. Me 262 A-1a Flown By Oblt. Joachim Weber of JG 7/9. (8) Crew Were
Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW.
The aircraft crashed at Falkenberg/Elster, NW of Dresden, Germany. MACR 13556
38073 (MSN 9051) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*L], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 27Jul44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of
Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44; force landed Cambrai (A-74), France. Salvaged 14Feb45
43-38074/38273 Boeing B-17G-80-BO Fortress
MSN 9052/9251. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
Production changes: AN/ARN-7 radio compass; AN/ARN-5 glide path receiver Group A parts. External
release handles for life raft . Cockpit hot air heating system. Duplication of bomb release wiring. Landing gear retraction unit change.
38074 (MSN 9052) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jul44.
366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 6Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to munitions and
tank factories in Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (8POW:1KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Berlin
38075 (MSN 9053) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 21Jul44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*A], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 9Aug44. Accident landing from a non-operational
flight when the aircraft ran off the runway and nosed over at Nuthampstead 7Nov44.
Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 9Nov44
38076 (MSN 9054) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 29Jul44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*S],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Aug44.
Named "Aces and Eights"--the dead man's hand. supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok
when he was murdered. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (8KIA:1POW).
Enemy aircraft hit fuel tanks, crashed Brüx, Sudetenland
38077 (MSN 9055) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*Q], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Aug44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*H].
Named "Duke's Mixture/Tag A Long" {56 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT junjun45. 4169th Base Unit,
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38078 (MSN 9056) Accepted by USAAF 24Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [S], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44. 850th Bomb Squadron [G-]. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Czechoslovakia 19Apr45 (6KIA:2POW: 1EVD).
Shot Down By Gunfire From German Me 262 A-1a Southwest of Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Believed Me 262 A-1a Flown By Major Wolfgang Spate
of JG 7/1 Stab. The attack setting fire to No.1 and 2 engines. The bombs were jettisoned and
several crew bailed out over Vrchotovy Janovice, Czechoslovakia, landing in an SS training area around Benešov.
6 were murdered by the SS.
The pilot and engineer remained on board and managed to extinguish the fire in a dive. However, over Plze? the
aircraft was hit by flak and the two airmen bailed out over Pilsen, landing just in front of the gate of the Škoda
plant in Doudlevce and were captured. The abandoned bomber continued in uncontrolled flight, turned north
and crashed into a field near Ra?etice, Czechoslovakia, almost seventy kilometers from where the crew left it.
(2) POW (6) Murdered By The SS. (1) Evaded Capture. MACR 14194.
38079 (MSN 9057) Accepted by USAAF 25Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 22Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+F:+V], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul44. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed
Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38080 (MSN 9058) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*Q], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 14Aug44. {34 missions}. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37595 returning from a
mission on approach to Polebrook 6Feb45 (10KIA). Crashed in a field at Lutton, east of the base.
Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 8Feb45.
38081 (MSN 9059) Accepted by USAAF Jun44. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 23Jun44. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jul44.
Modified as a drone controller for Operation Aphrodite and Castor missions. Designated CQ-4.
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 30Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38082 (MSN 9060) Accepted by USAAF 25Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 850th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 30Jul44 Named "Lady Helene". Damaged when it struck a
truck in an accident during maintenance at Eye 28Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Parchim, Germany 7Apr45 (1KIA:5POW:3EVD). e. Crashed at Stolzenau near Celle, Germany.
Struck by a suicided German Messerschmitt BF 109K-4 North of Hannover,
Germany. BF 109K-4 Flown By Lt. Hans Nagel of Sonderkommande Elbe. All (9) Crew Bailed Out
and (6) Were Captured and Became POWs. (1) Killed When Parachute Failed. (2) Crew Evaded Capture.
MACR 14294.
38083 (MSN 9061) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44. Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation
system equipment. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*Q], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 11Aug44 named "Happy Valley Express"-- artwork of a cartoon girl
reminiscent of BettyBoop in a bomb-hauling locomotive painted by Tony Starcer.
Named for the flak riddled Ruhr Valley - known as "The Happy Valley". Battle damaged on a mission to the
Siebel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Halle, Germany 16Aug44. Battle damaged during a mission to the
synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 22Jan45. The aircraft was hit by flak before and after bomb release
in the target area, crippling No.2 and No.4 engines which could not be feathered and continued to windmill.
Co-pilot’s oxygen system and all the systems on the right side of the aircraft were damaged and the pilot
was forced to descend to 14,000ft where he hoped to be able to stay under the formation. During the flight
back to England a fire in the left wing was extinguished by chopping a hole from the bomb bay into the
wing and using a hand extinguisher. Loose equipment was thrown out and the ball turret jettisoned
to lighten the plane. The electrical system was disabled and the Gee box and all instruments except the
magnetic compass in the cockpit were inoperable. In spite of the lack of navigational equipment
they were able to hit the English coast at Lowestoft, and endeavored to land at RAF Woodbridge
emergency landing ground only to find that it was zero visibility. Going over to Metfield (Station 366),
Suffolk the wheels were cranked down by hand, the brake pressure built up manually and a
landing was accomplished successfully, the aircraft coming to a stop a few feet short of the end
of the runway. {48 missions}. Salvaged 23Jan45. Small panel part stamped "43-38083" recovered
from an Eighth Air Force salvage dump in Weybread, Norfolk 2012
Conflict:
Also listed as with 836th Bombardment Squadron 487th Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Lavenham Airfield)
Station USAAF-137 Suffolk England. Collided Mar 19, 1945 With B-17G (43-37969) in Mid Air Near Couvron,
France. All (10) Crew Were Killed. MACR 15844
38084 (MSN 9062) Accepted by USAAF 25Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
849th Bomb Squadron [F:L], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-97627 taxying at
Valley 9Jul45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14Jul44.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 16Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38085 MSN 9063) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jun44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44.
366th Bomb Squadron [KY*L], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 11Aug44 *Towering Titan*--The aircraft was originally
selected by another pilot to be nicknamed ‘Organised Confusion’. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 17Apr45 (1POW:7MIA).
Before reaching the target area the formation was attacked from the rear by a number
of German Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) jet fighters. The formation’s gunners returned
fire and several of the attacking fighters were hit and seen falling away in flames.
Two Me 262 fighters took up a position alongside the ’Towering Titan’ whose gunners
fired on the fighters, hitting one, causing it to explode and descend in flames. The remaining
fighter took up a position ahead of the ’Towering Titan’, off the port wing tip of the lead B?17,
which made it impossible for the gunners to bring their guns to bear. The pilot dropped the
’Towering Titan’ down to allow the upper turret gunner to fire at the German fighter. The pilot
of the Me 262 took evasive action and collided with the ’Towering Titan’ tearing off the
port outer wing panel and damaging the outer engine. The bomber was seen in a gradual dive
dive, disappearing into the high?altitude clouds through which the formation was flying.
The Me 262 was seen diving away from the formation trailing black smoke. An account of the
engagement by Generalleutnant (Maj. General) Adolf Galland and Leutnant (2nd.Lt.) Klaus Neumann
from Jagdverband 44 (JV?44) recalled that Unteroffizier (Cpl.) Eduard Schallmoser’s Me 262 ‘White 5’
was strafed by a solid stream of 0.50 caliber machine gun fire. Both the jet’s engines were severely
damaged, and the aircraft’s canopy was shattered causing Schallmoser to lose control of the aircraft
and collide with the ‘Towering Titan’. Neumann reported that no one managed to bail out of
the ‘Towering Titan’, which was confirmed by Oberst (Col.) Johannes Steinhoff. This was Schallmoser’s
fourth ‘collision’ of five claimed victories in the Me 262. He survived on each occasion which earned
him the nickname of ‘The Rammer’. The bomber crashed near Babisnau, south of Dresden, Germany. MACR 14172
38086 (MSN 9064) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*C],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 11Aug44. Named "Bad Penny"
Battle damaged 19Feb45; force landed on the continent 21Feb45. Repaired and returned to UK.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 2Apr45. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*L].
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield
at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US. 1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport
Command, Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 3Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
Conflict:
Also listed as 840th Bombardment Squadron 483rd Bombardment Group 15th Air Force Sterparone Airfield Foggia Italy
Crashed Nov 17, 1944 on Take off at Sterparone Airfield Foggia Italy After 92) Engines Failed. All (9) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged on November 18, 1944.
38087 (MSN 9065) Accepted by USAAF 25Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
22Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 25Jul44. Failed to return
from a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (4KIA:5POW). Flak over the battle lines and at
the target was intense and accurate. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37884, striking that plane
just behind the ball turret. Crashed at Waldpark, Lindenhof, Mannheim, Germany MACR 10326
38088 (MSN 9066) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*R], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 11Aug44. Named "Redwing". {60+ missions}. Positioned to Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire and flew a Trolley mission 9May45. Flew a Trolley mission for 91st Bomb Group
personnel 10May45. Modified with all guns, armament and turrets removed with a wooden
floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival mission to Hörsching (R-87), Linz, Austria
11May45 to bring home POWs at end of war. The 91st Group brought back 120 French POWs
to Châteaudun (A-39), France and 30 British POWs to England. Operation Revival 13May45;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown
to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 12Aug45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. R
38089 (MSN 9067) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*P], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 8Aug44. Named "Wild Oats". {13 missions}. Failed to return
from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide,
Ruhland, Germany 12Sep44 (9POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Weser, Germany
MACR 8896
38090 (MSN 9068) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44.
851st Bomb Squadron [+S], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 14Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 21Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38091 (MSN 9069) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*L], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 10Aug44. Damaged when ran off the runway on landing 2Dec44. Salvaged 3Dec44
38092 (MSN 9070) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
22Jul44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*G], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 14Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards
at Mannheim, Germany 9Sep44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Ludwigshafen, Germany
MACR 8845
38093 (MSN 9071) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 21Jul44.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Giessen, Germany
4Dec44 (9RTD). Flak over Wiesbaden, Frankfurt and Koblenz was intense and accurate.
On return force landed in Brussels, Belgium. Returned to Group. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38094 (MSN 9072) Accepted by USAAF 27Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [N], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44. Crashed on takeoff from Eye for a mission to a railway
bridge at Ahrweiler, Germany 25Dec44. It was so foggy that the pilot couldn’t see the wing tips.
The ground was slippery from ice and hoar frost. He had the engineer go out and line the
plane up straight on the runway. All the pilot had to do was take off using the direction
indicator and a prayer. When the plane reached about 75 mph the pilot knew that it
was off the runway. He couldn’t lift off at that speed so throttled back and told the
co-pilot to raise the landing gear. The engineer fired a flare and about that time it felt
like the plane had gone over a stump or something. Number two engine was smoking
and the plane came to a sudden stop. Salvaged 27Dec44
38095 MSN 9073) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*X],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 22Jul44. Named "McGuires Squires"
Crashed at Scole, Norfolk 20Nov44 (6KIS). The bomber took off early morning for a weather
sortie. Approximately half minute later at 400 feet altitude the aircraft entered a steep
left bank, lost altitude, hit a tree and exploded about two miles west of the airfield.
Salvaged 2Dec44
38096 (MSN 9074) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Jul44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 26Jul44' Damaged by Me262 Apr 18, 1945
on mission to Kolin, Czechoslovakia but was able to return
to base. Repaired and flown back to USA Jul 6, 1945.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38097 (MSN 9075) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Aug44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [B], 388th Bomb
Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 22Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44.
Flak over the target was a meagre to moderate barrage with several rockets. {final combat mission 21Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over
the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to
Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {43 missions + 2 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38098 (MSN 9076) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 25Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 16Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*L], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 4Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions factory at
Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (4POW:5KIA).
Shot Down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 West of Magdeburg, Germany Aircraft Caught Fire & Crashed.
Fw 190A-8 Flown By Hptm. Johannes Kuafmann of JG 4/9. (5) Crew Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out & Captured
& Became POWs. MACR 8863.
38099 (MSN 9077) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44.
333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 22Jul44.
Named "Dorothy V". Bomb rack fault en route to a mission to Fulda, Germany 3Jan45.
Returned and crash landed in poor weather at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Salvaged 4Jan45.
38100 Delivered Cheyenne Jun 26, 1944; Kearney Jul 15, 1944; Grenier Jul 20, 1944; Assigned Jul 22, 1944 to
850th BS, 490th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Eye Airfield, Station USAAF-134, Suffolk, England
Landing Accident Aug 26, 1944 at RAF Eye Airfield, Station USAAF-134, Suffolk, England. All (9) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Badly Damaged. Returned to US Bradley Jul 14, 1945; 4185 BU Independence Jul 16, 1945; 237 BU Kirtland Dec 25, 1945;
RFC Albuquerque Feb 6, 1946
38101 (MSN 9079) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jul44. [H],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 29Jul44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*O],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 30Jul44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38102 (MSN 9080) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 23Jul44. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 6Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45 (1KIA:8POW).
Unable to find the target, the formation diverted to the secondary target of the railway
marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Damaged by flak, crashed Trier, Germany.
MACR 12852
38103 (MSN 9081) Accepted by USAAF 27Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 15Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 848th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. 850th Bomb Squadron [K-].
Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg,
Germany 5Apr45 (3POW:7KIA). During the return to base, the formation flew underneath the cloud
cover, probably not realising that this part of the Netherlands had not been liberated. The
bomber was damaged by flak from vessels of the Kriegsmarine moored in the outer harbor of
Middelharnis. Three engines were put out of action and a fire started in the catwalk and nose
compartment of the plane. The plane exploded ejecting three crew members. The wreckage crashed
on the mud flats of the Grevelingen near Ouddorp, Netherlands MACR 13855
38104 (MSN 9082) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun44.
School of Applied Tactics, Orlando AAB, FL 6Jul44. 902nd Base Unit (Base Complement), Orlando AAB,
FL 10Jul44. 903rd Base Unit, Pinecastle Field, FL 10Sep44. 621st Base Unit, Pinecastle Field, FL 9Jul45.
4152nd Base Unit, Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH 22May46. 1st Experimental Guided Missile
Squadron, 1st Experimental Guided Missile Group, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Sep46. 4104th Base
Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 5Sep46. 609th Base Unit, Eglin Field,
Valparaiso, FL 6Apr47. 605th Base Unit, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL 3May48. 3203rd Mission Support
Group, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL 9Jul48. Reclaimed 3Nov48
38105 (MSN 9083) Accepted by USAAF 27Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 26Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45.
Unable to find the target, the formation diverted to the secondary target of the railway
marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany. On return, force landed at Evere (B-56), Brussels,
Belgium. Returned to Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 15Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38106 (MSN 9084) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 23Jul44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*E], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 25Jul44. Named "Starduster".
{81 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 27Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38107 (MSN 9085) Accepted by USAAF 27Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
861st Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany 21Nov44 (8POW:1KIA).
Over Zwolle in Netherlands and before reaching the target, Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire
and crashed 1 Mile Northeast of Enschede, Netherlands. All (9) Crew Bailed Out
and (8) Were Captured and Became POWs. (1) Crewman Was Killed By The Germans.
MACR 10404. Parts recovered 1983; Twenthe A/F
38108 (MSN 9086) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44. 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 11Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to
Cologne, Germany 14Oct44 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38066, crashed Elsenhorn, Belgium
MACR 9475.
38109 (MSN 9087) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 14Aug44. Force landed Fritzlar (Y-86), Germany twice. Force landed Kassel,
Germany. Landing accident at Chelveston 10Apr45. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 28May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley
Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38110 (MSN 9088) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jul44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*L], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 19Jul44
Named "Marge". . {12 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (9KIA:1POW)
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Between Geusa and Bundorf, 2 km West
of Merseburg, Germany. Left Wing and Tail Section Broke off and Aircraft
Exploded in Mid Air. (9) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed
Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 9420
38111 (MSN 9089) Accepted by USAAF 28Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 25Jul44.
Accident during a mission for new crews above Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 5Jan45 (9KIS). The new crews
needed additional training for assembly and formation flying, navigation and simulated bomb runs.
Several times during the mission the pilot of #111 failed to hold position and caused a mid-air collision
with B-17G 43-38050. The left wing of #111 struck #050 in the waist which broke apart near the radio
room. #111 turned over, spun down and crashed into a sewerage purification tank of a sugar beet
factory on Hollow Road, Bury St Edmunds.
38112 (MSN 9090) Accepted by USAAF 28Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 25Jul44.
Nose interior damaged by fire at Eye 13Nov44. Salvaged by 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston 15Nov44.
Also reported as Landing Accident Nov 13, 1944 at RAF Eye Airfield, Station USAAF-134,
Suffolk, England. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Badly Damaged, salvaged Nov 15, 1944
38113 (MSN 9091) Accepted by USAAF 28Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 28Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [S], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk Aug44 Named "Wee Willie's Wolves". {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refineries at Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Osnabrück, Germany 21Nov44. Major battle damage on a mission to an
oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45. Battle damage on a mission to the Rheinhausen bridge
at Duisburg, Germany 28Jan45. Failed to return from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at
Geisecke, southeast of Dortmund, Germany 23Mar45. Force landed on return in France.
Regained by Group. {final combat mission 23Mar45}. {62 missions + 4 Chowhound}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 17Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38114 (MSN 9092) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jul44.
534th Bomb Squadron [GD*N], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 6Aug44
Named 'No Comments Needed'. {2+ missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to an oil refinery at Hamburg, Germany 6Nov44 (9POW)
Shot down by AAA Wittmundhafen, Germany Nov 6, 1944. MACR 10153
38115 (MSN 9093) Accepted by USAAF 28Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*J], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Named "Reluctant Lassie", Failed to return
from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Bielefeld, Germany 30Sep44 (8KIA:1POW
Hit By Bombs Dropped From Higher B-17G Over Bieldfeld, Germany. Aircraft Exploded and Dove Straight Down in a
Mass of Flames Breaking Up Completely. . The burning debris from this plane fell
in the area of ??the Johannistal near the road Am Wellenkotten, west Bielefeld, Germany.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was
Captured and Became a POW. The debris from this bomber struck B-17G 43-38480 which also crashed.
MACR 9429.
38116 (MSN 9094) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 23Jul44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*Q], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 15Aug44. Named "Classy Chassis"
{50 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45. Unable to find the target, the
formation diverted to the secondary target of the railway marshalling yards at
Chemnitz, Germany. On return, crash landed at Polebrook. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 3Mar45. Salvaged 4Mar45.
38117 (MSN 9095) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 14Aug44. Stalled on landing at Chelveston 6May45
38118 (MSN 9096) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*K], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 2Aug44. Damaged at Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 4May45. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire.
Nmws "Miss Fortune" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun44. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 22Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38119 (MSN 9097) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 25Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to
four 105mm Howitzer gun batteries and defensive installations around Brest, France 3Sep44 (10MIA).
Damaged by flak over Guernsey, Channel Islands. No.2 engine was seen on fire with flames
reaching back to the top turret. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and No.2 engine
fell off at 2,000ft; No.3 propeller was feathered. The aircraft was seen to crash into the sea.
It is missing along with all crew members MACR 8609
38120 (MSN 9098) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*N], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 22Jul44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 12Aug44. 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38121 (MSN 9099) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*Q], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 11Aug44. Named 'Queenie'. Failed to return from a mission
13Aug44; force landed on the continent. Repaired and regained by Group 27Aug44. Failed to
return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Neumünster, Germany 13Apr45.
Shortly after releasing their bombs on the target, the pilot found himself and his airplane
out in front of everyone due to an unexplained, sudden accelerating force. He immediately
closed the throttles, poked the nose down, dropped flaps, and lowered the landing gear
to regain control at a lower altitude where he could spot the rest of the formation.
The intercom then became very busy with reports of damaged aircraft, including one going down
with the wing torn off and another crew bailing out. Then the pilot discovered that he had
problems of his own, with two dead engines. No.2 propeller feathered properly, but No.4
windmilled out of control. The crew reported the aircraft was full of holes and the bomb bay
doors were sprung inward. The tail turret was jammed and useless. It was obvious the
formation was decimated so he headed west toward friendly territory. Just as his descending
aircraft and the wooded terrain beneath him were converging too rapidly for comfort,
he sighted an airfield. The crew could not identify it, but at this point any airfield looked just great.
But they soon discovered that a B-17 was not meant to be landed on this particular runway,
which turned out to be a captured German fighter strip near Paderborn. With a huge pile of
rock and rubble looming on either side of the runway extension, the pilot called for “gear up”
in order to crash land as they ripped into the rubble piles. Only the left wing gave way
completely as the plane came to rest after turning 45 degrees right, skidding across a road and
tearing out a telephone line. The plane was destroyed by fire at Paderborn (Y-97), Germany.
Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France 16Apr45
38122 (MSN 9100) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 24Jul44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 15Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 19Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Jan46. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38123 (MSN 9101) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Jul44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*V], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 14Aug44. Named "Baby Butch".
{9 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 12Sep44 (8POW:1KIA). Shot down by
enemy fighters, crashed Werneuchen, Germany MACR 8897
38124 (MSN 9102) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
351st Bomb Squadron [EP*S], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 21Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (6KIA:3POW). 42-31066 was hit by flak and fell onto
43-38124, and both aircraft went down in flames. MACR 11363.
38125 (MSN 9103) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jul44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*D],
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Aug44.. Named "Mary Makers"
Crashed during formation assembly Jan 22, 1945 for mission to synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany.
During climb she lost one engine and had a runaway prop on another. Crash site was near RAF Saltby,
Lincolnshire. Entire crew survived though three were seriously injured.
38126 (MSN 9104) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44.
600th Bomb Squadron [N8*J], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 10Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission 23Jan45; force landed on the continent. Repaired and regained by
Group 25Feb45. Crash landed at Nuthampstead and swerved off the runway 20Mar45.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire. Regained by Group 7May45.
Returned to US. 1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command, Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. 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.
38127 (MSN 9105) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Jun44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Jul44. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*J],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 28Jul44. Named "Pair of Queens, Gee and Bee".
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 41678th Base Unit, South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45.
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.
38128 (MSN 9106) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Aug44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 22Aug44 Named *Bom Bo*. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 13Sep44 (4KIA:5POW).
Damaged by a direct flak hit on the right between the nose and an engine. With the right fuel
tanks on fire, the pilot headed for France. After about twenty minutes, the aircraft became
unstable and finally uncontrollable and the crew were ordered to bail out while still over
German territory. The plane spun out of control followed by an explosion in the right wing
which separated the right wing tip. The wing tip is believed to have struck and killed the tail
gunner after he bailed out. Crashed 6km east of Ottweiler, Germany MACR 8856.
38129 (MSN 9107) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Jul44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*A], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 10Aug44. Named "Skippy". Failed to return from a mission 28Sep44;
force landed on the continent. Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France.
38130 (MSN 9108) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jun44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jul44. North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24Jul44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*K], 3
51st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Aug44. Named "Texas Belle".
Damaged when nosed over being taxied by ground crew at Polebrook 12Jan45. {70 missions}.
Returned to US. 508th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. Damaged taxying at Brainard Field,
Hartford, CT 13Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. 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
38131 (MSN 9109) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Jul44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+A], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 6Aug44. Named MISS FALL RIVER / MISS MO / LITTLE MISS MARY KAY.
Named after the pilot’s young daughter. . Accident returning from a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. Damaged when overran the runway landing
at Eye. 850th Bomb Squadron. Battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg, Germany 5Apr45 (9KIA). During the return to base, the
formation flew underneath the cloud cover, probably not realising that this part of the
Netherlands had not been liberated. The bomber was damaged by flak from vessels of the
Kriegsmarine moored in the outer harbor of Middelharnis. Crashed on fire into the
Haringvliet nearby Sommelsdijk where the bomber exploded All (9) Crew Were Killed.
MACR 13854. Parts recovered 1971;Ouddorp
38132 (MSN 9110) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 21Jul44. Named "Old Patch";
Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-38100 taxying at Eye 26Aug44. Battle damaged on a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44.
Force landed on return at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Returned to Group. Failed to return
from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (5KIA:4POW).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Southwest of Cologne, Germany. Outboard End of Left Wing
Broke off and Aircraft Went into a Spin and Crashed. (5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew
Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 11588
38133 (MSN 9111) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Jul44.
364th Bomb Squadron [WF*N], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 25Aug44.
Crashed on return from a mission to the Hanomag vehicle factory at Hanover, Germany 22Oct44 (9KIA).
Two formations of B-17 planes flew overhead Thurleigh airfield, one heading towards the northeast, the
other heading towards the northwest. Both formations were at approximately 800-1000 feet. Visibility
was reduced by a dense haze. The aircraft of both formations took violent evasive action but this plane
collided in mid-air with B-17G 43-38030, caught fire and disintegrated. Debris fell to earth on the runways
but without causing further damage to aircraft or personnel; four engines were found embedded in the
surface of a runway., (19KIA in total). MACR 10833.
38134 (MSN 9112) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [O], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 25Jul44
Landing Accident Dec 12, 1944 at RAF Eye Airfield, Station USAAF-134, Suffolk, England. All (9) Crew Survived.
Aircraft Was Destroyed. Was returning from raid on railway marshalling yard Darmstadt, Germany
and was hit by landing 43-38838 at Eye base. Salvaged Dec 13, 1944
38135 (MSN 9113) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk. 849th Bomb Squadron [B],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 17Jul44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Bitterfeld oil refinery
located north of Leipzig, Germany 17Mar45. Struck by flak over the target damaging an engine. While the pilots
were busy trying to feather the propeller on the dead engine and control the aircraft, a second engine on the
same side began losing power. This caused the element of three planes to fall behind the group. Poor visibility
caused by contrails and haze prevented the pilot of the right wing plane, 43-38071, from realizing that he
was closely approaching 43-38046, the leader of the last element in the high squadron. Mid-air collision
between B-17G 43-38046 and 43-38071. The unusually close formation flying dictated by the commander
of the 490th Bomb Group undoubtedly contributed to the collision. Over the target a few seconds, after
bomb release, an unexploding flak shell hit the open bomb bay and then fell out the still open doors.
This plane was forced to leave the formation and find its own way back to Eye. During this return the
pilot was concerned about low fuel levels and, with only two engines, had to slowly descend from
high altitude and take a direct route home. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Czechoslovakia 19Apr45 (7KIA:2POW).
Shot Down Apr 19, 1945 By Gunfire From German Me 262 A-1a Southwest of Prague, Czechoslovakia While on a
Mission on The Marshalling Yard at Aussig, Czechoslovakia. Believed Me 262 A-1a Flown By Oblt. Hans
Grunberg of JG 7/I Stab. (7) Crew Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Captured and Became POWs.
MACR 14193
38136 (MSN 9114) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jul44.
835th Bomb Squadron [H8*R], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 17Jul44
Named "Snow White". (31 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to industrial,
oil and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (7KIA:2POW).
Hit by AAA Oct 15, 1944 near Cologne and Crashed at Wiehl, 10 km Southeast of
Gummersbach, Germany While on a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Cologne, Germany. Aircraft
Broke in Half and Exploded in Mid Air. (7) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. Liberated in February 1945. MACR 9491
38137 (MSN 9115) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 8Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*N], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 17Jul44. Named "Miss B Havin". Crashed on takeoff 15Oct44 (8KIA + 1 civilian). The bomber
took off in the darkness of early morning to take part in a mission to Cologne, Germany. It was the
sixth aircraft to take off but the pilot seemed to have problems with the No 4 engine and alhough the
heavily laden aircraft lifted off, its wing lights showed that it was struggling to gain height.
It bore to the right then a loud explosion was heard and the glow of a fire lit up the morning darkness.
The plane had torn into the top part of the Woodhall Farm house and then continued on a short distance
before exploding in a field beyond the house. Eight of the nine man crew were killed but the pilot was
blown clear when the aircraft exploded. Major Smith and his family lived in the farmhouse. He later told
how he was awakened from a deep sleep and thought that the house was coming down on them all.
He got his wife and two daughters down the stairs and into the garden then went back for Raymond Smith,
his 15-year old son. He found the stair to Raymond’s bedroom blocked with debris and a fire burning on
that floor above. Raymond appeared climbing down through the debris. At first sight he did not look
too bad but it soon became apparent that his face and hands were badly burned. An American jeep took
him to the local hospital where the doctor found that in addition to the burns he also had severe lung damage.
That lung damage and shock due to the burns led to Raymond’s death. {5 missions}.
38138 (MSN 9116) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jun44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [T], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 13Aug44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 14Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [I],
34th Bomb Group, Mendelsham (Station 156), Suffolk Named "Ole-Timer".
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44.
Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate. Damaged on an Operation
Clarion mission to a railway marshalling yard at Ansbach, Germany 22Feb45; force landed on return
in France. Returned to Group. Damaged on a mission to the railway station at Alexanderplatz,
Berlin, Germany 26Feb45. On return force landed in Brussels, Belgium. Returned to Group.
(final combat mission 26Feb45}. {28 missions}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on
Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38139 (MSN 9117) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jul44.
5608th Bomb Squadron [YB*D], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 31Jul44.
{11 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau,
Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Sep44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak, crash landed Viernheim, Germany.
Repaired and regained by Group 30Nov44. Salvaged 8Dec44 MACR 8452.
38140 (MSN 9118) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*S], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174),
Suffolk 17Jul44. {16 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (5POW:4KIA)
Hit by flak over Merseburg, Germany Nov 2, 1944. Flew two more hours as a lone
straggler and was hit again by flak and crew bailed out and plane crashed outside Erkrath, 9 km E of Duesseldorf.
4 crew killed, 5 bailed out and became POW. Released in 1945. MACR 10167
38141 (MSN 9119) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 17Jul44.
839th Bomb Squadron [R5*V]. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Hamm, Germany 26Nov44 (9POW). While on a bombing run over Germany, one engine was shot away by flak,
a second was disabled and the plane was on fire and filled with dense smoke. The crew bailed out after
which it eventually crashed in a forest near Udenhout, Netherlands. As that area had just been
liberated by the Allied armies, it was left and later salvaged by Dutch civilians.. MACR 10758
38142 (MSN 9120) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Jul44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*P], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 19Jul44
Named "Rodney The Rocks/Lil' Butch". {69 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45 (7KIA:2KIA).
Shot down by Anti-Aircraft Fire Northwest of Hamburg, Germany. The Left Wing Broke
off and Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 13550
38143 (MSN 9121) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jul44.
549th Bomb Squadron [XA*P], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 17Jul44.
Named . HUCKLEBERRY (JUICE) DUCK
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. Reclaimed 15May47
38144 (MSN 9122) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston 14Aug44. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 3Sep44 (9POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Neuburg, Germany MACR 8451
38145 (MSN 9123) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jul44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*N], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury
(Station 174), Suffolk 18Jul44 Named "Rosalie Ann II". {4 missions}. Failed to
return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg,
Germany 4Aug44 (7KIA:2POW. Collided With B-17G 43-37909 in Mid Air That Was Just Hit By Flak.
Aircraft Spun Out of Control and Crashed at Quelkhorn,
20 km West of Rotenburg, Germany. (7) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. MACR 7713 (FORTLOG)
38146 (MSN 9124) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 10Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 24Aug44 (9POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Leipzig, Germany
MACR 8209
38147 (MSN 9125) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Jul44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*L], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 9Aug44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*L].
Named "Fuddy Duddy" (19 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 (7KIA:3POW).
Enemy aircraft damaged the left wing adjacent to No.2 engine. Dropped out of formation,
some of the crew bailing out before the aircraft exploded, blowing off a wing in flames.
Crashed Trügleben, 4km west of Gotha, Germany MACR 11210. Salvaged by the Germans.
38148 (MSN 9126) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*W], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 3Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45 (7KIA:2POW). Shot down by
enemy fighters, crashed Jueledorf, Germany. Pilot and copilot survived
and became POW, rest of crew KIA. MACR 12856
38149 (MSN 9127) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*M], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 17Jul44. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*M], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Aug44. Named "Winged Virgin" {67 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. 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
38150 (MSN 9128) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 11Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 21Jul44. Named "Giddy". Battle damaged on an Operation
Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (9RTD).
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. The plane that the crew had been assigned had a problem
and had to take another plane. This second plane, only used as a spare, was ‘war weary’. By the time
it had joined the formation one engine had oil pressure fluctuations that remained all the way.
On the bomb run a flak burst shook the plane. As it was pulling away from the target and preparing
to reassemble into the formation, gasoline started leaking from number one engine. The propeller
had been feathered and re-started three times and each time, the oil pressure swung wildly.
Afraid of a fire, the propeller had been feathered again. Number three engine had taken multiple
flak hits over Berlin and was inoperable. Number two and four engines were operable at full throttle.
The airspeed was dropping and the plane was slowly falling behind the formation. The pilot elected
to head for the Russian front lines in Poland. Heading east, the plane crossed the Oder at Kostryzn;
at Oborniki, the pilot corrected the heading direct to Warsaw. Warsaw became visible ahead; the
crew strained to get a view of the city or the airfields. Nothing existed but masses of rubble on both
sides of a very frozen river. The pilot banked the plane and they circled the desolation several
times, as they tried to make sense of the situation. With weather closing in on them, and
altitude now an issue, the pilot made a decision to follow the river northwest and see what he
can find. A single-engine Russian spotter plane came into view. The pilot hit the landing gear
switch and dropped the wheels. The spotter plane banked right as the engineer fired a red flare.
The Russian acknowledged the signal by rocking his wings, but the bomber’s speed was too much
and the Russian fell behind. The pilot raised the landing gear and put the plane into a tight bank to
let the spotter catch up. Minutes passed, but eventually the spotter and the bomber were in general
alignment headed down the Vistula river. The Russian rocked his wings again and dropped onto a
small airfield bordered on one end by a dirt road. A grass runway ran down the diagonal of the field,
occasionally marked left and right by hay bales. In this case the pilot knew that he needed much
more runway than the field provided and aborted any thought of landing at that location.
The terrain over which the plane flew was heavily forested, even at the river’s edge. The afternoon
light was obscured by clouds when the pilot spotted a clearing a few miles east of the river.
He adjusted course and when the plane was abreast of the field he began circling. It was a larger
field that the Russians had converted with a makeshift runway. A crash landing was impractical
because of the Sperry ball turret on the underside of the plane. The turret was removable, but the tools
needed had been ditched with other non-essentials as the crew attempted to lighten the plane over
Poland. Spiegel continued to circle and considered the odds. Finally, he decided he could not trust
luck to find another field and there was only one practical option. He decided to land and he decided
it would have to be a wheels up landing. The plane shook as the ball turret and tail wheel struck the
top of the tallest trees. The plane sank, hit the field hard and skidded. The ball turret was acting both
as a rudder and a keel, then it cracked and split open. With less than 35 yards from impact with some
trees, the pilot reacted, giving hard left rudder and releasing the right pedal in an attempt to unlock
the right wheel brake and ground loop the plane, which reacted violently, spinning counterclockwise.
The right wing bounced upward, just missing a large oak tree, then the plane came to rest.
Force landed behind Soviet lines in a potato field at R?czyn, Poland, about fifty miles northwest of Warsaw.
Salvaged 23Mar45. Despite a wheels up landing in a potato field, there was minimum damage and with
no injuries to the crew. The Americans were not prisoners, but they were not allowed to leave until
Moscow approved and they had no means to leave anyhow. The crew discovered another crew from the
384th Bomb Group whose plane, Stardust (44-6592), had lost one engine to flak and had blown a tire in its
forced landing in Poland. They managed to make contact and decided to try to repair their B-17. It meant
removing an engine from Giddy and using it to replace the damaged one on Stardust. They managed to
borrow a truck from the Russians for transport and some poles, got a lot of help from the village people
and manhandled the engine from Giddy, transporting it to the other B-17 in the truck. The plan was to attach
it as best they could, then hope they would get a chance to run for it. It would require stealth, courage and bribery.
Both American crews bartered with the Soviet soldiers. Several revolvers and a $10 fountain pen paid for the
gasoline for their secret flight; a $75 wrist watch given to a Russian officer secured a Ford tractor to haul
the second engine back. According to war records, with the $30 the captain had in his own wallet, he bribed
Russian MPs to overlook the cutting down of two telephone poles needed as hoists. Using salvaged tools
left by the Germans, the crews worked in plain sight of the other Russians. The Americans feared too much
attention, though, and made sure to drink with the Russian officers in Toru?, toasting Stalin, Roosevelt
and Churchill, the day villagers hoisted the plane in the potato field. Early on St. Patrick’s Day, 1945,
the Americans jumped into Stardust and began to taxy along the frozen ground. A single Soviet guard
waved frantically to stop, but the Russians never chased them as they cleared the field and lifted off.
There were nineteen airmen on that flight. Without armament or ammunition, having been jettisoned before
the forced landings, and needing to avoid any enemy encounters, the pilot circled around the airfield and
flew to Foggia, Italy, where he knew there was an American air base. He landed there and stayed a while before
eventually flying the last leg to England, making another stop in southern France which was in allied control by then.
Noted in good condition at R?czyn Jun45. MACR 12238.
38151 (MSN 9129) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44. North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jul44. 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 10Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 7Oct44 (9KIA:1POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed Koerde, Germany MACR 9355
38152 (MSN 9130) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 8Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron [A], 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 17Jul44 damaged taxying at RAF Manston, Kent 27Nov44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38153 (MSN 9131) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipafl Airport, WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 11Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire Aug44.
Named "Swinging On A Star". Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 12Sep44 (2WIA:7RTD). Accident
after a tactical mission to German artillery positions at Eschweiler, Germany 16Nov44.
Diverted by bad weather, landed at RAF Honeybourne, Worcestershire and subsequently
damaged when a lorry backed into a horizontal stabiliser. Battle damaged on a mission
to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 28Jan45 (1INJ:8RTD). Struck by flak
damaging a wing, cockpit window, electrical system, landing gear and No.3 engine.
Failed to return from a mission to an oil storage depot at Dulmen, Germany 10Feb45.
Flak struck No.2 and No.4 engines. The plane dropped out of formation just after dropping
its bombs and on return force landed at Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Regained by Group Mar45.
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38154 (MSN 9132) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Jun44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 18Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at
Bielefeld, Germany 30Sep44 (8KIA:1POW Collided With B-17G (43-38037) in Mid Air Over Bielefeld, Germany.
Left Wing Came off and Aircraft Spun Down and Crashed at Leopoldshohe-Kentrup, Germany.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 9423
38155 (MSN 9133) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Jul44. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 30Aug44.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9C. 19th Photographic Squadron,
11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 5Sep44. 19th Photographic Squadron,
311th Photographic Wing, Buckley Field, CO. Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 16May45.
Crash landed at Chalgrove (Station 465), Oxfordshire 25Jun45. Ninth Air Force, Germany.
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. Redesignated FB-17G 1945. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Tortorella, Italy 20Aug45. Foggia, Italy 6Sep45. Salvaged 6Dec45
38156 (MSN 9134) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jul44. 551st Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 18Jul44. Failed to return from a mission to Fürth, Germany 9Aug44 (3KIA:6POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Baumholder, Germany MACR 7389
38157 (MSN 9135) Accepted by USAAF 3Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 21Jul44. Failed to
return from a mission to Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (1KIA:3POW:5RTD). Damaged by flak
over the target, the plane left formation apparently under control. The crew bailed out
before the aircraft crashed in the Eifel mountains south of Eupen, Germany
Aircraft Seen in a Glide. All (9) Crew Bailed Out and (2) Were
Captured and Became POWs. (6) Crew Evaded Capture. (1) Crewman (MIA). MACR 11548
38158 (MSN 9136) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
534th Bomb Squadron [GD*D], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 26Jul44.,
Named "Smashing Time". Damaged landing at Ridgewell 17Dec44 when
nosed over after running off the end of the runway. 448th Sub-Depot, Air Service Command,
Ridgewell Dec44 for repairs to rebuild the nose compartment taking 14 days and
413 man hours. {27 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to Aschaffenburg, Germany
21Jan45; force landed Sauverne, France. Salvaged 28Feb45
38159 (MSN 9137) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
615th Bomb Squadron [IY*N], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 11Aug44
Named *Wolf Pack*. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (1POW:8KIA).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed Near Wallendorf 3 km East of Merseburg,
Germany. (8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 10159.
38160 (MSN 9138) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
613th Bomb Squadron [IN*A], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 11Aug44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*A]. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38161 MSN 9139) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 11Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*O], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 21Jul44. Named "Oombree-Ago" Battle damaged on a
mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 11Sep44 (9RTD:1POW).
During enemy aircraft attacks, used up fuel in numerous manoueverings and
force landed in a turnip field near Paris, France. On e crew member bailed out,
the aircraft landed in German controlled territory but the remaining crew were
rescued by local peasants and returned to allied forces. MACR 11980 lists this plane as being 42-38161.
38162 (MSN 9140) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. Assigned to 100th Bomb Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 5Jul44. MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 2Sep44. Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9C. 19th Photographic
Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10Sep44. 311th Photographic
Wing, Buckley Field, CO 18Dec44. Redesignated FB-17G 1945. 311th Photographic Wing,
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 2May46. 16th Photographic Squadron (Special Purpose), MacDill Field,
Tampa, FL 15May46. Damaged taxying at MacDill Field 21Jun46. 326th Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 8Jul46. 16th Photographic Squadron (Special Purpose),
MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Aug46. Reclaimed 30Oct46
38163 (MSN 9141) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Jul44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 18Jul44. 833rd Bomb Squadron [4N*H], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury Nov44. {59 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. Reclaimed 7Jun46
Conflict:
Named *Happy Warrior*. hit by bombs dropped by leading bomber
over Parchim, Germany Apr 7, 1945. 3 KIA, 1 MIA, 6 POW.
38164 (MSN 9142) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 21Jul44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*H], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 15Aug44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*H].
Battle damaged on a mission to the Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerke AG synthetic oil
refinery at Záluží, Brüx, Sudetenland 12Sep44 (1KIA). 602nd Bomb Squadron.
Battle damaged on a mission to Koblenz, Germany 5Jan45, crash landed continent.
Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France.10Feb45
38165 (MSN 9143) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*B], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 22Jul44. Mamed "Carolyn Sue (June)" aka "St Christopher Kids";
Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil
refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 4Nov44 (9MIA). The aircraft was also testing
anti-exhaust flame devices, hit by flak damaging two engines and seen dropping.
The crew intended to head towards the Netherlands and bail out, the bomber
crashed in North Sea, crew missing . MACR 10305
38166 (MSN 9144) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 11Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul44. 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 10Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 11Sep44 (9POW).
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Irlich, Germany. MACR 8826
38167 (MSN 9145) Accepted by USAAF 5Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44.
Named "The Whirry Bird".
Collided Feb 6, 1945 With B-17G (43-38699) in Mid Air Near Wittersheim, France While Returning From a Mission
to Chemnitz, Germany. Aircraft Caught Fire and Crashed. All (9) Crew Fate Unknown. (1) Crewman (Pilot) Known
to Have Bailed Out and Survived. MACR 12371
38168 (MSN 9146) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jul44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jul44. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9C. MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 2Sep44. 19th Photographic Mapping Squadron,
1st Photographic Group, MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 10Sep44. 91st Photographic Charting Squadron,
311th Photographic Wing, Buckley Field, CO 11Nov44. Redesignated FB-17G 1945.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 5Jun45. 91st Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing,
Buckley Field, CO 11Jun45. 4200th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command),
Chicago Municipal Airport, IL 15Apr46. 91st Reconnaissance Squadron, 311th Photographic
Wing, Buckley Field, CO 17Apr46. 91st Reconnaissance Squadron, MacDill Field, Tampa,
FL 2May46. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 23May46. 91st Reconnaissance Squadron, MacDill Field, Tampa,
FL 4Jun46. Sixth Air Force Panama Canal Zone 30Apr47. 91st Reconnaissance Squadron,
Caribbean Air Command, Howard, Panama. Designated RB-17G 10Jun48. 91st Strategic
Reconnaissance Squadron, Antilles Air Division, Waller Field, Trinidad 5Apr49. Returned to US.
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ 9Feb49. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance
Squadron, 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, LA 30Sep49.
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group, McGuire AFB, NJ 11Oct49. Olmsted AFB, Middletown,
PA 12Oct49. Reclaimed 8Nov49
38169 (MSN 9147) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 11Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Jul44.
838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 18Jul44.
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*J]. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 29Dec44 (7POW:2EVD). Damaged by flak, crashed Bitburg, Germany
(2) Crew Were Killed. (7) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured
and Became POWs. MACR 11374
38170 (MSN 9148) Accepted by USAAF 5Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 12Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*L], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 4Aug44. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Mannheim,
Germany 21Jan45. On return, force landed on the continent. Salvaged 4Apr45
38171 (MSN 9149) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Jul44.
511th Bomb Squadron [DS*Y], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 9Aug44.
{21 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz,
Prussia 7Oct44 (9POW). Damaged by flak and caught fire, crashed near Neusarnow, Germany.
MACR 9357.
38172 (MSN 9150) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*P], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 13Aug44. Named "Lovely Julie" Battle damaged on a mission to industrial, oil
and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (1KIA:1WIA:7RTD). The aircraft took a
direct burst from an 88 mm shell in the nose compartment, blowing it apart, instantly killing
the togglier and momentarily knocking the navigator unconscious. Although stunned and bleeding,
the navigator made his way to the cockpit to assist the two pilots who were struggling to control
the seemingly un-flyable plane. The blast had blown away most of the nose, covering the windshield
with debris and making it difficult to see. The instrument panel was torn loose and all flight
instruments were inoperative. Radio and intercom were gone, oxygen lines ruptured, and a
sub-zero wind was howling through the cockpit at 27,000ft. The two pilots, knowing they needed
oxygen and could not keep up with the rest of the formation, turned left and descended rapidly,
hoping they were heading west toward England, or perhaps occupied Belgium. Without maps or
other navigational aids they dropped to 2,000ft where they picked up a pair of P-51’s who escorted
them across Belgium, but with an inoperative radio they were unable to communicate with the
Mustangs. They might have tried for one of the airfields in France, but not having maps this was
questionable. The controls and engines seemed to be working OK, so the pilot made the decision to
try for home. Once over England, the navigator began to pick up landmarks and give course
corrections that brought them right to Nuthampstead. Men waiting on the ground at Nuthampstead
could hear the wounded plane long before they could see it. Instead of the characteristic deep
roar of four Wright-Cyclone engines they heard a howl like a banshee screaming; when it came into
view they understood. They watched as the B-17 came in for a hot landing, taking up the entire
runway with failing brakes until it came to a stop in the mud at the end of the concrete.
As ambulances, medical staff and fire trucks arrived, many of the crew stumbled from the waist door,
strangely silent; men in shock. The Flight Surgeon had to pry the pilot’s hands from the control wheel
and help him from the plane. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
There is a famous photo of this plane staggering back to Nuthampsead, Hertfordshire, UK with the
entire nose compartment peeled away
38173 (MSN 9151) Accepted by USAAF 5Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 6Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 12Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
569th Bomb Squadron [CC*R], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jul44.
{first combat mission 11Aug44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop
supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth
Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. Battle damaged on a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Ludwigshafen, Germany 25Sep44 (1WIA:8RTD). The plane
encountered intense flak over the city, wounding the waist gunner. {40 missions}. Failed to
return from a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Zellhausen, Mainhausen, Germany 24Dec44 (6POW:3KIA). Flak struck the plane then exploded
and crashed at Wiesbaden, Germany MACR 11116.
Production changes: SCR-522 VHF radio. RC-103 Group B parts.
38174 (MSN 9152) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Jul44. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire Jul44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38175 (MSN 9153) Accepted by USAAF 6Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 8Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [F],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 22Jul44. Transferred to 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*S],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 23Jul44. .
Named "Till We Meet Again (1918 song)/I'll Be Seeing You (1944 film)".
first combat mission 11Aug44}. Failed to return from an Operation Frantic VII mission to
drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44 (8KIA:1EVD:1POW). Damaged by
flak and enemy fighter attacks. With its No.4 engine on fire, the aircraft fell out of formation,
at which point the left horizontal stabilizer began to disintegrate. The supply containers were
jettisoned as the plane continued to go down under control until around 8,000ft above Warsaw,
at which point the aircraft exploded. Three airmen were able to bail out. Crashed at ?omianki,
Warsaw, Poland. {10 missions)
38176 (MSN 9154) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*B],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44.
Named "Bouncing Betty II? Failed to return
from a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg,
Germany 28Sep44 (1KIA:8RTD). Shot down by enemy fighter aircraft on the first pass during the
bomb run, losing No.2 engine oil pressure and the propeller could not be feathered on the
damaged engine. The No.1 fuel tank was hit and ruptured. With the No.1 and No.2 engines disabled,
No.3 and No.4 engines oversped pulling the B-17 into a steep spiral and losing altitude from
27,000 to 15,000ft. The bomb bay doors could not be closed and the electrical system was gone.
At about 6,000ft the pilot ordered his crew to bail out. Most landed near Wiltz, Luxembourg,
about one km inside the allied front line. The aircraft crashed in a farmer’s field in Belgium
MACR 10586. 8 returned, 1 KIA
38177 (MSN 9155) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 22Jul44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 25Jul44. Ferried RCAF Gander, Newfoundland to UK, crash
landed at Nutts Corner (Station 235), Belfast, Northern Ireland 27Jul44
All crew OK but plane W/O. Salvaged 28Jul44.
38178 (MSN 9156) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Jul44.
525th Bomb Squadron [FR*P], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 14Aug44. Named "Seattle Sue". Flew on the final Eighth Air Force
combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {105 missions}. Damaged by flak on that mission and colliided
mid-air with B-17G 43-38272, the aircraft crashed just past the target area southwest of
Pilsen (6KIA:2POW). MACR 14319
38179 (MSN 9157) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 730th Bomb Squadron [E], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 16Aug44. Named CHASTAIN’S KINDERGARTEN. The crew of this plane
were under the teaching and direction of their pilot (Luther Chastain). Since everyone was
new to the experience of flying combat missions they thought of themselves as being in kindergarten.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Handorf, Münster, Germany 21Mar45 (9RTD).
The plane was struck by flak after the target; the ball turret gunner reported that No.1 engine
appeared to be on fire. The pilot managed to extinguish the fire and feathered the propeller.
Later the gunner reported that No.2 engine appeared to be on fire. Again the pilot was able
to extinguish the fire and feathered the propeller. By now the plane was lagging behind the
formation as it returned to England. Still over enemy territory, the crew did not throw out their
guns or heavy equipment. With two engines out on one side, the pilots were having to work
hard to keep the plane flying on course. Losing altitude and hoping to reach allied lines,
the crew was happy when they saw the coast and decided to continue across the North Sea.
Returning to base the pilot restarted No.1 engine to give better control for landing. As the pilot
lowered the landing gear the fire restarted. The plane landed safely but caught fire as it was
coming to a stop. The crew evacuated while the No.3 and No.4 engines were still running.
After a while, the plane broke in two, tilted on its nose and burned out. Salvaged
38180 (MSN 9158) Accepted by USAAF 6Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 848th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44
named "Missouri Mule". Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at
Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (5KIA:4POW). Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire
Over Spandau, Germany. Number One Engine Caught Fire and
Shortly after The Left Wing Broke off and Aircraft
Disintegrated. Crashed into a BMW factory parking area at Haselhorst, Spandau, Germany.
(5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
MACR 9529
38181 (MSN 9159) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44.
751st Bomb Squadron [O], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22Jul44.
749th Bomb Squadron. 748th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle
Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44 (6KIA:3POW(
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Gehoelz, Germany MACR 9772.
38182 (MSN 9160) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 14Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 31Jul44. Returned to US. Bolling Field, Washington, DC 27Jun45. 4185th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 31Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38183 (MSN 9161) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 14Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*J], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 22Jul44. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 23Jul44. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Named *Ice Cold Katie*. . Damaged in collision with
B-17G 42-39775 taxying at Rougham 1Nov44. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 24Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38184 (MSN 9162) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 13Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Jul44. 849th Bomb Squadron,
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 22Jul44. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 1Sep44
(7KIA:3RTD). The mission was cancelled en route because of bad weather and the plane had
just crossed the French coast returning to England. There was a mid-air collision with
B-17G 43-37941 over Dives-sur-mer, France. The deputy lead was flying under the lead
plane and was about half a plane length ahead when it pulled up and collided.
Crashed at Cabourg, France. Salvaged 1Apr45 MACR 8857
38185 (MSN 9163) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 14Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Aug44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham
Green (Station 142), Norfolk 4Aug44. Named "Lacka Sacky/Dragon Lady". Battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Giessen, Germany 4Dec44. Flak over
Wiesbaden, Frankfurt and Koblenz was intense and accurate. Damaged by flak after
the target, one engine was disabled, the cockpit instrument panel was smashed,
the radio transmitter was damaged, the ball turret was not working and the oil
line to another engine was split. Lagging behind the formation and consuming
excessive fuel, the pilot aimed for a forced landing behind allied lines but ordered
the crew to bail out once over friendly troops. The airmen landed in and around
Waterloo, Belgium. Salvaged 16Dec44.
38186 (MSN 9164) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Aug44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*I], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44. Failed to return from a mission
to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany
28Sep44 (9KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, the plane went into a steep dive, fire streaming
from two engines and the ball turret demolished. The bomber crashed south of Wolfenbüttel,
Germany MACR 9407
38187 (MSN 9165) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 14Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
Named "Carrie B III" . Failed to return from a mission to the Ruhrkohle coke oven plant at
Minister Stein, Dortmund, Germany 16Feb45 (9POW). Damaged by flak, Ditched off Ijmuiden
Holland in The North Sea. All (9) Crew Got in (2) Life Rafts
and Survived and Were Captured and Became POWs. . MACR 12446
38188 (MSN 9166) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 23Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [C], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 4Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. 18th Bomb Squadron [D] 6Oct44.
{6 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works
at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 7Oct44 (2KIA:7POW). En route from the I.P. to the target, the
plane was struck several times by flak. No.1 engine caught fire and the propeller was feathered;
the fire was extinguished using the extinguisher. No.3 engine had also been hit but the propeller
could not be feathered and was windmilling. This would cause a greater loss of airspeed. On the
return the aircraft was trailing the formation by about twenty miles with two engines out and
airspeed at 125mph, when the pilot contacted the Group leader to ask for fighter support and
permission to land at a friendly field on the continent. The pilot contacted friendly fighters and
was escorted by P-51 Mustangs to the Netherlands. Some british Spitfires also watched over to
keep any German fighters at bay. The pilot was heading for Eindhoven, Netherlands but, without
hydraulics and unable to lower the landing gear, calculating he had insufficient fuel that he
could not reach it, ordered the crew to bail out. The plane crashed 800 metres south of Liempde,
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Salvaged. MACR 9484
38189 (MSN 9167) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 8Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 14Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group 3Aug44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*M],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Aug44. Named . POWERFUL KATRINKA / BUGS BUNNY
{first combat mission 24Aug44}. {23 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery
at Mittelfeld, Kassel, Germany 18Oct44 (5KIA:4POW). Flak struck a wing, the plane spun down
and disintegrated. Crashed near Cochem, Germany
38190 (MSN 9168) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 5Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 16Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow
Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*M], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 4Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron. Named "Sweet Sue".
Damaged when an engine exploded during a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Kassel, Germany 30Dec44 (5MIA). The plane was climbing through an overcast
over the North Sea at the start of the mission when No.1 engine started smoking then
exploded in flames, throwing the cowling off of the engine. The propeller was immediately
feathered but two to three thousand feet of altitude was lost before the plane was brought
under control. Loss of control was due in part to vertigo and loss of the gyro horizon which
tumbled. During the interphone check which followed, it was discovered that five enlisted
men had bailed out. It is presumed they thought that the wing was on fire. The plane returned
to land safely at RAF Woodbridge emergency landing ground, Suffolk, where it was found that
the engine had blown the top cylinder head. An extensive search followed, but none of the crew
was found. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38244 near Orfordness, Suffolk 15Jan45; a large
part of the vertical stabiliser was destroyed. Battle damaged during a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Munich, Germany 25Feb45. force landed on return at Nancy (A-95), France.
Repaired and regained by Group. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex. Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38191 MSN 9169) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Aug44.
358th Bomb Squadron [VK*A], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44
Named "Shasta" aka "Gravel Gertie" & "Doris Jr.". . Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS
16Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 27Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38192 (MSN 9170) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Aug44. 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 26Aug44. 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 23May45. Named "Half Pint" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38193 (MSN 9171) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 15Dec44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Aug44.
730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 5Aug44.
Named "My Darling Lee". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4268th Base Unit, South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38194 (MSN 9172) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*N], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 4Aug44. {49 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 5Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38195 (MSN 9173) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
863rd Bomb Squadron [P*D], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38196 (MSN 9174) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 15Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*A], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Aug44. Named "Satan's Second Sister".
{first combat mission 8Sep44}. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*A]. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{57 missions + 5 Chowhound}. 568th Bomb Squadron. Damaged when B-17G 43-39124 veered
off the runway and was ground looped to prevent it from crashing into a group of parked aircraft
at Framlingham 17May45. As it spun around it made contact with the right wing of this aircraft.
Salvaged 17May45
38197 (MSN 9175) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 427th Bomb
Squadron [GN*U], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44.
The bomber crashed into the "J" Hangar taxying for takeoff on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Stuttgart, Germany 9Dec44. The brakes failed on the slippery ice and snow.
No sand or gravel had been used to reduce the danger of skidding on the slick surface.
Brake failure was caused by low batteries that provided insufficient power to run the hydraulic
pressure motors. The No.4 engine nacelle was sheared off. The right wing buckled against
the fuselage, causing wrinkles in the fuselage and outer wing panel. Salvaged
38198 (MSN 9176) Accepted by USAAF 10Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 16Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*K], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach
(Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44. Named . $1.98 / NANCY LEE - first named ‘$1.98’ by the pilot,
later renamed ‘Nancy Lee’ for his baby daughter. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*D].
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38199 (MSN 9177) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Aug44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*Z], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 3Aug44. Named "Easy Going" ??. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII
mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine.
Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and
continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44.
39 missions}. Battle damaged at Cottbus, Germany on a mission to Berlin 15Feb45, with
No.1 & No.3 engines damaged, the bomber force landed behind Soviet lines at D?blin,
Poland. The bomber was salvaged by the Soviet Air Force. 890th Aviation Regiment,
45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia.
On May 29 at D?blin, the technical staff of the 45th TBAP engaged in the repair
of the B-17 were attacked by a unit of the Polish ‘Armia Krajowa’ who, after disarming
the technicians, blew up the bomber.
38200 (MSN 9178) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 3Aug44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*E], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 16Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to a synthetic oil refinery
at Wesseling, Germany 11Oct44 (6KIA:3POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Wesseling,
Germany. Salvaged 25Feb45 MACR 9564
38201 (MSN 9179) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Aug44. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 5Aug44. 731st Bomb Squadron. Named "Melancholy Baby" a 1912 song.
Substantially damaged when crash landed on return to Deopham Green 29Sep44.
The co-pilot raised the landing gear instead of flaps. The co-pilot was a left-seater
riding in the right seat and whose unfamiliarity with co-pilot duties may have been a
factor in the accident. Accident departing on a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Bielefeld, Germany 30Sep44 (2INJ:7RTD). The crew had a difficult time starting engines
and, after leaving the hardstand, had to return for repairs. Departing later the No.3 engine
caught fire after takeoff and at about 3,000ft, the pilot ordered the crew to bail out.
The auto-pilot was set to send the plane out over the North Sea to crash. Salvaged 1Oct44
38202 (MSN 9180) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*T], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Apr44. Named "Miss Slipstram". {20 missions}. Failed to
return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (3KIA:7POW). The Group was hit hard after turning on the I.P.
The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target. After the target, because of a
supposedly malfunctioning compass, the Group Lead aircraft rallied off the target
at 330 degrees west rather than 270 degrees west, as briefed. The rest of the Group
followed the lead, in the process flying out of the protection of the main bomber
stream. German Fighter Command had been conserving its scarce fuel for weeks
so as to mount a major effort against the bomber attacks. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe
fighters went up to meet the bomber force. Initially damaged by flak, enemy fighters
attacked from the rear and hit both port engines which were set on fire. The crew bailed
out and the plane crashed Nobitz, Altenburg, Germany. MACR 10145
38203 (MSN 9181) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 749th Bomb Squadron [L], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 4Aug44. 748th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a mission to
railway installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (9POW). Shot
down by enemy jet fighters, crashed Berlin. MACR 13558 Crew all POW.
38204 (MSN 9182) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*Y], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 4Aug44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38205 (MSN 9183) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 730th Bomb Squadron [D-], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham
Green (Station 142), Norfolk 4Aug44. Named "Bouncing Baby". Battle damaged on a
mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland,
Germany 19Mar45 (9RTD). Crossing the front lines the formation met some accurate
flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition was scattered, with heavy
haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the primary target. When they
got closer it was decided that there were too many clouds, but by this time, in order
to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at Zwickau, the formation had
to circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way around, and the formation
couldn't go much farther east because of the Russian front lines. Enemy Me 262 jet
fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run. The pilot turned back towards
England but after a while flames were seen coming from the right wing. Force landed
safely at Beek (Y-44), Maastricht, Belgium but was destroyed by fire – the airfield was
under construction and did not have fire-fighting equipment. Salvaged 28Mar45
38206 (MSN 9184) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*L], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44.Named "Silver Fox". Failed to return from a
mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg,
Germany 28Sep44 (8KIA:1POW). Attacked by enemy fighters and engulfed in flames, the
plane flipped on its back and fell from 25,000ft. It exploded and crashed at Heiningen, Germany.
MACR 9408
38207 (MSN 9185) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 4Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot
at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (2KIA:8MIA). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed North Sea MACR 9351
38208 (MSN 9186) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Aug44. 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 5Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 7Oct44 (7KIA:3POW).
Enemy aircraft set left wing on fire, crashed Wiehe, Germany MACR 9553
38209 (MSN 9187) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*R], 493rd Bomb
Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 3Apr44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Darmstadt, Germany 19Sep44 (8KIA:1POW
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Ober-Hilbersheim, East of Kreuznach, Germany
Aircraft Flipped Over and Right Wing Broke off. Crashed and Exploded on Impact.
(8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 10212.
38210 (MSN 9188) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 3Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*V], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 4Aug44. Named 'Angel's Sister'. 548th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return
from a mission to the Deutsche Werke AG submarine yards at Kiel, Germany 4Apr45 (9MIA).
The bomber collided with the section leader, B-17G 43-38639. The vertical stabiliser
broke off and lodged in the other aircraft. This aircraft broke in two, the front half
continued in a loop and went over the top of the leader. The rear portion remained
lodged. The front fuselage crashed into the North Sea. The rear fuselage crashed with
the leading bomber into the North Sea. Air-sea rescue was notified of the position
of the collision, but neither of the aircraft nor their crews were found MACR 13720
38211 (MSN 9189) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*R], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 4Aug44. Named "Miss Gail Lynn". Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44
(6KIA:3POW), hit by enemy aircraft before the target, crashed at Merseburg, Germany.
MACR 10831
38212 (MSN 9190) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 17Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 1380th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 7Aug44.
322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*P], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 18Aug44. Named "Gal O' My Dreams". . {11 missions}. Failed to return
from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg,
Germany 2Nov44 (5KIA:4POW). The Group was hit hard after turning on the I.P. The box
barrage of flak was heavy around the target. After the target, because of a supposedly
malfunctioning compass, the Group Lead aircraft rallied off the target at 330 degrees
west rather than 270 degrees west, as briefed. The rest of the Group followed the lead,
in the process flying out of the protection of the main bomber stream. German Fighter
Command had been conserving its scarce fuel for weeks so as to mount a major effort
against the bomber attacks. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the
bomber force. Enemy aircraft shot out intercom and set bomb bay on fire. Crashed near
Groß Oesingen, northeast of Hanover, Germany MACR 10146
38213 (MSN 9191) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 17Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Aug44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*D], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 16Aug44. {first combat mission 18Aug44}.
{11 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 13Sep44 (4KIA:5POW). The anti-aircraft fire was intense
and accurate, with a continuous barrage. The aircraft was damaged by flak, and observed
going down in flames immediately after the bombs were dropped. Later the aircraft was noted
to fall apart into three sections, the left wing and tail snapped off. It was on fire, went
into a spin and a steep dive, and exploded. The co-pilot was blown out of the plane by the
explosion and survived. The pilot was found in the wreckage underneath the No.2 engine.
The navigator was apparently unable to exit the aircraft or was knocked unconscious
when the plane exploded. The bombardier was rendered unconscious and blown out
of the nose by the explosion. The aircraft crashed at Saalfeld, Germany MACR 8902.
38214 (MSN 9192) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 16Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*R],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*S].
Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions factory at Magdeburg,
Germany 12Sep44 (6POW:2KIA). Shot down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 at Wackersleben 42 km West
Southwest of Magdeburg, Germany Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 4. (2) Crew Killed. (
6) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POW. MACR 8864
38215 (MSN 9193) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 5Aug44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 6Aug44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*P]. Named "Grumblin' Gremlin"
Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg,
Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (5POW:4KIA). Flak damaged engine No.2 and enemy aircraft
hit another before exploding and crashed Wesseloh, Germany. MACR 11364
38216 (MSN 9194) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 18Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*O], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk Aug44. Named "Tempest Turner" Named after the Hollywood actress Lana Turner,
for the world premiere of her latest film: 'Marriage is a Private Affair'. The B-17 was present when
the film had its world premier at the 493rd Bomb Group at Debach airfield on Sunday
October 15th 1944 Battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Giessen, Germany
11Dec44. On return force landed on the continent. {3+ missions}. 18th Bomb Squadron [O],
34th Bomb Group, Mendelsham (Station 156), Suffolk Feb45 . {first combat mission 2Mar45}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Hanomag tank factory at Hanover, Germany 28Mar45.
Poor weather conditions forced the formation to divert to the secondary target, the railway
marshaling yard. {final combat mission 18Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and
ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 15May45;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs
were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{21 missions + 2 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
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
38217 (MSN 9195) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*P], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 2Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to an
ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (6KIA:3POW). Shot down by
enemy fighters, crashed Barnewitz, Germany. MACR 9519
38218 (MSN 9196) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*R], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38219 (MSN 9197) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*S],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 5Aug44. Named "Devil's Own".
Battle damaged by flak and Fw 190 fighters on a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions
factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44. No.2 engine was disabled and the propeller
feathered. With other flak damage, the plane force landed on return at Melsbroek (B-58),
Brussels, Belgium where a tire blew out on landing. Accident after aborted a mission
to a railway marshalling yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. Crash landed on return
to Debach. Take off at daybreak was routine. When passing over the North Sea,
an exhaust stack on the left outboard engine blew. The pilot decided to return to Debach
before the situation deteriorated. The damaged engine burst into flames as they
approached the base. With low cloud they were already below a safe height to bail
out and still carrying a full fuel and bomb load. They had to land before the engine
fire spread. As they made the final turn the burning wing sagged. The bomber
clipped the tops of the trees, the burning engine dropped out of the wing. Straight
ahead was a parked B-17, the flight control black and white control caravan and
a trailer full of ground crews. With considerable skill and landing on mud, with
wheels up, the B-17 hit the ground at 140mph. Four crew in the rear were ordered to
jump from their escape hatch, the engineer, navigator and bombardier catapulted
themselves out between the fuselage and the left inboard engine. The co-pilot went
out of his window with the pilot following. There was a terrific explosion. All the windows
of the control tower were blown out, causing slight injuries and cuts. A section of the
landing gear was blown over the control tower and was burning between two jeeps.
The force of the explosion was so great, it lifted the metal doors off the nearby hangar. Salvaged
38220 (MSN 9198) Manufactured 8Jul44. Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field,
Great Falls, MT. Ferried to Gore Field, Great Falls 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Aug44. 1387th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command),
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland 3Aug44. Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 8Aug44.
324th Bomb Squadron [DF*L], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 18Aug44. Named "Lady Lois" Named for the pilot’s wife. Artwork
of a sedately seated attractive brunette woman wearing a modest blue, with
large white stars, two-piece bathing suit and red shoes. LITTLE JEAN – artwork of a
female wearing a bikini. {first combat mission 26Aug44}. Battle damaged during a
mission to the hydrogenation works at Scholven-Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 26Aug44.
Flak in the Ruhr valley was heavy and accurate, striking a cockpit windshield,
damaging a wing, a horizontal stabiliser and the top turret. Battle damaged
on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen,
Germany 8Sep44. Flak over the target was heavy and accurate causing severe
damage to the plane. There were more than fifty holes in the fuselage and wings.
The leading edge of the right wing was torn away and several Plexiglas panels
in the nose were shot out. Three right wing gas tanks had taken hits and would
need to be replaced. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G.
synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee, Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44. A large flight
of Bf 109 and Fw 190 fighters swept through the formation, but this plane avoided
their cannon and machine gun fire. One exploding anti-aircraft shell sent shrapnel
into the No.2 engine supercharger. Battle damaged on a mission to the ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany 9Oct44. Flak over the target was meagre but the
plane took severe flak hits in the tail and in the No.3 engine. The rudder had to be
replaced. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial, oil and rail installations in
Cologne, Germany 15Oct44. Flak on approach to the target was heavy and accurate,
striking the plane about twenty times. One of the Tokyo fuel tanks was punctured,
the oil line to No.3 engine broken, three holes blown in the nose Plexiglas, and a
big chunk of shrapnel went into the radio room. A large piece of shrapnel also went
up under the pilot’s seat. Another piece of flak flew through the waist window,
hitting the gunner, but his flak suit prevented any injury. {74 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38221 (MSN 9199) Northwest Airlines Modification Center, Vandalia, Dayton, OH. Flight Test Center,
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 21Jul44. Cold Weather Testing Detachment, Ladd Field,
Fairbanks, AK 6Dec44. 4143rd Base Unit (Glider Test, Air Technical Service Command),
Clinton County Airport, Wilmington, OH 1Apr45. 4148th Base Unit (Electronics
Experimental Squadron), Bedford Field, MA 24Jun45. 4147th Base Unit (Rome Air
Technical Service Command), Bedford Field, MA 1Aug45. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile
Air Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 25Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 23Oct45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38222 (MSN 9200) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. United Air Lines,
Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base
Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [H], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 5Aug44. {first combat mission 19Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards at
Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to oil
refineries in Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44. Major battle damage on a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44 (1WIA); the navigator was wounded.
Accident on return from a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rheine, Germany 24Dec44. Four planes
were damaged in runway collisions upon return to Mendlesham from the mission.
This was due to the fact that a number of planes from another group landed at
Mendlesham because their field was closed by poor visibility. This left the
34th Bomb Group planes circling and waiting to land until very nearly
out of fuel, necessitating very close landings, one behind the other, eventually
resulting in the collisions. The aircraft involved were B-17G 43-38222,
43-38403, 43-38422 and 44-8397. {25 missions}. Salvaged 24Dec44.
38223 (MSN 9201) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 18Jul44. All 51,000 employees at the Hanford Engineering Works at
Richland in Washington contributed a full day's pay in order to buy this bomber.
On 23Jul44 the B-17 flew to Hanford Airport, Washington, where it was christened
DAY’S PAY. The christening ceremony (the traditional breaking of a bottle over one
of the propeller bosses) was performed by Mrs K B Harris, a company employee
whose son had been lost in action over Germany in April 1944. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*A],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. {50+ missions}.
410th Bomb Squadron [GL*H], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 10Aug44. {67 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field,
KS 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 24Oct45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38224 (MSN 9202) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 863rd Bomb
Squadron [P*E], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 5Aug44.
861st Bomb Squadron [B*E]. Battle damaged on a mission to a railway bridge at
Hohenzollern, Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (9RTD). Force landed on return on
the continent. Salvaged 18Jan45
Conflict:
Collided Jan 15, 1945 With B-17G (43-38190) in Mid Air Near Oxford Ness, Suffolk, England.
Able to Land. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Badly Damaged. Salvaged Jan 18, 1945
38225 (MSN 9203) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*K],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 7Aug44. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 13Sep44 (9POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Börrstadt, northeast of Kaiserslautern, Germany
ll (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8865
38226 (MSN 9204) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
ipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [R], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 8Aug44. Transferred to 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*B], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach
(Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. Damaged in an accident while parked at Debach 20Nov44.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 31Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM
for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel
Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
38227 (MSN 9205) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*A],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 5Aug44. Named "Ramp Happy Pappy".
Battle damaged by flak and Fw 190 fighters on a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions
factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44. Over the target, flak struck and wounded the
bombardier. Shortly afterwards, enemy fighters attacked the plane damaging the
oxygen system. The plane dived down to a lower altitude but levelled out under
control. The left wing wing was damaged and engines were leaking oil. A horizontal
stabiliser and elevator had been badly damaged and a cannon shell had ripped
through the bomb bay tearing out the life raft stowed above. Friendly fighters arrived
and kept intruders away as the bomber returned to England. On return, the plane landed
without brakes and rolled to a stop on the edge of the runway at RAF Woodbridge
emergency landing airfield, Suffolk. Salvaged
38228 (MSN 9206) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44.
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 5Aug44. Battle damaged on a
mission to a railway marshalling yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. Force
landed on return at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged 2Jan45.
38229 (MSN 9207) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron
[C*K:C*M], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44. Little Walden
(Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 27Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
Conflict:
(95th BG, 334th BS, "Better Duck")
38230 (MSN 9208) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 19Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 708th Bomb Squadron [CQ*E],
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 4Aug44. 709th Bomb Squadron.
Named *Wolf Wagon*. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.
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
38231 (MSN 9209) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 10Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 20Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Aug44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 3Aug44. Named "Try'N Get It".
Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery
at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45 (9RTD). Crossing the front lines the
formation met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition
was scattered, with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run
on the primary target. When they got closer it was decided that there were too many
clouds, but by this time, in order to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant
at Zwickau, the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way around,
and the formation couldn't go much farther east because of the Russian front lines.
Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run, severely damaging
the plane. The bomb load was jettisoned and the pilot headed for an emergency airfield
in Poland. Crash landed in an alfalfa field near Pozna?, Poland. Salvaged 28Mar45.
BUFFAGATOR. The pilot of this plane was from Buffalo, NY, and the co-pilot was from Florida.
Since there are alligators in Florida and the pilot lived in Buffalo, the two men chose to
combine two names into one coming up with "Buffagator". The name was not painted on the
plane, but they had wanted to paint the head of a buffalo onto the body of an alligator
38232 (MSN 9210) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 20Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*B],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 3Aug44. Named "Proud Pappy",
862nd Bomb Squadron [C*M]. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak,
crashed at Merseburg, Germany. Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire 1 km North of Muschwitz 10 km East of Weissenfels,
Germany. Right Wing Broke off and Aircraft Went into a Spin and Exploded. (7) Crew Were Killed.
(2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 10769
38233 (MSN 9211) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron,
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 5Aug44. Named 'Sweet and Lovely'
Failed to return from a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to the airfield at
Großostheim, Aschaffenburg, Germany 24Dec44 (8KIA:1POW). The plane was hit by flak prior to
reaching the target. It went out of control and collided with B-17G 43-37983 [ Betty-Jo]. The propeller on
Betty-Jo's No.2 engine struck the waist section of the fuselage cutting this bomber in two.
Crashed 1km northeast of Merlau, near Alsfeld Germany. MACR 11113
38234 (MSN 9212) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 19Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44.
322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*E], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Aug44.
Named EASY DOES IT. The pilot named the plane after his girlfriend from Memphis, Tenn.
The artwork was a painting of a picture of an attractive, scantily clad woman originally
published in Esquire magazine. Seriously battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44. The box barrage of flak was heavy
around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the bomber force.
Failed to return from a mission to the Rheinmetall Borsig steel works at Berlin, Germany
5Dec44 (2KIA:7POW). There was a solid undercast of several cloud layers all the way
into the target. The formation climbed Io 27,000ft. Flak was light and enemy fighters were not seen.
As the plane neared Berlin. The pilot could see some flak coming up through the clouds
Ahead and slightly off to the side there was a small hole in the clouds. A cluster of very large
flak bursts were coming up through that hole about every thirty seconds. The group lead turned,
headed for the clearing and was going to put the squadron directly in line with the flak bursts.
Over the target the plane was struck by flak. The right inboard engine had been blown completely
away. It felt that the airplane had stopped in mid-air and then the pilot realized that only
the left outboard engine was functioning. The left inboard propeller was windmilling and
the right outboard propeller was overspeeding. The pilot tried to feather the non-operating
engines but only the controls for the outboard left engine worked. The navigator was
wounded and the togglier was unconscious. The wings were full of holes with fuel
spraying out and there was smoke and some small fires where the No.3 engine had been
blown off. The bombs were hung up and could not be released or jettisoned.
The pilot was able to keep up flying speed and control by putting the airplane in a
shallow dive and run the good engine at emergency power, but it required extreme
left rudder. The pilot had called for fighter support and a red nose P-51 Mustang
appeared off the right wing and stayed with all the way. The plane was losing
altitude so the pilot turned to get under the bomber stream heading home from the target.
The airplane was barely controllable and could catch fire or explode at any time.
The pilot ordered the crew to bail out and kept the plane steady while they left.
The pilot was last to leave the plane through the escape hatch; he became stuck in it
but eventually freed himself and parachuted to safety. The plane crashed at Templin,
north of Berlin, Germany. {27 missions}. MACR 11036
38235 (MSN 9213) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*R], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 3Aug44. Named "Skipper". . Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. 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.
38236 (MSN 9214) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*M], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 25Aug44.
Crashed Nov 5, 1944 During Wheels Up Belly Landing at (RAF Great Dunmow Airfield) Station USAAF-164
Essex England While Returning From a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Due to Flak Damage Over Frankfurt Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Damaged Beyond Repair.
Salvaged on November 8, 1944.
38237 (MSN 9215) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44.
307th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Lowry Field,
Denver, CO 22Jul44. Accident taking off in bad weather at Lowry Field 21Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*J], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 5Nov44.
Named "Dallas Doll". Accident landing at Kimbolton 3Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to
Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38955.
The propellers cut off the nose of #955. Crashed near Koblenz, Germany. MACR 11762
38238 (MSN 9216) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*L], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44. Battle damagedon a mission to Essen,
Germany 8Mar45, crash landed one mile south of Seething airfield, Norfolk. Salvaged 9Mar45
38239 (MSN 9217) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*J], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 9Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Accident landing at Little Walden 4Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38240 (MSN 9218) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Aug44.
Damaged by structural failure near Bluie West One, Narsarsuaq, Greenland during ferry
flight to UK 7Aug44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*G], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk Aug44. 751st Bomb Squadron [Q], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire Aug44
On May 19, 1945 it was transferred to the Transport Command for special assignments prior
to its return to the US.
Returned to US. Air Transport Command 19May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38241 (MSN 9219) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*M], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 5Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Named "Ulpy". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38242 (MSN 9220) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Aug44.
863rd Bomb Squadron [P*S], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44.
Failed to return from an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at
Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (9POW). Flak over the target was intense and accurate.
Returning after attacking the target, the plane had problems with an engine and lost a propeller
on an engine. Flak struck the Fortress 26km south of Den Helder, 1km west out to sea.
The bomber was damaged and turned back towards land. Crash landed at Julianadorp,
about six kilometres south of the town of Den Helder, Netherlands
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12157
38243 (MSN 9221) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*B], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38244 (MSN 9222) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 21Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*F], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44.
Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38190 near Orfordnesss, Suffolk 15Jan45. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul44. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 4Aug44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38245 (MSN 9223) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44. 1380th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul44.
711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 2Aug44.
During assembly for a mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 2Oct44 (9KIA),
mid-air collision with B-17G 44-6460 slicing off its tail. Crashed Wetherden Hall Farm, Stowmarket, Suffolk
38246 (MSN 9224) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Jul44. 1380th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*D], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 2Aug44. Named "Cupcake/Vermont Maid". {87 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT.
Damaged taxying at Bradley Field 8Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 12Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38247 (MSN 9225) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 14Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 23Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*S], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 5Sep44. {first combat mission 18Oct44}. {8 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (5KIA:4POW). Over the target,
flak struck the left wing, caught fire and exploded. Crashed Maschen, Germany MACR 11246
38248 (MSN 9226) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*M], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44. Named "Oochie/Jigger Rouche II".
Failed to return from a mission to Berlin, Germany 28Mar45 (7RTD:1KIA).
Damaged by flak, ditched North Sea MACR 13541
38249 (MSN 9227) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 24Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*C], 493rd Bomb Group 9Aug44.
Transferred to 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*E], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 10Aug44.
862nd Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk
Landing Accident Oct 3, 1944 at RAF Debach Airfield. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
Salvaged Oct 5, 1944.
38250 (MSN 9228) Accepted by USAAF 14Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 21Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*N], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 18Sep44. Named "Debbie". Battle damaged on a mission
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Gymnich, Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne, Germany 10Jan45
(2WIA:1POW:6RTD). During the bomb run, just before the bomb load was dropped, the
plane was hit in quick succession by two 105mm flak grenades, one of which blew the No.3 engine
off of its mounts. The other flak shell blew a hole in the floor through which the radio operator
fell out. The rudder control cables were damaged, the intercom had failed and the oxygen
supply to the tail turret was interrupted. The tail turret and ball turret gunners were seriously
wounded. At that time they were above Aachen, Germany. The pilot decided to take the shortest
route back to England but soon realised that he would not be able to reach base; the aircraft was
steadily losing altitude and fuel was leaking through the plane. The pilot attempted a crash
landing behind allied lines on a field at Middenveld, south of Hombeek, Belgium. The Central
Workshops of the Belgian Railways in Mechelen were overflown at a low altitude. The aircraft came
from the east, very low, it skimmed over the Zemstsesteenweg, hit a row of trees that tore the wings
off the fuselage, scoured over the snowy fields of the Middenveld and came to a standstill in a
field of Brussels sprouts on the Kattestraat. The bomber lay across the Kattestraat, with the nose
next to a pear tree on a farm near Hombeek, Belgium. Salvaged 18Jan45.
The weapons and equipment were removed by ground personnel from Melsbroek airfield. As soon
as the MPs guarding the aircraft departed, dismantling of the aircraft was started by the local
residents. Everything that people think they could use was broken down. The B-17 tires were cut
into pieces and used as drinking bowls for the animals on the pasture. The metal was later sold
to a trader. In the attics of Hombekenaren there were all sorts of parts from the B-17. What were
they going to do with those pieces remained a mystery. The rule was that in the war period nothing
was thrown away, the least piece of technology could be useful. They had never seen Plexiglass
before. They cut out toy weapons, the women made crosses. Someone made a nice doghouse out
of a curved piece of aluminum from the B-17 MACR 11761
38251 (MSN 9229) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 5Aug44. Eighth Air Force, UK 7Aug44. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood
(Station 590), Lancashire. Damaged in collision with parked Lockheed P-38J 42-68151 and
Bristol Beaufighter NE825 while taxying at Burtonwood 24Aug44. Salvaged 10Sep44
38252 (MSN 9230) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Aug44. 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 27Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to Magdeburg,
Germany 1Jan45 (5POW:5KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Windberg, Germany
MACR 11353
38253 (MSN 9231) Accepted by USAAF 14Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*T],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*T].
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex 1Mar45. Named "Ole Rambler" Battle damaged on a
mission to a secondary target, the industrial complex at Hildesheim, Germany 3Mar45. Salvaged
38254 (MSN 9232) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 838th Bomb Squadron [2C*Q], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 12Aug44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38255 (MSN 9233) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Aug44. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*A], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 5Aug44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*C].
Named "Poof Proof". Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies
to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued
east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a
Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44.
Force landed Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 18Oct44. Caught fire en route
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 28Oct44.
Returned safely to Horham. MACR 10259. Force landed at Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 25Dec44. {88 missions}. Returned to US. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 23Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. P
38256 (MSN 9234) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Aug44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*C], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 15Aug44. Named "Our Baby".
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau,
Ludwigshafen, Germany 8Sep44 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Ludwigshafen
MACR 8846
38257 (MSN 9235) Accepted by USAAF 14Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing),
21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 21Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44.
391st Bomb Squadron [T], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 10Aug44. Named "Tyson's Tramps". {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau,
Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44 (1WIA). {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{69 missions + 2 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38258 (MSN 9236) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 22Jul44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Presque Isle Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*H],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 15Aug44.
359th Bomb Squadron [BN*L]. 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire Aug44. Named *Forget Me Not Olly*.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To 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
38259 (MSN 9237) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 21Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*S], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 5Aug44. Named "Badger Beauty".
Battle damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Loddenheide, Münster,
Germany 5Oct44 (8KIA:1POW), force landed on the continent. Salvaged 2Dec44.
38260 (MSN 9238) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 23Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 9Aug44. named "Fime Sientz" [Greek for Famous Chinese).
Failed to return from a mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 22Sep44 (1KIA:8POW).
Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Wiesbaden, Germany. Aircraft Caught Fire and Crashed West of Seibersback/Hunsruck
15 km West of Bingen, Germany. (1) Crewman Was Killed. (8) Crew Bailed
Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 10210
38261 (MSN 9239) Accepted by USAAF 14Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 24Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*O], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 8Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions factory at Magdeburg,
Germany 12Sep44 (8KIA:1POW). Crashed near Zilly, Germany.
Shot down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 West of Magdeburg, Germany
Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown. Pilot of JG 4. (5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured.
(1) Becama a POW. (3) Killed By German Soldiers. MACR 8866
38262 (MSN 9240) Accepted by USAAF 15Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Aug44.
Rome Air Depot, NY 31Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Sep44. Modified by installation of Gee-H radio navigation system
equipment. Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*K], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 29Sep44. {first combat mission 2Oct44}.
Eighth Air Force Service Command 10Oct44. Regained by Group 14Oct44. Battle damaged on a
mission to the Ford Motor Works, Cologne, Germany 18Oct44. Low on fuel, force landed on the
continent. Salvaged and flown to 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire for repairs; No.5 ‘Tokyo’ fuel tank replaced [the vent is supposed to be plugged
but was missing and not checked before the aircraft departed]. Returned to 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood 24Nov44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*H]. Loaned to 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire for a mission to the railway marshalling yards at
Neuss, Germany 31Dec44. {16 missions}. Damaged when the left wing caught fire after landing
from a ferry flight from Nuthampstead to Grafton Underwood 31Dec44. The aircraft had been
flown a short distance but contained 2,700 gallons of fuel. After landing and turning off the
runway, fuel spilled from a vent and caught fire when the No.2 engine back-fired through the
turbocharger and exhaust. Minor damage to left wing but salvaged 1Jan45
38263 (MSN 9241) Accepted by USAAF 15Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 22Jul44. 1380th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Presque Isle
Field (Station 2), ME 31Jul44. 7th Bomb Squadron [N], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 2Aug44, Named "Dies Irae" ("Day of Wrath".a Latin hymn) .
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau,
Berlin, Germany 6Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Hamm,
Germany 29Nov44. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. Failed to return from a mission to an aircraft
engine factory at Bitterfeld, Germany 16Jan45. Force landed on return at a British airfield in
Belgium 16Jan45. Accident departing for a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Rheine,
Germany 20Jan45 (5MIA). The plane caught fire in No.1 engine during assembly over Buncher #19
at about 20,000ft. As the flames began to flow over the wing, the pilot had the crew stand by
for bail out. As the flames continued to increase in intensity and the aircraft started to go
out of control into in diving spiral, the pilot ordered the bail out as it seemed the plane
could blow up at any moment. Five crew members bailed out at this time, over the English Channel.
They were not recovered. MACR 11776. When the increased airspeed seemed to
extinguish the flames, the remaining crew was ordered
to stand by and await developments. Returning to base, the plane caught fire once again
then went out as it came in for a landing. Caught fire again when it landed but went out as
the propeller stopped turning. As the crew left the plane, it caught fire once again and had
to be put out by the fire crews. The plane was eventually repaired and put back into service.
Failed to return from a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear
weather did not materialize so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling
yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate. Force landed on
return at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Regained by Group 9Feb45. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45. Force landed at
Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Regained by Group. {final combat mission 15Feb45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb
bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to
Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {37 missions + 6 Chowhound +1 Revival}. Returned to US by
34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 43-38334 taxying at
South Plains 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38264 (MSN 9242) Accepted by USAAF 15Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 22Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*J], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Aug44. Named "Ulpy: Battle damaged on a mission to the
Polte-Werke munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (1KIA:2WIA:6RTD).
The plane landed in Belgium to obtain medical treatment for three crew members.
Failed to return from a mission to I. G. Farbinindustrie Chemical Works
at Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (5KIA:4POW)
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Over Lampertheim, Germany. Aircraft Caught Fire and
Went into a Spin and Exploded in Mid Air. Crashed a few miles east of Ludwigshafen, Germany
(5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 10327
38265 (MSN 9243) Accepted by USAAF 15Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB
24Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [I], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 13Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. {6 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 2Oct44 (9KIA)
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Kassel, Germany
Aircraft Caught Fire and Tail Began to Twist off. Aircraft Dove and Fell Apart and
Crashed at Muenchenhof Germany. All (9) Crew Were Killed. MACR 9369.
38266 (MSN 9244) Accepted by USAAF 17Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 23Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*H], 493rd Bomb
Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Named "Baby Me". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 26Nov45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38267 (MSN 9245) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 14Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Jul44. 1379th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Aug44.
613th Bomb Squadron [IN*M], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 25Aug44. Named "Maximum Effort" – artwork of Superman and a 1,000lb bomb
When landing after a night flying practice mission, the aircraft landed hard and the landing gear
collapsed at Deenethorpe 28Nov44. {29 missions}. Salvaged 30Nov44
38268 (MSN 9246) Accepted by USAAF 17Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [N], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 9Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44
Crashed Oct 15, 1944 on Take off at RAF Mendlesham While Going on a Mission on The Marshalling
Yards at Cologne, Germany. (2) Crew (engineer and tail gunner) were Killed.
(7) Crew Were Seriously Injuired. (2) Died Later
of Their Injuries. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged on October 16, 1944.
38269 (MSN 9247) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*N], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 9Aug44. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*N]. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 8Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38270 (MSN 9248) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Aug44. 390th Bomb Group 4Aug44. 550th Bomb Squadron,
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk Aug44. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Osnabrück, Germany 21Nov44 (8KIA:1POW).
Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38566. Crashed Pyremont, France. The Webb crew in
43-38270 collided with the Foss crew in 43-38566. Webb over shot his position and his
vertical stabiliser hit the ball turret of 43-38566 and continuing forward, impacted the
nose compartment of 43-38566. The tail section of Webb's aircraft was torn off and his
aircraft spiraled down out of control, Foss landed 42-38566 safely, but with several
casualties MACR 10413
38271 (MSN 9249) Accepted by USAAF 17Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 25Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*E], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 8Aug44. Named "Big Buster". Failed to return from a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Bischofsheim, Germany 13Jan45 (6KIA:3POW).
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed at Bauschheim Near Russelsheim, Germany
Aircraft Went into a Spin and Exploded. (6) Crew Were Killed. (4) Crew Bailed Out
and (3) Were Captured and Became POWs. (1) Drowned. MACR 11736
38272 (MSN 9250) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*D], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 27Aug44. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the
Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {101 missions}.
Damaged by flak on that mission and colliided mid-air with B-17G 43-38178, the aircraft
crashed in allied territory, Europe (1KIA). MACR 14221
38273 (MSN 9251) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 24Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (
North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Aug44.
550th Bomb Squadron [SG*S], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 13Aug44.
Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Ulm, Germany 1Mar45 (1KIA).
Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-38035 and crashed Ostend, Belgium. The Armbruster crew in
42-38035 was cut in half by the Rusecki crew in 43-38273 over Ostend, Belgium. The only two
survivors were a waist gunner of the Rusecki crew who bailed out, and the tail gunner of the
Armbruster crew, Unable to bail out, the tail gunner rode the severed tail of the bomber down
from 12,000ft. A local farmer cut him out of the tail wreckage and carried him to a British field
hospital. He had only minor injuries, and since the war has visited his Belgian rescuers. Salvaged 20Mar45
43-38274/38473 Boeing B-17G-85-BO Fortress
MSN 9252/9451. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
Production changes: Enclosed radio gun compartment with K-5 mount. Escape aid equipment changes
38274 (MSN 9252) Accepted by USAAF 18Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 25Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*M], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 18Aug44. Named "Gallopin' Gremlin". {first combat mission
24Aug44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance
forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at
Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Returned to England. {33 missions}. Failed to return from a
tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zellhausen,
Mainhausen, Germany 24Dec44 (5KIA:4POW). Flak struck and knocked off a wing outer panel.
The plane dropped out of formation, spun down and exploded. Crashed at Wiesbaden, Germany
MACR 11117
38275 (MSN 9253) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Aug44.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*F], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 8Sep44 .Named "Take Me Home". Failed to return from a mission to the
Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (9POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Zeitz, Germany. MACR 11059
38276 (MSN 9254) Accepted by USAAF 17Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 25Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*C], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 8Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38277 (MSN 9255) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 15Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 9Aug44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*O], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Aug44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*O]. Damaged taxying at
Polebrook 20Jan45. {59 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38278 (MSN 9256) Accepted by USAAF 18Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 25Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 838th Bomb Squadron [H], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 9Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*H], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38279 (MSN 9257) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 15Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*N], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 27Aug44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the
Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Salvaged 29Jan46
38280 (MSN 9258) Accepted by USAAF 18Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 26Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [M], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 12Aug44. Named "Missbehavin Raven"
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. 7th Bomb Squadron [M] Sep44. Major battle damage on a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany
25Nov44. Between the I.P. and the target, flak was heavy and accurate. When the plane
turned away after dropping its bombs on the target, the No.3 engine lost power and
then No.4 engine failed; both propellers had oversped. The plane dropped out of formation
but, fortunately, the pilot was able to restart both engines and within a few minutes had
returned to the safety of the formation. Two 88mm flak shells had gone through both wings
but fused to explode at altitude, not on impact. Their travel through the wings had avoided
the fuel tanks, aileron controls and wing spars. Ground crew counted sixty-two holes in the
plane and flak debris in No.2 engine cowling. Major battle damage on a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany 29Nov44 (1WIA). The instrument panel was shot out,
wounding the co-pilot, and the No.1 engine turbocharger was disabled. Major battle damage
on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland,
Germany 2Mar45. Unable to find the target, the formation diverted to the secondary target
at Dresden, Germany. Accident during assembly for a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg, Germany 5Apr45 (1KIA:1INJ:7RTD). Encountered
violent propeller wash, stalled, lowered a wing and entered a spin which threw crew members
from their stations. Five crew members bailed out. The engineer bailed out at 20,000 feet and
was injured; the bombardier became trapped by the parachute rigging on the escape hatch door
and was strangled. The pilot was able to regain control at 12,000 feet, aborted the mission,
jettisoned the bomb load and returned to base. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{66 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home
Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38281 (MSN 9259) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*A], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 10Aug44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*Z], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 11Aug44. Named "Kimmie Kar for 9"– artwork of a
cartoon car-o-plane with a man about to hand launch a large bomb. Named for the pilot’s
daughter whose nickname was Kim. . Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop
supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force
base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. {70 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38282 (MSN 9260) Accepted by USAAF 18Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 25Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*H], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 8Aug44. Named STOOPID GROUP. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*G], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 9Aug44. Named "Sweeny's Brats". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38283 (MSN 9261) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 25Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44.
334th Bomb Squadron [BG*A], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 13Aug44.
336th Bomb Squadron [ET*A]. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies
to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued
east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in
southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. Force landed at Athies (A-69), Laon, France 30Dec44.
{42 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery
at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 17Mar45 (9OW), fuel leak and supercharger failure,
crashed Neustadt, Germany. MACR 13111
38284 (MSN 9262) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 26Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*C], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 22Aug44
Named "Level Up and Fly Right--The Rock/Straighten Up And Fly Right".
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (8EVD:1POW). The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target.
On leaving the target, the aircraft was struck by flak. The aircraft force landed on Vriezenweg
at Rijnsaterwoude, southwest of Amsterdam, Netherlands
All (9) Crew Survived. (1) Crewman Was Injuired and Was Captured and Became a POW.
(8) Crew Evaded Capture. MACR 10170
38285 (MSN 9263) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 26Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*H], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Named "Bomb Bay Of Blues" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38286 (MSN 9264) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [T], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44. Named'Flying Dutchman'[named because so
many of its members hailed from Pennsylvania with Dutch heritage]. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Rheine, Germany 20Jan45.
Approaching the target, the plane started receiving heavy flak damaging No.1 engine which lost power.
The pilot managed to restore power to the engine just as No.4 engine failed. The crew managed to
drop their bombs on the target but fell back out of formation. The No.4 propeller could not be
feathered; the engine was out of balance by flak damage and the windmilling propeller set up a
heavy vibration in the wing. Fighting a strong headwind on the return to England was using up
excessive fuel and the plane landed at Mendlesham with only a few minutes fuel remaining.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45.
Force landed on the continent. Major battle damage on a mission to railway installations
and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{77 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38287 (MSN 9265) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*V],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 22Aug44. Accident preparing
to takeoff for a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 25Sep44.
The left wing was damaged in a collision with B-17G 43-38362 as the planes were turning
onto the runway. Battle damaged on a mission to industrial targets at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 9Oct44. With solid cloud over the target, the group diverted to the ball bearing
factories at Schweinfurt, Germany. Flak was moderate but the plane was struck in the waist
section. Returning to Thurleigh the brakes failed on landing and the bomber came to a
stop heading for the control tower. Failed to return from a mission to industrial, oil
and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (1WIA:8RTD). Struck by flak hitting
the upper turret and disabling the oxygen, hydraulic and electrical systems. Without oxygen,
the plane left the formation over the target and was seen in a shallow glide under control.
Force landed at Charleroi (A-87), Belgium. Returned to Group 21Nov44. Battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Bingen, Germany 29Dec44. Over the
target the plane had to fly through a flak barrage which caused several holes in the plane.
Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Speyer,
Germany 8Jan45 (1WIA:8RTD). Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Gymnich, Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (1KIA:8RTD). Flak struck
the plane near the radio room, two engines were disabled and it started to lag behind
the formation. The pilot had been badly wounded in the head by flak and later died in
hospital. Force landed at Perrone (A-72), France for medical assistance. Returned to
Group 17Jan45. Modified for Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb
concrete piercing rocket assisted bombs. Participated in a mission to drop Disney
bombs on the Valentin submarine bunker at Farge, Bremen, Germany 30Mar45.
Damaged while parked at Thurleigh 16Apr45. Without hydraulic pressure, B-17G 42-31474
landed about a third way down the runway, ran off the side, across a perimeter track and
struck this plane. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9May45.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey
and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Force landed Istres, France 25Jun45. Salvaged Ninth Air Force, Germany 31Oct45
38288 MSN 9266) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 26Jul44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Aug44. [M], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 7Aug44.
412th Bomb Squadron [QW*V], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 8Aug44.
Named "Go, In My Way/V for Victory". Participated in an Operation
Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine.
Damaged on the ground by a German strike force night of 18/19Sep44. Returned to England Oct44.
Crash landed back at Horham after an aborted mission to Osnabrück, Germany 19Mar45.
{66 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 22Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
38289 (MSN 9267) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 17Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44.
359th Bomb Squadron [BN*J], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 31Aug44. Named "Sweet La Rhonda". 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 29May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 14Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 19Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38290 (MSN 9268) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*B], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 24Aug44. Named "Canvas Back IV". Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 11Sep44 (6POW:3KIA).
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Groet, Netherlands MACR 8887.
38291 (MSN 9269) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 26Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 27Aug44. Crashed on takeoff for a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 15Feb45 (7KIA:2RTD). Hit a tree
and crashed near High Hayden at Rushden, Northamptonshire
38292 (MSN 9270) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Jul44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Aug44.
338th Bomb Squadron [BX*D], 96th Bomb Group 7Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [A], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 8Aug44. Named "Conga Babe",
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to Merseburg,
Germany 7Oct44. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge
to a Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rhein, Germany 24Dec44. Force landed on return at
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. {17 missions}. Missing on a tactical mission to railway
marshalling yards at Bad Kreuznach, Germany 2Jan45 (10MIA). This aircraft was last seen
shortly after takeoff. It never joined the formation. The control tower and the Command pilots
in the formation report that this aircraft never made any radio contact after takeoff.
Circumstances of the loss are unknown, presumed crahed in North Sea MACR 11566.
38293 (MSN 9271) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 26Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*C], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. Named "Miss Green Bay". Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38294 MSN 9272) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 26Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [O], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 9Aug44. Named "The Wrangler",
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. {2 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Henschel
und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 22Sep44 (4KIA:5POW). Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38399.
The collision was thought to be caused by propeller wash which caused this plane, flying in
position 3-2, to drop down onto #399, which was in position 4-1. This plane sustained damage to
the wing as its No.3 engine sheared the tail assembly from the other plane. It dropped off onto
its right wing going straight down, exploding about 5,000ft below the formation.
Crashed at Büren, Germany. (4) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 10199
38295 (MSN 9273) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*S], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke
munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (4KIA:5POW).
Shot down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 West of Magdeburg, Germany
Aircraft Caught Fire and Crashed. Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 4.
(4) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8867
38296 (MSN 9274) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 27Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 22Aug44. Named "Heavenly Body". Accident preparing to takeoff for a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 13Sep44.
The aircraft were lined up on the perimeter track moving slowly forward as their turn approached
for take off. When the plane in front turned onto the runway, the hydraulics to the wheel
brakes failed on #296. No.1 and 2 propellers were damaged in collision with the right wing
tip of B-17G 42-97301. Failed to return from a mission to industrial, oil and rail installations
in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (6POW:3KIA). Over the target at Flittard, the nose compartment
was blown off by flak killing the navigator and bombardier. Two engines had been shot off
and the plane spun down out of control as the crew bailed out over Leverkusen and Chorweiler
and crashed at Königsdorf, south of Pulheim, Cologne. Six civilians were killed when the bomber exploded.
38297 (MSN 9275) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*G], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44. Damaged during maintenance at Debach 17Jan45.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Failed to return from a mission to a secondary target,
the industrial complex at Hildesheim, Germany 3Mar45 (9POW). Shot down by Me 262 jet fighters,
No.4 engine was hit and immediately started blazing. Aircraft then went into a dive, under control,
the pilot probably intended to put out the fire, and disappeared into the clouds still under
control when last seen. The crew bailed out before the bomber crashed near Apelern, Germany
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12887.
38298 (MSN 9276) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*D], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 10Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to Koblenz, Germany 19Sep44 (2RTD:1EVD:6POW).
Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Caught Fire Over Darmstadt, Germany.
(7) Crew Bailed Out and (6) Were Captured and Became POWs.
(1) Crewman Evaded Capture. (2) Crew Able to Fly to Belgium and Bailed Out Near Notten and
Evaded Capture. Aircraft Exploded in Mid Air. MACR 9494
38299 (MSN 9277) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [U], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44. Named "Outta Dis World" later "Joy Rider".'
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44 (1WIA); the bombardier was
wounded. Battle damaged on a mission to the Hanomag tank factory at Hanover, Germany 28Mar45.
Poor weather conditions forced the formation to divert to the secondary target, the railway marshalling
yard. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {67 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb
Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38300 (MSN 9278) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [P], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 10Aug44. Named "Mail Call". .
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle damaged on a mission to an armored vehicle factory
at Bremen, Germany 26Sep44 (1WIA). Major battle damage on a mission to industrial, oil and
rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44. {11 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to an ordnance depot at Mannheim, Germany 19Oct44 (9KIA:1POW). Received a direct flak hit in
No.2 engine and wing tank, starting a fire. Cowling and propeller may have fallen off. Plane
peeled out of formation to the left under the formation and appeared still under control as it
entered the clouds 2000 feet below the formation. Crashed Ludwigshafen, Germany MACR 9467
38301 (MSN 9279) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 18Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44.
751st Bomb Squadron [N], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 10Aug44.
Named "Liberty Belle". . Landing accident at Glatton 2May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38302 (MSN 9280) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 367th Bomb
Squadron [GY*Z], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Sep44.
Named "Hellcat Hattie". Secret mission Nov 3, 1944, returned Dec 17, 1944
Accident during a 36-plane formation practice flight and gunnery training mission
over The Wash, east England 9Mar45 (8KIS:2RTD). This plane was struck by ‘friendly fire’
from another plane. No.3 engine exploded while over The Wash and the crew bailed
out east of Skegness, Lincolnshire; two crew rescued by Catalina. MACR 12961.
38303 (MSN 9281) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [M],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 22Aug44. {first combat mission 12Sep44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to a synthetic oil refinery at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44.
Flak was encountered at the target and then the Group was attacked by a large force of
enemy fighters. Major battle damage on a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg?Nürnberg
(MAN) AG industrial complex at Nürnberg, Germany 3Oct44 (10RTD). Flak over the target was
moderate. The plane was in the lead position but had to drop out because of heavy battle
damage and fuel problems. The pilot tried to return to England but was forced to crash
land at at Clavier, Liège, Belgium. {9 missions}. Salvaged 14Nov44
38304 (MSN 9282) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*A],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [L],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 10Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to an armored vehicle factory at Bremen, Germany 26Sep44.
Collided with parked B-17G 44-8282 while taxying at Mendlesham 18Dec44. Crash landed
after a training flight at Mendlesham 5Jan45. {final combat mission 3Jan45}. {29 missions}. Salvaged
38305 (MSN 9283) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*O],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach, Suffolk 11Aug44. Named "The Passinate Peasant";
Crash landed after a mission to a railway bridge at Hohenzollern, Cologne, Germany 10Jan45.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. When being cleaned to paint on nose art, caught
fire and burned out at Debach 11Mar45. Salvaged
38306 (MSN 9284) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*B], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Aug44. Named "The Biggest Bird",
Germany 21Nov44 (9RTD). Upon approaching the target the Strike Force encountered very
high and dense cloud cover. Other groups turned away to head for alternate targets.
The 91st Bomb Group leader had been in radio contact with a scouting force checking on
weather over the target. They informed him that there was an opening at 17,000 feet.
Upon receiving this information, the 91st Bomb Group dropped down from its briefed
bombing altitude of 27,000 feet to 17,000 feet and went under the weather front.
As the group approached the target, the clouds thickened and the formation slowed as it
entered the clouds. With bomb doors open, the group began a slow turn towards the target.
Leading the low squadron, the target for this formation was a master flak battery located
about six miles west of the Merseburg oil target. Damaged by flak over the target, on return
the plane force landed at Brussels, Belgium. Battle damaged on a mission to the Rheinmetall
Borsig steel works at Berlin, Germany 5Dec44. There was a solid undercast of several
cloud layers all the way into the target. The formation climbed Io 27,000ft. Flak was light
and enemy fighters were not seen. As the plane neared Berlin. The pilot could see some flak
coming up through the clouds Ahead and slightly off to the side there was a small hole
in the clouds. A cluster of very large flak bursts were coming up through that hole about
every thirty seconds. The group lead turned, headed for the clearing and was going to
put the squadron directly in line with the flak bursts. Over the target the plane was struck by
flak, wounding the ball turret and waist gunner. On return the plane force landed at Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire 7Dec44. Returned to Group 20Jan45. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Schlesischer railway station and east marshalling yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45.
Moderate and accurate flak encountered over the target resulted in damage to the plane.
Accident at Bassingbourn in collision with B-17G 44-6578 during departure for a mission
to the Luftwaffe airfield at Fassberg, Germany 4Apr45. It was still dark and the plane’s
landing lights were on as it was taxying along with the other bombers. The pilot of the
plane ahead, #578, swung his plane 45 degrees and stopped so that he could check out
the engines. His plane had barely stopped when the propellers of #306 chewed into the
left wing and tail of #578. The brakes had failed. The crew shut down and evacuated
safely. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Apr45.
Returned to Group 25Apr45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war
to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Flak hit in the
right wing, knocking out both No.3 and 4 engines, disabling the supercharger on an engine
on the left wing, and severing the rudder control cables. When the togglier toggled the bombs,
eleven of the twenty 250 pounders hung up and would not drop. With only one functional
engine, the pilot took the plane down to treetop level to regain power in the engine without
the supercharger. Although the crew dumped out all loose equipment, it became clear the
aircraft could not make it back to Bassingbourn with the added weight of the bombs. The bombs
could not be jettisoned since by then they were over allied territory. The bombs were pinned
to prevent them from becoming armed and were kept aboard. The pilot looked for the nearest
emergency field, finally putting down on a former German grass airstrip about fifty miles
north of Nurnberg. When they touched down, the pilot discovered the brakes had also been
shot out. The plane careened over the grass, ground looping and eventually coming to rest
in some woods at the edge of the field
38307 (MSN 9285) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [P*G], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 11Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 3Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38308 (MSN 9286) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*A], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 11Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke
munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (5KIA:5POW
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Southwest of Ottersleben 3 km Southwest of Magdeburg, Germany
(5) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8868
38309 (MSN 9287) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 750th Bomb Squadron [Q], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 18Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (9POW). The box barrage of
flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet
the bomber force. Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Dedensen, Germany MACR 10320.
All crew POW.
38310 (MSN 9288) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 27Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*R:S*F], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 9Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38311 (MSN 9289) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*N], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Failed to return from a mission to the submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45 (9POW).
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Hamburg, Germany. Number Three
Propeller Came off and Aircraft Went into a Dive. crashed at Woltershof, east of Lüchow, Germany.
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and (9) Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 13553
38312 (MSN 9290) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 28Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*M], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Aug44
Landing Accident Oct 15, 1944 at RAF Debach Airfield While Returning From a Mission on The Marshalling
Yards at Cologne, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged Jan 6, 1945
38313 (MSN 9291) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*S], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 11Aug44.
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 31Dec45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 7Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38314 (MSN 9292) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 100th Bomb Group 9Aug44. Named "Little Dinah"
493rd Bomb Group 10Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*L], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk Sep44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 30May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45. 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
38315 (MSN 9293) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 9Aug44. 25th Bomb Group 10Aug44. Base Air Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire
Aug44. Damaged in collision with parked P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6255, P-51D Mustang 44-14427
and 44-14304 while taxying by ground crew at Warton 28Aug44. 652nd Bomb Squadron
(Heavy Reconnaissance), 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing,
Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 10Aug44. Operated meteorological reconnaissance sorties
to the North Atlantic and North Sea. Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13Jul45.
Landing accident Alconbury 13Sep45. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 2Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 7Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
38316 (MSN 9294) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 28Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*F], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 11Aug44. Named "Hank's Bottle"
Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (8RTD:1KIA). The box barrage of
flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the
bomber force. Force landed Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Repaired and regained by Group.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46
38317 (MSN 9295) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*K], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 12Aug44, Named "Flak Evader". Participated in an
Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw,
Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava
(Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok,
Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern
Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. {89 missions}. Damaged taxying at Horham 29May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 21Jun45. Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 23Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 21Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38318 (MSN 9296) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 29Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Aug44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 10Aug44. Named. DA POIPLE BOID. The majority of this crew was from
New York or the New UK area. Someone called their plane “The Purple Bird”, but in the
New York accent it sounded like “Da Poiple Boid”, so this name stuck with the plane.
damaging the tailplane and stabiliser. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38319 (MSN 9297) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*P],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 12Aug44. . Failed to return from a mission
to the Polte-Werke munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (8KIA:1POW
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire at Pechau Near Magdeburg, Germany.
Hit in The Left Wing and Caught Fire. Aircraft
Went into a Spin and Exploded in Mid Air. The wreckage crashed at Pechau,
southeast of Magdeburg Germany. (8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman Bailed Out and Was
Captured and Became a POW. MACR 8869
38320 (MSN 9298) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*L], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 11Aug44. Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling
yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. Force landed on return at Antwerp (B-70), Belgium.
Salvaged 10Feb45.
38321 (MSN 9299) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Jul44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 25Jul44. Accident landing
at Gore Field 25Jul44. Spokane Field, WA 24Aug44. 432nd Base Unit, Portland Field,
OR 1Jan45. 4134th Base Unit (Spokane Air Technical Service Command), Spokane Field,
WA 8Jan45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage
and disposal 9Mar46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
38322 (MSN 9300) Wright Field, Dayton, OH 20Jul44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 23Jul44. Materiel
Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 27Jul44. Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 11Jan45. Clinton County Field, OH 30Jan45. Flight Test Division,
Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. Accident at Dayton
14Feb45. 4142nd Base Unit (Accelerated Service Test, Air Technical Service Command),
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 19Mar45. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command,
Wright Field, Dayton, OH 20Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Claremore, OK 18Jan46. To Oklahoma Military Academy, Rogers County, 1946. Sold on commercial
market as NC66568 to California Atlantic Airways Jan 18, 1951. Sold to
Lloyd Aero Boliviano of Bolivia as CB-80 Aug 5, 1981. Later reserialed as
CP-580 Oct 1, 1954. Crashed at La Paz Feb 7, 1965 and rebuilt. To
Frogorifico Reyes as CP-936 in 1971. Crashed at San Ignacio de Moxos,
Bolivia Feb 11, 1972. Parts used in restoration of 44-6393
38323 (MSN 9301) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*P], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 16Aug44. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 9Sep44 (7KIA:2POW).
Hit by flak, damaging No.1 engine and causing a fire in the cockpit. Crashed Oggersheim,
Ludwigshafen, Germany. MACR 8597.
38324 (MSN 9302) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 30Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 12Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Mannheim, Germany 9Sep44 (3KIA:6POW). Just after the target, the plane was damaged
by flak fired by the 7th Flak Division. With the plane on fire, the pilot put the plane into a
steep dive to the left in an attempt to extinguish the fire. He then levelled it out to give the
crew a chance to bail out. The two pilots were fatally wounded by flak and did not survive the crash.
The ball turret gunner died when struck by the tail section of the aircraft as he attempted to bail out.
Crashed near An den Zweieichen, Germany. (6) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and
Became POWs. MACR 8929
38325 (MSN 9303) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [B], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 22Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major
battle damage on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (1WIA);
a gunner was wounded. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {62 missions + 6 Chowhound}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38326 (MSN 9304) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 30Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [U], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 22Aug44 Named "Bottoms Up"..
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Accident on formation for a mission to a railway marshalling
yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. The aircraft aborted and returned to base with No.4 engine
loss of oil and on fire. Engine failure during a mission to an oil refinery at Dülmen, Germany 9Feb45.
Soon after crossing the German border the No.3 engine lost power but the pilot continued and,
despite lagging behind the formation, dropped bombs on the target. During the return to England
No.2 engine failed and the plane was losing altitude at 500 feet per minute while still inside
Germany. The crew jettisoned equipment to save weight but it was obvious that the plane
would not be able to cross the North Sea. The pilot force landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels,
Belgium with two engines failured. Regained by Group Apr45. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
POW mission 15May45. The crew flew to Hörsching (R-87), Austria, picked up 30 French former
POWs and discharged them at Chartres (A-40), France. {47 missions + 6 Chowhound +1POW}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45.
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
38327 (MSN 9305) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 31Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 11Aug44. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Mainz, Germany 4Dec44. Flak over Wiesbaden, Frankfurt and Koblenz was
intense and accurate. Unable to find the target, the formation diverted to a target of opportunity,
the railway marshalling yards at Friedburg, Germany. On return, force landed at Melsbroek (B-58),
Brussels, Belgium. Returned to Group. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38328 (MSN 9306) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 31Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*I],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 12Aug44. 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 14Aug44. {2 missions}. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*J],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 14Sep44. {first combat mission
10Sep44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies
to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber
continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued
on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England.
Battle damaged on a mission to Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (1WIA:8RTD); the radio
operator was wounded. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {41 missions + 5 Chowhound}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38329 (MSN 9307) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 29Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*P], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 12Aug44. Battle damaged during a mission to the Polte-Werke
munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44. Salvaged.
38330 (MSN 9308) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 21Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 31Jul44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*Z], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 21Aug44. Named "Gambler's Choice". {74 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38331 (MSN 9309) Accepted by USAAF 24Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 1Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [Y], 34th Bomb
Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 15Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin,
Germany 6Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany
5Nov44 (1WIA). Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate.
Major battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Osnabrück,
Germany 21Nov44. {final combat mission 19Apr45}. {62 missions + 6 Chowhound}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. 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
38332 (MSN 9310) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 1Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group 15Aug44.
18th Bomb Squadron [Q], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk Aug44
Named "Gallopin' Ghost/Queenie" {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (1WIA); the navigator was wounded. Major battle damage
on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44. Major battle
damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. Crashed on takeoff for a mission to the synthetic oil
refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 20Jan45 (2KIA:7RTD). The aircraft climbed to about
500 feet when the No.1 engine failed with fire in the wing. Bombs jettisoned in a field near
Gipping Lane near Haughley. Four crewmen bailed out. The rest of the crew rode the plane
in on the crash landing. Crashed at Gipping, Suffolk, three miles west of Mendlesham. {33 missions}. Salvaged.
38333 (MSN 9311) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 31Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*H/S],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 12Aug44. Named "Heavy Date".
.{1st mission 3Sep44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop
supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the
bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Operated a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued
on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44.
Crash landed Horham 6May45. {62 missions + 6 Chowhound + 3 Revival + 2 Cooks Tour}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built
over the bomb bay. Operation Revival May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England.
On a Cooks Tour #3 sortie over Scotland, the aircraft ditched in North Sea 26May45
38334 (MSN 9312) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 1Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [A],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 15Aug44. {first combat mission 25Sep44}.
7th Bomb Squadron [A] 30Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 25Nov44. Force landed on return
in Brussels, Belgium. Regained by Group. 7th Bomb Squadron [D]. {first combat mission 21Feb45}.
{final combat mission 17Apr45}. {19 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group
crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21Jun45. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 43-38263 while taxying at South Plains Field 23Jun45.
Reclaimed 19Jun47
38335 (MSN 9313) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Aug44.
325th Bomb Squadron [NV*Q], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 27Aug44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 11Sep44 (5POW:4KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Neushausen,
Germany. MACR 8888.
38336 (MSN 9314) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 30Jul44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44.
551st Bomb Squadron [HR*V], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 11Aug44.
Damaged by mechanical failure taxying at Great Ashfield 5Dec44. Crash landed Great Ashfield
22May45. Salvaged 25May45.
38337 (MSN 9315) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Aug44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*N], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 2Sep44. Named "Cloud Hopper" {first combat mission 3Oct44}. {26 missions}. Failed to return
from a mission to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (6KIA:3POW). The Group’s low
squadron, comprised of only eight aircraft, was lagging behind because of engine supercharger
trouble in their leading aircraft. When the Luftwaffe appeared on the scene, this unit was flying
some 2,000ft below and behind the rest of the formation, presenting the obvious choice of target.
The Luftwaffe took advantage of the opportunity; the entire low squadron was wiped out.
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Dreezt, Germany MACR 11721
38338 (MSN 9316) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Aug44. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 15Aug44.
18th Bomb Squadron [M], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44.
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Cologne, Germany 15Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to Germany 25Oct44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the oil refineries at Hamburg, Germany 6Dec44. Battle
damage on a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Frankfurt-Rhein, Germany 24Dec44. {51 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to an
ordnance depot at Ingolstadt, Germany 4Mar45 (8KIA:1POW). Collided Mar 4, 1945 With B-17G (43-39071) in
Mid Air Over Mandres, France During Assembly While on a Mission to Germany.
One Wing Tip Was Broken off and Aircraft Spun Out of Control and Crashed
Mandres-en-Barrois, 34km southeast of Bar-le-Duc, France. . (8) Crew Were Killed.
(1) Crewman Bailed Out and became POW. MACR 12923
38339 (MSN 9317) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Jul44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Aug44.
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 25Aug44. Battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 19Sep44; force landed
Neuville-Vitasse, SE of Arras, France on return. Salvaged 13Dec44
38340 (MSN 9318) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 25Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 1Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*N], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45 (9POW)
Nsmed "Milk Run". Hit by Anti-Aircraft Fire in Three Engines and Made an Emergency Landing
at Tannehouser Moot 3 km North of Georgsfeld 7 km North of Aurich, Germany While
Returning From a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Mannheim, Germany.
All (9) Crew Survived and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12236
38341 (MSN 9319) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Aug44. 848th Bomb Squadron [-H], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 22Aug44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38342 (MSN 9320) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [B], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 15Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. {5 missions}.
7th Bomb Squadron [Q] 6Oct44. Accident en route to a mission to Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (3WIA).
Crashed at Shadingfield, Suffolk England After Aircraft Caught Fire.
Jettisoned bomb load and All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Survived.
38343 (MSN 9321) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [I], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 17Aug44. Named "The Big Gear
(artwork of a cartoon parrot dressed in combat flying gear) /Emily". {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen,
Germany 27Sep44 (1WIA). Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 25Nov44. {final combat mission 19Apr45}.
{71 missions}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 22Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38344 (MSN 9322) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 22Aug44. Force landed RAF Long Marston, Warwickshire 15Dec44. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha,
Leipzig, Germany 17Mar45, crash landed behind Soviet lines at Ráday, Bdapest, Hungary.
Repaired by Soviet Air Force. 890th Aviation Regiment, 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber
Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia.,
38345 (MSN 9323) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*V],
90th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Aug44. Named "Sleepy Time Gal".
{first combat mission 25Aug44}. {14 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44.
Crash landed and burned out at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged 6Dec44
38346 (MSN 9324) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 9Aug44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*E], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 11Aug44. Named"Excellsior". Participated in an Operation Frantic VII
mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target,
the bomber continued east and landed at Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Damaged on the
ground by a German strike force night of 18/19Sep44. Returned to England. 95th BG, 335th BS,
named "Kurchow". {36 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
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
38347 (MSN 9325) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 493rd Bomb Group 11Aug44. Base Air
Depot No.2, Warton (Station 582), Lancashire. Severely damaged when the brakes failed
completely and the aircraft ran into a building taxying by ground crew at Warton
24Aug44. Salvaged 26Aug44.
38348 (MSN 9326) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb
Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*O],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Aug44.
Named "Roxy's Special"– artwork of a naked woman holding a discrete bathrobe
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen,
Germany 8Sep44 (7KIA:2POW).
Hit by flak which started fire in right wing and within seconds the fuel tank exploded,
blowing off wing. Navigator and bombardier were ejected by the explosion and were the
only survivors, both becoming POWs. Crashed near Oggersheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany. {5 missions}.
38349 (MSN 9327) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*R], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach
(Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38350 (MSN 9328) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*J], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 19Aug44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green
Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called
for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the
return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 31Oct45
38351 (MSN 9329) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [F],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 23Aug44, Named "Snake Bit"
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44. Major battle damage on a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg,
Germany 7Oct44 (1WIA). Major battle damage on a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44.
Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate. {15 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works
at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44 (1WIA:1MIA). The bomber was hit by flak on
the bomb run, with No.3 supercharger failed and No.4 supercharger oversped. Force
landed on return with fuel exhaustion at Corbais, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium.
The ball turret gunner was wounded; the navigator took him to hospital and
hasn’t been seen since. Salvaged 1Dec44
38352 (MSN 9330) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*F], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach
(Station 152), Suffolk. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke munitions f
actory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (8POW:1KIA).
Shot down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 1.5 km West of
Hillerse 12 km South of Northeim, Germany Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 4. All (9) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. (8) Released in 1945. (1) Killed By Germans. MACR 8870
38353 (MSN 9331) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [A], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 19Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Named "Lili Marlene"(A German love song recorded by Marlene Dietrich)
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Mainz, Germany 9Oct44 (1WIA:9RTD).
The tail gunner was severely wounded. {6 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44 (1KIA:9POW). Damaged by flak. There was
a small fire in No.1 engine. Some crews reported seeing trailing vapor which would indicate the wing
tanks were on fire. After 3-5 minutes the plane peeled out of formation and into a shallow dive in
an apparent attempt to put out the fire. Following this maneuver black smoke issued from the engine.
When last seen, it was trailing smoke, but seemed under control and holding altitude at 17,000ft.
Crashed Ahrweiler, south of Bonn, Germany MACR 9468
38354 (MSN 9332) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Aug44.
422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 25Aug44.
Crashed at Chelveston on takeoff for a mission to Cologne, Germany 10Jan45. Salvaged 11Jan45
38355 (MSN 9333) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 3Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*P], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to the Polte-Werke
munitions factory at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44 (4KIA:5POW).
Shot down By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 and crashed at Uplingen Near
Magdeburg, Germany. Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 4. (4) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 8871
38356 (MSN 9334) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 2Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 730th Bomb Squadron [K], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 11Aug44. Named SILENTHE JE VAHR / QUIVERING QUEENIE.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Ingolstadt,
Germany 21Apr45 (8KIA:1EVD). The aircraft entered a cloud bank on instruments and
then the nose seemed to go up, the plane stalled, spun down then appeared to level off.
It then dove down again when the navigator bailed out, exploded and the tail section
was blown off. Crashed, exploded and burned near a railway line about three miles east
of Landau, Germany. People on the ground reported that the bomber had been struck by
lightning. Salvaged 26Apr45 MACR 14114
38357 (MSN 9335) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44.
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 6Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Sep44. Fifteenth
Air Force, Italy. 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 24Sep44. {nil missions}.
El Aouina, Tunis, Tunisia. Modified to transport supplies to partisans and engaged in
night time special operations missions supporting partisans and parachuting allied
agents into enemy territory. Ball turret removed, engine exhaust flame dampeners fitted
and the aircraft painted black. 885th Bomb Squadron, 68th Reconnaissance Group, Blida,
Algeria Oct44. {first special mission 4Oct44}. Brindisi, Italy Oct44. 885th Bomb Squadron,
15th Special Group (Provisional), 18Jan45. Rosignano, Italy Mar45. Pomigliano, Italy May45.
{14 missions}. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command),
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 20Oct45. 593rd Base Unit (Air Transport Command),
Charleston Field, SC 28Oct45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 7Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
38358 MSN 9336) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Aug44. 730th Bomb Squadron [+J], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 11Aug44. Named "Slightly Dangerous/Big Noise II". Damaged while
taxying for training for night flying without landing lights on at Deopham Green 28Nov44;
it ran into a truck and bomb trailer parked without lights on the perimeter track.
Battle damaged on an Operation Thunderclap mission to Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (9INT).
Flak over the target was light but accurate. With three engines failed and two propellers
feathered, force landed at Rinkaby airfield, southeast of Kristianstad, Sweden.
Returned to UK 27Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 21Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped. MACR 12496
38359 (MSN 9337) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*L], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Failed to return from a mission to
I. G. Farbinindustrie Chemical Works at Ludwigshafen,
Germany 5Nov44 (6KIA:5POW).
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire and crashed Viernheim, Near Mannheim, Germany
Aircraft Went into a Spiral and Exploded and Broke Up in Mid Air. (6) Crew Were Killed.
(5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 10340.
38360 (MSN 9338) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*D],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 9Sep44. Named "Bride Of Mars".
Failed to return from a mission to the Rheinmetall Borsig steel works at Berlin, Germany
5Dec44 (9POW). Struck by flak over the target and last seen with No.1 propeller feathered, the aircraft
dropped out of formation and crashed at Spandau, Germany. {28 missions}. MACR 11045
38361 (MSN 9339) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Aug44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*Z], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 13Aug44. Named "Hot Chocolate". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38362 (MSN 9340) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Aug44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*K], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 22Aug44. Named "Sleepytime Gal"– artwork of a naked lady reposing.
Accident preparing to takeoff for a mission to the industrial area at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 25Sep44. Damaged in a collision by B-17G 43-38287 as the planes were turning
onto the runway. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Stuttgart,
Germany 9Dec44 (1KIA:8POW). Over the target, flak struck the number four engine and the
wing caught fire. The crew bailed out over the Black Forest near Wolfach, Germany and the
unmanned aircraft continued to fly about 60km westward into France, to crash in a forest
near Fouchy, France MACR 11342. A memorial at the crash site includes the
aircraft clock, which is still working!
Production changes: G-1 oxygen signal deleted.
38363 (MSN 9341) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [F], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk Aug44. Named "Powerful Poodle" {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44. {16 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (10KIA).
Shot down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Over Ludwigshaven, Germany . The Tail Section Was
Destroyed, Causing The Aircraft to Go into a Flat
Spin and Crash at Ludwigshafen. All (9) Crew Were Killed. MACR 10303
38364 (MSN 9342) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Aug44.
391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 1Sep44.
325th Bomb Squadron [NV*L], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9Sep44.
Named "Demobilizer"
Failed to return from an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at
Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (9POW). Flak over the target was intense and accurate. D
amaged by flak, crashed Neuhardenberg, Germany MACR 12031
38365 (MSN 9343) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [S], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk Aug44. Named "Sugar"-- artwork of a kneeling dark-haired woman
in an evening dress holding a bomb in her right hand. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle
damaged on a tactical mission in support of Operation Market Garden to Eisenach,
Netherlands 17Sep44; did not return to Mendlesham. Major battle damage on a mission to an
oil refinery at Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44 (1WIA); the engineer was wounded. Major battle damage
on a mission to the submarine yards at Kiel, Germany 3Apr45. Salvaged 3Apr45.
{final combat mission 3Apr45}. {49 missions}. Damaged by a fire on the right wing at Mendlesham
26May45. 1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk.
38366 (MSN 9344) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 3Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Aug44.
863rd Bomb Squadron [P*N], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Named "Flak Furter" Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 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
38367 (MSN 9345) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [L],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44.
Named "Gotta Haver" Named for American film actress June Haver. She sent two
photographs which were taped to the left nose with the name painted underneath.
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to an ordnance
depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44.
On return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 25Nov44, force landed with fuel exhaustion and engine failure
at Bierset (A-93), Liège, Belgium. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 16Jan45. On return
from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Kolin, Czechoslovakia 18Apr45,
force landed with fuel exhaustion on the continent. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{72 missions + 1 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Aug45. 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
38368 (MSN 9346) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 14Aug44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 730th Bomb Squadron,
452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 15Aug44. 729th Bomb Squadron.
Named "Daisy Mae" (character in Li'L Abner comic strip).
Failed to return from a a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at
Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45 (10POW). Crossing the front lines the formation
met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition was
scattered, with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the
primary target. When they got closer it was decided that there were too many clouds,
but by this time, in order to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at
Zwickau, the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way
around, and the formation couldn't go much farther east because of the Russian
front lines. Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run,
setting a wing on fire. The crew bailed out and the plane crashed near Zwickau.
MACR 13562. 10 crew POW.
38369 (MSN 9347) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Aug44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*D], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 21Aug44. 325th Bomb Squadron.
Named "Checkerboard Fort". Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat
mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
25Apr45 (6KIA:2POW).
Shot down by AAA and crashed near Ceminy village,
Pilsen county, Czechoslovakia Apr 25, 1945. MACR 14222.
38370 (MSN 9348) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 3Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Aug44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*T], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44
Named "The Tribe" Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-38371 taxying at Debach 21Nov44. Little Walden
(Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 553rd Base Unit, 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Damaged by engine failure over Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK 4Jul45.
348th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK 5Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal
38371 (MSN 9349) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*E], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach
(Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-38370 taxying at Debach 21Nov44
Crash Landed Jan 19, 1945 at Lord's Ground Farm, Bodd, England.
All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged 20Jan45.
38372 (MSN 9350) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 15Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [A], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 16Aug44. Named "Rainbow". {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle
damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 15Oct44. {final
combat mission 19Apr45}. {48 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb
Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped
38373 (MSN 9351) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [J], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 17Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rhein, Germany 24Dec44. Major battle damage
on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Andernach, Germany 27Dec44.
Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Bischofsheim,
Germany 13Jan45 (1WIA); a gunner was wounded. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{69 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38374 (MSN 9352) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 14Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [X], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major
battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at
Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. {37 missions}.
Crashed Jan 17, 1945 From Unknown Cause on to Beehive Cottage at
Middlewood Green, Suffolk, 4 Miles West of RAF Mendlesham While on a Training Flight. (5) Crew Were Killed.
(4) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed. Salvaged on January 18, 1945.
39375 (MSN 9353) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*S],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 5Sep44.
Named . KWITCHERBITCHIN / THE HELLION. {first combat mission 9Sep44}. Participated in
an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw,
Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561),
Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44
and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England.
Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44 (2WIA:7RTD). The waist and tail gunners were wounded.
Damaged taxying at Framlingham 15Jan45. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{74 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38376 (MSN 9354) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*F],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 24Oct44. 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 23Nov44. Regained by
Group 28Dec44. Named GRAY LADY / MILK RUN SPECIAL II– artwork of a haggard old
cow with bombs as udders.. Accident during a mission to Berlin, Germany 28Mar45. On return,
the ball turret was damaged when the plane landed at Perrone (A-72), France for fuel;
flown back to Thurleigh later same day. 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.'
38377 (MSN 9355) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 4Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Aug44. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*F], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Aug44. Battle damaged on a mission to an oil refinery
at Hamburg, Germany 23Dec44. Salvaged. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38378 (MSN 9356) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Aug44.
568th Bomb Squadron [BI*S], 390th Bomb Group 17Aug44. HOTTER 'N HELL. 391st Bomb Squadron [K],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 18Aug44 Named "Little King"
{first combat mission 22Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. Major battle damage on a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 6Dec44 (3WIA).
Major battle damage on a mission to the Hanomag tank factory at Hanover, Germany 28Mar45.
Poor weather conditions forced the formation to divert to the secondary target, the railway
marshaling yard. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {72 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US
by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38379 (MSN 9357) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 5Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Aug44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*S], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 2Sep44. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*O], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 10Sep44. Named MARGIE. Named after the wife of its regular pilot.
Artwork of a blonde woman kneeling. Painted by Tony Starcer. An aviation archaeologist at
Kingman found the aircraft's load adjuster. In 1985 he presented it to Tony Starcer as a
reminder of just one of the many airplanes that he had embellished with his artworks many years before.
{first combat mission 13Sep44}. Battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards
at Hamm, Germany 30Oct44. Immediately after the target, the plane took a direct hit
between No.3 and No.4 engines, knocking out No.4 and reducing power from No.3.
The engineer/top turret gunner was wounded. With the oxygen system punctured the
pilot had to drop the plane out of the formation to a lower altitude. With loss of power,
the crew jettisoned all the guns and excess equipment to lighten the load. As it skimmed
over the German countryside, fire from the ground resulted in more damage to the plane
but the pilots managed to keep the bomber in the air across the rest of the continent and
over the North Sea. Before reaching Bassingbourn the two remaining engines began to fail
because of fuel exhaustion. Unable to reach Bassingbourn, the pilots headed for
Wormingford (Station 159), Essex, a P-51 Mustang fighter base. Even though the plane
clipped the trees at the end of the field, the pilot brought it in for a safe landing on the grass.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. 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
38380 (MSN 9358) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 6Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [B], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 16Aug44. Named "Toni-7". {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the industrial area at Sterkrade, Germany 21Nov44 (1WIA).
Cloud cover prevented bombing of this target and the group diverted to the alternative,
the railway marshalling yard at Osnabrück, Germany; the tail gunner was wounded.
Battle damage on a mission to the Rheinhausen bridge at Duisburg, Germany 28Jan45.
Major battle damage on an Operation Clarion mission to a railway marshalling yard at
Ansbach, Germany 22Feb45. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {71 missions + 6 Chowhound}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38381 (MSN 9359) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Aug44. Eighth Air Force, UK 22Aug44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*Z],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 23Aug44. Named :"Ain't Miss Behavin II"
Accident returning from a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Giessen, Germany 4Dec44.
Flak over Wiesbaden, Frankfurt and Koblenz was intense and accurate. With engine problems,
the plane crash landed at Thorpe Abbotts on return to England. Failed to return from a mission
to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (9KIA).
Flak damaged two engines, and another by enemy aircraft, presumed to have crashed into the
North Sea near the Frisian Islands. MACR 11362. 9 KIA.
38382 (MSN 9360) Accepted by USAAF Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [Q], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 17Aug44. Named "Queenie". . {first combat mission
17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau,
Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44. {final combat
mission 1Apr45}. {77 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group
crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 22Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38383 (MSN 9361) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 1Sep44. 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 2Sep44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*F], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 3Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38384 (MSN 9362) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 20Aug44. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*L], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 21Sep44. Accident on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Mannheim,
Germany 20Jan45 (4INJ:5RTD). Over the I.P. en route to the target, the No.2 engine failed
and the plane dropped behind the formation. After dropping the bombs on the target, the pilot
turned back towards England. After a short time, the No.1 propeller was feathered. On approach
to land, one wheel of the landing gear would not extend and a third engine failed just before
hitting telephone wires. The pilot tried but failed to pull up the left wing which struck the
ground first. Crash landed three miles southwest of Bierset (A-93), Liège, Belgium.
The plane bounced twice and ended up facing the other way. The No.2 engine and ball
turret were torn off and the left wing was destroyed. Salvaged 14Feb45
38385 (MSN 9363) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 5Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Aug44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [P], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 22Aug44. Named "Cruisin' Cradle". {first combat mission 13Sep44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44.
Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission to
the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44.
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Damaged while parked at Knettishall 15Dec44.
{final combat mission 16Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed
with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern
England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {64 missions + 5 Chowhound + 4 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38386 (MSN 9364) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 4Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [K], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 15Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major
damage on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44.
Aborted with No.2 engine damaged, bombs jettisoned. Major battle damage on a
mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44. Flak over the battle lines and at the target
was intense and accurate. Battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling
yard at Bischofsheim, Germany 13Jan45 (1WIA). Major battle damage on a mission
to a railway marshalling yard at Augsburg, Germany 15Jan45. Major battle damage
on a mission to Hamburg, Germany 20Mar45. On return, crash landed at Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk. {58 missions}. Salvaged 21Mar45
38387 (MSN 9365) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Aug44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*P], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 10Sep44. Battle damaged on a mission to the industrial area at
Frankfurt am Main, Germany 25Sep44. Force landed on the continent. Salvaged 14Nov44.
38388 (MSN 9366) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 10Sep44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 25Jun45. 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 24Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38389 (MSN 9367) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Aug44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*Z], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 27Aug44. Named "U'V'AD'IT". Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany
13Sep44 (8KIA:2POW). Lead bomber for the mission, the aircraft received a direct flak hit
ten miles east of the target, exploded and crashed at Brandiz, Germany MACR 8889
38390 (MSN 9368) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Aug44. 569th Bomb
Squadron [CC*X], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44.
{first combat mission 13Sep44}. Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission
to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target,
the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine.
Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44
and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to
England 23Sep44. 571th Bomb Squadron [FC*E]. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{57 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45.
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
38391 (MSN 9369) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 5Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [J],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 17Aug44. Named "Hit and Run".
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to Ludwigshafen,
Germany 5Nov44. Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate.
Major battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany 29Nov44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the Rheinhausen bridge at Duisburg, Germany 28Jan45.
Major battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Ludwigsfeld, Munich,
Germany 25Feb45. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {72 missions}. Returned to US by
34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 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 20Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38392 MSN 9370) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Aug44.
18th Bomb Squadron [E], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 18Aug44
Named "Old Crow" (a brand of bourbon). {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44.
Major battle damage on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 15Oct44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. Major battle damage on a tactical mission in support of the
Battle of the Bulge to a railway marshalling yard at Neuwied, Germany 28Dec44.
Accident during assembly for a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Dessau, Germany
16Jan45 (1KIA:8RTD). No.3 engine caught fire at 12,000ft, the plane dropped out of formation
and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. All the crew exited safely, but the concussion of the plane
exploding as it struck the ground collapsed the chute of the ball turret gunner, letting him fall the
last 150-200 feet to the ground. Crash landed at Ampton, five miles north of Rougham, Suffolk.
{35 missions}. Salvaged
38393 (MSN 9371) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44.
569th Bomb Squadron [CC*V], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44
Named "Rusty Dusty". {first combat mission 13Sep44}. Participated in an Operation
Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the
target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok, Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to
land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy. Returned to England 23Sep44. {final combat
mission 20Apr45}. {73 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
Also listed as damaged in collision while
waiting for takeoff at Bassingbourn, England Apr 4, 1945. Salvaged
38394 (MSN 9372) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 28Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 6Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Aug44.
748th Bomb Squadron [N], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 17Aug44.
Named *Wreckless/Big Gas Bird*. . Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38395 (MSN 9373) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44.
863rd Bomb Squadron [P*L], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 2Sep44.
Named "Taylor Made". Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Kassel,
Germany 28Feb45. On return, force landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Regained by
Group. 862nd Bomb Squadron [C*F]. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 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
38396 (MSN 9374) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 28Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 17Aug44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*J], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 26Aug44. Named "Insomnia". . Failed to return
from a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg?Nürnberg (MAN) AG industrial complex
at Nürnberg, Germany 3Oct44 (7KIA:2POW). Whilst making a turn before reaching the
Initial Point (IP) over Giessen, two aircraft from the low squadron, the lead aircraft 43?38445,
and deputy lead aircraft 43-38396 flying in the high element collided. The lead aircraft was
hit by flak and went into a nosedive. The deputy lead nosed the B-17 up to take over the
lead aircraft position for the formation. Seconds later the lead aircraft, having regained
control and apparently trying to resume its position, collided with the underside of the
deputy lead aircraft. The ball turret gunner was killed in the collision. This bomber was
seen to go down out of control with a hole in the starboard wing. Other crew members
became hopelessly pinned to the aircraft fuselage because of the centrifugal forces
when the aircraft entered a tail spin. Then the aircraft’s 5000 Ib. bomb load and almost
half of 2500 gallons of fuel exploded. Several crew were blown out of the aircraft.
Crashed at Giessen, Germany MACR 9344
38397 (MSN 9375) Accepted by USAAF 30Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 8Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 863rd Bomb Squadron [P*N], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Sep44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*O], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Sep44. Battle damaged on a mission to oil targets
in Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather did not materialize so the Group hit the
secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over Frankfurt
was intense and accurate. The plane was abandoned by the crew (their first mission) over
eastern France and crash-landed at Fontaines, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy, France.
Salvaged 13Mar45
38398 (MSN 9376) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 28Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Sep44.
Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*O], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 10Sep44. Accident during a night flying exercise
24Oct44 (1KIS:4RTD). The flight plan was to make practise takeoff and landings at Bovingdon
before flying to "Occult 10", (near Henlow), then Henlow to Oakington airfield and return to
Bovingdon. In conditions of poor visibility, with GEE box and radio compass not functioning,
the radio operator obtained QDM's while the pilot attempted to find the field. Letting down to
500ft the aircraft struck the ground damaging the right wing. The pilots retracted the wheels
and applied full throttle and turbo to the engines, getting an indicated air speed of 135 to 140
and a climb rate of almost 350 feet per minute, but the plane was pulling hard to the right.
They warned the crew to adjust their parachutes ready to bail out and tried for more height,
but control of the aircraft was becoming harder. At about 2,000ft the B-17 was pulling hard
to the right despite the application of maximum opposite trim on rudder and ailerons and full
opposing controls by both pilots, and the climb rate had dropped right off to 50 feet per minute.
The pilot and co-pilot were able to take the aircraft back up to 2,000ft and the other four members
of the crew bailed out on orders of the pilot. The aircraft crashed a few minutes later at Cow Roast,
near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot 25Oct44
38399 (MSN 9377) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [Y], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 24Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. {2 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 22Sep44 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with
B-17G 43-38294. The other plane, flying position 3-2, dropped down onto this plane, which was in
position 4-1. This plane’s tail assembly was sheered off. The plane winged over onto its back and
went into a right spin, smoking as it went down. Crashed Hövelhof, northwest of Paderborn, Germany
MACR 10200
38400 (MSN 9378) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+L], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 23Dec44
Named . ALICE BLUE GOWN. The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the 490th Bomb Group.
The name was inspired by Glenn Miller’s song ‘Alice Blue Gown’ from the movie ‘Irene’.
{28 missions }. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 16Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 18Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 15Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38401 (MSN 9379) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*E],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 24Sep44. Named "Round Trip Ticket II"
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the
journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 29Oct45
38402 (MSN 9380) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 9Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [P], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 18Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle
damage on a mission to the industrial area at Sterkrade, Germany 21Nov44. Cloud cover prevented
bombing of this target and the group diverted to the alternative, the railway marshalling yard at
Osnabrück, Germany. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic
oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. {47 missions}. Accident on returning from a
mission to the Vogtländische Maschinenfabrik (Vomag) tank factory at Plauen, Germany 26Mar45 (9KIA).
The Group encountered inclement weather over England. The 34th Bomb Group leader instructed the
squadron leader to peel off the aircraft on top of the cloud layer and make a SOP instrument let
down on Buncher 19. An explosion was seen from the Control Tower at Mendlesham, followed closely
by a second explosion. Investigation revealed one aircraft to be 43-38402 and the other aircraft
was identified as B-17G 43-38876 from the 452nd Bomb Group at Deopham Green. The two aircraft
collided in mid-air about eight miles southeast of Mendlesham. Crashed near Framsden, north of
Ipswich, Suffolk. Salvaged 26Mar45
MACR 15408
38403 MSN 9381) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 9Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Aug44. 4th Bomb Squadron [U], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 23Aug44. {first combat mission 28Sep44}. {1 mission}. 4th Bomb Squadron [K] Oct44. {2 missions}.
7th Bomb Squadron [Z]. Accident on return from tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a
Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rheine, Germany 24Dec44. Four planes were damaged in runway
collisions upon return to Mendlesham from the mission. This was caused because a number of planes
from another group landed at Mendlesham when their field was closed by poor visibility. This left
the 34th Bomb Group planes circling and waiting to land until very nearly out of fuel, necessitating
very close landings, one behind the other, eventually resulting in the collisions. The aircraft involved
were B-17G 43-38222, 43-38403, 43-38422 and 44-8397. Battle damaged on a mission to Berlin,
Germany 26Feb45. Crash landed behind Soviet lines at Lodz, Poland. {34 missions}. Germany.
All (9) Crew Survived and Returned to Unit on March 26, 1945.
MACR 12768. Repaired by Soviet Air Force. 890th Aviation Regiment, 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber
Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia.
38404 (MSN 9382) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 560th Bomb Squadron [A],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 2Sep44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (7KIA:3POW). Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-102953. Flak was
intense in the target area, injuring several airmen. Aircraft #953 was in the lead and struck by flak
several times, then losing control and altitude in a right turn, cut in on aircraft #404, which was
reported out of formation, and attempting to get back in at the time the accident occurred.
The tail was cut off #953 just behind the ball turret and the left wing of #404 was damaged,
the No.1 engine being knocked out. Both planes spun down over the target and crashed near the
Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg, Germany. {4 missions}. MACR 9377
38405 (MSN 9383) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*D], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Sep44. {27 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 14Feb45 (8POW:1KIA).
Over the Dutch coastline, en route to the target, portions of the formation were off course.
The air defenses in this area were weak. However, it was at an altitude of 19,000ft when
struck by flak from anti-aircraft guns from Ijmuiden. There was damage to the aircraft
behind the wing, and the radio compartment was on fire. The pilot ordered that the bombs
be jettisoned. Some dropped into the sea and others dropped on the beaches. He called
for the crew to bail out but because of the smoke and fire, several of the crewmen were
momentarily unconscious and the aircraft was out of control. The aircraft kept losing
altitude and flying lower and lower over the towns and villages. Four crewmen managed
to jump from the plane near the town of Assendelft. Both pilots attempted to leave the ship
but all routes of escape were blocked by fire. The aircraft went into a spin with smoke
pouring from the cockpit. Due to lack of oxygen the pilots lost consciousness but regained
it in time to avoid a canal passing through a town. The pilot banked the plane to the left
and made a wheels-up landing in the Westzaan Polder near Wormerveer, Netherlands.
The aircraft landed in about two feet of water. The onboard fire was extinguished by the
crash landing, saving the crew. Both pilots escaped through their side windows. Several
bombs were still in the bomb bay and several gallons of fuel. People from everywhere
came to take parts of the plane as souvenirs or to use. Members of the First Zaanse Glider Club
removed the flight instruments and used them for many years. The technical division of
NV Wessanen Koninklijke Fabrieken recovered one of the Wright Cyclone engines.
Because the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Ned Benedict, saved the town from disaster, the community named a
road in his honor in 1993, the ‘Ned Benedictweg’ MACR 12334
38406 (MSN 9384) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 22Aug44.
4th Bomb Squadron [S], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 23Aug44.
{first combat mission 28Sep44}. 391st Bomb Squadron [W] Oct44. Major battle damage on
a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany
30Nov44 (1KIA:1WIA). Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Hanover,
Germany 15Dec44. On return, force landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium Destroyed on ground at Melsbroek, Belgium
airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Operation Bodenplatte raid. {12 missions}. Salvaged 2Jan45.
38407 (MSN 9385) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44.
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 2Sep44. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*P],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 15Sep44. Battle damaged on a tactical
mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Giessen, Germany 24Dec44.
The No.3 fuel tank and No.2 turbosupercharger were struck by flak. Diverted by bad weather and force
landed at RAF Cranfield, Buckinghamshire. Battle damaged by flak on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Speyer, Germany 8Jan45 (1WIA:7RTD). Failed to return from an Operation
Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (7KIA:2POW).
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Damaged by flak, receiving a direct hit in the left
wing over the target. The wing broke off and the plane went down in flames. Crashed Berlin, Germany.
MACR 12218
38408 (MSN 9386) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Sep44. Named "Faithful Forever".
Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag
Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (9POW). Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Bartelsdorf, Germany MACR 11360
38409 (MSN 9387) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 10Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [B], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 18Aug44. Named "Betty". (first combat mission 27Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44. Flak over the
battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate. On return from a mission to an aircraft
engine factory at Bitterfeld, Germany 16Jan45, force landed at RAF Marston Moor, Yorkshire.
Ball gunner missing; he didn’t leave with the rest of the crew. Battle damage on a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Nürnberg, Germany 21Feb45. Flak over the target was heavy and accurate,
damaging the plane including a hole in a fuel tank and breaking the glass on the ball turret.
{final combat mission 18Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a
wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 15May45; liberated prisoners of war from
Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England;
American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {51 missions + 6 Chowhound + 1 Revival}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38410 (MSN 9388) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 10Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [C], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 18Aug44. Named "The Sex Maniacs".
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. 4th Bomb Squadron [J] 3Jan45. 18th Bomb Squadron [H] 31Mar45.
{final combat mission 18Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with
a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 15May45; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern
England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{54 missions + 6 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38411 (MSN 9389) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Sep44.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella,
Italy 17Oct44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-102855 taxying at Tortorella 24Feb45. {55 missions}.
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38412 (MSN 9390) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Aug44.
367th Bomb Squadron [GY*T], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 16Sep44.
Named "Weber's Wagon". 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To 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
38413 (MSN 9391) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 8Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 561st Bomb Squadron [R:B], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 2Sep44. {first combat mission 12Sep44}. Battle damaged on a mission to a synthetic oil
refinery at Magdeburg, Germany 12Sep44. Flak was encountered at the target and then the Group
was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters. Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Moderate to intense flak was encountered
over the target. Failed to return from a mission to the industrial area at Ludwigshafen, Germany
5Nov44 (7KIA:3POW). Because of weather conditions, the primary target could not be bombed
visually and the formation proceeded to the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at
Ludwigshafen. Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate.
Damaged by flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. {21 missions} MACR 10311
38414 (MSN 9392) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Aug44. 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 2Sep44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*Y], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Sep44. Named "Heaven Sent".
Crash landed in France in Rochester, England Feb 6, 1945. .
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
6Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38415 (MSN 9393) Accepted by USAAF 2Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 10Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [G], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 24Aug44. Named "Smokey Joe". . {first combat mission 19Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to an oil refinery at Dülmen, Germany 9Feb45. Failed to return
from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Ulm, Germany 1Mar45. With the internal
failures of No.2 & No.4 engines and the electrical system failed, the plane landed at
Vitry en Artois (B-50), France. 18th Bomb Squadron [A] 4Apr45. {final combat mission 17Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built
over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 15May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England;
American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {59 missions + 4 Chowhound + 1 Revival}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38416 MSN 9394) Accepted by USAAF 2Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 11Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [C], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 23Aug44. Named "No Gum Chum".
{first combat mission 26Sep44}. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44. Major battle damage on a
mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refineries at Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44.
Major battle damage on a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Frankfurt-Rhein, Germany 24Dec44, aborted short of Initial Point with two engines
damaged. Damaged on a mission to the Rheinhausen bridge at Duisburg, Germany 28Jan45.
The ball turret gunner checked his guns and turret during assembly for the mission.
After a while the turret jammed; it wouldn’t move electrically or manually with the hand crank.
The gunner became a prisoner in his turret but told the pilot to continue on the mission.
Returning to England after the target, the pilot circled over the North Sea while crew members
attempted to access the ball turret using a machine gun barrel. They eventually beat through
an opening to the elevation gear drive and were able to move the turret so that the hatch door
could be opened and the gunner set free. On return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield
at Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg, Germany 5Apr45, force landed at Merville (B-53),
France with No.2 engine on fire and leaking oil. 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France.
Regained by Group. {final combat mission 5Apr45}. {61 missions + 6 Chowhound}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run 28Jun45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. 237th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 18Nov45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and
disposal 6Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38417 (MSN 9395) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Jul44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44.
551st Bomb Squadron [HR*J], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 30Sep44.
Named "Lady B Good". Force landed at Nivelles airfield Belgium Mar 28 1945.
Repaired and returned to the group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. 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
38418 (MSN 9396) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31Jul44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 10Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 348th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group,
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy 10Oct44. Named "Glittering Gal". {36 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the oil refinery at Korneuburg, Austria 20Mar45 (3KIA:7POW).
The aircraft was returning over the Austro-Yugoslav border and hit by flak at 18,000ft.
Engines No.3 & 4 were set on fire, the crew bailed out, the aircraft exploded in mid-air over
Križevci, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. The crew members were taken POW by Ustaše (local Axis forces).
MAR 13054
38419 (MSN 9397) Accepted by USAAF 3Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 11Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 7th Bomb Squadron [E], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 23Aug44. Named "Miss Betsy". .
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle damage on a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refineries at Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44 (1WIA). The bombardier was wounded, the bomb
doors were damaged and unable to release the bomb load. {29 missions}. Failed to return from
a mission to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (7KIA:2POW). Having passed Heligoland
and approaching the German coast, the plane was struck by flak in the left wing between the engines.
The controls were damaged and the pilot gave the order to bail out. The aircraft rolled over in a
slow roll, during which time the outer wing panel tore away, just to the left of the outer engine nacelle.
All four engines were still running as the aircraft went into a spin, going straight down.
Centrifugal force prevented the crew from escaping but the tail and ball turret gunners were ejected
by the force and able to parachute to safety. Some crews reported this plane as exploding at about
15,000ft. Crashed Eggenstedt, northwest of Hamburg, Germany MACR 11567. 7 KIA, 2 POW.
38420 (MSN 9398) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44.
526th Bomb Squadron [LF*J], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 10Sep44.
Named BETTE JANE / YVONNE [by the tail gun compartment2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots
Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 19Oct44 for battle damage
repair. Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 6Nov44. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 19Nov44. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire
13Jan45. Salvaged 17Jan45. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*M], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 20Feb45. Battle damaged on a mission to railway installations and tank factories
at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45. Crash landed behind Soviet lines at Bydgoscze, Bromberg, Poland. .
Repaired by Soviet Air Force. 890th Aviation Regiment, 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment),
Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia. Returned to USAAF
38421 (MSN 9399) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH Aug44.
731st Bomb Squadron [N+], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk Aug44.
730th Bomb Squadron [A+] Named "Flak Magic". . Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38422 (MSN 9400) Accepted by USAAF 3Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [J], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 24Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}. Major battle
damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Meresburg, Germany 25Nov44. Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 30Nov44. Accident on return from
tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rheine,
Germany 24Dec44. Four planes were damaged in runway collisions upon return to Mendlesham
from the mission. This was caused because a number of planes from another group landed at
Mendlesham when their field was closed by poor visibility. This left the 34th Bomb Group planes
circling and waiting to land until very nearly out of fuel, necessitating very close landings,
one behind the other, eventually resulting in the collisions. The aircraft involved were
B-17G 43-38222, 43-38403, 43-38422 and 44-8397. {25 missions}. Salvaged 24Dec44
38423 (MSN 9401) Accepted by USAAF 3Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 27Aug44. 391st Bomb Squadron [N], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 28Aug44. {first combat mission 25Sep44}. Major battle damage on
a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical works at Oppau, Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44.
Major battle damage on a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refineries
at Hamburg, Germany 25Oct44. {19 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the
Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover, Germany 31Dec44 (6POW:3KIA).
Aircraft received a direct flak hit, set on fire and dropped out of formation, jettisoning bombs.
The engineer/top turret gunner had been wounded. Flak had destroyed the radio and
intercom equipment. No.1 & 2 propellers were feathered and No.2 engine was on fire.
Fire also observed coming from open bomb bay doors. Last seen in a left hand spiral at 10,000ft
as the crew bailed out. Crashed at Ruhwarden i. Oldenburg, near the Tossener Deich, 1
km northeast of Wilhelmshaven, Germany MACR 11372
38424 (MSN 9402) Accepted by USAAF 3Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 561st Bomb Squadron [P],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 23Sep44. Named "Larry Lee".
{first combat mission 17Sep44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk
tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44. Flak over the target was a meagre to moderate
barrage with several rockets. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of the
Battle of the Bulge to the Luftwaffe airfield at Darmstadt, Germany 24Dec44.
Force landed Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. {final combat mission 24Dec44}.
{11 missions}. Salvaged
38425 (MSN 9403) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 19Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Sep44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*K], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 7Oct44. Named "Net Results". Battle damaged on a mission to
Schlesischer Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany 18Mar45, the left wing tip was damaged by flak. {43 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38426 (MSN 9404) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*B], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Sep44. {7 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Zwickau, Germany
7Oct44 (9INT). Damaged by flak, force landed on the small grass airfield at Jönköping, Sweden.
MACR 9567 Repaired using parts from B-17G 42-102905 and returned to UK 25May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 14Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped,
38427 (MSN 9405) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 1Aug44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 18Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 19Sep44. Ground accident and destroyed by fire at Snetterton Heath 16Mar45
38428 (MSN 9406) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*A], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Sep44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*A].
{78 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38429 (MSN 9407) Accepted by USAAF 4Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Aug44. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*W],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 15Sep44. Named "Nicotine Nelly".
Damaged after a night training flight when it ran off the runway landing at Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 24Nov44; the plane had been diverted after B-17G 43-38690
ran off the runway at Thurleigh. During recovery, a Cletrac ran into a horizontal stabiliser.
Modified for Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing
rocket assisted bombs. Participated in a mission to drop Disney bombs on the Valentin
submarine bunker at Farge, Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 23May45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 7Jun45. Air Transport Command (ATC), Columbus, OH 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 43-39185 taxying with mechanical failure
at South Plains Field 19Jul45. Reclaimed 7Jun46
38430 (MSN 9408) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*N], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 8Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at
Spandau, Berlin, Germany 6Oct44 (4KIA:5POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, exploded
and crashed Königshorst, Germany MACR 9520
38431 (MSN 9409) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*J], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 10Sep44. Damaged by ‘friendly fire’, crashed Knodishall,
Suffolk 31Oct44. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire.
Salvaged 2Nov44
38432 (MSN 9410) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*P], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Sep44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*P].
{19 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to munitions and tank factories in Berlin,
Germany 5Dec44 (9POW). Heavy flak damage, crashed Berlin. Salvaged by Luftwaffe.
Used for spares MACR 11037
38433 (MSN 9411) Accepted by USAAF 4Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Aug44. 18th Bomb Squadron [R],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 30Aug44. {first combat mission 17Sep44}.
Major battle damage on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works
at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany 7Oct44. Major battle damage on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 15Oct44. A shell exploded right under the plane.
It also took out two engines and damaged a third. The bomber dropped out of formation
and when the pilot gained control, they headed slowly home. The plane did make it
home to England where it successfully crash landed. On return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg, Germany, force
landed in Belgium 25Nov44. Major battle damage on a mission to a railway marshalling
yard at Augsburg, Germany 15Jan45 (1WIA). {final combat mission 7Apr45}.
Accident taking off from Mendlesham 13Apr45. {56 missions}. Salvaged 14Apr45
All (9) Crew Survived. Aircraft Was Destroyed.
38434 (MSN 9412) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*B],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 13Sep44. {71 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to Zwickau, Germany 7Oct44 (5POW:5KIA). On return,
the bomber was damaged by heavy flak from the 4./Schwere Flak Abteilung 572 (o) and
by light flak from the 6./gemischte Flak Abteilung 345 (v) and 6./gemischte Flak
Abteilung 598 (v) near Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Crashed in the river
Rhine near Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Netherlands MACR 9345
38435 (MSN 9413) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 2Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Aug44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*H], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 21Sep44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*O].
{68 missions} Named "Glory Bound". ]. {68 missions}. Ground collision
with B-17G 43-37665. Salvaged 25Mar45.
38436 (MSN 9414) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 2Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 5Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the
Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44
(4KIA:5POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Osenhorst, Germany MACR 11361
38437 (MSN 9415) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
30Aug44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*S], 100th Bomb Group, USAAF Thorpe Abbots,
Suffolk, UK2Sep44. Named "LN-S". . Accident on return from a mission to
oil targets in Germany 6Feb45 (1WIA). The expected clear weather did not materialize so the
Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany.
Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate. The aircraft was running low on fuel. In poor
visibilty, the pilot intended to land at Rochester but two engines stopped with fuel
exhaustion before he could line up for an approach. There was a long ridge and hillside
on a valley below the top of a hill. With the hill side coming up fast and losing airspeed
the pilot lifted the wing up. With the crew in crash positions, the aircraft crash landed in
a wheat field at Snodhurst Bottom, Chatham, Kent. Salvaged 11Feb45
38438 (MSN 9416) Accepted by USAAF 5Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Sep44. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*U], 306th Bomb Group,
Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Speyer, Germany 8Jan45 (1KIA:5INJ:3RTD). With two engines
failed, the plane crash landed and burned out at RAF Manston, Kent. Salvaged 9Jan45
38439 (MSN 9417) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 3Aug44. Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 4Sep44.
116th Base Unit, Special Weapons, Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 1Jan45.
129th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Columbia Field, SC 17May45.
Damage taxying at Columbia Field 26Jun45. 139th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Shaw Field, Sumter, SC 25Nov45. 2528th Base Unit, Bombardier School & Instructor School,
Midland Field, TX 26Dec45. 2622nd Base Unit, Mather Field, Sacramento, CA 10Mar46.
613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
4Jun46. 556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field, CA 31May47.
38440 (MSN 9418) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY
3Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*E], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 5Sep44. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Lützkendorf oil facilities at Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany 9Feb45; force
landed Nancy, France. Salvaged 16Mar45
38441 (MSN 9419) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 3Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*P], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 11Sep44. {63 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38442 (MSN 9420) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Aug44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31Aug44. 358th Bomb
Squadron [VK*F], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 2Sep44.
Battle damaged on a mission to Cologne, Germany 10Nov44; force landed Saint-Trond (A-92),
Belgium. The air speed indicator was lost on takeoff, so the pilot flew on basic instruments
with the formation. At 26,000ft on the bomb run, the aircraft was hit by intense flak and lost
two engines. Though severely damaged, the aircraft dropped the bombs and tried to stay with
the formation. It lost altitude and the pilot decided to make a forced landing at P-47 base in
Saint-Trond, Belgium. Unable to make radio contact with the Base, and with two engines out,
no air speed indicator, and fuel from the ruptured tank flowing from the right wing, the
pilot made the turn to let down and fired flares. The thick, bullet-proof windshield iced up
badly during rapid descent and the nose Plexiglass also iced up. Since P-47s were taking
off on a scramble from the active runway, the crippled B-17 approached an alternate
parking runway. The togglier and navigator, crouched in the aisle between the pilot and co-pilot,
spotted a steam roller on the end of the runway through the bombsight glass. With the pilot’s
head out the open window, he bounced the plane over the steam roller. The propeller of a P-51
parked halfway down the runway, its nose toward the center, sliced off the end of the B-17's
right wing. With a speed of about 15-20 MPH, the B-17 crashed into the middle of a B-24
parked at the end of the runway, almost cutting it in half. Salvaged 28Nov44
38443 (MSN 9421) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 5Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Sep44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*F], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 11Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped MACR 12632
39444 (MSN 9422) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 5Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*D], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 13Sep44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Mainz, Germany 21Sep44;
force landed France
38445 (MSN 9423) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 325th Bomb
Squadron [NV*Q], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9Sep44. Failed to
return from a mission to the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg?Nürnberg (MAN) AG industrial complex at
Nürnberg, Germany 3Oct44 (8KIA:1POW). Whilst making a turn before reaching the Initial Point (IP)
over Giessen, two aircraft from the low squadron, the lead aircraft 43?38445, and deputy lead
aircraft 43-38396 flying in the high element collided. The lead aircraft was hit by flak and went
into a nosedive. The deputy lead nosed the B-17 up to take over the lead aircraft position for
the formation. Seconds later the lead aircraft, having regained control and apparently trying to
resume its position, collided with the underside of the deputy lead aircraft. This B-17 was seen
to go down with its tail section sheared off and crashed at Wieseck, Giessen, Germany MACR 9346
38446 (MSN 9424) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 5Sep44. Landing accident 17Dec44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*S].
Damaged returning from a sortie to Istres (Y-17), Marseille, France 24Jun45 (1INJ).
Severely damaged by a hail storm and landed at Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire.
The navigator was injured by flying Plexiglass. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 22Nov45. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage.
Reclaimed 5Aug48
38447 (MSN 9425) Accepted by USAAF 5Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 12Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*Z],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9Sep44. 560th Bomb Squadron [A],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Sep44. {first combat mission 2Oct44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44.
Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. {final combat mission 5Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over
the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag
Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {55 missions + 1 Revival}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38448 (MSN 9426) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 8Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 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
38449 (MSN 9427) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 14Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*Z],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 5Sep44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 12Jul45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38450 (MSN 9428) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 4Sep44. {first combat mission 13Sep44}.
NaMED *Lucky Partners* (Named after 60 combat missions) also *Little Herbie*
(Bombardier Herbert McNabb ws wounded over Ludwigshafen, Germany 27Sep44.
The crew named the plane ‘Little Herbie’ in his honor) }. {75 missions}. Mid-air
collision with B-17G 43-38605 26Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38451 (MSN 9429) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*D], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Sep44. Returning from a mission to
Berlin, Germany 28Mar45, with fuel exhaustion the bomber crash landed on Camber
Sands, Rye, Kent. Salvaged 30Mar45
38452 (MSN 9430) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*D], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 23Sep44. :Named "Undecided".
Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 7Oct44 (9INT
Damaged by flak, Crash Landed Oct 7, 1944 Making a Wheels Up Belly Landing
in a Perk Bog at Torvmosse Sweden . All (9) Crew Survived and Were Interned By
Sweden. Returned on November 30, 1944. MACR 9759
38453 (MSN 9431) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*F], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 27Sep44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the
Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in
exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38454 (MSN 9432) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*B], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 21Sep44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist
and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in
the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to
Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38455 (MSN 9433) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*K], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Sep44. Crashed on takeoff for a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Kassel, Germany 15Dec44. The aircraft exploded but the crew
escaped to safety
38456 (MSN 9434) Accepted by USAAF 7Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*T],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44. {first combat mission 13Sep44}.
Participated in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in
Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod
(Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok,
Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy.
Returned to England. {25 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (9KIA).
The plan was for the bombers to follow those from the First Division, which had been
tasked with bombing the oil refinery in Zeitz, which lay several miles south of Merseburg,
to the target. However, haze made it difficult for the pilots to recognize the I.P. which
caused the lead planes from the First Division to overshoot it, which in turn led the other
planes to veer off course. Coupled together with a strong tail wind, this error threw these
bombers between five to fifteen miles off their intended course, and five to fifteen miles
past their intended I.P. The result was that they were also forced to weather a punishing
hail of flak from Zeitz's anti-air defenses. After being hit by flak, the aircraft caught fire and
went into a spin before exploding in mid-air. The remains of the aircraft crashed down
near Zeitz, Germany MACR 11135
38457 (MSN 9435) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 4Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44.
(350th Bomb Squadron [LN*F], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 3Sep44.
Named "Nine Lives". Failed to return from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke
oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (5KIA:4POW). The formation had run through
heavy flak to drop their bombs, then turned to head out over the North Sea back to England.
It was attacked by German fighters al 22,000ft. The pilots fought to remain in formation so that
they could use each other's guns to defend the group. The pilot of B-17G 42-31987 saw a plane
ahead of him burst into flames and slide out. He moved his plane forward to fill in the gap and felt an
impact. The big bomber shuddered and began losing altitude. The pilot knew that he had collided
with another plane, this B-17G 43-38457. . The top turret of #457 was now locked in the lower
fuselage of #987 and the ball turret in #987 had smashed through the top of #457. The two bombers
were almost aligned, the tail of the lower plane was slightly to the left of the upper plane's tail.
Three of the engines on the bottom plane were still running as were all four of the upper.
The fourth engine on the lower bomber was on fire and the flames were spreading to the rest of
the aircraft. The two were losing altitude quickly. The pilot of #987 tried several times to break
free of the other plane but they were inextricably locked together. Fearing a fire, the pilot of #987
cut his engines and rang the bailout bell. lf his crew had any chance of parachuting, he had to
keep the plane under control somehow. The ball turret gunner was trapped inside the fuselage
of the lower plane, unable to rotate the turret to exit. The pilot ordered his co-pilot to jump but
he wouldn’t; he realised that it would take the strength of both of them to maintain any control.
In the cockpit, they held firmly to the controls. The ground came up faster and faster and they
slammed into the ground. This plane exploded, vaulting #987 upward and forward. Crashed at
Rüstringen, Wangerooge, East Frisian island, Germany Lost Dec 31, 1944.
MACR 11359, Four crew parachuted out of 38457 and
seven from 31987, but pilot and copilot of 31987 stayed at the controls and
managed to crash land the combination in a German field.
38458 (MSN 9436) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 4Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 10Sep44.
613th Bomb Squadron [IN*D], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 12Sep44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*P]. Named "Bottle Baby". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38459 (MSN 9437) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*V], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe
Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 3Sep44. Named "Cargo For Margo". Failed to return from a
mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
31Dec44 (8POW:1KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Westerhusen, near Emden,
Germany. MACR 11358
38460 (MSN 9438) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 8Sep44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*V], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 10Sep44. {first combat mission 28Sep44}. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 28Sep44 (1KIA), force landed France
38461 (MSN 9439) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Sep44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*T], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 25Sep44. {49 missions}. Battle damaged on a
mission to Berlin, Germany 26Feb45; crash landed on continent. Salvaged 3Mar45
38462 (MSN 9440) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 6Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Sep44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*I], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 29Aug44. Named "Teddy's Rough Riders".
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 29May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jun44. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38463 (MSN 9441) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 17Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Sep44. Assigned 401st Bomb Group 4Sep44.
600th Bomb Squadron [N8*X], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire Sep44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*X]. Battle damaged on a mission 21Nov44;
force landed on the continent. Repaired and regained by Group 24Nov44. (28 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at
Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (6KIA:2POW:1EVD). Approaching the target, the
bomber was struck by flak destroying the No.3 engine and setting the right wing on fire.
The aircraft started a dive but exploded and disintegrated just as the crew started to bail out.
Crashed and destroyed by fire near Großlöbichau, north of the Jena- Bürgel highway, Germany.
Salvaged by the Germans MACR 11145
38464 (MSN 9442) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Sep44.
549th Bomb Squadron [XA*N], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 11Sep44.
Named "Hare's Breadth" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 25Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38465 (MSN 9443) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*A], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 10Sep44. Named "Favorite Lady" {81 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun44. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38466 (MSN 9444) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 6Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 15Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 5Sep44.
524th Bomb Squadron [WA*D], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 25Sep44. Loaned Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 11Dec - 12Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38467 (MSN 9445) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*Z],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 23Sep44. Battle damaged
by flak on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide,
Ruhland, Germany 7Oct44 (1WIA:8RTD). Damaged taking off for a mission to the
Deurag-Nerag oil refinery, Misburg, Hanover, Germany 26Nov44. The nose was
damaged when the plane flew through a flock of birds. It returned to base but overran
the runway and became stuck in the mud. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (1WIA:8RTD).
Noted over Böhlen falling back with a runaway propeller but was heading west apparently
under control. Force landed with double engine failure at Cambrai/Niergnies (A-74), France.
Salvaged 14Feb45
38468 (MSN 9446) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 6Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44.
407th Bomb Squadron [PY*G], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 5Sep44.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers
on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens
who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 30Dec45.
38469 (MSN 9447) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 17Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*U], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 5Sep44. {82 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38470 (MSN 9448) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 10Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 15Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*K], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44. {first combat mission 13Sep44}. Battle damaged
on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Meresburg,
Germany 30Nov44 (1WIA:8RTD). The engineer/top turret gunner was wounded. Participated
in an Operation Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw,
Poland 18Sep44. After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod
(Station 561), Ukraine. Operated a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Szolnok,
Hungary 19Sep44 and continued on to land at a Fifteenth Air Force base in southern Italy.
Returned to England 23Sep44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*H]. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{60 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 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.
38471 (MSN 9449) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. Eighth Air Force, UK 7Sep44. Crashed Iceland
16Sep44 (10RTD). The B-17G took off early from Meeks Field, Keflavík during the ferry
flight to England. The crew encountered severe weather, snow and sleet, and the
aircraft went off course. The aircraft hit Mount Eyjafjallajökull, slid on ice and hit
a snow bank. Some crew members were thrown out of the aircraft at impact. The crew
stayed in the crashed plane for two days waiting for rescue before attempting to go down
the mountain. After six hours walking down the mountain on snow fields and ice they
reached ground level and proceeded to cross a large glacial river (Markarfljót) and
reached a farmhouse (Fljótsdalur í Fljótshlíð) where they had seen light
38472 (MSN 9450) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44.
570th Bomb Squadron [DI*F], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 11Sep44. "Named :Baby Buggy II" {first combat mission 13Sep44}.
Participated in an Operation
Frantic VII mission to drop supplies to the resistance forces in Warsaw, Poland 18Sep44.
After the target, the bomber continued east and landed at Mirgorod (Station 561), Ukraine.
Repaired and returned to Group. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {66 missions + 5 Chowhound}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped. A piece of this aircraft was found at Kingman, AZ and donated to the
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Pima, Tucson, in 1995 where it has been placed on display.
Production changes: Cheyenne tail gun position with N-8 sigh
38473 (MSN 9451) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 7Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 17Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 8Sep44. Named "Miss Cue". Failed to return from a mission to Mannheim, Germany
30Dec44 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-97400 believed to be caused by propeller
wash. Crashed at Stürzenhardt, six km NW from Buchen, Germany MACR 11240
43-38474/38673 Boeing B-17G-90-BO Fortress
MSN 9452/9651 Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
Production changes: Revised oil coolers. Bomb bay door operation changes. Supercharger regulator electrics
38474 (MSN 9452) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Aug44.
Radio compartment gun fitted. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 815th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 9Sep44. Salvaged 10Oct44
38475 (MSN 9453) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 17Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 9Sep44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Middletown
Air Depot, PA 28Feb46
38476 (MSN 9454) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44.
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 13Sep44. 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38477 (MSN 9455) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 7Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Sep44.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*R], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 3Sep44.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From
Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens
who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French
Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38478 (MSN 9456) Accepted by USAAF 10Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*S],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44. Named "Hotter 'N Hell"
{first combat mission 28Sep44}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {44 missions + 5 Chowhound}.
Returned to US 29Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38479 (MSN 9457) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron [K],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 8Sep44. Named *Thy Will Be Done*
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38480 (MSN 9458) Accepted by USAAF 10Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Sep44. 860th Bomb Squadron,
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Sep44. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Bielefeld, Germany 30Sep44 (7KIA:2POW).
The aircraft was hit by the blast and debris from B-17G 43-38115 flying #7 position,
low element. The latter aircraft had been hit by a bomb or bombs, dropped from an
aircraft flying in the higher element, lead group, at bomb release. The left wing of this
bomber was on fire as it left the formation then exploded over Lemgo and fell in the
area of Wahmbeckerheide, Germany
(7) Crew Were Killed. (2) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 9430
38481 (MSN 9459) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Sep44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*B], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Sep44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist
and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated
in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops
to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 2Jan46
38482 (MSN 9460) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 773rd Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 12Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the oil refinery at
Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria 13Oct44 (6KIA:4POW). Over the target, the plane received a
flak strike near the No.1 engine. This immediately caught fire and the outer wing broke off.
Part of the flak projectile penetrated into the cockpit and caused a fire there. The plane
immediately went into a dive, turned a few times on its own axis and then exploded in mid-air.
Shortly before, the pilot had been able to give the crew the command to bail out.
However, not all crew members were able to save themselves from the aircraft; four bodies
were later found in the bomber wreckage which crashed at Aspern, Vienna MACR 9054
38483 (MSN 9461) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt),
Lucera, Italy 17Sep44. {nil missions}. 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7,
Amendola, Italy 7Oct44. {first combat mission 14Oct44}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany
15Mar45 (10RTD). The primary target was not attacked because of cloud cover and PFF
failure. Diverted to the secondary target, an oil refinery at Kolin, Czechoslovakia.
Flak was heavy and accurate resulting in several holes in the plane and damage to engines.
Returned to base with No.1 propeller feathered and No 4 engine wasn’t giving any power.
Battle damaged on a mission to the oil refinery at Kagran, Vienna, Austria 21Mar45 (1WIA:9RTD).
Flak at the target was heavy and accurate resulting in wounds to the tail gunner.
{final combat mission 26Apr45}. {59 missions}. Returned to US. 302nd Base Unit
(Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 21Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38484 (MSN 9462) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Sep44. 2nd Bomb Group 7Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 32nd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 7Oct44. Returned to US.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 19Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38485 (MSN 9463) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 24Sep44.
{first combat mission 4Oct44}. Battle damaged on an Operation Pancake
tactical mission supporting the US Fifth Army offensive in the area of Bologna,
Italy 12Oct44 (1KIA:9RTD). Flak was heavy, mortally wounding a waist gunner.
The pilot force landed the plane at Falconaro, Italy to seek medical assistance.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Maribor,
Slovenia, Yugoslavia 7Nov44 (1WIA:9RTD). After the second time over the target,
it was damaged by flak wounding the tail gunner. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Messerschmitt service test airfield at Lechfeld, Augsburg, Germany 16Feb45
(2WIA:8RTD). Bad weather forced the squadron to an alternate target, the railway
marshalling yards at Vipiteno, Italy. Flak was heavy and accurate, wounding the
pilot and bombardier. Battle damaged during a mission the a railway bridge at
Parona di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy 28Feb45 (1WIA:9RTD). On the bomb run the
flak was very intense and accurate. The navigator was struck by shrapnel and lost
a leg en route to the target. He was awarded the Silver Star for this mission
because he continued to call headings to the pilot after his leg had been
severed by flak eight inches below the crotch. The bombardier received the
Distinguished Flying Cross for saving the navigators’ life by effectively applying
the tourniquet that kept him from bleeding to death. Flew on the final Fifteenth Air
Force combat mission of the war to bomb the railway station and marshalling
yard at Salzburg, Austria 1May45. Battle damaged on that mission and seen
heading towards Munich with a propeller feathered and another windmilling.
Force landed safely at Cervia, south of Ravenna, Italy (10RTD). {46 missions}.
Returned to US. 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.
38486 (MSN 9464) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy. Pisa, Italy 15May45. Returned to US.
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.
38487 (MSN 9465) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 8Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
19Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Aug44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 352nd Bomb Squadron,
301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 17Sep44.
Air Depot 20Apr45. Returned to US. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 14Jul44. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 15Jul44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38488 (MSN 9466) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 8Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 773rd Bomb Squadron,
463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 12Sep44. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Linz, Austria 25Feb45 (10POW). Struck by flak
over Kufstein, Austria and crashed near Tettnang, Germany MACR 12468
38489 (MSN 9467) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 11Oct44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38490 (MSN 9468) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 772nd Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 4Oct44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 28Sep45.
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
38491 (MSN 9469) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air
Force, Italy. 341st Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola,
Italy 10Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38492 (MSN 9470) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 353rd Bomb
Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 12Oct44.
Named "Venus Ramey" (named for Miss America 1944) Damaged in collision
with B-17G 44-6253 taxying at Lucera #4, 17Nov44. Returned to US.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. 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.
38493 (MSN 9471) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force,
Italy. 775th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 3Oct44.
49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy Dec44.
Crash landed at Celone, Italy 13Feb45. Crash landed at Celone 30Apr45.
Salvaged 30Apr45
38494 (MSN 9472) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44. 850th Bomb Squadron,
409th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 11Sep44. Battle damaged during a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45. C
rash landed continent. Salvaged 28Jan45
38495 (MSN 9473) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera,
Italy 12Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Attnang-Puchheim, Austria 21Apr45. Salvaged
38496 (MSN 9474) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney
Field, NB 19Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
772nd Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 19Sep44.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Vienna,
Austria 21Feb45 (1KIA:9POW). Caught in propeller wash and collided with
another aircraft. Crashed at Penzing, Vienna. MACR 12702
Conflict:
Its possible that the tail gunner was killed in action, fell out or bailed out
at the time of the collision; his place of death is recorded as Penzing, Vienna.
Perhaps the remaining crew flew back to force land safely in allied territory.
Returned to US. 4145th Base Unit, Wendover Field, UT. Crash landed and
destroyed by fire at Chanute Municipal Airport, KS 21Oct46.
38497 (MSN 9475) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 9Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44.
532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*Q], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 20Sep44
Named "The Joker III". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. Reclaimed 7Jun46
38498 (MSN 9476) Santa Monica, CA 9Aug44. 2316th Base Unit, Santa Monica, CA 9Oct44.
4145th Base Unit, Wendover Field, UT 10Oct44. 4135th Base Unit (Ogden Air Technical
Service Command), Hill Field, Ogden, UT 11Jul46. 4145th Base Unit, Wendover Field, UT
12Aug46. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 24Oct46. Reclaimed 13Feb47
38499 (MSN 9477) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 17Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #1, Celone, Italy Oct44. Damaged in a collision while parked at Celone 11Jan45. Salvaged.
38500 (MSN 9478) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group,
Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 12Oct44. Air Depot 22Jan45. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 6Dec48
38501 (MSN 9479) Accepted by USAAF 12Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing,
Kearney Field, NB 21Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*C],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Sep44.
Named *Sweet Chariot*. . {first combat mission 25Sep44}. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 6Oct44. Regained by Group 21Oct44. {80 missions}.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works,
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45 (5POW:3EVD). The plane was hit by flak approximately five minutes
after it dropped its bombs over the target. It received three good hits. The first knocked out No.3
engine and started a fire in the No.2 engine. The second hit knocked out No.1 and No.4 engines.
The third burst wounded the navigator and knocked out all the instruments. The plane started to drop
fast so the crew bailed out at approximately 1,500 feet north of Albersford. The pilot and co-pilot
remained onboard trying to find a suitable area for an emergency landing. They circled the village
of Albersdorf and landed on a meadow to the east of the village on a hill side, stopping just a
few yards from the trees in a forest. Crashed at Albersdorf, Czechoslovakia. MACR 14317
After the war, the originally German village of Albersdorf was renamed Písa?ova Vesce.
The abandoned plane with two burned-out engines remained at the landing site. The Germans
didn’t salvage the plane, they had other worries. The US Army Air Force also lost interest in its
property, so the wreckage became the target of dismantling by the local population.
The aircraft remained in place until the 1950s, when the rest was taken away by the Czechoslovak army. .
38502 (MSN 9480) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Aug44.
Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 14Oct44.
Battle damaged on a mission to a steel works at Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 17Oct44
(1KIA:3WIA:6RTD). As the bomber turned off the target, a flak burst just above the left inboard engine.
The pilot, hit in the neck, died instantly. The radio man was struck in the lower leg. the navigator
suffered a broken right arm and shell fragments in his legs; his face was covered with blood.
The co-pilot was cut on the left side of the face by flying chunks of Plexiglas. With the body of the
dead pilot draped over the control stick they were heading straight down. The co-piolt placed
both feet on the instrument panel to add power to his pull on the control stick. Aid came from the
engineer; he hooked his leg over the pilot's seat and pulled the dead man from the control stick.
In less than two minutes the Fortress had gone from 26,000 to 12,000ft before leveling off.
With the engine cables severed, the number two propeller could not be feathered . Soon the
controls were placed on automatic pilot as the crew checked the situation. The navigator was
stretched on the floor and to aid him to remain conscious was told to plot the shortest route home.
The number one engine, under an added load, began to mis-fire. Crossing the Adriatic an added
predicament was discovered when the right wheel of the landing gear would not lower into its proper
position. Careful piloting used 1,000ft of the runway before the right wing tip hit the ground.
The right wing tip was ruined, two fuel tanks were damaged and the right horizontal stabiliser
splintered. The co-pilot also discovered that he had been bruised by a piece of flak which hit
him just above the heart. It had pierced the cloth and cut his parachute strap, but only bruised
him, thanks to a flak suit. Crashed 21Oct44 (1KIA) MACR of 9738.
38503 (MSN 9481) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 18Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. 1387th Base Unit (North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command),
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland. Accident at Gander Lake 15Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy.
817th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 28Sep44. Failed to return
from a mission to the oil refinery at Schwechat, Vienna, Austria 7Feb45 (9EVD). Damaged by
flak, crash landed behind Russian lines at Pápa, HungaryAll (9) Crew Survived
and Evaded Capture. MACR 12128
38504 (MSN 9482) Accepted by USAAF 15Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field,
NB 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [L], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 11Sep44. Named "G.I. Jane". {first combat mission 2Oct44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44.
Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany 16Feb45 (9RTD). The bomber had been hit pretty hard
by flak and had lost two engines as the crew returned to their base in England. One other
engine was having problems and the pilot was having difficulty keeping it in the air
across the North Sea. He aimed for the shore and told the crew that once they were over land a
few miles, he was going to aim it back to the water and to prepare to bail out. When the bomber
was over land, he ordered the crew to bail out. Crashed in North Sea, crew rescued. {34 missions}.
Wreckage located 1975, Wormerveer.
38505 (MSN 9483) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Aug44. 271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 20Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group,
Foggia #7, Amendola, Italy 4Oct44. {first combat mission 23Oct44}. {1 mission}.
352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Foggia #8 (Longskirt), Lucera, Italy 29Oct44.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Linz, Austria 25Feb45
(7KIA:3POW). Over the target flak damaged engine No.4 and the wing fuel tank. The right
wing caught fire, exploded and the aircraft spun out of control. Crashed near Linz MACR 12474
38506 (MSN 9484) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Aug44. Damaged landing with mechanical failure at Cheyenne MAP 21Aug44.
271st Base Unit (Staging Wing), 21st Bomb Wing, Kearney Field, NB 22Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron [J], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. Named *The Three Joe's*. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38507 (MSN 9485) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 4Dec44. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland,
Germany 19Mar45. Crossing the front lines the formation met some accurate
flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition was scattered, with
heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the primary target.
When they got closer it was decided that there were too many clouds, but by
this time, in order to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at Zwickau,
the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way around,
and the formation couldn't go much farther east because of the Russian front lines.
Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run. Crash landed
on return to base at Chelveston
38508 (MSN 9486) Accepted by USAAF 14Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Aug44. Damaged in training, to Lowry Field, Denver, CO
for repair 19Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Nov44. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden
(Station 126), Suffolk 11Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45. Force landed Yerhavcourt, France. Salvaged 7Mar45
38509 (MSN 9487) Accepted by USAAF Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 21Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 815th Bomb Squadron,
483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 24Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the
oil refinery at Florisdorf, Vienna, Austria 20Feb45 (8RTD:1KIA:1POW). hit by AAA over target
and crash landed between Casvoly and Felsoazentivan,
Hungary. MACR 12451. All 10 bailed out but one was killed, 1 POW, 8 returned.
38510 (MSN 9488) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*V], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 24Sep44. Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-97227 whilst
formating over Wellesbourne, Warwickshire prior to a mission to an ordinance depot
at Bettenhausen, Kassel, Germany 2Oct44. Severely damaged while parked when B-17G
43-38455 crashed and exploded nearby during take off from Podington 15Dec44.
Salvaged 16Dec44
38511 (MSN 9489) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 773rd Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group,
Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 24Sep44. Damaged taxying 12Mar45. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Linz, Austria 25Apr45 (8KIA:2POW). Just before reaching
the target, the bomber received a direct flak hit in the number two engine. The aircraft
peeled off slowly to the left and dropped from formation. The B-17 was heading straight towards
Russia at approximately ten or fifteen thousand feet. It crossed a river and began to turn
left very slowly. Just before completing a 180 degree turn the bomb load exploded,
blowing off one wing. The bomber began to roll very rapidly and both parts burned
as they spun toward the ground and crashed between Pabneukirchen and Dimbach, Austria.
MACR 14059
38512 (MSN 9490) Accepted by USAAF 14Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44.
570th Bomb Squadron [DI*K], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
10Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 773rd Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, F
Foggia #1, Celone, Italy 24Sep44. Named "Okd Bloow and Guts". Damaged taxying at
Celone 26Nov44. Pomigliano, Italy 26May45. Returned to US. 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
38513 (MSN 9491) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire.
452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 16Sep44. 339th Bomb
Squadron [QJ*M], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 17Sep44.
Named "Never Had It So Good". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38514 (MSN 9492) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Sep44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*J], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 8Sep44.
351st Bomb Squadron [EP*J]. Named "E-Z Goin". - the name was emblazoned over a green
turtle, blithely toting an ugly black bomb. Battle damaged on a mission to an oil depot at
Buchen, Germany 7Apr45 Rammed Apr 7, 1945 by a German Bf 109
aircraft flown by Uffz. Werner Zell of Schulungslehrgang Elbe
which smashed along the left side of the bomber causing extensive damage The control columns
were violently jerking back and forth, the number one engine was streaming white smoke, and all
the radios including the intercom were dead. When parts from this bomber went flying back, they
knocked off the left horizontal stabiliser on another B-17 behind. However, the bomber seemed to still
want to fly, so the crew stabilised the rocking and rolling with the ailerons and hung on. The crew
managed to reach and bomb the target. Over the target the toggler released the bombs and the
nose lurched up sharply. The captain rolled the elevator trim wheel forward to add nose-down
trim, but the wheel spun ineffectively. Now, the bomber was on a collision course with another
B-17 [42-37972] in the squadron above. Quickly, the pilots exerted their combined strength to push
the control columns forward. But it was insufficient and at the last possible moment, the captain
retarded the throttles. The bomber shuddered into a stall and the other B-17 slid by close enough to
see the startled look on the tail-gunner’s face. During the return flight, the number one engine oil
pressure was dropping rapidly; to prevent a friction-induced fire in the engine, the crew feathered the
propeller and shut it down. The flight engineer reported that the left elevator and the top half of the
rudder were gone. There were two big gashes in the fuselage aft of the left gunner’s window and the
flight control cables and electric wire bundles were cut. What was left of the tail was flapping up
and down so hard that it looked like it might break off. There were bullet holes in the left side of the nose;
it was thought that a gunner in another B-17 had shot out the number one engine and the master radio
control box. Despite the loss of parts of the vertical fin and the horizontal stablizer, the crew continued
their return to Thorpe Abbotts. The bomber broke out at 700 feet above the ground with a mile visibility
and the home runway directly ahead. The plane made a sweeping left turn into a long final approach to
the runway. Nearing touchdown, another B-17, also firing red flares, cut in front to land. There was no
alternative; they had to go around. The captain made a perfect two-point landing and gently lowered the
tail-wheel to the runway. A new tail was grafted on and flew on the 100th’s last combat mission to
Oranienburg 20Apr45. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 20May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38515 (MSN 9493) Accepted by USAAF 15Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 15Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 20Aug44. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 44-6493 taxying at Lincoln 29Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*K], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep44. Named "Miss You". {first combat mission 7Oct44}.
{29 missions}. Battle damaged during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am
Main, Germany 5Jan45. Crash landed at Verdun (A-82), France. Salvaged 21Jan45
38516 (MSN 9494) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Aug44.
303rd Bomb Group. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 9Sep44. 619th Base Unit, Watertown Field, SD 25Oct44. Cold Weather Testing
Detachment, Ladd Field, Fairbanks, AK 2Nov44. 3704th Base Unit (Technical School),
Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 2Apr45. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN 11Jun46.
38517 (MSN 9495) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*T], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 23Sep44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the
Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called
for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green
Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return
leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Salvaged 12May45
38518 (MSN 9496) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 11Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 6Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*N], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Sep44. {4 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Luftwaffe
airfield at Giebelstadt, Germany 3Oct44 (8POW:1KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Stellnau, Germany
MACR 9358
38519 (MSN 9497) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 13Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Sep44.
Fifteenth Air Force, Italy. 483rd Bomb Group, Sterparone, Foggia, Italy 4Oct44. Pisa, Italy 15May45.
Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 8Oct45. 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
38520 (MSN 9498) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*B], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 21Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to drop Disney bombs on the
submarine yard at Finkenwarder, Hamburg, Germany 4Apr45 (8RTD). Damaged by flak,
crashed Nienburg, Germany
38521 (MSN 9499) Accepted by USAAF 15Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 92nd Bomb Group 5Sep44.
570th Bomb Squadron [DI*K], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 11Sep44.
Named "Big Blood". {first combat mission 25Sep44}. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in
support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Zellhausen, Mainhausen, Germany
24Dec44 (1WIA:8RTD); the bombardier was wounded. During a mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45,
collided with B-17G 43-37565, returned to base. {final combat mission 18Apr45}.
{69 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 15Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
Conflict:
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*Q], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 21Jan45. Returned to US
38522 (MSN 9500) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 17Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 23Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Aug44.
Special communication equipment fitted. Designated RB-17G. 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,
Presque Isle Field, ME 31Aug44. Damaged taxying at Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland 14Sep44. The aircraft
ran off the runway into rocks. It was repaired and flown to Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 9Nov44.
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 9Nov44. 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron, Buckley Field, CO 11Mar45. Guam 11Mar46. 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 9May46. 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Morrison
Field, West Palm Beach, FL 30Jun46. 373rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Weather) Kindley
Field, Bermuda 18Jan47. Designated RB-17G. 18th Weather Squadron, 5th Weather Group, Wiesbaden AB,
Germany 18Apr48. 2105th Air Weather Group, Wiesbaden AB, Germany 17Jan49. 7165th Composite Group,
Wiesbaden AB, Germany 19Mar49. Reclaimed 19Mar49.
38523 (MSN 9501) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44.
351st Bomb Squadron [EP*F], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 11Sep44.
Named "Glory Bound". On return from a Group practice mission, the aircraft crash landed at
Thorpe Abbotts and destroyed by fire 4Jan45. During the descent, temperature changes caused the
cockpit windows to frost over and reduce visibility. The aircraft was high on the approach and
stalled part way down the runway. The left wing dropped and struck the ground then the left wheel
collapsed causing a ground loop of 180 degrees. Flames were seen from the left wing and bomb bay.
Salvaged 5Jan45
38524 (MSN 9502) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Aug44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44.
710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 17Sep44
Named *Blonde Bomber II*. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38525 MSN 9503) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Aug44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Sep44.
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 8Sep44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*A],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 9Sep44. Named "Miss Conduct".
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jun45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 30Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38526 (MSN 9504) Accepted by USAAF 16Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 17Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 23Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*Z], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 8Sep44. Named "Big Gas Bird/Star Duster".
{first combat mission 6Oct44}. Battle damaged on a mission to Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44
(2WIA:7RTD); the pilot and bombardier were wounded. {20 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (7POW:3KIA). The Group’s low squadron,
comprised of only eight aircraft, was lagging behind because of engine supercharger trouble
in their leading aircraft. When the Luftwaffe appeared on the scene, this unit was flying some
2,000ft below and behind the rest of the formation, presenting the obvious choice of target.
The Luftwaffe took advantage of the opportunity; the entire low squadron was wiped out.
Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed Friesacker, Germany. MACR 11722
38527 (MSN 9505) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Oct44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 25Sep44. {3 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 7Oct44 (9OW:1KIA).
Damaged by flak, crashed Stettin, Prussia. MACR 9320 and 9359
38528 (MSN 9506) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 750th Bomb Squadron [E:F], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 8Sep44,. Named *That's My Baby*.
Accident landing at RAF Tattenhill , Staffordshire 16Nov44. Returned to US 25May45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38529 (MSN 9507) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Sep44. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 8Sep44.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben synthetic fuel works at Pölitz, Prussia 7Oct44
On return flight ditched in Channel. There
was one stowaway on board. All crew were rescued.
38530 (MSN 9508) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23May44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Sep44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*G], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. Failed to return from a mission
to the synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 22Jan45 (7KIA:2KIA). Damaged by flak,
crashed Sterkrade, Germany MACR 11758
38531 (MSN 9509) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 8Sep44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*B], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 8Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle
Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha, Leipzig, Germany 7Oct44 (7POW:2KIA).
The mission was accomplished, but on the return trip, the pilot of the aircraft reported
flak damage, and low fuel. He attempted to make a crash landing in the Netherlands,
but ran into ground anti-aircraft fire. He then tried to climb and give the crew a chance
to bail out. At 2,000ft, several did so. The aircraft crashed at Tiggeltscheberg, NW of
Risjbergen, Netherlands MACR 9562
38532 (MSN 9510) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 17Sep44. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support
of the Battle of the Bulge to the Luftwaffe air depot at Merzhausen, Germany 24Dec44, crash
landed at Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38533 (MSN 9511) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Aug44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 19Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine
shipyards at Hamburg, Germany 17Jan45 (9POW). Flak over the target was intense
and accurate. Damaged by flak, the crew bailed out. Crashed near Sittensen,
southwest of Hamburg, Germany MACR 11795
38534 (MSN 9512) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 749th Bomb Squadron [F], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 19Sep44. Named "The Wolf Pack'. 750th Bomb Squadron [P]. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38535 (MSN 9513) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 8Sep44. Failed to return from a mission
to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
31Dec44 (5KIA:4POW). Enemy aircraft set wing afire amd then spun down, crashed
Rothenburg, Germany. MACR 11357
38536 (MSN 9514) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 24Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 34th Bomb Group.
652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy Reconnaissance)[Q], 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance),
325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. Named "Quivering Queenie"
Operated meteorological reconnaissance sorties to the North Atlantic and North Sea.
Returned to US. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN.
Aberdeen Proving Ground 12Mar45. Reclaimed 14Mar46
38537 (MSN 9515) Accepted by USAAF 17Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 749th Bomb Squadron [V],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 14Sep44. 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23May45. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille,
France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the
return of troops to USA (code #69). It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from
Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From
Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens
who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38538 (MSN 9516) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 14Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 750th Bomb Squadron [M], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 13Sep44. 751st Bomb Squadron [M]. Failed to return from a mission to
Münster, Germany 30Sep44 (10KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Lunen, Germany MACR 9527
38539 (MSN 9517) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*W], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 22Sep44. Battle damaged Cologne, Germany 10Jan45,
collision with a B-17G. Crash landed continent. Salvaged 26Jan45
38540 (MSN 9518) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron [N], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 13Sep44. 749th Bomb Squadron
Named "Murderous Witch/Mysterious Witch"– artwork of a blonde woman
with witches hat riding a bomb. The name was changed following the repercussions
from German propaganda when MURDER INC. Was shot down. A member of the Eighth Air Force
was captured by the Germans in November 1943 wearing a flight jacket emblazoned with the
name of his aircraft ‘Murder Incorporated’. Nazi propaganda claimed that this was an
admission of deliberate terror bombing of residential areas. Murder Incorporated was the name
the news media gave to organized crime groups in the 1930s and '40s that acted as the
enforcement arm of the Italian-American Mafia, Jewish mob, and connected organized
crime groups in New York and elsewhere. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38541 (MSN 9519) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*F], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 17Oct44. Named "Diabolical Angel". {60 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38542 (MSN 9520) Accepted by USAAF 17Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*J],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Sep44.
{first combat mission 28Sep44}. Accident landing at Grafton Underwood on return
from a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast
of Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (9RTD). Returning in Group formation at dusk, the
bomber circled the field waiting its turn to land. During approach, ATC
gave an instruction to go around; this was misunderstood by the pilot
to refer to his aircraft so retracted the landing gear and flaps.
When he saw the plane in front start to go around, this gave the pilot
clearance to land but he forgot to lower the landing gear. Just as ATC
gave this pilot an instruction to go around, the plane scraped the runway,
coming to a stop with a fire in the ball turret. Eighth Air Force Service
Command 2Dec44. Regained by Group 14Jan45. {22 missions}. Crashed near
Molesworth, Huntingdonshire returning from on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 20Jan45 (2KIA:7WIA). The bomber
was diverted from Grafton Underwood because of a snow storm.
Flying in heavy icing conditions and with No.4 engine not giving full power,
the pilot was seeking an airfield clear enough to land at. The No.3 engine
started losing power and, with heavy ice coming off the propellers,
the plane was losing altitude. Shortly it struck some trees and
crashed near the HF transmitter at Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire. Salvaged
38543 (MSN 9521) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*A], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 13Sep44. Named LAIDEN MAIDEN. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*A],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 14Sep44. Named "The Ragin' Bull".
{first combat mission 27Sep44}. {25 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Stuttgart, Germany 16Dec44. On return to Horham the plane
overshot the runway and collided with B-17G 42-32066 which had also overshot the
runway and was stuck in the mud. Salvaged 17Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38544 (MSN 9522) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*T], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 13Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38545 (MSN 9523) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. Topeka Field, KS 25Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Sep44.
401st Bomb Squadron [LL*J], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 4Nov44. 324th Bomb Squadron. Battle damaged on a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 (9RTD).
Upon approaching the target the Strike Force encountered very high and dense cloud cover.
Other groups turned away to head for alternate targets. The 91st Bomb Group leader had
been in radio contact with a scouting force checking on weather over the target.
They informed him that there was an opening at 17,000 feet. Upon receiving this
information, the 91st Bomb Group dropped down from its briefed bombing altitude
of 27,000 feet to 17,000 feet and went under the weather front. As the group approached
the target, the clouds thickened and the formation slowed as it entered the clouds.
With bomb doors open, the group began a slow turn towards the target. Barely
above stalling speed, this plane was on the inside of the turn, causing a further
loss of airspeed. In an effort to keep position, the plane stalled and dropped out
of the formation. Enemy fighters pounced on the lone bomber and anti-aircraft
gunners turned their attention on it. Damaged by flak and fighters, the pilot
managed to regain position for the bomb drop. The bomb release mechanism failed
and the plane was left behind by the formation, the planes now lighter and faster.
A flak burst below the open bomb bay, the explosion flash filling the plane, but it
had released the bombs without them exploding. At that point, No.2 engine was
disabled and the No.3 propeller was windmilling. Jettisoning loose equipment,
the pilot headed for England but, realising that the altitude loss would prevent
reaching the coast, turned towards Brussels and the allied lines. Down to 2,000ft,
the remaining engines began to lose power with fuel exhaustion and overheating.
The pilot set the autopilot as the crew bailed out and were picked up by British
infantrymen. The plane continued to fly but was losing altitude in a gentle glide.
Making a perfect approach, the plane touched down in a plowed field and ground
looped at the end of the field. Crash landed near Liège, Belgium. The location was close
to British anti-aircraft gunners who were puzzled by the absence of a crew after such
a perfect landing. {3 missions}. Salvaged 28Nov44. Unaware of the fuss which had been
created, the crew was eating a Thanksgiving dinner. They were offered a damaged B-17
to fly back to England. The plane was missing No.3 engine and the ball turret, the gunner
having been killed in it. The pilot took off on three engines with orders to fly the plane to
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. Defying orders, the pilot set
course and landed back at Bassingbourn
38546 (MSN 9524) Accepted by USAAF 19Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 25Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 12Sep44. 860th Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 13Sep44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*K]. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe
airfield at Loddenheide, Münster, Germany 5Oct44 (7RTD:2POW). Damaged by flak, crashed
Lüdenscheid, Germany MACR 9576
38547 (MSN 9525) Accepted by USAAF 18Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 25Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Sep44. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk Sep44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*P], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep44. {first combat mission 12Oct44}. Failed to return
from a mission to the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg,
Germany 25Oct44 (6KIA:3POW). After being struck by flak over the target, the aircraft went
into a vertical dive and crashed at Gut Moor, Hamburg, Germany. {5 missions) MACR 10261
38548 (MSN 9526) Accepted by USAAF 18Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 25Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 18Sep44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*M], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 27Sep44. {first combat mission 28Sep44}.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works
and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane suffered major battle damage on
that final mission; wing main spar hit by flak over the target. {70 missions}. Converted for
trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to
expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops
from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey
home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and
flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38549 (MSN 9527) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 385th Bomb Group [O], Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 16Sep44.
Named "In Like Flynn" (named for Errol Flynn). Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 27Jun45. 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
38550 (MSN 9528) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*A], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 19Sep44. Named "Daisy Mae"
(character in Li'l Abner comic strip). Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 3Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38551 (MSN 9529) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*L], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 13Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to Cologne, Germany 7Jan45
(9KIA). The bomber collided with B-17G 43-38968 after they turned towards the target area.
High clouds at flight altitude plus dense persistent contrails contributed to very little
visibility. Caught fire, disintegrated and crashed at Rothenbach – Hintermühlen,
northwest of Westerburg, Germany. {33 missions}. MACR 11569
38552 (MSN 9530) Accepted by USAAF 19Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 561st Bomb Squadron [D],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 20Sep44. Named "Patty" .
{first combat mission 15Oct44}. Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the
target. Battle damaged on a mission to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel,
Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (1WIA:8RTD). Flak over the target was a meagre to moderate barrage
with several rockets, wounding the bombardier. {final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified
with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown
to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {70 missions + 5 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38553 (MSN 9531) Accepted by USAAF Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 28Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*T],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 20Sep44. Named "Shack'n Lady"
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 25Jun45. 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 9Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38554 (MSN 9532) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*B], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 23Nov44. Named "Bouncing Betty III"
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38555 (MSN 9533) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 16Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 25Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy
Reconnaissance), 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing,
Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 18Sep44. Operated meteorological reconnaissance
sorties to the North Atlantic and North Sea. Damaged taxying at Lajes Field,
Terceira Island, Azores 16Dec44. Salvaged 23Dec44
38556 (MSN 9534) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 21Aug44. Wright Field,
Dayton, OH 31Aug44. Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 12Oct44.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 20Apr45.
4100th Base Unit (Fairfield Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 16May45. Accident landing at Wright Field 3May46. 4000th Base Unit,
Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 12Jun46. Reclaimed 2Aug46
38557 (MSN 9535) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 17Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 26Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. HQ, Ninth Air Force,
Sunninghill Park, Ascot (Station 472), Berkshire 19Sep44. Returned to US.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 26Dec45. 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
38558 (MSN 9536) Accepted by USAAF 19Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 561st Bomb Squadron [L],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 19Sep44. {first combat mission 25Feb45}.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Munich,
Germany 25Feb45 (5KIA:4POW). Damaged by flak, exploded and crashed in the English
Garden, Munich, Germany. {1 mission) MACR 12718
38559 (MSN 9537) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 21Sep44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*B], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 25Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38560 (MSN 9538) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. Fifteenth Air Force, Italy 19Sep44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 27Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38561 (MSN 9539) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 749th Bomb Squadron [M], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44
(7POW:2KIA). The box barrage of flak was heavy around the target. An estimated
500 Luftwaffe fighters went up to meet the bomber force. Shot down by enemy fighters,
crashed Nebra, Germany. MACR 10321.
38562 (MSN 9540) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 17Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. HQ, Ninth Air Force 19Sep44. Sunninghill Park,
Ascot (Station 472), Berkshire 24Sep44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*V/L], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 17Jan45 Named "Kitty Kay, and Katy".
(28 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the munitions depot and railway
marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45 (3KIA:5POW). Struck by flak
over the target damaging the No.3 engine and possibly No.4 engine. A fire started
in one of the engines as the bomber dropped out of formation and lost altitude then
some of the crew started to bail out. With flames in the flight deck, the plane stalled
and fell off on the left wing as more crew bailed out before the plane exploded,
crashing at Oranienburg. MACR 13090
38563 (MSN 9541) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 18Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 27Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*H],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. Named "Jackie".
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}.
Returned to US. 1407th Base Unit, European Wing, Air Transport Command, Valley
(Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
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.
38564 (MSN 9542) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. Topeka Field, KS 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 6Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*X],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. Failed to return
from a mission 12Jan45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged by 5th Strategic Air Depot,
Merville (B-53), France. Returned to 398th Bomb Group 31Jan45. Flew on the final Eighth Air
Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Collision with B-17G 44-6896 landing after a practice mission
at Nuthampstead 4May45. Repaired by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire. Returned 27May45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38565 (MSN 9543) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 21Sep44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*X], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Oct44.
Named "MISS GEE EYEWANNA GO HOME". Takeoff accident at
Deenethorpe 1Feb45. {59 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38566 (MSN 9544) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Sep44. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*T], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 25Sep44. Returning from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at
Osnabrück, Germany 21Nov44 (7RTD:2POW), mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38270 but
returned to base and repaired. The Webb crew in 43-38270 collided with the Foss crew in
43-38566. Webb over shot his position and his vertical stabiliser hit the ball turret of
43-38566 and continuing forward, impacted the nose compartment of 43-38566. The tail
section of Webb's aircraft was torn off and his aircraft spiraled down out of control,
Foss landed 43-38566 safely, but with several casualties. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. 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 MACR 10468
38567 (MSN 9545) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*Q], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 25Sep44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*G], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 6Oct44. {24 missions}. Battle damaged Koblenz 28Dec44,
crash landed Belgium. Salvaged 5Jan45.
38568 (MSN 9546) Accepted by USAAF 21Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 27Aug44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Sep44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
860th Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 11Sep44.
Named "Little Davey II". . Named after the pilot’s first born son.
Crashed after takeoff for a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Nürnberg,
Germany 20Feb45 (8KIA:2RTD). Immediately after takeoff No.3 engine caught fire.
The pilot feathered the propeller and extinguished the fire, but the engine fire quickly
resumed and the right wing also began to burn. His course took him over Woodbridge
so he had no opportunity to dump the bomb load. His only hope was to ditch the plane
in the River Deben, in shallow water. He managed to follow the River Deben searching for a
suitable spot, which turned out to be a point almost opposite the quay at Ramsholt, Suffolk.
Sadly the waters were deeper than he thought and the plane immediately sank in eighteen
feet of water, completely submerged with only the tail fin remaining visible. Investigations
into the crash showed that the engine caught fire because of improper maintenance. Salvaged
Two crewman were rescued by fisherman Arthur Hunt and
resident Arthur Reeve and were taken to the local pub.
38569 (MSN 9547) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Sep44. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*S], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 13Sep44. Named "Battling Butch II" Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 15Oct44; force landed on the continent
38570 (MSN 9548) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*H], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 23Sep44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist
and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return
of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to
Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the
United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who
had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
38571 (MSN 9549) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*P], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 7Dec44. Name "Country Boys Paradise".
The aircraft was taking off from Chelveston when it hit a tree causing considerable damage.
It was taken to a safe height and abandoned. Crash landed near Papworth, near Cambridge 4Apr45.
Salvaged 5Apr45.
38572 (MSN 9550) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 26Sep44. Failed to return from a
mission to the Braunkohle Benzin A.G. synthetic oil refinery at Rothensee,
Magdeburg, Germany 28Sep44 (9KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, with its
right wing on fire it crashed near Hornburg, Germany MACR 9409
38573 (MSN 9551) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy Reconnaissance),
25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 24Sep44. Operated meteorological reconnaissance sorties to the North Atlantic
and North Sea. Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13Jul45. Returned to US.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West
Palm Beach, FL 29Oct45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field,
AR for storage and disposal 7Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway
Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
38574 (MSN 9552) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 18Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Sep44. Fitted with Gee-H radio navigation system equipment.
407th Bomb Squadron [PY*P], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 24Sep44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*P], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk.
Named "Russian Lullaby" Battle damaged during a mission to Tank 7 armament works,
Berlin, Germany 28Mar45 (1WIA). The bomber was leading the high flight of the lead
squadron. Soon after crossing into Germany, near Kassel, the formation was subjected
to a flak barrage. This plane was struck causing severe damage and wounding the bombardier.
Number three engine was hit and the propeller coiuld not be feathered. The hydraulic
system, top turret, Gee box, radio equipment and the heating system as well as several
flight instruments were out of action. Despite the damage and injury, the crew elected to
continue to the target. Altitude was 19,000ft at the Initial Point in thick clouds. Not
wanting to waste the effort of coming so far, the bombardier struggled to use the bomb
sight hoping for a break in the clouds. With a slight break, the bombardier dropped the
bomb load on a bridge in a small town. The pilot turned for home and with the help of a
sherperding bomber, landed safely back at Podington. Damaged taxying at Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 7Jun45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
38575 (MSN 9553) Accepted by USAAF 22Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 20Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 850th Bomb Squadron [G-],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 19Sep44. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Plauen, Germany 21Mar45 (8KIA:1POW).
En route to the target, the bomber was over Weinböhla, Germany when
Shot Down By Gunfire From Me 262 A-1a Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 7/9.
The plane was set on fire in the radio room then the wings caught fire. The bomber
exploded and crashed at Elsterwerda, Germany. (8) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman
Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 13557
38576 (MSN 9554) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*Q], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Sep44. Destroyed in a fire at Snetterton after a
training flight 27Dec44. The bomber landed too close and overtook B-17G 43-38930
which had just landed on the main runway. As it did so the left wing and propellers
scythed through the vertical stabiliser and right wing of the other bomber. Incredibly,
both crews escaped unhurt
38577 (MSN 9555) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 11Sep44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*N], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 23Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*B].
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 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.
38578 (MSN 9556) Accepted by USAAF 22Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 561st Bomb Squadron [Q],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 1Oct44. {first combat mission 6Oct44}.
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44
(1KIA:8POW). Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. The plane was
lagging behind from the time the formation went over Belgium until it was struck by flak
near the rally point. The plane was on fire and dove 3,000ft putting the fire out but later
seen to explode. Crashed Koblenz, Germany. {5 missions MACR 9480
38579 (MSN 9557) Accepted by USAAF 22Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 1Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*F],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 13Sep44.
{first combat mission 2Oct44}. {3 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Cologne,
Germany 5Oct44 (4KIA:5POW). Struck by flak, the aircraft peeled off and left formation
just before the target. It was struck a second time and caught fire then entered a steep
dive and exploded over Gelsenkirchen. Crashed at Ulfkotte, east of Dorsten, Germany
MACR 9754
38580 (MSN 9558) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 749th Bomb Squadron [N], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 11Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron. Named *Flory*. Battle damaged
during a mission to industrial, oil and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44.
The nose was damaged while landing on return to Glatton. Salvaged
38581 (MSN 9559) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 20Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*Z], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Sep44. Crash landed after a mission to oil target at
Saalfeld, Germany 6Feb45 (9RTD). The expected clear weather did not materialize so
the Group hit a secondary target. Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate. After
the target, the formation faced a strong headwind which increased fuel consumption
to the point where several aircraft intended to divert to Brussels. With fuel starvation,
the number four engine died. In cloud, the navigator was having difficulty in computing
their location and a heading for the airfield at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium.
Crash landed at Galmaarden, Belgium. The bomber landed between two electricity poles
and passed under the cables across the street, to finally come to a standstill in the mud.
The crew was taken away and returned to England the following day. Salvaged 10Feb45.
Hundreds of people trudged through the mud to see the plane up close. But it did not take
long before the wreck was guarded. British soldiers guarded the wreck for seven weeks.
In the meantime the engines and the armament had already been disassembled, and then
what remained was left to the population. From early in the morning people were already
hammering to get a bit of it. Reportedly, the wheels would be used to place under a pusher
cart. The main spars of the wings found a new use as a fence - there are several along the
Tasseniersstraat. And the plane ended with a scrap dealer from Ninoofse, who took the
whole thing with him. A large piece of the plane was still standing near the crash site,
in the back of a garden. For over 52 years the fin of this plane was used as a chicken coup
at Galmaarden. The fin and a section of wing spar are on display in the BAHAAT collection
in the For Freedom Museum in Knokke / Ramskapelle, Belgium
38582 (MSN 9560) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Sep44. 751st Bomb Squadron [R], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. Named *Fledia Fay*. Damaged in an accident while
parked at Glatton 20Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport,
TN 20Sep45. Reclaimed 26Oct45
38583 (MSN 9561) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*H], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron [G:C],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 21Sep44. Named "Jackie".
Following a mission to the Braunkohle Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen-Rötha, Leipzig,
Germany 30Nov44; force landed Belgium. Repaired and regained by Group. Failed to return
from a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 22Jan45 (9POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Westladbergen, Germany. MACR 11828.
38584 (MSN 9562) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*H], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 25Sep44. Named "The Dawnbusters/Easy Going".
Battle damaged on a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, accident landing on return
to base at Horham 15Mar45. {62 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38585 (MSN 9563) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*K], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 21Sep44. {30 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to Neuss, Germany,
crash landed on return to Polebrook 31Dec44
38586 (MSN 9564) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 25Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification
Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Aug44. 353rd Air Base Detachment,
Watertown Field, SD 20Oct44. Cold Weather Trials, Watertown Field, SD 5Nov44.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
18Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 21Nov45
38587 (MSN 9565) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44.
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 12Sep44. Battle damaged during
Operation Varsity 25Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets
and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 110th Radar Calibration Squadron, Elmendorf AFB,
Anchorage, AK. Damaged by fire taxying at Elmendorf AFB 5Dec52
38588 (MSN 9566) Accepted by USAAF 23Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 1Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*D],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 1Oct44
Named "Eileen's Kindergarten". The name was attributed to the pilot
who named it after his wife, and the fact that he was much older (31) than other
members of his crew. He felt at times as if he was running a kindergarten!
{first combat mission 3Oct44}. During a flight from Bovingdon (Station 112),
Hertfordshire to Villacoublay (A-42), near Paris, France, the weather closed in
forcing a diversion to Toussous-le-Noble (A-46) 16Nov44. Through a misunderstanding,
the pilot landed on a runway that was closed to B-17 traffic. The right main landing gear
sank into a filled bomb crater at the end of the landing roll, damaging portions of the
right wing, engines, and propellers. There were no injuries to personnel. The aircraft
was repaired and re-joined the 384th Bomb Group 24Feb45. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*O]
24Feb45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane suffered
major battle damage on that final mission. {45 missions}. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille,
France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA (code #48). It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops
from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey
home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and
flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45
to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45
38589 (MSN 9567) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Oct44. Topeka Field, KS 1Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44.
838th Bomb Squadron [2C*E], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 28Sep44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38590 (MSN 9568) Accepted by USAAF 24Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44.
410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 17Sep44 Named "Heavenly Comrade". Transferred to
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk May45. Returned to US
by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun44.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38591 (MSN 9569) Accepted by USAAF 24Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 31Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*U],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 28Sep44.
Named "Myassis Draggin" {54 missions}. 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 23May45. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return
of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France,
to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United
States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had
been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to
Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United
States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45
from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks who had sympathized with Nazis.
The passengers were facing Greek imprisonment and were under armed guard. Flights
were from Istres, France to Munich, Germany to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece.
Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy.
Salvaged 10Dec45
38592 (MSN 9570) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Sep44. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*N], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 18Oct44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*B]. {64 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38593 (MSN 9571) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Sep44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk. 861st Bomb Squadron [B*S], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 8Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45.
The expected clear weather did not materialize so the Group hit the secondary
target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany
Shot down By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-14 Near Rastow, Germany
While on a Mission on The Marshalling Yards at Chemnitz, Germany. BF 109G-14 Flown By Unknown
Pilot & Unit. All (9) Crew Bailed Out & Captured & Became POWs. (5) Libereted on April 15, 1945,
(4) Between May 1-5, 1945 By U.S Army Troop. MACR 12235
38594 (MSN 9572) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 7Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 749th Bomb
Squadron [B], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Sep44
Named *Lady Be Good*. Damaged by flak during an Operation Thunderclap
mission to the railway marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45.
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Force landed at Langemark, Belgium.
Repaired and regained by Group. Damaged by Me 262 fighters during a mission to
railway installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45, No.2 engine
caught fire and the left wing was damaged. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
18Mar45. Left wing replaced. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38595 (MSN 9573) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 1Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*B],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 13Sep44 Named "Stormy Weather"??
Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44
(8POW:1KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Cologne. {6 missions} MACR 9471
38596 (MSN 9574) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Sep44. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 6Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*G]. Failed to return from a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Nürnberg, Germany 20Feb45 (5POW:5KIA). Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire
20 Miles South of Nurnberg, Germany. Caught Fire and Left Wing Broke off and Aircraft
Went into a Spin and Exploded in Mid Air. crashed Rosthenbach, Germany
(5) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
MACR 12550
38597 (MSN 9575) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 22Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44.
549th Bomb Squadron [XA*X], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 20Sep44.
Landing accident at Great Ashfield 15Jan45. Crash landed after a mission to oil targets in
Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather did not materialize so the Group hit the
secondary target, the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over
Frankfurt was intense and accurate. Salvaged. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25Jun45. 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 5Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38598 (MSN 9576) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Aug44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 20Sep44. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*U], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 6Oct44. Named "Bonnie Lassie". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 14Jul45.
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
38599 (MSN 9577) Accepted by USAAF 24Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 31Aug44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Sep44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*D], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Sep44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Named "Lady Be Good" (1941 film) Failed to return
from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Roudnice, Czechoslovakia 17Apr45;
force landed on the continent. Caught fire 22Apr45. Salvaged 25Apr45
38600 (MSN 9578) Accepted by USAAF 25Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 25Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 2Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*S], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Sep44. Named "No Name Jive". {first combat mission 2Oct44}.
{41 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to railway installations and tank factories at
Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (5KIA:3RTD:1POW). After the target, flak damaged No.3 engine and
the pilot turned east towards Soviet lines. When the plane was attacked by German fighters,
some of the crew bailed out. Four airmen - pilot, radio operator, waist and tail gunners -
were still in the plane and were killed when it crashed at Bucze, north of Brzesko, Poland.
Salvaged 30Mar45. MACR 13138
38601 (MSN 9579) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 25Sep44. 325th Bomb Squadron [NV*O], 92nd Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 4Oct44. Landing accident at Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire 22Jan45.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey
and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS
Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to
10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45
38602 (MSN 9580) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13Sep44.
349th Bomb Squadron [XR*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 14Sep44.
Named "Grumblin' Gremlin". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38603 (MSN 9581) Accepted by USAAF 25Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 6Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Sep44. 850th Bomb Squadron [D-],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 13Oct44. 850th Bomb Squadron [A-].
Accident landing at Eye returning from a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45. Crew OK, aircraft badly damaged.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38604 (MSN 9582) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*H], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 24Sep44. Failed to return from a mission
to industrial, oil and rail installations in Cologne, Germany 15Oct44 (8KIA:1POW).
Damaged by flak, crashed Cologne
38605 (MSN 9583) Accepted by USAAF 25Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 2Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Sep44. 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 13Sep44.
709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk. Named "Big Ass Bird".
Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38450 26Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38606 (MSN 9584) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Sep44. 748th Bomb Squadron [P], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 18Sep44. Named *Moon Light Mission*. Failed to return from
a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45
(5POW:4KIA). Shot down by Me 262s and crashed Genthin, Germany.
MACR 13912.
38607 (MSN 9585) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 23Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Sep44.
613th Bomb Squadron [IN*H], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Oct44.
Named "Lady Jane II". {27 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Schlesischer Bahnhof
marshalling yard, Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (2KIA:7POW). Shot Down By R4M Rocket From
German (Jet) Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/R1 Over
Berlin, Germany. Me 262 A-1a/R1 Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 7/9.
After being hit by the fighters the Lady Jane II continued to fly over the target but then stalled and fell
out of the formation. The pilot gave the bail out signal; all of the crew except the pilot bailed out of the aircraft.
German documents record that the aircraft crashed just over ½ mile north of Wittingen, northeast of Hanover
MACR 13137
38608 (MSN 9586) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Sep44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 8Sep44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*E], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 23Oct44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*C]. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 26May45. Named "Lucille". . Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38609 (MSN 9587) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Sep44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*F], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 13Sep44. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38610 (MSN 9588) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 23Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44.
Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Sep44. 351st Bomb Squadron
[EP*T], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 17Sep44. Damaged by
debris from B-17G 43-37517 which exploded after landing at Thorpe Abbotts 31Jan45.
Salvaged 2Feb45.
38611 (MSN 9589) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*J], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 21Sep44 Named UMBRIAGO [drunk as a skunk] - a word made famous
by comedian/entertainer Jimmy Durante, who had a hit song of the same name
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (2KIA:7POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Merseburg. MACR 11042
38612 (MSN 9590) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 29Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 549th Bomb
Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 19Sep44
Named 'Lil' Lulu'. {first combat mission 3Oct44}. {15 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 6Dec44 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crash
landed and destroyed by the crew at Nordoellen, Netherlands MACR 11056
38613 (MSN 9591) Accepted by USAAF 26Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 26Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Sep44.
569th Bomb Squadron [CC*H], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk Sep44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk Sep44.
Named "Yardbird/Yardbird III". {first combat mission 27Feb45}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{33 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jul45. 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.
38614 (MSN 9592) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 24Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44.
730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 19Sep44.
Named "Utah Gal" . The pilot of this plane was from Utah. He was married to a redhead, a
gal who was also from Utah, hence the name. Battle damaged on an Operation Clarion mission
to a railway marshalling yard at Freiburg, Germany 22Feb45 (1WIA:8RTD). The bombardier was
wounded. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38615 (MSN 9593) Accepted by USAAF 29Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 3Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Sep44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*D], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Sep44. {first combat mission 26Sep44}.
{9 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Ruhland, Germany
7Oct44 (9RTD). In the vicinity of Bad Iburg, the aircraft was hit by flak and peeled off from
formation with No.2 wing fuel tank leaking. It was last seen over Osnabrück with wheels
down and under control. Force landed in allied territory near Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged 14Nov44.
38616 (MSN 9594) Accepted by USAAF 26Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 24Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*K], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 27Sep44. {first combat mission 28Sep44}.
{36 missions}. Severely battle damaged during a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Hangelar,
Bonn, Germany 10Jan45. The mid-fuselage was ripped open adjacent to the waist guns.
Force landed on return at RAF Manston, Kent. Salvaged
38617 (MSN 9595) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 24Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 18Sep44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*Q], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 19Sep44. Named "New York Express".
{80 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. 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
38618 (MSN 9596) Accepted by USAAF 28Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Sep44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Sep44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 2Oct44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 6Oct44.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38619 (MSN 9597) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Oct44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*L],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 14Oct44.
359th Bomb Squadron [BN*A], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 15Oct44. {22 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 14Feb45 (9RTD).
Over the target the plane had been struck by flak and was losing fuel. The pilot intended
to stop at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium for fuel. Losing altitude and with two engines
stopped because of fuel starvation, the pilot looked for somewhere to land. Now with only
one engine operating the plane crash landed safely in a turnip field along the Eikenstraat
in Moorsel, close to Brussels, which had just been liberated. Salvaged 13Mar45. The bulk
of the wreckage remained and salvaged by local villagers and farmers until a scrap
merchant took the remains away
38620 (MSN 9598) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 25Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Sep44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Sep44.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*F], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 17Oct44.
Failed to return 22Mar45; force landed on the continent 23Mar45. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots
Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire. Reassigned 12May45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38621 (MSN 9599) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 8Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*E], 3
03rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 3Oct44. 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 29May45. Named "So Ragged". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 44-85833
and 44-85835 at South Plains 6Dec45
38622 (MSN 9600) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 17Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38623 (MSN 9601) Accepted by USAAF 28Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 7Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Sep44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [J],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 20Oct44. 40th Air Depot Group,
2nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Named "Easy Does It:. Damaged in an
accident with B-17G 43-38956 taxying during maintenance at Stansted 2Dec44.
{first combat mission 5Jan45}. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 17Feb45 (10KIA). The aircraft received a direct flak
hit in the left wing and probably in the rear part of the waist section. The left wing caught fire
then exploded. The plane went into a tight spin as the tail section floated earthward.
The wreckage of the aircraft fell in the region of Hafenstraße, close to the harbour area in
Hanau, Germany. {10 missions}. MACR 12432
38624 (MSN 9602) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*W], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 6Oct44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament
and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist
and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated
in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French
Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s
aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of
the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on
the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 31May46
38625 (MSN 9603) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*X], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 29Sep44. Named "Ole Doodle Bug!". . Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun44.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. 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
38626 (MSN 9604) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 1Oct44. Returned to US. 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
38627 (MSN 9605) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 602nd Bomb
Squadron [K8*Z], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 17Oct44.
Accident landing at Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 28Nov44.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament
works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38628 (MSN 9606) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*A], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 17Oct44. Transferred to 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 8Jan45. Battle damaged on a mission to the vehicle
works of Vomag Maschinenfabrik at Plauen, Germany 19Mar45. Force landed on the
continent. Salvaged. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jun45.
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
38629 (MSN 9607) Accepted by USAAF 26Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 8Sep44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Sep44. 1379th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44.
860th Bomb Squadron [S*J], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 28Sep44.
Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 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
38630 (MSN 9608) Accepted by USAAF 29Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 17Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Aug44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*G],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 7Oct44.
{first combat mission 9Oct44}. {55 missions}. Failed to return from a tactical mission
in preparation for the lower Rhine River crossing by Allied ground forces to a German
military camp at Westerholt, Germany 22Mar45 (1KIA:9RTD). A waist gunner was
mortally wounded by flak returning from the mission. The pilot elected to land in
Belgium to get medical assistance for the gunner. The plane crash landed and was
destroyed by fire at Knocke (B-83), Belgium. Salvaged 13Jun45
38631 (MSN 9609) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Aug44. Patterson Field,
Dayton, OH 10Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*T], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44 Named "Tondelayo". Named for the sexy character
portrayed by Hedy Lamar in the movie ‘White Cargo". Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38632 (MSN 9610) Accepted by USAAF 28Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 29Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 7Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*T], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 17Sep44. Named "Free Delivery"– artwork of a stork
carrying a black bomb in a cloth sling. {first combat mission 2Oct44}. {26 missions}.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission to front line strong points around Metz and Thionville,
France 9Nov44. Complete undercast prevented the group from conducting a visual run on
the targets, and the formation diverted to the rail marshalling yards at Saarbrücken, Germany.
Flak over the target was moderate and accurate. On return, the plane force landed at RAF
Woodbridge emergency landing ground, Suffolk. Failed to return from a mission to
Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (2KIA:7POW). Damaged by flak and hit by a Me 262 jet fighter.
Crashed at Neuendorf bei Elmshorn, northwest of Hamburg, Germany MACR 11245.
38633 (MSN 9611) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*F], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 2Jan45. Battle damaged Cologne, Germany 28Jan45
(1KIA:7POW:1RTD). Over the target, the aircraft experienced a fire in the number three
engine feeder tank caused by a flak hit. The pilot tried diving the aircraft to put the
fire out but was unsuccessful in doing so. Fire spread over the wing and horizontal
stabiliser. After the dive he slowed the plane down and told the crew to bail out.
This was about fifteen or twenty minutes after the target. The plane kept losing
altitude but was able to maintain an airspeed of 170 mph. When down to 10,000ft the
pilot found that he could hold altitude so stayed at 10,000ft and followed the bomber
formation around, cutting inside of them a little so that he could keep then in sight.
He couldn’t feather No.3 propeller but it finally froze and the propeller broke loose from
the engine. When almost to the coast the plane got a few accurate bursts of flak.
By this time it looked as though the fire was out and the pilot went on out across the
North Sea towards England. He called air-sea rescue and they sent a P-47 thunderbolt
out to guide him in. The P-47 took him to a forced landing at RAF Woodbridge emergency
landing ground, Suffolk. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire. Salvaged
38634 (MSN 9612) Accepted by USAAF 29Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Sep44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Oct44. [G], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 14Oct44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38635 (MSN 9613) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. Modified for training, designated TB-17G. 6520th Test Wing,
Laurence G. Hanscom AFB, MA. Designated EB-17G. Designated ETB-17G. 3040th Aircraft
Storage Depot, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ 13Jul54. Designated TB-17G 13Jan56.
Reclaimed 6Apr59. National Metals Company, Phoenix, AZ, 31Jul59. Registered as N3702G;
cancelled 16Apr80. Louis A. Kordish, Long Beach, CA 11Nov59. Chas J. Fischer, Los Angeles, CA
22Apr60. Edgar A. Neely/Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA 21Jul60. Converted to fire tanker
1960. Tanker #E61. TBM Inc, Tulare, CA 25Apr67. Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA 1Nov79.
USAF Museum Loan Program 26Nov79. On loan to the Castle AFB Museum, Atwater, CA.
Restored 1989. On static display outside at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.
This plane is now on display at Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA painted as 94th BG
aircraft flown by General Frederick Castle, commander of 94th BG when he was awarded Medal of Honor.
Named "Virgin's Delight". Castle AFB was renamed in his honor.
38636 (MSN 9614) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 27Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
26Sep44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*J], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1Oct44. Battle damaged Cologne, Germany 10Jan45; force landed
on the continent. Salvaged 18Jan45
38637 (MSN 9615) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Sep44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*L], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Oct44. {66 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38638 (MSN 9616) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 5Dec44. 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38639 (MSN 9617) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 8Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44.
548th Bomb Squadron [GX*E], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 1Oct44. Named 'Shadie Sadie'. Failed to return from a mission
to the Deutsche Werke AG submarine yards at Kiel, Germany 4Apr45 (9MIA).
This bomber was the section leader and was struck by No.4, B-17G 43-38210.
The vertical stabiliser of No.4 broke off and lodged in this aircraft. The other
aircraft broke in two, the front half continued in a loop and went over the top
of the leader. This bomber, still with the rear fuselage of the other aircraft lodged,
crashed into the North Sea. Air-sea rescue was notified of the position of the collision,
but neither of the aircraft or their crews were found MACR 13722.
38640 (MSN 9618) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 16Oct44. Named "Annie Marie" {75 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38641 (MSN 9619) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY
28Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 27Sep44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38642 (MSN 9620) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 28Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 19Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Oct44. 323rd Bomb Squadron,
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Nov44.
Named "Super Mouse"– artwork of a coy little mouse in a blue suit, red feather
and cloak on a yellow background circle. Painted by the pilot, David Hettema
{first combat mission 6Nov44}. {15 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to a
communication center at Wittlich, Germany 29Dec44. Flak ripped through two engines.
As the plane started to lose speed and altitude the bomb load was jettisoned but, soon
after, the pilot ordered his crew to abandon the plane. He remained at the controls and
succeeded in crash landing near Nazons, France causing only minor damage to the aircraft.
Salvaged 21Jan45.
38643 (MSN 9621) Accepted by USAAF 30Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 8Sep44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Sep44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*K],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 1Jan45. {first combat mission 3Jan45}.
{final combat mission 16Apr45}. {46 missions}. Damaged taxying at Framlingham 1Jun45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 30Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 3Sep45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38644 (MSN 9622) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Sep44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*A], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 23Sep44. Named "Green Weenie". Failed to return from a mission
to munitions and tank factories in Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (10POW). The plane was
struck in the bomb bay by flak over the target and caught fire. The fire was quickly
extinguished but the plane fell out of formation and was seen lagging behind at the rally
point. Three enemy Bf 109 fighters were then seen to attack the bomber which slid off
on one wing but appeared to be under control as it went into clouds. The crew bailed
out ten miles southeast of Parchim. Crashed southeast of Parchim, Germany MACR 11343
38645 (MSN 9623) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Oct44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*B],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 22Nov44.
Force-landed at RAF Gaydon with engine failure on 20th January 1945.
No crew members injured; transferred to 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}, Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38646 (MSN 9624) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Sep44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44. Equipped with
Carpet spot jamming equipment. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*T], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 7Oct44. {65 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Rosenheim, Germany 18Apr45
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed at Krallsheim Germany While on Mission on The Electric
Transformer Station at Traunstein Bavaria Germany. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and (1)
Was Captured and Became a POW. (9) Crew Evaded Capture and Reached Allied Lines. MACR 14175
38647 (MSN 9625) Accepted by USAAF 30Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY Aug44. Patterson 7Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 27Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Oct44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*D], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 19Jan45. {first combat mission 22Jan45}.
{45 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying
thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution
to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during
the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project
operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45
38648 (MSN 9626) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Aug44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*H],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 14Oct44. {24 missions}. Failed to return from
a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Neuberg, Germany 25Feb45 (9POW)
Hit by AAA Near Munich, Germany; Headed Home But Made a Wheels Up Belly Landing at Altstaedten, 2 km South
of Sonthofen, Germany. All (9) Crew Survived and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12578
38649 (MSN 9627) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Sep44. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9C. 91st Photographic Squadron, 1st Photographic Group, Buckley Field,
CO 26Oct44. 19th Photographic Squadron, 11th Photographic Group, Buckley Field, CO 29Nov44.
91st Reconnaissance Squadron, Howard Field, Panama 18Jan45. Redesignated FB-17G 1945.
91st Reconnaissance Squadron, Waller Field, Trinidad 18Jul45. Designated RB-17G 10Jun48.
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ 9Feb49. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance
Wing, Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA 30Sep49. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing,
McGuire, NJ 11Oct49. Reclaimed 8Nov49.
38650 (MSN 9628) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29Aug44.
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 10Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*M],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 7Oct44. Named "Merrie Christie".
{36 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Dresden,
Germany 14Feb45. Force landed France. Salvaged 20Feb45
38651 (MSN 9629) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Sep44. Modified to photographic configuration.
Designated F-9C. 91st Photographic Squadron, 1st Photographic Group, Buckley Field,
CO 29Oct44. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 16May45. Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Jun45. 19th Photographic Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance),
325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. 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. 368th Bomb Squadron,
North Field, Gibraltar Aug45. Redesignated FB-17G 1945. 368th Bomb Squadron, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France Feb46. 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany for storage 18Jan46. 7290th Air Base Group,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 18Oct46. Designated RB-17G 10Jun48. Reclaimed 3Aug49
38652 (MSN 9630) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*V], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 4Oct44. Named "Stinker Jr". Flew on the final Eighth Air Force
combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45
(1MIA:1WIA:6RTD). Just after leaving the target for the second time, flak hit the supercharger
on No.4 engine which started smoking. The plane stayed in formation for a few minutes,
dropped back but then rejoined the group. As the propeller was feathered, the engine caught fire,
burning the right wing flap. The plane lost altitude, apparently under control with the pilot
attempting to make it back to allied territory, not far away. Then the right wing came off
outboard of the engine and the aircraft started to spin with the crew starting to bail out
before the plane exploded. The aircraft crashed between Hagendorf and Reinhardsrieth, Germany.
MACR 14220
38653 (MSN 9631) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 29Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 2Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Sep44. Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9C.
91st Photographic Squadron, 1st Photographic Group, Buckley Field, CO 30Oct44.
5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 16May45. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Jun45.
19th Photographic Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing,
Watton (Station 376), Norfolk. 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. Redesignated FB-17G 1945.
10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany for
storage 18Jan46. 7290th Air Base Group, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 18Jul46.
Designated RB-17G 10Jun48. Reclaimed 11Feb49
38654 (MSN 9632) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Sep44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*N], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 26Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*B]. Landed on
continent 20Jan45. Regained by Group 14Mar45. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45.RFC Kingman, AZ 21Dec45.
38655 (MSN 9633) Accepted by USAAF 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 30Aug44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat
Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44.
562nd Bomb Squadron [F], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 13Sep44.
{first combat mission 2Oct44}. Battle damaged on a mission to Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44.
Force landed at Rackheath (Station 145), Norfolk. 561st Bomb Squadron [F] Feb45.
{final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed
with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to
southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{62 missions + 4 Chowhound + 3 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38656 (MSN 9634) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Aug44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Sep44. Eighth Air Force, UK 24Sep44. Returned to US.
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
38657 (MSN 9635) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*V], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 19Sep44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*V]. Named "Evasive Action".
{62 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38658 (MSN 9636) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*A], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 3Oct44. Damaged during a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Neumünster, Germany 13Apr45. The aircraft was carrying ten RDX bombs which
were supposed to be dropped in train, not salvoed. Over the target, the bomb load of
B-17G 44-8636 initially failed to release but then all dropped a few moments later.
Shortly after there was an explosion under that which peppered other aircraft nearby
with bomb fragments. A couple of bombs had collided and the unstable RDX had
caused the bombs to explode. This plane took many hits from fragments of the
explosion, causing serios injury to the spot jammer. The pilot set course for
Brussels but there was a fire coming from a hole in the left wing. The pilot
coaxed the bomber to a crash landing on a newly plowed field behind allied lines
between Brunswick and Peine, SE of Hanover, near the Autobahn after which the
fire caused an explosion. Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France
38659 (MSN 9637) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*N], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton
Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Sep44.
Named "Mammy Yokum." a character in the Li'l Abner comic strip.
Damaged taxying at Snetterton Heath 25Nov44. Failed to return from a mission to
Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45 (7KIA:2POW). Over Karlsruhe, the aircraft received a direct flak
burst between No.1 and No.22 engines and burst into flames. It peeled out of formation
to the right and went into a tight spin, exploding about 5,000 feet below the formation.
Crashed near Hockenheim, Germany MACR 11757
38660 (MSN 9638) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*W], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 19Sep44. {first combat mission 22Oct44}. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*W]. Failed to return from a mission to bomb a railway bridge at Mannheim, Germany
20Jan44 (4KIA:6POW). The bomber dropped its bombs on target, shortly afterwards
the squadron ran into Cirrus clouds and dense persistent contrails. When visibility
was regained the aircraft had disappeared. The wing aircraft did not see this plane
go down. It is possible that this aircraft may have been hit by flak in the Stuttgart area.
However, while on the bomb run the aircraft did not seem to be in trouble.
Crashed at Hirtzfeldon, France
38661 (MSN 9639) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Sep44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*P],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 18Oct44. Failed to
return 29Jan45; force landed on the continent. Reassigned 10Mar45. Failed to return
28Mar45; force landed on the continent. Reassigned 16Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38662 (MSN 9640) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 30Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 19Sep44. Failed to return from a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45
(4KIA:6POW). Flak set two engines on fire, crashed Gransee, Germany MACR 13028
38663 (MSN 9641) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*M],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 1Jan45. Named "The Great McGinty"
(a 1940 political satire comedy film) {first combat mission 3Jan45}. Battle damaged on a
mission to an oil refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (2WIA:7RTD); the radio operator and
waist gunner were wounded. Battle damaged on a mission to Berlin, Germany 18Mar45
(1WIA:8RTD); the tail gunner was wounded. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{42 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Damaged in collision with B-17G 42-31728 taxying at
Framlingham 18Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38664 (MSN 9642) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Aug44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44.
602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*P], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 18Oct44. {49 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Krailburg, Germany
11Apr45 (6POW:4KIA). After leaving the target, No.3 engine was feathered with mechanical
failure. Later the No.2 engine also failed and the propeller fethered. The aircraft dropped behind
and below the formation. With enemy fighters still a threat, the crew could not jettison any
equipment to arrest their descent. Still losing altitude, No.4 engine was feathered and the pilot
extinguished a fire in an hydraulic line behind his seat. Some of the crew bailed out at low level
over a forest. Too low to bail out, the pilot and co-pilot remained and crash landed the plane at
Muhldorf, Germany; the aircraft did not burn or explode after landing MACR 13868
38665 (MSN 9643) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 4Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
571st Bomb Squadron [FC*Z], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 19Sep44.
{first combat mission 6Oct44}. {36 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to an oil
refinery at Derben, Germany 14Jan45 (9KIA:1POW). The Group’s low squadron, comprised of
only eight aircraft, was lagging behind because of engine supercharger trouble in their
leading aircraft. When the Luftwaffe appeared on the scene, this unit was flying some 2,000ft
below and behind the rest of the formation, presenting the obvious choice of target. The Luftwaffe
took advantage of the opportunity; the entire low squadron was wiped out. Shot down by enemy
fighters, crashed Bartschendorf, Dreetz, Germany. MACR 11723
38666 (MSN 9644) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Sep44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Sep44.
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 25Sep44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*T],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 6Oct44. 508th Bomb Squadron
(YB*H]. {49 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38667 (MSN 9645) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Aug44.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44.
550th Bomb Squadron [SG*S], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Oct44.
335th Bomb Squadron [OE*L], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 1Oct44.
Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-37786 taxying at Great Ashfield 17Jan45. Landing accident
at Great Ashfield 1May45. {29 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38668 (MSN 9646) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 5Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*T],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 1Jan45. {first combat mission 3Jan45}.
Failed to return from a mission to Cologne, Germany 10Jan45 (5KIA:4POW). Over the target,
flak struck between No.1 and No.2 engines. The plane went into a 30 degree dive in an attempt
to extinguish the fire then leveled off for a short time. The left wing then came off and the
plane went into an uncontrolled dive. Crashed and exploded at Düsseldorf, Germany.
{3 missions}. MACR 11580
38669 (MSN 9647) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 18Sep44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*G], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. Flew on the final Eighth Air
Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 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
38670 (MSN 9648) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*W],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 28Sep44.
{15 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 2Nov44 (1KIA:8POW). The box
barrage of flak was heavy around the target. An estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters
went up to meet the bomber force. Shortly after turning off the target,
the bomber was attacked by enemy Bf 109 fighters, hitting the No.2 engine
and starting a fire in the wing. It mushed out of formation and dropped
down before entering a spin as the crew began to bail out. Crashed and
destroyed by fire NW of Geusa, west of Merseburg MACR 10156
38671 (MSN 9649) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*F], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 4Nov44 Named "Lehner's Raiders"
{4 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic
oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 (4KIA:5POW). Shot down by enemy
Fw 190 fighters starting a fire in the right wing. The aircraft entered a spin then exploded
when several crew were blown out while others were killed by the explosion.
It crashed near Zimmernsupra, 13km west of Erfurt, Germany MACR 11211
38672 (MSN 9650) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 17Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*I], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 28Sep44. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38673 (MSN 9651) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 5Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Sep44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*L],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 28Oct44.
{first combat mission 30Oct44}. {63 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return
of troops to USA (code #54). It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from
Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew
the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port
Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Landing accident at Erding (R-91), Germany 28Jul45. The right landing gear collapsed
and ground looped into the mud. Salvaged 4Oct45
43-38674/38873 Boeing B-17G-95-BO Fortress
MSN 9652/9851. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
Production changes: B-3A bomb release interval control. Engine fire extinguisher changes.
Bomb rack modifications
38674 (MSN 9652) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 31Aug44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 20Sep44.
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*B], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 3Oct44.
Loaned to Royal Air Force 12Dec44. Regained by Group. Failed to return from a mission
to the Lützkendorf oil facilities at Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany 9Feb45 (9RTD).
No.2 engine was struck by flak over the target. Defective wiring prevented the propeller from being
feathered and, as a consequence, the propeller finally oversped. Over Liège, Belgium, the
pilot ordered the crew to bail out; they all landed safely behind allied lines
38675 (MSN 9653) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Sep44. 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 1Oct44. Returning from a mission to
Chemnitz, Germany 3Mar45 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-6584 and
crashed at Charleroi, near Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged 9Mar45
38676 (MSN 9654) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 20Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*V], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 28Sep44. {51 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38677 (MSN 9655) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Sep44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*K], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 11Oct44. {63 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 31Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 6Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38678 (MSN 9656) Accepted by USAAF 5Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Sep44. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 1Oct44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*F], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 7Oct44. {first combat mission 11Oct44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to tactical targets at St Vith, Belgium 3Jan45; this mission
was in support of American troops under attack in the Battle of the Bulge.
As the plane turned onto the bomb run, the No.3 engine failed caused by mechanical
failure of a piston. This blew off the head of the cylinder and cowling. The cowling
hit the underside of the right horizontal stabiliser ripping a six-foot gash. The wind,
trying to peel back the skin, caused severe vibration of the tail section. Unable to continue,
the pilot turned back to England and was able to limit the severity of the vibration.
Unable to jettison bombs over allied lines in France, the pilot intended to do so over
the English Channel but found a large convoy of allied shipping. With reasonable
weather at Grafton, the pilot continued back to base. With one engine out and the
other three pushed to their limits to keep the plane aloft with the bomb load, the
pilot made a long approach for landing but was baulked by another B-17 being given
permission to take off. Fortunately, the pilot was able to fly a circuit and eventually
landed safely. {76 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to an underground oil
storage depot at Freiham, Germany 11Apr45 (8RTD). The nose compartment
was badly damaged and, with two engines inoperative, the bomber force landed at
Sandweiler (A-97), Luxembourg. Salvaged 14Apr45
38679 (MSN 9657) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*O], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 1945. Named "Miss Liberty". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 19Jul45. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK
31Dec45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 11Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38680 (MSN 9658) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Oct44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*S], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 7Nov44. Named "Honey Pie". {42 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38681 (MSN 9659) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 1Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Sep44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*V], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 26Sep44. Named "Grumblin' Gremlin III".
Damaged while parked at Thorpe Abbotts 14May45 when struck by B-17G 42-31991.
During taxy, the hydraulic system failed on the other aircraft. Operation of the
brakes depleted the hydraulic pressure and the pilot’s attempt to control the
aircraft with engine power caused the tail wheel shear pin to shear.
Losing control of the aircraft, a wing tip struck the parked B-17G, swinging the other
aircraft around into this aircraft head on, damaging the nose compartment,
right wing and two engines and propellers. Salvaged.
38682 (MSN 9660) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 1Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*K], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 22Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission
to a railway bridge at Mannheim, Germany 13Jan45. Prior to the target the aircraft
was damaged by flak which started a fire. Over the target flak hit No.2 and No.4
engines which caught fire. With the left wing on fire, the bomber force landed at
Tantonville (Y-1), France. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire
22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To 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
38683 (MSN 9661) Accepted by USAAF 5Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*M],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 3Oct44. 367th Bomb
Squadron [GY*M] 26Oct44. Battle damaged on a tactical mission in support of the
Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Giessen, Germany 24Dec44. Struck by flak
over Koblenz, Germany on return. Diverted by bad weather and force landed at
RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (1WIA:8RTD). 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38684 (MSN 9662) Accepted by USAAF 5Sep44. Air Service Command, Fairfield Air Depot,
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*L],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Oct44. Damaged on the
ground by strafing during Operation Bodenplatte at Grimbergen (B-60), Belgium 1Jan45.
Damaged landing at Podington 2May45. 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 1Jun45. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille,
France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from
Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew
the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 29Dec45
38685 (MSN 9663) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*O], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 4Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to Rheine
airfields on Operation Varsity 24Mar45 (1KIA). MACR 14112
38686 (MSN 9664) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 10Oct44.
338th Bomb Squadron [BX*P], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk
11Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38687 (MSN 9665) Accepted by USAAF 5Sep44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 17Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 848th Bomb Squadron [P],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 27Sep44. Failed to return from a tactical
mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Frankfurt-Rheine,
Germany 24Dec44. Crash landed in a plowed field near Geraardesbergen, Flanders, Belgium.
Salvaged 23Jan45
38688 (MSN 9666) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 3Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*E],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 29Sep44.
Failed to return from a mission to Munich, Germany 8Apr45 (2KIA:6POW).
Flak caused fire and left wing broke off, crashed Hof, Germany MACR 13880
38689 (MSN 9667) Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 4Sep44. 302nd Base
Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
3Oct44. 601st Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 11Oct44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*A], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. Failed to return from a
mission to bomb a railway bridge at Mannheim, Germany 13Jan45 (9KIA),
direct flak hit the tail which blew off the horizontal stabiliser, the aircraft
dived down and broke up in the air, crashed Roxheim, Germany MACR 11574
38690 (MSN 9668) Accepted by USAAF 7Sep44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH Sep44.
273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Oct44. 369th Bomb Squadron [BO*M], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh
(Station 111), Bedfordshire 6Nov44. Damaged after a night training flight
when it ran off the runway landing at Thurleigh 24Nov44. Failed to return
from a mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 1Jan45 (9MIA).
The aircraft was en route to the target as part of the low squadron. Over the
North Sea the low squadron broke up in cloud then reformed. The plane did
not reappear and is presumed to have crashed in North Sea MACR 11249
38691 (MSN 9669) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Sep44.
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 1Oct44.
511th Bomb Squadron [DS*B], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 9Oct44. 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*M]. {29 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38692 (MSN 9670) Accepted by USAAF 6Sep44. Patterson Field, Dayton, OH Sep44. 273rd Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44.
560th Bomb Squadron [D], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 25Sep44.
Named "Baby Mine". {first combat mission 7Oct44}. Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44. Moderate to intense flak was encountered
over the target. {final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and
ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany.
British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron
(A-70), France. {69 missions + 5 Chowhound + 2 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45.
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
38693 (MSN 9671) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 4Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Sep44.
322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*C], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 4Nov44. Failed to return from a mission to the Rheinmetall Borsig steel
works at Berlin, Germany 5Dec44 (4KIA:5POW). Struck by flak over the target and last
seen with No.1 propeller windmilling. Crashed at Talge-Wilsten, north of Beesten, Germany
MACR 11333
38694 (MSN 9672) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 4Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*C],
351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 9Oct44. Accident
landing at Polebrook 4Nov44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*D]. Named "Big Bird". {66 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38695 (MSN 9673) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*Q],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 13Nov44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrappe
38696 (MSN 9674) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Sep44. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 30Sep44. 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 1Oct44. Accident during assembly for a mission to the Hanomag vehicle factory at
Hanover, Germany 26Oct44 (8KIA:1RTD). Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37906 caused by
propeller wash. #906 dropped down and struck #696, breaking off the tail section from
which the gunner was able to bail out. #906 pulled up and separated from this plane
but then stalled back on top of it. Both planes exploded and the wreckage fell to earth in
fields near Caston Hall, Easton, Norfolk. The tail section fell on the driveway to Caston Hall. Salvaged
38697 (MSN 9675) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 19Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*M], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 4Nov44. Named "Powell's Prowler".
{23 missions}. Failed to return from an Operation Thunderclap mission to the
railway marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (8KIA:1POW). Flak over the target was
intense and accurate. Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-97387. The aircraft appeared to be riding in
the propeller wash from other aircraft and seemed to be out of control. Aircraft #697 dropped
about three to four hundred feet, climbed at about 45 degrees and the right wing cut #387 in half
between the ball turret and the radio room. With the right half of the horizontal stabiliser cut away,
this aircraft rose up, stalled and fell off on the left wing into a spin. Brought under control and
levelled off, the tail unit snapped off and the fuselage went down in a dive. Crashed, exploded and
destroyed by fire near Lehmke, southeast of Uelzen, Germany. MACR 12215
38698 (MSN 9676) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Sep44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 20Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany 16Feb45 (9POW). Flak over Hamm, Münster and Osnabrück
was meagre but accurate. Initially struck by flak on the bomb run over the target, No.3 engine
started losing oil and the propeller was feathered. Another burst of flak struck the right wing
behind No.4 engine. As the formation increased power to escape and return home, this plane
was unable to keep up and spiralled down and away. There was a fire in the right wing and the
pilot hoped it would extinguish if No.4 propeller was feathered. By this time the plane was
making slow 360 degree turns near the rally point. With the likelihood of the wing burning off,
the crew started to bail out. Crashed Sundern, Germany MACR 12447
38699 (MSN 9677) Delivered Patterson Sep 5, 1944; Hunter Sep 29, 1944; Dow Fd Oct 7, 1944; Assigned Oct 14, 1944 to
850th BS, 490th BG, 8th AF, based at RAF Eye Airfield, Station USAAF-134, Suffolk, England
Collided Feb 6, 1945 With B-17G (43-38167) in Mid Air Near Wittersheim, France While Returning From a Mission
to Chemnitz, Germany. Aircraft Broke in Half and Front Section Caught Fire and Both Sections Crashed.
(7) Crew Were Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Survived. 2 civilians on ground killed. MACR 12426
38700 (MSN 9678) Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 20Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 28Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38701 (MSN 9679) Accepted by USAAF 8Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 9Sep44. 302nd Base
Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 850th Bomb Squadron [L-],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 19Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Czechoslovakia 19Apr45 (7KIA:3POW).
Shot Down By Gunfire From Me 262 A-1a Southwest of Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Believed Me 262 A-1a Flown By Uffz. Anton Schoppler of JG 7/3.
The bombe dropped out of formation and some crew bailed out. It then exploded, being completely
disintegrated during the explosion,and fell to the ground scattered over a large area. The front part
of the fuselage with two airmen landed near the settlement of Hradiš?ko. The tail section
ended up on a slope south of the village of Sestrou?. The engines landed almost in a
line several hundred meters apart in the area east of Sestroun? and the wings even further east,
towards Prosenická Lhota, Czechoslovakia. MACR 14192
38702 (MSN 9680) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 9Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 15Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Sep44. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 25Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38703 (MSN 9681) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38704 (MSN 9682) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*D],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 4Oct44. Accident taxying at
Kimbolton 21Nov44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 22May45. Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-37975 near Lavenham 8Jul45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 16Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 26Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38705 (MSN 9683) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 6Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Sep44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*B],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 20Sep44. Failed to
return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna,
Merseburg, Germany 21Nov44 (9KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Leipzig, Germany. MACR 11199
38706 (MSN 9684) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 9Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 29Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*V], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 9Feb45. Failed to return from a mission to the German Army Headquarters
at Zossen near Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45. Struck by flak over the target setting
an engine on fire. With the crew ready to bail out, the pilot put the plane into a dive
and extinguished the fire. The bomber crash landed on a cinder strip at Kutno,
Poland behind Russian lines. The crew counted more than 250 holes caused by the flak.
Salvaged by the Russian Eastern Command 22Mar45
38707 (MSN 9685) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Sep44. 302nd Base Unit
(Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 28Sep44. 751st Bomb Squadron [H], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 30Sep44. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590),
Lancashire. Accident taking off at Burtonwood 17Oct44. 750th Bomb Squadron. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38708 (MSN 9686) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 28Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*T],
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 17Oct44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*T],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 4Nov44. Failed to return 23Feb45;
force landed on the continent. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire. Regained by Group 20Mar45. Damaged during a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Neumünster, Germany 13Apr45. The aircraft was carrying ten RDX bombs
which were supposed to be dropped in train, not salvoed. Over the target, the bomb load
of B-17G 44-8636 initially failed to release but then all dropped a few moments later.
Shortly after there was an explosion under that which peppered other aircraft nearby with
bomb fragments. A couple of bombs had collided and the unstable RDX had caused the
bombs to explode. This plane had fires in the bomb bay, right wing and No.4 engine.
The pilot dove the plane down from 20,000ft to 8,000ft before he ordered everyone to
bail out. Moments later the plane exploded.
38709 (MSN 9687) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Sep44. Air Service Command, Fairfield Air Depot,
Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 11Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy
Reconnaissance), 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing, Watton
(Station 376), Norfolk 27Sep44. Operated meteorological reconnaissance sorties to
the North Atlantic and North Sea. Damaged taxying at Lajes Field, Terceira Island,
Azores 27Feb45. Damaged taxying at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores 22Jun45.
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13Jul45. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit
(Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 29Oct45.
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
38710 (MSN 9688) Accepted by USAAF 8Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 8Sep44. 302nd Base
Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 12Oct44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*B], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 2Jan45. {first combat mission 5Jan45}. {11 missions}.
Failed to return from a tactical mission in preparation for the lower Rhine River
crossing by Allied ground forces to a Luftwaffe airfield at Ahlhorn, Oldenburg, Germany
22Mar45 (1KIA:8POW). Mechanical failure, crashed 2km north of Lehe, south of Papenburg, Germany
38711 (MSN 9689) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT Sep44. 302nd Base Unit
(Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 5Oct44.
368th Bomb Squadron [BO*D], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire
17Oct44. Damaged landing with the tail wheel retracted at Thurleigh 6Mar45. Modified for
Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket assisted
bombs. Participated in a mission to drop Disney bombs on the Valentin submarine bunker
at Farge, Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. Battle damaged on a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45. Before the target, No.2 engine was struck
by flak losing all the oil and unable to feather the propeller. The plane continued to the
target but later dropped out of formation and returned home alone. 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38712 (MSN 9690) Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 28Sep44. Named *Buddy Buddy*. .
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38713 (MSN 9691) Accepted by USAAF 8Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 8Sep44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 11Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*K], 306th Bomb
Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 3Jan45. Battle damaged by flak on a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Speyer, Germany 8Jan45. Force landed at
Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire
9May45. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of
carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb
Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which
was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the
return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
38714 (MSN 9692) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
7Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*G], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 19Oct44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham 9Jun45. Returned to US
by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped
38715 (MSN 9693) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [C:K], 388th Bomb
Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 28Sep44. {first combat mission 9Oct44}. Battle
damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 17Oct44.
Moderate to intense flak was encountered over the target. Battle damaged on a mission
to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44.
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44. Flak over the target
was a meagre to moderate barrage with several rockets. {final combat mission 16Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built
over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern
England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{64 missions + 4 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 18Jan46 for storage. Reclaimed 7Jan49
38716 (MSN 9694) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25Sep44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 28Sep44. Named
MISS ANOXIA / LIBERTY RUN KIDS. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*K], 379th Bomb Group 18Oct44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 4Mar46.
Used to map the Dutch-Belgian coast 16Dec47. 10th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 18Jan48 for storage. Reclaimed 9Jun48.
38717 (MSN 9695) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 551st Bomb Squadron [HR*G], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 28Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38718 (MSN 9696) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 30Sep44. Damaged taxying at Rougham 21Mar45.
Named "Queen Of the Stream". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38719 (MSN 9697) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44.
709th Bomb Squadron [IE*A], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 28Sep44
Named *Blue Hen Chick*. Landing accident at Rattlesden 19May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38720 (MSN 9698) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25Sep44. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Oct44.
326th Bomb Squadron [JW*K], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 11Oct44. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green
Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Salvaged 9Jan46
38721 (MSN 9699) Accepted by USAAF 11Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*J],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 28Oct44.
{first combat mission 1Nov44}. Accident on return from a tactical mission to German
artillery positions at Eschweiler, Germany 16Nov44. Bad weather caused a diversion
to RAF Stratford, Warwickshire. The plane landed long in poor visibility and the No.3
and No.4 propellers sliced through the left wing of B-17G 42-97941 which had been
prevented from turning off the end of the runway after landing. Eighth Air Force Service
Command 17Nov44. Regained by Group 30Nov44. Accident returning from a mission
to the synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade, Germany 22Jan45. Substantially damaged
in a collision with B-17G 42-102620 after landing back at Grafton Underwood. Aircraft
42-102620 had landed first but the right brake was locked caused by battle damage
over the target and, on landing, the tire skidded and burst. The pilot was attempting to
take to the infield when the collision happened. Aircraft 43-38721 was landing next
but with faulty flaps. The pilot approached too fast, landed long and was unable to
stop. With the tail wheel still locked, the pilot was unable to turn to avoid a collision.
The right wing struck the tail of aircraft 42-102620 and the No.4 propeller chewed
off its left wing outboard of No.1 engine. {22 missions}. Salvaged 24Jan45
38722 (MSN 9700) Accepted by USAAF 11Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron
[FO*M], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 14Oct44.
Landed on continent 19Mar45. Regained by Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38723 (MSN 9701) Spokane Field, WA 13Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 17Oct44. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 20May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38724 (MSN 9702) Accepted by USAAF 11Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Sep44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*Q],
390th Bomb Group 25Sep44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*T], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 13Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38725 (MSN 9703) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25Sep44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 28Sep44. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and
synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44 (6KIA:3POW). Damaged
by flak, crashed Leipzig, Germany
38726 (MSN 9704) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. Eighth Air Force, UK 30Sep44. Assigned to 8th AF Sep 30, 1944, with 94th BG
at RAF Bury St Edmunds airfield. Named *Shady Lady II*.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
8Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field,
Albuquerque, NM 25Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field,
Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped.
38727 (MSN 9705) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*N], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 28Sep44. Named "The Characters". Failed to return
from a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44 (4KIA:5POW). Flak over the battle
lines and at the target was intense and accurate. Flak hit No.2 engine, then another
hit the nose compartment, the bomber crashed at Hameln, Germany
38728 (MSN 9706) Accepted by USAAF 12Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 851st Bomb Squadron [+U], 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 19Oct44
.Named "£5 WITH BREAKFAST "– artwork of a voluptuous nude brunette. Who was responsible for
its unique nickname remains unknown, probably because it refers to the arrangement charged by
one of London's 'Piccadilly Commandos'!. The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the
490th Bomb Group. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38729 (MSN 9707) Accepted by USAAF Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 850th Bomb Squadron [P-],
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 1Oct44. Named "The Judge". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38730 (MSN 9708) Spokane, WA 13Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 5th ARSD, Base Air Depot Area,
Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*R], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 10Oct44. Failed to return 10Nov44; force landed on the continent.
Regained by Group 12Nov44. Severe battle damage 19Mar45, returned to base.
2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire.
Regained by Group 21Apr45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 30May45. 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
38731 (MSN 9709) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 1Oct44. Named "Blythe Spirit". Failed to return
from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany
15Mar45 (8KIA:2POW). Struck by flak near the I.P., one burst in the aircraft’s
bomb-bay, and another in the right wing between No.3 and No.4 engines.
The aircraft went into a spin; the co-pilot and navigator were thrown out,
and the plane disintegrated. Crashed near Schonhausen, Germany
38732 (MSN 9710) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 14Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 1Oct44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*O],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 2Oct44. Landing
accident at Snetterton Heath 18Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38733 (MSN 9711) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*K], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 11Oct44. Named "I'll Be Seeing You" (a 1944 film)
Battle damaged on Operation Varsity 25Mar45. Crash landed at Halesworth (Station 365),
Suffolk (8KIA). {48 missions}. Salvaged Mar45
38734 (MSN 9712) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Oct44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*C], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 22Nov44. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 26May45
Named *Cheshire Cat*. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38735 (MSN 9713) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*K:PY*D], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 11Oct44. Named "Flat Top". Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Dresden, Germany 14Feb45 (8KIA:1POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Conderque, Belgium. .
MACR 12354.
38736 (MSN 9714) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*P], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield
(Station 155), Suffolk 1Oct44. .Named "American Maid/Maiden America". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38737 (MSN 9715) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 26Sep44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 17Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38738 (MSN 9716) Spokane Field, WA 13Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*N],
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 11Oct44.
Named "Gaposis/Be Comin' Back". {63 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 4Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration. S
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38739 (MSN 9717) Accepted by USAAF 13Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 1Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil
works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44. Force landed on return on the continent.
Salvaged 22Dec44
38740 (MSN 9718) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Sep44. 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 23Sep44.
338th Bomb Squadron [BX*W], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 24Sep44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38741 (MSN 9719) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1Oct44. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*G]. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. 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
38742 (MSN 9720) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
6Oct44. 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 4Nov44. Operated by 324th Bomb Squadron. Failed to return from a
mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz,
Germany 30Nov44 (8KIA:1POW). The plane was in the rear element. A battery of
flak bursts exploded in the right rear portion of the rear element just as the
bombs were released over the target. It pulled out of formation, fell behind and
seen to explode. Crashed near Zeitz, Germany
38743 (MSN 9721) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*C], 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 1Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25Jun45.
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 16Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38744 (MSN 9722) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*R], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 2Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the
I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 30Nov44
(9POW). Crash landed Eschweiler, Germany. Salvaged 22Jan45.
38745 (MSN 9723) Accepted by USAAF 14Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*Q],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 14Oct44.
Named "Tag-A-Long" Accident landing at Kimbolton 25Nov44. Battle damaged on a
mission to Plauen, Germany, crash landed at Ipswich, Suffolk 23Feb45. Salvaged
38746 (MSN 9724) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
30Sep44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*G], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 13Oct44. Accident during assembly for a mission to the Henschel und Sohn
industrial complex at Kassel, Germany 29Jan45 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-6137.
Aircraft #746 flew across the path of the second aircraft #137. As a result #137’s left wing
struck #746 causing it to explode whilst #137 was split in half. As a result of the collision,
both aircraft plummeted to the ground killing all eighteen airmen on board. The wreckage
crashed over North and South Lopham, Suffolk, several of the bombs exploding and causing
superficial damage to property. Salvaged 30Jan45.
38747 (MSN 9725) Accepted by USAAF 14Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*N],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 15Oct44.
{first combat mission 17Oct44}. Battle damaged by flak during a mission to the I.G. Farben
chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 6Dec44 (9RTD).
With No.2 engine disabled, the plane crash landed when the left landing gear collapsed
on return to land at Grafton Underwood. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.{60 missions}.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the
journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project
included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg
from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45
to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45.
38748 (MSN 9726) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*V], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 1Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 25Nov44. Force landed with fuel
exhaustion at Westleton, near Leiston, Suffolk. Salvaged 28Nov44
38749 (MSN 9727) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 751st Bomb Squadron [S], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 1Oct44 Landed in France and went out of service on May 24, 1945 and
returned to Glatton prior to its return to US.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38750 (MSN 9728) Accepted by USAAF 14Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*D],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 16Oct44
Named "Tu Yung Tu". (first combat mission 18Oct44}. Accident during assembly for
a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Kassel, Germany 4Dec44 (9RTD). The aircraft had
reached 13,000ft flying with the squadron during its assembly for the combat formation with
other squadrons. The No.1 cylinder blew off No.3 engine but the propeller could not be feathered,
This caused excessive vibration and the risk of it coming off the shaft. The drag from the windmilling
propeller caused a reduction in airspeed and a loss of altitude, not helped by the vibration
preventing the right landing gear from remaining retracted. By this time the plane was over
Leicester and the pilot headed back to Grafton. Initially sighting Grafton, the pilot then lost
visual contact but spotted Deenthorpe. Turning from downwind to land, the No.1 engine
emitted smoke and flames so the propeller was feathered. Shortly afterwards the remaining
two engines failed. With a full bomb and fuel load, the plane crash landed in an plowed field
1,000 yards north of Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire. {19 missions}. Salvaged
38751 (MSN 9729) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Oct44. 748th Bomb Squadron [O], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 14Oct44. Returning from a mission to the Lützkendorf oil facilities at
Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany 9Feb45, crash landed with fuel exhaustion at Glatton.
Salvaged 10Feb45 None of crew injured.
38752 (MSN 9730) Accepted by USAAF 14Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*O],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 16Oct44
Named "Little Cinder". {first combat mission 18Oct44}. Aborted during a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Neuss, Germany 23Jan45. With the failure of No.1 engine,
the plane landed away at Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire. 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 26Jan45. Regained by Group 3Feb45.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works
and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {74 missions}. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille,
France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the
return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From
Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the
troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French
citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45.
38753 (MSN 9731) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Sep44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook
(Station 110), Northamptonshire 9Oct44. Named "Lucky Jewell". {70 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 4Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped
38754 (MSN 9732) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*A], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 23Nov44. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 1Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38755 (MSN 9733) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*A], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 2Dec44. Named "Lewd Angel". Battle damaged on a mission to
an oil target at Dresden, Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather did not
materialize so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling yards
at Gotha, Germany. Moderate and accurate flak was encountered on the way home,
damaging the plane in several places. {16 missions}. Flew a Trolley mission for
91st Bomb Group personnel 10May45. Positioned to Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire and flew a Trolley mission 11May45. Modified with with all guns,
armament and turrets removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival 12/14May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled
Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. En route to US with twenty
passengers, the aircraft was recalled by Burtonwood three hours out with reports
of sustaining a puncture on takeoff from Valley, which later proved incorrect.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
14Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 17Jun45.To 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
38756 (MSN 9734) Accepted by USAAF 16Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Oct44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk.
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 13Oct44. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38757 (MSN 9735) Accepted by USAAF 16Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*L],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 6Oct44
Named "Peaslee's Payoff" – Colonel Peaslee was the first Commanding Officer
of the 384th Bomb Group. . {first combat mission 18Oct44}. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force
combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane suffered major battle damage on that final mission.
{67 missions}. Crash landed at Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 8May45. In a flight of
B-17 aircraft being ferried to the 1st Strategic Air Depot, the pilot peeled off and made a
close turn to final. He was a little high and still in a 20 degree bank when the left wheel
contacted the pierced steel plank runway. This caused the drag link to fracture. After
touch down with both wheels, the plane bounced and, when next touched down, was
slightly sideways pointing to the left. The left landing gear folded up into the nacelle
as the plane continued to ground loop to a stop off the runway. 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Repaired and returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. 4136th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 19Dec45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 12Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38758 (MSN 9736) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*P], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 5Dec44. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*P].
Name "Fast Company' {42 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38759 (MSN 9737) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FR*A], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 14Oct44. Named "Dimples". Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohlen
Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (8POW:1KIA). Most of the way
in No.2 engine was giving the pilots trouble. After several attempts to control a runaway propeller
the engine was feathered a few minutes before the IP. At the Initial Point No.3 engine was hit by
flak and began to lose oil. In order to stay with the group over the target the pilot decided to
change his position from the lead squadron, which was pulling away to the low squadron.
He followed the low squadron until it broke up in a barrage. At this point No.3 engine went
out completely and the crew jettisoned the bombs. A turn to the right was made and No.1 engine
was hit by flak. The crew jettisoned the ball turret guns, flak suits, etc. And flew on
the remaining engine for 20 minutes in an attempt to reach allied lines. A crash landing
was made in a plowed muddy field in the Hartz Mountains near Erfurt, Germany.
As a result of the landing the radio operator suffered fatal injuries and died later the
same day. The rest of the crew suffered only minor sprains and cuts
38760 (MSN 9738) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*X], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119),
Suffolk 11Oct44 Named "Lucky Lady". . {15 missions}. Battle damaged on a tactical
mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Biblis, Germany 24Dec44.
Struck by flak in the left wing and caught fire. The pilot dove the aircraft and the fire was extinguished.
By now three engines had failed and the aircraft was crash landed near Sarralbe, Moselle,
France. Salvaged 21Jan45. One of the main wheels was found in a garden at Spicheren,
France. It had been taken from the plane wreck and rolled home - over a distance of fifteen miles.
For fifty years it covered the chicken house.
38761 (MSN 9739) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Oct44.
322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*A], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire
4Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To 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.
38762 (MSN 9740) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Oct44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 18Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38763 (MSN 9741) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*B], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 31Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 16Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 17Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38764 (MSN 9742) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*C], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Lützkendorf
oil facilities at Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany 9Feb45 (2RTD:7POW).. Damaged by AAA, Aircraft could not maintain formation,
lost altitude and on route back encountered 14 enemy aircraft.
Believing the aircraft to be defenseless, the pilot ordered his
crew to bail out. 7 crewmen did, and became POW. However,
a group of Mustangs showed up and drove off the enemy fighters and
the remaining 2 crewmen attempted to bring the damaged plane
back to friendly territory. They bailed out near St. Trond, Belgium
and returned to Molesworth. The pilotless Fortress made a
wheels-up belly landing near Bockholt, Belgium.
38765 (MSN 9743) Accepted by USAAF 16Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*M],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 10Feb45. Modified for Disney
Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket assisted bombs.
Participated in a mission to drop Disney bombs on the Valentin submarine bunker at
Farge, Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. Battle damaged on a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45. No.2 wing fuel tank destroyed.
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9May45. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille,
France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From
Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the
troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS
Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to
10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
384th Bomb Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France. 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb
Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France Feb46. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and
intelligence gathering flights over Europe and North Africa. Salvaged 23Oct46.
38766 (MSN 9744) Accepted by USAAF 16Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Sep44. 410th Bomb
Squadron [GL*F], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 2Oct44. Transferred to 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*R], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 16Oct44 Named "Tu Yung Tu"
{first combat mission 18Oct44}. Damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards
at Offenburg, Germany 27Nov44. With two engines disabled, the plane landed away
at RAF White Waltham, Berkshire. Eighth Air Force Service Command 27Nov44.
Regained by Group 11Dec44. Damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Nieder Breisig, 19km south-south-east of Bonn, Germany 5Jan45. With an engine
disabled, the plane landed away at RAF Manston, Kent. Eighth Air Force Service
Command 5Jan45. Regained by Group 21Jan45. Flew on the final Eighth Air
Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield
at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {51 missions}. Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers
on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was
the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA (code #54). It called
for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Adorned with airline type paint stripes on fuselage.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45.
38767 (MSN 9745) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 4Oct44. VOX POP. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*L],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 23Nov44.
Ground accident in collision with parked B-17G 44-6517 at Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 24Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to Hamburg,
Germany 20Mar45 (3POW:5KIA). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed
Neuengoehrs, Germany
38768 (MSN 9746) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Oct44. 708th Bomb Squadron [CQ*B], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126),
Suffolk 16Oct44. Named *Beelzebub* (in Christian sources, another name for Satan)
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38769 (MSN 9747) Accepted by USAAF 18Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Nov44.
571st Bomb Squadron [FC*Q], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 18Jan45.
{first combat mission 23Jan45}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {45 missions + 6 Chowhound}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 12Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38770 (MSN 9748) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*Z],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 13Oct44. Damaged by debris
from B-17G 43-37517 which crashed and exploded on landing at Thorpe Abbotts 31Jan45.
Salvaged 2Feb45
38771 (MSN 9749) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*E], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 6Nov44. Battle damaged when hit by two falling 500lb bombs Feb45.
448th Sub-Depot, Air Service Command, Ridgewell Feb45 for repairs requiring replacement of
an inboard wing which took 28 days to complete and consumed 1,312 man hours. {25 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 3Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38772 (MSN 9750) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 29Oct44. VOX POP. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*P], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 2Dec44. Named "Sweet Freda". Flew on the final Eighth Air
Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {47+ missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. 237th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 25Dec45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46;
scrapped
38773 (MSN 9751) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38774 (MSN 9752) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Oct44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*B], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 16Oct44. Named "Der Fuehrer's Nightmare".
335th Bomb Squadron [OE*B]. {68 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38775 (MSN 9753) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*H], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 9Feb45. Landing accident when overshot runway and nosed over at
Nuthampstead 21Apr45. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire.
Reassigned 20May45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38776 (MSN 9754) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*B], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 13Oct44. Named "Victory Devils/Passion Wagon".
. {67 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38777 (MSN 9755) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
11Oct44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*W], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 12Oct44. Named "Peder's Parade". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38778 (MSN 9756) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*C], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38779 (MSN 9757) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*O], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 7Nov44. Named "Rough But Right". {27 missions}.
Badly damaged by flak on a mission to a synthetic oil refinery at Nordstern, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Control cables were tied together with heater cord to repair them, the bomber could fly only
straight and level, and the crew could not find a hole in the clouds. The pilot put the aircraft
on AFCE (Automatic Flight Control Equipment) and all the crew bailed out safely over England.
The B-17 crashed at Glebe farm, Wispington near RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire. Salvaged 22Feb45.
38780 MSN 9758) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*J], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 14Nov44. {12 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to Mannheim,
Germany 11Dec44 (7KIA:2POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Mannheim
38781 (MSN 9759) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
Assigned to 100th Bomb Group, Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44.
Accident landing at Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland 17Oct44. Modified for training, stripped of
armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 3rd Weather Squadron,
Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 16Mar45. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather), Grenier
Field, Manchester, NH 26Jul45. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather), Buckley Field, CO
11Mar46. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather), Air Weather Service, Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 12May46. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather), McChord Field,
Tacoma, WA 23May46. 59th Reconnaissance Squadron, McChord Field, Tacoma, WA 31May46.
59th Reconnaissance Squadron, Castle Field, CA 9Sep46. 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather),
308th Reconnaissance Group, Weather, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Jan47.
Converted for training, designated TB-17G 31Mar47 . Stalled on takeoff and
crashed 42 mi E of Kingston, Jamaica Jun 10, 1947.
Damaged taxying at Kindley Field, Bermuda 11Sep47. 48th Air Service Group, Borinquen,
Puerto Rico 9Jan48. Reclaimed 4Apr48
38782 (MSN 9760) Accepted by USAAF 19Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 561st Bomb Squadron [W],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Oct44. Name "Ready Maid/Caprice W".
{first combat mission 10Dec44}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns,
armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation
Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany.
British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron
(A-70), France. {51 missions + 5 Chowhound + 4 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 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 8Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38783 (MSN 9761) Accepted by USAAF 19Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 17Oct44. Named "The Merry Max" 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*N], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 13Nov44. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton
(Station 547), Huntingdonshire 30Mar45. Regained by Group 4May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38784 NB 20Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 12Oct44.
569th Bomb Squadron [CC*S], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 1Jan45. {first combat mission 3Jan45}. Major battle damage on a mission
to the Rheinhausen bridge at Duisburg, Germany 28Jan45. As the plane started on
the bomb run there were bursts of flak ahead. One shell went off the nose, the next
one went right through the radio room and exploded. The ball turret gunner was
desperate to get out, he didn’t have any power. The pilot couldn’t get a response
from the radio operator. There was thick black smoke and couldn’t see anything.
When the flak shell hit and exploded, the aircraft went up and then just dropped
like a rock from the explosion. Then the next shell just went off the tail. The radio
room was a disaster. All of the radio sets were gone, part of the bulkhead was gone,
there was a big hole in the top of the aircraft and the control cables were hanging
down like spaghetti. Amazingly, the radio operator was alive. The explosion blew
him clear across the room. It was a tremendous explosion that created a vacuum
and sucked everything out the top of the aircraft. If the radio operator hadn’t turned
around in his seat, he would have gone right up through the top of the aircraft and
would have been long gone. An attempt was made to reconnect some of the control
wires and the crew was able to extricate a relieved ball turret gunner. The pilot flew
back to England without control of the tail, the rudder was just flapping, and landed
safely at Framlingham. {final combat mission 17Apr45}. {46 missions + 4 Chowhound}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38785 (MSN 9763) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
7Oct44. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 18Oct44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 25Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38786 (MSN 9764) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Oct44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 18Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Independence Field
10Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 30Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38787 (MSN 9765) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Oct44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*C/K],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Feb45. Named "Red Raider". {41 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38788 (MSN 9766) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*T], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 7Nov44 Named "Heavy Date". {43 missions}.
Battle damaged during a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Oranienburg,
Germany 10Apr45 . Damaged by flak, crashed Wilsnack, Germany. Salvaged 16May45
2 crew injured, 8 crew POW, 5 managed to escape 4 days later.
38789 (MSN 9767) Accepted by USAAF 21Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Oct44. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Sep44.
391st Bomb Squadron [F], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 29Sep44
Named "Fast Company". (first combat mission 7Jan45}. Major battle damage on a mission
to a railway marshalling yard at Augsburg, Germany 15Jan45. Major battle damage on a
mission to the Hanomag tank factory at Hanover, Germany 28Mar45. Poor weather conditions
forced the formation to divert to the secondary target, the railway marshaling yard. {final combat
mission 18Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden
floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England;
American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. 4th Bomb Squadron.
Damaged taxying at Creil (A-81), France 21May45. {50 missions + 6 Chowhound + 1 Revival}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. 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
38790 (MSN 9768) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*O], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 7Dec44. Named "Oh Happy Day" Battle damaged on a mission to the
Schlesischer railway station and east marshalling yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45.
Moderate and accurate flak encountered over the target resulted in damage to the plane.
Battle damaged on a mission to railway marshalling yards and bridge at Regensburg,
Germany 16Apr45. Flak was heavy over the target, but inaccurate. The plane received
quite a bit of battle damage and with three hits on the ball turret. Flew on the final
Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield
at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45 , damaged by flak. Positioned to Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire and flew a Trolley mission 8May45. Flew a Trolley mission for 91st Bomb
Group personnel 10May45. Modified with with all guns, armament and turrets removed
with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival mission to Hörsching (R-87),
Linz, Austria 11May45 to bring home POWs at end of war. The 91st Group brought back
120 French POWs to Châteaudun (A-39), France and 30 British POWs to England.
Operation Revival 12/13May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled
Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{47 missions + 3 Operation Revival and 2 Trolley missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38791 (MSN 9769) Accepted by USAAF 20Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 19Oct44. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*G],
401st Bomb Group, Deenthorpe. Accident taking off from Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 17Dec44. {37 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Holzwickede, Germany 23Mar45. Damaged by flak and
mid-air collision, crashed Hamm, Germany (9KIA
38792 (MSN 9770) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. Ninth Air Force. 301st Troop Carrier Squadron, 473rd Air Service Group,
Tempelhof (R-95), Berlin, Germany. Accident when overshot the runway during
landing and flipped onto the nose at Tulln, Vienna (R-92), Austria 28Dec45.
All four engines and the nose were heavily damaged. No injuries to the crew. Salvaged 1Jul46
38793 (MSN 9771) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 30Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 14Jul45. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38794 (MSN 9772) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*J], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 16Oct44. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*J]. Flew on the final Eighth
Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield
at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 1Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45.
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
38795 (MSN 9773) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44. 751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 21Oct44. Failed to return from a
mission to the Deutz road bridge at Cologne, Germany 14Jan45 (9KIA).
Flak hit in bomb bay, exploded and crashed Karlsruhe, Germany
38796 (MSN 9774) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Oct44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*O], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 15Oct44. Named "The Lad"
Failed to return from a mission to the Deschimag shipyards at Bremen, Germany
24Feb45 (7POW:2KIA), sustained two flak hits in the lower fuselage,
damaged engine No.2, crashed Bremen, Germany
38797 (MSN 9775) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
13Oct44. 602nd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 15Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38798 (MSN 9776) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Oct44. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 13Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*M], 94th Bomb Group,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 14Oct44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 24Jun44. 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 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38799 (MSN 9777) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*Q], 351st Bomb
Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 16Oct44. Named "Heaven Can Wait"
{62 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38800 (MSN 9778) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 24Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*K],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 6Oct44
Named "Busy Buzzard". . {first combat mission 1Nov44}. Major battle
damage on a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of
Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (1KIA:3POW:5RTD). On the first bomb run, the squadron was
baulked by another squadron so went around for another run at the target. By now flak
had become accurate and, two minutes before reaching the the target, the plane was
hit causing a large explosion inside and outside the plane. Smoke in the cockpit was
caused by an oxygen fire and burning hydraulic fluid. The pilot soon noticed that the
other officers had bailed out over Altenburg so jettisoned the bombs over Meuselwitz,
about five miles east of Zeitz. Thinking that the bomber might explode, the pilot dropped
out of formation and then found that it was his oxygen sytem that had burned.
That fire was probably extinguished by the draught when the officers opened the
forward escape hatch to bail out. With help from the gunners, the pilot restored an
oxygen supply and then tried to rejoin a formation. After a while he saw a group up
ahead which turned out to be his own Group. With flak damage to the electrical
and hydraulic systems, the plane arrived back at Grafton without flaps lights or brakes.
On landing, the bomber ran off the end of the runway. The pilot, 1st Lt. Gene Robert
Goodrick was awarded the Silver Star MACR 11111. {60 missions}. Converted for
trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group,
Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project
which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31Oct45
38801 (MSN 9779) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*M], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 28Oct44 Named *Ruth*. Named after the pilot’s wife
{first combat mission 1Nov44}. The plane was a ground spare but called to
replace another plane for a mission to the oil depot at Derben, Germany 1Jan45 (9RTD).
Taking off in poor visibility before dawn with a full combat load, the plane required
the full length of the runway to gain speed. Just after lift-off the pilot saw
what he believed to be another aircraft on a collision course. The left wing
and nose were damaged when they struck some trees in the avoiding manoeuvre
but the plane managed to continue in flight. The crew jettisoned the bombs
in the North Sea twenty miles southeast of Southwold, Suffolk and returned
to base. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire.
Regained by Group 6Feb45. {52 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Leipzig, Germany 6Apr45 (7KIA:1POW).
Collided with the underside of B-17G 43?39164 after the target about five miles
east of Leipzig. The tail was destroyed and a hole in the trailing edge of the
right wing. The pilot maintained control for a moment then the plane went into a
steep dive. The tail gunner was blown out and was the only survivor.
Crashed at Naundorf, east of Leisnig, southeast of Leipzig, Germany
38802 (MSN 9780) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Oct44.
368th Bomb Squadron [BO*F], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 31Oct44. Named"Konditori Baby". Accident on a tactical
mission to German artillery positions at Eschweiler, Germany 16Nov44 (2INJ:7RTD).
The bombardier and engineer were injured over the target trying to release
frozen bomb shackles when four bombs fell onto them. Battle damaged on a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 28Jan45.
No.1 and 2 engines were struck by flak and the oxygen system was damaged.
Battle damaged on an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling
yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45. Flak over the target was intense
and accurate. No.3 and 4 engines were struck by flak during the mission.
No.3 propeller was subsequently feathered and the plane returned to England
alone after leaving the target. No.4 propeller had to be feathered over England
before landing safely at base. Battle damaged on a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45. No.3 engine struck by flak.
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38803 ((MSN 9781) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire
4Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at
Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45 (9KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-6593, crashed Wilsnack,
Germany. Only one survivor, the tail gunner in 44-6593.
MACR 13877
38804 (MSN 9782) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Oct44.
548th Bomb Squadron [GX*A], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk
16Oct44. Named "Screaming Eagle" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38805 (MSN 9783) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*Z],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. Failed to return 23Feb45;
force landed Belgium 23Feb45. Regained by Group 5Mar45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force
combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
25Apr45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38806 (MSN 9784) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 24Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*D], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Nov44.
Battle damaged on a tactical mission in preparation for the lower Rhine River crossing by
Allied ground forces to a German military camp at Dorsten, Germany 22Mar45 (1KIA:1WIA:7RTD).
Crash landed at Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. Salvaged 25Mar45
38807 (MSN 9785) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 24Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 848th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 17Oct44. . Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45 (2KIA:3POW:4RTD
Crash landed on the continent. Salvaged 4Feb45 MACR 11770.
38808 (MSN 9786) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham, Suffolk 16Oct44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38809 (MSN 9787) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 19Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38810 (MSN 9788) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 615th Bomb Squadron [IY*N], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 7Nov44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*V].
Named "Mrs Knobby". Force landed on the continent 19Mar45. {56 missions}. Salvaged.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38811 (MSN 9789) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*R], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. Named COFFEE’S GRINDER / LITTLE OBNOXIOUS
Failed to return 12Jan45; force landed on the continent. Salvaged by 5th Strategic Air Depot,
Merville (B-53), France. Regained by Group 24Feb45. Failed to return from a mission 25Feb45;
force landed Toul, Croix-de-Metz (A-90), France. Salvaged. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots
Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 25Mar45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38812 (MSN 9790) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 749th Bomb Squadron [U], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. {22 missions}. Returning from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Koblenz, Germany, the plane was diverted bacause of bad weather to land at
Portreath (Station 504), Cornwall 19Dec44. Returning to base at Glatton several days later,
the pilot was lost in poor visibility. He was using instruments to approach over ground 500 feet
higher than his intended landing airfield and flew into the trees near the Triangle on high
ground close to Ascott Farm north of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire 23Dec44 (8KIS:1INJ).
Salvaged 26Dec44
38813 (MSN 9791) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. 508th Bomb Squadron [YB*M], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 20Feb45. {39 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 26May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38814 (MSN 9792) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*S], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 11Oct44
(95th BG, 336th BS, Named "Cadet Nurse the 2nd"), (95th BG, 335th
BS, Named "No No Nanette") Battle damaged Ludwigshafen, Germany 5Nov44
(1KIA:6POW:2RTD). Flak over the battle lines and at the target was intense and accurate.
Damaged by flak, force landed Miracourt, France. {39 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to shipyards at Kiel, Germany 4Apr45 (9INT). Damaged by flak, force landed Bulltofta, Malmö,
Sweden. Returned to UK 27Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 26Jul45. 3030th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, VH),
Roswell Field, NM 8Oct45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 30Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38815 (MSN 9793) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 11Oct44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*M], 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 12Oct44. Accident taxying at Debach 28Dec44.
Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Kassel, Germany 28Feb45.
Force landed on return on the continent. Salvaged. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38816 (MSN 9794) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 10Oct44.
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*B], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Oct44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main,
Germany 8Jan45. Crash landed Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium. Salvaged by 5th Strategic Air Depot,
Merville (B-53), France 21Jan45
38817 (MSN 9795) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 18Oct44. 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 9May45. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green
Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the
initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on
the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 2Jan46
38818 (MSN 9796) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*L],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 11Oct44. Failed to return
from a mission to Hopsten, Germany 24Mar45 (8KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Hopsten
38819 (MSN 9797) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire
22Nov44. 750th Bomb Squadron [N], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 23Nov44. Plane crashed on takeoff in dense fog for a tactical mission
in support of the Battle of the Bulge to Koblenz, Germany 24Dec44 (1KIA). The fog
was such that only an instrument takeoff was possible. Half way down the runway the
plane left the runway, went into the grass area, and hit some construction materials that
had been used to repair the runway, left the field and crossed the north-south railway
tracks at Holme Fen, where it finally stopped and burst into flames. The plane had a
full load of gasoline and bombs. Miraculously, all but one of the crew managed to escape
the destruction. The fire fighting equipment and ambulances had difficulty finding the
burning plane because the fog was so thick.
38820 (MSN 9798) Accepted by USAAF Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 331st Bomb Squadron [QE*R], 94th Bomb
Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 11Oct44. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*R].
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk May45. Named "Roll Me Over"
{no missions with 34BG}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st
Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Accident when a crew member bailed out over Granby, MA 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, J
efferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped"
38821 (MSN 9799) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 25Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*O], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 10Oct44. Named GIRDLE GIRTY – artwork of a duck carrying a bomb
in its girdle on the aircraft's nose. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
20May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38822 (MSN 9800) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 20Oct44.
Accident returning from a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a railway
bridge at Irlich, Germany 28Dec44. The group diverted to the secondary target, the Mosel
railway marshalling yard at Koblenz, Germany. Landing back at Deopham Green
B-17G 42-102660 skidded on the snow covered runway and collided with #822. Salvaged 29Dec44.
38823 (MSN 9801) Accepted by USAAF 24Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*H], 384th Bomb
Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 23Oct44. {first combat mission
25Oct44}. {38 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Schlesicher railway station,
Berlin, Germany 26Feb45 (9RTD). The bomber was struck by flak near the Initial Point and
last seen with two propellers feathered, heading towards Russian front lines. It crash
landed at Rawa Ruska, Poland. The crew was met by Russians, allies at that time, and taken
to Lwów, Poland for two weeks until a USAAF salvage crew flew them, and some POWs, in a
salvaged B-17, 43-37687, to Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine. Air Transport Command returned
the crew to Grafton Underwood via Tehran, Persia; Athens, Greece; Cairo, Eqypt; Tunisia;
Naples, Italy and England
38824 (MSN 9802) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*F], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 11Oct44. Severely battle damaged by flak on a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Wiesbaden, Germany 10Nov44. Unable to return to
England, the bomber had flown west past Brussels, Belgium, with only two engines
working and was now above liberated territory. Some crew members bailed out, after
which the pilot, flying wide circles around Godveerdegem, looked for a suitable
landing place. During the forced crash landing, the now rudderless plane scraped
across the cobble stones of a street to eventually come to a stop on a farm in the
Lippenhovestraat in Elene, Zottegem, Belgium. The American believed that he was still
in occupied territory but was reunited with his crew and returned to England.
Shortly after landing, the machine guns and engines were removed. But for the farmer
the problems had only just started. On his land now lay a Flying Fortress. He went to
Zottegem and asked a British officer what to do with it. After all, the land could not be
worked, and curious people came from far and wide to take a look at the B-17. The Briton
replied laconically "Chop it up". A tough task lay ahead for the farming family. The bomber
was chopped up with an axe and the farm horse dragged the chunks of aluminum into the
yard. A metal smelter in Zottegem offered 4 francs the kilo. All in all, the B-17 provided a
nice extra income. During the salvage work, countless things emerged that could be recycled
in the yard with a little ingenuity. The hydraulic oil burned in the furnace. The lamps
and batteries provided lighting. Until recently, the rubber self-sealing fuel tanks served as
eel tanks. The gun turret was also preserved for some time. During the Liberation Parade in
1945, it was converted as a 'tank', where the ammunition belt through which the 0.50 caliber
bullets slid represented the caterpillar tracks. After the entire B-17 had been salvaged,
the Belgian government thought it had to interfere with it. In 1945, State Security officers
wondered what had happened to the American bomber and went to find out in the family yard.
The farmer was immediately arrested and locked up in the Nieuwe Wandeling in Ghent.
It was a big challenge for the family, and it was only after the interpreter was found who had
translated the words of the British officer in Zottegem in 1944 that the farmer was released
after eighteen days of imprisonment. An aluminum spoon, some smaller souvenirs and
some photos are all that remains of the B-17.
Conflict:
Returned to UK. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire. 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45. Returned to US. 4Jun45
38825 (MSN 9803) Accepted by USAAF 25Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 17Oct44. Chin turret removed and 0.50 caliber machine gun fitted
as per B-17F model. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk May45.
{no missions with 34BG}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38826 (MSN 9804) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*J], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 13Oct44. Force landed at Athies (A-69), Laon, France. Force landed
Melsbroek (B-58), Brussels, Belgium. {45 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38827 (MSN 9805) Accepted by USAAF 25Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44. Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [H],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 19Oct44. {first combat mission 12Mar45}.
{final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed
with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern
England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {12 missions + 2 Revival }.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT. Returned to US.
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.
38828 (MSN 9806) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*T], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 17Oct44. 333rd Bomb Squadron [TS*T]. 413th Bomb Squadron,
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 19Oct44. Failed to return from a
mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany
2Mar45 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Besterode, near Kassel, Germany
38829 (MSN 9807) Accepted by USAAF 25Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 860th Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 11Oct44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38830 (MSN 9808) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*F], 94th Bomb Group,
Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 11Oct44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38831 (MSN 9809) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 749th Bomb Squadron [W], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 11Oct44. Named "Screaming Eagle". Accident landing at
Hörsching (R-87), Austria 12May45. Salvaged 24May45.
38832 (MSN 9810) Accepted by USAAF 25Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Named "Irene". 369th Bomb Squadron [WW*Y],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 19Feb45. Modified for Disney
Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket assisted bombs.
Participated in a mission to drop Disney bombs on the Valentin submarine bunker at Farge,
Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9May45.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty
passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres
(Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the
journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project
included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg
from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45
to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
384th Bomb Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France. Salvaged Germany 12Sep46.
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. SOC 19Nov47
38833 (MSN 9811) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy Reconnaissance),
25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance), 325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376),
Norfolk 16Oct44. Operated meteorological reconnaissance sorties to the North Atlantic
and North Sea. Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 13Jul45. Returned to US. 613th
Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 20Mar46
38834 (MSN 9812) Accepted by USAAF Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*N],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 19Oct44.
Named TUTORWOLF / FRENESI II. ‘Frenesí’ is a musical piece; a hit version recorded
by Artie Shaw reached number one on the Billboard chart December 1940
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk May45. {no missions with 34BG}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 15Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38835 (MSN 9813) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*X], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton
(Station 117), Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 22May45. 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468),
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 23May45. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Oct45.
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
38836 (MSN 9814) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 332nd Bomb Squadron [XM*R], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham
(Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 11Oct44. 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 12Oct44. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*T], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 18Oct44. Failed to return 9Feb45; force
landed on the continent 11Feb45. Salvaged 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France.
38837 (MSN 9815) Accepted by USAAF 26Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 12Oct44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*D],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 17Oct44. {first combat mission 24Dec44}.
{final combat mission 17Apr45}. {45 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
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
38838 (MSN 9816) Accepted by USAAF 26Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 849th Bomb Squadron [M], 490th Bomb
Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 17Oct44. Accident returning from a mission to a railway
marshalling yard at Darmstadt, Germany 12Dec44. Damaged in collision with B-17G 43-38134
while landing at Eye. All (9) Crew Survived. Salvaged Dec 13, 1944
33839 (MSN 9817) Accepted by USAAF 26Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*H], 384th Bomb
Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 12Apr45. {first combat mission 15Apr45}.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and
airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane suffered major battle damage on that final
mission. {6 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project
which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war
on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project
operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23Aug46
33840 (MSN 9818) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 29Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 1Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 349th Bomb Squadron [XR*H],
100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 13Oct44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LH-H].
Failed to return from a mission to Magdeburg, Germany 10Apr45 (8KIA:1EVD). Enemy jet fighter
aircraft knocked off wing, crashed Zobbenitz, Germany
33841 (MSN 9819) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*L], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Nov44. Named "Judy's Little Ass"- artwork of a friendly,
Disney-style, little donkey. Painted by Tony Starcer {first combat mission 6Nov44}.
{45 missions}. Returned to US, departed 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. Air Transport Command (ATC), Columbus, OH 9Jun45.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Accident landing at Memphis Field, TN 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 5Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
33842 (MSN 9820) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 7Oct44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*N], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 22May45. {nil missions}. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey,
Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
33843 (MSN 9821) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*L], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 4Nov44. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*L]. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 2Jan46
33844 (MSN 9822) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44.
7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck Municipal Airport, ND 3Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 748th Bomb Squadron [L], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 10May45.
Modified for Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket
assisted bombs. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 22May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38845 (MSN 9823) Accepted by USAAF 27Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 561st Bomb Squadron [S], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Oct44. {first combat mission 10Dec44}. Failed to return
from a mission to Hamburg, Germany 31Dec44 (5KIA:4POW). Struck by flak, the plane exploded
and four airmen managed to bail out. The wreckage crashed at Beckdorf, southwest of Hamburg.
{6 missions}. Wreckage removed for salvage by Germans Jan45.
38846 (MSN 9824) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Oct44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit
(Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 26Dec45.
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.
38847 (MSN 9825) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 12Oct44. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical
Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Crashed at Clee Hill, near Ludlow, Shropshire 25Nov44 (6KIS).
The bomber had taken off from Stansted, Essex on a non-operational flight to Langford Lodge,
Northern Ireland via Burtonwood. Sleet and snow was falling and it was off course.
It is believed that the pilot was trying to get himself orientated when, in low cloud, he found
himself flying towards a quarry face. The pilot put the engines on full power in an attempt to
pull clear but the left wing made contact with the rock face and part of it was ripped off,
the plane then cartwheeled breaking into several parts. Salvaged 30Nov44
38848 (MSN 9826) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38849 (MSN 9827) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44.
7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck Municipal Airport, ND 2Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 711th Bomb Squadron [IR*O], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden
(Station 126), Suffolk 17Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45 (7POW:2KIA). Damaged by flak near the I.P., the
bomber headed towards Russian-occupied territory with the No.4 engine feathered
and the pilot and co-pilot wounded. Subsequently, the aircraft lost power in all four engines
and then caught fire. Six airmen bailed out over Salzwedel, northeast of Wolfsburg but
three were still in the plane when it crashed, two surviving and taken as POW. The bomber
crashed near Tangerhütte, north of Magdeburg, Germany MACR 13030.
38850 (MSN 9828) Accepted by USAAF 27Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 28Sep44. 7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck
Municipal Airport, ND 2Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*D],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 8Dec44.
{first combat mission 11Dec44}. Failed to return from a mission to the I.G. Farben chemical
and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany 12Dec44 (9RTD). It was last observed
over France with many holes in the fuel tank. The fuel valves were frozen and the engineer
could not transfer fuel as needed. Force landed at Brussels, Belgium. Regained by Group 15Dec44.
{14 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Sterkrade,
Germany 22Jan45 (2KIA:5POW:2EVD). Damaged by flak, the plane left formation five miles
after the target and was still tracked by flak. It levelled off for a short time but soon went
into a nose dive with all four engines running and one wheel down. Crashed at Nijbroek,
northwest of Deventer, Netherlands MACR 11994.
38851 (MSN 9829) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Sep44.
7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck Municipal Airport, ND 3Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
331st Bomb Squadron [QE*K], 94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk 19Oct44. 549th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38852 (MSN 9830) Accepted by USAAF 28Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 29Sep44. 7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck
Municipal Airport, ND 2Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group,
Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 17Oct44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*A],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 18Oct44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*N], 1
00th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk. Named "Humpty Dumpty II" .
Battle damaged on a mission to a railway marshalling yard at Seelze, Hanover, Germany
14Mar45 (1KIA:8RTD. A fraction of a second after dropping bombs over the target, the aircraft
was struck by 88mm flak in the radio room and killed the waist gunner. Damaged and unable
to retrim the plane, for the next three hours it flew home in a continuous stall position.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38853 (MSN 9831) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Sep44.
7th Ferrying Service Detachment, 7th Ferrying Group, Bismarck Municipal Airport, ND 4Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 600th Bomb
Squadron [N8*L], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44.
{47 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the ordnance works and SS barracks at
Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45 (6KIA:4POW). Just as the aircraft dropped its bomb
load over the target it was attacked by Me 262 jet fighters, the cannon shells opening a
large hole in the left waist. The plane dropped back and lost altitude when it was attacked
again, damaging the wing between No.3 and No.4 engines, setting fire to the fuel tank.
The crew started to bail out but the plane exploded and crashed SW of Oranienburg, Germany.
MACR 11581
38854 (MSN 9832) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Sep44. 1
377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 751st Bomb Squadron [A], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 19Oct44. Named *Tennessee Toddy*. Failed to return from a
mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Hopsten, Germany 24Mar45 (6KIA:3POW). Struck by flak
during the bomb run over Münster, an anti-aircraft shell exploded about nine feet from
the end of the right wing and that portion of the wing broke off. The aircraft left the formation,
turned over on its back and was out of control breaking in half at the radio room. Crashed at
Ladbergen near Greven, northeast of Münster, Germany. MACR 13616
38855 (MSN 9833) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
750th Bomb Squadron [Q], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire
19Oct44. 749th Bomb Squadron. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38856 (MSN 9834) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*M], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 19Oct44. {7 missions}. Crashed on the Isle of Man en route to Nutts Corner (Station 235),
Belfast, Northern Ireland 23Apr45 (31KIS). Thirty-one members of the 381st Bombardment Group
and its associated commands were killed when the B-17G slammed into the North Barrule peak
on the Isle of Man. The North Barrule peak rises to 1,600 feet and is located approximately
four miles northeast of Snaefell, the highest peak on the island. Weather that day was reported
as clear, but the peaks are often shrouded in clouds. A reduced crew consisting of a co-pilot,
navigator, engineer, radio operator, and twenty-six other officers and enlisted men -- several
of whom were original members of the group going back to Pyote, Texas -- took off for some
much deserved rest and relaxation in Belfast. Approximately ninety minutes later their aircraft
was destroyed just a few hundred feet below the two thousand foot peak. The remains of those
killed were recovered and flown back for burial at the American Military Cemetery, Cambridge,
England aboard "Little Rockette" [B-17, 41-9043], the Group's 'hack' 24Apr45
38857 MSN 9835) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Sep44.
Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 1Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 750th Bomb Squadron [D],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Oct44. Named *Bluebell D*
Returned to US. Bradley Field, CT 22May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38858 (MSN 9836) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Oct44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*J], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 30Dec44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic
oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45. Unable to find the target, the formation
diverted to the secondary target of the railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany;
force landed Germany. Salvaged 17Mar45
38859 (MSN 9837) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Oct44.
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 14Oct44. 835th Bomb Squadron [H8*N],
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Nov44. Named "Miss B. Havin"
Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-8687 26Apr45. {57 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38860 (MSN 9838) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*M], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 9Feb45.
{first combat mission 14Feb45}. Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Dresden, Germany 14Feb45. Bad weather caused the group to divert to an alternate target of
the industrial areas at Prague, Czechoslovakia. During the return to England the bomber
was struck and damaged by flak over Münster, Germany. Crash landed near Quiévrain,
Belgium. {1 mission}. Salvaged 22Feb45
38861 (MSN 9839) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 13Oct44. Named "Sweet Nancy II". Failed to return from a mission
to railway installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (4KIA:6POW),
hit by a Me 262 jet enemy aircraft and damaged two engines, tail broke off and crashed Gage, Germany
38862 (MSN 9840) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 11Oct44. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*N], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 23Nov44. 614th Bomb Squadron [IW*G]. {34 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38863 (MSN 9841) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 92nd Bomb Group 19Oct44. Named MORALE. 750th Bomb Squadron [S],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 6Nov44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38864 (MSN 9842) Accepted by USAAF Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 30Sep44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*F],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. 391st Bomb Squadron,
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk. Accident when nosed over taking off
at Mendlesham 15Jan45. Salvaged. May 3, 1945.
38865 (MSN 9843) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 13Oct44.
Named "Goin' My Way". The artist was Master Sergeant Jay D. Cowan of the
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. 2517th Base Unit (Navigation School & Instructor
School), Ellington Field, Houston, TX. Damaged in a collision with parked B-17G 43-38883
on the ground at South Plains Field 29Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38866 (MSN 9844) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 13Oct44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 17Oct44.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45.
Force landed on the continent. Salvaged 19Feb45
38867 (MSN 9845) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44.
652nd Bomb Squadron (Heavy Reconnaissance), 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance),
325th Photographic Wing, Watton (Station 376), Norfolk 17Oct44. Operated meteorological
reconnaissance sorties to the North Atlantic and North Sea. Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR
for storage and disposal 15Nov45. Salvaged 5Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
38868 (MSN 9846) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 728th Bomb Squadron,
452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk Oct44. Battle damaged on a mission
to the port area at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45 (1KIA:9RTD). Flak over the target was accurate;
the navigator was killed. Failed to return from a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Kaltenkirchen,
Germany 7Apr45 (8KIA:2POW). The plane was damaged in the first wave of enemy fighter attacks
starting a fire. Now lagging behind the formation, near the I.P. it was struck by a suicide Bf 109
(Sonderkommando Elbe) between the left waist and tail, splitting it in two. The wreckage exploded
and crashed near Schwarmstedt, Germany.
38869 (MSN 9847) Accepted by USAAF 29Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 30Sep44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 11Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
563rd Bomb Squadron [S], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 17Oct44
Named "Paula Sue". . {first combat mission 5Dec44}. Battle damaged on a mission
to the Altmärkische Kettenwerk tank factory at Tegel, Berlin, Germany 5Dec44. Flak over the
target was a meagre to moderate barrage with several rockets. Failed to return from a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Kaltenkirchen, Germany 7Apr45 (10KIA). Returning home
after the target, the plane was attacked by enemy aircraft and hit by debris from a B-17G
aircraft above which had been struck by a suicide Bf 109 (Sonderkommando Elbe). Crashed at
Steinhuden Meer, northwest of Hanover, Germany. {46 missions}
38870 (MSN 9848) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Sep44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Oct44.
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 9Feb45. 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38871 (MSN 9849) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Oct44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*V], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 17Oct44. Named "Ractup". Failed to return from a mission to Kiel,
Germany (10INT). Damaged by flak, force landed Bulltofta, Malmö, Sweden.
Returned to UK 27Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley
Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 4Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38872 (MSN 9850) Accepted by USAAF 29Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 2Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 511th Bomb Squadron [DS*G], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 20Feb45. {10 missions}. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*M],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood 9May45. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist
and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in
the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in
exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces i
n Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Photographic & mapping duties French Morocco 7Dec45.
Photographic & mapping duties Dutch-Belgian coast 30Nov46. Salvaged 5Jan47.
38873 (MSN 9851) Accepted by USAAF 29Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 2Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 23Oct44. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 25Oct44.
562nd Bomb Squadron [G], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 26Oct44.
{first combat mission 24Dec44}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}. {30 missions + 5 Chowhound}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 7Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46;
scrapped.
43-38874/39073 Boeing B-17G-100-BO Fortress
MSN 9852/10051. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
38874 (MSN 9852) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 11Oct44. 526th Bomb Squadron [LF*U], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 13Nov44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*U].
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38875 (MSN 9853) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Oct44. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 9Feb45.
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. 1103rd Base Unit, Morrision 3Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38876 (MSN 9854) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 17Oct44. Accident on returning from a mission to the Vogtländische
Maschinenfabrik (Vomag) tank factory at Plauen, Germany 26Mar45 (9KIA). The Group
encountered inclement weather over England. The 34th Bomb Group leader instructed the
squadron leader to peel off the aircraft on top of the cloud layer and make a SOP
instrument let down on Buncher 19. An explosion was seen from the Control Tower at
Mendlesham, followed closely by a second explosion. Investigation revealed one aircraft
to be 43-38402 from the 34th Bomb Group at Mendlesham and the other aircraft was
identified as B-17G 43-38876. The two aircraft collided in mid-air about eight miles
southeast of Mendlesham. Crashed near Cretingham, north of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Salvaged 28Mar45.
38877 (MSN 9855) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Oct44.
325th Bomb Squadron [NV*G], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 9Feb45.
Named "El Lobo's Cub" Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of
carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group,
Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of
troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the
troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French
citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French
Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 29Dec45
38878 (MSN 9856) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Oct44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*D], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Oct44. Accident landing at RAF Sleap, Salop 16Nov44.
Accident returning from a mission to Weisweiler, Germany 16Nov44. The bomber was
diverted by bad weather to RAF Sleap. Another B-17G 42-97281 landed long with malfunctioning
brakes and failed in an attempt to ground loop. The right wing of that aircraft hit the left
wing of B-17G 43-38878 which was parked. Fatal accident on the ground at Molesworth
2Dec44 (1KIS). As the B-17G was being towed tail first from the No.1 hanger at night with
its running lights on, a 6x6 truck driven by a Sergeant of the 3rd Station Complement Squadron,
crashed into the B-17G through the left horizontal stabiliser and into the left wing.
Sadly, he was killed; he had ignored the blinking lights of the tractor, blinked the truck lights
in return, and failed to reduce his speed. Mid-air collision near Harrington (Station 179),
Northamptonshire 5Apr45. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 8Jun45. 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 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38879 (MSN 9857) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
15Oct44. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 19Oct44. Accident during the return from a mission to a railway marshalling
yard north of Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (9MIA). B-17G 43-38982 hit propeller wash and
was swept upwards under B-17G 43-38879, cutting this bomber in half behind the bomb
bay doors and crashed in the North Sea sixty miles east of Southwold, Suffolk
MACR 13560
38880 (MSN 9858) Accepted by USAAF 30Sep44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 3Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*R],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 9Feb45. Flew on the final
Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38881 (MSN 9859) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 750th Bomb Squadron [L], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 4Nov44. Named *Ruth Anne*. Damaged Feb 14, 1945 during mission
to Dresden and made forced landing on continent. Crew OK and returned
to base. Damaged when nosed over landing at Glatton 12May45.
Salvaged by 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton 13May45
38882 (MSN 9860) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Oct44. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 9Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 28Feb45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H.
San Francisco, CA 6Apr45. 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, O’ahu, Hawaii 8May45.
Damaged taxying at Kobler Field, Saipan 15May45. Took off from Motoyama No.1 Airfield
on Iwo Jima 25Jul45 on a night search mission for F4U Corsair Bu81319 that crashed the
previous day near Arai on the southern coast of Honshu. The plane flew over Maisaka
near the Benten Jima flying northward at an altitude of roughly 300m (984'). Crossing the coast,
75mm anti-aircraft guns emplaced on the south side of the highway at Benten Jima
opened fire on the plane. Hit, one of the B-17's engines began smoking. The aircraft flew
northward, then attempted to circle to the west over Lake Hamana, then southward to
return to base. Trailing black smoke, one of the engines from the right wing broke off
before the B-17 impacted pine trees and crashing into the ground nose first at Yakute
to the northwest of Arai (10KIA).
38883 (MSN 9861) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Nov44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*A], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 17Feb45. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. Named *Lady Beth*.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. Damaged while parked in a collision by
B-17G 43-38865 on the ground at South Plains Field 29Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38884 (MSN 9862) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 3Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Nov44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden
(Station 126), Suffolk 10Nov44 Named *L'il Skippy*. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38885 (MSN 9863) Accepted by USAAF 3Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Oct44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 7Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 751st Bomb Squadron [P], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 17Nov44. Named *Ruthanne*.
Accident caused by ‘friendly fire’ with B-17G 44-8157 on the ground at
Glatton 30Nov44. 749th Bomb Squadron. Landed on continent 14Feb45.
Regained by Group 15Feb45. Returned to US 22May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38886 (MSN 9864) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 4Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Oct44
Forced Landing Feb 15, 1945 on The Continent Due to Battle Damage While on a Mission to Cottbus,
Germany. All (9) Crew Survived. Returned to US. 121st
Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38887 (MSN 9865) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 4Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 751st Bomb Squadron [M],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Oct44.
Named *Perpetual Hell/Perpetual Help*. Returned to US 22May45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38888 (MSN 9866) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 5Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 30Nov44. Failed to return from a mission to Hamburg, Germany 11Mar45 (9KIA:1POW).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Meckelfeld
5 km Southeast of Harburg, Germany. Aircraft Went into a Spin and Then
Straight Down and Exploded in Mid Air. (9) Crew Were Killed. (1) Crewman
Bailed Out and Was Captured and Became a POW. MACR 12979
38889 (MSN 9867) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 5Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*M], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 4Nov44.
Named CHIPPEWA - THE MILWAUKEE ROAD / FISH ‘N CHIPS Flew on the final
Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and
airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {50+ missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38890 (MSN 9868) Accepted by USAAF 4Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 7Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 19Oct44. {no missions with 34BG}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group
crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38891 (MSN 9869) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*H], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 19Oct44. Named "Blues In the Night" (1941 film).
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Halberstadt, Germany
8Apr45. Crashed on return to Molesworth. Salvaged 25Apr45
38892 (MSN 9870) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 22Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38893 (MSN 9871) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*R], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 5Jan45. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 44-8611
taxying to park at Lavenham 22Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. ToReconstruction
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.
38894 (MSN 9872) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38895 (MSN 9873) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 5Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*V], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 23Nov44. (15 missions}. Ditched in the North Sea during a
mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 1Jan45 (6RTD:3KIA).
About 112 miles from the English coast, the No.1 engine blew a cylinder which blew the
cowling off and started an intense fire. The navigator bailed out, the only crew member to do so.
The pilot turned back for base and took the aircraft down quickly to ditch it. The tail broke
off during the landing and the aircraft sank fast. Six crew members managed to reach
a life raft; the other crew members drowned. Emergency Rescue Squadron P-47 Thunderbolts
found the crew and dropped a Lindholm dinghy. Later a Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington
dropped a ‘Flying Dutchman’ rescue boat. Some ten hours after the crash, the surviving
crew members were picked up by a launch and taken to shore MACR 11581
38896 (MSN 9874) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 5Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Oct44. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage.
Reclaimed 7Jan49
38897 (MSN 9875) Accepted by USAAF Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*R],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 17Oct44.
331st Bomb Squadron [QE*Q]. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk May45. {no missions with 34BG}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew
on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38898 (MSN 9876) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*G], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 14Nov44. Named *Hitler's Ho Do/Blind Date*
Failed to return from an Operation Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling
yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (8POW:1KIA). Flak over the target was
intense and accurate. Damaged by flak, crashed Tutow, Germany. MACR 12295
38899 (MSN 9877) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*N], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 17Oct44. {8 missions}. Failed to return from an Operation
Thunderclap mission to the railway marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany
3Feb45 (9POW). Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Damaged by flak,
crashed Werneuchen, Germany MACR 12156
38900 (MSN 9878) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38901 (MSN 9879) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Oct44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*T], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 18Oct44. Named "Star Dust" (a 1927 song)
Battle damaged on a mission to the Schlesischer railway station and east
marshalling yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45. Moderate and accurate flak
encountered over the target resulted in damage to the plane. Flew a Trolley
mission for 91st Bomb Group personnel 10May45. Positioned to Alconbury
(Station 102), Huntingdonshire and flew a Trolley mission 11May45.
Modified with with all guns, armament and turrets removed with a wooden floor
built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival 12/13/14May45; liberated prisoners
of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown to
Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {42 missions + 3 Revival + 2 Trolley }. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38902 MSN 9880) Accepted by USAAF 6Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 7Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Oct44. 748th Bomb Squadron [Q], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 1945. Named *Lady Be Good* (1941 film)
Force landed after damage by Me 262s during raid on Berlin behind Soviet lines north
of Rzeszow, Poland 13Apr45. Crew all safe and returned to base.
Repaired by Soviet Air Force. 890th Aviation Regiment,
45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment). Flown to Poltava (Station 559), Ukraine
22Apr45. Returned to USAAF. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO
Jul46; scrapped
38903 (MSN 9881) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 24Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Oct44. 447th BG, 709th BS, named *Miss Lace*.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 5Jul45. 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI. Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-6160
near Frankfort, KS 7Jul45. Marshall Field, Fort Riley, KS 8Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 14Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38904 ((MSN 9882) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Oct44.
751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 19Oct44.
Failed to return from a mission to an oil refinery at Harburg, Hamburg, Germany 6Nov44
(8KIA:1POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany. MACR 10343
38905 (MSN 9883) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Oct44. 1379th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 22Oct44. Eighth Air Force,
UK 24Oct44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk.
Named *Bang Bang Lulu* (named for a lewd song) Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38906 (MSN 9884) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Oct44. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
38907 (MSN 9885) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*I], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 20Oct44. {26 missions}. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 1945.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38908 (MSN 9886) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*L], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 18Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. To 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
38909 (MSN 9887) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 748th Bomb Squadron [D], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 21Oct44. Named *Kraut Krusher*.
Disabled Feb 14, 1945 in raid on railway marshalling yards as Dresden, Germany
and crash landed near Dijon, France. Salvaged Feb 28, 1945
38910 (MSN 9888) Accepted by USAAF 7Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Oct44. Named SALVOIN' SACHEM –artwork of an adult baby
423rd Bomb Squadron [RD*B], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 19Feb45.
The plane led a 306th Bomb Group Trolley ground crew sight-seeing flight over liberated Europe 9May45.
535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 17Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38911 (MSN 9889) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Oct44. 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn
(Station 121), Cambridgeshire 5Nov44. Named "Bull Session" Named after the pilot.
{first combat mission 9Nov44}. {18 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Deutz
bridge at Cologne, Germany 14Jan45 (2MIA:6KIA:1POW). Flak was intense and accurate.
Over the front lines, it took a direct hit by a 88mm flak shell which took off the nose section
back to the cockpit. The plane dropped out of control and disintegrated; the wings dropped
off, the nose, the mid-section and the tail all came apart. The bombardier was the only survivor,
having been blown out through the nose. The aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Sainte-Ode,
Belgium. Salvaged 6Mar45.. MACR 11772
38912 (MSN 9890) Accepted by USAAF 7Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 7th Bomb Squadron [I], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 20Oct44. Named "Old Times". {nil missions}.
18th Bomb Squadron [I]. {first combat mission 11Mar45}. {5 missions}. Battle damaged on a
mission to railway installations and tank factories at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45.
Force landed behind Soviet lines at Ma?aszewicze, Poland. Repaired by Soviet Air Force.
890th Aviation Regiment, 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha, Belorussia
38913 (MSN 9891) Accepted by USAAF 9Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*P],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Oct44. 532nd Bomb Squadron,
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38914 (MSN 9892) Accepted by USAAF 9Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 368th Bomb Squadron [BO*B],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 10Feb45. 534th Bomb Squadron,
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38915 (MSN 9893) Accepted by USAAF 10Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*M],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 24Oct44. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul44. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 5Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38916 (MSN 9894) Accepted by USAAF 9Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Oct44.
368th Bomb Squadron [BO*N], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 8Feb45. Modified for Disney Rocket Bomb operation, using Royal
Navy 4500lb concrete piercing rocket assisted bombs. Participated in a mission
to drop Disney bombs on the Valentin submarine bunker at Farge, Bremen, Germany
30Mar45. 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. Air Transport Command (ATC),
Columbus, OH 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38917 (MSN 9895) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Oct44. 731st Bomb Squadron [B+], 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 20Oct44, named *Not Today Cleo*. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38918 (MSN 9896) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 22Oct44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 25Oct44.
Battle damaged Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45. Salvaged 8Feb45.
38919 (MSN 9897) Accepted by USAAF 10Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*L],
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 1Nov44. 561st Bomb Squadron,
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 2Nov44. Crashed on takeoff from
Honington (Station 375), Suffolk 31May45 (14KIS). The plane departed for a Trolley
ground crew sight-seeing flight over liberated Europe with staff from 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston, Suffolk. With no loss of engine power, the aircraft spun, crashed and burned
one mile southeast of Barningham, Suffolk. The speculation was that weight and balance
were affected and contributed to the crash. There were no survivors and fourteen people died
38920 (MSN 9898) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 18Oct44. 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 20Oct44.
Named CANVAS BACK IV. Transferrred to 509th Bomb Squadron [RQ*O], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 9Feb45. Named *Mort's Orphans*. .
{37 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
38921 (MSN 9899) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44.
Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 24Oct44. Failed to return from a tactical mission to railway
marshalling yards at Ehrang, Trier, Germany 2Jan45 (8KIA:1POW). Flak over the target was
moderate and accurate. About one minute before the target, the plane received a direct flak
hit between No.1 and No.2 engines, bending back the outer wing panel which struck the
rudder. The bomber went into a flat spin and on the way down broke apart to crash at
Bitburg, Germany MACR 11225
38922 (MSN 9900) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*D], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 24Oct44. {7 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Nürnberg, Germany 20Feb45. On return, force landed Charleroi (A-87),
Belgium. Salvaged 7Mar45.
Production changes: Glide path radio receiver AN/ARN-5A Group B parts
38923 (MSN 9901) Boeing experimental department Seattle, WA 10Oct44. 4142nd Base Unit
(Accelerated Service Test, Air Technical Service Command), Patterson Field, Dayton, OH
25May45. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 17Jan46.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 31Jan46. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH
30Sep46. 4141st Base Unit (Air Material Command), Pyote Field, TX 12Jun47. Reclaimed 31Mar49.
38924 (MSN 9902) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 364th Bomb Squadron [WF*E], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 5Dec44. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 20May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38925 MSN 9903) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44. 1379th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24Oct44. 833rd Bomb Squadron,
486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 25Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to
railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany 21Jan45 (9POW).
Shot down Jan 21, 1945 By Gunfire From German Messerschmitt BF 109G-14 Near Muensingen, 500 Meters
Ingstettin, 24 km West of Ulm, Germany,
BF 109G-14 Flown By Unknown Pilot and Unit. All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs.
MACR 11798
38926 (MSN 9904) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 2Dec44
Named "Weary Willy". Failed to return from a tactical mission in support of the
Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at Babenhausen, Darmstadt, Germany 24Dec44 (6KIA:3RTD).
Shot Down Dec 24, 1944 By Gunfire From German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 and Crashed Near Sprimont
14 km West of Bastogne Belgium.
Right Wing Caught Fire & Aircraft Exploded. Fw 190A-8 Flown By Unknown Pilot From JG 3.
(6) Crew Were Killed. (3) Crew Bailed Out and Evaded Capture. MACR 11675
38927 (MSN 9905) Accepted by USAAF 11Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*H],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 8Dec44. {first combat mission
11Dec44}. Returning from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Mannheim, Germany,
crash landed at Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 1Feb45 (9RTD). The plane was returning
from the mission alone as the ‘hot camera ship’. Crossing the coast inbound, the pilot
was advised of a low fuel state. Approximately thirty miles from base, the No.2 engine
failed and the propeller was feathered. This was closely followed by failure of the
No.3 engine. Selecting the landing gear, only the left wheel would lower; the
right electric motor had failed and manual cranking of the right wheel failed to
fully extend it. By now the plane was down wind to force land at Molesworth and
the No.4 engine failed on final approach. Landing on one wheel, the plane came to
rest off the far end of the runway. Investigation found that the right wheel would have
extended if the crank handle had been turned sufficient times.The clutch in the gear
extend motor had been incorrectly set and could not produce enough torque.
Except for No.4 fuel tank, all were empty. {16 missions}. Salvaged by 2nd Strategic
Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire 4Feb45.
38928 (MSN 9906) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24Oct44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 24Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38929 (MSN 9907) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 22Oct44. 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 1Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45. Crossing the front lines
the formation met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition
was scattered, with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on the
primary target. When they got closer it was decided that there were too many clouds, but by
this time, in order to reach the secondary target, a motor vehicle plant at Zwickau,
the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was heavy flak all the way around, and the
formation couldn't go much farther east because of the Russian front lines.
Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on the bomb run. With No.1 and No.3
engines damaged, the bomb load was jettisoned and the pilot headed for an emergency
airfield in Poland. Force landed behind Soviet lines at Pozna?, Poland. Repaired by
the Soviet Air Force. 45th TBAP (Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment), Balbasova, Orsha,
Belorussia. NII-17 (Scientific Research Institute No.17), Moscow 1945. With a complete
set of radio equipment, the aircraft was used there as a flying laboratory for the research
of radio electronics until the end of 1951
38930 (MSN 9908) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*N], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 29Oct44. Damaged at Snetterton after a training
flight 27Dec44. The bomber had just landed on the main runway when it was overtaken
by B-17G 43-38576. As it did so the left wing and propellers scythed through the vertical
stabiliser and right wing of this bomber. Incredibly, both crews escaped unhurt. Repaired
and returned to operations
38931 (MSN 9909) Accepted by USAAF 13Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 14Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 560th Bomb Squadron [E],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 2Nov44. {first combat mission 5Jan45}.
{final combat mission 17Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret
removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners
of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown
to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{49 missions + 5 Chowhound + 3 Operation Revival POW sorties}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38932 (MSN 9910) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
14Oct44. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Nov44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*T],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 30Dec44. Failed to
return from a mission to the Henschel und Sohn factory at Kassel, Germany 1Jan45
(9KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Stendal, Germany
38933 (MSN 9911) Accepted by USAAF 13Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Oct44. 561st Bomb Squadron [G],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 29Oct44
Named "Weary Wolf " aka "Dear Mom II". {first combat
mission 10Dec44}. {final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament
and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation
Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {54 missions + 5 Chowhound + 3 Operation
Revival POW sorties}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 27Jun44. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 20Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38934 (MSN 9912) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
14Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 28Oct44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. 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.
38935 (MSN 9913) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 14Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Oct44. 413th Bomb Squadron [MZ*A], 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 29Oct44. Failed to return from a
mission to the industrial area at Brandenburg, Germany 31Mar45 (9KIA).
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. Struck by flak, the No.2 engine
burst into flames and the pilot had to feather No.1 propeller. Flames swept
back engulfing the radio room and the aircraft began to spin. It broke in half
and crashed near Altenburg, 40km south of Leipzig, Germany MACR 13715
38936 (MSN 9914) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 26Oct44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*Z], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 29Nov44. {first combat mission 30Nov44}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohlen Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery
northeast of Zeitz, Germany 30Nov44 (3KIA:6RTD). The plane was flying left wingman
off the lead plane in the rear element. A battery of flak bursts exploded in the right
rear portion of the rear element just as the bombs were released over the target.
The pilot, co-pilot and tail gunner were wounded and two engines were knocked
out. The pilot managed to keep the plane airborne by having the crew throw surplus
material overboard and reached allied occupied France where it made a crash
landing. Repaired and returned to Group but declared salvage and used for spares.
The plane had been rebuilt using other salvaged planes and returned to combat
status by Mar45. On a shakedown flight prior to its second combat mission, the
No.4 propeller oversped, the plane could not be trimmed for level and straight
flight and numerous other faults were found. {second combat mission 24Mar45}.
On the third, fourth and fifth combat missions the No.4 engine oversped after
which the engine and propeller were replaced. The bomber continued on combat
missions but was never completely rectified of its underlying problems.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament
works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
The crew suggested names for the bomber but the pilot and co-pilot, being from
California, favored "Sunkist Miss" from the song "California, Here I Come." When the
plane proved to be troublesome, the two pilots flatly decided not to name it
38937 (MSN 9915) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK. Remained in US.
4152nd Base Unit, Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 8Nov44. Crash landed in
bad weather at Lockbourne AAB 29Dec45. 4143rd Base Unit (Glider Test, Air
Technical Service Command), Clinton County Airport, Wilmington, OH 5May46.
4152nd Base Unit, Clinton County Airport, Wilmington, OH 13Jun46. Reclaimed 17Dec46
38938 (MSN 9916) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
29Oct44. 339th Bomb Squadron [QJ*S], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 30Oct44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley
Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. 237th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 8Jan46.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for
storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed
Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
38939 (MSN 9917) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Oct44. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*A], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 2Dec44. Named PEACE OR BUST -
artwork of a female wearing a swimsuit and chatting on the telephone, which
appeared to be connected directly to the pilot's compartment. Painted by Tony Starcer
{first combat mission 4Dec44}. Took navigator Capt Wellings on a honeymoon trip
to Devon 22Mar45!. The plane was bedecked with flowers for the occasion, surely
presenting one of the most unusual decorations ever seen on a bomber. {38 missions}.
Severe battle damaged on mission to the railway marshalling yards at Coesfeld,
Germany 11Apr45; force landed on the continent. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire Jul45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 10Dec45
38940 (MSN 9918) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 29Oct44. 447th BG, named *Black Brassiere*
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson
City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38941 MSN 9919) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Oct44. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*L], 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 6Dec44. 612th Bomb Squadron [SC*K].
615th Bomb Squadron [IY*L]. {35 missions}. Salvaged 12May45
38942 (MSN 9920) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28Oct44. 360th Bomb Squadron [PU*N], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 1Nov44. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*Y], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 2Nov44
Named "Belligerent Beauty/Hot Box". . {51 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38943 (MSN 9921) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Oct44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green
(Station 142), Norfolk 29Oct44. Failed to return from a mission to Cologne, Germany
10Jan45 (9MIA). Flak over the target was moderate and accurate. Damaged by flak
after the target and No.2 engine failed. The plane dropped out of formation and was
last seen heading home. Flying control received a R/T call from aircraft #943 when
it said “in fog, no instruments”. Its position could not be plotted but it was
presumed at the time that the pilot had made it to friendly territory. No trace
of the plane or crew was ever found and is presumed to have crashed in the North Sea..
MACR 11585
38944 (MSN 9922) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 31Oct44. 748th Bomb Squadron [L], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 10Nov44. Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood
(Station 590), Lancashire. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*A], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire Jan45. Crashed during a ferry flight
from Burtonwood to Nuthampstead 2Jan45 (5KIS). The crew had flown over to
Burtonwood to collect a replacement aircraft. They were flying the aircraft
back to their home airfield at Nuthampstead near Royston in Hertfordshire.
The weather was fairly good with about two miles visibility and broken cloud
at 3,000ft, however it was dark and there was no snow lying on the ground.
The aircraft was heard by local farmers flying very low. Shortly after it flew
into the western edge of Birchenough Hill, near the village of Wildboarclough
in the Peak District, Derbyshire, close to a small quarry, broke up across the
hill and burned out. Salvaged 1Feb45.
38945 (MSN 9923) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28Oct44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*F], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 2Nov44. Named DUFFY'S TUFFYS.
aka "This Is It" {first combat mission 27Dec44}. Battle damaged on a mission to
Weimar, Germany 9Feb45, engine damaged in attack by an enemy jet fighter.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden
floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were
flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70),
France. {32 missions + 3 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38946 (MSN 9924) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
20Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Oct44. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*H], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 12Dec44. {first combat mission 24Dec44}.
Accident after takeoff for a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge
to the Luftwaffe air depot at Merzhausen, Germany 24Dec44 (9RTD).
Crash landed just seven minutes after takeoff in freezing fog conditions into
a field at West Hill Farm, Foxton, Cambridgeshire, about six miles northeast
of the airfield. Instrument failure and bad weather conditions contributed to the
accident. The airspeed read 115 at almost the end of the runway when it should have
read about 130. As he pulled the plane off the runway, the airspeed fell to 105
and the artificial horizon was not working after takeoff, but he did not know that
at the time. When the plane broke through the overcast it was in a turn to the
left, while the flight indicator indicated a turn to the right. The plane did not gain
any air speed and was 300 feet off the ground, so the pilot nosed it down just a bit
and just as he saw the ground at 200 feet, the plane hit a tree with the No.3 engine
which had not been seen in the thick fog; the propeller blades had been bent
contacting the tree. The co-pilot tried to feather the propeller but could not
because the governor had been ripped off. The pilot tried to keep the plane level
and gain about 100 feet per minute, but the No.3 engine was vibrating so much
he could feel that it was stalling. He then saw some trees just in front, pulled over
them and the plane stalled out at that time. Although several crew members were
injured, the whole crew survived this accident. It would have been the first
mission for this B-17. {nil missions}. Salvaged 26Dec44. Pilot error and/or
ground crew negligence was promptly discounted when nine other Eighth Air
Force planes crashed during takeoff for the mission on 24Dec44. Sabotage
was suspected
38947 (MSN 9925) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 29Oct44. 751st Bomb Squadron [D], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 2Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38948 (MSN 9926) Accepted by USAAF 19Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Oct44. 561st Bomb
Squadron [E], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 2Nov44.
{first combat mission 24Dec44}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden
floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival May45; liberated
prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany.
British POWs were flown to southern England. {50 missions + 1 Chowhound
+ 5 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38949 (MSN 9927) Topeka Field, KS 21Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 27Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
29Oct44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*A], 96th Bomb Group, 30Oct44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 5Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38950 (MSN 9928) Topeka Field, KS 14Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 20Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Nov44. 708th Bomb Squadron,
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 10Nov44. Named *Bloody Bucket*
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38951 (MSN 9929) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*B], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 3Jan45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales
2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38952 (MSN 9930) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 9Nov44. 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 30Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT Jul45. Damaged while parked in a collision by B-24J Liberator 42-50648
taxying at Bradley Field 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 18Jul45. ToReconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38953 (MSN 9931) Accepted by USAAF 20Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 18th Bomb Squadron [D], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 1Nov44. {first combat mission 15Dec44}. Battle damaged
during a tactical mission in support of the Battle of the Bulge to a Luftwaffe airfield at
Frankfurt-Rheine, Germany 24Dec44. {final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all
guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were
flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {60 missions + 6 Chowhound +1 Revival}. Returned
to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. 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.
38954 (MSN 9932) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 29Oct44.
508th Bomb Squadron [YB*G], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 2Jan45.
{53 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38955 (MSN 9933) Accepted by USAAF 20Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 21Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 27Oct44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*O],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 7Dec44. Failed to return
from a mission to the Luftwaffe airfield at Odendorf near Euskirchen, Germany 10Jan45
(7POW:2KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 43-38237, which was damaged by flak and b
elow 43-38955 in formation, lost control and collided with this aircraft, the propellers
cutting off the nose. Crashed Koblenz, Germany MACR 11737
38956 (MSN 9934) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 21Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 28Oct44. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical
Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Damaged in an accident with B-17G 43-38623
taxying during maintenance at Stansted (Station 169), Essex 2Dec44. Damaged taxying at
Stansted (Station 169), Essex 2Dec44. Salvaged, non-battle damage 30Jan45
38957 (MSN 9935) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
2Nov44. Eighth Air Force, UK 9Nov44. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 1Oct48
' 38958 (MSN 9936) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
1Nov44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*H], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 2Nov44. Named "Green Hill Belle". Failed to return from a mission to
the railway marshalling yards at Leipzig, Germany 6Apr45 (8KIA), mid-air collision with
B-17G 44-8647 just before reaching the target, the tail section broke away as well as
No.3 engine, crashed Loessnitz, Germany. MACR 13719
38959 MSN 9937) Accepted by USAAF 20Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 23Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Oct44. 4th Bomb Squadron [R], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 1Nov44. Named "Short and Sweet"
{first combat mission 13Jan45}. 391st Bomb Squadron [H] 31Mar45. {final combat mission
17Apr45}. {37 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on
Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38960 (MSN 9938) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
30Oct44. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 1Nov44.
337th Bomb Squadron [AW*A], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 1Nov44.
Named "Scatter Flak" Salvaged 17Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38961 (MSN 9939) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 31Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire
2Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38962 (MSN 9940) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
29Oct44. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38963 (MSN 9941) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Nov44. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*F], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 3Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission to the
Luftwaffe airfield at Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany 10Apr45 (5KIA:4POW:1EVD).
Enemy jet fighter caused damage to No.2 engine causing the propeller to be
feathered. Another attack damaged engines No.3 & No.4. Crashed at Jemmeritz,
Germany. Salvaged 20Apr45. MACR 14170
38964 (MSN 9942) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 30Oct44. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 3Jan45.
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 1Jun45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38965 (MSN 9943) Accepted by USAAF 21Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 31Oct44. 349th Bomb
Squadron [XR*Q], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 2Nov44. 562nd Bomb Squadron [C], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 3Nov44. Named "Oh Kay". {first combat mission 5Jan45}.
Caught fire en route for a mission to the railway marshalling yards and
station at Nürnberg, Germany 21Feb45 (9RTD). Crew bailed out over Brussels,
aircraft crashed at Gosselies, Belgium. Salvaged 5Mar45. {21 missions}.
38966 (MSN 9944) Accepted by USAAF 21Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Oct44. Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 27Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 5Nov44. 860th Bomb Squadron,
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 10Nov44. Little Walden
(Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. toReconstruction 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
38967 (MSN 9945) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 30Oct44. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*L], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 19Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38968 (MSN 9946) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Nov44. 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 4Nov44. Failed to return from a mission to
Cologne, Germany 7Jan45 (2POW:8KIA). The plane collided with B-17G 43-38551
after they turned towards the target area. High clouds at flight altitude plus dense
persistent contrails contributed to very little visibility. Disintegrated and crashed
at Dreifelden, northwest of Westerburg, Germany MACR 11571
38969 (MSN 9947) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Oct44.
Air Service Command, Fairfield Air Depot, Patterson Field, Dayton, OH 5Nov44.
836th Bomb Squadron [2G*N], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 19Nov44.
327th Bomb Squadron [UX*M], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109),
Bedfordshire 30Dec44. Named "Baby Steve". Salvaged 13May45. Ninth Air Force. United
States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. 92nd Air Repair Squadron, 44th Air Depot Group,
Base Air Depot Area, Oberpfaffenhofen (R-81), Munich, Germany. Damaged when nosed over
landing at Oberpfaffenhofen 26Jun46. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 5Oct48
38970 (MSN 9948) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 30Oct44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*A],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 3Jan45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped.
38971 (MSN 9949) Accepted by USAAF 23Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 24Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 9Nov44. 7th Bomb Squadron [A], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 10Nov44. {nil missions}. 18th Bomb Squadron [A]. {first combat
mission 29Jan45}. {22 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Giesecke, Germany 23Mar45 (9KIA). Just after bomb release
the aircraft was struck by flak and three to four feet of the left wing tip was torn away.
The damaged aircraft first rolled into a plane from the 487th Bomb Group, which
remained flying, before colliding with B-17G 42-31582 of the 447th Bomb Group,
shearing off the tail. That bomber went into a tight spin and the right wing folded.
Both planes crashed at Hamm, Germany MACR 13598
38972 (MSN 9950) Accepted by USAAF 23Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 27Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Nov44. 391st Bomb Squadron [C], 34th Bomb Group,
Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 10Nov44, named "Duke Spook",
perhaps "Lucie" earlier. . {first combat mission 3Jan45}. Failed to
return from a mission to an ordnance depot at Grafenwöhr, Germany 8Apr45.
The No.4 engine had blown a cylinder and the propeller could not be feathered. Force
landed in France. Regained by Group. {final combat mission 8Apr45}.
{37 missions + 3 Chowhound}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation
Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38973 (MSN 9951) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Nov44. 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 5Dec44. Battle damaged during a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Kassel, Germany 15Dec44 (9KIA). It had
been badly damaged and one engine was out of action. The aircraft managed to
return from the raid but once over the coast it began to have difficulty in
maintaining height. The problems were compounded by a complete blanket of
fog over England. Not sure of their position they flew lower and lower and
eventually collided with the Air Ministry GEE mast on Borough Hill, Daventry,
Northamptonshire. The left wing was severed during the collision and the
aircraft crashed at Norton Fields, killing the crew of nine. Salvaged
38974 (MSN 9952) Accepted by USAAF 26Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Nov44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*H],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 7Feb45.
{first combat mission 9Feb45}. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
25Apr45. {40 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated
in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops
to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to
Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French
citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45.
38975 (MSN 9953) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 9Nov44. 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*Z], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe
Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 10Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38976 (MSN 9954) Accepted by USAAF 26Oct44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Nov44.
96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 27Nov44.
364th Bomb Squadron [WF*J], 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 28Nov44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*A], 384th Bomb Group,
Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 9May45.
Named SHE'S A HONEY – artwork of a honey bee with a pistol Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution
to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of
troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of
their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed
the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the
Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the
war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres.
The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
38977 (MSN 9955) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 7Nov44. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*H],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 8Feb45
Named *French Dressing* {1+ missions}. Damaged in an
accident by B-17G 43-39172 taxying at Ridgewell 10May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
27May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38978 (MSN 9956) Assigned to 305th Bomb Group, but transferred to Eglin Field, Valparaiso,
FL 23Oct44. Gore Field, Great Falls, MT 27Oct44. 610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command),
Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 31Oct44. 611th Base Unit (Flight Test), Proving Ground
Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 1Apr45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 12Aug45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Altus Field, OK for storage and disposal 21Nov45. To Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR in 1946. Sold on commercial
market to Columbia Airmotive, Troutdale, OR as N4960V. Broken up for spares in late
1950s and scrapped 1962. Donald J. Wisler, Tampa, FL 10Sep02;
parts and paperwork only. N4960V LLC, Granite Falls, MN 1May18. Registration
current [Mar22]
38979 (MSN 9957) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 5Nov45. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*E], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 20Feb45. 526th Bomb Squadron
[LF*K]. Force landed on the continent 19Mar45. Regained by Group. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. 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
38980 (MSN 9958) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor,
ME 7Nov44. Eighth Air Force, UK Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38981 (MSN 9959) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Oct44.
7th Ferrying Squadron, 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged
when ground looped landing at Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 30Oct44.
United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 3Nov44.
Lowry Field, Denver, CO 20Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME. Damaged taxying at Dow Field 19Jan45.
407th Bomb Squadron [PY*L], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire
20Mar45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Damaged by flak
and crash landed on the continent. Salvaged 8May45
38982 (MSN 9960) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 7Nov44. 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 10Nov44.
Named BACHELOR’S DEN: During the crew’s training at Dyersburg, and later at Camp Kilmer
while waiting for a boat, they discussed what they should name their plane. There were
a lot of good suggestions and most included a nude babe. However, they finally settled
on “Bachelor’s Den” because they were all bachelors and the pilot wanted to keep it that
way. He didn't want any more responsibility for lives like having to write to a wife
and let her know any bad news. WARZEND Accident during the return from a mission
to railway marshalling yards north of Berlin, Germany 18Mar45 (2MIA:7RTD). The bomber
hit propeller wash and was swept upwards under B-17G 43-38879, cutting that bomber
in half behind the bomb bay doors. Two crew members from this aircraft bailed out over
the North Sea sixty miles east of Southwold, Suffolk. Despite losing two engines and the
nose, and with parts falling off, the pilot succeeded in crash landing at the emergency
landing ground at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk. MACR 13559
Repaired and returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
38983 (MSN 9961) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 9Nov44. 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk 19Nov44. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*S], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 19Dec44. Named *Fort Lansing Emancipator*
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38984 (MSN 9962) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 2Nov44. Eighth Air Force, UK 9Nov44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 15Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 19Jul45.
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
38985 (MSN 9963) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 7Nov44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 2Jan45. 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 17Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38986 (MSN 9964) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Nov44. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*M], 381st Bomb
Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 8Dec44. Battle damaged on a mission
to Ludwigsdorf, Germany 12Dec44. Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-97059.
Crash landed Belgium. Salvaged 2Jan45.
38987 (MSN 9965) Accepted by USAAF 28Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 12Nov44. 7th Bomb Squadron [F], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 19Nov44. {first combat mission 12Dec44}. Battle
damaged on a mission to the Hanomag tank factory at Hanover, Germany
28Mar45. Poor weather conditions forced the formation to divert to the
secondary target, the railway marshaling yard. {final combat mission 10Apr45}.
{50 missions}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38988 MSN 9966) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 29Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Nov44. 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 2Jan45. Failed to return from a mission to
motor transport factor at Weimar, Germany 9Feb45 (9POW).
Shot Down By Anti-Aircraft Fire Near Weimer, Germany.
Crashed Near Heringen 6 km Southeast of Nordhausen Germany.
All (9) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12372
38989 (MSN 9967) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Oct44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Nov44. 407th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 3Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 16Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38990 (MSN 9968) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 28Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Nov44. 334th Bomb Squadron
[BG*X], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 3Nov44
Named "The Creamer/Lovely Lady". {53 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38991 (MSN 9969) Accepted by USAAF 28Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Oct44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Nov44.
391st Bomb Squadron [Z], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 19Nov44.
Named "Gallipolis Special/Sweet Seventeen"– artwork of a ginger
haired woman sitting. {first combat mission 15Dec44}. 4th Bomb Squadron [Z].
{first combat mission 31Dec44}. Major battle damage on a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 14Feb45. Major battle damage on
a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Nürnberg, Germany 21Feb45.
7th Bomb Squadron [Z]. {first combat mission 19Mar45}. Modified with all
guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over
the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern
England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{40 missions + 5 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group
crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. Greenville AAB, SC 27Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 16Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38992 (MSN 9970) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
1Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44. Equipped with Carpet
spot jamming equipment. 351st Bomb Squadron [EP*S], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 19Nov44. Battle damaged on a mission
to the submarine yards at Kiel, Germany 3Apr45 (8KIA:2POW). Flak damaged
two engines, caught fire and exploded before crashing on Texel, West Frisian
Islands, Netherlands MACR 13717
38993 (MSN 9971) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 31Oct44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Nov44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*V], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 3Jan45. Failed to return from a
mission to railway marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Germany 3Mar45;
force landed on the continent. 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France.
Takeoff accident at Merville 12Mar45. Salvaged 19Jun45
38994 Delivered Lincoln Oct 31, 1944; Grenier Nov 12, 1944;
(MSN 9972) Accepted by USAAF 30Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 31Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44.
546th Bomb Squadron [BK*Q], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 17Dec44. Named "Devastating Lady"
{first combat mission 23Dec44}. Severely battle damaged by flak on a mission
to railway marshalling yards at Cologne, Germany 28Jan45 (9RTD).
Force landed on return at RAF Manston, Kent. Eighth Air Force Service Command.
Salvaged 29Jan45. Regained by Group 26Feb45. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*G].
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane
suffered major battle damage on that final mission; outer wing spar cracked
by flak over the target. {47 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA (code #46). It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French
Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been
in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. 384th Bomb Group, Istres AAB,
Marseille, France. Salvaged 6Nov45
38995 (MSN 9973) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 31Oct44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44. 710th Bomb Squadron,
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 11Nov44. Badly damaged
by debris from exploding aircraft at Rattlesden while preparing for mission 21Feb45.
Salvaged 21Feb45
38996 (MSN 9974) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Nov44. 1
377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*T],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 19Nov44. {62 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 22May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
38997 (MSN 9975) Accepted by USAAF Oct44. Wright Field, OH. Damaged by engine failure at Wright Field 3Nov47
38998 (MSN 9976) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 1Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Nov44. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*S], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 19Dec44. Nmed *Crack a Dawn*.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 20Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38999 MSN 9977) Accepted by USAAF Oct44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44.
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 14Nov44. 358th Bomb
Squadron [VK*F], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire
17Dec44. Named *Emma*. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire 22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39000 (MSN 9978) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 3Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44. 322nd Bomb Squadron [LG*E],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 11Dec44. Named "Extra Special".
Battle damaged on a mission to the Schlesischer railway station and east marshalling
yards at Berlin, Germany 18Mar45. Moderate and accurate flak encountered over
the target resulted in damage to the plane. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat
mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Battle damaged on that mission, the plane reached the I.P.
and started on the bomb run right into a heavy and accurate barrage of flak over
the target. The tail gunner’s compartmernt had quite a few holes and the plane was
further struck by flak after the target. Positioned to Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire and flew a Trolley mission 9May45. Flew a Trolley mission
for 91st Bomb Group personnel 10May45. Modified with with all guns, armament
and turrets removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation
Revival 12/13/14May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled
Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{38 missions +3 Revival + 1 Trolley}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39001 (MSN 9979) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 3Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Nov44. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*M], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 11Dec44. Named "Coup De Grace".
{62 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To 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.
39002 (MSN 9980) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Nov44. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Nov44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39003 (MSN 9981) Accepted by USAAF 2Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 3Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Nov44. 524th Bomb Squadron [WA*G], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 2Jan45. Failed to return from a mission to the
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory at Oranienburg, Germany 10Apr45 (5POW:3KIA).
Shot down by enemy jet fighters, crashed Berlin, Germany MACR 13879
39004 (MSN 9982) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 31Dec44. 40th Air Depot Group, 2
nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Damaged while parked at Stansted
22Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
39005 (MSN 9983) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 4Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
26Nov44. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*Y], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139),
Norfolk 4Dec44. . Named LUCKY LASSIE – artwork of a young woman riding a bomb / CHAPEL
IN THE FLAK (not painted on plane). Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. 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.
39006 (MSN 9984) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39007 (MSN 9985) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
26Nov44. 338th Bomb Squadron [BX*Z], 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 29Nov44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 30Nov44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command),
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 25Dec45. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 14Jan46.
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
39008 (MSN 9986) Accepted by USAAF 4Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 6Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Nov44. 563rd Bomb Squadron [Q], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 27Nov44. Named "Irresistable You" {first combat mission 2Mar45}.
{final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed
with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war
from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to
southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{32 missions + 3 Chowhound + 3 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
Production changes: Flak curtains on upper half of bulkhead No.3
39009 (MSN 9987) Accepted by USAAF 4Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 6Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Nov44. 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 19Nov44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. 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
39010 (MSN 9988) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Nov44. 335th Bomb Squadron [OE*X], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 19Nov44. First mission, battle damaged during a mission
to railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 5Jan45; force landed France. Salvaged 21Jan45
39011 (MSN 9989) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Nov44. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*A], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Jan45. Battle damaged on a mission to the
vehicle works of Vomag Maschinenfabrik at Plauen, Germany 19Mar45 (9RTD).
Crash landed in France. Salvaged 1Apr45.
39012 MSN 9990) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
6Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Nov44. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*J],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 8Feb45 Named *Miss Fortune*
{1+ missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the locomotive repair shops
and depot at Kassel, Germany 9Mar45 (7KIA:2POW). Leading the formation of
the high squadron, the aircraft was hit by flak over the target between the No.3
engine and the bomb bay. The nose was blown off and the whole right side
was on fire as it began to glide down to about 15,000ft, where it was seen to explode.
Crashed near Fritzlar, Germany. MACR 12960
39013 (MSN 9991) Accepted by USAAF 26Sep44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 6Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Nov44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 18Nov44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*H], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 2Jan45 Named "Smiling Jack"*
(aviation comic strip) . {first combat mission 6Jan45}.
Battle damaged during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Neuss,
Germany 23Jan45 (1KIA:1WIA:7RTD). Flak shrapnel burst through the left
windshield killing the pilot, flying shards of glass wounded the co-pilot.
{final combat mission 1Apr45}. {43 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39014 (MSN 9992) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 6Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 14Nov44. 4
01st Bomb Squadron [LL*C], 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121),
Cambridgeshire 9Jan45. {first combat mission 14Feb45}. {final combat
mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret
removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation
Revival 12/13May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled
Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to Ford,
West Sussex, England 12May45. American POWs were flown to
Laon-Couvron (A-70), France 13May45. {26 missions + 2 Revival}.
Returned to US by 323rd Bomb Squadron crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39015 (MSN 9993) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 6Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44. Eighth Air
Force, UK 4Dec44. Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing,
Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 22Oct45.
593rd Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Charleston Field, SC 28Oct45.
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
39016 (MSN 9994) Accepted by USAAF 7Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North
Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 3Dec44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*A], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 6Dec44. 490th Bomb Group,
Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 1945. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39017 (MSN 9995) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Nov44.
338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 1Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 6Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39018 (MSN 9996) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 2Dec44. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 6Dec44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*P], 96th Bomb
Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 10Dec44.
Named *Dinah Mite*. Failed to return from a mission
to Regensburg, Germany 25Feb45 (8INT:1KIA). Damaged by flak,
crash landed Deipoldsau, Switzerland
39019 (MSN 9997) Accepted by USAAF 7Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Nov44. Pathfinder Force [PFF]
aircraft. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 545th Bomb Squadron [JD*A], 384th Bomb
Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire Jan45.
{first combat mission 22Jan45}. {39 missions}. Eighth Air Force Service
Command 6Apr45. Regained by Group 25Apr45. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 8May45. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 20May45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39020 (MSN 9998) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 9Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB. Damagedwhile parked by B-17G 44-8604 taxying at Westover Field,
Chicopee Falls, MA 24Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Nov44.
510th Bomb Squadron [TU*C], 351st Bomb Group, Polebrook (Station 110),
Northamptonshire 20Feb45. Named "War Hawk".
{40 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 23Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39021 (MSN 9999) Accepted by USAAF Nov44. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Assigned 47th SCS, Furstenfeldbruck, West Germany, Jan 1, 1948.
Assigned 45th PRS, Furstenfeldbruck, West Germany, Jan 21, 1948.
Assigned 7499th AFS, Furstenfeldbruck, West Germany, Nov 2, 1948
Redesignated RB-17G 22Mar 22, 1949.
Assigned 7499th CS, Furstenfeldbruck, West Germany, May 17, 1949.
Transferred to Wiesbaden, Aug 25, 1950
Assigned AMC, Jun 29, 1953. Assigned Brookley Field, AL, Jul 9, 1953
39022 (MSN 10000) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 9Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
39023 (MSN 10001) Accepted by USAAF 9Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44.
563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 15Dec44.
568th Bomb Squadron [BI*K], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk 15Jan45. Named MY BONNIE / MAIDEN PRAYER / STARDUSTER
{first combat mission 20Jan45}. {final combat mission 18Apr45}.
{45 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39024 (MSN 10002) Accepted by USAAF 9Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 16Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Dec44.
568th Bomb Squadron [BI*X], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk
18Jan45. Named THEY’VE HAD IT and LADY FAITHFUL (One painted on each side)
{first combat mission 22Feb45}. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*X]. {final combat
mission 20Apr45}. {34 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 5Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39025 (MSN 10003) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
10Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*W], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 17Feb45 Named *Buckeye*. Modified with
all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over
the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to
southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70),
France. {38+ missions + 1 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39026 (MSN 10004) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
10Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Nov44. 327th Bomb Squadron
[UX*L], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 2Jan45.
Named "Reba Jane". Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling
yards at Munich, Germany 25Feb45 (9POW). Damaged by flak, crashed Karolsheim,
Germany MACR 12719.
39027 (MSN 10005) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Nov44.
Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 15Nov44. 116th Base Unit,
Special Weapons, Fort Dix AAB, Wrightstown, NJ 24Jan45. 610th Base Unit
(Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 6Apr45. 4000th Base Unit,
Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 14Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 7Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
39028 (MSN 10006) Accepted by USAAF 10Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Nov44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. 368th Bomb
Squadron [BO*O], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 17Dec44.
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 23May45. {nil missions}.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Jun45. To 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
39029 (MSN 10007) Accepted by USAAF 10Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Nov44.
708th Bomb Squadron [N], 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk
21Nov44. 561st Bomb Squadron [H], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 28Nov44. {first combat mission 24Dec44}. {1 mission}. 708th Bomb Squadron [N],
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk, named *Linda Sue*.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 20Aug45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 28Aug45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
39030 (MSN 10008) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Nov44. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Nov44. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for
storage. Reclaimed prior to 7Jan49.
39031 (MSN 10009) Accepted by USAAF 10Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Nov44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. 368th Bomb
Squadron [BO*G], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire
17Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards
at Bingen, Germany 29Dec44 (5POW:4KIA). Over the target the plane was
struck by a flak shell just after it had dropped the bombs. The bomb bay
doors were still open allowing shell fragments to hit inside the bomb
bay and start a fire. The aircraft left formation and started to spiral down
as crew members bailed out. Crashed about eight miles north of Bingen, Germany
MACR 11254.
39032 (MSN 10010) Accepted by USAAF 11Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 5Dec44. 571st Bomb Squadron [FC*B],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 18Jan45. Named
"The Deacon". {first combat mission 23Jan45}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}.
{44 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT marjul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scra
39033 (MSN 10011) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 11Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44. 366th Bomb Squadron [KY*S],
305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 3Jan45.
Ninth Air Force. Salvaged 22Jun45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39034 (MSN 10012) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 11Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 838th Bomb Squadron [2C*L], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 2Jan45. Named "the Outlaw" Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. 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
39035 (MSN 10013) Accepted by USAAF 10Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 11Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*F],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 1Jan45.
{first combat mission 9Feb45}. {20 missions}. Battle damaged on a mission to
Plauen, Germany and crashed at Reigate, Surrey 19Mar45 (9KIA). The crew was
on their 13th mission and were returning to Grafton Underwood from a raid on
Plauen near the Czech border. The cloud base was very low and the pilot was
trying to keep below it. The aircraft was reported as flying at below 300ft as it
passed over Reigate and despite a last minute attempt to climb over the North
Downs it struck the top of Reigate Hill. All nine of the crew were killed.
They are commerorated on a seat at the crash site which was dedicated at a
ceremony held in 2002 and which was attended by the pilot's widow.
A memorial dedication was held on Reigate Hill 19 March 2015 at which
two full size oak wing tips were comissioned by the National Trust as part of
the Frontline project and have been placed at the crash site the exact distance
apart as a full size B-17 Bomber. Salvaged. Parts from this aircraft are on
display in memory to the crew at the Wings Museum near Balcombe, West Sussex.
39036 (MSN 10014) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
11Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39037 (MSN 10015) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
13Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 336th Bomb Squadron [ET*T], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 12Dec44. Named "Little Joe".
{58 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24Jun45.
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
39038 (MSN 10016) Accepted by USAAF 11Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 13Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 603rd Bomb
Squadron [N7*Q], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 4Mar45. Nmed "Miazziz Dragon". Landed on continent 28Mar45.
Regained by Group 29Mar45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39039 (MSN 10017) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*P], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 28Mar45. Named "Lucky Rozzie" Converted for trooping,
stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock
airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens
who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port
Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 29Dec45
39040 (MSN 10018) Cleveland, OH 14Nov44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 3Jan45. 610th Base Unit (Proving
Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 5Jan45. 611th Base Unit
(Flight Test), Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 1Nov45.
609th Base Unit, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 3Feb47. 611th Base Unit (Flight Test),
Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 20Feb47. Reclaimed 8May47
39041 (MSN 10019) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK
11Dec44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*U], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham
(Station 153), Suffolk 2Jan45. Named "She Dood It" {first combat mission 6Jan45}.
{final combat mission 3Apr45}. {38 missions + 1 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. 237th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 12Dec45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage and disposal 7Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46; scrapped
39042 (MSN 10020) Milwaukee, WI 16Nov44. 2114th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH 23Nov44. Columbus, OH 6Jan45.
Eighth Air Force, UK. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted
(Station 169), Essex. Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 44-8523
taxying at Stansted 14Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
1Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD 28Feb46. Aberdeen, MD 6Mar46
39043 (MSN 10021) Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and
bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 4150th Base Unit (Electronics
Experimental Squadron, Air Technical Service Command), Boca Raton Field, FL.
Damaged in collision with TB-24J 42-51955 on the ground at Boca Raton Field, FL
23Aug45. All Weather Flying Centre, 4152nd Base Unit, Clinton County Airport,
Wilmington, OH. Damaged in a collision on the ground at Clinton County
Airport 18Apr48. Fatal crash into terrain three miles northeast of Sabina, OH 7Nov51.
39044 (MSN 10022) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 19Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39045 (MSN 10023) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 2Jan45. Named "Carry Me Back" Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, .
CT 14Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39046 (MSN 10024) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*D], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 2Jan45. Converted for trooping, stripped
of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock
airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco,
the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the
United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French
citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS
Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31Jul4
39047 (MSN 10025) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 5Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 13Mar46.
39048 (MSN 10026) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Nov44. 407th Bomb Squadron [PY*J], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 2Jan45.
Jan 2, 1945. Secret mission Jun 1, 1945. Returned Jun 2, 1945.
Salvaged 9th AF Germany Dec 29, 1945. Converted for trooping, stripped
of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of
troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to
Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the
United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens
who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French
Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the Greek Project
Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks who had sympathized
with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek imprisonment and were under armed guard.
Flights were from Istres, France to Munich, Germany to pick-up passengers for
Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned from Athens to Istres via
Foggia, Italy. Salvaged 29Dec45
39049 (MSN 10027) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
19Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Dec44. Strategic Air Depot,
stored. 839th Bomb Squadron [R5*J], 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137),
Suffolk 13Apr45. {first combat mission 16Apr45}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}.
{4 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. 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
Was War Bond aircraft. named CITY OF SAVANNAH. The residents of Chatham County,
Georgia, raised $500,000 to pay for the production of a B-17 bomber and the training
of a crew. Beneath the name is the text ‘5000th plane processed thru Hunter Field, GA,
in 1944’. Name and text appeared on the right hand nose and the left side of the fuselage
39050 (MSN 10028) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Dec44. 863rd Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 4Dec44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Failed to return from a mission to a secondary target, the industrial complex at
Hildesheim, Germany 3Mar45 (3KIA:6POW)
Shot down By Gunfire From German (Jet) Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Over Hildesheim, South
of Hannover, Germany. Me 262 A-1a Flown By Lt. Karl Schnorrer of JG 7/9.
Number two engine caught fire and the pilot tried to blow the flames out by going
into a nose dive; the effort was unsuccessful. The plane continued to lag behind the
formation. Unable to extinguish the fire, the pilot gave the order for the nine man
crew to bail out. The aircraft descended into the clouds, exploded and crashed near Hildesheim, Germany.
(3) Crew Were Killed. (6) Crew Bailed Out and Were
Captured and Became POWs. MACR 12886
39051 (MSN 10029) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
19Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK
7Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
9Jul45. Reclaimed 7Jun46.
39052 (MSN 10030) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 19Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*S], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 4Dec44.
563rd Bomb Squadron [H], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk. {first combat mission 24Dec44}. {1 mission}. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*S], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk. {55 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 25Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39053 (MSN 10031) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29Nov44. 546th Bomb
Squadron [BK*D], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 7Jan45. Named *Heavenly Body*.
{first combat mission 10Jan45}. {36 missions}. Failed to return from a mission
to the railway marshalling yards at Gladbeck, Germany 23Mar45 (6POW:4KIA).
Just before the target the plane received three direct flak hits in each wing
and the bomb bay, setting No.4 engine on fire and No.2 started smoking.
Shortly after dropping the bombs over the target the plane dropped down
almost two miles in a spin, then exploded when some of the crew were
ejected. The aircraft crashed at Duisburg, Germany MACR 13611.
39054 (MSN 10032) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 28Nov44. 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 30Nov44. 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb
Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 1Dec44. Non battle damage crash
landed Rattlesden 24Mar45. Salvaged 28Mar45
39055 (MSN 10033) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Dec44. 335th Bomb Squadron
[OE*R], 95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 12Dec44. {6 missions}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Hohenbudberg,
Krefeld, Germany 28Jan45 (2KIA:8RTD).. crashed Jan 28, 1945 at village of Kain near
Tournai, Belgium due to flak damage during attack on Duisburg
bridges in Germany. 7 crewmembers bailed out. Pilot killed in crash,
copilot killed when chute failed.
39056 (MSN 10034) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 20Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44. 549th Bomb Squadron [XA*V],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 3Dec44. Damaged
when struck by B-17G 44-8320 while parked at Hörsching (R-87), Austria 20May45.
Salvaged after non battle damage 6Sep45.
39057 (MSN 10035) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 29Nov44. 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group,
Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 4Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39058 (MSN 10036) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 3Dec44. 570th Bomb Squadron [DI*N], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 1Jan45. {first combat mission 6Jan45}.
{25 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45 (9RTD).
Damaged by flak, crash landed behind Russian lines near Leitmeritz, Czechoslovakia
MACR 12847
39059 (MSN 10037) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Dec44. 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 6Dec44. 560th Bomb Squadron [E],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk. {first combat mission 24Dec44}.
{1 mission}. 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 21Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39060 (MSN 10038) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 6Dec44. 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Dec44. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*F],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 7Jan45.
Named "The Terrible Ute"– artwork of the head of an Indian Chief.
{first combat mission 8Jan45}. Sever battle damage during a mission to the
Deutsche Werft submarine shipyard at Hamburg, Germany 20Mar45. Flak struck
the wing behind the No.4 engine nacelle. Eighth Air Force Service Command 23Mar45.
Regained by Group 3May45. {32 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of
all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA (code #43). It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French
Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who
had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 26Jul46
39061 (MSN 10039) Accepted by USAAF 19Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44.
427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107),
Huntingdonshire 5Dec44. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*H], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 29Jan45. Named "Rount Twip Wabbit"
Failed to return from a mission to the Ruhrkohle coke oven plant at Minister-Stein,
Dortmund, Germany (6POW:3KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Kleve, Germany
39062 (MSN 10040) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
20Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Dec44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39063 (MSN 10041) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 22Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*J],
92nd Bomb Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 2Jan45. Named "Morale"
Accident after taking off from Podington on a mission to Kreiburg, Germany 11Apr45;
the aircraft was rocked by explosions at 25,000ft while forming up.
Salvaged - battle damaged 11Apr45
39064 (MSN 10042) Accepted by USAAF 18Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 5Dec44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*E], 390th Bomb
Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 2Jan45. Named "Sky Queen"
{first combat mission 5Jan45}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. {50 missions)
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39065 (MSN 10043) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
20Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Dec44.
Air Transport Command (Europe) 31Jul46. Returned to US. 4141st Base Unit
(Air Material Command), Pyote Field, TX 23Nov47. 4112th Base Unit (Middletown
Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 30Nov47.
4141st Base Unit (Air Material Command), Pyote AFB, TX 18Jan48. Reclaimed 27Jul48
39066 (MSN 10044) Accepted by USAAF 22Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 6Dec44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39067 (MSN 10045) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK
18Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley
Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39068 (MSN 10046) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 20Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 837th Bomb Squadron [4F*C], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 6Dec44. Battle damaged on a mission to the
railway marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 8Jan45 (9RTD).
On return, crash landed in a wheat field at Nelson Park, St Margaret's at Cliffe,
northeast of Dover, Kent. All crew safe; Salvaged by 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston (Station 595), Suffolk 11Jan45.
39069 (MSN 10047) Accepted by USAAF 19Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 20Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Dec44.
561st Bomb Squadron [A], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 6Dec44.
Named "My Lil Baby/Sweet Lorraine". {first combat mission 3Feb45}.
{final combat mission 18Apr45}. {43 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
24Jun45. 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 7Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39070 (MSN 10048) Accepted by USAAF 22Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 860th Bomb Squadron [S*C],
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 19Dec44. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at Güstrow,
Germany 7Apr45 (10POW).
Shot down By R4M Rocket From German (Jet) Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/R-1
Near Parchim, Germany.
Me 262A-1a/R-1 Flown By Ofw. Hubert Gobel of JG 7/9. All (10) Crew Bailed Out and Were
Captured and Became POWs. MACR 13890
39071 (MSN 10049) Accepted by USAAF 22Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 23Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 18th Bomb
Squadron [K], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 19Dec44.
{first combat mission 15Feb45}. {13 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to
an ordnance depot at Ingolstadt, Germany 4Mar45 (9KIA). Collided with B-17G
43-38338 during assembly over France, one plane came down into the other from
above. The tail came off the lower aircraft and half of the wing exploded, the two
sections falling separately. The upper aircraft lost a wing tip and spun out of control
into the clouds. Crashed Mandres-en-Barrois, 34km southeast of Bar-le-Duc, France.
Salvaged 4Apr45
39072 (MSN 10050) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Dec44. 748th Bomb Squadron [S], 457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130),
Huntingdonshire Mar45. Named "Nobody's Baby" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39073 (MSN 10051) Air Technical Service Command, Seattle, WA 21Nov44. 4000th Base Unit,
Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 13Sep45. 4117th Base Unit
(Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins,
GA 17Sep45. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH
13Nov45. Flight Test Division, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field,
Dayton, OH. Crash landed at Wright Field 29Mar46. Reclaimed 2Aug46.
43-39074/39273 Boeing B-17G-105-BO Fortress
MSN 10052/10251 Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
39074 (MSN 10052) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 8Dec44. Assigned to Eighth Air Force, UK 11Dec44; remained in US.
4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical Service Command), Kelly Field,
San Antonio, TX 17Jan45. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Kadena, Okinawa
18Jan45. 3168th VB, Kanoya, Japan 18Jun45. 13th Air Supply Squadron,
Japan Air Materiel Area, Tachikawa, Japan 3Jun48. 3168th VB, Kadena,
Okinawa 5Jun48. 13th Air Supply Squadron, Japan Air Materiel Area, Tachikawa,
Japan 13Jul48. 13th Air Supply Squadron, Itami, Japan 8Oct48. Reclaimed 2Mar49
39075 (MSN 10053) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Nov44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 21Dec44. 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath
(Station 138), Norfolk 23Dec44. Battle damaged during a mission to Plauen, Germany
26Mar44; crash landed Snetterton Heath. Salvaged 27Mar45
39076 (MSN 10054) Accepted by USAAF 23Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Dec44. 527th Bomb
Squadron [FO*N], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 19Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock,
TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39077 (MSN 10055) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 7Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 24Mar46
39078 (MSN 10056) Accepted by USAAF 22Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Dec44.
861st Bomb Squadron [B*E], 493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152),
Suffolk 19Dec44. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45. Battle damaged on
a mission to the submarine pens at Hamburg, Germany 30Mar45 (6KIA:3RTD).
The aircraft sustained flak damage over the target and was returning with the
No.4 engine disabled, and nearly out of fuel. Concerned about the fuel state,
the pilot waited until the last moment to lower the flaps. Immediately the right
wing dropped. The crew thought that the No.3 engine had stopped as well but
in reality the flaps had deployed asymmetrically, the right flap cable having been
severed by flak. Unable to compensate, the right wing struck the ground, and the
aircraft broke in half at the trailing edge. The front of the plane came to rest
upside down, with five crew members being killed instantly; another died some
six hours later. The aircraft had crashed near Bartlow, Cambridgeshire. Salvaged 26Apr45
39079 (MSN 10057) Accepted by USAAF 24Nov44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 25Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
7Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 11Dec44. 569th Bomb Squadron [CC*R],
390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 2Jan45.
{first combat mission 5Jan45}. {10 missions}. Failed to return from a
mission to a railway marshalling yard at Chemnitz, Germany 14Feb45
(7KIA:2POW). The bomber is believed to have missed the target and
bombed an alternate target at Cheb, Sudetenland. Damaged by flak,
crashed Wiesbaden, Germany. MACR 12350.
39080 (MSN 10058) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
25Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 8Dec44. Damaged taxying at RCAF Gander,
Newfoundland 3Jan45. 749th Bomb Squadron [U], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 4Feb45. Named *Girl with Towel*
Artwork of a girl with a towel.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 4Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39081 (MSN 10059) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 25Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 427th Bomb Squadron
[GN*G], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire
28Jan45. Failed to return from a mission to a railway marshalling yard at
Münster, Germany 16Feb45 (3KIA:6POW). The aircraft received a direct flak
hit in its No.1 engine. The engine came off and hit the fuselage near the waist
window. It blew a hole in the fuselage and then fell away. The B-17 was
momentarily out of control just after the hit, but the pilot regained control.
When last seen the aircraft was losing altitude and lagging behind the formation.
Crashed to the east of Weeze, Germany MACR 12439.
39082 (MSN 10060) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 25Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 15Aug45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Nov45. 613th Base Unit
(Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 17Apr46.
39083 (MSN 10061) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 26Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 11Feb49
39084 (MSN 10062) Accepted by USAAF 25Nov44. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great
Falls, MT. Accident at Gore Field 26Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
15Dec44. 560th Bomb Squadron [L], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 19Dec44. {first combat mission 3Feb45}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor
built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from
Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to
southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{47 missions + 2 Chowhound + 4 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
39085 (MSN 10063) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Nov44. 601st Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, UK.
Departed Lincoln 15Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44.
Ferried to RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador 18Dec44. Departed for Reykjavik, Iceland
24Dec44 but diverted to Bluie West One, Narsarsuaq, Greenland by bad weather
in Iceland. Approaching Reykjavik, midway across the Denmark Strait, the crew
picked up a recall message that the field at Reykjavik was closed due to intermittent
snow showers and directing them to reverse course and land at Bluie West One.
On takeoff for Reykjavik, Iceland 29Dec44, the aircraft began its run down slope
on the runway. Part way, the engineer called out "No Airspeed" and the pilot immediately
aborted the takeoff, feeling that it was safer to keep that plane on the ground than to
try to get it safely down later, given the perilous surrounding terrain. There was
already had too much momentum to stop on the runway, so the plane lost its
landing gear on rough shore ice, and came to rest on the 40 inches of ice out
on the fjord, with the plane on fire. The crew could do nothing but watch the B-17,
fully loaded with 2780 gallons of high octane aviation gasoline, burn itself out, which
it did without exploding. Later, crew members in the waist reported having seen No.3 engine
on fire midway down the runway, so there may have been bigger problems than
realized when the pilot aborted the takeoff. Salvaged 3Jan45
39086 (MSN 10064) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Dec44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. 44th Air Depot
Group, Base Air Depot Area, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany. Damaged in
collision with parked B-17G 44-8772 at Oberpfaffenhofen 20Mar46. Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 1Oct48
39087 (MSN 10065) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 749th Bomb Squadron [S],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23Dec44.
751th Bomb Squadron. Named BETTER, QUICKER AND CHEAPER. Named after a line
from a Paulette Goddard movie Mid-air collision with B-17G 42-97934, force
landed Belgium 28Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
24May45. To 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
39088 (MSN 10066) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*K],
385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 17Dec44.
Named "Gypsy Princess". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 28Jun44. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39089 (MSN 10067) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 19Dec44. Landing accident at Deopham
Green 20Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field,
AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39090 (MSN 10068) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 29Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39091 (MSN 10069) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
29Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 11Dec44. 832nd Bomb Squadron [3R*D], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 19Dec44. Named "California Golden Bare".
{15 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley
Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jul45.
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
39092 (MSN 10070) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 748th Bomb Squadron [Z],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 21Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39093 (MSN 10071) Accepted by USAAF 28Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Dec44.
562nd Bomb Squadron [J], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 1Jan45.
Named "Punchin' Judy" (based on a traditional puppet show0 {first combat mission 1Mar45}.
{final combat mission 17Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret
removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated
prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany.
British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were flown
to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {26 missions + 1 Chowhound + 4 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 3Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39094 (MSN 10072) Accepted by USAAF 24Nov44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Nov44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Dec44.
525th Bomb Squadron [FR*H], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 11Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39095 (MSN 10073) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 30/Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39096 MSN 10074) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*K],
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 17Dec44.
Named MIGHTY MIKE. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*M], 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth
(Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Jan45. Named "Sky Demon"
{30+ missions}. Returned to US. 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
39097 (MSN 10075) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Nov44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 17Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 21Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 26Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39098 (MSN 10076) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*C], 398th Bomb
Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 17Jan45. Battle damaged
on a mission to oil targets in Germany 6Feb45. The expected clear weather
did not materialize so the Group hit the secondary target, the railway marshalling
yards at Chemnitz, Germany. Flak over Frankfurt was intense and accurate.
Crew bailed out, crash landed twelve miles southeast of Monf, France.
Salvaged by 5th Strategic Air Depot, Merville (B-53), France
39099 (MSN 10077) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Nov44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Dec44. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 13Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39100 (MSN 10078) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Dec44. 410th Bomb Squadron [GL*J], 94th Bomb
Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 16Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39101 (MSN 10079) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Oct44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*C], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 4Mar45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 18Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39102 (MSN 10080) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
2Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Equipped with Carpet
spot jamming equipment. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*B/V], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 27Feb45. Named "Little Augie".
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 29May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39103 (MSN 10081) Accepted by USAAF 6Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44.
350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk
23Dec44. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 24Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. 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.
39104 (MSN 10082) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
2Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Dec44.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39105 (MSN 10083) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 337th Bomb Squadron [AW*Q],
96th Bomb Group, 17Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to the Braunkohlen
Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery northeast of Zeitz, Germany 31Mar45 (2KIA:8RTD).
Damaged by flak, force landed Fulda, Germany. Salvaged 14Apr45
39106 (MSN 10084) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 17Dec44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*D], 92nd Bomb Group, Podington
(Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Mar45. 407th Bomb Squadron. Named "Pop's Flop Shop"
Converted for trooping, dtripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying
thirty passengers on
benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution
to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of
troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of
their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary
task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in
exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air
Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10Dec45
39107 (MSN 10085) Accepted by USAAF 5Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 7Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21Dec44. 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 23Dec44. 560th Bomb Squadron [U:W], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 24Dec44. Named "Snafu II. {first combat mission 27Feb45}.
Battle damaged on a mission to the railway marshalling yard at Hengstey,
Germany 23Mar45. An 88mm flak shell took off the Plexiglas nose piece,
the plane force landed at Woensdrecht airfield, Netherlands. Repaired and
regained by Group. {final combat mission 16Apr45}. Modified with all guns,
armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag
Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England;
American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{35 missions + 5 Chowhound + 1 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
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
39108 (MSN 10086) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 6Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. 839th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 19Dec44. Failed to return
from a mission to Brunswick, Germany 3Mar45 (4RTD:5POW).
Shot Down Mar 3, 1945 By Gunfire From German (Jet) Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Near Brunswick, Germany
While on a Mission on Industrial Targets at Brunswick, Germany. Me 262 A-1a Flown By Hptm. Heinz Guttmann
of JG 7/9. (5) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POW (4) Crew Evaded Capture.
MACR 12888.
Production changes: Cockpit armour replaced by flak curtains
39109 43-39109 (MSN 10087) Accepted by USAAF 5Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Dec44. 561st Bomb Squadron,
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 1Jan45. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 28May45. Named "Ikky Poo".
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving
Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 28Mar46
39110 (MSN 10088) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
7Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21Dec44. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*E], 92nd Bomb
Group, Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Mar45. Failed to return
from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany
17Apr45 (2POW:6KIA). Mid-air collision with B-17G 44-8903, crashed
Dresden MACR 14053
39111 (MSN 10089) Accepted by USAAF 5Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
15Dec44. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*K], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 19Jan45. Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling
yards at Nürnberg, Germany 20Feb45 (9KIA). Damaged by flak, crashed Nürnberg
MACR 12541.
39112 (MSN 10090) delivered Lincoln Dec 7, 1944. To Grenier Dec 15, 1944. Assigned to 550th BS, 385th BG at
Greater Ashfield Dec 18, 19044. Assigned 10th HBS [Headquarters and Base Service Squadron],
Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Jan 1, 1948. Assigned 61st TCG, Frankfurt-Rhein Main, West Germany, Apr 23, 1948
Redesignated SB-17G May 14, 1948. Assigned 61st ABG, Frankfurt-Rhein Main, West Germany, Jul 1, 1948
Assigned MATS, Nov 21, 1949. Assigned 7th RS, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Feb 3, 1950.
Assigned AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA, Sep 20, 1950 for maintenance. Assigned 6th RS, Keflavik, Iceland, Mar 8, 1951
Assigned AMC, Sep 16, 1952. Assigned Kelly AFB, TX, Oct 4, 1952
39113 (MSN 10091) Accepted by USAAF 6Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44.
524th Bomb Squadron [WA*N], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 9Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To 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.
39114 (MSN 10092) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
39115 (MSN 10093) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK
16Dec44. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to
10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 11Feb49.
39116 (MSN 10094) Accepted by USAAF 6Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Dec44.
Base Air Depot No.1, Burtonwood (Station 590), Lancashire. 423rd Bomb
Squadron [RD*T], 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire
22Feb45. Named "Naughty Nancy"--artwork of a topless woman reposing.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*G], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 9May45. Converted for trooping, stripped of
all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches
installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF
solution to expedite the return of troops to USA (code #11). It called for the
round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French
Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport
Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States.
A secondary task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had
been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey,
French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated
in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return
Greeks who had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek
imprisonment and were under armed guard. Flights were from Istres, France to Munich,
Germany to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’.
Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy. 384th Bomb Group, Istres AAB,
Marseille, France. 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Istres AAB,
Marseille, France Feb46. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence
gathering flights over Europe and North Africa. Salvaged 23Aug46
39117 (MSN 10095) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Dec44.
Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
44. 548th Bomb Squadron [GX*K], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 22Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 8Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39118 (MSN 10096) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 13Mar46.
39119 (MSN 10097) Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 8Dec44.
3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12Dec44. Air Technical Service
Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 15Dec44. 4119th Base Unit (Mobile Air
Technical Service Command), Brookley Field, Mobile, AL 29Jan45. Modified as a
launch plane for the Republic-Ford JB-2 ‘Thunderbug’ flying bomb, copy of V-1. Designated MB-17G.
610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 22Feb45.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 22Apr45.
Wendover Field, UT 4Aug45. Practice launch trials of the JB-2 prior to the planned
invasion of Japan. 4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 7Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal
18Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
39120 (MSN 10098) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 8Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Dec44. Returned to US.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm
Beach, FL 24Jun46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 11Aug46. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 8Sep46
39121 (MSN 10099) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 8Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 20Mar46
39122 (MSN 10100) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 8Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39123 (MSN 10101) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
10Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. 551st Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group,
Great Ashfield (Station 155), Suffolk 19Dec44. 550th Bomb Squadron [SG*X].
Named "Possible Straight". Returned to US. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39124 (MSN 10102) Accepted by USAAF 7Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Dec44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 16Dec44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*E], 390th Bomb Group,
Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk 16Jan45. Named "Chapel In The Sky".
{first combat mission 20Jan45}. {final combat mission 17Apr45}.
{42 missions + 6 Chowhound}. The bomber veered off the runway during
landing and was ground looped to prevent it from crashing into a group
of parked aircraft at Framlingham 17May45. As it spun around it made
contact with the right wing of B-17G 43-38196. Salvaged 17May45
39125 (MSN 10103) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
9Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. 613th Bomb Squadron [IN*M], 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe
(Station 128), Northamptonshire 8Mar45
Named "DER GROSSE ARSCH VOGEL" (The Big Ass Bird), "You All Right".
Failed to return from a mission to Brandenburg -Briest airfield, Germany 20Apr45 (5POW:5KIA).
Shot Down Apr 20, 1945 By Anti-Aircraft Fire and Crashed at
Brandenburg, Germany (5) Crew Were Killed. (5) Crew Bailed Out
and Were Captured. (4) Became POWs. (1) Crewman Evaded With The Help of a German
Soldier Who Was Ordered to Shoot Him. MACR 14174
39126 (MSN 10104) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 21Dec44. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 7Mar45. Named "My Best Bette". Battle damaged during a
mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Parchim, Germany 7Apr45.
Over Donitz, Germany, en route to the I.P., it was struck by a suicide Bf 109
(Sonderkommando Elbe) flown by Uffz Klauz Hahn, ramming into the bomber
against the tail, damaging the vertical stabiliser, rudder and tail turret. The Bf 109
severely damaged its right wing and was spinning down out of control. Not wanting
to damage any other planes, the bomber pilot increased speed and planned to dive
forward out of the formation. Unfortunately the plane didn’t dive when he pushed
the wheel forward. He flew ahead of the formation and then cut the throttles back
and let down in a flat aspect. After leaving the formation, the pilot found that
kicking the rudder didn’t turn the plane either. He couldn’t climb, couldn’t dive or
turn; it was apparent that he had no rudder or elevator control. Keeping the airplane
level, he let down and turned by cutting the throttle on the outboard engine on
that side and skidded around. The crew jettisoned the bombs, spotted an airfield
runway and landed. Several new Me 262 jet fighters were lined up under the trees;
the bomber had landed at Wernershöhe, the base for KG200 which took captured
allied aircraft and adopted them for secret service flights. The crew learned that
the Americans had just occupied the airfield only 2-3 hours earlier. Inspecting their
plane, they found that the rudder had gone and the vertical stabiliser was pretty
extensively damaged. The right horizontal stabiliser was reduced to less than one-third
its size while the left and right elevators were completely gone. The tail of the fuselage
was crushed including the tail turret while the tip of a Bf 109 wing was embedded
in the fuselage. It was pulled out and kept it as a souvenir. Salvaged and repaired.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 15Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 3Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
The pilot reports taking a KG200 B-17E/F and using it to fly back to base. The official
reports state that the plane landed at Saint-Trond (A-92), Belgium and the crew ferried
another plane to Merville (B-53), France.
The Bf 109 wing section is on display at the Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia.
39127 (MSN 10105) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Dec44. 359th Bomb Squadron [BN*K], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 28Jan45. 360th Bomb Squadron.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39128 (MSN 10106) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 9Dec45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*M], 398th Bomb
Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 13Feb45. Named "Beatty's 8-Balls"
(4 missions}. Failed to return from an Operation Clarion mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Stendal, Germany 22Feb45 (3KIA:6POW). At about ten minutes
before the I.P., a Me 262 jet propelled enemy fighter attacked the plane. The shots
started at the radio room going up the fuselage to the left wing, then out the left
wing, bursting into flames as the plane dived away. The flames were more intense
between numbers one and two engines. At about 5,000ft the plane exploded
as the crew bailed out before the wreckage came down 2km southwest of Altendorf,
2km west of Brome, northeast of Wolfsburg, Germany MACR 12650.
39129 (MSN 10107) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 10Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Dec44. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39130 (MSN 10108) Accepted by USAAF 8Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Equipped with
Carpet spot jamming equipment. 848th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eye
(Station 134), Suffolk 19Dec44. Failed to return from a mission to the railway
marshalling yards at Plauen, Germany 21Mar45 (6KIA:4POW).
Shot Down Mar 21, 1945 By Gunfire from Me 262 A-1a Northwest of
Dresden, Germany. Me 262 A-1a Flown By Unknown Pilot of JG 7/9. (6) Crew Were Killed.
(4) Crew Bailed Out and Were Captured and Became POWs. MACR 13555
39131 (MSN 10109) Accepted by USAAF 8Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44.
546th Bomb Squadron [BK*B], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 17Jan45 Named "Primo's Gin Mill"
{first combat mission 20Jan45}. Battle damaged by flak on an Operati Flak over
the target was intense and accurate. on Thunderclap mission to the railway
marshalling yard at Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany 3Feb45 (1WIA:8RTD).
Flak over the target was intense and accurate. No.2 engine was struck by
flak and the propeller feathered. The fuselage was riddled by shrapnel losing
oxygen system pressure and the left waist gunner was injured. {46 missions}.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying
thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green
Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA.
It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca,
French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home. From Casablanca,
Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and flew the troops
to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included flying
French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from
15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Aug45. Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage.
SOC 19Nov47.
39132 (MSN 10110) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 9Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips
Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46
39133 (MSN 10111) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 21Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Jan45. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage.
Reclaimed 1Oct48
39134 (MSN 10112) Accepted by USAAF 9Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 10Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 21Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 21Dec44.
571st Bomb Squadron [FC*L], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153),
Suffolk Jan45. Named "Lovable Lass". {first combat mission 20Jan45}. Battle damaged
on a mission to railway marshalling yards at Nürnberg, Germany 20Feb45.
Struck by flak at the left waist position, the shell went through the floor and hit
the waist gun at the bolt position. The gun disappeared, the largest pice remaining
was the gun mount handle with the ‘press to talk’ switch which the gunner was
still holding. The shell passed through and caused a large hole in the side and
roof of the fuselage. The gunner suffered only minor cuts but the inside of the
fuselage was a mess with cut control cables and electrical wires.
{final combat mission 20Apr45}. {37 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39135 (MSN 10113) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 22Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 24Dec44. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39136 (MSN 10114) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 11Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 17Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Dec44.
Damaged by fire after landing at Meeks Field, Keflavík, Iceland 30Dec44.
On the night of July 9, 1946, the aircraft, with twenty-three servicemen and two
civilians aboard, was en route from RCAF Gander, Newfoundland, to Westover
Air Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts, on a transport mission. Since the war was
over, the aircraft had been stripped of its guns and converted to a transport aircraft.
The B-17 slammed into the southeast slope of Mount Tom, Holyoke, MA at an elevation
of 900 feet, and immediately burst into flame. Another large explosion occurred about
ten minutes later (25KIS)
39137 (MSN 10115) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
10Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 18Dec44. 600th Bomb Squadron [N8*H],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 29Jan45.
During a night flight, the pilot mistook the approach lights for the runway lights
and after making a very good wheels down landing that included a bounce across
a country road, he finally came to rest up against a landing light pole in a
ploughed field at Great Chishill, Essex 5Feb45. Repaired by 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire using a salvaged tail fin from an
unknown 401BG B-17. Took off from the ploughed field with the assistance of
12 wing mounted rockets and regained by Group 25Apr45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jun45.
613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD 6Mar46.
39138 (MSN 10116) Accepted by USAAF 12Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
29Dec44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*A], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham
(Station 153), Suffolk 31Dec44. 544th Bomb Squadron [SU*G], 384th Bomb
Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 3Feb45.
{first combat mission 9Feb45}. {44 missions}. Flew on the final Eighth
Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and
airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Battle damaged during that
mission on a second run over the target. The bomber was struck by flak,
No.3 engine started smoking badly and leaking oil; fuel was shut off and
the propeller feathered. No.1 engine supercharger was also disabled, causing
the plane to lose speed, drop back from the formation and return to base alone.
Damaged had also been caused to the hydraulic and oxygen systems.
The hydraulic system appeared to hold pressure during the return and the
landing gear was visually checked when crossing the North Sea towards England.
During landing, hydraulic oil leaked from the right brake causing complete
loss of braking pressure. Use of the hand pump and engine power failed to act
sufficiently to prevent a ground loop and collision with the tail of parked
B-17G 42-38013, causing substantial damaged to the forward fuselage. Salvaged 27Apr45.
39139 (MSN 10117) Accepted by USAAF 12Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 13Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44.
Eighth Air Force, UK 21Dec44. 568th Bomb Squadron [BI*A], 390th Bomb
Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk Jan45. {first combat mission 20Jan45}.
Landing accident at Framlingham on return from a mission to a railway
bridge at Wesel, Germany 24Feb45. {final combat mission 18Apr45}.
{37 missions + 6 Chowhound}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39140 (MSN 10118) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 27Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 31Dec44. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage.
Reclaimed 18Nov48
39141 (MSN 10119) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 13Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 4Mar45. 401st Bomb Group,
Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 25May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39142 (MSN 10120) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 13Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK
23Dec44. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.
613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46.
39143 (MSN 10121) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
13Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 22Dec44. 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group,
Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 4Jan45. Named YOU’VE HAD IT.
This phrase was popularly used by many of the guys within the Group
when something happened that wasn't exactly to their benefit. Artwork of a
semi-naked reclining redhead damsel that was almost an exact replica of the
centerfold painting that appeared in the February 1941 issue of Esquire
magazine titled "Lullaby For A Dream". Landing accident at Deopham
Green 12May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
Reclaimed 7Jun46
39144 (MSN 10122) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 13Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44. 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 10Feb45. 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 23May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 14Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39145 (MSN 10123) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 14Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 21Dec44. Eighth Air Force, UK 23Dec44.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39146 (MSN 10124) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
14Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 27Dec44. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*N], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 3Feb45. Flew on the final
Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works
and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Damaged in collision with
parked B-17G 44-6920 while taxying at Chelveston 4May45. Returned to US.
Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 26May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39147 MSN 10125) Accepted by USAAF 12Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45. 527th Bomb Squadron [FO*O],
379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 9Feb45.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Dresden,
Germany 14Feb45 (7POW:2KIA). Hit by AAA Feb 14, 1945 and
crashed in Elsenborn, Belgium. MACR 12338
39148 (MSN 10126) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
21Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 614th Bomb Squadron [IY*Q],
401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire 21Mar45.
Accident taxying at Deenethorpe 8May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39149 (MSN 10127) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 21Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*N], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 3Feb45. Failed to return from a
mission to the Lützkendorf oil facilities at Mücheln, west of Merseburg, Germany
9Feb45 (8KIA:1POW). B-17G 42-31060 and B-17G 43-39149 collided before
‘bomb release’ after 42-31060 was hit by flak. The right wing of 42-31060 hit
the tail of 43-39149. The rear part of the fuselage - from the waist window
back - was torn from 43-39149. The aircraft was seen going down out of control
in two pieces. It was seen heading for the center of the village of Eisenberg. Just
before it would have crashed into the village, killing hundreds of people with its
intact armed bomb load, the pilots managed to level the B-17 and dropped their
bombs on a field outside the village. Only one house was hit that killed 10 people.
It then crashed and exploded in a wooden area near Eisenberg/Thuringen, Germany
MACR 12229. A memorial at the town of Eisenberg
honors the American airmen, perhaps the first example where German
citizens honored American airmen.
39150 (MSN 10128) Accepted by USAAF 20Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 21Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jan45. Eighth Air
Force 12Jan45. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales. Ferried Valley to
Honington (Station 375), Suffolk by a 388th Bomb Group crew 3Feb45.
1st Strategic Air Depot, Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. HQ Squadron, 390th
Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. Used as group aircraft,
no chin, top or ball turrets, but with `Wasp Sting’ tail. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 15Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39151 (MSN 10129) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 21Jan45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46
39152 (MSN 10130) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 21Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jan45. 344th Bomb Squadron [BG*P],
95th Bomb Group, Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 7Jan45. {51 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39153 (MSN 10131) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 324th Bomb Squadron [DF*H], 91st Bomb
Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 5Feb45. Named "Sky Queen"".
Battle damaged on a mission to the locomotive repair shops and depot at Kassel,
Germany 9Mar45. On the bomb run, the plane was heading right into a barrage
of flak as the target was visual. Over the target the plane received four hits in
the right wing and one between the nose and the cockpit. Then one shell burst
close to the plane but didn’t do any physical damage. Battle damaged during a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45.
A large barrage of flak was over the target right in the path of the Group.
The plane was struck by flak but not serious. The pilot then made a left
turn off the target and headed for home. About fifty miles from the target
on the route home the formation encountered light but very accurate flak.
The ball turret was struck but fortunately they glanced off. The pilot had
shrapnel come up under his seat and stop, and also a few in the wings and
stabilizer. Battle damaged during a mission to the submarine shipyards
at Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. As the plane departed the English coast,
No.4 propeller started overspeeding. The plane fell back out of formation,
the pilot trying to regain control. He finally got it working okay again and
chased after the formation, which then was twenty-five minutes ahead,
finally got in formation just in time for the bomb run. Flak was very heavy
over the target; the plane had five hits on the left wing, and three in the tail.
On the way home from the target the formation was attacked by jet fighters
but did no damage to this plane. Battle damaged on a mission to railway
marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 17Apr45 (2WIA:7RTD). As the bomber
passed the I.P. and started on the bomb run it was attacked by Me 262 jet fighters,
30mm cannon shells went through the wings and stabilizer. The plane was also
damaged by flak. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to
the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
Only eleven of the twenty bombs dropped; nine hung up. The bomber was hit
hard by flak directly over the target. A shell exploded on the left side of the
aircraft, between the No.3 engine and the cockpit. Fortunately, the blast was
directed downwards and did not throw flak into the top turret. The No.3 engine
was disabled, a number of holes appeared in the nose and wing, and a
wing spar was almost severed. A piece of flak went through the ball turret,
barely missing the gunner. Other flak hits damaged the tail of the aircraft.
The pilot feathered No.3 propeller and in spite of the damage and the extra
load from the nine hung-up bombs, was able to maintain altitude. The hung-up
bombs were pinned and taken back with them. Most of the trip home was over
Allied controlled territory where it was not safe to jettison the bombs.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45. 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
39154 (MSN 10132) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 22Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Jan45. 751st Bomb Squadron [G],
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 6Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39155 (MSN 10133) Accepted by USAAF Dec44. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. 617th Base Unit
(Proving Ground Detachment), Dugway Proving Ground, Toole, UT. Crash landed
five miles east of Dugway 16Feb46. 3210th Chemical Test Squadron, 3210th
Chemical and Ordnance Test Group, Army Chemical Centre, Weide Field,
Edgewood Arsenal, MD. Damaged in collision with parked Republic F-47N
Thunderbolt 44-88908 while taxying with mechanical failure at Edgewood
Arsenal 20Apr51. Modified as drone director. Designated DB-17G.
39156 (MSN 10134) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jan45. 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 21Jan45. 510th Bomb Squadron [TU*T], 351st Bomb Group,
Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire 22Jan45. {33 missions}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 18Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39157 (MSN 10135) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
22Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 21Jan45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39158 (MSN 10136) Accepted by USAAF 21Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 10Jan45.
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 12Jan45. Battle damaged
on a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Cottbus, Germany 15Feb45.
Force landed on the continent. Salvaged 18Feb45
39159 (MSN 10137) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Jan45. 602nd Bomb Squadron [K8*C],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 7Feb45.
Damaged when undercarriage collapsed in strong crosswind on return
from a practice mission at Nuthampstead 26Feb45. Salvaged 28Feb45
39160 (MSN 10138) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan44. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*G],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 4Feb45
Named "G-for-George" aka "Lil Bit". Failed to return
from a mission to Hamburg, Germany 20Mar45 (3KIA:7POW). After
dropping bombs on the target, the bomber turned for home when it was
attacked by a Me 262 jet fighter. The tail was damaged and the crew
headed towards Denmark. Then there were two explosions and two engines
were burning fiercely. The crew bailed out as the bomber exploded, the
nose compartment separating from the fuselage taking both pilots to their
death as the aircraft crashed at Westerade, Germany MACR 13569
39161 (MSN 10139) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 22Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45.
534th Bomb Squadron [GD*G], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 5Feb45 Named"Shoot Luke". {27 missions}. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 4Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39162 (MSN 10140) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
22Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45. 418th Bomb Squadron [LD*U], 100th Bomb Group,
Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 7Jan45. Operation Chowhound mission 5May45,
the humanitarian mission to deliver food to Dutch civilians in German occupied Netherlands.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson
City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39163 (MSN 10141) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
22Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 835th Bomb Squadron
[H8*S], 486th Bomb Group, Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk 7Jan45. Named "Happy Warrior"
(24 missions}. Failed to return from a mission to the Me 262 airfield at Parchim,
Germany 7Apr45 (6POW:4KIA). Hit by fragmentation bombs from aircraft 44-6846
above. With two engines on fire, crashed Parchim, Germany. MACR 13889
39164 (MSN 10142) Accepted by USAAF 21Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 544th Bomb
Squadron [SU*F], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106),
Northamptonshire 1Feb45. {first combat mission 3Feb45}. {32 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Leipzig,
Germany 6Apr45 (5KIA:3POW). B-17G 43?38801 slid into the underside of this
plane after the target about five miles east of Leipzig. No.3 engine fell off and No.4
engine was on fire. The plane went into a flat spin and exploded, ejecting the survivors.
The wreckage fell over Hetzdorf, northeast of Leisnig, southeast of Leipzig, Germany.
MACR 13850
39165 (MSN 10143) Accepted by USAAF 21Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*C], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 7Jan45. 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 22May45. Named "Ginny" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 16Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39166 (MSN 10144) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 418th Bomb Squadron
[LD*R], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk 7Jan45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39167 (MSN 10145) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. 534th Bomb Squadron [GD*D],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 5Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39168 (MSN 10146) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Jan45. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47
for storage. Reclaimed 6Dec48.
39169 (MSN 10147) Accepted by USAAF 23Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 379th Bomb
Group, Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 12Apr45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39170 (MSN 10148) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Dec44.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 1Mar45. 535th Bomb Squadron [MS*V], 381st Bomb Group,
Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 21Feb45. Named "Tinker Toy Too". Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped.
39171 (MSN 10149) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 7Mar46
39172 (MSN 10150) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Jan45. 532nd Bomb Squadron [VE*K],
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 5Feb45,
Named "Little Lulu" (a comic strip) Damaged in an accident
with B-17G 43-38977 at Ridgewell 10May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped..
39173 (MSN 10151) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 19Feb45. Named "Lecherous Lou". Failed to return from a mission to the
Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland,
Germany 17Mar45. Damaged by flak, crash landed Kamenz, Germany
All (9) Crew Bailed out and Were Captired and Became POWs.
MACR 13110
39174 (MSN 10152) Accepted by USAAF 21Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jan45. 367th Bomb Squadron [GY*V],
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 21Feb45. Battle damaged
on a mission to a highway bridge in Bremen, Germany 30Mar45. Over the target,
flak damaged the rudder control cables, compass wiring and No.3 engine which
leaked oil. The plane left formation and force landed at the RAF emergency
landing field at Carnaby, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. 533rd Bomb Squadron,
381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex 23May45. Named "Little Joe".
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 10Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39175 (MSN 10153) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 3Jan45. 334th Bomb Squadron [BG*L], 95th Bomb Group, Horham
(Station 119), Suffolk 7Jan45. {51 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 21Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 25Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39176 (MSN 10154) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 21Jan45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39177 (MSN 10155) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45. 412th Bomb Squadron [QW*Y], 95th Bomb Group,
Horham (Station 119), Suffolk 7Jan45. Named "The Blessed Event".
{55 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 7Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39178 (MSN 10156) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
23Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Jan45.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39179 MSN 10157) Accepted by USAAF 22Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 23Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 3Jan45.
7th Bomb Squadron [A], 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156),
Suffolk 7Jan45. Named "Asphodel" or "Shaky". {first combat
mission 15Feb45}. Battle damaged on a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG
synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide, Ruhland, Germany 2Mar45. Unable to
find the target, the formation diverted to the secondary target at Dresden, Germany.
{final combat mission 18Apr45}. {39 missions + 5 Chowhound}. Returned to US
by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. Departed Mendlesham
to Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 19Jun45. En route, the No.3 engine
was not producing full power. Departed Valley to Reykjavik, Iceland 19Jun45.
En route, the No.4 engine failed and the propeller was feathered. With increased
power on the other engines, later No.3 engine failed. Approaching Iceland in thick
cloud and icing conditions, the remaining two engines were beginning to run hot.
To add to the problems, the windshield wiper motor caught fire, the plane was
full of smoke and the windshield wipers wouldn’t work. The radio equipment
wasn’t working caused by an electrical failure. The plane was losing altitude
all the time but the ice was still getting thicker. It dropped down to about
4,000ft where it was raining which knocked off the ice. The pilot was unable
to gain any altitude on two engines and started to circle, waiting for a break
in the clouds. After circling for hours the plane just pulled out over water
at about 60ft. The pilot followed another plane to land safely at Reykjavik.
As it taxyed in, a third engine failed; the crew left the plane and completed the
trip to the States on military transport. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39180 (MSN 10158) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
26Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
600th Bomb Squadron [N8*G], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 7Feb45. Named "Hitler's Headache". Nosed over in landing
accident at Nuthampstead 25Feb45. Repaired by 2nd Strategic Air Depot,
Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire. Chin turret removed.
Regained by Group 21Mar45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
25Apr45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
25May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39181 (MSN 10159) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 22Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 418th Base Unit, South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 3Mar46
39182 (MSN 10160) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
26Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Jan45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
39183 (MSN 10161) Accepted by USAAF 28Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 18th Bomb Squadron [K],
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 21Jan45. {first combat
mission 8Mar45}. {final combat mission 20Apr45}. Modified with all guns,
armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {30 missions + 6 Chowhound + 1 Revival}.
Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39184 (MSN 10162) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*U], 398th Bomb Group,
Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 27Feb45. (22 missions}.
Failed to return from a mission to the railway marshalling yards at Neumünster,
Germany 13Apr45 (6POW:2KIA). The aircraft was carrying ten RDX bombs which
were supposed to be dropped in train, not salvoed. Over the target, the bomb load
of B-17G 44-8636 initially failed to release but then all dropped a few moments later.
Shortly after there was an explosion under that which peppered other aircraft nearby
with bomb fragments. A couple of bombs had collided and the unstable RDX had
caused the bombs to explode. This plane suffered damage from the bomb blast,
starting a fire in the bomb bay. It exploded and crashed Bad Oldesloe, near Garbeck, Germany
MACR 14176
39185 (MSN 10163) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 30Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 10Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. Damaged in collision with parked
B-17G 43-38429 and TB-25J 44-30057 while taxying with mechanical
failure at South Plains Field 19Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39186 (MSN 10164) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
31Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 5Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. 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.
39187 (MSN 10165) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 22Jan45. Damaged in taxying accident
involving B-17G 44-6945, 44-6947 and 44-8772 at RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador
22Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 18Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 21Jun45.To 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
39188 (MSN 10166) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jan45. 839th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, Lavenham
(Station 137), Suffolk 3Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45. 4185th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 17Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 27Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39189 (MSN 10167) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 21Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
8Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39190 (MSN 10168) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 22Jan45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 19Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39191 (MSN 10169) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105),
Northamptonshire 4Mar45. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire 20May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39192 (MSN 10170) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 30Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 1Oct48.
39193 (MSN 10171) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 30Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jan45. 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group,
Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 13Feb45. Named "Chalk Up".
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to
10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39194 (MSN 10172) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
30Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 10Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 22Jan45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39195 (MSN 10173) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
2Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jan45. 750th Bomb Squadron [J], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 26Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39196 (MSN 10174) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 30Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 31Jan45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 19Nov47
39197 (MSN 10175) Accepted by USAAF 29Dec44. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 31Dec44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
25Jan45. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*K], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton
Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 20Feb45. Named "Baby Judy/School Marm".
{first combat mission 22Feb45}. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
One engine damaged by flak and force landed at Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
{39 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets,
capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and
bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite
the return of troops to USA (code #56). It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial
leg of their journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft
completed the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary
task of the Green Project included flying French citizens who had been in
exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco
to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the Greek
Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks
who had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek imprisonment
and were under armed guard. Flights were from Istres, France to Munich, Germany
to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned
from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy. Fatal crash 66 miles ESE of Rome, Italy
11Nov45 (5 crew KIS + 16 Air Transport Command Pax KIS). The flight was operating
from Istres to Athens when it encountered poor visibility and icing conditions en route
while flying across the Tyrrhenian Sea towards Italy. The pilot requested permission
to divert to Rome and remain overnight. Poor communications conditions prevented
an answer. Later several SOS messages from an unidentified aircraft were heard
by ground stations. in poor visibility due to clouds, the aircraft hit the slope of
Monti della Meta located a few km northeast of the village of Picinisco. Search and
rescue operations were conducted but eventually suspended a few days later as no
trace of the aircraft nor crew was found. SOC 2Jan46. The wreckage was located by
walkers in May 1946
39198 (MSN 10176) Accepted by USAAF 30Dec44. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Dec44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jan45. 493rd Bomb Group,
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 21Jan45. Little Walden (Station 165), Essex Mar45.
Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39199 (MSN 10177) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Dec44.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 18Jan45. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment.
549th Bomb Squadron [XA*Y], 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 30Jan45. Named HAIRS BREATH / YO-YO BUDDY - artwork inspired by the
Vargas' "Flying Girl" Esquire centrefold of December 1943 Failed to return from
a mission to the Braunkohle-Benzin AG synthetic oil refinery at Schwarzheide,
Ruhland, Germany 19Mar45 (1KIA:10POW). Crossing the front lines the formation
met some accurate flak and again in the Dresden area. The cloud condition was
scattered, with heavy haze, so the lead crew decided to try to make a run on
the primary target. When they got closer it was decided that there were too
many clouds, but by this time, in order to reach the secondary target, a motor
vehicle plant at Zwickau, the formation had to circle Ruhland. There was heavy
flak all the way around, and the formation couldn't go much farther east because
of the Russian front lines. Enemy Me 262 jet fighters attacked the formation on
the bomb run. Damaged by flak, crashed Frankfurt am Main, Germany. MACR 13148
39200 (MSN 10178) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Jan45. 749th Bomb Squadron [O], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 18Feb45 Named *Rattlesnake Daddy*.
Force landed on the continent three times. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
39201 (MSN 10179) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 8Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39202 (MSN 10180) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
3Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 25Jan45. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 1Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39203 (MSN 10181) Accepted by USAAF 2Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Jan45. 546th Bomb Squadron [BK*L],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 20Feb45.
Named "Globe Trotter". {first combat mission 22Feb45}. Flew on the
final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works and
airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. The plane suffered major battle damage
on that final mission; over the target No.1 engine fuel and oil systems damaged by flak,
elevator cables severed and the upper turret damaged. {38 missions}. Converted for
trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers
on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195),
Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to
expedite the return of troops to USA (code #53). It called for the round-the-clock airlift
of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed
the journey and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green
Project included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the
return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project
operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 19Nov47
39204 (MSN 10182) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 15Jan45. Damaged in collision with B-17G 44-8650 taxying at Grenier
21Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Feb45. 40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical Air Depot,
Stansted (Station 169), Essex. Damaged in collision with B-17G 44-6844 taxying at
Stansted 5Mar45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 1Oct48
39205 (MSN 10183) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 25Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Feb45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 1Oct48.
Production changes: Radio compartment gun deleted
39206 (MSN 10184) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
6Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence gathering flights
over Europe and North Africa. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France Feb46.
Salvaged 6Nov46
39207 (MSN 10185) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
25Jan45. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 21Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. 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.
39208 (MSN 10186) Accepted by USAAF 5Jan45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 7Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Jan45. Damaged while
parked in collision by B-17G 43-39214 taxying at Grenier Field 3Feb45.
527th Bomb Squadron [FO*G], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 11Apr45. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39209 (MSN 10187) Accepted by USAAF 5Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 7Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Jan45. 860th Bomb Squadron,
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 22Jan45. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 1Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock,
TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39210 (MSN 10188) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Jan45. 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group,
Snetterton Heath (Station 138), Norfolk 22Jan45. Battle damaged on a mission
to a railway marshalling yard at Ansbach, Germany 21Feb45; accident landing
back at Snetterton Heath. Salvaged 23Feb45
39211 (MSN 10189) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Feb45. 750th Bomb Squadron [N:W], 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 18Feb45.
Named *Richards Klatt & Nelson, Inc/Maguire's Chop House*
Named by the pilot, Captain Joe Maguire. . Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39212 (MSN 10190) Accepted by USAAF 8Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 9Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jan45. 525th Bomb Squadron [FR*F/M], 379th Bomb Group,
Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire 1Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39213 (MSN 10191) Accepted by USAAF 8Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Jan45.
601st Bomb Squadron [3O*C], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131),
Hertfordshire 7Feb45. 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547),
Huntingdonshire. Re-classified after modifications 26Feb45. 423rd Bomb
Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 2May45.
Ninth Air Force. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence
gathering flights over Europe and North Africa. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 12Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39214 (MSN 10192) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
9Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 24Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH Jan45.
Damaged in collision with parked B-17G 43-39208 while taxying at Grenier
Field 3Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 12Sep46. Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39215 (MSN 10193) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Feb45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 1Oct48
39216 (MSN 10194) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 19Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 29Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 30Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39217 (MSN 10195) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 19Jan45. 401st Bomb Squadron [LL*O], 91st Bomb Group,
Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Feb45. {18+ missions}. Modified
with all guns, armament and turrets removed with a wooden floor built over the
bomb bay. Operation Revival 13May45; liberated prisoners of war from Russian
controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany and flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped. MERRY
39218 (MSN 10196) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 6Dec48
39219 (MSN 10197) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Feb45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 30Aug48
39220 (MSN 10198) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 25Jan45. 427th Bomb Squadron [GN*G], 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 20Feb45.
Named "Smilie Jack aka Shillelagh". Battle damaged during a
mission to the railway marshalling yards at Oranienburg, Germany 15Mar45.
Crashed at Boernerowo(Okecie airfield) near Warsaw, Poland Mar 15, 1945.
39221 (388th BG) (MSN 10199) Accepted by USAAF 9Jan45. 302nd Base Unit
(Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jan44. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 19Jan45. 563rd Bomb
Squadron [N], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 4Feb45.
{first combat mission 15Apr45}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all
guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay.
Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I,
Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {6 missions + 5 Chowhound + 3 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson
City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39222 (MSN 10200) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit
(North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
24Jan45. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 4Mar45.
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 9May45.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of carrying
thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group,
Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the Green Project which was the
USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock
airlift of troops from Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their
journey home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey
and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from NAS Port
Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Participated in the
Greek Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens, Greece to return Greeks who
had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers were facing Greek imprisonment and were
under armed guard. Flights were from Istres, France to Munich, Germany to pick-up passengers
for Athens, Greece. Operated as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia,
Italy. Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39223 (MSN 10201) Accepted by USAAF 9Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston
(Station 105), Northamptonshire 21Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39224 (MSN 10202) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45. Equipped with Carpet spot jamming
equipment. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*M], 398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead
(Station 131), Hertfordshire 3Feb45. Severe battle damage 9Mar45.
Repaired at 2nd Strategic Air Depot, Abbots Ripton (Station 547), Huntingdonshire. R
egained by Group 6Apr45. Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the
war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45. 4168th Base
Unit, St Plains 29May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Mar46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39225 (MSN 10203) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Jan45. 323rd Bomb Squadron [OR*V],
91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire 23Feb45.
Named "Naughty Caroline". Tony Starcer nose art
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 4Jun45. 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
39226 (MSN 10204) Accepted by USAAF 9Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45.
Equipped with Carpet spot jamming equipment. 861st Bomb Squadron,
493rd Bomb Group, Debach (Station 152), Suffolk 3Feb45. Little Walden (Station 165),
Essex Mar45. Failed to return from a mission to the submarine pens at Hamburg,
Germany 30Mar45 (1KIA:9POW).
Shot down Mar 30, 1945 By Anti-Aircraft Fire Northeast of Hamburg, Germany. Aircraft
Went into a Spin and Caught Fire and Exploded in Mid Air. All (10) Crew
Bailed Out and (9) Were Captured and Became POWs.(1) Crewman Was Killed After Bail Out.
Crashed near Pinneberg, northwest of Hamburg, Germany. MACR 13506
39227 (MSN 10205) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45. Damaged in collision with
B-17G 44-6951 taxying at Grenier 3Feb45. 601st Bomb Squadron [3O*P/S],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 25Feb45.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 21May45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 25May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39228 (MSN 10206) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
39329 (MSN 10207) Accepted by USAAF 9Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 22Jan45.
525th Bomb Squadron [FR*N], 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 12Apr45. 401st Bomb Group, Deenethorpe (Station 128),
Northamptonshire May45. 563rd Bomb Squadron [M], 388th Bomb Group,
Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk May45. {nil combat missions}. {1 Revival mission}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 19Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39230 (MSN 10208) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Jan45. 709th Bomb Squadron,
447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 3Feb45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39231 (MSN 10209) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 26Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 8Feb45. Salvaged
31May45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47 for storage. Reclaimed 16Dec48
39232 (MSN 10210) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28Jan45. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102),
Huntingdonshire 1Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39233 (MSN 10211) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 11Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 10Apr45. named "Hubert" 457th Bomb Group,
Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39234 (MSN 10212) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Feb45. 838th Bomb Squadron,
487th Bomb Group, Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 3Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
14Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 20Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped
39235 (MSN 10213) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Feb45. Returned to US.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 17Apr46.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun46. 4141st Base Unit (Air Material Command),
Pyote Field, TX 25Jun47. Reclaimed 16Sep48.
39236 (MSN 10214) Accepted by USAAF 12Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Feb45. 547th Bomb Squadron [SO*A],
384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood (Station 106), Northamptonshire 20Feb45.
Named "Blinkin' Betsy". {first combat mission 24Feb45}. Major battle
damage during a mission to railway marshalling yards at Dresden, Germany 17Apr45
(1WIA:7RTD). Before the target, flak struck the nose compartment injuring the navigator.
Other flak damage was to the No.2 fuel tank, left and right wing spars and some instruments.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament works
and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Battle damaged on that mission by flak
during three bomb runs over the target. No.4 engine was hit and the propeller feathered;
No.3 propeller control cables were struck; the left wing spar and most of the fuel tanks
were also struck by shrapnel. {36 missions}. Converted for trooping, stripped of all
armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return
of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres,
France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey and
flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project included
flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return leg from
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated from 15Jun45
to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Participated in the Greek Project Sep-Oct45 from Munich, Germany to Athens,
Greece to return Greeks who had sympathized with Nazis. The passengers were
facing Greek imprisonment and were under armed guard. Flights were from Istres,
France to Munich, Germany to pick-up passengers for Athens, Greece. Operated
as ‘Lucky Sky Ways’. Returned from Athens to Istres via Foggia, Italy.
Fatal crash at Saint-André-la-Côte, sixteen miles southwest of Lyon, France 10Dec45
(2KIS:3INJ + 3 Pax KIS). The plane was transporting personnel for leave and
redeployment and was cleared for a flight from Istres, Marseille, to Strasbourg,
France. Bad weather prevented a landing at Strasbourg and the plane proceeded
to Le Havre. On the next sector the plane was scheduled to return to Istres but
the airfield was closed at night so was cleared to Orly, Paris for a night stop.
Arriving at Paris, the pilot was advised that Orly airfield was closed and was
diverted to Bron airfield, Lyon, France. With low cloud and poor visibility, the
crew was given incorrect instructions for making an instrument approach.
During a turn in the approach pattern, the plane struck trees and crashed into a
wooded area on a hill side in Saint-André-la-Côte, southwest of Lyon. The front of the
plane was on fire and the injured were rescued by several local French civilians. Salvaged 4Mar46.
39237 (MSN 10215) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Feb45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 18Apr4
39238 (MSN 10216) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
13Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 7Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46
39239 MSN 10217) Accepted by USAAF 13Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Feb45.
562nd Bomb Squadron [Q], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk
8Feb45. {first combat mission 27Feb45}. 560th Bomb Squadron Apr45.
{final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball
turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth,
Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {26 missions + 5 Chowhound + 4 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39240 (MSN 10218) Accepted by USAAF 13Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45.
490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 7Feb45. Returned to US.
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.
39241 (MSN 10219) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 17Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 26Jan45. Eighth Air Force,
UK 4Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
12Jul45. 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
39242 (MSN 10220) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*F],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 4Mar45.
Named "Linn County Express"
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 27Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39243 (MSN 10221) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 1Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 5Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 16Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39244 (MSN 10222) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 28Jan45. 447th Bomb Group, Rattlesden (Station 126), Suffolk 1Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Feb46. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39245 (MSN 10223) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Accident at RCAF Gander, Newfoundland
23Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 12Feb45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39246 (MSN 10224) Accepted by USAAF Jan45. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment, designated TB-17G. 2916th Maintenance
And Supply Unit, Mobile Air Technical Service Command, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL.
Damaged in bad weather 300 miles NNW of Brownsville, TX 1Apr49. 6580th Air
Support Squadron, Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM. Accident taking off with
mechanical failure at Holloman AFB 26Jan53. Designated ETB-17G.
Modified for training at Middletown Air Depot, Olmsted AFB, Middletown, PA 5Nov54.
Redesignated TB-17G. Military Assistance Program 10Nov54. Transferred to
Brasilian Air Force / Força Aérea Brasileira 25Nov54 as 5405. 1º Esquadrão,
6º Grupo de Aviação, Base Aérea de Recife, PE. 2º Esquadrão, 6º Grupo de Aviação,
Base Aérea de Recife, PE, Crashed in 1962.
39247(MSN 10225) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Accident at Grenier Field 14Feb45.
Eighth Air Force, UK 16Feb45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 6Dec48.
39248 (MSN 10226) Accepted by USAAF 16Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45.
34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham. 563rd Bomb Squadron [B], 388th Bomb
Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 8Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39249 (MSN 10227) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Jan45. 836th Bomb Squadron [2G*E], 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Apr45. Landing accident at Lavenham 9Jun45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 10Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39250 (MSN 10228) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 8Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39251 (MSN 10229) Accepted by USAAF 16Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 18Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 2Feb45. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134),
Suffolk 5Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged Germany 23May46
39252 (MSN 10230) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 31Jan45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Feb45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39253 (MSN 10231) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 18Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 12Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39254 (MSN 10232) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 4Feb45. 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire
5Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
11Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39255 (MSN 10233) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 8Feb45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 30Aug48
39256 (MSN 10234) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 18Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. Damaged while parked in collision
by Consolidated B-24M Liberator taxying at RCAF Goose Bay, Labrador 15Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39257 (MSN 10235) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Feb45. 837th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group,
Lavenham (Station 137), Suffolk 12Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 13Nov45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39258 (MSN 10236) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39259 (MSN 10237) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 6Feb45. 385th Bomb Group, Great Ashfield (Station 155),
Suffolk 14Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Jun45.To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
1Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrappe
39260 (MSN 10238) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 19Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 26Feb45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39261 (MSN 10239) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 22Mar45. Tulsa Municipal Airport, OK 28Mar45. San Francisco, CA 2Apr45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA.
20th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Harmon, Guam 18Jun45.
24th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Harmon, Guam 17Jul48.
Reclaimed 6Jun49
39262 (MSN 10240) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 22Jan45. 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX 28Feb45.
302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
Modified for search and rescue with air-droppable boat, designated B-17H.
Redesignated SB-17G. San Francisco, CA 6Apr45. West Coast Wing, Air
Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA. 4th Emergency Rescue
Squadron, Kobler Field, Saipan. Damaged 29Apr45 in collision with parked
P-47N 44-88059 while taxying at Kobler Field. Salvaged 23Jan46
39263 (MSN 10241) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Feb45.
San Francisco, CA 9Mar45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field,
San Rafael, CA. 13th ASR, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 5Feb48. 358th Air Service
Group, Clark 9Apr48. 6th Air Service Group, Clark 9Jul48. Reclaimed 1Oct48.
39264 (MSN 10242) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Feb45.
San Francisco, CA 10Mar45. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Itami AB, Japan 18Jan46.
Flight D, 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Ashiya AB, Kyushu, Japan 26Apr49.
Accident taxying with mechanical failure at Ashiya AB 6Oct49. 347th Mission Support
Group, Ashiya AB, Kyushu, Japan 9Nov49. Salvaged 3May50
39265 (MSN 10243) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 22Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Mar45.
San Francisco, CA 2Apr45. Air Transport Command 5Apr45. Modified for search and r
rescue, designated B-17H. Named "Bulgin Besse" 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron,
Motoyama No.1 Airfield, Iwo Jima. 338th Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance
Group, Momote, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands 18Jan46. 5th Reconnaissance Squadron,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 18Apr46. Returned to US 24May49. 9th Strategic
Reconnaissance Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 27Sep49. Air Materiel Command,
Hill AFB, Ogden, UT 9Dec49. Reclaimed 19May50
39266 (MSN 10244) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Feb45.
Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. Redesignated SB-17G., carried air-droppable boat
with engines. Boat was made by Higgins Industries and had 20 waterproof compartments to keep it
afloat even if it overturned. Named "Pretty Baby".
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 9Mar45. Served with 6th Emergency
Rescue Squadron, 5th Rescue Group, Okinawa Jul 1945. Reclaimed 15Jan48
39267 (MSN 10245) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 26Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Feb45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 1Mar45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Manila 31Dec45. Salvaged 11Oct46.
39268 (MSN 10246) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 25Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Feb45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 3Apr45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Manila, Philippines 27Jul47. 13th AR,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 5Feb48. Reclaimed 15Jan4.
39269 (MSN 10247) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 25Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Feb45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 9Mar45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Manila, Philippines 14May46
39270 (MSN 10248) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Feb45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 9Mar45.
358th Air Service Group, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 15Jan48. 6th Air Service
Group, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 26Jun48. 18th Mission Support Group,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 1Dec48. Reclaimed 2Mar49
39271 (MSN 10249) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 27Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
Modified to photographic configuration. Designated F-9C. West Coast Wing, Air
Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 4Apr45. Redesignated FB-17G 1945.
338th Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group, Momote, Los Negros,
Admiralty Islands 18Jan46. 5th Reconnaissance Group, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines
18Apr46. Accident landing with mechanical failure at Jackson Drome, Port Moresby,
New Guinea 19Nov47. Designated RB-17G 10Jun48. 567th Air Materiel Squadron,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 13Jul48. Returned to US. 24May49. 9th Strategic
Reconnaissance Group, Fairmont Field, Geneva, NB 4Sep49. Hill Field,
Ogden, UT 28Nov49. Reclaimed 18Jan50.
39272 (MSN 10250) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 27Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 26Feb45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command,
Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 9Mar45. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron,
Kadena, Japan 31Jan48. Reclaimed 8Mar49.
39273 (MSN 10251) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 27Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 21Feb45. 556th Base Unit, 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach Field,
CA 25Feb45. Fatal crash 42 miles NNW of Hot Springs, AR 25Feb45 (3KIS).
Reclaimed 27Mar45
43-39274/39508 Boeing B-17G-110-BO Fortress
MSN 10252/10486. Dispositions from B-17 Fortress Master Log, Dave Osborne (FORTLOG)and ‘Project Bits & Pieces’, a detailed
look at the Eighth Air Force operational statistics during World War II by Paul Andrews and William Adams
39274 (MSN 10252) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 28Jan45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 23Feb45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field,
San Rafael, CA 9Mar45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H.
Redesignated SB-17G 1948. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron. 358th Air
Service Group, Clark, Philippines 1Apr48. 6th Air Service Group, Clark 13Jul48.
18th Mission Support Group, Clark 14Aug48. Reclaimed 2Mar49
39275 (MSN 10253) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 28Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Air Transport Command 30Apr47.
Damaged while parked in a collision by B-17G 44-8279 caused by mechanical
failure at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 3Aug47. 1414th Base Unit, Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia, 28Jan48. Crashed after the crew bailed out thirty miles east of Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia 15Jun48
39276 (MSN 10254) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 27Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 18Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 20Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 30Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39277 (MSN 10255) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39278 (MSN 10256) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 27Jan45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
39279 (MSN 10257) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 11Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 12Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
39280 (MSN 10258) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 27Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39281 (MSN 10259) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 27Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Feb45. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Air Materiel Command, 3Jun47. 4112th Base
Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot,
PA 9Jan48. Reclaimed 21Mar48. Designated ETB-17G. 6520th Test Wing,
Laurence G. Hanscom AFB, MA. 3040th Aircraft Storage Squadron,
Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ. Reclaimed 9Jan56. Dropped from inventory by
transfer to Military Assistance Program 14Jun56. Reimbursable Aid to Government
of Bolivia Jun56. Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson, AZ. Registered 6Jun57 as N7043C,
cancelled 10Dec59. Dismantled and used for spares support
39282 (MSN 10260) Accepted by USAAF 24Jan45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME 15Feb45. 563rd Bomb Squadron,
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 18Feb45.
Named "Sweeny's Brats" Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. 613th Base
Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 13Mar46
39283(MSN 10261) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 28Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 18Nov48
39284 (MSN 10262) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Feb45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39285 (MSN 10263) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Feb45. 358th Bomb Squadron [VK*E],
303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 11Apr45.
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 23May45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman
Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39286 (MSN 10264) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
39287 (MSN 10265) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 11Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 14Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39288 (MSN 10266) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 17Jul45. 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
39289 (MSN 10267) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Feb45. 327th Bomb Squadron [UX*F], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 4Mar45. Converted for trooping, stripped of
all armament and turrets, capable of carrying thirty passengers on benches installed
in the waist and bomb bay. 92nd Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France.
Participated in the Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the
return of troops to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from
Istres, France, to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey
home. From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey
and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project
included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the return
leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project operated
from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23Aug46
39290 (MSN 10268) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Feb45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 3Aug48
39291 (MSN 10269) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 16Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39292 (MSN 10270) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 13Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Feb45. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39293 (MSN 10271) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Feb45. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*J], 398th Bomb
Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 29Mar45.
Named "The Little Princess" Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission
of the war to the Škoda armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45.
Returned to US. Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To 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
39294 (MSN 10272) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Jan45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 15Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Feb45. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 30Aug48
39295 (MSN 10273) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Feb45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field,
Bangor, ME 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Feb45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). .
Reassigned 10th HBS Oberpfaffenhofen Apr 30, 1947. Assigned to 501st ASG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim],
West Germany, Jan 1, 1948. Assigned to 7160th ABG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Jul 1, 1948.
Assigned to 7290th ABG, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Feb 2, 1949.
Assigned to 7169th RCWS, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Feb 2, 1949
Assigned to 7290th ABG, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Apr 13, 1949
Assigned to MATS, Apr 20, 1949. Assigned to 1414th ABS, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jun 6, 1949
Assigned to 85th MG, Erding, West Germany, Nov 14, 1949 for repairs but scrapped circa Jan 19, 1950.
Reclamation completed May 3, 1950.
39296 (MSN 10274) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 31Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 17Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39297 (MSN 10275) Accepted by USAAF 30Jan45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 31Jan45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 13Feb45. 490th Bomb Group, Eye (Station 134), Suffolk 16Feb45.
Damaged on a mission to a Luftwaffe airfield at Unterschlauersbach, west of Nürnberg,
Germany 5Apr45 (5KIA:4RTD). After assembly over France, a low squadron of four planes
ran into high clouds and became separated from the group formation. Close to the I.P.
the pilot decided to start back towards France rather than be exposed in a small squadron
to enemy fighters. The nose gunner called out a formation nearby, the pilot put this plane
in a steep bank and dived to the left to avoid hitting the group. Parts of the left wing
started to peel off, the plane began to spin then disintegrated from behind the upper
turret. The suction pulled a couple of crew members out of the plane. Crashed behind
allied lines near Kirn, Germany. Salvaged 10Apr45. (5) Crew Were Killed. (4) Bailed Out and
Landed in U.S. Lines and Survived. MACR 13741
39298 (MSN 10276) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39299 (MSN 10277) Accepted by USAAF 30Jan45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 2Feb45. 1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Dow Field, Bangor, ME 12Feb45. 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham
(Station 156), Suffolk 18Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39300 (MSN 10278) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 2Feb45.
1379th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Dow Field, Bangor, ME
12Feb45. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*X], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 12Apr45. {4+ missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. 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
39301 (MSN 10279) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Damaged in collision with B-17G 44-83340 which got caught
in a bad snow storm at night and crash landed into 43-39301 at Meeks Field, Keflavík,
Iceland 3Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 14May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma
City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 6Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39302 (MSN 10280) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 29Jan45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Feb45. 379th Bomb Group, Kimbolton (Station 117),
Huntingdonshire 12Apr45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 23May46
39303 (MSN 10281) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Feb45. 1377th Base
Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH
17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Aug45. Landing accident Rumania 2Nov46. Returned to Germany 24Dec46, 10th Air Depot Group,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany. Damaged taxying at Oberpfaffenhofen 22Apr47. Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Apr47. 10th Air Depot Group, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany. Damaged in
collision with parked Douglas C-47A LN-IAP [42-23802] caused by mechanical failure
taxying at Nicosia, Cyprus 8Jun48. 7290th Air Base Group, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
1Jul48. Damaged taxying at Wiesbaden, Germany 23Sep48. 59th Headquarters and Base Service
Squadron, Burtonwood Air Depot, Burtonwood, England 18Nov48 for maintenance. 3rd Air
Division, Burtonwood, England, 25Feb49. Converted as staff transport, designated VB-17G
23Sep49. Reclaimed Burtonwood 11Jan50. Scrapped by Apr50; remains extant 5Apr52
39304 (MSN 10282) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 6Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45. Returned to US. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 29Mar46.
Civil Air Patrol, Flushing, MI. Planned for a war memorial. Registered as N9407H to
International Air Corporation, cancelled 26Jun50. Institute Geographique National,
Creil, France 12Dec49. Registered 21Apr50 as F-BDAT to ETAT / Secretariat General
a l’Aviation Civile et Commerciale [SGACC]. Crashed Niamey, Niger,
French West Africa 12Dec50. Registration cancelled 9Nov51.
39305 (MSN 10283) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
6Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Feb45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. 89th Base Squadron,
Air Transport Command, Wiesbaden, Germany 18Jan48. Returned to US. MTC,
Langley Field, Hampton, VA 1Jul48. 71st Air Communications Service Group, Hickam Field,
Honolulu, TH 8Sep48. 1810th Air Communications Service Group, Hickam Field,
Honolulu, TH 1Oct48. 811th Air Communications Service Group, Kadena, Okinawa 21Sep49.
1500th Mission Support Group, Hickam Field, Honolulu, TH 23Sep49. Reclaimed 3May50.
39306 (MSN 10284) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 3Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39307 (MSN 10285) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Modified with external wing racks for the 4,500lb rocket
assisted Disney bomb. RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk for Project Ruby – to establish
reasons for the failure of large bombs then developed to penetrate the reinforced
concrete shielded targets in Germany. . RAF Marham, King's Lynn, Norfolk 15Mar46.
Returned to Eglin Field 11Aug46. Converted as staff transport, designated VB-17G.
1100th Air Base Group, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. Arizona Aircraft Storage
Branch, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ 30Aug56. Departed 14Jun56. Dropped
from inventory by transfer to Military Assistance Program 14Jun56. Reimbursable
Aid to Government of Bolivia Jun56. Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson, AZ. Lloyd Aéreo
Boliviano (LAB), La Paz, Nov56. Registered as CP-625. Crashed San Lorenzo,
Bolivia 17Nov59
39308 (MSN 10286) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Feb45.
40th Air Depot Group, 2nd Tactical Air Depot, Stansted (Station 169), Essex.
Damaged in collision with parked Martin B-26 Marauder 44-68109 taxying
at Stansted 13Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 30Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39309 (MSN 10287) Accepted by USAAF 2Feb45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew
Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 5Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic
Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester,
NH 17Feb45. 561st Bomb Squadron [H], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall
(Station 136), Suffolk 19Feb45. Named "Our Love". {first combat mission 14Apr45}.
{final combat mission 19Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret
removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth,
Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {6 missions + 2 Chowhound + 2 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 9Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39310 (MSN 10288) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 5Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Damaged in collision with B-24M
Liberator 44-50680 taxying at Grenier Field 18Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
28Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39311 MSN 10289) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39312 (MSN 10290) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 6Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39313 (MSN 10291) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 6Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 17Jan49
39314 (MSN 10292) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45.
Returned to US. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 4Aug46
39315 (MSN 10293) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39316 (MSN 10294) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 7Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39317 (MSN 10295) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
10Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 9Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39318 (MSN 10296) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 8Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Feb45. 603rd Bomb Squadron [N7*P],
398th Bomb Group, Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire 29Mar45. Named "Bebe".
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda armament
works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. Returned to US. Valley (Station 568),
Anglesey, Wales 2Jun45. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 1Dec45. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39319 (MSN 10297) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 11Jul45. 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
39320 (MSN 10298) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 8Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 19Feb45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39321 (MSN 10299) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 19Feb45. 834th Bomb Squadron [2S*T], 486th Bomb Group,
Sudbury (Station 174), Suffolk Apr45. {3 missions}. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jul45. 4185th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS
16Jul45. 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
39322 (MSN 10300) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39323 (MSN 10301) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 10Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 7Jan49.
39324 (MSN 10302) Accepted by USAAF 9Feb45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training
Station), Lincoln Field, NB 12Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45.
[X], 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham (Station 153), Suffolk. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, \
CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39325 (MSN 10303) Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 10Feb45.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 8Mar45.
327th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 14Mar45.
4000th Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 29Mar45. 3
27th Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1Aug45.
610th Base Unit (Proving Ground Command), Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL 27Sep45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 18Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment
Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped.
39326 (MSN 10304) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
12Feb45. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Mar45. 728th Bomb Squadron,
452nd Bomb Group. Named "Flak Shy Lady". Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 29Nov45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39327 (MSN 10305) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 19Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39328 (MSN 10306) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. Returned to US.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 2Mar46. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 1Apr47
39329 (MSN 10307) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 12Feb45. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39330 (MSN 10308) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45. United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39331 (MSN 10309) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 2Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39332 (MSN 10310) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence
Field, KS 13Jul45. 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
39333 (MSN 10311) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
14Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 3Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Mar47. Reclaimed 5Aug48
39334 (MSN 10312) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 14Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 3Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39335 MSN 10313) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
assigned to 501st ASG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Jan 1, 1948.
Assigned to 7160th ABG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Jul 1, 1948
Assigned to 7290th ABG, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Jul 27, 1948
Assigned to 7169th RCWS, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, Feb 17, 1949
Assigned to 7210th MG, Erding, West Germany, Apr 28, 1949 for repairs
Assigned to 60th ABG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany, Jul 19, 1949
Redesignated TB-17G Oct 12, 1949. Re-assigned to FEAF and transferred to Kelly AFB, TX, Nov 9, 1950.
Assigned to 6400th ADW, Tachikawa, Japan Transferred to Brazilian AF as 5406.
2º Esquadrão, 6º Grupo de Aviação, Base Aérea de Recife, PE. 1º Esquadrão,
6º Grupo de Aviação, Base Aérea de Recife, PE. Withdrawn from service Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1966.
39336 (MSN 10314) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Feb45.
3711st Base Unit, Seattle, WA (Training Command) 26Feb45. 3098th Base Unit,
Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA 31Jan46. Ninth Air Force. 501st Air Service Group,
Wiesbaden, Germany. Damaged in collision with C-47A 43-15263 taxying at Wiesbaden 19Mar48
39337 (MSN 10315) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 2Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 18Sep46.
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47
39338 (MSN 10316) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Feb45.
7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT. Damaged taxying at Chanute, IL 17Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group,
Frankfurt/Eschborn (Y-74), Germany. Crashed Mont Blanc, France 1Nov46 (8KIS).
The B-17G aircraft was assigned to the US Army European Air Transport Service (EATS)
and took off from Capodichino Air Base (Naples, Italy). Its destination was
Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire, an airfield near London in England.
The Flight Plan required the aircraft to fly a route parallel to the Italian coast as far
as the island of Gorgona (between the tip of Corsica and Pisa), make a 45 degree
left turn to Istres (Marseilles) from where it would head Northwards via Lyon
and Paris then across the English Channel to Bovingdon. Adverse weather
conditions with severe thunderstorms had been forecast in the first leg of the
route (as far as Istres), but the aircraft captain concurred the Flight Plan and
authorized the plane’s departure. One routine radio message was transmitted a
few minutes after takeoff, following which no other messages were received.
The aircraft had crashed on the Aiguille des Glaciers, France, in the French Alps.
All 8 onboard killed. The crash site was not discovered until July 1947, when
remains were found at an altitude of 3,700 metres (12,000ft). Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Salvaged 9Apr48
39339 (MSN 10317) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Feb45.
Returned to US. 112th Base Unit, Wendover Field, UT 9Oct45. 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
39340 (MSN 10318) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK. Returned to US.
Modified as target drone. Designated QB-17G. Designated QB-17N
39341 (MSN 10319) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
16Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 10Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 18Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 20Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 2Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39342 (MSN 10320) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to
10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich,
Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39343 (MSN 10321) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Feb45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Feb45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39344 (MSN 10322) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 11Feb45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 13Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 18Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 22Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39345 (MSN 10323) Accepted by USAAF 14Feb45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45.
563rd Bomb Squadron [G], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 6Mar45. Named "Saints & Sinners". {first combat mission 9Apr45}.
{final combat mission 21Apr45}. Modified with all guns, armament and ball
turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival;
liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth,
Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs were
flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {7 missions + 5 Chowhound + 5 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39346 (MSN 10324) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 16Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 18Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage
Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 2Feb46. War Assets
Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46;
scrapped
39347 (MSN 10325) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 17Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 4Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 12Jul45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), Independence Field, KS 13Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
21Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39348 (MSN 10326) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
16Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Mar45.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th
Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany
30Apr47. Reclaimed 18Nov48
39349 (MSN 10327) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
17Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. 332nd Bomb Squadron,
94th Bomb Group, Rougham (Station 468), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 4Mar45.
369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 2May45. Ninth Air Force. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping
and intelligence gathering flights over Europe and North Africa. Transferred to
Foggia #2 (Sandfly), Tortorella, Italy; departed Thurleigh 18Jun45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39350 (MSN 10328) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB
17Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 11Feb45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 20Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39351 (MSN 10329) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 19Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 4Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111),
Bedfordshire 7May45. Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence gathering
flights over Europe and North Africa. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France Feb46.
Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 19Nov47.
39352 (MSN 10330) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
16Feb45. Crashed due mechanical failure and collided with parked B-17G 43-39356
and B-29A 42-94036 at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA 16Feb45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 5Mar45.
Eighth Air Force, UK 8Mar45. Named *900 Hil Gard*. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 10Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot
No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39353 (MSN 10331) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 2Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 6Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 5Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39354 (MSN 10332) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
33955 (MSN 10333) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln
Field, NB 27Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Mar45.
413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Snetterton Heath (Station 138),
Norfolk 15Mar45. 452nd Bomb Group, Deopham Green (Station 142),
Norfolk 16Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 1Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 17Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39356 (MSN 10334) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Damaged while parked when
B-17G 43-39352 crash landed at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA 16Feb45.
8th Air Division. Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament,
turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G. Converted as staff
transport, designated VB-17G. Castle AFB, Atwater, CA 1956. 552nd Airborne
Early Warning and Control Wing, McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA.
Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ 12Oct56.
Departed 1Sep57. San Bernardino Air Materiel Area, Norton AFB,
San Bernardino, CA. Loaned to Universal International and Featured in the
film ‘Lady Takes a Flyer’ (1958) with false registration N39356. Filmed at Burbank
Airport, CA; Van Nuys, CA; Whitman Airpark, San Fernando, CA; NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
Returned to USAF. Reclaimed 30Jan58
38357 (MSN 10335) Accepted by USAAF 19Feb45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 20Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Mar45. 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham (Station 156), Suffolk 13Mar45.
{no missions with the 34BG}. Returned to US by 34th Bomb Group crew on Operation Home Run.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 31Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to
Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
38358 (MSN 10336) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 22Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 4Mar45. 452nd Bomb Group, 6Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 6Dec45. Converted as staff transport, designated VB-17G.
Took part in Boeing flypast 30Jul56.
39359 (MSN 10337) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Used during Korean War as one of the last armed B-17s
Modified for training, stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated
TB-17G. 1800th Airways and Air Communications Service Wing, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK.
3040th Aircraft Storage Depot, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 11Feb56. Departed 24Jul56.
Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL. Modified as target drone 14Oct56.
Designated QB-17N. 3205th Drone Group, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL. Expended 6Jan58
39360 (MSN 10338) Rome Air Depot, NY 23Feb45. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne
Municipal Airport, WY 12Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Apr45. Dow Field, Bangor, ME 5May45. Fifth Air Force Karachi,
India 8May45. Far East Air Force 30Apr47.
39361 (MSN 10339) Rome Air Depot, NY 22Feb45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 28Mar45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. Fifth Air
Force 30Apr47. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Itami, Japan 18Jan48. 3rd Air Rescue
Squadron, Chitose, Japan 18May48. Redesignated SB-17G 10Jun48. 13th Air Supply
Squadron, Japan Air Materiel Area, Tachikawa, Japan 22Jun48. 3rd Air Rescue
Squadron, Chitose, Japan 23Jul48. 3rd Air Rescue Squadron, Misawa, Japan 12Jul49.
Returned to US. Air Materiel Command, Hill AFB, Ogden, UT 29Aug50. Reclaimed 5Dec50
39362 (MSN 10340) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron,
Yokota, Okinawa. Damaged taxying at Yokota 2Jan47. Designated EB-17G. Damaged
mechanical failure 10 miles west of Tokyo, Japan 16Nov49.
39363 (MSN 10341) Rome Air Depot, NY 23Feb45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 12Apr45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field,
San Rafael, CA 22Apr45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 314th CS, Chitose, Japan damaged
taxying due weather at Chitose, Japan 7Dec47. 385th SR, Chitose, Japan 11Mar48.
385th SR, Misawa, Japan 23Jul48. 49th Mission Support Squadron, Misawa,
Japan 7Sep48. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39364 (MSN 10342) Rome Air Depot, NY 24Feb45. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 10Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Apr45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. West Coast
Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 26Apr45. Fifth Air Force,
Japan. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Yokota, Okinawa 18Jan48. Redesignated SB-17G 10Jun48.
13th Air Supply Squadron, Japan Air Materiel Area, Tachikawa, Japan 18Mar49.
Flight D, 3rd Air Rescue Squadron, Ashiya AB, Kyushu, Japan. 6122nd Air Base Group,
Ashiya AB, Kyushu, Japan. Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 43-39365 taxying
at Ashiya AB 8Nov50. The hydraulic line to the brakes failed on the other SB-17G
(the hydraulic pressure warning light had also failed), leading to an unavoidable
collision turning the nose compartments of both aircraft into complete wrecks. Salvaged
39365 (MSN 10343) Rome Air Depot, NY 24Feb45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 26Mar45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. West Coast
Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 14Apr45. Fifth Air Force,
Japan. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Yokota, Okinawa 18Jan48. Redesignated
SB-17G 10Jun48. Reclaimed 8Jun49. Damaged in landing accident due structural
failure at Johnson AB, Saitama, Tokyo, Japan 17Apr50. 3rd Air Base Group, Johnson AB,
Saitama, Tokyo, Japan 4May50. Flight D, 3rd Air Rescue Squadron, Ashiya AB, Kyushu,
Japan. 6122nd Air Base Group, Ashiya AB, Kyushu, Japan. Damaged in collision with
parked B-17G 43-39364 while taxying at Ashiya AB 8Nov50. The hydraulic line to the
brakes failed (the hydraulic pressure warning light had also failed), leading to an
unavoidable collision with the other SB-17G and turning the nose compartments of
both aircraft into complete wrecks. Salvaged. Reclaimed 5Dec50
39366 (MSN 10344) Accepted by USAAF Feb45
39367 (MSN 10345) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H.
2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron. Redesignated SB-17G 1948
To Lloyd Aero Boliviano as CP-625 Nov 1956. W/o at San Lorenzo, Bolivia
Nov 17, 1959.
39368 (MSN 10346) Accepted by USAAF Feb45
39369 (MSN 10347) Accepted by USAAF Feb45
39370 (MSN 10348) Accepted by USAAF Feb45
39371 (MSN 10349) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 24Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Mar45.
Eighth Air Force, UK 18Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39372 (MSN 10350) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 11Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 13Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39373 (MSN 10351) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 10Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 7Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. 428th Base Unit, Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, NM 6Feb46.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oxnard Field, Albuquerque, NM for storage
and disposal 19Mar46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Compressed Steel Corporation Jul46;
scrapped.
39374 (MSN 10352) Accepted by USAAF Feb45. Modified for search and rescue, designated SB-17G.
4th Air Rescue Squadron, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA. Forced landing caused by engine
failure at Hawthorne, CA 7Apr52.
39375 (MSN 10353) Rome Air Depot, NY 26Feb45. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 13Apr45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field,
San Rafael, CA 17May45. Salvaged 31Jul46.
39376 (MSN 10354) Rome Air Depot, NY 26Feb45. United Air Lines, Modification Center #10,
Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 12Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Apr45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command,
Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 30Apr45. 3rd Rescue Squadron, Itazuke, Japan.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 44-83723 at Itazuke 7Apr47.
2nd Rescue Squadron, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 18Jan48. 358th Air Service
Group, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 19May48. 567th Air Materiel Squadron,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 1Jul48. 18th Mission Support Group, Clark Field, Luzon,
Philippines 8Dec48. Reclaimed 10May49.
39377 (MSN 10355) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field,
NB 26Feb45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 8Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 10Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 7Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39378 (MSN 10356) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 26Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Mar45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 1Oct48
39379 (MSN 10357) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 24May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39380 (MSN 10358) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 10Mar45. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jun49
39381 (MSN 10359) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 27Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 30May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 31May45.To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39382 (MSN 10360) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 8Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 10Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jul45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46.
39383 (MSN 10361) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 25May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39384 (MSN 10362) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 16Dec48
39385 (MSN 10363) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 28Feb45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 23Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39386 (MSN 10364) 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station), Lincoln Field, NB 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 12Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
37387 (MSN 10365) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45. United States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49
39388 (MSN 10366) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Mar45. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service S
quadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 16Mar48
39389 (MSN 10367) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 10Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 16May46
39390 (MSN 10368) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 11Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 13Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 12Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 22Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39391 (MSN 10369) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 18Nov48
39392 (MSN 10370) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 22Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39393 (MSN 10371) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 9Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39394 (MSN 10372) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39395 (MSN 10373) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25May45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal
8Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39396 (MSN 10374) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 1Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 12Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 15Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 5Nov46. Administratively
assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 6Dec4
39397 (MSN 10375) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 27Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 30Jun45 .To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 22Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39398 (MSN 10376) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 3Jul45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 5Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39399 (MSN 10377) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 16Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46.
39400 (MSN 10378) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier
Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command),
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 13Dec45. 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
39401 (MSN 10379) Accepted by USAAF 3Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter
Field, Savannah, GA 5Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45.
560th Bomb Squadron [C], 388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136),
Suffolk 26Mar45. {first combat mission 10Apr45}. {final combat mission 21Apr45}.
Modified with all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor
built over the bomb bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from
Russian controlled Stalag Luft No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were
flown to southern England; American POWs were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70),
France. {9 missions + 3 Chowhound + 3 Revival}. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
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 5Dec45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39402 (MSN 10380) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 13Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 17Mar45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 18Nov48
39403 (MSN 10381) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 5Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 29Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jul45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 25Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39404 (MSN 10382) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and
Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Reclaimed 7Jan49.
39405 (MSN 10383) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
6Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 28Feb46. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains
Field, Lubbock, TX 19Mar46
39406 (MSN 10384) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
7Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK
20Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 23May46.
39407 (MSN 10385) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
7Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39408 (MSN 10386) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46.
39409 (MSN 10387) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 29Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 23May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 25May45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 13Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39410 (MSN 10388) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 19Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Returned to US.
1st Base Unit (Headquarters), Bolling Field, Washington, DC 28Aug45. 66th Airways
and Air Communications Service, 716th Base Unit, Grenier Field, Manchester, NH.
Damaged when nosed over at Grenier Field 10Jan46. 90th Base Unit, Mitchel Field,
Hempstead, Long Island, NY 17Mar46. 4121st Base Unit (San Antonio Air Technical
Service Command), Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX 29Aug46. 90th Base Unit,
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 15Sep46. United States Air Forces in
Europe (USAFE). 10th Headquarters and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Munich, Germany 30Apr47. Returned to US. 2621st Base Unit, Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 9Jul47. 4117th Base Unit (Warner Robins Air Technical Service
Command), Robins Field, Warner Robins, GA 4Mar48. Reclaimed 4Nov48
39411 (MSN 10389) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39412 (MSN 10390) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 28Jan46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39413 (MSN 10391) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 6Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39414 (MSN 10392) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 20Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39415 (MSN 10393) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 18Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters
and Base Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47.
Reclaimed 7Jan49.
39416 (MSN 10394) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 9Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 10Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 15Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39417 (MSN 10395) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Modified
with radar aids for Air-sea rescue duties. 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron,
65th Fighter Wing, Halesworth (Station 365), Suffolk. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39418 (MSN 10396) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46
39419 (MSN 10397) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 29Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39420 (MSN 10398) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 23Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39421 (MSN 10399) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To 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.
39422 (MSN 10400) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 31May46
39423 (MSN 10401) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 22May45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 24May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39424 (MSN 10402) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Mar45. 100th Bomb Group, 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 26Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39425 (MSN 10403) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Ninth Air Force.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 10May46.
39426 (MSN 10404) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 20Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 29Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 1Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39427 (MSN 10405) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 25Mar45.
Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 22Jun46.
Returned to US. 1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command),
Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 26Feb46. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground
Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 22Apr46
39428 (MSN 10406) Accepted by USAAF 10Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field,
Savannah, GA 13Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport
Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 25Mar45. 563rd Bomb Squadron [B],
388th Bomb Group, Knettishall (Station 136), Suffolk 1Apr45. {first combat mission 10Apr45}.
{final combat mission 21Apr45}. Damaged landing at Knettishall 10May45. Modified with
all guns, armament and ball turret removed with a wooden floor built over the bomb
bay. Operation Revival; liberated prisoners of war from Russian controlled Stalag Luft
No.I, Barth, Germany. British POWs were flown to southern England; American POWs
were flown to Laon-Couvron (A-70), France. {9 missions + 5 Chowhound +1 Revival}.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor
Locks, CT 3Jul45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Jul45. 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
39429 (MSN 10407) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 6Jul45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 8Jul45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39430 (MSN 10408) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 24Jun45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 28Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for
storage and disposal 27Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39431 (MSN 10409) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 13Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 17Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 2Aug45.
4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), Independence Field, KS 3Aug45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39432 (MSN 10410) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 27Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 27Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 11Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 14Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 11Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39433 (MSN 10411) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 14Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 24Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Ninth Air Force. United States
Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. Salvaged 23May46
39434 (MSN 10412) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 14Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 28Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39435 (MSN 10413) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 23Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 10Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 13Jun45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 11Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39436 (MSN 10414) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 11Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City,
MO Jul46; scrapped.
39437 (MSN 10415) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 26Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39438 (MSN 10416) Accepted by USAAF 16Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Mar45.
306th Bomb Group, Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire 1Apr45. Ninth Air Force.
Project Casey Jones, photo-mapping and intelligence gathering flights over
Europe and North Africa. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Aug45.
Salvaged 28Mar46. Reclaimed 10May46
39439 (MSN 10417) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Mar45. 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb
Group, Deopham Green (Station 142), Norfolk 29Mar45.
Named JEANNIE WITH LIGHT BROWN HAIR / CYANIDE FOR HITLER. The pilot
had originally named this plane “Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” in honor of his wife, Jeannie,
who had light brown hair. (also the name of a Stephen Foster song)_. The rest of
the crew were not too fond of the plane being named only by the pilot, so he later
agreed to have the name “Cyanide for Hitler” painted on the sides above the wings.
Unfortunately the name did not get painted on the plane until after the last combat
mission was flown. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks,
CT 28Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 2Jul45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 20Nov45.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39440 (MSN 10418) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
19Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Mar45. 327th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), Drew Field, Tampa, FL 1Aug45. 326th Base Unit
(Combat Crew Training Station), MacDill Field, Tampa, FL 12Dec45. 110th Base
Unit (Staging), Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 7Mar46. 100th Base Unit,
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 27Mar46. 104th Base Unit, Mitchel
Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 4Jun46. 35th Base Unit, Bolling Field,
Washington, DC 7Nov46. Modified as cargo/transport aircraft, designated CB-17G.
Transferred to US Navy. Returned to USAAF 30Apr47. Redesignated VB-17G. 16th
Special Air Missions Group, Bolling Field, Washington, DC 10Mar48. 1100th
Special Air Missions Group, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. Damaged while parked
in a collision by North American TB-25J Mitchell 45-8860 taxying at Bolling AFB
24Mar50. Damaged taxying at Washington National Airport, DC 21Apr50.
Damaged taxying with mechanical failure at Bolling AFB 21Oct50. Reclaimed 9Nov50
39441 (MSN 10419) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 17Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 24Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 26Mar45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT
4Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 7Feb46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39442 (MSN 10420) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 29Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 1Jun45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 5Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39443 (MSN 10421) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
19Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45.
Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 23May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 25May45. To Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage and
disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting
Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39444 (MSN 10422) Accepted by USAAF 17Mar45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing),
Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 19Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 28Mar45.
544th Bomb Squadron [SU*J], 384th Bomb Group, Grafton Underwood
(Station 106), Northamptonshire 10Apr45. {first combat mission 14Apr45}.
Flew on the final Eighth Air Force combat mission of the war to the Škoda
armament works and airfield at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 25Apr45. {6 missions}.
Converted for trooping, stripped of all armament and turrets, capable of
carrying thirty passengers on benches installed in the waist and bomb bay.
384th Bomb Group, Istres (Station 195), Marseille, France. Participated in the
Green Project which was the USAAF solution to expedite the return of troops
to USA. It called for the round-the-clock airlift of troops from Istres, France,
to Casablanca, French Morocco, the initial leg of their journey home.
From Casablanca, Air Transport Command’s aircraft completed the journey
and flew the troops to the United States. A secondary task of the Green Project
included flying French citizens who had been in exile during the war on the
return leg from NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco to Istres. The Green Project
operated from 15Jun45 to 10Sep45. Ninth Air Force. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE) Aug45. 384th Bomb Group, Istres AAB, Marseille, France.
Salvaged 18Sep46. Administratively assigned to 10th Headquarters and Base
Service Squadron, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich, Germany 30Apr47. SOC 19Nov47.
39445 MSN 10423) Topeka Field, KS 19Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air
Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Apr45.
Eighth Air Force, UK 5Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 31May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 3Jun45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39446 (MSN 10424) Topeka Field, KS 19Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing,
Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Apr45.
Eighth Air Force, UK 4Apr45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 30May45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39447 (MSN 10425) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 20Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 29Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 1Apr45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 4Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 8Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 21Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39448 (MSN 10426) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 27Mar45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 16Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 1Oct45. 3028th Base Unit, Pilot School, Advanced, Single-Engine,
Luke Field, Arizona, AZ 18Oct45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 29Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 27Nov45. 2140th Base
Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45.
Reclaimed 17Sep46
39449 (MSN 10427) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 1Apr45. 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell (Station 167),
Essex 12May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing),
Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air
Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 21Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39450 (MSN 10428) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
22Mar45. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 30Mar45. 303rd Bomb Group,
Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 10Apr45. 457th Bomb Group, Glatton
(Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit
(Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 8Jun45. 4168th
Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 6Mar46
39451 (MSN 10429) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 22Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 29Mar45. Eighth Air Force, UK 29Mar45. Returned to US. 121st Base
Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 20Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 22Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39452 (MSN 10430) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 24Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Mar45. 533rd Bomb Squadron [VP*Y], 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell
(Station 167), Essex 11Apr45. {1 mission}. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment
Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 28May45. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City
Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 31May45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 26Nov45. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped.
39453 (MSN 10431) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 23Mar45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field (Station 16),
Manchester, NH 30Mar45. 303rd Bomb Group, Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire 10Apr45.
457th Bomb Group, Glatton (Station 130), Huntingdonshire 22May45. Returned to US.
121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 9Jun45.
4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 12Jun45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 9Dec45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39454 (MSN 10432) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 26Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Apr45. Hobbs Field, NM 1Oct45.
2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN Feb46.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-17G 44-85613 which had ground looped
at Smyrna Field 12Feb46. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 21Apr46. Reclaimed 15Jul46
39455 (MSN 10433) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 29Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 1Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 28Oct45. 2140th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit,
Smyrna Field, TN 5May46. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 26Jun46
39456 (MSN 10434) Topeka Field, KS 29Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
15Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ
for storage and disposal 7Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich
Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39457 (MSN 10435) Topeka Field, KS 29Mar45. 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts
(Station 139), Norfolk Mar45. Returned to US. Modified for search and rescue,
designated B-17H. Redesignated SB-17G 10Jun48. 10th Air Rescue Squadron,
Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK 1949. Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB,
Mobile, AL. Modified as target drone 9Aug53. Designated QB-17G. 3040th Aircraft
Storage Depot, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 25Aug53. Departed 24Jul56.
Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL. 3205th Drone Group, Eglin AFB,
Valparaiso, FL. Expended 18Sep59
39458 (MSN 10436) Topeka Field, KS 30Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
16Apr45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 5Nov45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna
Field, TN 19Dec45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 20Jun46. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 7Jul46.
613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD 20Aug46.
39459 (MSN 10437) Topeka Field, KS 27Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
17Apr45. 593rd Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Charleston Field, SC 2Jan46.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and
disposal 16Jan46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company,
Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
39460 (MSN 10438) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 28Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 20Apr45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 6Nov45. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 17Jun46. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment),
Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 23Jun46
39461 (MSN 10439) Topeka Field, KS 28Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
15Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM
11Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field,
Sebring, FL 29Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 6Apr46. 613th Base
Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 10Jun46
39462 (MSN 10440) Topeka Field, KS 29Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Apr45.
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
39463 (MSN 10441) Topeka Field, KS 29Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Apr45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41, Kingman Field, AZ for storage
and disposal 15Feb46. War Assets Administration. Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company,
Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39464 (MSN 10442) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Apr45. 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
39465 (MSN 10443) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 30Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Apr45. Rome Air Depot, NY 23Aug45.
1st Base Unit (Headquarters), Bolling Field, Washington, DC 26May46. 4112th Base
Unit (Middletown Air Technical Service Command), Middletown Air Depot, PA 16Jun46.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. Fatal accident when crash landed at NAS Barbers Point, O’ahu,
Hawaii 15Aug46. Headquarters Detachment, 1539th Base Unit, Atsugi, Japan. Damaged
in accident with parked B-17G 44-83770 at Hickam Field, Honolulu, TH 19Sep46.
Damaged in collision with parked Curtiss C-46D 44-78535 while taxying at
Hickam Field, Honolulu, TH 24Sep46. Tacloban, Philippines 30Apr47. Air Transport
Command, Hanara AB, Japan. Ditched with fuel exhaustion sixty miles southwest
of Hickam Field, Honolulu 16Aug47 (10KIS:3INJ). The plane had departed Guam,
Micronesia after a twenty-six hour delay headed for Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.
Accident investigation officers were puzzled as to why the pilot did not stop at
Johnston Island, a fuelling stop 700 miles from Pearl Harbor, for the Kwajalein
to Honolulu leg of the journey. Bad weather apparently caused the plane to run
out of fuel before reaching Honolulu. The five passengers were all members of
the Joint Strategic Plan and Operations Group of General Douglas MacArthur's
staff. SOC 29Apr48
39466 (MSN 10444) Topeka Field, KS 31Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX
17Apr45. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 8Feb46. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul46; scrapped
39467 (MSN 10445) Topeka Field, KS 30Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base
Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 18Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 11Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 28Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN
5May46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 13Jun46
39468 (MSN 10446) Topeka Field, KS 31Mar45. Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit
(Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Apr45.
3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 12Oct45.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
28Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45.
342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 5May46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group,
Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 31Jul46.
39469 (MSN 10447) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 15Apr45. 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
39470 (MSN 10448) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 31Mar45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 6Apr45. 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
39471 (MSN 10449) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Apr45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 2Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 29Oct45. 2140th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit,
Smyrna Field, TN 5May46. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 26Jun46.
39472 (MSN 10450) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3Apr45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical
Service Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Apr45. 3017th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 2Oct45. Modified for training,
stripped of armor, armament, turrets and bombing equipment; designated TB-17G.
2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL
Nov45. Damaged taxying at Hendricks Field 19Nov45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 26Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN
5May46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport, TN 12Jun46
39473 (MSN 10451) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Apr45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Apr45. 2519th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Fort Worth Field, TX 18Oct45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 21Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field,
TN 30Apr46. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 12Jun46. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air
Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY 18Jun46. Modified for search and
rescue, designated B-17H. 10th Air Rescue Squadron, Alaskan Air Command, Elmendorf Field,
Anchorage, AK. Fatal crash afer takeoff 1.6 miles ESE of Fort Randall Field, Cold Bay, AK
15Aug47 (8KIS). Salvaged 15Aug47. All 8 on board killed.
39474 (MSN 10452) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Apr45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 16Apr45. 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
39475 (MSN 10453) 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4Apr45.
Assigned Eighth Air Force, UK. 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service
Command), South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 14Apr45. 2621st Base Unit, Barksdale Field,
Bossier City, LA 3Dec45. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 24Jun46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis
Municipal Airport, TN 13Aug46
39476 (MSN 10454) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Apr45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Smyrna Field, TN 14Nov45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 5May46. 594th Base Unit,
Topeka Field, KS 26Jun46
39477 (MSN 10455) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 4Apr45. 7th Ferrying Group, Gore Field, Great Falls, MT
10Apr45. 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.
39478 (MSN 10456) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 10Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7May45.
San Francisco, CA 22May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Biak Island, New Guinea 30May45.
4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Guam 18Jan46. 4th Rescue Squadron 31Jul47.
2nd Rescue Squadron, Anderson 14Apr50. Reclaimed 12Oct50
39479 (MSN 10457) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Apr45. 2003rd Base Unit, HQ Squadron, AAF
Training Command, Fort Worth Field, TX 19Sep45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 5Nov45. 2140th Base Unit
(Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit,
Smyrna Field, TN 30Apr46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal
Airport, TN 19Jun46. 613th Base Unit (Proving Ground Detachment), Phillips Field,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 23Jun46
39480 (MSN 10458) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 5Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 29Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 594th Base Unit, Topeka Field,
KS 12Jun46. 4104th Base Unit (Rome Air Technical Service Command), Rome Field, NY
18Jun46. 4136th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, OK 29Jan47. 4141st Base Unit (Air Material
Command), Pyote Field, TX 3Feb47. Reclaimed 18Apr50.
39481 (MSN 10459) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South Plains Field,
Lubbock, TX 9Apr45. 484th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 8Oct45. 482nd Base Unit, Merced Field,
Atwater, CA 24Jan46. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael,
CA 4Apr46. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 91st Base Unit, Tokyo, Japan 30Apr47. 7th AC, Tokyo 18Jun47.
Hickam Field, Honolulu, TH 19Jul48. 108th AC, Tokyo, Japan 11Jan50. Reclaimed 3Oct50
39482 (MSN 10460) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 7Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hobbs Field, NM 2Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Four Engine),
Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 29Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 5May46.
594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 26Jun46
39483 (MSN 10461) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command), South
Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 11Apr45. 273rd Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station),
Lincoln Field, NB 15Apr45. 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
39484 (MSN 10462) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 1Oct45. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 31Jan46. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna Field, TN 30Apr46.
594th Base Unit, Topeka Field, KS 26Jun46
39485 (MSN 10463) 4168th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX 9Apr45. 3017th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hobbs Field, NM 11Oct45. 2137th Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized,
Four Engine), Hendricks Field, Sebring, FL 28Oct46. 2140th Base Unit (Pilot School,
Specialized, Four Engine), Smyrna Field, TN 19Dec45. 342nd Base Unit, Smyrna
Field, TN 5May46. 554th Base Unit, 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis Municipal Airport,
TN 31Jul46
39486 (MSN 10464) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 22May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. Biak Island, New Guinea 27May45. Salvaged Manila, Philippines
11Oct46..
39487 (MSN 10465) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 12Jun46.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. O’ahu, TH 30Apr47. 5th Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines. Damaged by mechanical failure two miles north
of Nichols Field, Philippines 31Jul47. 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range,
Photographic, Momote, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands 18Jan48. 23rd Reconnaissance
Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 11Jan48.
5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Clark, Philippines 1Apr48. Returned to US.
36th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Group,
Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA 26Apr49. Accident landing three miles northwest of
Lansing, MI 31Jul47. 56th Mission Support Group, Selfridge Field, Mount
Clemens, MI 31Jul49
39488 (MSN 10466) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
8May45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA
20May45. Salvaged Manila, Philippines 19Sep45. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron,
5th Emergency Rescue Group, Atsugi AB, Japan. Missing in Pacific Ocean 2Apr46.
39489 (MSN 10467) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 8May45.
Air Transport Command, Long Beach, CA 21May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Biak Island,
New Guinea 30Apr47. 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic
Momote, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands 18Jan48. 5th Reconnaissance Squadron,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 18Apr45. 18th Mission Support Group, Clark 1Apr49.
Returned to US. 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA 2Jun49.
Hill Field, Ogden, UT 9Dec49. Reclaimed 19May50
39490 (MSN 10468) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 7May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 23May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. 2nd Emergency
Rescue Squadron. Biak Island, New Guinea 30Apr47. Salvaged Manila, Philippines 8Dec47
39491 (MSN 10469) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 11Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 3May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 20May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. 2nd Emergency
Rescue Squadron, Brisbane, Australia 30Apr47. 4th Rescue Squadron, Guam 18Jan48.
Redesignated SB-17G 1948. 2nd Rescue Squadron, Anderson, Guam 14Apr50.
Reclaimed 12Oct50.
39492 (MSN 10470) Accepted by USAAF Apr45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H.
Redesignated SB-17G 10Jun48. Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL.
Modified as target drone 1JUn53. Designated QB-17G. 3040th Aircraft Storage Depot,
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 6Jul53. Departed 30Jan55. Mobile Air Material Area,
Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL
39493 (MSN 10471) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 15May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 31May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan 1Jun46. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, 315th Composite Wing,
Itazuke AB, Japan. Accident landing at Itami AB, Japan 30Sep46. Reclaimed 15Jan48
39494 (MSN 10472) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 16May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 31May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan 30May46. 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, 315th Composite
Wing, Itazuke AB, Japan. Accident taxying at Itazuke AB, Japan 11Oct46.
Reclaimed 29Apr48
39495 (MSN 10473) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 27May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. Manila 14Nov46. Reclaimed 29Apr48
39496 (MSN 10474) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 4May45.
Air Transport Command, Long Beach, CA 31May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan 1Jun46.
3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, 5th Emergency Rescue Group, Atsugi AB, Japan.
Damaged when ground looped at Chitose AB, Japan 28Mar46. Salvaged Tacloban,
Philippines 2Aug46
39497 (MSN 10475) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 10May45.
Air Transport Command, Long Beach, CA 21May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Biak Island,
New Guinea 30May45. Salvaged Manila, Philippines 23Jul46.
Seen on scrap pile on Le Shima, date unknown.
39498 (MSN 10476) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 7May45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael,
CA 30May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron,
Momote, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands 18Jan48. 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines 11Jan48. 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron,
5th Reconnaissance Group, Very Long Range, Photographic, Clark 4Feb48.
Damaged by engine failure four miles south of Tinian Island, Northern Mariana
Islands, 21Feb48. 358th Air Service Group, Clark 6Apr48. 567th Air Materiel Squadron,
Clark 24Jun48. 18th Mission Support Group, Clark 16Feb49. Returned to US.
9th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA 2Jun49. Reclaimed 24Jan50.
39499 (MSN 10477) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 12Apr45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. Redesignated SB-17G
10Jun48. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Kadena AB, Okinawa. 2nd Rescue Squadron,
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines. Mechanical malfunction caused taxy accident at
Clark 29Jul50. Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL. Modified as target
drone 28Apr53. Designated QB-17G. 3040th Aircraft Storage Depot, Davis-Monthan
Field, Tucson, AZ 26May53. Departed 10Oct54. Ogden Air Material Area, Hill AFB,
Ogden, UT. NAS Point Mugu, CA. Damaged while parked in an accident at NAS Point
Mugu, CA 6Oct55.
39500 (MSN 10478) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 12May45.
West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 31May45.
Fifth Air Force, Japan. 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic,
Momote, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands 18Jan48. 5th Reconnaissance Squadron,
Clark, Philippines 1Apr48. Hickam Field, Honolulu, TH 17Apr49. 5th Reconnaissance
Squadron, Clark, Philippines 15May49. Returned to US. 9th Strategic Reconnaissance
Group, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA 2Jun49. Reclaimed 13Jan50
39501 (MSN 10479) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport,
WY 13Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 2May45.
1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command), Grenier Field
(Station 16), Manchester, NH 15May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 358th Air Service
Group, Clark, Philippines 31Jan48. 13th AR, Clark 18Apr48. 328th Air Service Group,
Clark 19May48. 6th SR, Clark 26Jun48. 18th Mission Support Group, Clark 18Dec48.
Reclaimed 2Mar49
39502 (MSN 10480) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 12Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 14May45.Named "Onr More Time" Modified for search and rescue, designated
ERB-17H. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA
31May45. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron. Redesignated SB-17G 1948. Fifth Air
Force, 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Guam 18Jan48. 13th Air Supply Squadron,
Japan Air Materiel Area, Tachikawa, Japan 8Jul49. Reclaimed 29Jul49
39503 (MSN 10481) Accepted by USAAF Apr45. Modified for search and rescue,
designated B-17H. Fifth Air Force, Japan. 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron.
Redesignated SB-17G 1948. Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL.
Modified as target drone 18May53. Designated QB-17G. 3040th Aircraft Storage
Depot, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ 8Jun53. Departed 24Jul55.
Mobile Air Material Area, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL. 3205th Drone Squadron,
3205th Drone Group, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL. Crash landed with mechanical
failure at Eglin AFB 8Sep55. Expended 30Jun57.
39504 (MSN 10482) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 13Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
3May45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA
19May45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H.
2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron. Redesignated SB-17G 1948. 2nd Emergency
Rescue Squadron, Kadena, Okinawa 18Jan48. Accident landing with mechanical
failure at Kadena AB 22Feb49. 2nd Rescue Squadron, Kadena, Okinawa 31Jul49.
6332nd Air Base Group, Kadena, Okinawa 18Apr50. 2nd Rescue Squadron,
Clark 24May50. 6332nd Air Base Group, Kadena, Okinawa 22Jun50. Reclaimed 12Oct50
39505 (MSN 10483) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 14Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah, GA
15May45. Modified for search and rescue, designated B-17H. West Coast Wing,
Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA 2Jun45. Air-sea rescue,
Eleventh Air Force, Alaska. Shemya Field, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 1945.
400th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, Shemya Field. Damaged
taxying at Shemya Field 29Oct45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Okinawa.
Reclaimed 28May46. Redesignated SB-17G Jun48. Damaged while parked at
Langley AFB, VA 31Jul48. 43rd Air Rescue Squadron, McChord AFB, Tacoma, WA.
10th Reconnaissance Squadron, Davis AFB, Adak, AK. Damaged taxying
with mechanical failure at Davis AFB 25Oct49. 2058th Air Weather Wing,
Wiesbaden, West Germany 14Jan53. Modified for training, stripped of armor,
armament, turrets and bombing equipment, designated TB-17G 15Jan53.
85th Air Depot Wing, Erding Air Depot, West Germany 26Jun53 for repairs.
2058th Air Weather Wing, Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, West Germany 1Jul53.
2nd Air Weather Wing, Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, West Germany, 8Feb54.
Accident three miles north of Landstuhl AB, West Germany 4Nov54.
Salvaged at Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, West Germany 26Jul55
39506 (MSN 10484) United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal
Airport, WY 14Apr45. 302nd Base Unit (Staging Wing), Hunter Field, Savannah,
GA 15May45. West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command, Hamilton Field,
San Rafael, CA 2Jun45. Fifth Air Force, Japan. Okinawa 12Dec46. Reclaimed 1Oct48
39507 (MSN 10485) Accepted by USAAF Apr45. 6th Emergency Rescue Squadron,
308th Bomb Wing, Kimpo AB, Seoul, Korea. Destroyed in takeoff accident at
Kimpo AB 20Mar46
39508 delivered to the USAAF on 14 Apr 1944.
Apr 1944 To Cheyenne Modification Center WY
May 1944 Departed the US, via Hunter AAF GA and San Francisco CA, and assigned to the Fifth Air Force, Australia
Jan 1948 To 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron (Far East Air Forces), North AB Guam (to B-17H/SB-17G)
APR 8, 1949 damaged by mechanical failure over North Field, guam
Jul 1949 To 4th Rescue Squadron (Military Air Transport Service), North AB
Jan 1950 To 2nd Rescue Squadron (MATS), Yokota AB Japan
Mar 1950 To 3rd Bombardment Wing [Light] (FEAF), Yokota AB
Apr 1950 To 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (FEAF), Yokota AB
May 1950 To 3rd Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Johnson AB Japan
Dec 1950 To 3rd Air Rescue Squadron (FEAF), Ashiya AB Japan
Feb 1951 To 4th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Hamilton AFB CA
Aug 1951 To 89th Combat Support Squadron (MATS), Goose Bay AB Labrador
Apr 1952 To 6th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Goose Bay AB\
Apr 6, 1952 damaged taxying at Goose Bay
Nov 1952 To 54th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Goose Bay AB (to TB-17G)
Jan 1953 To 6600th Air Base Group (Northeast Air Command), Goose Bay AB (deployments to Bolling AFB DC and Westover AFB MA)
Jun 1954 To 6604th Air Base Wing (NEAC), Goose Bay AB
Dec 1954 To 1371st Mapping and Charting Squadron (MATS), Palm Beach AFB FL
Jan 1955 To 3040th Aircraft Storage and Disposition Group (Air Materiel Command), Davis-Monthan AFB AZ
Jul 1956 To Mobile Air Materiel Area, Brookley AFB AL (to QB-17N)
Nov 1956 To 3205th Drone Group (Air Proving Ground Command), Eglin AFB FL
Oct 1957 To 3205th Drone Group (APGC), Patrick AFB FL
Nov 1957 To AF Missile Test Center (Air Research and Development Command), Patrick AFB
Oct 21, 1958 Expended
43-39509/39578 Pratt-Read TG-32-PR
Pratt-Read PR-G1 two seat training glider built by the Gould Aeronautical Division of the
Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut. Transferred from US Navy LNE-1
batch BuNo 31508/31580. This was an administrative transfer only, and the gliders were never
uncrated or flown. The crated TG-32s were delivered to Souther Field, Americus, Georgia.
There the TG-32s were stored still in their crates. From 1944 onwards, the gliders were
sold as surplus through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The price was $500,
F.O.B Americus, although that price could be lowered, if the buyer was willing to travel
to Souther Field, assemble the glider, and have it towed away. The large empty crates
that had contained the TG-32s were then sold to local sharecroppers, who used them to make dwellings.
Individual serial tie-ups not known by me.
43-39579/40778 Ford CG-4A-FO
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Ford Motor Company of Kingsford, MI.
39579 to RAF as Hadrian II FR713. SOC Feb 28, 1946
39585 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF
serial known and probably never issued.
39587 to RAF as Hadrian II FR714. SOC mar 22, 1946
39598 to RAF as Hadrian II FR749. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39599 to RAF as Hadrian II FR715. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39603 to RAF as Hadrian II FR750. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39614 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39633 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued
39657 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
39661 97th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Reims/Champagne Airfield (A-62),
France. Written off in the Netherlands 29Sep44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men
from the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
39670 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
39671 82nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Membury (Station 466).
The glider stalled during a 360 degree approach to land and crashed from 100 feet. Towed by a C-47,
the glider was transporting men from the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven,
The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44. One KIA
39674 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39678 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
39683 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39687 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39695 97th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Reims/Champagne Airfield (A-62),
France. Written off in the Netherlands 23Sep44. The glider was hit by flak and cut loose.
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone
at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
39699 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39705 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39707 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
39710 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
39730 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39731 305th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Weston Zoyland (Station 447).
Written off in the Netherlands 19Sep44, in bad weather, the glider was last seen cutting loose
over enemy territory. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the
101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
39732 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39739 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive 27Dec44.
39742 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the
glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39744 to RAF as Hadrian maintenance Airframe 5241M
39747 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39753 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39754 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39757 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39760 to RAF as Hadrian II FR581. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39761 to RAF as Hadrian II FR582. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39762 to RAF as Hadrian II FR583. Force landed 3 mi SW of Dhamail after
control lost Nov 26, 1944. Relegated to ground instructional
airframe and presumably subsequently scrapped.
39763 to RAF as Hadrian II FR584. DBR when overshot onto rough
ground, Dhamail Nov 23, 1944. Relegated to ground
instructional airframe and presumably subsequently scrapped.
39764 to RAF as Hadrian II FR585. DBR when struck barrow while
under tow at Dhamail Dec 14, 1944. Relegated to ground
instructional airframe and presumably subsequently scrapped.
39765 to RAF as Hadrian II FR586. Wrecked when undershot and
crash landed at Dhamail Nov 24, 1944.
39766 to RAF as Hadrian II FR587. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39767 to RAF as Hadrian II FR588. Wrecked when blown away in gale,
Fatehjang Jun 21, 1945
39768 to RAF as Hadrian II FR589. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39769 to RAF as Hadrian II FR590. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39770 to RAF as Hadrian II FR591. Relegated to ground instructional
airframe Jan 8, 1945. Presumably subsequently scrapped.
39771 to RAF as Hadrian II FR592. Wrecked when swung off runway
and struck gravel heap, Basal Jun 20, 1945
39772 to RAF as Hadrian II FR593. SOC Aug 23, 1945
39773 to RAF as Hadrian II FR594. SOC Aug 23, 1945.
39774 to RAF as Hadrian II FR595. SOC Mar 28, 1945
39775 to RAF as Hadrian II FR596. Wrecked when blown away in gale,
Chaklala Jun 25, 1944.
39776 to RAF as Hadrian II FR600. Wrecked when overshot landing
into rough ground, Dhamail Dec 20, 1944
39777 to RAF as Hadrian II FR597. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39778 to RAF as Hadrian II FR598. SOC Sep 26, 1946
39779 to RAF as Hadrian II FR599. SOC Mar 28, 1946
39781 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39783 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39784 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division
to a landing zone north of Son, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 17Sep44.
39787 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
39789 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39790 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39802 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
39804 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39807 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
39808 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39811 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and
80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
39815 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39820 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
39830 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39848 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39849 to RAF as Hadrian II FR751. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39850 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39851 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39852 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39854 to RAF as Hadrian II FR716. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
39855 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39856 to RAF as Hadrian II FR717. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
39857 to RAF as Hadrian II FR752. SOC Feb 23, 1946
39858 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39859 to RAF as Hadrian II FR718. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
39860 to RAF as Hadrian II FR719. SOC Feb 28, 1946
39861 to RAF as Hadrian II FR720. SOC Sep 27, 1945
39862 to RAF as Hadrian II FR753. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39863 to RAF as Hadrian II FR721. SOC Sep 27, 1945
39864 to RAF as Hadrian II FR722. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39865 to RAF as Hadrian II FR723. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39868 to RAF as Hadrian II FR724. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39871 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39874 to RAF as Hadrian II FR754. SOC May 15, 1946
39876 to RAF as Hadrian II FR755. SOC May 25, 1946
39877 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39878 to RAF as Hadrian II FR756. SOC Apr 25, 1946
39885 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39886 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and probably never issued.
39890 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Greenham Common (Station 486). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
39892 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39905 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
39906 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39926 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
39942 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39944 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
39949 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
39951 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39954 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
39957 94th Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Written off in Belgium 27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for
the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive.
39960 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
39961 95th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bricy (A-50),
Orléans, France. Written off in Belgium 27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men
and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the
Ardennes offensive.
39970 77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13342
39983 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
39990 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467).
Flak cut the cable, the glider stalled and crashed into trees at La Campagne, SE of
Beuzeville-la-Bastille, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [1KIA:2POW]. Towed by C-47 43-92919, the glider
was transporting men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Hiesville, France.
39991 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40002 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47, the
glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40004 to RAF as Hadrian II FR601. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40005 to RAF as Hadrian II FR602. SOC Nov 19, 1946
40006 to RAF as Hadrian II FR603. SOC Feb 23, 1946
40007 to RAF as Hadrian II FR604. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Sep 25, 1945.
40008 to RAF as Hadrian II FR605. SOC Apr 25, 1946
40009 to RAF as Hadrian II FR606. SOC Feb 22, 1945
40010 to RAF as Hadrian II FR607. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1946
40011 to RAF as Hadrian II FR608. SOC Aug 23, 1943 (year is probably
wrong)
40012 to RAF as Hadrian II FR609. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
40013 to RAF as Hadrian II FR610. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40014 to RAF as Hadrian II FR611. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
40015 to RAF as Hadrian II FR612. SOC Jul 26, 1945
40016 to RAF as Hadrian II FR613. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
40017 to RAF as Hadrian II FR614. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
40018 to RAF as Hadrian II FR615. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40019 to RAF as Hadrian II FR616. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40020 to RAF as Hadrian II FR617. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
40021 to RAF as Hadrian II FR618. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40022 to RAF as Hadrian II FR619. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
40023 to RAF as Hadrian II FR620. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40024 to RAF as Hadrian II FR621. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Apr 21, 1945
40025 to RAF as Hadrian II FR641. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40026 to RAF as Hadrian II FR622. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Apr 21, 1945
40027 to RAF as Hadrian II FR623. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
40028 to RAF as Hadrian II FR624. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
40029 to RAF as Hadrian II FR625. SOC Jan 20, 1945
40030 to RAF as Hadrian II FR626. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
40031 to RAF as Hadrian II FR627. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
40032 to RAF as Hadrian II FR628. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
40033 to RAF as Hadrian II FR629. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
40034 to RAF as Hadrian II FR630. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
40035 to RAF as Hadrian II FR631. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40036 to RAF as Hadrian II FR632. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40037 to RAF as Hadrian II FR633. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
40042 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40055 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40063 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
40069 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40086 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
40096 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
40112 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone
at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’, 24Mar45.
40113 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
The glider failed to stop and ran through a hedge landing at Bernay, 2km E of
Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [1KIA:3POW]. Towed by C-47 42-100661, the glider
was transporting a Jeep, an SCR-610 radio, ammunition for a 57mm anti-tank cannon and two men
of the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, France
on Mission ‘Detroit’.
40117 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
40119 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40125 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40145 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Greenham Common (Station 486).
The glider was shot down by automatic weapons 2km SW of Ecoquenéauville, Normandy, France
6Jun44 [2KIA:1EVD]. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting material for the
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Mission ‘Elmira’.
40146 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
40163 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13356
40196 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
40197 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
The glider was damaged by flak killing the crew and crash landed at Pommeret Bois, 2km N of
Le Vrétot, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [5KIA]. Towed by C-47 42-92881, the glider was transporting
a 57mm anti-tank cannon and three men of the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing
zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Mission ‘Detroit’.
40199 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
The glider decapitated the top of an apple tree on landing, killing the pilot and a passenger
at Lanquetot, NW of Le Vrétot, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [1KIA:1POW]. Towed by C-47 42-100659,
the glider was transporting a Jeep, ammunition for a 57mm anti-tank cannon and two men of the
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Mission ‘Detroit’.
40204 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
40214 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field Artillery
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40217 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
40218 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
40237 to RAF as Hadrian II KK684. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40245 to RAF as Hadrian II KK685. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40247 to RAF as Hadrian II KK686. SOC Apr 25, 1946
40252 76th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Shot down by enemy ground fire and crashed in flames NE of Wesel, Germany 24Mar45 [5KIA:1WIA].
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division
to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13342.
40261 to RAF as Hadrian II KK687. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40264 (77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13343
40270 to RAF as Hadrian II KK834. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40273 to RAF as Hadrian II KK835. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40274 to RAF as Hadrian II FR671. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40275 to RAF as Hadrian II FR672. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40276 to RAF as Hadrian II FR673. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40277 to RAF as Hadrian II FR674. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40278 to RAF as Hadrian II FR675. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40279 to RAF as Hadrian II FR676. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40280 to RAF as Hadrian II FR757. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40281 to RAF as Hadrian II FR758. SOC Apr 25, 1946
40282 to RAF as Hadrian II KK688. SOV Aug 30, 1945
40284 to RAF as Hadrian II KK689. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40285 to RAF as Hadrian II KK690. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40286 to RAF as Hadrian II KK691. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40287 to RAF as Hadrian II KK692. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40319 to RAF as Hadrian II KK836. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40320 to RAF as Hadrian II KK837. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40322 to RAF as Hadrian II KK693. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40324 to RAF as Hadrian II KK838. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40325 to RAF as Hadrian II KK839. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40334 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to
a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40340 to RAF as Hadrian II KK991. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40348 to RAF as Hadrian II KK992. SOC Sep 20, 1945.
40352 to RAF as Hadrian II KK569. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40357 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40364 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40372 to RAF as Hadrian maintenance airframe 5070M
40382 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
40386 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40390 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
40399 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field
Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands
on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40401 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40421 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
40424 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
40435 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
40438 to RAF as Hadrian GIA 4933M
40439 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Written off in the Netherlands 18Sep44. The glider was cut loose over the LZ but landed behind
enemy lines, the pilot and two troopers taken POW. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the
320th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Divisionto a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands
during Operation ‘Market’.
40451 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
40466 to RAF as Hadrian II KH899. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40469 301st Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Dreux (A-41), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40472 to RAF as Hadrian II KH900. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40480 to RAF as Hadrian II KH901. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40481 to RAF as Hadrian II KH902. DBR when undershot landing, Basal Jun 21, 1945.
40482 to RAF as Hadrian II KH903. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40502 to RAF as Hadrian II KH904. SOC Feb 23, 1946
40503 to RAF as Hadrian II KH905. SOC Sep 27, 1945
40504 to RAF as Hadrian II KH906. SOC Feb 20, 1945
40505 to RAF as Hadrian II KH907. SOC Feb 22, 1945
40506 to RAF as Hadrian II KH908. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40512 to RAF as Hadrian II KH909. SOC Mar 28, 1946
40513 to RAF as Hadrian II KH910. SOC Feb 22, 1945
40514 to RAF as Hadrian II KH911. SOC Feb 23, 1946
40515 to RAF as Hadrian II KH912. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40516 to RAF as Hadrian II KH913. SOC Feb 23, 1946
40517 to RAF as Hadrian II KH914. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40518 to RAF as Hadrian II KH915. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40519 to RAF as Hadrian II KH916. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40520 to RAF as Hadrian II KH917. SOC Jan 20, 1945
40521 to RAF as Hadrian II KH918. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40526 97th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Reims/Champagne Airfield (A-62),
France. Written off in the Netherlands 23Sep44, the glideer was hit by flak and cut loose.
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone
at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
40532 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40535 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40541 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
40551 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
40552 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40576 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40579 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field Artillery
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40583 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field Artillery
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40591 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13349
40593 to RAF as instructional airframe 5071M.
40599 to RAF as Hadrian II KK570. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40623 to RAF as Hadrian II KK571. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40624 to RAF as Hadrian II KK572. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40625 to RAF as Hadrian II KK573. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40629 to RAF as Hadrian II KK574. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40630 to RAF as Hadrian II KK575. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40632 to RAF as Hadrian II KK576. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
40633 to RAF as Hadrian II KK577. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40634 to RAF as Hadrian II KK578. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40635 to RAF as Hadrian II KK579. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40641 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40642 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
40663 to RAF as Hadrian II KK694. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40664 to RAF as Hadrian II KK840. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40665 to RAF as Hadrian II KK841. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40667 to RAF as Hadrian II KK842. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40668 to RAF as Hadrian II KK843. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40669 to RAF as Hadrian II KK844. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40670 to RAF as Hadrian II KK845. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40671 to RAF as Hadrian II KK846. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40682 to RAF as Hadrian II KK847. SOC May 31, 1945.
40683 to RAF as Hadrian II KK848. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40684 to RAF as Hadrian II KK849. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40685 to RAF as Hadrian II KK850. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40686 to RAF as Hadrian II KK851. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40687 to RAF as Hadrian II KK852. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40688 to RAF as Hadrian II KK853. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40689 to RAF as Hadrian II KK854. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40690 to RAF as Hadrian II KK855. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40691 to RAF as Hadrian II KK856. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40696 to RAF as Hadrian II KK857. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40697 to RAF as Hadrian II KK858. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40698 to RAF as Hadrian II KK859. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40699 to RAF as Hadrian II KK860. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
40700 to RAF as Hadrian II KK695. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40703 to RAF as Hadrian II KK696. No record of fate
40704 to RAF as Hadrian II KK861. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40706 to RAF as Hadrian II KK862. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40707 to RAF as Hadrian II KK697. SOC Apr 25, 1946
40710 to RAF as Hadrian II KK863. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40712 to RAF as Hadrian II KK864. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40713 to RAF as Hadrian II KK865. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40715 to RAF as Hadrian II KK866. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40724 to RAF as Hadrian II KK580. SOC Apr 25, 1946
40725 to RAF as Hadrian II KK581. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40726 to RAF as Hadrian II KK582. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40727 to RAF as Hadrian II KK583. DBR in Gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40730 to RAF as Hadrian II KK867. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40742 to RAF as Hadrian II KK868. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40744 to RAF as Hadrian II KK869. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40745 to RAF as Hadrian II KK870. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40746 to RAF as Hadrian II KK871. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40756 (75th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13327
40760 to RAF as Hadrian II KK872. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
40766 to RAF as Hadrian II KK873. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40767 to RAF as Hadrian II KK874. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40768 to RAF as Hadrian II KK875. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40769 to RAF as Hadrian II KK698. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40770 to RAF as Hadrian II KK699. DBR Dec 16, 1944
40771 to RAF as Hadrian II KK700. SOC Feb 23, 1946
40772 to RAF as Hadrian II KK701. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40773 to RAF as Hadrian II KK702. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40774 to RAF as Hadrian II KK703. SOC Apr 25, 1946.
40775 to RAF as Hadrian II KK704. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40776 to RAF as Hadrian II KK705. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40777 to RAF as Hadrian II KK706. SOC Feb 28, 1946
40778 to RAF as Hadrian II KK792. SOC Oct 28, 1946
43-40779/41278 General Aircraft CG-4A-GE
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by General Aircraft Corporation
of Astoria, Long Island, NY
40792 98th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged after losing control three miles NW of St Pauls, NC 26Jan44.
40795 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near
Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
40827 73rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467).
Destroyed when force landed at Aldermaston 21Jun44.
40831 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
40833 destroyed in fire at Yankee Air Museum Oct 9, 2004
40835 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Damaged while parked in collision by
Waco CG-4A 42-79417 landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 1Jan44.
40842 815th Base Unit, Malden Field, MO. Fatal mid-air collision with a Waco CG-4A near Malden Field 10Oct44.
40844 94th Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Written off in Belgium 27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive.
40877 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.\
40879 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Galveston’, 7Jun44.
40881 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40892 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Accident taking off at Bergstrom Field 25Oct44.
40917 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40929 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Upottery (Station 462).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40934 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
40936 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40944 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40946 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40951 to RAF as Hadrian II FR677. SOC Jan 18, 1945.
40952 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40953 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
40955 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40956 to RAF as Hadrian II FR678. Stalled on approach and
crashed, Bilaspur Jul 26, 1945
40957 to RAF as Hadrian II FR679. SOC Dec 28, 1944
40966 to RAF as Hadrian II FR680. DBR when undershot landing into
padi field, Basal Jun 26, 1945.
40967 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40968 to RAF as Hadrian II FR681. Was shipped to Far East but
no record of arrival or fate.
40981 to RAF as Hadrian II KK707. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
40995 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
40998 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed after mid-air collision with an object at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 23May44.
41020 304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Destroyed when force landed after mid-air collision with Waco CG-4A 43-42381 at
Camp Mackall, Hoffman, NC 18Feb44.
41030 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41032 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone
at Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41038 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41047 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Shot down by flak 4 km N St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [1KIA:4EVD].
Towed by C-47 43-15311, the glider was transporting armament and two men of the 82nd Airborne
Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing zone at Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Mission ‘Detroit’. MACR 6476
41049 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41056 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41061 to RAF as Hadrian maintenance airframe 5072M
41075 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive 27Dec44.
41077 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41084 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Crashed on landing near the farm at the cross-roads of Molkereiweg and An Der Lackfabrik,
Wesel, Germany 24Mar45 [2KIA]. Towed by C-47 42-100572, the glider was transporting men
and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’.
41090 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
41095 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41099 to RAF as Hadrian II KK708. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41103 to RAF as Hadrian II KK709. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41113 to RAF as Hadrian II KK584. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41114 to RAF as Hadrian II KK710. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41121 to RAF as Hadrian II KK585. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41126 to RAF as Hadrian II KK586. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41129 to RAF as Hadrian II KK587. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41130 to RAF as Hadrian II KK588. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41136 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13360
41141 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
41167 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13351
41174 to RAF as Hadrian II KK876. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41175 85th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13358
41206 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near
Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
41207 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41217 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
41244 to RAF as Hadrian II KK877. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
41248 to RAF as Hadrian II KK711. SOC May 31, 1945
41257 9 6th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bricy (A-50), Orléans, France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41262 to RAF as Hadrian II KK712. Wrecked when struck bank in forced
landing after tow plane suffered engine trouble and cast off
tow, Tajpur Feb 7, 1945
41265 to RAF as Hadrian II KK713. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41277 to RAF as Hadrian II KK878. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43-41279/41778 Gibson Refrigerator CG-4A-GN
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Gibson Refrigerator of Greenville, MI.
41301 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41302 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41316 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41317 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41319 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed when force landed at Florence, SC 6Jan44.
41321 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Damaged while parked
in a collision by C-47A 43-15564 taxying at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 29Apr45.
41322 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41330 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Written off in Belgium 27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive.
MACR 11181
41336 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41351 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Towed by C-47 43-15356, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division
to a landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41356 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41358 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41360 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41361 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41362 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41365 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and probably never issued
41375 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Fatal crash after losing
control four miles west of Camp Mackall, NC 11Jul44.
41400 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41404 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41406 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41413 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41414 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41415 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41420 94th Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Written off in Belgium 27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive.
MACR 11658
41425 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41426 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41429 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41430 Accepted by USAAF 2Feb44. Departed USA 4Apr44, arriving England 20Apr44. Shipped to Crookham Common
for assembly. 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force,
Aldermaston (Station 467). Falsely named "The Fighting Falcon"; the original aircraft was 42-46574 [qv].
Struck a hedge and tree after landing on wet grass and failing to stop 1km NW of Hiesville,
Normandy, France 6Jun44 [2KIA]. The glider was flown by the senior US Army Air Force glider pilot
in the European Theater and transporting Brigadier General Don Forester Pratt, assistant division
commander and his aide-de-camp, and materials for the 101st Airborne Division,
including the General’s personal jeep, to a landing zone at Hiesville, France.
Extra armoured plating on the General’s Jeep put the glider about 1,000lbs and out of balance.
41434 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41438 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Greenham Common (Station 486). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
41439 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near
Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44. 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron,
439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France. Written off in Belgium
27Dec44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for the
101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive.
MACR 11187
41448 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41470 77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bretigny (A-48), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13344
41484 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44
41486 to RAF as Hadrian II FR759. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41503 to RAF as Hadrian II KH919. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41506 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
41510 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
41515 to RAF as Hadrian II KK721. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41518 to RAF as Hadrian II KH920. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41541 to RAF as Hadrian II KK722. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41555 to RAF as Hadrian II KK879. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41560 lost Dec 22, 1944. MACR 133?5. Conflict here, since British
Aircraft Purchasing Commission records say this became
Hadrian II KK880 and was SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41561 to RAF as Hadrian II KK723. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41571 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
41573 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41582 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44. 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron,
439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France. Written off in Belgium 27Dec44.
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to
a landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive. MACR 11188
41583 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
During takeoff, the glider was pulled into the wing tip of C-47A 42-5694; the glider continued on
to complete the mission.
41591 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
41597 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41600 to RAF as Hadrian GIA 4932M
41610 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41634 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and may never have been issued.
41638 "Fanless Faggot" On June 28, 1945 this glider landed in the Hidden Valley (Balim Valley) in New Guinea to
rescue the survivors of a C-47 crash and was picked up again using a tow cable and towed back to Hollandia.
41674 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
41675 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
41684 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483)
Written off in Belgium 18Sep44. the glider was cut loose east of the LZ.
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the 101st
Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
MACR 11678. Conflict here since British
Aircraft Purchasing Commission records say that it was
transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and may never have been issued.
41689 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41699 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41701 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41706 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel, Germany
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41731 to RAF as Hadrian II KK881. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
41733 to RAF as Hadrian II KK724. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
41734 to RAF as Hadrian II KH725. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41737 to RAF as Hadrian II KK882. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41738 to RAF as Hadrian II KK883. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41740 to RAF as Hadrian II KK884. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41744 99th Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Dreux (A-41), France.
The glider was destroyed landing in front of a German anti-aircraft gun emplacement 4.5 miles NNW of
Wesel, Germany 24Mar45 [5KIA]. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13340
41745/55 to RAF as Hadrian II KK885/95. All SOC Feb 28, 1946
41757/60 to RAF as Hadrian II KK896/9. All SOC Feb 28, 1946
41761 to RAF as Hadrian II KK900. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
41762 to RAF as Hadrian II KK901. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
41763 to RAF as Hadrian II KK902. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41771 to RAF as Hadrian II KK903. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41773 to RAF as Hadrian II KK904. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43-41779/42128 Pratt-Read CG-4A-PR
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Gould Aeronautical Division of the
Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut.
41779 to RAF as Hadrian II FR682. SOC Sep 27, 1945
41780 to RAF as Hadrian II FR683. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945.
41781 to RAF as Hadrian II FR684. SOC Aug 2, 1945
41782 to RAF as Hadrian II FR685. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41785 to RAF as Hadrian II FR686. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41786 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and may never have been issued.
41787/9 to RAF as Hadrian II FR687/9. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41790 to RAF as Hadrian II FR690. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
41791 to RAF as Hadrian II FR691. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41796 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and may never have been issued.
41798 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
41809 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
41818 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Hackensack’, 7Jun44.
41820 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Greenham Common (Station 486). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Elmira’, 6Jun44.
41825 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41826 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467).
Written off in France 6Jun44. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Hiesville, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Chicago’, 6Jun44.
41828 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41831 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
41832 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Towed by C-47 42-100656. The towing cable was severed by machine gun fire, the glider crashed
into a hedge, destroying a wing and part of the fuselage NE of
Le Vrétot, Normandy, France 6Jun44 [1POW:1EVD]. The glider was transporting a 57mm anti-tank cannon,
armament and one man of the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Mission ‘Detroit’.
41833 to RAF as Hadrian II FR760. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41834 to RAF as Hadrian II FR634. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Apr 21, 1945.
41835 to RAF as Hadrian II FR635. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41836 to RAF as Hadrian II FR636. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41837 to RAF as Hadrian II FR642. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
41838 to RAF as Hadrian II FR637. SOC Sep 27, 1945
41839 to RAF as Hadrian II FR638. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
41841 to RAF as Hadrian II FR643. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41842 to RAF as Hadrian II FR644. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41843 to RAF as Hadrian II FR639. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41844 to RAF as Hadrian II FR640. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41845 to RAF as Hadrian II FR645. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41846 to RAF as Hadrian II FR646. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41847 to RAF as Hadrian II FR647. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41848 to RAF as Hadrian II FR648. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41849 to RAF as Hadrian II FR649. No record of fate.
41850 to RAF as Hadrian II FR650. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41851 to RAF as Hadrian II FR651. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41852 to RAF as Hadrian II FR652. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41853 to RAF as Hadrian II FR653. SOC Apr 25, 1946
41854 to RAF as Hadrian II FR654. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41855 to RAF as Hadrian II FR655. Swung to avoid Dakota and struck
another glider, Fatehjang Jan 19, 1945.
41857 to RAF as Hadrian II FR656. SOC May 30, 1945.
41858 to RAF as Hadrian II FR657. SOC Oct 19, 1944.
41849 to RAF as Hadrian II FR649. SOC Oct 19, 1944
41850 to RAF as Hadrian II FR650. DBR in gale, Raipur, May 23, 1945.
41851 to RAF as Hadrian II FR651. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41852 to RAF as Hadrian II FR652. SOC Apr 25, 1946.
41853 to RAF as Hadrian II FR653. SOC Apr 25, 1946.
41854 to RAF as Hadrian II FR654. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41855 to RAF as Hadrian II FR655. Swung to avoid Dakota and struck
another glider, Fatehjang Jan 19, 1945.
41857 to RAF as Hadrian II FR656. SOC May 30, 1945
41858 to RAF as Hadrian II FR657. SOC Oct 19, 1944.
41861 to RAF as Hadrian II FR658. SOC Mar 28, 1946
41868 to RAF as Hadrian II FR659. SOC Mar 28, 1946.
41872 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France. Towed by a C-47, the glider
was transporting men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41879 to RAF as Hadrian II FR660. DBR in gale, Raipur, May 23, 1945
41897 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery,
319th Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41898 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41908 to RAF as Hadrian II KK726. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41909 to RAF as Hadrian II FR761. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41910 to RAF as Hadrian II KK727. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41912 to RAF as Hadrian II FR762. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Feb 29, 1945
41914 to RAF as Hadrian II KK728. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41916 to RAF as Hadrian II KH921. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
41918 to RAF as Hadrian II KK729. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41921 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
41931 to RAF as Hadrian II KH922. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945.
41935 to RAF as Hadrian II KH923. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
41940 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Written off in Germany 18Sep44. the glider was cut loose over the LZ but landed behind enemy lines,
the pilot and two troopers taken POW. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from the
101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
MACR 12012
41942 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
41944 to RAF as Hadrian II KH924. DBR in gale, Bihta, May 18, 1945.
41945 to RAF as Hadrian II KH925. SOC May 26, 1946
41960 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery,
319th Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on
Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44. Crashed into a stone building at high speed at Asperden, Germany [7POW].
MACR 11975. 7 POW.
41961 to RAF as Hadrian II KK730. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
41962 to RAF as Hadrian II KH926. SOC Aug 2, 1945
41963 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion
to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
41972 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
41974 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and may never have been issued.
41980 to RAF as Hadrian II KK731. SOC Feb 28, 1946
41981 to RAF as Hadrian II KK604. SOC Feb 23, 1946
41982 to RAF as Hadrian II KK732. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
41987 to RAF as Hadrian II KK733. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
41988 to RAF as Hadrian II KK734. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
42008 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Melun Villaroche (A-55), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for the
17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13363
42014 to RAF as Hadrian II FR763. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42018 to RAF as Hadrian II FR764. SOC Mar 28, 1946
42019 to RAF as Hadrian II FR765. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42021 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near
Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
42022 to RAF as Hadrian II FR766. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42023 to RAF as Hadrian II FR767. DBR in gale, Bilaspur
42025 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44. Damaged by flak prior to release,
landed on target in a small field, stopping after going through a small fence and crossing a ditch.
42035 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near Groesbeek,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
42037 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42045 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a
landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42049 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division and 80th Airborne Division AA Battalion to a landing zone near
Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 23Sep44.
42055 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
Missing in action enroute to landing zone.
42078 to RAF as Hadrian II FR768. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42079 to RAF as Hadrian II FR769. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42080 to RAF as Hadrian II FR770. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42081 to RAF as Hadrian II FR771. SOC Mar 28, 1946
42082 to RAF as Hadrian II FR772. SOC Mar 28, 1946.
42084 to RAF as Hadrian II FR773. SOC Mar 28, 1946
42085 to RAF as Hadrian II FR774. SOC Mar 28, 1946.
42086 to RAF as Hadrian II FR775. SOC Mar 28, 1946
42087 to RAF as Hadrian II FR776. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42088 to RAF as Hadrian II FR777. SOC Dec 30, 1945
42089 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
During a double tow by C-47 from Greenham Common to Cottesmore, the glider collided in mid-air
with CG-4A #43-19807 east of Tiffield, Northamptonshire, England 13Oct44.
This glider hit the right elevator of #807, cut loose from the tow and was seen to crash [3KIS].
42097 to RAF as Hadrian II KH927. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42105 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
42110 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469).
Written off in the Netherlands 18Sep44; the glider was cut loose over the LZ but landed behind enemy
lines, the pilot and four troopers taken POW. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men from
the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone at Eindhoven, The Netherlands during Operation ‘Market’.
42114 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field Artillery
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42117 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42118 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42120 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
42125 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for
the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13366
43-42129/42228 Laister-Kauffman CG-4A-LK
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Laister-Kauffman Corporation of St. Louis, MO.
42130 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and probably never issued
42131 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. RAF serial
unknown and probably never issued.
42133 to RAF as Hadrian II FR692. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42134 to RAF as Hadrian II FR693. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
42135 to RAF as Hadrian II FR694. DBR in gale, Fatehjang Jun 21, 1945
42135 to RAF as Hadrian II FR695. SOC Sep 29, 1945
42137 to RAF as Hadrian II FR696. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42139 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the HQ Battery, 319th Field Artillery
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’ 18Sep44.
42140 to RAF as Hadrian II FR778. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42142 to RAF as Hadrian II KK735. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42143 to RAF as Hadrian II KK736. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42146 to RAF as Hadrian II KK737. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42153 15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials from the 320th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
42159 to RAF as Hadrian II KK905. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42161 to RAF as Hadrian II KK738. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42162 to RAF as Hadrian maintenance airframe 5258M
42170 to RAF as Hadrian II KK589. DBR in gale, Fatehjang Jun 21, 1945
42172 to RAF as Hadrian II KK590. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42174 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel, Germany
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
42178 to RAF as Hadrian II KK591. DBR in gale May 18, 1945
42179 to RAF as Hadrian II KH928. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42180 to RAF as Hadrian II FH929. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42214 to RAF as Hadrian II KK739. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42215 to RAF as Hadrian II KK740. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42216 to RAF as Hadrian II KK741. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43-42229/42728 Northwestern CG-4A-NW
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation of Minneapolis, MN.
42229 to RAF as Hadrian II KK742. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42231 to RAF as Hadrian II KK743. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42232 to RAF as Hadrian II KK744. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42233 to RAF as Hadrian II KK745. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42234 to RAF as Hadrian II KK746. SOC Aug 30, 1945
42236 to RAF as Hadrian II KH947. Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service
42243 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Ramsbury (Station 469). Towed by a C-47, the glider
transported men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Detroit’, 6Jun44.
42246 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF
serial known and probably never issued.
42261 38th Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Troop Carrier Group, Camp Mackall, Hoffman, NC.
Destroyed after losing control landing at Camp Mackall 19Oct43.
42262 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed when force landed two miles south of Maxton, NC 4Jan44.
42263 to USAAF, attached to 38TCS/10TCG at AAF Camp Mackall Field,
NC crashed in an accident Nov 25, 1943 at AAF Camp Mackall Field, NC.
42266 82nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 20Nov43.
42274 to USAAF, 38th Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Troop Carrier Group, Camp Mackall, Hoffman, NC.
Damaged in collision with Waco CG-4A 42-79545 after losing control landing at Camp Mackall 27Nov43.
42283 79th Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed when crash landed with mechanical failure 16 miles west of Laurinburg 28Oct43.
42285 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Sedalia Field, Warrensburg, MO.
Crashed after mechanical failure 50 miles north of Des Moines, IA 25Oct43.
42290 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged in collision with parked Waco CG-4A 42-79368 while landing at Pope Field 15Nov43.
83rd Troop Carrier Squadron. Accident landing at Aberdeen Landing Area, Maxton, NC 7Dec43.
42294 82nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Accident in collision with a Waco CG-4A landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 20Nov43. 810th Base Unit,
60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Fatal crash landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 4Jan45.
42304 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged landing three miles north of Camp Mackall, NC 25Nov43.
42311 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged after mid-air collision with an object at Pope Auxiliary Field #1, NC 15Nov43.
42315 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Destroyed when force landed at Aberdeen Landing Area, Maxton, NC 7Dec43.
42321 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged in an accident on the ground at Pope Field 14Nov43.
42325 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged in collision with parked Waco CG-4A 42-79532 while landing at Pope Field 19Nov43.
42332 90th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged when force landed under tow six miles NW of Aberdeen Landing Area, Maxton, NC 20Dec43.
42333 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged landing at Derby, NC 6Jan44.
42339 98th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Sedalia Field, Warrensburg, MO.
Force landed under tow at Albert Lea, MN 14Nov43.
42346 to USAAF, attached to 38TCS/10TCG at AAF Camp Mackall Field, Hoffnan, NC damaged while
parked by collision by CF-4A 42-79346 while landing Dec 23, 1943 at AAF Camp Mackall Field, NC.
42349 to USAAF, attached to 38TCS/10TCG at AAF Camp Mackall Field, NC damaged in a
crash when it ground looped in a landing accident Dec 21, 1943 at Hoffman, NC.
42353 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged landing at Derby, NC 6Jan44.
42356 89th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Accident landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 1Jan44.
42358 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed when force landed in bad weather two miles east of Bennettsville, SC 27Dec43.
42360 97th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Crashed five miles NE of St Pauls, NC 25Jan44.
42377 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Destroyed after fatal
mid-air collision with Waco CG-4A 42-79411 at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 12Jul44.
42378 60th Troop Carrier Squadron, 63rd Troop Carrier Group, Grenada Field, MS.
Accident landing at Grenada Field 21Dec43.
42381 304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Fatal crash after mid-air collision with Waco CG-4A 43-41020 at Camp Mackall, Hoffman, NC 18Feb44.
42388 805th Base Unit, George Field, Lawrenceville, IL. Fatal crash five miles NE of Lawrenceville 13Feb45.
42405 AMS, South Plains Field, Lubbock, Texas. Fatal accident at South Plains Field 14Mar44.
42429 310th Troop Carrier Squadron, 443rd Troop Carrier Group, Sedalia Field, Warrensburg, MO.
Damaged in collision with Waco CG-4A 43-42430 at Sedalia 11Jan44.
42430 310th Troop Carrier Squadron, 443rd Troop Carrier Group, Sedalia Field, Warrensburg, MO.
Damaged in collision with Waco CG-4A 43-42429 at Sedalia 11Jan44.
42440 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB 17Mar45.
42446 97th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Crashed five miles NE of St Pauls, NC 25Jan44.
42452 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Crashed after a mid-air collision with an object at
Pounds Field, Tyler, TX 24May44.
42453 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Damaged landing at Bergstrom Field 15Apr44.
42458 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Damaged while parked in a collision by C-46A 42-96712
taxying at Bergstrom Field 20Nov44.
42476 805th Base Unit, Alliance Field, Alliance, NB. Crashed at Scotts Bluff Field, NB 28Jun44.
42478 805th Base Unit, George Field, Lawrenceville, IL. Destroyed when force landed in
bad weather 17 miles N of Boone, NC 4Sep44.
42483 805th Base Unit, Alliance Field, Alliance, NB. Crashed in collision with C-47A 43-15604 landing
at Alliance Field, Alliance, NB 13Jul44.
42488 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Damaged while parked at Derby, NC 6Jan44. 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing,
Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Destroyed after losing control landing at Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC 16Oct44.
42560 AMS, South Plains Field, Lubbock, Texas. Fatal crash after losing control at South Plains Field 19Apr44.
42628 to RAF as Hadrian II KK592. DBR in gale, Fatehjang Jun 21, 1945
42638 to RAF as Hadrian II KH871. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42639 to RAF as Hadrian II KH872. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42640 to RAF as Hadrian II KH873. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42641 to RAF as Hadrian II KH874. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42647 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
42652 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
42663 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive 27Dec44.
42665 to RAF as Hadrian II KK906. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
42666 to RAF as Hadrian II KK593. DBR in gale, Fatehjang Jun 21, 1945
42667 to RAF as Hadrian II KK594. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42669 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Melun Villaroche (A-55), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials for
the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13355
42708 to RAF as Hadrian II KK747. SOC Aug 30, 1945
42713 to RAF as Hadrian II KK907. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
42716 to RAF as Hadrian II KK748. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42721 to RAF as Hadrian II KK908. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42723 to RAF as Hadrian II KK909. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42725 to RAF as Hadrian II KK910. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42726 to RAF as Hadrian II KK911. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42728 to RAF as Hadrian II KK912. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43-42729/42828 Robertson CG-4A-RO
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Robertson Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, MO.
42750 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Damaged while parked in a collision by C-47A 42-23314
at Bergstrom Field 27Nov44.
42781 to RAF as Hadrian II KK749. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42782 to RAF as Hadrian II KK750. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43-42829/43328 Commonwealth CG-4A-CM
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider built under contract by Commonwealth Aircraft of Kansas City, MO.
42832 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC.
Destroyed when force landed in bad weather at Cheraw, SC 27Dec43.
42845 to RAF as Hadrian II KK751. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42849 to RAF as Hadrian II KK752. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42857 to RAF as Hadrian II KK753. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42859 to RAF as Hadrian II KK754. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42865 to RAF as Hadrian II KK755. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42867 to RAF as Hadrian II KK756. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42873 to RAF as Hadrian II KK757. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42875 to RAF as Hadrian II KK758. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42882 to RAF as Hadrian II KH930. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
42885 to RAF as Hadrian II KH931. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42891 to RAF as Hadrian II KK759. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42894 to RAF as Hadrian II KK760. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42897 to RAF as Hadrian II KK761. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42900 to RAF as Hadrian II KK605. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42903 to RAF as Hadrian II KK762. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42906 to RAF as Hadrian II KK763. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
42919 to RAF as Hadrian II KK764. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42923 to RAF as Hadrian II KK765. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42925 to RAF as Hadrian II KK766. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945.
42930 to RAF as Hadrian II KK767. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42932 to RAF as Hadrian II KK768. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42933 to RAF as Hadrian II KH932. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42935 to RAF as Hadrian II KH933. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
42937 to RAF as Hadrian II KH934. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42943 to RAF as Hadrian II KH935. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
42945 to RAF as Hadrian II KH936. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
42946 to RAF as Hadrian II KH937. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
42948 to RAF as Hadrian II KK769. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42953 to RAF as Hadrian II KH938. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42955 to RAF as Hadrian II KH939. SOC Apr 25, 1946
42957 to RAF as Hadrian II KK770. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42965 to RAF as Hadrian II KK771. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42967 to RAF as Hadrian II KK772. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42971 to RAF as Hadrian II KK773. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42974 to RAF as Hadrian II KK774. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42981 to RAF as Hadrian II KK775. SOC Feb 28, 1946
42990 to RAF as Hadrian II KK913. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43015 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France. Towed by a C-47,
the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
43020 805th Base Unit, George Field, Lawrenceville, IL. Destroyed landing at George Field 26Oct44.
43050 to RAF as Hadrian II KK595. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43051 to RAF as Hadrian II KK596. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43052 to RAF as Hadrian II KH875. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43072 807th Base Unit, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Crashed after losing control at Bergstrom Field 5Jul44.
43074 89th Troop Carrier Group, Bergstrom Field, Austin, TX. Destroyed landing at Bergstrom Field 30Mar44.
43101 92nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive 27Dec44.
43111 to RAF as Hadrian II FR697. SOC Sep 20, 1945
43112 to RAF as Hadrian II FR698. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
43113 to RAF as Hadrian II FR699. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43114 to RAF as Hadrian II FR700. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
43123 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
43128 84th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Written off in Germany 24Mar45. Towed by a C-47, the glider was transporting men and materials
for the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’. MACR 13350
43139 99th Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Dreux (A-41), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
43153 to RAF as Hadrian II KK508. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43159 85th Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Coulommiers (A-58), France.
Towed by a C-47, the glider transported men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
43161 to RAF as Hadrian II KH876. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43162 to RAF as Hadrian II KH877. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43164 to RAF as Hadrian II KH878. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43165 to RAF as Hadrian II KH879. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43166 to RAF as Hadrian II KH880. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
43167 to RAF as Hadrian II KH881. SOC Sep 27, 1945
43168 to RAF as Hadrian II KH882. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
43169 to RAF as Hadrian II KH883. SOC May 25, 1946
43170 to RAF as Hadrian II KH884. SOC May 25, 1946
43171 to RAF as Hadrian II KH885. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
43172 to RAF as Hadrian II KH886. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
43173 to RAF as Hadrian II KH887. DBR in gale, Bilaspur Apr 21, 1945
43174 to RAF as Hadrian II FR701. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43175 to RAF as Hadrian II FR702. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43176 to RAF as Hadrian II FR703. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43177 to RAF as Hadrian II FR704. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43178 to RAF as Hadrian II FR705. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
43179 to RAF as Hadrian II FR706. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945
43180 to RAF as Hadrian II FR707. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 29, 1945
43181 to RAF as Hadrian II FR708. No record of fate.
43182 to RAF as Hadrian II FR709. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43183 to RAF as Hadrian II FR710. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43187 to RAF as Hadrian II KK914. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43188 to RAF as Hadrian II KK915. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43191 to RAF as Hadrian II KK916. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43194 to RAF as Hadrian II KK917. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43210 to RAF as Hadrian II KK598. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43212 to RAF as Hadrian II KK599. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43213 to RAF as Hadrian II KK600. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43214 to RAF as Hadrian II KK601. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43215 to RAF as Hadrian II KK602. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43218 to RAF as Hadrian II KK603. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43219 to RAF as Hadrian II KH940. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43220 to RAF as Hadrian II KH941. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43222 to RAF as Hadrian II KH942. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43228 to RAF as Hadrian II KH943. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43260 to RAF as Hadrian II KK776. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43261 to RAF as Hadrian II KK777. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43262 to RAF as Hadrian II KK778. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43265 to RAF as Hadrian II KK779. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43267 to RAF as Hadrian II KK780. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43297 to RAF as Hadrian II KK781. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43298 to RAF as Hadrian II KK782. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
43304 436th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Melun Villaroche (A-55), France. Written off in
Germany 24Mar45. Towed by C-47 42-100521, the glider was transporting men and materials for
the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’
43321 to RAF as Hadrian II KK783. SOC Apr 25, 1946
43328 to RAF but serial number not known, was in the KK batch.
43-43329/43331 Pratt-Read TG-32-PR
Pratt-Read PR-G1 two seat training glider built by Gould Aeronautical Division of the
Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut. Transferred to Army from
USN LNE-1 BuNo 31578/31580. This was an administrative transfer only, and the gliders were never
uncrated or flown. The crated TG-32s were delivered to Souther Field, Americus, Georgia.
There the TG-32s were stored still in their crates. From 1944 onwards, the gliders
were sold as surplus through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
The price was $500, F.O.B Americus, although that price could be lowered, if the buyer
was willing to travel to Souther Field, assemble the glider, and have it towed away.
The large empty crates that had contained the TG-32s were then sold to local sharecroppers,
who used them to make dwellings. Individual serial tie-ups not known by me.
43-43332/43334 North American XP-51F Mustang
MSN 105-26883/26885. Lightweight version of P-51. Not adopted by RAF or USAAF.
43332 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Apr 30, 1945 to Nov 6, 1947
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
43333 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
43334 to RAF for evaluation at A&AEE Boscombe Down as Mustang V FR409. SOC Feb 18, 1947
43-43335/43336 North American XP-51G Mustang
MSN 105-25931/25932. Lightweight version of P-51. Not adopted by RAF or USAAF.
43335 briefly tested with 5-bladed Rotol prop from Britain. Plane found
to be directionally unstable and original prop was put back on.
Converted for use as link trainer during 1950s. Discovered in 1975
enroute to scrap dealer and went to John Morgan of La Canada, CA for restoration.
Reported in 1990 as being under restoration at La Canada, CA. Partially-
restored center fuselage shown at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at
Rickenbacker IAP, Columbus, OH Jul 2007.
43336 to RAF for evaluation at A&AEE Boscombe Down as Mustang IV FR410. SOC Jun 26, 1947
43-43337/43338 Cancelled contract
43-43339/43340 Higgins Boat Co. C-46A-1-HI Commando
43339 (MSN HI-1) delivered to USAAF Oct 1944. Attached to 556BU at Long Beach AAF.
Damaged in a taxi accident on Apr 3, 1945 at Long Beach. Repaired, attached to 561BU at
Rosecrans Field, MO, damaged in a landing accident with a maintenance failure on Aug 21, 1945.
WFU & stored 1946. To MASDC Jan 11, 1958, to reclamation Feb 2, 1959
43340 (MSN HI-2) delivered to USAAF Nov 1944. To MASDc Nov 28, 1957, to reclamation Apr 1, 1964.
Bought by Four Star Aviation Oct 2, 1965 registered as N4657S. Bought
by Rutas Aereas Uncia Sep 1966 registered as CP-749. Bought by
Servicios Aereos Curtiss in 1969. Bought by Servicios Aereos Boliviano
in 1972. Crashed at Reyes, Bolivia Jan 20, 1973.
43-43341/43838 Higgins Boat Co. C-46A-1-HI Commando
Cancelled contract
43-43839/43863 Consolidated OA-10-CO Catalina
PBY-5As transferred from USN. Survivors redesignated A-10 in 1948.
43839 ex USN BuNo 33962
43840 ex USN BuNo 33986. W/o 5 Jun 1944 Landing accident at Biscane Bay, FL 563BU
43841 ex USN BuNo 33987
43842 ex USN BuNo 33988. W/o 10 Dec 1943 Landing accident at Hunter Fd, GA
43843 ex USN BuNo 33989
43844 ex USN BuNo 33990. Takeoff accident on 20 Nov 1943 (engine failure) at North Isle NAS, CA 28FrSq
W/o 9 Aug 1945 at Great Exuma Island ASR
43845 ex USN BuNo 33991. Takeoff accident on 6 Feb 1944 at Drew Fd, FL 1ERS
Landing accident on 13 Dec 1944 at Keesler Fd, MS
Landing accident on 23 Aug 1945 at Keesler Fd, MS
43846 ex USN BuNo 33992
43847 (MSN 1547) was BuNo 33993. To civil registry as N4760C.
Seen at McChord Air Museum late 2006
43848 ex USN BuNo 33994. Ground accident on 26 Jul 1945 at Keesler Fd, MS
43849 ex USN BuNo 33995. w/o 2 Oct 1944 Landing accident, 1 mile E. of Ship Island, MS 3704BU
43850 ex USN BuNo 33996. Landing accident on 19 Dec 1944 Location? 1ERS
43851 ex USN BuNo 33997
43852 ex USN BuNo 33998
43853 ex USN BuNo 34000
43854 ex USN BuNo 34001
43855 ex USN BuNo 34040
43856 ex USN BuNo 34041. W/o 6 Feb 1945, Crash landed-due to weather, at Naparsorsuak Fjord, Greenland 1AS&RS
43857 ex USN BuNo 34044. Appears to have been a crash sometime in Aug 1949
43858 ex USN BuNo 34048
43859 ex USN BuNo 34049. Crashed in India Sep 12, 1944
43860 ex USN BuNo 34050. W/o 21 Feb 1944, Cr landed at Boca Raton AAF, LA 319HqSq
43861 ex USN BuNo 34051
43862 ex USN BuNo 34052. W/o 2 May 1944, Force landing-engine failure, 75 miles NW. off Key West, FL 3ERS
43863 ex USN BuNo 34053, W/o 4 Jul 1944, Landing accident at Keesler Fd, MS 2121BU
43-43864 Ford XCG-13
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB 30-seat troop glider built under contract by Ford Motor Company of
Kingsford, MI. Completed as YCG-13.
43-43865 Ford XCG-13A
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB 42-seat troop glider built under contract by Ford Motor Company of
Kingsford, MI. Completed as YCG-13A.
43-43866/43913 Ford CG-13
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB42-seat troop glider built under contract by Ford Motor Company
of Kingsford, MI. Survivors redesignated G-13A in 1948.
43866 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Fatal crash after
losing control two miles SE of Lumberton Auxiliary Field, NC 7Jun44.
43875 to RAF as KL162 for evaluation. Relegated to ground instructional airframe
with serial 5836M Mar 1946. Presumably subsequently scrapped.
43876 to RAF as KL163 for evaluation. SOC Sep 25, 1946
43877 to RAF as KL164. Transferred to RAF Mauripur, Karachi, India. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43879 to RAF as KL165. Transferred to RAF Mauripur, Karachi, India. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43880 to RAF as KL166. Transferred to RAF Mauripur, Karachi, India. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43881 to RAF as KL167. Transferred to RAF Mauripur, Karachi, India. SOC Feb 28, 1946
43-43914 Northwestern XCG-13A
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB 42-seat troop glider built under contract by Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation of Minneapolis, MN. Completed as YCG-13A.
43-43915 Northwestern XCG-13
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB 30-seat troop glider built under contract by Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation of Minneapolis, MN. Completed as YCG-13.
43-43916 Northwestern XCG-13A
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB42-seat troop glider built under contract by Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation of Minneapolis, MN. Completed as YCG-13A.
43-43917/43963 Northwestern CG-13A
Waco Aircraft Company model NLB42-seat troop glider built under contract by Northwestern
Aeronautical Corporation of Minneapolis, MN. Survivors redesignated G-13A in 1948.
43930 313th Troop Carrier Squadron, 349th Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, NC.
Damaged landing at Pope Field 1Dec44.
43952 810th Base Unit, 60th Troop Carrier Wing, Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC. Damaged landing at
Redding Field, CA 18Jun45.
43-43964/44213 Stinson AT-19 Reliant
Stinson Aircraft Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc, Wayne, MI. Stinson Model V-77 military utility version
based on the SR-10 Reliant.
MSN 77-251/77-500. For Royal Navy under Lend-Lease as Reliant I FB523/FB772. As part of the
terms of Lend-Lease, surviving aircraft were returned to the USA upon the cessation of hostilities. They
were assigned Bureau of Aeronautics numbers with the US Navy in the range 11294 to 11646 but did not see
active service. Many were sold as surplus. A Ferry Permit issued to allow a purchaser to fly the aircraft
away showed the aircraft as an AT-19 and listed the British identification. This would suggest that the
BuAer serials were not applied nor used as identification by the War Assets Administration.
43964 (MSN 77-251) Accepted by USAAF 27Jan44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB523. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Harrisburg, PA - Newark, NJ 4/12Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
12Feb44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Feb44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field,
NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered
as N9353H; cancelled 24Jun70.
43965 (MSN 77-252) Accepted by USAAF 28Jan44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB524. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 7Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Scranton, NY - Wrightstown, NJ
8/10Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43966 (MSN 77-253) Accepted by USAAF 31Jan44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB525. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 6/12Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Feb44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Mar44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43967 (MSN 77-254) Accepted by USAAF 1Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB526. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 6/12Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Feb44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 3Mar44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N36921;
current [Sep23].
43968 (MSN 77-255) Accepted by USAAF 2Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB527. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 7Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Buffalo, NY -
Wrightstown, NJ 8/10Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N70093;
cancelled 25Oct55.
43969 (MSN 77-256) Accepted by USAAF 3Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB528. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Buffalo, NY -
Wrightstown, NJ 8/10Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N577FG;
revoked 9Jul77; cancelled 15Sep09.
43970 (MSN 77-257) Accepted by USAAF 4Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB529. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Homestead, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
9/10Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N55939; cancelled
22Apr13. Registered 15Jun21 as N55939; current [Sep23].
43971 (MSN 77-258) Accepted by USAAF 7Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB530. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh PA - Wrightstown, NJ
16/17Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N33622. Reregistered
22Apr03 as N66XY. Reregistered 12Oct04 as N4617J. Registered 6Aug12 to Fargo air Museum, Fargo, ND;
cancelled 16Feb18.
43972 (MSN 77-259) Accepted by USAAF 8Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB531. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Wrightstown, NJ 29Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1228V;
cancelled 30Dec70.
43973 (MSN 77-260) Accepted by USAAF 9Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB532. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Buffalo, NY -
Wrightstown, NJ 14/25Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 22Apr44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43974 (MSN 77-261) Accepted by USAAF 10Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB533. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Long Island, NY 14/18Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ Feb44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 3Mar44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43975 (MSN 77-262) Accepted by USAAF 11Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB34. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 16/19Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Mar44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 11Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9524H;
cancelled 16Apr53 on export to Suriname.
43976 (MSN 77-263) Accepted by USAAF 14Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB535. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Middletown, PA - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 16Feb/4Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service
Command, Newark Field, NJ 22Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed;
shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43977 (MSN 77-264) Accepted by USAAF 15Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB536. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ 27Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field,
NJ Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK.
43978 (MSN 77-265) Accepted by USAAF 16Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB537. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 27Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service
Command, Newark Field, NJ 22Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed;
shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9357H; cancelled 5Nov22. Registered 3Mar23 as NC9357H; current
[Sep23].
43979 (MSN 77-266) Accepted by USAAF 17Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB538. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ 27Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field,
NJ 22Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK.
43980 (MSN 77-267) Accepted by USAAF 18Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB539. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Long Island, NY -
Wrightstown, NJ 24/26Feb44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ Mar44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N58537;
cancelled 26Jan54.
43981 (MSN 77-268) Accepted by USAAF 21Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB540. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ 27Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field,
NJ 28Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK.
43982 (MSN 77-269) Accepted by USAAF 22Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB541. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Feb44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Cleveland, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ 27Feb/2Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix,
Wrightstown, NJ 2Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered as N222C; sale reported 14Jan77; cancelled 15Jul11.
43983 (MSN 77-270) Accepted by USAAF 23Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB542. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
9/11Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 11Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43984 (MSN 77-271) Accepted by USAAF 24Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB543. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Harrisburg, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
2/3Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N64365; cancelled
6Mar18.
43985 (MSN 77-272) Accepted by USAAF 25Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB544. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Wrightstown,
NJ 2/3Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ Mar44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65442; cancelled
21Aug19. Donated to the National Museum of World War II Aviation, Colorado Springs, CO on Veterans
Day, November 11, 2019, by Tuskegee airman Franklin J. Frank Macon. Registered 6Jan20 to National
Museum of World War II Aviation, Colorado Springs, CO; current [Sep23].
43986 (MSN 77-273) Accepted by USAAF 26Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB545. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 9/11Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N55940;
cancelled 6Dec65.
43987 (MSN 77-274) Accepted by USAAF 28Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB546. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 9/11Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 9Apr44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N60890;
current [Sep23].
43988 (MSN 77-275) Accepted by USAAF 29Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB547. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
9/11Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 29Mar44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 11Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69418.
Damaged when the engine began to run rough with water in the fuel system and the plane force landed
on a road at Harwood, ND 13Aug93. Registration cancelled 21May15. Registered 12Dec19 as N69418;
current [Sep23].
43989 (MSN 77-276) Accepted by USAAF 29Feb44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB548. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Newark, NJ 6/28Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N73393; sale
reported 14Jan77; cancelled 21Feb13.
43990 (MSN 77-277) Accepted by USAAF 1Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB549. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
9/11Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 22Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43991 (MSN 77-278) Accepted by USAAF 2Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB550. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 11Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Long island, NY 11/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 10May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43992 (MSN 77-279) Accepted by USAAF 3Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB551. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ - Long island, NY 18Mar/1Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt
Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43993 (MSN 77-280) Accepted by USAAF 6Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB552. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 11Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Long Island, NY 11/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
43994 (MSN 77-281) Accepted by USAAF 7Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB553; not delivered. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH 18Mar44.
Major damage when force landed after fuel exhaustion in bad weather at East Liverpool, northwest of
Pittsburgh, OH 19Mar44. Struck off charge 25Apr44.
43995 (MSN 77-282) Accepted by USAAF 8Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB554. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 20/22Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 29Mar44. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 11Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N79451;
cancelled 20Dec71.
43996 (MSN 77-283) Accepted by USAAF 9Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB555. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 18/22Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 4Apr44. NY
Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69989;
current [Sep23].
43997 (MSN 77-284) Accepted by USAAF 10Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB556. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark NJ 18/22Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 4Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N70012.
Registered 22Jun83 to Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation, Anaheim, CA; current [Sep23].
43998 (MSN 77-285) Accepted by USAAF 13Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB557. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 20/22Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 22Mar44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
UK. Transferred to Royal Air Force 13 Apr 45. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69U. Substantially damaged in a hard landing and collided with
trees during a delayed go-around at Aero Country Club Airport, Kendall, Miami, FL 6Jun65.
Registration cancelled 17Apr13.
43999 (MSN 77-286) Accepted by USAAF 14Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB558. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY
24/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N67617;
cancelled 12Nov14. Registered 1Feb17 as N67617; current [Sep23].
44000 (MSN 77-287) Accepted by USAAF 15Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB559. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Harrisburg, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
26/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44001 (MSN 77-288) Accepted by USAAF 16Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB560. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY
26/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44002 (MSN 77-289) Accepted by USAAF 17Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB561. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ
24/26Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 26Mar44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69434;
cancelled 20Mar59.
44003 (MSN 77-290) Accepted by USAAF 20Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB562; not delivered. 3rd Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH 27Mar44.
Substantially damaged when force landed after engine failure at Alderson, WV 28Mar44. Struck off
charge 22Apr44. Registered as N2728A; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 10Jun11.
44004 (MSN 77-291) Accepted by USAAF 21Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB563. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY
26/31Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N63654;
cancelled 24Sep98 on export to Canada. Registered 25Sep98 as C-FATE; current [Sep23].
44005 (MSN 77-292) Accepted by USAAF 22Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB564. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Long Island, NY 25/28Mar44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 2Apr44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 11Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
UK.
44006 (MSN 77-293) Accepted by USAAF 23Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB565. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Long Island, NY - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 28Mar/1Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service
Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed;
shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69398; current [Sep23]. Damaged landing at Howell, MI 8Apr99.
Pilot experienced a wind gust during the flare to land, the aircraft struck a VASI light assembly
with the left main landing gear, the gear collapsed and the propeller struck the ground.
44007 (MSN 77-294) Accepted by USAAF 24Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB566. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Wrightstown, NJ -
Long Island, NY - Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 28Mar/1Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service
Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 1Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed;
shipped 16Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as N69599; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled
4May19.
44008 (MSN 77-295) Accepted by USAAF 27Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB567. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 31Mar44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Middletown, PA - Long Island, NY 31Mar/4Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt
Field, NJ 4Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44009 (MSN 77-296) Accepted by USAAF 28Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB568. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Apr44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 8/14Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 14Apr44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
UK.
44010 (MSN 77-297) Accepted by USAAF 29Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB569. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Apr44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ 8/14Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, NJ 14Apr44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1May44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N5443N.
Damaged taxying at Minneapolis, MN 18Oct91. The pilot applied heavy braking to stop the aircraft
which then nosed down and the propeller struck the ground. Based in UK Jul11. Painted as US Marine
Corps "252398". Sale to Germany Jul19. Registration cancelled 17Apr20 on export to Germany.
44011 (MSN 77-298) Accepted by USAAF 30Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB570. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Apr44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 8/18Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field,
NJ 18Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK.
44012 (MSN 77-299) Accepted by USAAF 31Mar44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB571. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Apr44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Wrightstown, NJ - Long Island, NY 8/11Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field,
NJ 11Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK.
44013 (MSN 77-300) Accepted by USAAF 3Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB572. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Apr44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Long Island, NY
13/17Apr44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 22Apr44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N15V; cancelled
26Mar79.
44014 (MSN 77-301) Accepted by USAAF 4Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB573. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dayton, OH - Monroe, LA - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX 13/18Apr44. 5th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville,
TX 23Apr44. Departed US 24Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9118H; current
[Sep23].
44015 (MSN 77-302) Accepted by USAAF 5Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB574. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - South Bend, IN - Rantoul, IL - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX 13/18Apr44. 5th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville,
TX 23Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44016 (MSN 77-303) Accepted by USAAF 6Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB575. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - South Bend, IN - Rantoul, IL - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX 13/18Apr44. 5th
Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville,
TX 23Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44017 (MSN 77-304) Accepted by USAAF 7Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB576. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Memphis, TN - Dallas, TX 13/15Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 15Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 23Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered as N9792H; cancelled 22Nov05 on export to Canada. Registered 24Nov05 as CF-SAR;
current [Sep23].
44018 (MSN 77-305) Accepted by USAAF 10Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB577. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Monroe, LA - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX 14/18Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 23Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44019 (MSN 77-306) Accepted by USAAF 11Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB578. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Monroe, LA - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX 14/18Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 23Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44020 (MSN 77-307) Accepted by USAAF 12Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB579. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX 14/18Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 18Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 23Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco,
Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS
Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as
N1942W; current [Sep23].
44021 (MSN 77-308) Accepted by USAAF 13Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB580. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 17Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Memphis, TN - Little Rock, AR - Dallas, TX 17/24Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 24Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 28Apr44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as N2723A; cancelled 25Jan55.
44022 (MSN 77-309) Accepted by USAAF 14Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB581. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Louisville, KY - Dallas, TX 20/28Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 28Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 9May44. Delivered to Royal
Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44023 (MSN 77-310) Accepted by USAAF 15Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB582. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 17Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX 17/19Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love
Field, Dallas, TX 19Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 28Apr44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco,
Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS
Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as
N69726; cancelled 11Mar09.
44024 (MSN 77-311) Accepted by USAAF 17Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB583. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Nashville, TN - Memphis, TN - Dallas, TX 19/24Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 24Apr44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 28Apr44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9112H; cancelled 2Oct14. Registered 21Jul16 as N9112H; current
[Sep23].
44025 (MSN 77-312) Accepted by USAAF 18Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB584. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Nashville, TN - Memphis, TN - Dallas, TX 20/24Apr44. 5th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 24Apr44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX -
Brownsville, TX 9May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44026 (MSN 77-313) Accepted by USAAF 19Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB585. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Belleville, IL - Tulsa, OK - Dallas, TX 20Apr/3May44. 5th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3May44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville,
TX 9May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War
Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified
as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N97V; current [Sep23].
44027 (MSN 77-314) Accepted by USAAF 20Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB586. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Indianapolis, IN - Tulsa, OK - Dallas, TX 26Apr/3May44. 5th Ferrying Group,
Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3May44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville,
TX 9May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44028 (MSN 77-315) Accepted by USAAF 21Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB587. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Tulsa, OK - Dallas, TX 28Apr/3May44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3May44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 9May44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9116H; cancelled 6May19. Registered 13Jun19 as N9116H; current
[Sep23].
44029 (MSN 77-316) Accepted by USAAF 22Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB588. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Monroe, LA - Dallas, TX 28Apr/6May44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 6May44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 14May44. Delivered to Royal
Navy, Piarco, Trinidad.
44030 (MSN 77-317) Accepted by USAAF 24Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB589. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Monroe, LA - Dallas, TX 28Apr/6May44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 6May44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 14May44. Delivered to Royal
Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers
Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant.
Registered as N9517H; cancelled 4Oct51.
44031 (MSN 77-318) Accepted by USAAF 25Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB590. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Apr44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Memphis, TN - Little Rock, AR - Dallas, TX 28Apr/3May44. 5th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 3May44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX
14May44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9507H; current [Sep23]. Damaged while parked unattended in a
collision by another airplane taking off from Cottage Grove, OR 20Jul96. The landing gear on Lancair
235 N235WC collapsed during takeoff and the plane slid off the runway.
44032 (MSN 77-319) Accepted by USAAF 26Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB591. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 1May44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dayton, OH - Memphis, TN - Dallas, TX 1/9May44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9May44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 14May44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1608; cancelled 4Sep59 on export to Liberia.
44033 (MSN 77-320) Accepted by USAAF 27Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB592. Assigned to PITH (Port of Spain,
Trinidad). 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 1May44. Ferried
Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dayton, OH - Memphis, TN - Dallas, TX 1/9May44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air
Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9May44. Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 14May44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Piarco, Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered 19Nov46 as NC64617; cancelled 14Jan49.
44034 (MSN 77-321) Accepted by USAAF 28Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB593. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark NJ 2/4May44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 4May44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44035 (MSN 77-322) Accepted by USAAF 29Apr44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB594. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 4/8May44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8May44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9692H; revoked 19Mar77; cancelled 18Sep09.
44036 (MSN 77-323) Accepted by USAAF 1May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB595. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/8May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9160H;
cancelled 1Mar57.
44037 (MSN 77-324) Accepted by USAAF 2May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB596. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/8May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44038 (MSN 77-325) Accepted by USAAF 3May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB597. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/8May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N52092;
cancelled 15Nov72.
44039 (MSN 77-326) Accepted by USAAF 4May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB598. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 6/8May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44040 (MSN 77-327) Accepted by USAAF 5May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB599. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 6/9May44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 9May44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 6Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N50225; cancelled 23Feb72. Substantially
damaged in turbulence and bad weather when it collided with the ground near Golovin, AK 29Dec69
(1INJ).
44041 (MSN 77-328) Accepted by USAAF 6May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB600. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/11May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9579H; cancelled
26May65.
44042 (MSN 77-329) Accepted by USAAF 8May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB601. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/11May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69548; cancelled
3Feb71.
44043 (MSN 77-330) Accepted by USAAF 9May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB602. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/11May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered 26Feb47 as NC9180H;
cancelled 12Jul51.
44044 (MSN 77-331) Accepted by USAAF 10May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB603. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/11May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 8Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44045 (MSN 77-332) Accepted by USAAF 11May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB604. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
12/13May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 13May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69386; current
[Sep23]. Substantially damaged when the aircraft nosed over on landing at Tacoma Narrows airport,
Tacoma, WA 11Sep99. The flight originated from Hoquiam, WA; the approach was stabilized, normal and
controlled. Main wheels touched down approximately 300 ft from the end of the runway; rudder was
actively used to maintain airplane direction. As the tail went down, the left wing went up, veering
the airplane to the right; left rudder was used to compensate. As the left wing went down the right
wing started to rise and right rudder was used to compensate. As the airplane rapidly slowed, the
tail went up and the propeller and nose cowling contacted the ground causing the plane to flip over
onto its back.
44046 (MSN 77-333) Accepted by USAAF 12May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB605. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/16May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Aircraft Repair
Yard, Coimbatore, India. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy; BuAer 11607. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered 1946 as NC60634. Confederate Air Force Feb85. Registered 6Sep91 to
the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX - later Dallas, TX; current [Sep23].
Confederate Air Force, Carolinas Wing, Moore County Airport, Whispering Pines, NC. Commemorative Air
Force, Coyote Squadron, Corsicana Municipal Airport/C. David Campbell Field, Corsicana, TX Feb15.
Commemorative Air Force, Rainier Squadron, Arlington Municipal Airport, WA.
44047 (MSN 77-334) Accepted by USAAF 13May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB606. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/16May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44048 (MSN 77-335) Accepted by USAAF 15May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB607. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 16/21May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 21May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44049 (MSN 77-336) Accepted by USAAF 16May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB608. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
16/18May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 18May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N52904; cancelled
8Apr13. Substantially damaged when stalled after premature lift off during takeoff at Diomede Island,
AK 12Feb64.
44050 (MSN 77-337) Accepted by USAAF 17May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB609. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 22/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44051 (MSN 77-338) Accepted by USAAF 18May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB610. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
19/21May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 21May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44052 (MSN 77-339) Accepted by USAAF 19May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB611. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
19/27May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44053 (MSN 77-340) Accepted by USAAF 20May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB612. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
22/27May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N73589; current
[Sep23]. Substantially damaged after the pilot lost control landing at Smartt Field, St Louis, MO
4Jul93. The pilot made a crosswind landing; during rollout, a wind gust threw the tail up into the
air, the nose hit the ground and the aircraft nosed over.
44054 (MSN 77-341) Accepted by USAAF 22May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB613. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 23/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered 21Jan47 as
NC9275H; cancelled 23Mar48.
44055 (MSN 77-342) Accepted by USAAF 23May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB614. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 24/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44056 (MSN 77-343) Accepted by USAAF 24May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB615. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 25/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44057 (MSN 77-344) Accepted by USAAF 25May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB616. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
26/29May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 29May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered
5Dec47 as NC73302; cancelled 9Jun49.
44058 (MSN 77-345) Accepted by USAAF 25May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB617. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 26/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N75176;
revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 4Feb17.
44059 (MSN 77-346) Accepted by USAAF 26May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB618. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27May44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
27/28May44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28May44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44060 (MSN 77-347) Accepted by USAAF 27May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB619. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 1Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Columbus, OH -
Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 1/6Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark
Field, NJ 6Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 28Jun44.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered 2Feb49 as N60637 to Northern Consolidated Airlines, Anchorage, AK; cancelled
2Jun65.
44061 (MSN 77-348) Accepted by USAAF 27May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB620. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 2/3Jun44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 3Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 30Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as N65977; revoked
14Jan77; cancelled 5Sep12.
44062 (MSN 77-349) Accepted by USAAF 10Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB621. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
14/16Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44063 (MSN 77-350) Accepted by USAAF 31May44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB622. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Columbus, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 3/8Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Jun44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 30Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk,
VA. Registered as N9360H; cancelled 11Apr78. Crashed after engine failure at Cave City, KY 2Aug75
(2INJ). Propeller seal loosened in flight, the plane force landed but a twenty foot gully made it
airborne and collided with trees.
44064 (MSN 77-351) Accepted by USAAF 1Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB623. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 7Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 7/8Jun44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 30Jun44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65019; current [Sep23].
44065 (MSN 77-352) Delivery delayed approximately two weeks for exhibition purposes. Accepted by USAAF
27Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB624. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field,
Detroit, MI 29Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ 29/30Jun44. Atlantic Overseas
Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and
packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44066 (MSN 77-353) Accepted by USAAF 2Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB625. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ 9/11Jun44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 9Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44067 (MSN 77-354) Accepted by USAAF 3Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB626. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ 9/11Jun44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44068 (MSN 77-355) Accepted by USAAF 5Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB627. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ 9/11Jun44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N771; cancelled 4May19.
44069 (MSN 77-356) Accepted by USAAF 6Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB628. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ 9/11Jun44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 19Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69396; cancelled 20May65.
44070 (MSN 77-357) Accepted by USAAF 7Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB629. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
14/16Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 9Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N70014; cancelled
29Apr70.
44071 (MSN 77-358) Accepted by USAAF 8Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB630. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
14/16Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as
N61136; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 30Aug12.
44072 (MSN 77-359) Accepted by USAAF 9Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB631. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 15/17Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 17Jun44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44073 (MSN 77-360) Accepted by USAAF 12Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB632. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/17Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 17Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 16Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44074 (MSN 77-361) Accepted by USAAF 13Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB633. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/17Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 17Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 17Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65345. Substantially
damaged landing at Skysport airport, El Paso, TX 1May76. The left brake line was leaking causing the
brake to be weak. The plane ground looped and struck an earth mound near the runway. Substantially
damaged landing at El Paso, TX 9Jul89. During a full stop landing in direct crosswind conditions,
directional control was lost. The aircraft exited the runway hard surface and nosed over in soft
sand. Registration current [Sep23].
44075 (MSN 77-362) Accepted by USAAF 14Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB634. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/16Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 20Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as
N52058; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 16Jul13.
44076 (MSN 77-363) Accepted by USAAF 15Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB635. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Columbus, OH - Detroit, MI -
Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 16/25Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
25Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 20Jul44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field,
NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered
as N60843; cancelled 15Feb18.
44077 (MSN 77-364) Accepted by USAAF 16Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB636. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
19/21Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 21Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N75422; cancelled
24Oct55.
44078 (MSN 77-365) Accepted by USAAF 17Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB637. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
24/25Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as
NC75480; cancelled 18Feb49. Registered as N7080Y. Destroyed in a mid-air collision at Coronado
airport, Albuquerque, NM 11Aug00. A Cessna 150H, N6999S, and the Stinson collided on final approach
to the runway at Coronado airport. The pilot of the Stinson departed Coronado airport for local air
work and to practice landings at Double Eagle II airport. During the flight, the hand held
transceiver's operating status became questionable; when examined after the accident, its battery
was dead. The Stinson pilot flew one approach to a landing at Coronado airport, but had to go around
due to an airplane on the runway. He flew a second traffic pattern and again an airplane took the
active runway in front of him. A witness observed the Stinson turn to the east, at 100 to 250 feet
above the ground, and disappear for a short time and then reappear turning a right short final. The
pilot of the Cessna departed Coronado airport for local air work. When he entered the traffic
pattern for a full stop landing, the Cessna pilot transmitted his position and intentions on the
Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF). While on final, the Cessna settled down onto the Stinson
during the landing flare. During the subsequent impact, the Cessna's right wing, right wing strut,
right main landing gear, nose landing gear, nose, propeller, and both wing tips were damaged. The
Stinson's empennage was nearly separated from its fuselage, the right main landing gear was
separated from the fuselage, and both wing tips were damaged. Registered as N7080Y as a
Stinson/Shacklette AT-19 with msn 77-365A; expired 6Feb13; cancelled 2Mar18. Registered 2May23 as
N7080Y as a Stinson/Shacklette AT-19 with msn 77-365A; current [Sep23].
44079 (MSN 77-366) Accepted by USAAF 19Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB638. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
24/25Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N55775; expired 4Jan11;
cancelled 18Sep17.
44080 (MSN 77-367) Accepted by USAAF 20Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB639. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
24/25Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 9Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44081 (MSN 77-368) Accepted by USAAF 21Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB640. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 27Jun44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 9Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69990; cancelled 31May18. Registration N69990
assigned 8Aug18; cancelled 6Sep19.
44082 (MSN 77-369) Accepted by USAAF 22Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB641. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 27Jun44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 27Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44083 (MSN 77-370) Accepted by USAAF 23Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB642. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 27Jun44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 9Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44084 (MSN 77-371) Accepted by USAAF 24Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB643. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 29Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Butler, PA - Long Island, NY
29/30Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Roosevelt Field, NJ 30Jun44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 10Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9937H;
cancelled 29Jun70.
44085 (MSN 77-372) Accepted by USAAF 26Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB644. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 29Jun44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
29/30Jun44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Jun44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 10Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N87675; cancelled
12Feb16. Registered 10May21 as N87675; current [Sep23].
44086 (MSN 77-373) Accepted by USAAF 28Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB645. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 5/6Jul44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 6Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 22Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N33543; current [Sep23]. Damaged in collision
with a parked Cessna 152 while taxying to a hangar at Kearney, NE 1Jul95. Arrived UK May16.
44087 (MSN 77-374) Accepted by USAAF 29Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB646. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Newark, NJ 8/11Jul44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44088 (MSN 77-375) Accepted by USAAF 30Jun44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB647. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 7Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 7/8Jul44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as N69793.
Registered 9Feb50 to Alaska Airlines Inc., Anchorage, AK; cancelled 14Oct55.
44089 (MSN 77-376) Accepted by USAAF 1Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB648. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
12/13Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 13Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44090 (MSN 77-377) Accepted by USAAF 1Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB649. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 12Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
12/13Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 13Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Accident. SOC
28Jan46.
44091 (MSN 77-378) Accepted by USAAF 5Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB650. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
13/14Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 14Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44092 (MSN 77-379) Accepted by USAAF 6Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB651. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 13/17Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
17Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS
Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as
N91037; cancelled 1Jun18.
44093 (MSN 77-380) Accepted by USAAF 7Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB652. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 23/24Jul44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 24Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 7Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N79556; cancelled 19Jul12.
44094 (MSN 77-381) Accepted by USAAF 8Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB653. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 14Jul44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 14Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 21Jul44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9570H; cancelled 23Dec91 on export to United
Kingdom. Registered 21Feb94 as G-BUCH; current [Sep23].
44095 (MSN 77-382) Accepted by USAAF 10Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB654. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 23/24Jul44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 24Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 7Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44096 (MSN 77-383) Accepted by USAAF 11Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB655. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9195H. Destroyed in
an accident landing at South Expressway airport, Jonesboro, GA 17May76. The engine failed after fuel
starvation caused by a defective carburettor and the plane struck wires on final approach.
Registration sale reported 14Jan77; expired 17Jun08; cancelled 22May13.
44097 (MSN 77-384) Accepted by USAAF 12Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB656. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 23/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Registered as N65534; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 5Sep12.
44098 (MSN 77-385) Accepted by USAAF 13Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB657. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69984; current
[Sep23].
44099 (MSN 77-386) Accepted by USAAF 14Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB658. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44100 (MSN 77-387) Accepted by USAAF 15Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB659. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 5Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N73340; current
[Sep23]. Substantially damaged when ground looped and nosed over landing at Plainfield, IL 5May64.
44101 (MSN 77-388) Accepted by USAAF 17Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB660. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/28Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 28Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N9757H; cancelled
12May53.
44102 (MSN 77-389) Accepted by USAAF 18Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB661. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
28/29Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 29Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 5Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44103 (MSN 77-390) Accepted by USAAF 19Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB662. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 29Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
29/30Jul44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Jul44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 7Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69985; current
[Sep23]. Substantially damaged landing at North Central airport, Lincoln, RI 20May67. The left
landing gear oleo piston rod failed causing the left landing gear to collapse. The plane ground
looped in gusting winds.
44104 (MSN 77-391) Accepted by USAAF 20Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB663. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 31Jul44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
31Jul/1Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 1Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44105 (MSN 77-392) Accepted by USAAF 21Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB664. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 8/9Aug44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 9Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 20Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N64698; cancelled 2Feb71.
44106 (MSN 77-393) Accepted by USAAF 22Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB665. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ
10/11Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 20Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44107 (MSN 77-394) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB666. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 11Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 11Aug44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N70092; current [Sep23].
44108 (MSN 77-395) Accepted by USAAF 25Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB667. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
14/15Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 15Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44109 (MSN 77-396) Accepted by USAAF 26Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB668. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
14/15Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 15Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N668FB; current
[Sep23].
44110 (MSN 77-397) Accepted by USAAF 27Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB669. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 14/16Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 16Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 2Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1969M;
revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 9Oct09.
44111 (MSN 77-398) Accepted by USAAF 28Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB670. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
18/19Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 19Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1176V; cancelled
3Nov17 on export to Canada. Registered 6Apr18 as C-GLWI; current [Sep23].
44112 (MSN 77-399) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB671. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
18/19Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 19Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Aug44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44113 (MSN 77-400) Accepted by USAAF 29Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB672. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 21Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - McKeesport, PA - Newark, NJ
21/24Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 24Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44114 (MSN 77-401) Accepted by USAAF 31Jul44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB673. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 24Aug44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 24Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44115 (MSN 77-402) Accepted by USAAF 1Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB674. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 24/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44116 (MSN 77-403) Accepted by USAAF 2Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB675. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Cleveland, OH -
Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 24/29Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
29Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field,
NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered
as N69388. Registered 29May52 to Alaska Airlines Inc., Anchorage, AK; cancelled 15Jul71.
44117 (MSN 77-404) Accepted by USAAF 3Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB676. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/26Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44118 (MSN 77-405) Accepted by USAAF 4Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB677. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 25Aug44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44119 (MSN 77-406) Accepted by USAAF 5Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB678. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/26Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65826; cancelled
22May65.
44120 (MSN 77-407) Accepted by USAAF 7Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB679. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 25/31Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
31Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Sep44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field,
NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered
as N69896; cancelled 2Feb71.
44121 (MSN 77-408) Accepted by USAAF 8Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB680. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/26Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44122 (MSN 77-409) Accepted by USAAF 9Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB681. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 25/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44123 (MSN 77-410) Accepted by USAAF 10Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB682. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
25/26Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Civilianized as
G-AIYW.
44124 (MSN 77-411) Accepted by USAAF 11Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB683. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 25/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N88026.
Registered 9Dec97 to Texas Air Museum, Lubbock, TX; current [Sep23]. Based with Caprock Chapter,
Slaton Municipal Airport, Lubbock, TX.
44125 (MSN 77-412) Accepted by USAAF 12Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB684. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 25/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44126 (MSN 77-413) Accepted by USAAF 14Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB685. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 25/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N64444; sale
reported 14Jan77; cancelled 13Feb13.
44127 (MSN 77-414) Accepted by USAAF 16Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB686. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44128 (MSN 77-415) Accepted by USAAF 16Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB687. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44129 (MSN 77-416) Accepted by USAAF 17Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB688. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 26Aug44. Atlantic
Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 14Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N70056; cancelled 20May65.
44130 (MSN 77-417) Accepted by USAAF 18Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB689. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Newark, NJ
28Aug/2Sep44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 2Sep44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 21Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
44131 (MSN 77-418) Accepted by USAAF 19Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB690. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N79158. Reregistered
13Sep16 as N985D; current [Sep23].
44132 (MSN 77-419) Accepted by USAAF 21Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB691. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 28Aug/2Sep44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 2Sep44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69876;
cancelled 2Feb71.
44133 (MSN 77-420) Accepted by USAAF 22Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB692. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
26/27Aug44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 27Aug44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, UK. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N55638; current
[Sep23].
44134 (MSN 77-421) Accepted by USAAF 23Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB693. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 30Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Belleville, IL -
Dallas, TX 30Aug/2Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 2Sep44.
Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 9/10Sep44. Departed US 11Sep44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44135 (MSN 77-422) Accepted by USAAF 24Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB694. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 31Aug44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Dayton, OH - Memphis, TN - Dallas,
TX 31Aug/2Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 2Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 9/10Sep44. Departed US 11Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44136 (MSN 77-423) Accepted by USAAF 25Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB695. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Belleville, IL - Tulsa, OK - Dallas,
TX 2/4Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 4Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 9/10Sep44. Departed US 11Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44137 (MSN 77-424) Accepted by USAAF 26Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB696. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Madison, IN - Dallas,
TX 2/6Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 6Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 9/10Sep44. Departed US 11Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered 25Sep46 as NC65021; cancelled 14Jan55.
44138 (MSN 77-425) Accepted by USAAF 28Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB697. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - South Bend, IN - Tulsa, OK - Dallas,
TX 5/8Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 8Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - San Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 13/16Sep44. Departed US 17Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy,
RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44139 (MSN 77-426) Accepted by USAAF 29Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB698. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Nashville, TN - Dallas, TX 6/7Sep44.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 7Sep44. Ferried Dallas - San
Antonio, TX - Brownsville, TX 13/16Sep44. Departed US 17Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44140 (MSN 77-427) Accepted by USAAF 30Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB699. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Dallas, TX 8/9Sep44. 5th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Sep44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX -
Brownsville, TX 13/16Sep44. Departed US 17Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk),
Trinidad.
44141 (MSN 77-428) Accepted by USAAF 31Aug44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB700. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Dallas, TX 8/9Sep44. 5th Ferrying
Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 9Sep44. Ferried Dallas - San Antonio, TX -
Brownsville, TX 13/16Sep44. Departed US 17Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk),
Trinidad.
44142 (MSN 77-429) Accepted by USAAF 1Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB701. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Tulsa, OK - Dallas,
TX 8/12Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Waco, TX - Brownsville, TX 16/17Sep44. Departed US 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS
Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44143 (MSN 77-430) Accepted by USAAF 2Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB702. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Nashville, TN - Dallas, TX
14/15Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 15Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Brownsville, TX 27/30Sep44. Departed US 2Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44144 (MSN 77-431) Accepted by USAAF 2Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB703. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Rantoul, IL - Tulsa, OK - Dallas,
TX 9/12Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 12Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Waco, TX - Brownsville, TX 16/17Sep44. Departed US 19Sep44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS
Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44145 (MSN 77-432) Accepted by USAAF 5Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB704. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 9Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Springfield, MO -
Tulsa, OK - Dallas, TX 9/12Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX
12Sep44. Ferried Dallas - Waco, TX - Brownsville, TX 16/17Sep44. Departed US 19Sep44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44146 (MSN 77-433) Accepted by USAAF 6Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB705. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - South Bend, IN - Tulsa, OK - Dallas,
TX 13/16Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 16Sep44.55th Air
Engineering Squadron, 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX
Substantially damaged when nosed over after landing at Love Field, Dallas, TX 18Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Corpus Christi, TX - Brownsville, TX 24/25Oct44. Departed US 13Nov44. Delivered to Royal
Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44147 (MSN 77-434) Accepted by USAAF 7Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB706. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Nashville, TN - Dallas, TX
14/17Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 17Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Brownsville, TX 27/30Sep44. Departed US 2Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers
Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant.
Registered as N444BF; current [Sep23].
44148 (MSN 77-435) Accepted by USAAF 8Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB707. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Rantoul, IL - Dallas, TX 19/20Sep44.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 20Sep44. Ferried Dallas -
Brownsville, TX 27/30Sep44. Departed US 2Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk),
Trinidad.
44149 (MSN 77-436) Accepted by USAAF 9Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB708. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Rantoul, IL - Dallas, TX 19/20Sep44.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 20Sep44. Ferried Dallas -
Brownsville, TX 27/30Sep44. Departed US 2Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco (HMS Goshawk),
Trinidad.
44150 (MSN 77-437) Accepted by USAAF 11Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB709. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Belleville, IL - Springfield, MO -
Dallas, TX 18/20Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 20Sep44.
Ferried Dallas - Brownsville, TX 27Sep/1Oct44. Departed US 24Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS
Piarco (HMS Goshawk), Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered as NC9197H; cancelled 9Nov51.
44151 (MSN 77-438) Accepted by USAAF 12Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB710. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 21Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Memphis, TN - Dallas,
TX 21/23Sep44. 5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 23Sep44. Ferried
Dallas - Brownsville, TX 29Sep/1Oct44. Departed US 24Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44152 (MSN 77-439) Accepted by USAAF 13Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB711. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 21Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX 21/22Sep44.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 22Sep44. Ferried Dallas -
Brownsville, TX 29Sep/1Oct44. Departed US 24Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad.
44153 (MSN 77-440) Accepted by USAAF 14Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB712. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 20Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX 20/22Sep44.
5th Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Love Field, Dallas, TX 22Sep44. Ferried Dallas -
Brownsville, TX 29Sep/1Oct44. Departed US 24Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, RNAS Piarco
(HMS Goshawk), Trinidad. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers
Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant.
Registered as N9551H; cancelled 23May13.
44154 (MSN 77-441) Accepted by USAAF 15Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB713. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
22/23Sep44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 23Sep44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 6Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44155 (MSN 77-442) Accepted by USAAF 16Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB714. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 22Sep44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
22/23Sep44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 23Sep44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 4Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N59121; sale reported;
cancelled 20Aug13. Registered 4Oct21 as N59121; current [Sep23].
44156 (MSN 77-443) Accepted by USAAF 18Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB715. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 3/7Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N715FB;
current [Sep23]. Substantially damaged during an accident near East Jordan, MN 14Sep16. The local
flight departed South St. Paul Municipal Airport / Richard E Fleming Field (SGS), MN. The pilot was
conducting the flight to put additional break-in hours on a newly installed engine. The engine had
about ten total hours since overhaul and two hours since the last inspection at the time of the
accident. About thirty minutes after takeoff, and at 2,000 feet above the ground, the engine started
to constantly backfire and lost power; the airplane was unable to maintain level flight due to the
power loss. The pilot attempted to regain engine power; he switched fuel tanks, adjusted the engine
throttle, fuel/ air mixture, and propeller controls, and selected the individual magneto positions.
There was no subsequent increase of engine power or reduction of backfiring. The pilot performed a
forced landing to a soft field where the airplane nosed over during landing; the rudder sustained
substantial damage. The weather conditions were conducive to serious icing at cruise power.
44157 (MSN 77-444) Accepted by USAAF 19Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB716. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 3/7Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Registered 28Jul47 as NC91096; cancelled 29Apr49.
44158 (MSN 77-445) Accepted by USAAF 20Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB717. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 3/7Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy.
War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-
certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N66096; current [Sep23].
44159 (MSN 77-446) Accepted by USAAF 21Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB718. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 3Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 3/8Oct44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to Royal Air
Force. Air Command, South East Asia. Returned to Royal Navy 7Nov46.
44160 (MSN 77-447) Accepted by USAAF 22Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB719. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/12Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44161 (MSN 77-448) Accepted by USAAF 23Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB720. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/7Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69357;
current [Sep23]. Damaged after engine failure in a forced landing at Salmon, ID 7Aug97. Pilot smelt
and saw oil smoke then cylinder parts blew through the cowling while he was setting up for a forced
landing. Upon landing and roll out, aircraft hit a large rock and sheared off the left main landing
gear; aircraft settled on the nose and left wing tip.
44162 (MSN 77-449) Accepted by USAAF 25Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB721. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 4/7Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44163 (MSN 77-450) Accepted by USAAF 26Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB722. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 4Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 4/7Oct44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 7Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44164 (MSN 77-451) Accepted by USAAF 27Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB723. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 5/11Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44165 (MSN 77-452) Accepted by USAAF 28Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB724. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 5/11Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as NC95493, later
as N95493. Reregistered as N15JH. Registered 28Oct99 to Yankee Air Force, Inc., Belleville, MI.
Substantially damaged when it veered off the runway during landing at Livingston County Airport
(OZW), Howell, MI 22Aug04. The pilot entered and flew a normal traffic pattern for the runway. He
did a normal wheel landing on the centerline with the right wing down and opposite rudder to
compensate for a right crosswind. When the tail wheel contacted the runway, the airplane immediately
veered to the left. The pilot applied full right rudder and right brake but the airplane veered off
the runway sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot taxyed the airplane back to the
ramp. Inspection of the airplane revealed the tail wheel was free to castor, as designed.
Reregistered 25Aug06 as N43YF. Registered 16May18 to Legacy Flight Museum City of Rexburg, Rexburg,
ID; current [Sep23].
44166 (MSN 77-453) Accepted by USAAF 29Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB725. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 5/11Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 11Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Registered as N69394; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 14Jun11.
44167 (MSN 77-454) Accepted by USAAF 30Sep44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB726. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 23/25Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65814;
cancelled 20Aug13. Registered 26Apr16 as N65814; cancelled 30Jul22.
44168 (MSN 77-455) Accepted by USAAF 2Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB727. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/12Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44169 (MSN 77-456) Accepted by USAAF 3Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB728. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Harrisburg, PA - Newark, NJ 10/14Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
14Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Australia. SOC 26Apr45.
44170 (MSN 77-457) Accepted by USAAF 4Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB729. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 10Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
10/12Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N91015; sale reported
14Jan77; cancelled 19Nov12.
44171 (MSN 77-458) Accepted by USAAF 5Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB730. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 11Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 11/15Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 15Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Oct44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N50249.
Destroyed when it collided with terrain about ¾ mile northeast of Auburn Municipal Airport (AUN),
Auburn, CA 24Jan20. The commercial pilot and pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured, and the
private pilot was seriously injured. Several witnesses reported that they heard the airplane's
engine backfiring and subsequently heard the engine quit. Additionally, a witness at the airport,
who was monitoring the airport's Unicom frequency, stated that he heard the pilot of the accident
airplane make a distress call reporting that he had lost his engine and shortly thereafter heard the
pilot radio that he was going down in the trees. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the
airplane struck tall trees and subsequently came to rest in rocky wooded terrain, located near the
top of a hill. Post accident examination of the engine revealed that the No. 7 cylinder intake valve
was stuck open. The No. 2 cylinder front spark plug was defective, and the Nos. 2 and 4 cylinders'
ignition wires were frayed, worn, and displayed arcing, which likely led to erratic operation or a
lack of ignition in these two cylinders. The culmination of these issues most likely led to the
engine running rough, backfiring, and subsequently losing total power. Registration cancelled
31Oct20.
44172 (MSN 77-459) Accepted by USAAF 6Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB731. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 13/15Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 15Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 8Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N58502 to Munz
Northern Airlines, Nome, AK; cancelled 22Aug62.
44173 (MSN 77-460) Accepted by USAAF 7Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB732. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 13/15Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 15Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 8Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N65048;
cancelled 17Feb56.
44174 (MSN 77-461) Accepted by USAAF 9Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB733. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
16/17Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 17Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 8Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by
US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N40053; expired,
cancelled 15Nov12.
44175 (MSN 77-462) Accepted by USAAF 10Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB734. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 2/8Nov44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Nov44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44176 (MSN 77-463) Accepted by USAAF 11Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB735. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 24/30Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 13Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1943S;
current [Sep23]. Based in Europe. Damaged when nosed over landing at Liberty Camp, Delden,
Overijssel, Netherlands 2Apr10
44177 (MSN 77-464) Accepted by USAAF 12Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB736. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 23Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 23/25Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 25Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Registered as N69744; cancelled 24Nov59.
44178 (MSN 77-465) Accepted by USAAF 13Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB737. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 6/8Nov44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Nov44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 27Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69221;
cancelled 24May54 on export to Ecuador.
44179 (MSN 77-466) Accepted by USAAF 14Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB738. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 24Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Reading, PA -
Newark, NJ 24/26Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69392;
cancelled 18Aug59 on export to Liberia.
44180 (MSN 77-467) Accepted by USAAF 16Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB739. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/26Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured
by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as
N1076M. Registered to an address in Honduras; revoked 14Jan77; cancelled 16Jul13.
44181 (MSN 77-468) Accepted by USAAF 17Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB740. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 25Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
25/26Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Oct44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured
by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Registered as
N69886; cancelled 22May65.
44182 (MSN 77-469) Accepted by USAAF 18Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB741. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 7Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 7/8Nov44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Nov44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 27Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44183 (MSN 77-470) Accepted by USAAF 19Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB742. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 26/30Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Registered as N5863V; cancelled 27Jul51 on export to Liberia.
44184 (MSN 77-471) Accepted by USAAF 20Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB743. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 26Oct44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 26/30Oct44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 30Oct44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 25Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
SOC 26Apr45.
44185 (MSN 77-472) Accepted by USAAF 21Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB744. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Newark, NJ 8Nov44. Atlantic Overseas
Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Nov44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and
packed; shipped 27Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War
Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified
as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N66229; cancelled 13Oct55.
44186 (MSN 77-473) Accepted by USAAF 23Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB745. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ 6/8Nov44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 8Nov44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 27Nov44. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government.
US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and
re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N5490N; current [Sep23]. Owned by an
individual, operated by Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth, TX.
44187 (MSN 77-474) Accepted by USAAF 24Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB746. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 6Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 6/10Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Dec44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44188 (MSN 77-475) Accepted by USAAF 25Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB747. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Pittsburgh,
PA - Reading, PA - Newark, NJ 13Nov/5Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
5Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers
Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant.
Registered as N75417; current [Sep23].
44189 (MSN 77-476) Accepted by USAAF 26Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB748. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 13Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Pittsburgh,
PA - Reading, PA - Newark, NJ 13Nov/5Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
5Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 14Jan45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Ceylon. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field,
NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered
12Dec46 as NC60844 to Alaska Airlines Inc., Anchorage, AK; cancelled 22Nov71.
44190 (MSN 77-477) Accepted by USAAF 27Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB749. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 15Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Pittsburgh, PA - Newark, NJ
15/23Nov44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 23Nov44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured
by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69395; cancelled
20Jan81. Substantially damaged landing at Sanders Ranch, House Rock, AZ 12Oct75 (1 Fatality:
1 Injured). A sudden wind shift down wind blew the aircraft into rocks.
44191 (MSN 77-478) Accepted by USAAF 28Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB750. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Pittsburgh,
PA - Reading, PA - Newark, NJ 18Nov/4Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
4Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Australia.
44192 (MSN 77-479) Accepted by USAAF 30Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB751. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 18Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Pittsburgh,
PA - Reading, PA - Newark, NJ 18Nov/4Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
4Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Australia.
44193 (MSN 77-480) Accepted by USAAF 31Oct44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB752. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 27Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Toledo, OH - Newark,
NJ 28Nov/5Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 5Dec44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69128;
cancelled 3Dec22.
44194 (MSN 77-481) Accepted by USAAF 1Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB753. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Newark, NJ
5/10Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44195 (MSN 77-482) Accepted by USAAF 2Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB754. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 14Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark, NJ
14/18Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 18Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44196 (MSN 77-483) Accepted by USAAF 3Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB755. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 16Dec44/18Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 18Jan45. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44197 (MSN 77-484) Accepted by USAAF 4Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB756. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Feb45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Cleveland, OH - Harrisburg, PA -
Newark, NJ 5/12Feb45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Feb45. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia. SOC 26Apr45.
44198 (MSN 77-485) Accepted by USAAF 6Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB757. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH -
Harrisburg, PA - Newark, NJ 19Dec44/20Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
20Jan45. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44199 (MSN 77-486) Accepted by USAAF 7Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB758. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Newark, NJ
8/10Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured
by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. By Oct56 registered as N79132;
current [Sep23].
44200 (MSN 77-487) Accepted by USAAF 8Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB759. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH -
Harrisburg, PA - Newark, NJ 19Dec44/20Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ
20Jan45. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to
Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia. Recaptured by US
Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69794; cancelled
3Nov72. Substantially damaged when ground looped and struck a snow bank landing at Utopia AF Station,
AK 8Feb69.
44201 (MSN 77-488) Accepted by USAAF 9Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB760. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 5Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Cleveland, OH - Newark,
NJ 5/10Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Dec44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N1687M;
cancelled 6Oct54.
44202 (MSN 77-489) Accepted by USAAF 10Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB761. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Akron, OH - Newark, NJ 8/10Dec44.
Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ;
dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
44203 (MSN 77-490) Accepted by USAAF 11Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB762. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 28Nov44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Middletown, PA -
Newark, NJ 28Nov/4Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 4Dec44. NY Port of
Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 12Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N69747;
cancelled 29Jun76. Destroyed during approach to land at Frick, 29 Palms, CA 22Jun76 (2 INJ). The
engine failed and sprayed oil on the windshield preventing the pilot from seeing a building on his
approach to land at a private airstrip.
44204 (MSN 77-491) Accepted by USAAF 13Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB763. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Reading, PA - Newark, NJ 8/18Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 18Dec44.
NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 15Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy,
Australia. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS
Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as
N65647; cancelled 26Sep88. Registered 11Oct88 as CF-BGM; current [Sep23].
44205 (MSN 77-492) Accepted by USAAF 14Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB764. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 16Dec44/10Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Jan45. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 17Feb45. Delivered to Royal Navy,
Australia. Registered as N64640. Registered as C-GFAX with MSN 1492; cancelled 8Jan91 on export to
USA. Registered as N852AM with MSN 1492. Damaged when ground looped during landing in a strong gusty
crosswind and the left landing gear collapsed at Litchfield, MN 10May91. Reregistered 18Jun01 as
N64646 with MSN 1492; current [Nov19].
44206 (MSN 77-493) Accepted by USAAF 15Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB765. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 21Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ
22/26Dec44. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 26Dec44. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 15Jan45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Australia. Recaptured
by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to
Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as NC9558H; revoked
14Jan77; cancelled 15Jul11.
44207 (MSN 77-494) Accepted by USAAF 16Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB766. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Jan45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH - Harrisburg,
PA - Newark, NJ 2/20Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 20Jan45. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
44208 (MSN 77-495) Accepted by USAAF 20Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB767. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 16Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Pittsburgh, PA -
Newark, NJ 16Dec44/10Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 10Jan45. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 17Feb45. Delivered to Royal Navy,
Australia.
44209 (MSN 77-496) Accepted by USAAF 20Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB768. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Dec44. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron,
OH - Harrisburg, PA - Newark, NJ 19Dec44/12Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark
Field, NJ 12Jan45. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia.
Returned to Royal Navy 7Nov46. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered as N67227. Registered 6Sep91 to American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum;
current [Sep23]. Confederate Air Force Operated by Commemorative Air Force-Nevada Wing, North Las
Vegas Airport, Las Vegas, NV.
44210 (MSN 77-497) Accepted by USAAF 20Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB769. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 2Jan45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH - Harrisburg,
PA - Newark, NJ 2/20Jan45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 20Jan45. NY Port
of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon.
Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered 7Aug46 as NC66117;
cancelled 24Oct55.
44211 (MSN 77-498) Accepted by USAAF 21Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB770. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 19Jan45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 19Jan/5Feb45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command,
Newark Field, NJ 5Feb45. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia.
44212 (MSN 77-499) Accepted by USAAF 22Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB771. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 17Jan45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Detroit, MI - Akron, OH -
Pittsburgh, PA - Middletown, PA - Newark, NJ 19Jan/5Feb45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command,
Newark Field, NJ 5Feb45. NY Port of Embarkation, Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45.
Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia.
Returned to Royal Navy 7Nov46. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets Administration,
Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a Stinson V-77
Reliant. Registered as N64435; current [Sep23]. Substantially damaged when ground looped and nosed
over landing in a strong cross wind at Pekin, IL 4Oct67.
44213 (MSN 77-500) Accepted by USAAF 24Nov44. Lend-Lease to UK as FB772. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport
Command, Romulus Field, Detroit, MI 8Feb45. Ferried Wayne, MI - Toledo, OH - Akron, OH - Newark, NJ
8/12Feb45. Atlantic Overseas Air Service Command, Newark Field, NJ 12Feb45. NY Port of Embarkation,
Newark, NJ; dismantled and packed; shipped 1Mar45. Delivered to Royal Navy, Ceylon. Transferred to
Royal Air Force. Air Command, South East Asia. Recaptured by US Government. US Navy. War Assets
Administration, Chambers Field, NAS Norfolk, VA. Sold to Consolidated Vultee and re-certified as a
Stinson V-77 Reliant. Registered as N58770; cancelled 8Mar56. Registered as N9475H; revoked 14Jan77;
cancelled 12Sep12.
43-44214/44363 Culver PQ-14A-CL
Modified version of the Culver LFA Cadet used as a target drone. Redesignated Q-14A 1947
44217 US Aircraft Section, Air Materiel Command, Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana. Set aside
for proposed USAAF aviation museum. Dismantled and shipped to the aircraft storage area,
803rd Special Depot at Orchard Place Airport, Park Ridge, Illinois May 1946.
44218 610th Base Unit, Eglin Field, Valparaiso, FL. Damaged by mechanical failure taking off at
Eglin Field 5Oct44.
44224 62nd Ferrying Squadron, 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Destroyed when force
landed with fuel exhaustion one mile west of San Augustine, TX.
44240 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle Field, DE. Destroyed when force landed after engine failure
near Fitzgerald, GA 9May45.
44241 142nd Base Unit, Camp Stewart Field, Hinesville, GA. Damaged by bad weather while parked
at Camp Stewart, GA 19Oct44. 324th Base Unit, Chatham Field, Savannah, GA. Crash landed at
Chatham Field 12May45.
44268 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis MAP, TN. Damaged landing at Love Field, Dallas, TX 6Feb46.
44284 141st Base Unit, Camp Davis Field, Hollyridge, NC. Fatal crash after taking off at Camp Davis, NC 31Jul44.
44295 142nd Base Unit, Camp Stewart Field, Hinesville, GA. Damaged landing at Camp Stewart, GA 19Oct44.
44298 142nd Base Unit, Camp Stewart Field, Hinesville, GA. Damaged landing at Camp Stewart, GA 19Jul44.
43-44364/44513 Culver PQ-14B-CL
Modified version of the Culver LFA Cadet used as a target drone. Redesignated Q-14B 1947
44436 4103rd Base Unit, Jackson AAB, MS. Damaged landing at Jackson AAB 24Sep45.
44439 Registered 1963 as N5281N; revoked 14Jan77, cancelled 4Feb17.
44469 4103rd Base Unit, Jackson AAB, MS. Crash landed on fire near Barksdale Field, LA 2Mar46.
44478 2920th Area Maintenance Group, Tinker AFB, OK. Damaged by mechanical failure taxying at Tinker AFB 24Nov48.
44491 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Mid-air collision 5 miles NW of Dallas 3Jan46.
44507 4th Ferrying Group, Memphis MAP, TN. Crashed after fuel exhaustion two miles east of Wills Point,
TX 22Jan46.
43-44514/44713 Culver PQ-14A-CL
Modified version of the Culver LFA Cadet used as a target drone. To USN as TD2C-1
43-44714 Kellett XR-8-KE
Kellett Autogiro Corporation XR-8 prototype. Intended to demonstrate the feasibility of a three-bladed
twin-rotor system. First flight took place on 7 August 1944. On 23 January 1946, the XR-8 was accepted
for service trials with its original, non-rigid rotors in place. However, the program was cancelled
almost immediately, and the prototype was eventually handed over to the National Air and Space Museum,
Washington, DC.
43-44715/45314 Radioplane OQ-2A-RP
Radioplane model RP-5A . Small radio-controlled model plane for use as an aerial target
43-45315 Cancelled contract for XC-82 static test airframe. Built outside official contracts with no factory number.
Apparently flown once from Fairchild to Wright Patterson AFB for ground test.
43-45316/45341 Nash-Kelvinator YR-6A
Sikorsky Model VS-316B built by Nash-Kelvinator.
43-45342/45534 Nash-Kelvinator R-6A
Sikorsky Model VS-316B built by Nash-Kelvinator
45379 Accepted by USAAF at Detroit, MI 16Apr45. 3rd Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command, Romulus Field,
Detroit, MI 5Jun45. Ferried Detroit, MI - St Louis, MO - Springfield, MO - Wichita Falls, TX
5/13Jun45. 3706th Base Unit (Basic Training Center), Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX 13Jun45.
2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX 29May46.
2532nd Base Unit (Pilot School, Specialized, Very Heavy), San Marcos Field, TX 15Apr47. Designated
H-6A 1Jul48. 3585th Flying Training Group (Liaison-Helicopter), San Marcos Field, TX 28Aug48. 3510th
Basic Pilot Training Wing, Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX 28Mar49. Declared excess, authorized
reclaim 15Jun49. Reclaim complete 25Jul49. United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Dayton, OH, acquired by the museum 1986. Preserved and displayed at National Museum of the US Air
Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
45390 preserved in Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology as JA7001. But it might be 43-45490
45417 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN837 Jul 1945. To British Army. To 6831M
45421 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN838 Jul 1945. To British Army. SOC 11/14/1946 and reduced to spares
45422 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN839 Jul 1945. To British Army. SOC 5/9/1951 and scrapped
45423 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN840 Jul 1945. To British Army. SOC 6/8/1950.
45424 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN841 Jul 1945. To British Army. Scrapped 2/13/1952.
RAF record card says To CSA Nov 25, 1947.
45425 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN855 Jul 1945, To British Army. Transferred to Royal Navy
Jun 1, 1948. SOC 9/2/1949
45426 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN856 Jul 1945. To British Army. Scrapped 2/15/1952.
RAF record card says to CSA Oct 25, 1945.
45427 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN857 Jul 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 5/1/1947.
45428 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN858 Jul 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 9/30/1947.
45429 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN859 Jul 1945. To British Army Reduced to spares 4/24/1947.
45430 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN860 Jul 1945. Returned to USA 10/5/1946 without use by RAF.
45431 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN842 Jul 1945. To British Army. Scrapped 8/24/1951
45432 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN843 Jul 1945. To British Army. Transferred to Royal
Navy for spares Mar 1949. SOC 6/12/1952.
45433 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN844? Jul 1945. Scrapped 11/16/1950.
45434 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN845 Jul 1945. To British Army. Scrapped 8/24/1951.
45435 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN846. To British Army.
45436 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN847 Jul 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 9/30/1947
45438 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN849 Aug 1945. To British Army. Scrapped 11/16/1950
45439 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN850 Jul 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 9/30/1947.
45440 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN851 Aug 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 9/30/1947.
45444 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN861 Jul 1945. To British Army. Returned to USA 10/5/1946.
45445 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN862 Jul 1945. To British Army. SOC 2/15/1952 and scrapped.
RAF record card says transferred to CSA.
45446 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN863 Aug 1945. To British Army. SOC 2/1/1951 and scrapped.
45447 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN864 Aug 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 4/12/1949.
RAF card says "CSA aircraft"
45448 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN865 Aug 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 9/30/1947
45449 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN866 Aug 1945. To British Army. Reduced to spares 5/1/1947
45450/45460 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN867/KN877. Not delivered
45451 to N5284N
45463 to N3931C
45473 Ca.1/45: TOS USAAF. By 9/62: Rick Helicopters, Inc, Anchorage, AK with c/r N5282N.
Sep 11, 1962: Certificate of Airworthiness NL5282N.. Substantially damaged when a fuel leak caused engine failure
and fire at Skycrest Airport, Auburn, WA 24Jul64. Apr 22, 1970: Certificate of Airworthiness NL5282N
On display by Apr88 in National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL marked as HOS-1 BuNo75615.
Suspended from the roof by Jul89.
Transferred to Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL 26Feb92. Sale reported 7Apr93;
registration cancelled 18Dec12. After 4/15 to By 2/19: Stored.
45476 to N5283N.
45480 MSN 165. To N74146.
45486 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN844 Sept 1945. Scrapped 2/18/1952
45492 allocated RAF serial number KN878 but not delivered.
45493 to RAF as Hoverfly II KN879 Sept 1945. Transferred to Royal
Navy Jun 4, 1948. SOC 5/15/1950.
45494 allocated RAF serial of KN880 but not delivered.
45503 to US Navy as 75610.
45520 to US Navy as 75615
45526 (MSN 211) to US Navy as 75618 or 75621.
45531 to US Navy as 75622
43-45535/46115 Contract cancelled
43-46116/46499 Frankfort OQ-2A-FR
Radioplane model RP-5A . Small radio-controlled model plane for use as an aerial target.
Built by the Frankfort Sailplane Company.
46499 Donated 1970 to USAF Museum. Preserved and on display in the World War II Gallery at
the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
43-46500/46599 Sikorsky R-4B
Hoverfly Mk.I to RAF & Royal Navy; the RAF Hoverfly I’s were subsequently transferred to the Royal Navy
46502 (MSN 65) to NX92822, NC92822
46503 (MSN 47) Ca.4/44: TOS USAAF. According to one site this aircraft was assigned to Air Jungle Rescue
Squadron during WWII, but no information as to whether it was in action.
By 7/46: Sikorsky Aircraft for test purposes.
Jul 18, 1946: Sikorsky Aircraft with c/r N92820. It is possible this aircraft was always with Sikorsky rather than active duty.
Oct 13, 1955: c/r N92820 cancelled.
By 8/94: New England Air Museum, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT.
On display at New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Conn.
46506 Ca.4/44: TOS USAAF. Sep 18, 1947: TOS USAF. Jun 11, 1948: Redesignated H-4B.
Unknown date: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1967: National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Donated by University of Illinois. On display at WPAFB Museum.
46507 to US Navy as HNS-1 39036
46508 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK969 Jun 1944. SOC 9/29/1948, reduced to spares
46509 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK970 Jun 1944. Reduced to spares 3/26/1945.
46510 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK971 Jun 1944. Crashed 3/4/1945, Scapa Flow
46511 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK972 Jun 1944. Reduced to spares 3/11/1947.
British Aircraft Purchasing Commission records show KN972 allocated
and RAF records show KN972 to have been an R-6A Hoverfly II which
was never delivered. If KK972 is correct, it was a Hoverfly I delivered
to RAF (not RN) and SOC Mar 5, 1946.
46512 to US Navy as HNS-1 39037
46513 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK973 Jul 1944. Scrapped 2/16/1952.
46514 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK974 Jul 1944. Crashed 7/10/1946, Beaulieu, UK
46515 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK975 Jul 1944. Reduced to spares 11/15/1948.
46516 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK976 Jul 1944. Reduced to spares 3/11/1947.
British Aircraft Purchasing Commission records show KN976 allocated
and RAF records show KN976 to have been an R-6A Hoverfly II which
was never delivered. If KK976 is correct, it was a Hoverfly I delivered
to RAF (not RN) and SOC Mar 6, 1946.
46518 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK977 Jul 1944. SOC 1/23/1950.
46519 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK978 Jul 1944
46520 allocated KK979 but not delivered
46521 In 1987 was at US Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL. Now at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
46525 to US Navy as 39040.
46527 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK980 Jul 1944. Crashed 2/18/1945
46528 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK981
46529 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK982 Aug 1944. Fate unknown. Also listed as being one of two R-4B Sikorsky
helicopters on board the 6th US Army aircraft repair ship (ARU,F)
USS Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Lyon, project code name "Ivory Soap."
(ships to provide aircraft repair services at forward island bases). There is a photograph showing this.
46530 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK983 Jul 1944. Crashed 7/27/1948, Dartmouth, UK
46531 one of two helicopters assigned to the 1st US Army aircraft repair ship (ARUF)
46532 assigned to ARUF ship
46533 assigned to Tinian Field, Marianas Islands, for SAR duties. Assigned to ARUF ship
46534 (MSN 78) sold back to makers Jul 15, 1946 and registered
N92821. Converted to prototype Model S-54. Noted in
restoration hangar at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA Nov 2002
46536 w/o in ground accident Nov 13, 1944
46539 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK984 Aug 1944. Crashed 8/9/1945, Ventnor, UK
46540 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK985 Sept 1944. Damaged 1/1951. To College of
Aeronautics, Cranfield, UK.
British Aircraft Purchasing Commission records show KN985 allocated
and RAF records show KN972 to have been an R-6A Hoverfly II which
was never delivered. If KK985 is correct, it was a Hoverfly I delivered
to RAF (not RN) and transferred to British Ministry of Supply.
46541 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK986
46542 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK987 Sept 1944. Scrapped mid 1950s at Luton.
46543 to US Navy as HNS-1 39042
46544 to US Navy as HNS-1 39043
46545 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK990 Sept 1944. Fate unknown.
46547 crashed due to engine failure and w/o Nov 19, 1944
46548 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK988 Sept 1944. Crashed Sept 30, 1949, Defford, UK
46549 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK989 Sept 1944. Scrapped 2/26/1952.
46551 (MSN 95) to N4605V, NL4605V, N4605V
46552 to US Navy as HNS-1 39045
46554 assigned to ARUF ship
46556 to Royal Navy as KK991 Sept 1944. Scrapped 1/13/1958
46558 to RAF as Hoverfly I KK995 Oct 1944. SOC Nov 1948 for spares. Preserved at RAF Museum, London
British Aircraft Purchasing Commission records show KN995 allocated
and RAF records show KN995 as never having been allocated.
If KK995 is correct, it was a Hoverfly I delivered
to RAF (not RN) and SOC Nov 15, 1948 and preserved at RAF Museum.
46559 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK996 Oct 1944. SOC 6/28/1948, reduced to spares
46560 (MSN 104) to 1944: TOS USAAF. By 7/45: 3706th Base Unit, Sheppard Field, TX.
By 7/46: US Coast Guard as HNS-1 BuNo 39047.
Named “Arctic Annie,” was the first helicopter to land at Thule, Greenland.
Unknown date to1984: Registered N75988.
By 3/48: Operated as a crop-duster
1984: National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.
46561 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK992 Oct 1944. SOC 2/2/1949 and scrapped
46562 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK994 Oct 1944. SOC 4/18/1947 and reduced to spares
The British Aircraft Purchasing Commission records say that RAF serial was KK994,
but RAF records say KK994 was not allocated. If KK994 is correct,
it went to RAF, not RN, and SOC date tallies with RAF record card.
46563 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK993 Oct 1944. SOC 9/28/1948 and reduced to spares. Also listed
as being assigned to ARUF ship
46565 (MSN 109) to NX75963, NL75963. Was at National Aviation Museum.
Reported Aug 2003 to be in storage at Canadian Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe, Canada
46568 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK997 Oct 1944. Scrapped at Luton in mid 1950s.
46569 allocated KK998 but not delivered
46571 assigned to ARUF ship
46572 assigned to ARUF ship
46575 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL101 Nov 1944. SOC 6/16/1948 and reduced to spares
46577 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KK999 Nov 1944. SOC 7/28/1948
46578 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL100 Nov 1944. SOC 8/23/1948 and reduced to spares
46579 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL102 Nov 1944. SOC 1/19/1950 and reduced to spares
46580 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL104 Nov 1944. SOC 1/19/1950 and reduced to spares
46581 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL103 Nov 1944. Crashed 8/30/1948 Hatchett Moor, UK
46586 to US Navy as HNS-1 39051
46587 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL105 Dec 1944. Scrapped 2/26/1952
46588 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL109 Dec 1944. SOC 5/3/1949 and reduced to spares
46589 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL106 Dec 1944. SOC 11/15/1948 and reduced to spares
46590 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL107 Dec 1944. Scrapped 2/16/1952
46591 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL108 Dec 1944. Scrapped 2/26/1952
46592 (MSN 136) 1944: TOS USAAF. By 12/55: Unknown owner with c/r NL68351.
Dec 15, 1955: Certificate of Airworthiness NL68351.
Aor 21, 1970: Certificate of Airworthiness NL68351.
Nov 16, 1982: Len-Aire Corporation, Hubbard, OR, with c/r N68351.
By 1990: Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT. Noted in 1990 at Hill AFB Museum.
By 10/92: United States Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker. AL. Noted 2004 at Army Aviation
Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL
46595 to US Navy as HNS-1 39052
46596 to RAF as Hoverfly I KL110 Dec 1944. Transferrred to Royal Navy Jan 1949. SOC 5/26/1951 and sent to College of
Aeronautics, Cranwell, UK. (KL110) Acquired by RAF Museum, Hendon, England 14th January 1966
and painted as ‘KK995’ with code ‘E’.
46597 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL111 Dec 1944. SOC 4/27/1950
46598 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL112 Dec 1944. SOC 6/12/1952 and scrapped in mid 1950s
at Luton
46599 to Royal Navy as Hoverfly I KL113 Dec 1944. SOC 7/5/1949 and reduced to spares.
43-46600/46625 Sikorsky YR-5A
46606 w/o Jun 16, 1950.
46607 to Royal Thai AF. At RTAF Museum, Don Muang.
46608 used in CAA ground safety tests 1956, w/o.
46613 modified with dual contrals, regesignated YR-5E. To US Navy as HO2S-1 75689 in 1946.
46616 w/o May 20,1950 with 10 RES of Ladd AFB, AK
46618 to US Navy as HO2S-1 75690 in 1946
46620 1945: TOS USAAF. Sep 18, 1947: TOS USAF.
Jun 11, 1948: Redesignated YH-5A.
By 7/48: 5th Rescue Unit, MacDill AFB, FL.
Jul 16, 1948: Damaged in take-off accident at MacDill AFB.
Dec 8. 1950: Damaged in accident at Pope AFB,NC
Unknown date: Based at Eglin AFB, FL.
3/55: Ferried to to U.S. Air Force Museum, Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
7/71: Transported to Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Now on display at WPAFB Museum
46621 (MSN 165) to civil registry as N10025.
43-46626/46659 Sikorsky YR-5A
46626 (MSN 170) to civil registry as N10010.
46627 (MSN 171) to civil registry as N10589.
46637 (MSN 181) to civil registry as N10588.
46644 to civil registry as N6869C
46645 (MSN 188) 1945: TOS USAAF.
1946: Converted to YR-5D, which included nose-wheel landing gear, rescue hoist, and provision for extra passenger
and external fuel tank.
9/18/47: TOS USAF.
Jun 11, 1948: Redesignated H-5D.
Unknown date: Transferred to the USAF Reserve.
Sep 3, 1959: Cherokee Aircraft Corporation, Sarcoxie, MO, with c/r N4964C.
Jul 19, 1963: c/r N4964C cancelled.
By 6/90: U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL
Now on display at Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL
46646 (MSN 190) to civil registry as N1268V
43-46660/46725 Sikorsky R-5A
Contract cancelled
43-46726/46949 Cancelled contract
43-46950/46951 Fisher XP-75 Eagle
The P-75 Eagle was a fighter aircraft designed in response to a requirement for a fighter possessing
an extremely high rate of climb, using the most powerful liquid-cooled engine then available,
the Allison V-3420. The design concept used the outer wing panels from the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk,
the tail assembly from the Douglas A-24 (SBD), and the undercarriage from the Vought F4U Corsair
in a general layout with the engine located amidships with the propeller driven through an extension shaft.
46950 first flight Nov 17, 1943. Delivered from Cleveland, OH.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Aug 26, 1944 to Sep 1, 1944
43-46952 Republic XP-47J Thunderbolt
Lighter-weight version of the Thunderbolt for improved performance. A second prototype, subsequently cancelled,
would have had the bubble canopy and a contra-rotating propeller.
46952 (MSN J1) First flight 26Nov43; “Superbolt” - artwork of Superman on the nose holding a lightning bolt;
On August 4, 1944, it attained a speed of 505 mph in level fight, becoming the first propeller-driven
fighter to exceed 500 mph; This was an unofficial world speed record for piston-engine aircraft,
held until broken in 1989 by a souped-up, larger engine version of the Grumman Bearcat;
Delivered to USAAF, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 9Dec44
43-46953 Curtiss C-46A-1-CS Commando
Curtiss Model CW-20B-1
46953 (MSN 24/CK1) converted to XC-46B. WFU and stored 1948
43-46954/46972 Curtiss C-46A-1-CK Commando
MSN 25/43
46954 (MSN 25/CK2) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
46955 (MSN 26/CK3) to RFC Oct 24, 1945. Returned to USAF May 21, 1948. WFU and
stored Feb 1949
46956 (MSN 27/CK4) To RFC Nov 7, 1945. Returned to USAF May 21, 1948.
converted to XC-46A then to ZC-46A. WFU and stored Jan 1949
46957 (MSN 28/CK5) to RFC Nov 7, 1945. Returned to USAF May 21, 1948.
Converted to XC-46A. WFU and stored Dec 1948
46958 (MSN 29/CK6) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46959 (MSN 30/CK7) Ground accident on 28 Sep 1950 at Shaw AFB, SC 84TCS \
To MASDC 8 Mar 1958, to reclamation Feb 2, 1959.
46960 (MSN 31/CK8) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46961 (MSN 32/CK9) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46962 (MSN 33/CK10) to RFC Oct 27, 1945 and WFU and stored at Walnut Ridge,
Arkansas. Bought by Linea Aerea Transatlantica in 1946 and registered as
C067. Reregistered as HK-67 in 1951. HK-67 w/o 1 Dec 1950 Landing accident at Bogota, Colombia\
DBR at Bogota, Colombia and broken up.
46963 (MSN 34/CK11) Ground accident on 24 Jul 1944 at Morrison Fd, FL 1100BU. WFU and stored Aug 1946
46964 (MSN 35/CK12) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46965 (MSN 36/CK13) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46966 (MSN 37/CK14) WFU and stored Jan 1946
46967 (MSN 38/CK15) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46968 (MSN 39/CK16) WFU and stored Jan 1946
46969 (MSN 40/CK17) to RFC Oct 26, 1946.
46970 (MSN 41/CK18) w/o 30 Jun 1945 Landing accident at Reno AAF, NV. WFU and stored Oct 1945
46971 (MSN 42/CK19) to MASDC Mar 12, 1958, to reclamation Apr 14, 1964.
Bought by C-46 Parts, Inc Mar 2, 1965, registered as
N91297. Bought by Bolivian Air Systems Sep 1965, registered as CP-745.
Crashed Reyes, Bolivia Feb 1, 1969.
46972 (MSN 43/CK20) Landing accident on 6 Nov 1944 at Abadan, Iran. Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946.
WFU and stored 1948.
43-46973/47032 Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
MSN 44/103
46973 (MSN 44) to RFC. To civil registry as N1609M. In 1947 to Brazilian businessman
Vinicius Valadares Vasconcelos as PP-XBS, 1948 he sold plane to 2º Grupo de Transporte,
of the Forca Aerea Brasileira based at Campo dos Afonso, Rio de
Janeiro, registered as FAB-2057. This aircraft was used supporting the
Correio Aereo Nacional (CAN), the National Air Mail Service. DBR in forced landing October
13, 1949, in Oruro, Bolivia whilst on a CAN mission. WFU and stored at Oruro, Bolivia
46974 (MSN 45) to MASDC Apr 19, 1958, to reclamation Apr 2, 1964
Sold to C-46 Parts Inc as N91361 Mar 2, 1965. Bought
by Lineas Aereas Sud Americana as CC-CCB May 1968. Bought by
Victor Salas Sep 1975. Bought by Aero Bolivia as CP-1333 in
Apr 1977. To Trans Aereos Illimani in 1977. In 1979 sold to
Trans Aereos Luwior. Sold to Transado, eventually WFU and
stored at La Paz, Bolivia.
46975 (MSN 46) damaged Nov 8, 1945 in forced landing due to engine fire Kirtland Field, NM. To RFC Jun 24, 1946.
WFU and stored.
46976 (MSN 47) to RFC Jun 11, 1945. To civil market as N79041 in
1946. Sold to Corporacion Bolivano del Fomenta as CB-49 in
1946. Reregistered in 1951 as CP-549. Crashed near La Paz,
Bolivia Sep 20, 1955.
46977 (MSN 48/CK25) in minor accident Nov 26, 1944 when taxied into
C-46 42-96534 at Bergstrom Field, TX. In another taxi
incident at Temple, TX. In minor landing accident at
Attabury,IN Jul 12, 1950. To MASDC Apr 3, 1958, to reclamation Mar 19, 1964.
Sold Jan 26, 1965 minus engines as scrap.
46978 (MSN 49) to RFC Jun 11, 1945. Sold to Servicios Aereos SA as CU-C241
in 1947. In 1950 registered as HK-333 and operated by Lineas Aereas Nacionales SA
(LANSA). Later to CU-P241. Crashed on cargo flight at Yali, Colombia Feb 14, 1951.
2 crew killed.
46979 (MSN 50) sold Jan 1958 to Air International, Inc as N5508A, registered Jan 30, 1959. Sold Mar 3, 1959
to Lone Star, Inc. WFU and stored.
46980 (MSN 51) to RFC Oct 31, 1945. Sold on civil market in 1950
as N79027. Later in 1950 sold to Corporacion Boliviano de
Fomento as CB-52. Reregistered CB-552 in 1951. Crashed at
Charagua, Bolivia Mar 12, 1959.
46981 (MSN 52) to RFC Oct 26, 1945. Sold in 1947 to Oscar Steiner,
registered as PP-DKF. Crashed into Lake Tipicaguara, Mohu,
Brazil May 5, 1949.
46982 (MSN 53/CK30) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 2346th Air Force Reserve Training
Center, Hamilton AFB, CA. Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 1Oct57;
reclaimed 24Oct57. L B Smith Aircraft Corporation, Miami, FL 1958. Registered as N4215A.
Converted by L B Smith to CW-20T. Leased to Aeropa Fluggesellschaft SA, Basel, Switzerland.
Registration HB-AAE assigned 11Aug58; not taken up (the airline failed to start operations).
Registered 31Mar59 as N4215A; cancelled 4Jun59 on export to Sweden. Temporary registration
as SE-CFF 27May59. Ferried from Miami departing 2Jun59, arriving Malmö 5Jun59.
Registered 18Jun59 to Transavia Sweden AB (Transair), Malmö, Sweden. Forced landing en
route Barcelona, Spain to Basle, Switzerland with left engine loss of power at Marseilles
Airport, France 20Aug60. Accident when the left landing gear collapsed on landing damaging
the left wing, flaps and propeller at Bromma Airport, Stockholm 14Sep61.
Ferried to Venice, Italy for repair by Officine Aeronavali. Leased to United Nations
Operation in the Congo (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC), Democratic
Republic of the Congo 5Oct61; arrived Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9Oct61.
Force landed caused by fuel starvation in Kasai province, west of Luluaburg, Congo in 2Dec61.
Leased to Democratic Republic of the Congo Government 14Oct63; Transair Congo titles.
Damaged when the aircraft veered off the runway during an aborted takeoff at Thysville
Airport, Congo 13Jan64. Registration cancelled 31May65
46983 (MSN 54) crashed Feb 8, 1945
46984 (MSN 55) crashed Apr 24, 1945
46985 (MSN 56/33CK) Landing accident on 30 Nov 1944 at Misamari, India
Landing accident on 18 Feb 1945 at Paoshan, China
Damaged Apr 10, 1945. Condemned for salvage Apr 10, 1945
46986 (MSN 57/34CK) Ground accident on 28 Nov 1944 at Chabua, India
Condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
46987 (MSN 58) w/o Feb 7, 1945 when crashed on takeoff at Poltava Airport, Ukraine
46988 (MSN 59) WFU and store Feb 1946
46989 (MSN 60) Ground accident on 17 Feb 1945 at Barrackpore, India
Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
46990 (MSN 61) WFU and stored Aug 1946
46991 (MSN 62) w/o Nov 4, 1944 in landing accident at Casablanca, Morocco
46992 (MSN 63) WFU and stored Jul 1946
46993 (MSN 64) WFU and stored Jan 1946
46994 (MSN 65) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and
stored 1948
46995 (MSN 66) crashed Apr 17, 1945 fatal accident at Malir, India
46996 (MSN 67/44CK) w/o Nov 3, 1944 near Sookerating, India.
46997 (MSN 68) crashed on takeoff at Natal-Parnamirim Field, Brazil Oct 18, 1944
46998 (MSN 69) WFU and stored Aug 1946
46999 (MSN 70) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47000 (MSN 71) damaged Mar 26, 1945 in taxi accident El Aouina, Tunisia. WFU and stored Jul 1946
47001 (MSN 72) Ground accident on 1 Feb 1945 at Barrackpore, India. Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and
stored 1948
47002 (MSN 73) WFU and stored Jul 1946
47003 (MSN 74/51CK) went missing Aug 31, 1945 5 miles NW. of Chabua, India. Also have this going to Navy as BuNo 39579
47004 (MSN 75) damaged Sep 1, 1945 in ground accident Cazes AB, Casablanca, French Morocco. WFU and stored Jul 1946
47005 (MSN 76) w/o Dec 13, 1944 (T/off accident) Sookerating, India. Condemned Dec 31, 1944 after a collision.
47006 (MSN 77) WFU and stored Jul 1946
47007 (MSN 78) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and
stored 1948
47008 (MSN 79/CK56) transferred to US Navy as 39584
47009 (MSN 80/CK57) to Navy as BuNo 39585
47010 (MSN 81/CK58) to Navy as BuNo 39586
47011 (MSN 82/CK59) to Navy as BuNo 39587
47012 (MSN 83/CK60) to Navy as BuNo 39588
47013 (MSN 84/CK61) to Navy as BuNo 39589
47014 (MSN 85/CK62) to Navy as BuNo 39590
47015 (MSN 86/CK63) to US Marine Corps as BuNo 39591
47016 (MSN 87/CK64) to Navy as BuNo 39592
47017 (MSN 88/CK65) to Navy as BuNo 39593
47018 (MSN 89) to Indian Government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and stored.
Purchased by Western Hemisphere Export Dec 1957 as N9818F.
Sold Oct 1960 to Air Lease Inc as N106E. To Lineas Aereas
Paraguayas Jun 21, 1961 as ZP-CAB. Crashed Dec 1963.
47019 (MSN 90) 15 Aug 1945, Ground accident at Luliang AF, China. To Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
47020 (MSN 91/CK68) to Navy as BuNo 39594. Returned to USAF at Hickam Field May 21, 1949. WFU Jan 7, 1949
47021 (MSN 92/CK69) to Navy as BuNo 39595
47022 (MSN 93/CK70) in takeoff accident Feb 1, 1945 at Misamari, India. Condemned for salvage Mar 5, 1945
47023 (MSN 94) to Navy as BuNo 39596
47024 (MSN 95) to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
47025 (MSN 96/CK73) to Navy as BuNo 39598
47026 (MSN 97/CK74) to Navy as BuNo 39599.
47027 (MSN 98/CK75) to US Marine Corps as BuNo 39600
47028 (MSN 99/CK76) to Navy as BuNo 39601
47029 (MSN 100/CK77) to Navy as BuNo 39602.
47030 (MSN 101/CK78) to Navy as BuNo 39603.
47031 (MSN 102) to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
47032 (MSN 103) to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
43-47033/47202 Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
MSN 104/273
47033 (MSN 104/CK81) to Navy as BuNo 39597.
47034 (MSN 105/CK82)WFU and stored Aug 1946
47035 (MSN 106) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
47036 (MSN 107/CK84) WFU and stored Aug 1946
47037 (MSN 108/CK85) condemned for salvage Jan 18, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47038 (MSN 109/CK86) To MASDC 28 Feb 1958, to Reclamation 2 Feb 1959. Sold less engines
47039 (MSN 110/CK87) WFU and stored Feb 1946
47040 (MSN 111/CK88) to US Navy as 39604.
47041 (MSN 112/CK89) to US Navy as 39605.
47042 (MSN 113/CK90) to US Navy as 39606.
47043 (MSN 114/CK91) to US Navy as 39607.
47044 (MSN 115/CK92) to US Navy as 39608
47045 (MSN 116/CK93) to US Navy as 39609
47046 (MSN 117/CK94) to Navy as BuNo 39610
47047 (MSN 118/CK95) to Navy as BuNo 39611
47048 (MSN 119/CK96) to USN as R5C-1 BuNo 50690
47049 (MSN 120/CK97) to USN as R5C-1 BuNo 50691
47050 (MSN 121/CK98) bought by Indian government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and
stored. Bought by L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp in 1956 as N2081A.
Bought by Air Corporation of Miami in 1956. Bought by Aviateca
later in 1965 and registered as TG-ACA. Crashed into Mt. Aluz
shortly after takeoff from Guatemala City May 11, 1974. 5 of
32 onboard killed.
47051 (MSN 122/CK99) Ground accident on 7 Nov 1945 at Chabua AB, India. WFU and stored Feb 1946
47052 (MSN 123/CK100) Ground accident on 31 May 1945 at Kunming, China. WFU and stored Jan 1946
47053 (MSN 124/CK101) WFU and stored Aug 1946
47054 (MSN 125/CK102) bought by Indian government Apr 10, 1946.
WFU and stored.
47055 (MSN 126/CK103) to US Navy as 50692
47056 (MSN 127/CK104) to US Navy as 50693
47057 (MSN 128/CK105) to US Navy as 50694
47058 (MSN 129/CK106) to US Navy as 50695
47059 (MSN 130/CK107) to US Navy as 50696
47060 (MSN 131/CK108) to US Navy as 50697
47061 (MSN 132/CK109) to US Navy as 50698
47062 (MSN 133/CK110) to US Navy as 50699
47063 (MSN 134/CK111) to US Navy as 50700
47064 (MSN 135/CK112) to US Navy as 50701
47065 (MSN 136/CK113) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47066 (MSN 136/CK114) condemned for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47067 (MSN 138/CK115) Takeoff accident on 2 Mar 1945 at Kunming, China
Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47068 (MSN 139/CK116) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47069 (MSN 140/CK117) w/o Aug 11, 1945 Leepo-Ka, China
47070 (MSN 141/CK118) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47071 (MSN 142/CK119) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army=Navy
Liquidation Commission
47072 (MSN 143/CK120) w/o May 11, 1945 Chabua, India. Condemned for salvage May 12, 1945
47073 (MSN 144/CK121) w/o Jun 11, 1945 8 miles N. of Yunnanyi, China
47074 (MSN 145/CK122) bought by Indian government Apr 10, 1946.
WFU and stored. Bought by Aircraft Modifications Apr 1947
and registered as N7764B. Bought by Caribbean Aircraft and
Supply Jun 1957. Leased by RANSA (Ritas Aereas Nacionales SA)
Jul 12, 1957, returned Oct 9, 1957. Converted to CW-20T.
Bought by Transontinental SA Jan 1958, registered as LV-PHN,
reregistered Apr 17, 1958 a LV-FTT. Leased by Austral-Compania
Argentina de Transportes Aeros Saci of Buenos Aires Dec 22, 1961.
Returned Jul 1963. Bought by Austral Jul 1964. WFU and stored
Buenos Aires, Argentina 1971 and subsequently scrapped
47075 (MSN 146/CK123) to US Navy as R5C-1 50702
47076 (MSN 147/CK124) to US Navy as R5C-1 50703
47077 (MSN 148/CK125) to US Navy as R5C-1 50704
47078 (MSN 149/CK126) to US Navy as R5C-1 50705
47079 (MSN 150/CK127) to US Navy as R5C-1 50706
47080 (MSN 151/CK128) to US Navy as R5C-1 50707
47081 (MSN 152/CK129) to US Navy as R5C-1 50708
47082 (MSN 153/CK130) to US Navy as R5C-1 50709
47083 (MSN 154/CK131) to US Navy as R5C-1 50710
47084 (MSN 155/CK132) to US Navy as R5C-1 50711
47085 (MSN 156/CK133) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47086 (MSN 157) w/o Mar 9, 1945 when crashed on takeoff at Mangshih, China
47087 (MSN 158/CK135) sold to Indian Government Apr 10, 1946. To N7844B Dec56; YV-T-JTA 20Feb57; YV-C-ARL
25Sep57. WFU Miami c1965
47088 (MSN 159) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47089 (MSN 160/CK137) condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47090 (MSN 161/CK138) condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47091 (MSN 162/CK139) Grd accident on 23 Dec 1944 in P.R. Condemned for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47092 (MSN 163/CK140) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Havy
Liquidation Commission.
47093 (MSN 164/CK141) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47094 (MSN 165) DBR Jun 18, 1945
47095 (MSN 166/CK143) to US Navy as R5C-1 50712
47096 (MSN 167/CK144) to US Navy as R5C-1 50713
47097 (MSN 168/CK145) to US Navy as R5C-1 50714
47098 (MSN 169/CK146) to US Navy as R5C-1 50715
47099 (MSN 170/CK147) to US Navy as R5C-1 50716 Dec 26, 1944
47100 (MSN 171/CK148) to US Navy as R5C-1 50717
47101 (MSN 172/CK149) to US Navy as R5C-1 50718
47102 (MSN 173/CK150) to US Navy as R5C-1 50719. Returned from US Navy. Reclaim as ZC-46A Dec 7, 1948
47103 (MSN 174/CK151) to US Navy as R5C-1 50720
47104 (MSN 175/CK152) to US Navy as R5C-1 50721
47105 (MSN 176/CK153) condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47106 (MSN 177/CK154) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission.
47107 (MSN 178/CK155) condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47108 (MSN 179/CK156) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47109 (MSN 180/CK157) to N79078, in 1959 to TI-1009 of Lineas Aereas
Costarricenses S.A. To TI-1009C Sep59; HK-795. Cvtd C-46T. WFU at Bucaramanga, Colombia c1972
47110 (MSN 181/CK158) Ground accident on 11 Jun 1945 at Kunming, China. Condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47111 (MSN 182/CK159) Accident on 19 Mar 1945 India? Condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47112 (MSN 183/CK160) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47113 (MSN 184/CK161) condemned for salvage Feb 7, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47114 (MSN 185) lost Mar 19, 1945 when crew bailed out after engine failure
15 mi W of Yunglung, China. Condemned Mar 17, 1945, so one
date must be incorrect.
47115 (MSN 186) w/o Apr 8, 1945 when crew bailed out 30 mi E of Ledo (India)
47116 (MSN 187/CK164) Ground accident on 25 May 1945 at Kunming, China. Condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47117 (MSN 188/CK165) to F-BESL. DBR at Le Bourget, Paris, France
47118 (MSN 189/CK166) condemned Jul 23, 1946
47119 (MSN 190/CK167) condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47120 (MSN 191/CK168) attached to India-China Wing, ATC at Station 6, Chabua (Assam), India.
Crashed in a belly landing at Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China Mar 4, 1945, condemned Mar 6, 1945.
47121 (MSN 192/CK169) bought by Indian government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and
stored. Bought by Western Hemisphere Export May 1957 and registered
as N8013E. DBR in hangar collapse during storm at Panagarh, India Jun 19, 1957
47122 (MSN 193/CK170) sold to Indian government Apr 10, 1946. To N7773B; LV-PCU; LV-FTO.
Destroyed at Cordoba, Argentina 10Oct59. Left undercarriage failed on landing, lost a wing, hit trees and burnt out.
47123 (MSN 194/CK171) Landing accident on 28 Sep 1945 at Mohanbari, India. Condemned for salvage Jan 17, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47124 (MSN 195) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47125 (MSN 196/CK173) condemned for salvage Jun 30, 1945
47126 (MSN 197) w/o Jul 6, 1945 Luliang, China
47127 (MSN 198/CK175) Ground accident on 23 Jul 1945 at Kunming, China. Condemned for salvage Jan 20, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47128 (MSN 199/CK176) Ground accident on 30 Jul 1945 at Nanning, China. Excluded May 1, 1946
47129 (MSN 200/CK177) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47130 (MSN 201/CK178) condemned for salvage Feb 12, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47131 (MSN 202) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948
47132 (MSN 203/CK180) condemned for salvage Feb 10, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47133 (MSN 204/CK181) condemned for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47134 (MSN 205) w/o 9 Sep 1945 Fatal crash, 20 miles E. of Kunming, China
47135 (MSN 206) crashed on landing at Kunming, China Mar 16, 1945
47136 (MSN 207/CK184) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47137 (MSN 208/CK185) condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47138 (MSN 209/CK186) condemned for salvage Jan 21, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47139 (MSN 210) w/o May 29, 1945 Chabua, India
47140 (MSN 211) DBR Apr 28, 1945
47141 (MSN 212) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47142 (MSN 213/CK190) WFU and stored Aug 1946
47143 (MSN 214/CK191) condemned for salvage Jan 23, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47144 (MSN 215/CK192) sold to Indian Government Apr 10, 1946. To PP-LDW [ntu]; PP-ITJ.
Broken up at Porto Alegre, Brazil 1969
47145 (MSN 216/CK193) Ground accident on 15 Mar 1945 at Kunming, China. Condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47146 (MSN 217) crashed 45 mi W of Shinbwiyan, Burma Apr 5, 1945
47147 (MSN 218/CK195) to Indian government Apr 10, 1946. To civilian registry as N9925F. Sold to APSA of Peru as OB-OAB-471.
Sold to TAN Honduras as HR-TNA. Sold to Inair Panama as HP-473. Noted stored in poor condition at Panama City 1976
47148 (MSN 219) w/o 21 Sep 1945, crash 7 miles SW. of Mengfu, China
47149 (MSN 220) crashed on landing at Kunming, China Mar 31, 1945
47150 (MSN 221/CK198) condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946 by Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission
47151 (MSN 222/CK199) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47152 (MSN 223) W/O after crashing Jul 24, 1945 Luichow, China
47153 (MSN 224/CK201) DBR Mar 24, 1945 after the crew bailed out after and engine failure 12 mi E of
Yunnanyi, China. MACR 13081
47154 (MSN 225/CK202) Missing Mar 2, 1945, the Hump. Condemned Mar 4, 1945.
47155 (MSN 226/CK203) damaged in taxi accident at Kunming, China Jul 8, 1945. To Indian Government Apr 10, 1946.
WFU and stored Apr 1946. Bought by Western Hemisphere Export Jun 1967. Bought by Loide Aereo Nacional
Aug 6, 1957 and registered as PP-LEJ. Bought by Western Hemisphere Export Jan 1958. Bought by Aeronorte
Mar 31, 1958 and registered PP-NBP. Bought by REAL SA Jun 11, 159. DBR while landing at Brasilia,
Brazil Jun 21, 1963. Broken up at Porto Alegre, Brazil 1969.
47156 (MSN 227/CK204) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47157 (MSN 228/CK205) WFU and stored Feb 1946
47158 lost Mar 27, 1945, India
47159 (MSN 230/CK207) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47160 (MSN 232/CK208) damaged in ground accident after bad landing at Kunming, China Sep 5, 1945 while attached
to 1333 AAFBU at Chabua, India. To Indian Government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and stored Apr 1946. Bought by
Banwari Lal and Company Aug 22, 1955. Bought by Isthmanian Aviation coprporation Jun 8, 1956. Bought by Albsco SA
Jun 25, 1956. Boubht by American Airmotive Corp Jun 25, 1956 and registered as N10421. Leased by Miami Airlines
in 1959 and returned in 1960. Leased by Imperial Airlines Jun 2960 returned in 1961. Leased by Aerovias
Panama Airways May 25, 1961. Bought by Congolese Government in 1962 and registered 9T-PLA. WFU and stored
1963.
47161 (MSN 232, 133rd TCG) lost May 7 (or 8), 1945, Burma.
47162 (MSN 234/CK210) WFU and stored Aug 1, 1946
47163 (MSN 235/CK211) WFU and stored Jan 1946.
47164 (MSN 235) Ground accident on 15 Sep 1945 at Kunming, China. Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946.
WFU and stored 1947
47165 (MSN 236) crashed 15 mi SE of Chabua, India Apr 3, 1945 when crew bailed
out following engine problems
47166 (MSN 237) crashed Jun 18, 1945 Chinkiang, China
47167 (MSN 238) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47168 (MSN 239) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47169 (MSN 240) Ground accident on 30 Aug 1945 at Kunming, China. Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946.
WFU and stored 1947
47170 (MSN 241) Ground accident on 3 Feb 1945 at Nashville Mun. A/p, TN
Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47171 (MSN 242) To Indian Government; N9898F; N107E; PP-LED [NTU]. Not converted, abandoned Miami, FL
47172 (MSN 243) Con Jan 20, 1946. Salvage by ANLD
47173 (MSN 244) Ground accident on 28 Jun 1945 at Sedalia AAF, MO. To RFC at Walnut Ridge Oct 26, 1945
47174 (MSN 245) to N51863; CU-C263; N74824; YV-C-BNC
47175 (MSN 246) To Indian Government. PP-LEA; PP-BLE; CP-1244. To Bolivia 1977. CP-1244 w/o 18 Jan 1988
when hit mountain 62 miles NE of La Paz, Bolivia. 9 killed.
47176 (MSN 247) War Assets Administration. Sold Apr47. Registered as N79239; sold in Belgium, deregistered 3Dec47
as exported. To AP-AGF, then to N9961F (Ferry Permit), to Venezuela for Rutas
Aereas Nacionales SA (RANSA) as YV-C-ARF.
47177 (MSN 248/CK225) To C-61 of Linea Aerea Transatlantica,
reregistered as HK-61. Registered as N3954C for American Air Export and Import
Company (AAXICO) then to Resort Airlines. To HC-ABR of ANDA, then to CC-CNB of Trans Chile.
Registered as HR-SAL to Servicos Aereos Honduras SA (SAHSA) of Honduras. W/o Jun 7, 1962 on a cargo flight
when the landing gear collapsed on landing at Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport, Honduras.
47178 (MSN 249) , to Linea Aerea Transatlantica Colombia as C-65, then HK-65, to Rutas Aereas Nacionales
SA (RANSA) as YV-C-ARE Dec 1, 1949. To Panama for Aerovias Panama Airways (APASA) as
HP-407 in 1966, cancelled Aug 17, 1966. To Bolivia and SANIA as CP-833, but cancelled after
accident May 24. 1070 at Reyes, Bolivia. To SAB (Servicios Aereos Bolivianos
and rebuilt as CP-914 Apr 1970. Crashed Jul 15, 1970 at Espirito, Bolivia.
47179 (MSN 250) to N92854 for Johnson International Airlines (ex Johnson Flying
Service), to Rutas Aereas Nacionales SA (RNSA) of Venezuela as YV-C-ARM. To YV-C-ARH.
Crahed Sep 29, 1957 at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Rebuilt as N92854 Jul 1958
47180 (MSN 251) to N1239V. N-cancelled 24 Oct 1949, To Venezuela
47181 (MSN 252) to N1240V; YV-C-ARI. Accident at Kato, Venezuela 14Jun54
47182 (MSN 253) to Slick Airways Jun 7, 1948 as N3906B. In 1951 it went to VARIG as PP-VCA, and in 1961 was
converted to a Super C46. In 1969 it was bought by Flight Lease Inc, then in 1970 by Carolina Aircraft and sold to
ACASA of Venezuela as YV-C-SBQ. Repossessed in 1971, and after serving for one year with Air Cargo , it
went to Air Haiti as HH-221 (later HH-AHB) in 1973. In 1980 it was purchased by Eldorado, then sold to
Transportes Aereos Universal in 1991. It was damaged and withdrawn from service resulting from an emergency belly landing at Beni on 14 May 1991.
47183 (MSN 254) to XB-LIU; XA-JUG; N79086; N3930C; YV-C-AMK. Crashed into sea off Puntarenas, Costa Rica 22May70
47184 (MSN 255) DBR Apr 4, 1945
47185 modified post war by Curtiss-Wright for USAF. To MASDC 12 Apr 1958, to Reclamation 3 Aug 1960
47186 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Nov 6, 1945.
47187 (MSN 258) crashed Apr 1945
47188 (MSN 259) to N3937A
47189 (MSN 260) N4738N; XB-HUI; PP-AGE; PP-VCT. Cvtd Super 46C. DBR when overran at Congonhas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 18Dec60
47190 (MSN 261, line no. CK238) surplused to RFC at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Nov 16, 1945.
Bought later in Nov 1945 by Howard J. Korth. Sold to
Transportes Aereos Centro Americano (TACA), registered as YS-01C Dec 15,
1945. Then to F. A. Conner in 1947 as N75393. Bought by a
Hagganah front company and marked with spurious Lineas Aeras Panamenas SA
(LAPSA) markings with fake registration RX-130 and flown to Israel as CU-T540.
LAPSA was a "paper" Panamanian company that served as a clandestine
conduit to Israel for planes refurbished by Zionist activists. Operated
by Israeli AF as RX-130 for a time, then as 1701. While transporting cargo
from Czechoslovakia to Ekron in Israel forced landed in Rhodes, Greece and
was impounded until end of war of independence. Then to El Al Airlines as 4X-ACB,
later 4X-ALB. Then to American Air Export and Import Company (AAXICO) as N75393
Jul 27, 1955. Transferred Sep 1, 1955 to Howard J. And Geraldine
F. Korth. Leased to TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americano, of El Salvador)
as YS-35 Dec 1955. Bought by TACA Mar 19, 1956. In 1970 bought by Aeromar
Airlines as HI-196. In 1978 bought by Aerolinas Argo. Apri 1987 bought
by Aerolineas Mundo as HI-495CT. Bought by Cargo Aereas Dominicana
and registered as HI-495SP. Aerolineas Mundo bought in 1990 as
HI-495CT. WFU 1994 and stored at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Current status unknown.
47191 (MSN 262) To N3918C; YV-C-LBG 17Sep53. Force landed on beach at David, Panama, 19May60
47192 (MSN 263) modified post war by Curtiss-Wright for USAF. To MASDC 8 Dec 1957, to Reclamation 29 Jan 1958
47193 (MSN 264/CK241) To Colombia Linea Aerea Transatlantica Colombia as C-66X, C-66, then HK-66,
registered as N3955C with Resort Airlines Inc. Then in 1953
registered as CU-C555 for Cubana de Aviacion. DBR when landing gear collapsed
on landing at Rando Boyeros, Cuba May 17, 1954.
47194 (MSN 265) to civilian operator as RX-110. Sold to ANDES of Peru as OB-OAC-232.
Sold and re-registered as N1548V with Nenana Fuel Company (AK), to Everts Air Fuel.
47195 (MSN 266) Damaged? at Charana, Bolivia on 30 Jan 1946. Condemned Apr 9, 1946, salvage, parts
47196 (MSN 267) to civilian operator as RX-111. Sold to ANDES of Peru as OB-OAD-233.
W/o Rio Yavari, Peru Jan 17, 1949.
47197 (MSN 268) to N1545V, to civilian operator as RX-112. Sold to ANDES of Peru as OB-OAE-234.
Sold and re-registered as N3959C. To CU-T554; CU-C554; TI-1024C. DBR while landing at Palma Sur, Costa Rica 8Nov60
47198 (MSN 269) to Chinese AF
47199 (MSN 270) Excluded Aug 1, 1946
47200 (MSN 271) crashed Jun 18, 1945 in landing at Kunming, China
47201 (MSN 272) To N7848B, Convertd by Riddle to C-46R, To Everts Air Cargo in 1976 "Dumbo"
47202 (MSN 273/CK250) bought by Indian government Apr 10,1946.
WFU and stored. To Caribbean Aircraft and Supply Jan 1957 as
N7848B. To RANSA Oct 1959 as YV-C-ERF, to Aerovias Panama
Airways in 1960 as HP-238. To COPA Panama in 1964, to Aerovias
Alianza in 1966. To Carolina Aircraft Corp Jul 5, 1968 as
N7848B. To Interior Airways Sep 18, 1968, to Fairbanks Air
Service May 10, 1972, Alaska Rental and Sales Inc bought
it Jun 14, 1973. Leased by Fairbanks Air Service Jun 14, 1973.
Nenna Fuel Company leased it Oct 1978, Air North
leased it in 1982. Everts Air Fuel leased it in 1985 and
flown as "Dumbo", incident on landing Mar 14, 1985.
Returned to Alaska Rental and Sales Inc Jun 2000. Tatonduk
Outfitters bought it Aug 2000. Leased by Air Cargo
Express (WA) Aug 20000, Air Cargo Express is now Everts Air Fuel.
Still flying as of June 2008.
43-47203/47304 Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
MSN 274/375
47203 (MSN 274) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47204 (MSN 275) Ground accident on 18 Oct 1945 at Kwangshan, China. Excluded Aug 1, 1946
47205 (MSN 276) condemned Jan 21, 1946. Salvage by ANLC
47206 (MSN 277) sold to Indian government
47207 (MSN 278) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47208 (MSN 279) condemned Jan 21, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47209 (MSN 280) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
in 1947. Jan 16, 1955 to 91-1142 Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), withdrawn
from use and stored Mar 1974.
47210 (MSN 281) w/o Aug 11,1 945, Kunming, China
47211 (MSN 282/CK259) crashed Apr 9, 1945 in CBI Theatre. Record says
condemned Apr 7, 1945, so one of the dates must be wrong.
47212 (MSN 283) condemned Feb 10, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47213 (MSN 284) crashed Apr 5, 1945 in CBI Theatre
47214 (MSN 285) condemned Feb 8, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47215 (MSN 286) w/o 9 Apr 1945 in CBI area
47216 (MSN 287) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47217 (MSN 288) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47218 (MSN 289) to YV-C-ERB, to N5134B Riddle Airlines, to Zantop. Later to N74173.
Noted in compound behind restoration hangar at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA Nov 2002
47219 (MSN 290) DBR Jun 1945
47220 (MSN 291) excluded Aug 1, 1946.
47221 (MSN 292) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947.
In 1959 to 91-1143 Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), preserved
Koku Koen, Tokyo, Tokorozawa Aviation Museum.
47222 (MSN 293) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored. Became JASDF 94-1143 and put
on permanent display at Tokorozawa Aviation Museum near Tokyo.
47223 (MSN 294) oondemned Jul 23, 1946
47224 (MSN 295/CK272) bought by Indian government Apr 10, 1946. WFU and
stored. In Jun 1956 purchased by Associated Air Transport and
registered as N3942A. In Sept 1956 purchased by Nacional Transportes
Aereos and registered as PP-AKF. Crashed Dec 7, 1960 in jungle
near Cachimbo, Manaus Airport, Brazil after engine failure. All 15 onboard killed.
47225 (MSN 296) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. Transferred to
Chinese Nationalist AF in 1949. Dec 23, 1959
to 91-1144 Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF). Withdrawn
from use as a ground trainer at Hamamatsu Jan 1963.
47226 (MSN 297) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47227 (MSN 298) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47228 (MSN 299) crashed on takeoff from Chichiang, China Oct 30, 1945 when it
struck a hill. Possible engine failure or overloading.
45 of 50 onboard killed.
47229 (MSN 300) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47230 (MSN 301) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47231 (MSN 302) Landing accident on 20 Sep 1945 at Cazes Fd, French Morocco. Excluded Dec 31, 1945.
47232 (MSN 303) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47233 (MSN 304) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47234 (MSN 305) condemned Jan 20, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47235 (MSN 306) w/o Jun 24, 1945 75 miles N. of Myitkyina, Burma
47236 (MSN 307) condemned Jun 23, 1946, salvage
47237 (MSN 308) condemned Feb 8, 1496, salvage by ANLC
47238 (MSN 309) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47239 (MSN 310) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47240 (MSN 311) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47241 (MSN 312) Ground accident on 10 Apr 1945 at Abadan, Iran. Excluded Aug 1, 1946
47242 (MSN 313) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47243 (MSN 314) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47244 (MSN 315) condemned Jul 23, 1946
47245 (MSN 316) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47246 (MSN 317) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47247 (MSN 318) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47248 (MSN 319) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47249 (MSN 320) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47250 (MSN 321) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47251 (MSN 322) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47252 (MSN 323) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47253 (MSN 324/CK301) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 1, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47254 (MSN 325) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47255 (MSN 326/CK303) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 4, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47256 (MSN 327) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47257 (MSN 328/CK305) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 1, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47258 (MSN 329) condemned Jul 23, 1946, salvage
47259 (MSN 330/CK307) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 3, 1945. WFU and stored
47260 (MSN 331) condemned Feb 8, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47261 (133rd TCG) lost May 21, 1945, China
47262 (MSN 333) condemned Jan 21, 1946. Salvage by ANLC
47263 (MSN 334) condemned Feb 10, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47264 (MSN 335) condemned Apr 21, 1947, reclamation completed Aug 17, 1949 at Guam
47265 (MSN 336) condemned Apr 6, 1947, reclamation completed Jan 4, 1947 at Guam
47266 (MSN 337) condemned Jul 10, 1947, calvage, obsolete, completed Aug 17, 1949 at Manila
47267 (MSN 338) Accident on 12 May 1945, 8 miles NE. of Agan, Guam. Excluded Aug 5, 1945.
47268 (MSN 339) condemned Aug 13, 1947, salvage, obsolete, completed Jan 15, 1948 at Manila
47269 (MSN 340) condemned Jul 13, 1947, salvage, obsolete, completed Jan 6, 1947 at Manila
47270 (MSN 341) N10415 Aaxico Airlines (FL). Crashed Jun 16, 1966 Columbia City, IN.
Collided with a Piper Pa-23 Aztec 250 aircraft (N5628Y); both aircraft crashed.
2 on C-46 and one on Aztec killed.
47271 (MSN 342/CK319) delivered to USAAF Apr 14, 1945, modified with R-2800-75 engines by the Louisville
factory; in olive drab c/s with light grey undersides; ferried from Fairbanks to Moscow via ALSIB
28Apr/15May45; underwent trials with the NII VVS in summer 1945 registered as 347271; used by the
Soviet Aeronautical Commission inspecting aircraft and rocket factories and research institutions in
Eastern Germany in 1946, undertook several flights to Berlin and Ribnitz-Damgarten
Mar/Apr46 (carried e.g. Ar 234 parts from Ribnitz-Damgarten to the Soviet Union); possibly wfu 1946.
47272 (MSN 343) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47273 (MSN 344) to Indian Government 10Apr46. CX-APE. Cvtd to C-46F. HK-611; CC-CNG
47274 (MSN 345) condemned Jan 31, 1946, salvage
47275 (MSN 346/CK323) w/o Jul 31, 1945 in takeoff accicent, Mohanbari, India. Condemned for salvage Jul 31, 1945
47276 (MSN 347) condemned Jan 21, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47277 (MSN 348) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47278 (MSN 349) condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47279 (MSN 350) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47280 (MSN 351/CU328) delivered to USAAF Apr 7, 1945. WFU and stored Aug 1946
47281 (MSN 352) condemned Feb 10, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47282 (MSN 353) Landing accident on 22 Jun 1945 at Liangshan AF, China. Excluded Aug 1, 1946
47283 (MSN 354) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47284 (MSN 355) condemned Feb 10, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47285 (MSN 356) condemned Jul 1946, to reclamation
47286 (MSN 357) condemned Jul 1946, to reclamation
47287 (MSN 358) condemned Mar 31, 1946, salvage, obsolete, completed Jan 3, 1947
47288 (MSN 359) condemned Dec 3, 1945, salvage, obsolete
47289 (MSN 360) condemned Mar 31, 197, salvage, obsolete
47290 (MSN 361) condemned Jul 1946, reclamation
47291 (MSN 362) condemned Jul 1946, reclamation
47292 (MSN 363) condemned Mar 31, 1947, salvage, obsolete
47293 (MSN 364) condemned Mar 31, 1947, salvage, obsolete
47294 (MSN 365) lost Jul 14, 1945, Burma
47295 (MSN 366) condemned Dec 6, 1946, salvage
47296 (MSN 367/CK344) to China under Lend-Lease Apr 30, 1945
47297 (MSN 368) condemned Oct 5, 1945, salvaged.
47298 (MSN 369) to China under Lend-Lease. XT to China National Aviation Corp as XT-???. Transferred
to US State Department in Hong Kong in 1949 as N8365C for ferry permit
(to prevent it from being given back to the Red Chinese following
the fall of the Nationalist regime). Bought by Civil Air Transport (CAT)
Dec 19, 1949. Bought by L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation Jan 1956
as N2053A. Converted to CW-20T, and to World Wide Airways as CF-IQQ
as N2053A. In 1962 bought by Bertram D. Agardy as N4631S. In 1963
bought by Boreas Corp. Nov 8, 1964 bought by Lawson Aviation as N295BC.
In 1968 reregisterd as N1295B. Apr 11, 1969 bought by F. A. Conner.
In Oct 1969 to Dutch Antilles for Carabische Lucht Transport Maatschappij
as PJ-CLE. Apr 12, 1976 repurchased by Bellomy-Lawson Aviation Inc
as N65307. Jul 1976 sold to Lineas Aereas La Urraca as HK-1856.
In 1980 sold to Aeronorte Colombia, still as HK-1856. In 1988 seized by
Colombian government. Sold to Lineas Aereas Suramericanas in
1992. In Dec 1993 bought by Trans Oceanic de Aviacion.
Destroyed Jan 30, 1994 while being operated by Transoceanica de Aviacion when wheels
sank into the unpaved surface on landing at Puerto Inirida
Airport, Colombia after recent rains on a cargo flight.
47299 (MSN condemned Mar 31, 1947, salvage, obsolete
47300 (MSN 371/CK348) transferred to Chinese government Apr 29, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47301 (MSN 372) condemned Mar 31, 1947, salvage
47302 (MSN 373/CK350) transferred to Chinese government May 2, 1945. WFU and stored
47303 (MSN 374) condemned Mar 31, 1947, salvage
47304 (MSN 375/CK352) transferred to Chinese government Apr 30, 1945. WFU and stored
43-47305/47314 Curtiss C-46A-60-CS Commando
MSN 376/385. Built at St Louis to gain experience before C-46E production. Alloted dual St Louis/Louisville
MSNs as 376/2919 to 385/2928
47305 (MSN 376/2919/CK353) Ground accident on 25 Jun 1945 at Chengkung AF, China. Excluded Aug 1, 19467
47306 (MSN 377/2920/CK354) USAAF to CNAC XT-120, N8367C, N48994V (1953), XA-MER in 1957, YV-C-LBR in 1962
YV-C-TGD in 1968, YV-143C & WFU 1977
47307 (MSN 378/2921) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47308 (MSN 379/2922/CK356) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored
47309 (MSN 380/2923/CK357) Condemned Jan 21, 1946, salvaged by ANLC
47310 (MSN 381/2924/CK358) To Indian Government 10Apr46. N66369; HK-610
47311 (MSN 382/2925/CK359) to Charles E. Matthews, sold to Itau Mar 3, 1948 as PP-XBV, to PP-ITF,
w/o Feb. 21, 1951, Rio-Galeau Airport. Turbulence on the Rio de Janeiro-Santos
Dumont Airport runway 02 approach path caused the Curtiss to touch down short of
the runway. The right maingear leg broke off and the no.2 engine sustained damage.
Full power was applied and the flight diverted to Galeao Airport for an emergency
landing. Fire destroyed the aircraft, but crew of 4 survived.
47312 (MSN 383/2926/CK360) To Indian Government 10Apr46. HP-217. To Colombian civil registry as HK-851 Accident
at Techo, Colombia Oct 16, 1956.
47313 (MSN 384/2927/2927) to Cuba for Expreso Aereo Inter-Americano (Air Express Cuba)
as CU-C244, to CX-AMD, to N70973. To Colombia for Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin (SAM) as HK-516.
W/o Mar 19, 1960 when it struck Los Mellos Hill in Colombia on approach to a
closed Medellin-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport after engine problems. 3 of 4
crew killed, 22 of 42 passengers killed.
47314 (MSN 385/2928/CK362) to TI-110, XH-TNF
43-47315/47402 Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
MSN 386/473
47315 (MSN 386/CK363) condenned Jul 30, 1946, reclamation
47316 (MSN 387/CK364) Lend-Lease to China. To XT-120 China National Aviation Corp. May 6, 1945., to N8367C,
then to N4894V Westair Transport, then to XA-MER Nov 4, 1957. Cancelled Aug 15, 1962 on export to
Venezuela. To YV-C-LBR Oct 15, 1963, YV-C-TGD May 23, 1968, YV-143C. YV-143C wfu at Caracas in 1977,
Still derelict in Mar 1989
47317 (MSN 388) condemned Jul 31, 1946, reclamation
47318 (MSN 389) Ground accident on 16 May 1945 at Mallard Fd, Dakar. Condemned Jul 31, 1946, reclamation
47319 (MSN 390) condemned Jul 31, 1946, salvaged by ANLC
47320 (MSN 3910 excluded Aug 1, 1946
47321 (MSN 392) sold as N9817F, then N10623 of Aaxico Sales, Inc.
Briefly used in Honduras by SAHSA as XH-SAI (May-Oct 1955)
Became N105E in 1961. To Alitalia in 1962 as I-SILV.
Back to N10623 with Aaxico Airlines (FL) Jul 1968, to
North American A/C Trading. Used in Biafran airlift. Seized by customs at Miami 1970.
N10623 N-cancelled 9 Jul 1973, To Colombia
47322 (MSN 393) condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47323 (MSN 394) condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47324 (MSN 395) Ground accident on 23 Sep 1945 at Luhsien AF, China. Excluded Aug 1, 1946
47325 (MSN 396) w/o Jun 23, 1945
47326 (MSN 397) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47327 (MSN 398) condemned Jan 20, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47328 (MSN 399) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. Transferred to
Taiwan AF in 1949. FMS Feb 5, 1960 to Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) as 91-1145.
Converted to EC-46D. WFU and stored 1973. Preserved at Iruna AB in Nov 2007
47329 (MSN 400) condemned Apr 15, 1946, salvage
47330 (MSN 401) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1948.
In 1960 to 91-1146 Japan Air Self Defence Force, (JASDF).
Withdrawn from use - stored. Preserved Iruma AB, Japan.
47331 (MSN 402) condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47332 (MSN 403) condemned Jan 23, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47333 (MSN 404) condemned Feb 10, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47334 (MSN 405/CK382) Landing accident on 26 Jul 1945 at Chengkung, China. Condemned for salvage Aug 18, 1945.
47335 (MSN 406) Landing accident on 26 Jul 1945 at Kunming, China. W/o Jul 27, 1945
47336 (MSN 407) w/o 19 Jun 1945, Cr 70 miles NE. of Kunming, China. W/o Jun 21, 1945
47337 (MSN 408) condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLD
47338 (MSN 409) Ground accident on 31 Jul 1945 at Liangshan AF, China. Transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946.
WFU and stored 1948.
47339 (MSN 410) to XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp. May 15, 1946, to N8376C.
47340 (MSN 411) to CNAC May 15, 1946
47341 (MSN 412) To Indian Government 10Apr46. YV-C-ERB; XH-TNF; OB-LGU; to TAPSA of Peru as OB-OAA-470 Jul 19, 1957 and
later re-registered OB-WBQ-513 Mar 16, 1959. Sold to APSA as OB-OAA-470 Sep 30, 1959, leased to Aerovias Amazonas.
47342 (MSN 413/CK390) to Chinese government May 26, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47343 (MSN 414/CK391) MIA near Chabua, India Jun 14, 1945.
47344 (MSN 415) to Chinese Nationalist AF Apr 15, 1946. To XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp. May 28, 1945, to N8377C,
to N90619, YV-C-AMR Feb 13, 1965, YV-16c
47345 (MSN 416) to XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp., to Civil Air
Transport Dec 1949 as N8371C. Feb 1953 purchased by Zantop Air Transport
and reregistered as N2024A. WFU and stored 1959.
47346 (MSN 417) transferred to Chinese government Jun 12, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47347 (MSN 418) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47348 (MSN 419/CK396) to China May 28, 1945. To XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp., to N8363C.
To N1381N. Cvtd to CW-20T. Tested by Northwest Airlines with Turbomeca Marbores turboprop engines.
To LV-PMA Jan59; LV-GGL 19Mar59
47349 (MSN 420/CU397) delivered to USAAF May 19, 1945. Attached to 1333AAFBU at Chabua . Jul 2, 1945, damaged in a ground
accident with two other C-46 aircraft (42-3598, 42-107342) at Chabua, AF, India. WFU & stored Aug 1946.
47350 (MSN 421/CK398) transferred to Chinese government in Jun 10, 1945. Bought by
Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer Nov 1949 registered
as N8364C. Bought by Civil Air Transport Dec 19, 1949. Bought
by CAT SA Jan 1953 registered N8361C. To YV-C-ARS 19Nov54; YV-C-TGC; YV-142C. Bought by L. B. Smith
Aircraft Corp Jul 5, 1955 and registered N1382N. To Zantop Air
Transport Oct 18, 1955 reregistered as N611Z Apr 28, 1960.
Transferred to Universal Airlines Sep 21, 1966. Bought by Aviation
Associates of Georgia Mar 15, 1968. Bought by RALCO Aug 6, 1968.
Bought by Robert N. Wilcox Oct 1973. Transferred to Wilcox
Enterprises Inc Nov 17, 1975. Returned to Robert N. Wilcos Apr 5,
1976. Bought by American Flyers Inc Jan 1, 1976. Bought by
Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp Oct 1985. WFU and stored
Mar 1986. Noted Mar 2006 at National Museum of Naval
Aviation, Pensacola, FL painted as 39611.
47351 (MSN 422) to N92856 Riddle Airlines in 1953, to YV-C-ARS.
47352 (MSN 423/CK400) transferred to Chinese government May 28, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47353 (MSN 424/CK401) to RFC Nov 6, 1945. WFU and stored Walnut Ridge,
Arkansas. Bought by Dominicana in 1948 registered as HI-18.
WFU and broken up for spares in 1977.
47354 (MSN 425/CK402) to China Jun 13, 1945. To XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp., to Civil Air
Transport Dec 1949 as N8373C. In 1955 bought by L. B. Smigh Aircraft Corp
and reregistered as N1379N. WFU in 1956 and stored. N1379N N-cancelled 5 Mar 1956, To Cuba
47355 (MSN 426/CK403) to NACA Jan 13, 1950. Converted to ZC-46A.
WFU and stored 1953
47356 (MSN 427/CK404) transferred to Chinese Government (CAA-MOC, Chungking) Jun 13, 1945 reg as XT-T41,
leased to CNAC (China National Aviation Corp.) registered as XT-138. turned over by CNAC to CAT (Civil Air Transport) on
Nov 23, 1949. Initially 15 Feb. 1950 registered N8372C. Then registered XT-848 acquired by CAT Co.Ltd in March 1955 l
eased from CAT Co.Ltd as B-848 on 24 Oct 24, 1960; subleased to Air Asia on Oct 24, 1960 reregd. B-910 in
Nov 1960. Put into inactive storage at Air Asia Tainan on Jan 22, 1972; Sold for scrap at Tainan on Nov 13, 1974.
47357 (MSN 428/CK405) WFU and stored Nov 1946
47358 (MSN 429/CK406) to China Jun 14, 1945. To XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp., to Civil Air
Transport Dec 1949 as N8368C. WFU and stored 1953.
47359 (MSN 430/CK407) to RFC Oct 26, 1945. Bought by Alaska Airlines in 1947
as N1808M. Bought by Don Cardiff in 1950. Bought by Companhia Itau Sep 9, 1951
as PP-XCA, reregistered as PP-ITH Apr 19, 1951. Transferred to Nacional Transportes
Aereos Oct 1955. Bought by Rem de Paoli Jul 22, 1959. Transferred
Jul 30, 1959 to Transportes Aereos Salvador, reregistered to PP-SLK
Nov 1960. Bought by Nacional Transportes Aeros Jn 26, 1961. Leased by
Charqueada Santa Maria do Araguaria Jun 1961, returned Jul 1961.
Bought by Transportes Aereos Oct 19, 1961, transferred to SADIA Oct 1962.
bought by Handley Page in 1966 and reregistered as G-ATXV Jul 26, 1966.
Bought by Transportes Aereos Litoral Oct 1967 and registered as CP-826.
Crashed Candelaria, Bolivia Nov 21, 1967.
47360 (MSN 431/CK408) transferred to Chinese government Jun 8, 1945. WFU and stored 1947
47361 (MSN 432/CK409) to USN as BuNo 50722.
47362 (MSN 433) to XH-TNC, to CB-37, Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, w/o Aug 10, 1949 Rurrenabaque (Bolivia)
47363 (MSN 434) to Honduras AF as FAH 794 Jul 1958. To AN-ADG, XH-104. Destroyed by
fire after crash landing in 1962
47364 (MSN 435/CK411) to RFC Oct 26, 1945. WFU and stored at Walnut
Ridge, Arkansas. Bouth by Tan Honduras (Transportes Aereos
Nacionales) in 1951 as XH-TNB. Reregistered HR-TNB Feb 1961.
Crashed into river near Belize Jan 6, 1962 on takeoff after the
overloaded aircraft had an engine failure. 1 of 2 onboard killed.
47365 (MSN 436/CK412) to RFC Oct 27, 1945. WFU and stored at Walnut
Ridge, Arkansas. Bought by Charles E. Mathews and Co Dec 10, 1947
and registered N67918. Bought Mar 16, 1948 by Companhia Itau
and registered PP-XPX, reregistered PP-ITC Oct 7, 1948.
Transferred to Nacional Transportes Aereos Oct 1955.
Managed by Varig Aug 1961. Bought by Carolina Aircraft Corp
Feb 4, 1969 registered as N157K. Went through a succession of
owners, finally to DR & M, Inc. in 1978. Ditched near Opa Locka,
FL Jul 22, 1978 on training flight after both engines
failed.
47366 (MSN 437) to Charles E. Matthews, sold to Itau Apr 12, 1948 as PP-XBY, to PP-ITG.
W/o Apr 3, 1955, Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Struck a hill 2 miles short of the runway
while on an instrument approach. All 3 on board killed.
47367 (MSN 438/CK415) to RFC Oct 25, 1945. WFU & stored Walnut Ridge, AR. Charles E.
Mathews & Co. bought it 1947 registered as N67920.
Companhia Itau bought it Mar 9, 1948 registered as PP-XBU reregistered
Oct 7, 1948 as PP-ITB. Transferred to Nacional Transportes Aereos 10/55.
VARIG managed 8/61. Compania Internacional Aerea bought it 9/67
registered as HC-ANB. WFU & stored Quito, Ecuador 7/74.
47368 (MSN 438A/CK416) WFU and stored Feb 1946
47369 (MSN 439/CK417) transferred to RFC Oct 26, 1945. WFU & stored
Walnut Ridge, AR. Don Cardiff bought it 1949 registered
as N1809M. Companhia Itau bought it Apr 5, 1950 registered as
PP-XCA reregistered Dec 23, 1950 as PP-ITE. Nacional
Transportes Aereos managed it Oct 1955. Remo de Paoli
bought it Jul 2, 1959. Transferred to Transportes Aereos
Salvador Jul 30, 1959. Nacional Transportes Aereos bought
it Jan 8, 1960, VARIG managed it Aug 1961. ASL Arruda
Industria bought it Sep 5, 1968. transferred to Amazonense
Importacao Nov 20, 1971, WFU & stored Santa Isabel do
Morro, Brazil. Avimotor Ltda bought it 1981. Almir
Oliveira bought it 1981, still stored. Royal Taxi Aero
bought it Mar 1989. WFU & stored after landing incident
Belem, Brazil.
47370 (MSN 440/CK418) to RFC Oct 26 1945. WFU and stored Walnut
Rigge, AR. To Charles E. Matthews and Co Apr 1948, sold to Companhia
Itau May 3, 1948 as PP-XBW. W/o Jan 5, 1950 when crashed
Itaquaquicetuba, 29 kms east of Cumbica, Brazil.
47371 (MSN 441/CK419) to RFC Jan 28, 1946. WFU and stored Walnut
Ridge, AR. To United Services For Air in 1947, converted
to C-46F, registered as N95451, to Westair Transport in 1947,
then to Arnold Air Service in 1952. Bought by Sourdough Air
Transport in 1953. Bought by Texas Western in 1954. Bought
by Donald Ghan Air Service Jul 1955, registered as CH-IHX.
Bought by Linea Expresa Bolivar Oct 1959, registered as
YV-C-LBH. DBR after ground loop Carora, Lara, Venezuela
Nov 2, 1962.
47372 (MSN 442/CK420) damaged Nov 26, 1945 in a belly landing at
Charleston AAF, SC. To RFC Jan 28, 1946. WFU and stored
Walnut Ridge, AR. Bought by Dominicana in 1949, registered
as HI-16. W/o when crashed at Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic after engine fire on takeoff Jul 17, 1958.
47373 (MSN 443/CK421) to RFC Jan 27, 1946. WFU and stored Walnut
Ridge, AR. Bought by Caribbean American Airlines in 1948
registered as N95450. Bought by Compania Itau Mar 23, 1950
and registered PP-XBZ, reregistered Sep 1, 1950 as PP-ITD.
Bought by Transa Chile Nov 1956 registered as CC-CNC-0466.
W/o when crashed near Arica, Chile Apr 11, 1957
47374 (MSN 444/CK422) to RFC Jan 28, 1946. WFU and stored Walnut
Ridge, AR. Bought by Charles E. Mathews and Co in 1947 and
registered as N67919. Bought by Companhia Itau Mar 2, 1948
registered as PP-XBT, reregistered Aug 3, 1945 as PP-ITA.
Transferred to National Transportes Aereos Oct 1955. Varig
managed it Aug 1961. Bought by Cia International Aerea SA
in 1968 registered as HC-AMW. ARCA Columbia bought it Mar 1968
registered as HK-1322. Bought by Aerosucre Columbia in 1975,
reregistered as HK 1322P. W/o when crashed Barranquilla,
Colombia Mar 13, 1984.
47375 (MSN 445/CK423) to RFC Oct 17, 1945. WFU and stored Walnut
Ridge, AR. Bought by Air Carrier Supply Corp in 1949 registered
as N92858. Bought by Dascomp Aircraft Sales in 1950.
Bought by VARIG Jun 29, 1950 registered as PP-XDR, reregistered
Oct 13, 1950 as PP-VBS. Converted to Super C-46C Mar 1962.
WFU and stored Aug 1961. Broken up Sao Paulo, Brazil 1972.
47376 (MSN 446/CK424) to RFC Oct 25, 1945. WFU and stored Walnut Ridge, Ar.
Bought by Sun Chemical Corp in 1949 and registered as
N1431V. To Loide Aéreo Nacional Mar 20, 1950 as PP-XCV,
reregistered as PP-LDE. w/o 24 May 1952 nr Manaus, Brazil. Stalled when
trying to return to the airport following an engine failure. Aircraft crashed into the Rio Negro.
47377 (MSN 447/CK425) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47378 (MSN 448/CK426) to XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp., to Civil Air
Transport Dec 19, 1949 as N8366C. To N2014A. CAT SA bought it Mar 1953.
L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp bought it Jun 14, 1955 registered
as N1378N. Bought by Montreal Air Services Jul 12, 1955 as
CF-IHQ. Bought by Wheeler Airlines in 1958. W/o Mar 25, 1960
when crashed on approach to DEW site 28, Quebec
47379 (MSN 449/CK427) to XT-522 Central Air Transport Corp. Bought by Claire L.
Chennault and Whiting Willauer Nov 1949 and registered as N8323C. Bought
by Civil Air Transport Dec 19 1949. Bought by L. B. Smith
Aircraft Corp in 1956 and registered as N2050A. US Airlines
Inc bought it in 1956 and registered as N1385N. Lineas Aereas
Especiales bought in Aug 1957 and registered as XA-MEH Sep 12, 1957. SAESA bought it
in 1961. XA-MEH cancelled Feb 24, 1970. Westernair of Albuquerque Inc bought it Mar 10, 1972
registered as N11805. WFU and stored 1973. Registration N11805 cancelled
by FAA Jun 25, 2009.
47380 (MSN 450/CK428) WFU and stored Feb 1946.
47381 (MSN 451/CK429) bought by China National Aviation Corp
Apr 25, 1946 registered as XT-?. WFU and stored 1949
47382 (MSN 452/CK430) WFU and stored Dec 1946
47383 (MSN 453/CK431) WFU and stored Jan 1946
47384 (MSN 454) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47385 (MSN 455) condemned Jan 18, 1946, salvage
47386 (MSN 456) transferred to Chinese AF Apr 15, 1946. WFU and stored 1947
47387 (MSN 457) Landing accident on 2 Sep 1945 at Gaya, India. Condemned Jan 21, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47388 (MSN 458) condemned Jan 18, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47389 (MSN 459) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47390 (MSN 460/CK438) to XT Reg. China National Aviation Corp May 15, 1946.
To Civil Air Transport Dec 1949 as N8375C. WFU and stored 1953. Possibly N67920; PP-ITB; HC-ANB
47391 (MSN 461/CK439) WFU and stored Jan 1946.
47392 (MSN 462) w/o Aug 20, 1945 RAF Ramrauli, India
47393 (MSN 463) excluded Aug 1, 1946
47394 (MSN 464) Landing accident on 13 Sep 1945 at Willingdon A/p, India. Condemned Feb 6, 1946, salvage by ANLC.
47395 (MSN 465) condemned Feb 3, 1946, salvage by ANLC
47396 (MSN 466/CK444) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50723
47397 (MSN 467/CK445) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50724
47398 (MSN 468/CK446) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50725
47399 (MSN 469/CK447) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50726
47400 (MSN 470/CK448) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50727
47401 (MSN 471/CK449) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50728
47402 (MSN 472/CK450) to US Navy as R5C-1 BuNo 50729
43-47403/47419 Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando
MSN 2929/2945. Curtiss CW-20B-3
47403 (MSN 2929/CK451) to WAA Jun 30, 1946. To Curtiss-Wright as
N39636 Jul 14, 1946. To Austral Dec 18, 1959 as LV-PQC. Reregistered
Feb1960 as LV-GJS. Bought by Transcarga Transportes
Dec 11, 1963. Repossessed by Austral in 1964. Bought by Osvaldo
Escola Nov 30, 1967. WFU Nov 1967 and stored.
47404 (MSN 2930/CK452) to Microwave Equipment Co Aug 8, 1957 as N9665H.
Sold in 1957 to Royal International Corp. IN Oct 1957 purchased
by Aerocarga as XA-MEM. In 1969 WFU and stored Ensenada, Mexico.
47405 (MSN 2931/CK453) to RFC Feb 4, 1946. Bought by Latin American
Aero Express as N62528 Feb 5, 1946. Mar 8, 1946 bought by Slick
Airways. Sep 1, 1949 bought by Air America Burbank. In 1951 leased
to Caribbean American Airlines. Jun 30, 1953 bought by
Colonial Trust Company of New York. Jan 13, 1955 bought by Air
Lease Inc. On Jan 13, 1955 bought by International Airports Inc.
Dec 2, 1957 leased to Tigres Voladores SA, returned 1961.
Jun 12, 1962 bought by Inter-American Aeronautical Supplies.
Jun 25, 1962 bought by Compania Aerolineas Galapagos
as HC-AHB. Bought in 1967 by SEA Columbia as HK-843.
WFU and stored Cucuta Colombia in 1972.
47406 (MSN 2932/CK454) to RFC Mar 23, 1946. Bought by Skyways
International Trading as N53472 Apr 26, 1946. In 1950 bought
by New York Car Wheel company. Bought by Air America Jun 7, 1951.
In 1951 bought by Caribbean American Airlines. In 1953 bought
by US Airlines, Inc. In Oct 1954 bought by Aircraft
Engines and Components. Oct 1954 sold to W. C. Wold Associates.
Feb 10, 1955 sold to Maritime Central Airlines as CF-HTI.
Destroyed in hangar fire Jan 11, 1963 at Moncton,
New Brunswick, Canada.
47407 (MSN 2933/CK455) to RFC Mar 12, 1946. WFU and stored at
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Mar 1946
47408 (MSN 2934/CK456) to RFC Oct 30, 1945. To Slick Airways as
N59487 Nov 11, 1945. Bought by Viking Airlines in 1949, then by
Air America in 1949. Jan 1950 bought by Arrow Airways Jan
1950. In 1951 bought by International Airports Inc. In
1951 leased to North Continent, in 1952 returned. In 1952
leased to Central Air Transport. In 1954 bought by Economy
Airways. Feb 3, 1955 bought by Pacific Western Airlines as
CF-HYI. Feb 1959 converted to Super C46C. Mar 9, 1959
reregistered as CF-PWE. Nov 20, 1967 bought by Channel Air
Lift. To N1463C. Jan 1972 bought by Genavco Corp. Nov 14, 1973 bought
by Hogue R. Ablan "Bird Bird". Nov 1973 WFU and stored
Manila, Philippines. In 1977 bought by Astro Airways of Philippines as RP-C1145.
WFU and stored.
47409 (MSN 2935/CK457) delivered to USSAF Jul 13, 1945 for Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Oct 30, 1945. Nov 29, 1945 sold to
Slick Airways as N59488. Crashed against side of canyon
wall of Blue Bell Knoll Mountain, Utah Aug 21, 1947 while
on flight from Denver to Los Angeles after encountering bad
weather. All 3 onboard killed.
47410 (MSN 2936/CK458) to War Assets Administration Feb 9, 1947. Sold to
Trans National Airlines (Standard Airlines) Apr 5, 1948 as NC79978.
Crashed into mountains 50 km W of Los Angeles, CA near Chatsworth,
CA Jul 12, 1949. Pilot had descended below the prescribed minimum
altitude while executing an instrument approach to the Burbank
Airport. 35 of 48 onboard killed. Among the survivors was an actress who
was Judy Garland's stand-in *The Wizard of Oz* motion picture.
Standard Airlines was ordered to cease non-scheduled operation because
of regulation violations.
47411 (MSN 2937/CK459) to RFC Nov 6, 1945. Sold to Slick Airways as N59495
Nov 29, 1945. DBR after overrunning runway, Burbank, CA Sep 17, 1947.
Aircraft had encountered headwinds enroute from Denver to Burbank and
had run out of fuel during final stages of flight,
47412 (MSN 2938/CK460) delivered Jul 14, 1945 to USAAF for the Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Oct 30, 1945. Bought by Slick Airways
Nov 29, 1945 as N59489. Crashed near Port Columbus, OH May 16, 1948 on
flight from Newark, NJ to Chicago. Encountered extreme turbulence and crashed
2 1/2 miles from airfield at Columbus during attempted emergency
landing. 2 onboard killed. Probable cause was structural failure
due to extreme turbulence.
47413 (MSN 2939/CK461) originally delivered to USAAF Jul 16, 1945 for the
Chinese government but NTU. To RFC Oct 30,1945. Sold to Slick Airways
as N59485 Nov 29, 1945. Crashed 4 km NW of Cheyenne, WY Oct 9, 1949.
Aircraft had been diverted from Denver to Cheyenne because of bad
weather but lost control on approach and crashed 2.5 mi short of
the airport. All 3 onboard killed.
47414 (MSN 2940/CK462) delivered Jul 18, 1945 to USAAF for the Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Nov 14, 1945. Sold to Slick Airways
as N59483 Nov 29, 1945. Sold to Robin Airlines Apr 14, 1950,
leased to North Continent. Bought by North American Airlines Sep 1, 1950.
Leased to Twentieth Century Airlines Mar 6, 1951. Returned Apr 26, 1951.
In 1964 bought by International Airports Inc,. Bought by Pacific Western
Airlines as CF-HYH Feb 3, 1955. Converted to Super C46C. Reregistered
as CF-PWD. DBR Jan 29, 1960 after overrunning the runway at Port Hardy,
British Columbia, Canada. Aircraft had been forced to return to Port
Hardy after an engine failed and was shut down. Because of the presence
of a fog bank, a steep approach was necessary which resulted in a landing
being made at higher than normal airspeed. This, coupled with reduced
braking action on the wet runway, caused the aircraft to overrun
the end of the runway and enter an area of swamp and tree stumps.
47415 (MSN 2941/CK463) delivered Jul 19, 1945 to USAAF for Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Nov 14, 1945. Sold to Slick Airways as
N59484 Nov 29, 1945. Sold to Dorval Transport Apr 1952 as CF-FBJ.
Bought by Canada Stevedoring Sep 9, 1958. Bought by Wheeler Airlines
Jun 10, 1960. Bought by Nordair Jan 18, 1962. Repurchased by Wheeler
Airlines Jun 3, 1964. Leased to Nordair. Bought by Sudair Aug 6, 1964,
leased to Nordair. Crashed into Lake Peribonca, 320 km N of Roberval,
Quebec Jun 20, 1966 on flight from Montreal to Kuujjuaq Airport, Quebec.
Contact with the aircraft was lost shortly after passing over Chutes
des Passes. Pieces of wreckage were found 3 days later on the north
and northwest shoreline of the island. Both crew killed.
47416 (MSN 2942/CK464) to USAAF Jul 21, 1945 for the Chinese government but
NTU. To RFC Nov 14, 1945. Bought by Slick Airways Nov 29, 1945 as
N59490. DBR Feb 23, 1951 in forced landing at Newhall, CA. Altitude
was lost while trying to divert to Burbank airport after encountering
icing conditions enroute. Crew carried out a forced landing next to
a highway. Plane collided with a large iron pole and sheared a
power line pole before coming to rest.
47417 (MSN 2943/CK465) delivered to USAAF Jul 23, 1945 for Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Nov 14, 1945. Bought Nov 26, 1945 by
Seeley G. Mudd as N30017. In Dec 1950 bought by Maritime Central
Airways as CF-GUU. In Mar 1952 bought by Air Maroc as F-DAAR.
In 1953 bought by Aigle Azur Maroc. Destroyed on ground by
mortars at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam Mar 13, 1954
47418 (MSN 2944/CK466) delivered Jul 26, 1945 to USAAF for the Chinese
government but NTU. To RFC Nov 29, 1945. Bought by Slick Airways
as N59486. Crashed on training flight while landing at Denver, CO Feb 2, 1947.
2 crew killed.
47419 (MSN 2945/CK467) delivered to USAAF Jul 28, 1945 for Chinese
government but NTU. TO RFC Nov 14, 1945. Bought by Seeley G. Mudd
Nov 26, 1945 as N30019. Leased 1948 to Ibex Corp, returned in 1967.
Bought Aug 1968 by A. J. Levin Co. Sold Sep 1968 to Cooperative
de la Industria Pesquera as XB-LIU. WFU 1977 and stored Ensenada,
Mexico
43-47420/47952 Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando
Cancelled contract
43-47953 Sikorsky YR-4B
Sikorsky Model VS-316.
43-47954 Sikorsky XR-5
Sikorsky Model VS-327
MSN 37. USAAF. Wright Field, Dayton, OH 30Sep44. To US Aircraft Section, Air Materiel Command,
Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana. Set aside for proposed USAAF aviation museum. Dismantled
and shipped to the aircraft storage area, 803rd Special Depot at Orchard Place Airport, Park Ridge,
Illinois May 1946. Donated 1946 to the National Air Museum (later
the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum). Currently (202) stored at Gsrber.
43-47955 Sikorsky XR-6
Sikorsky Model VS-316B
First flight 15Oct43. In March 1944 the XR-6 set new helicopter distance, endurance and altitude
records when it made a non-stop flight of 623km from Washington, D.C, to Dayton, Ohio, in
4 hr 55 min, climbing to 1524m over the Allegheny Mountains en route.
43-47956/47961 Consolidated OA-10-CO Catalina
PBY-5A transferred from USN (ex BuNo 48364/48369) . Survivors redesignated A-10 in 1948
47956 was ex BuNo 48364
47957 was ex BuNo 48365. Lost during rescue mission in Mediterranean Nov 16, 1944
47958 was ex BuNo 48366
47959 was ex BuNo 48367. Crashed on takeoff near Andrija Island, off Albania, Sep 12, 1944.
47960 was ex BuNo 48368. Condemned for salvage Jun 2, 1945.
47961 was ex BuNo 48369.
43-47962 Cancelled contract
43-47963/48262 Douglas C-47A-30-DK
MSN 25224/25523 (originally allocated MSN 13779/14078)
47963 (MSN 13779/25224) to USAAF 30Jun44. 9th AF 13Aug44. 8th AF. Lost Dec 23, 1944. MACR 11027
47964 (MSN 13780/25225) to USAAF 30Jun44. European Wing ATC 30Aug44. Returned to US 23Jul45
To Philippine AF as HHP 347964 Feb 22, 1951
47965 (MSN 13781/25226) to USAAF 30Jun44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 30Aug44? no card.
Operated by French AF in Indochina until at least 1953. USAF "The Voice" (fitted with amplifier)
South Vietnam AF "Z
47966 (MSN 13782/25227) to USAAF 30Jul44. 9th AF 13Aug44. US 02Sep45. To RFC 05Nov45. TI-103 TACA
PP-AVT Empresa de Transportes Aerovias Brasil S.A. "Rio de Janeiro" B29Dec45. REAL 1951
Varig May61. Mineracao Aripuana L Nov69. ASL Arruda Ind & Comercio 24Nov70
Amazonense Importadora e Exportadora 20Nov71. Importadora Sao Jorge Ltda 21Aug72 W/O 1973
47967 (MSN 13783/25228) Delivered to USAAF 30Jun44. Ninth Air Force 21Sep44.
1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted
with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder.
Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne
Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To Pan Am, then American Overseas
Airlines (4/46-9/50 named F/S Nairobi) as NC90908, later N90908. Then by 1954
to Real Transportes Aereos as PP-YQJ, then to Fuerza Aerea
Argentina Nov 29, 1960 first as T-28, then as TC-28.
W/o May 5, 1969 when crashed while attempting to
land at Taller Regional Las Higueras (Rio Cuarte AFB) AR.
5 crew and 6 passengers killed.
47968 (MSN 13784/25229) Delivered to USAAF 30Jun44. Ninth Air Force 21Sep44. 1st
Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional
SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
Salvaged Dec 24, 1946.
47969 (MSN 13785/25230) Delivered to USAAF Jun44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar
equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt,
three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To MASDC Apr 13, 1970
47970 (MSN 13786/25231) to USAAF 30Jun44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 21Sep44? no card
USAF "0-347970". PI-C568. Fleming Airways Tpt System. Hangar fire at Pasay City, Philippines 20May64
47971 (MSN 13787/25232) to USAAF 30Jun44. European Wing ATC 30Aug44. US 30Jul45. WFS 18Nov45. To N19943
47972 (MSN 13788/25233) Delivered to USAAF 30Jun44. Ninth Air Force 1Sep44.
45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489).
Transported paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
to a drop zone near Overasselt, SW of Nijmegen, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 17Sep44.
Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder.
4th Pathfinder Squadron, Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Pathfinder Group, Chalgrove (Station 465).
Transported supplies for the 101st Airborne Division on Operation ‘Kangaroo’ to a drop zone
at Bastogne, Belgium during the Ardennes offensive 23Dec44; shot down by enemy ground fire
in the right engine, which was feathered, subsequently the left engine was hit and began
windmilling. The pilot achieved a controlled crash landing south of Assenois, Belgium [6POW].
MACR 11026
47973 (MSN 13789/25234) Delivered to USAAF 30Jun44. European Division, Air Transport
Command 30Aug44. 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims,
France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile
northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Returned to US 08Aug45
To RFC 26Oct45. NC88825 TWA "329" 27Nov45. Union Steel & WreckingCO US 29Dec53
Zantop Air Tpt Inc Dec56. N620Z Rr 1965. Continental NL Inc, Los Angeles,CA US, 22Dec66
Continental Air Svces 31Mar67. WFU 1970
47974 (MSN 13790/25235) Delivered to USAAF 30Jun44. Ninth Air Force 6Sep44.
1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with
additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported
paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop
zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Returned to US 03Sep45. To RFC 05Nov45.
To NC54364 J P Riddle &CO US 1946. PP-RSX Laminacao DE US Metais SA L Jul46
Construceos Aeron SA 15Jul46 NTU. Adamaster R Vergueiro R22Feb47
PP-AXI Empresa de Transportes Aerovias Brasil S. A. 24Apr50 REAL 1951
PT-BIG Banco DE US Credito da Amazonia 16Apr60. Antonio Z Lindoso 09Nov62
PP-BTU Paraense Tptes Aereas SA 23Nov62. Crashed 28Jun64 Territorio DE US Redonia,
Porto Velho, Brasil
47975 (MSN 13791/25236) Delivered to USAAF 3Jul44. Ninth Air Force 6Sep44. 15th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
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. 3rd Pathfinder Squadron, Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Pathfinder Group,
Chalgrove (Station 465) 7Oct44. Crashed into Leith Hill, Surrey on the return leg of a resupply
mission to Villeneuve (A-63), Vertus, France 26Nov44 [5KIA]. Low clouds forced the formation of
four aircraft to descend from 1500 ft to 1200 ft after crossing the English coast. The aircraft
then descended another 200 feet until three of the aircraft, 42-92837, 42-93754 and 43-47975
impacted Leith Hill. The fourth C-47 escaped the tragedy. Salvaged 16Nov44.
13 killed on the 3 planes, only the navigator and radio operator from 43-47975 survived.
47976 (MSN 13792/25237) Delivered to USAAF 3Jul44. Ninth Air Force 31Aug44. 302nd
Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464).
Hit by flak and crashed at Bavikhove, Belgium 8Sep44. Condemned 12Sep44 [2KIA:1POW:2WIA].
MACR 10214
47977 (MSN 13793/25238) Delivered to USAAF 3Jul44. Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic.
On the sector between Blue West One, Greenland and Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland the aircraft
became lost and was reported missing 29Aug44 [3MIA].
47978 (MSN 13794/25239) to USAAF 03Jul44. 9th AF 31Aug44. Returned to US 20Aug45. Scrapped 08Jul47
47979 (MSN 13795/25240) to USAAF 03Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47A Sep54
Reportedly w/o Mar 16, 1957.
47980 (MSN 13796/25241) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. 314th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and
materials from the 17th Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To Spanish AF as T.3-15 Aug 10, 1957. MAAG B/U Cuatro Vientos, Madrid. WFS 25Apr78
47981 (MSN 13797/25242) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. 856th Bomb Squadron [R*M],
492nd Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, Harrington (Station 179). Used for ‘Carpetbagger’ operations.
Used by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Damaged taxying at Lyon-Bron (Y-6), France 20Nov44.
Damaged while parked in collision by Consolidated B-24H Liberator ? 41-28800 taxying at Harrington
2Jun45. Ninth Air Force 1945. 3131 Mt Unit, Chateauroux 1957. "0-47981" 322 Air Div 1963
Struck off charge on Jun 4, 1963 under the Military Aid Program and to Congolese AF as 9T-PKD
47982 (MSN 13798/25243) to USAAF 03Jul44. 12th AF Italy 16Sep44. Returned to US 27Sep45. To RFC 29Oct45
Canadair Ltd. To Air France as F-BAXH May 21, 1947, Air Liban as OD-ABK Jun 25, 1951,
Air France Nov 1951 as F-BAXH Oct 25, 1951. SFA Jan 1968. Rousseau Aviation May69
9Q-CSM Oct69. St Dinard 1970/1. N62CC Cook & Co, Dec83. Current 2011
47983 (MSN 13799/25244) to USAAF 03Jul44? 12th AF? 16Sep44? no card. USAF. To MASDC 30 Apr 1946, Departed 25 Feb 1948
returned to service
47984 (MSN 13800/25245) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 06Aug44. Returned to US 27Sep45. To RFC 16Oct45
To AN-ACE TACA DE US Nicaragua 1946. XH-TAG TACA de Honduras.
XH-SAG Serv Aerea DE US Honduras SA 10Jan55. Crashed Nuevo Ocotepeque, Honduras 17Dec55
47985 (MSN 13801/25246) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 11Aug44. Returned to US 26Sep45. To RFC 16Oct45
AN-ACF TACA 1946. Lund Aviation Inc. To French AF as AdlA 47985 02Jul57
GAM 50 May58 to Apr59. GOM 88 Dec59. ELA 56 Nov62. GAM 50 Jun64. Accident 27Apr66. Scrapped Dec66
47986 (MSN 13802/25247) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 06Aug44. Returned to US 28Sep45. To RFC 19Oct45
PP-CCL "Bororo" of Servicos Aereos Cruziero do Sul Cruzeiro B03Mar46
Crashed Cruzeiro do Sul Acre, Brazil 22Aug70
47987 (MSN 13803/25248) Delivered Jul44. 321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport
Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th
Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44;
equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44.
Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
To MASDC. To N414. in 1966. To Air Vietnam May 4 1966 as XV-NIL. WFS 1972.
47988 (MSN 13804/25249) to USAAF 04Jul44? 12th AF? 06Aug44? no card USAF "0-47988" Dakar Sep59 "0-7988
Damaged May 17, 1945, Rosignao, France. To MASDC 8 Nov 1962, Departed 13 Feb 1963 to Air International.
To MAP ?
47989 (MSN 13805/25250) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 06Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. Returned to US 21Sep45. To RFC 19Oct45
to France as F-BAXE for SGACC Nov 13, 1946, Air France 1947, Atlas Air (Air
Atlas/Société Chérifienne de l'Air) Nov 1950, then to Royal Air Maroc (CCTA) as
CN-CCJ Jun 26, 1950. Landing gear collapsed on landing Tangiers, Morocco Nov 14, 1958 and
it was written off.
47990 (MSN 13806/25251) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 06Aug44. Returned to US 28Sep45. To RFC 29Oct45
F-BAXQ Air France 04Jan47. Crashed near Serra Cintra, 15m N of Lisbon, Portugal 01Feb47.
Crashed into Cintra mountain while on approach in poor weather condtions. 19 of 20 onboard killed.
47991 (MSN 13807/25252) to USAAF 04Jul44. 12th AF Italy 07Aug44. FLC 07Jun46.
F-BCYF SACAI Air Algerie "Fleche d'Aoulef' 24Mar47. Crashed Orly Paris France 12Dec47
47992 (MSN 13808/25253) Delivered to USAAF 4Jul44. Ninth Air Force 31Aug44.
98th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Exeter (Station 463).
Crash landed after engine failure five miles north of Marlborough, Wiltshire 12Aug44. Salvaged 16Aug44.
47993 (MSN 13809/25254) to USAAF 05Jul44. 9th AF 13Aug44. Converted to C-47E. Salvaged Aug 7, 1946.
47994 (MSN 13810/25255) to USAAF 05Jul44. 13th AF (UVIS) 06Aug44. Crashed Masbate Island, Gunab Philippines 05Jan46
47995 (MSN 13811/25256) to USAAF 07Jul44. 13th AF (UVIS) 27Aug44. Enemy action 22Apr45
47996 (MSN 13812/25257) to USAAF 05Jul44. 13th AF (UVIS) 06Aug44. 5th AF 317th TCG 46th TCS as X89
To 5th AF 317th TCG 41st TCS as X75A. W/o Mar 11, 1945 by bomb at Angeles City-Clark Field,
Philippines
47997 (MSN 13813/25258) to USAAF 05Jul44. 13th AF (UVIS) 10Aug44. Clark Field 01Jan48. Scrapped 15Jul48
47998 (MSN 13814/25259) to USAAF 05Jul44. 13th AF (UVIS) 15Aug44. Salvaged 16May47
47999 (MSN 13815/25260) to USAAF 07Jul44. 7th AF Oahu 29Jul44. Tacloban. FLC 12Aug46. Scrapped 24Oct46
48000 (MSN 13816/25261) to USAAF 07Jul44? 7th AF OR US Canal Zone? 29Jul44? Damaged Oct 18, 1945 Panama
48001 (MSN 13817/25262) to USAAF 05Jul44. Canal Zone 03Aug44. FLC 20Aug47. To XH-TAR with TACA.
W/O 08Sep53 at San Andres, Honduras. After a missed approach the No. 2 engine of the cargo plane
failed. Failure of the right engine when the pilot wished to obtain maximum power from both
engines after a missed landing. All three onboard killed.
Also listed as to N11AF with Air Alliance Inc. De-registered on July 10, 1982
48002 (MSN 13818/25263) to USAAF 05Jul44. Canal Zone 07Aug44. Puerto Rico 02Oct44. To Chile 15Oct47
By 1953 was XA-JAO of Mexicana
48003 (MSN 13819/25264) to USAAF 05Jul44. Canal Zone 04Aug44. Returned to US 1946. Venezuela 18Sep46
To Venezuela AF as FAVe 1250, 1311 or 1633. To YV-C-ANQ Dec72
48004 (MSN 13820/25265) to USAAF 05Jul44. Canal Zone 21Aug44. Puerto Rico 02Oct44.
To Chile 15Oct47
48005 (MSN 13821/25266) to USAAF 05Jul44? Canal Zone? 21Aug44? no card. USAF.
Converted to VC-47A Sep54 "0-348005" 7415 AB Gp, Ody 1956 "0-48005" 631 Missile Diy Dec61
US 20Sep63. Stored Davis Monthan Sep67
48006 (MSN 13822/25267) to USAAF 05Jul44? Canal Zone? 21Aug44? no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Oct 10, 1957
48007 (MSN 13823/25268) to USAAF 05Jul44. Canal Zone 02Aug44. To Uruguayan AF Oct 31, 1947 as 507.
WFS 1967
48008 (MSN 13824/25269) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. 859th Bomb Squadron,
492nd Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, Harrington (Station 179). Used for ‘Carpetbagger’
operations. 812th Base Unit, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC. A crew member bailed out and
was killed 25 miles north of Elizabeth City, NC 3Apr45.
Became LN-IAO, then F-BFGL. To French AF as 348008 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo China
GT2/63 to Nov54. GT1I64 Jul55. ET52 Aug56. GTl/65 May57. Returned to USAF Apr 15 1958.
To Thai AF in 1958 as L2-23/01. Converted to Basler
BT-67 (Basler conversion no 32) and to Thai AF as RTAF008. Believed reserialled 46155.
48009 (MSN 13825/25270) Delivered to the USAAF 7Jul44.
Jul 1944 to Troop Carrier Command Staging Area, Baer AAF, IN;
Aug 1944 to 806th AAF Base Unit (I Troop Carrier Command), Malden AAF, NC;
Sep 1944 to 814th AAF Base Unit (I TCC), Stout AAF, IN;
Nov 1944 to 812th AAF Base Unit (I TCC), Pope AAF, NC;
Apr 1946 to 310th AF Base Unit (Tactical Air Command), Pope AAF;
Jan 1947 to 64th AF Base Unit (Strategic Air Command), Andrews AFB, MD;
Mar 1947 to 1st AF Base Unit (Bolling Field Command), Bolling AFB, DC;
Apr 1947 to 3rd AF Base Unit (BFC), Langley AFB, VA;
Jul 1947 to 313th Maintenance and Supply Group (TAC), Bergstrom AFB, TX;
Mar 1958 to 62nd Air Base Group (TAC), McChord AFB, WA;
May 1950 to 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing (Air Defense Command), McChord AFB;
Feb 1952 to 4704th Air Defense Wing (ADC), McChord AFB;
Sep 1953 to 567th Air Defense Wing (ADC), McChord AFB;
Aug 1955 to 325th Fighter Group (ADC), McChord AFB;
Dec 1961 to 408th Fighter Group (ADC), Kingsley AFB, OR;
Sep 1969 to Air International, Miami, FL;
Mar 1970 to 3247th Special Activities Squadron (AF Systems Command), Grenier AP, NH for installation of the Sanders ARDF equipment.
Modified to EC-47Q; Aug 1970 to 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (Pacific Air Forces), Da Nang AB, Vietnam
Crashed Nov 10, 1971 at Da Nang AB, Vietnam. No fire occurred and crew was uninjured.
Sep 1971 to 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (PACAF), Da Nang AB;
Feb 1972 to 366th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Da Nang AB;
Sep 1972 to 56th Special Operations Wing (PACAF), Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand; Jul 1974 to Clark AB, Philippines;
Sep 1973 dropped from inventory as surplus
48010 (MSN 13826/20271) to USAAF 07Jul44? ATC US? 27Jul44? no card. Damaged in takeoff accident
Jul 26, 1945 at Pope AB, North Carolina
48011 (MSN 13827/20272) to USAAF 07Jul44. ATC US 27Jul44. W/o Sep 4, 1944, Sedalia Army AF, Warrensburg, Missouri
48012 (MSN 13828/25273) to USAAF 07Jul44? ATC US? 27Jul44? no card. USAF 1952 "0-348012" California ANG
To Peruvian AF in 1962 as FAP-357. Re-registered as OB-R-1149. Back to
PAF as FAP-357. Preserved for Peruvian AF museum. On display at Las Palmas AF base.
48013 (MSN 13829/25274) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG730 via RAF Montreal Aug 1, 1944.
RAF UK Aug 9, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944. 22 MU RAF Jul 17, 1946. VIP Services Nov 25, 1946.
Returned to USAAF Nov 25, 1946. To VT-CHJ Apr 1947
48014 (MSN 13830/25275) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG731 via RAF Montreal Jul 17, 1944.
RAF UK Jul 24, 1944. 525 Sqdn RAF Sep 24, 1944. 1381 (T)CU RAF 1946. 22 MU RAF Jul 11, 1946.
Sold Jul 17, 1946 to Canadair Ltd. became HC-SBS with Shell CO of Ecuador Feb 20, 1947. G-AMBW
Airwork Ltd Apr 24, 1950. To RAF as XB246 "M-ODFN" Trooping Charger 1952. F-VNAU Serv Imperial des
Liaisons Aeriennes registered Dec 3, 1953. Republic of Vietnam Apr 1956. to South Vietnamese AF as
SVAF 348014 Jan 1958. Crashed 1960
48015 (MSN 13831/25276) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG732 Jul 19, 1944.
1314 Flt RAF. RAF West Africa Nov 1, 1944. Med ME Nov 28, 1946. Returned to USAAF Apr 3, 1947.
To Saudi Arabia Apr 30, 1947. To Saudi Arabia Airlines as HZ-AAB or HB-AAB. WFS 1977.
48016 (MSN 13832/25277) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG733 Jul 24, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944. ACSEA RAF Apr 26, 1945. 1381 (T)CU RAF Aug 16, 1945. 22 MU RAF Jul 12, 1946.
FLC Jul 17, 1946. To Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolineas
Argentinas (ZONDA) as LV-ACO. To Aerolineas Aeroposta, to Aerolineas
Argentinas. To Lineas Aereas del Estado (Argentine AF). WFU.
48017 (MSN 13833/25278) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG734 Jul 27, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944. 22 MU RAF May 8, 1946. Returned to USAF Jul 17, 1946. To TACA as YS-36
Jul 17, 1946,. To TACA DE US Costa Rica as Ti-119. To TACA DE US Venezuela asa YV-AZC Jun 15, 1948.
To Venzuelan Navy as AMVE TR-0102. To YU-2184P.
48018 (MSN 13834/25279) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF at UK as Dakota III KG735 Jul 22, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944. 1381 (T)CU RAF 21947. 22 MU RAF Jul 10, 1946. WFS Jul 10, 1946.
Returned to USAAF Feb 20, 1947. M Rene Sitz bought Feb 20, 1947. SAL Jul 19, 1947
To French AF as AdlA 48018 Dec 10, 1951. "FRAMH" via SAL-CIET 340 Dec 1954. GTR/61 Jan 1956. CIET 340
Mar 1956. GET/62 "FRASA" Dec 1956. GSRA 76 Oct 1958. GLA 49 "FSCHS" Oct 1959. GSRA 78 Sep 1962.
GLA 45 "FSCDB" Feb 1963. CIEES 343 "FSDKI" May 21964. Broken up Jun 1970.
48019 (MSN 13835/25280) delivered to USAAF 7Jul44; delivered to RAF as Dakota III, serial KG736 at Dorval, Montreal
14Aug44; 2nd Tactical AF Communications Squadron 28Aug44; for use by AM Coningham,
AOC-in-C 2nd Tactical AF; destroyed by enemy action, Operation Bodenplatte, at Evere,
Brussels, Belgium 1Jan45; SOC 2Jan45
48020 (MSN 13836/25281) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG737 Jul 24, 1944. 525 Sqdn RAF
Sep 10, 1944. 1381 (T)CU RAF 1946. 22 MU RAF Sep 28, 1946. WFS Sep 28, 1946. To KLM as PH-TDT Nov 7, 1946.
Sold to Haut Comm en Afrique Orientale Francaise as F-OAFS Jan 3, 1950. To government of Senegal as 6W-SAE.
to government of Republic of Senegal as 6V-AAE in 1962. leased Cie Air Senegal 1972. WFU.
Registration F-GEFY reserved 1986; believed not taken up. Cockpit preserved and was noted with Aces High at North Weald, England 2007. At Welford, England.
48021 (MSN 13837/25282) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. to RAF in UK as Dakota III KG738 Aug 5, 1944.
Metro Comm Sqdn RAF Sep 6, 1944. Bassingbourne RAF Apr 3, 1946. 22 MU RAF Apr 24, 1947.
Returned to USAAF Jul 3, 1947. WFS. To Air Tpt (Charter) CI Ltyd "St Mary" as G-AKIL Sep 18, 1947.
J R F Best and A D Houston registered Jun 30, 1950. Lamberts Trust Ltd (Tla ATC) registered Sep 19, 1951.
To N9988F Atlantic Aviation Co Oct 18, 1951. To CF-GKV Hollingher Ungava Tpd Ltd, Montreal Oct 23, 1951.
J B. Hoyt and G W Scott, Montreal Jun 10, 1955. Lorado Mining Corp L Northern Wings Ltd, Seven Isles,
Quebec. Crashed on landing attempt Jeannine Lake Airstrip, Quebec, Canada Dec 10, 1957. All 3 onboard
killed
48022 (MSN 13838/25283) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG739 Jul 29, 1944.
114 Wg RAF West Africa Aug 29, 1944. 1 FU RAF. 55 Staging Post RAF West Africa Aug 29, 1944.
RAF Med Me Aug 31, 1946. Returned to USAAF Apr 30, 1947. To Saudi Arabian Airlines as HZ-AAP 1947.
WFS 1975.
48023 (MSN 13839/25284) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG740 Jul 19, 1944.
Comm Sqdn RAF Jul 29, 1944. 45th Gp RAFTC. 231 Sqdn RAF Dec 14, 1944. DBR when belly landed at
Dallas, TX Jul 5, 1945 after engine failed during takeoff.
48024 (MSN 13840/25285) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG741 Jul 24, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944. 1381 TCU RAF 1946. DBR when undershot landing
and belly landed, Desborough, UK May 7, 1946
48025 (MSN 13841/25286) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG742 Jul 27, 1944.
114 Flt RAF Aug 30, 1944. MAAF West Africa Med ME Jun 27, 1947. Transferred to Egyptian AF
May 29, 1947
48026 (MSN 13842/25287) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG743 Jul 27, 1944.
114 Qg RAF West Africa Aug 29, 1944. Returned to USAAF Mar 17, 1947. To Government of Saudi Arabia
Mar 17, 1947.
48027 (MSN 13843/25288) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG744 Jul 27u, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944. 1381 TCU RAF 1946. 22 MU RAF Sep 67, 1946. WFS Sep 6, 1946.
Returned to USAAF Sep 24, 1946. To G-AIRG Sep 24, 1946. To XY-ABF Mar 30, 1948. To ET-AGT Dec 28, 1977.
W/o May 2, 1988 at Axum Airport, Ethiopia.
48028 (MSN 13844/25299) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG745 Jul 30, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF
Sep 9, 1944. 1381 T(CU) RAF Sep 2, 1946. Relegated to ground
instructional airframe with serial 6596M Sep 23, 1948. Presumably
subsequently scrapped.
48029 (MSN 13845/25290) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG746 via RAF Montreal Jul 20, 1944.
118 Wg RAF Canada Dec 6, 1944. 45 Gp RAFTC Jun 21, 1945. Returned to USAAF
Feb 28, 1946. To Canada with Doris Yellowknife Gold Mines before going to
Canadian Pacific Air Lines/Canadien Pacifique May 08, 1946 as CF-BZN,
to Canadian AL Int'l / Lignes Aériennes Canadien, Oct. 19, 1956 to Trans-Labrador AL,
to Northern Wings/Les Ailes du Nord, later to Regionair as C-FBZN, later July 06, 1982
to Trans Fair Inc. Feb. 28, 1989 w/o when it crashed shortly after takeoff, near
La Grande-LG-4 airstrip, QC (Canada), 2 fatal.
48030 (MSN 13846/25291) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG747 Jul 27, 1944.
114 WG RAF Wewst Africa Aug 29, 1944 MAAF Accra Stn Flt RAF Jan 1, 1946. Crashed into trees 1 mi
NE of Oni, Nigeria while flying under bad weather Jun 8, 1946
48031 (MSN 13847/25292) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG748. 147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944.
22 MU RAF Aug 26, 1946. Returned to USAAF Oct 3, 1946. To Secretariade de Aeron Civil Portugal
Sep 20 1946. To Scottish Aviation Ltd as G-AIOD Oct 14, 1946. To Luxembourg Airlines as LX-LAB
Jan 23, 1948. To Scottish Aviatin Ltd as G-AIOD again Jul 26, 1948. To Cobeta as OO-APB
Dec 2, 1948. To Sabena as OO-AWZ Apr 13, 1950. To Congo Aug 8, 1950. To Belgium 1951.
To Air Katakga L as EC-ASM Apr 30, 1962. To Sabena sa OO-AWZ again Dec 19, 1962. to Nigerian AF As
NiAF 303. WFF Mar 1977
48032 (MSN 13848/25293) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG749 Jul 23, 1944. 147 Sqdn
RAF Sep 18, 1944. 22 MU RAF Nov 26, 1946. Bought by R Sitx Feb 20 1947. Returned to USAAF
Jun 24, 1947. Delivered to Scottish Aviation Jul 1947. To France Oct 21, 1949. To French AF as
AdlA 48023 Oct 21, 1949 To Mauritanian AF as FARIM 5T-MAC Dec 15, 1964. To Gpe Aerde la Rep Islam DE
US Mauritanie as ST-CJQ Sep 1973. Operated by Air Mauritanie. Derelict Nouackchott Feb 1974.
48033 (MSN 13849/25294) delivered to USAAF 8Jul44; delivered to Royal AF 24Jul44 as Dakota III,
serial KG750; Montreal, Canada; No.147 Squadron 9Sep44; Transferred to BOAC Apr 28, 1946;
registered G-AHLY 8May46 to UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration);
Haroon & Sons Ltd, Pakistan 15Dec47; registration cancelled 23Dec47; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 23Dec47 as 7307; Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) 17Jun48;
Registered YU-ABF; Wfu 1971.
48034 (MSN 13850/25295) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG751 Jul 24, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944. 1381 (T)CU RAF. 22 MU RAF Sep 76, 1946. Sold Sep 16, 1946 to C. Matthews.
To Aero Brasilierio, Epm DE US TPTE as PP-ACD Oct 31, 1946. To Aerovias Brasil "Amazonas" as PP-AXG
Jan 14, 1949. Crashed Vitoria Espirito Santo, Brazil Dec 19, 1949.
48035 (MSN 13851/25296) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG752 at West Africa for MAAF
Jul 27, 1944. 267 Sqdn RAF. Missing from supply dropping mission over Northern Italy Aug 21, 1944.
Crashed in Sernio Mountain, 24.8 nm N of Udine, Italy during night supply mission for partisan forces.
Aircraft and crash identified in summer of 2010.
48036 (MSN 13852/25297) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG753 to RAF Middle East for MAAF
Aug 31, 1944. 216 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Oct 31, 1946. To VT-CHG Oct 29, 1946. W/o Feb 26, 1953
48037 (MSN 13853/25298) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. to RAF as Dakota III KG754 to RAF Middle East for MAAF
Aug 31, 1944. 267 Sqdn RAF. ACSEA RAF Feb 23, 1945. RAF India Jul 25, 1946. Returned to USAAF Sep 26, 1946.
To Tata Airlines as VT-CCA Sep 16, 1946. Air India Ltd Jan 4, 1948.
Crashed Bangalore, India Sep 15, 1951. Lost control and crashed when attempting to take off.
Attempted to take off with the autopilot engaged. 22 of 28 onboard killed.
48038 (MSN 13854/25299) to USAAF Jul 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG755 Jul 20, 1944. 117 Sqdn
RAF. 436 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Sep 26, 1946. To Tata Airlines Ltd as VT-CCC Sep 16, 1946.
Air India Ltd Apr 26, 1948l Indian Airlines Corp Aug 1, 1953. Trans Sharjaj J R Mody May 24, 1973.
WFS 1976.
48039 (MSN 13855/25300) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG756 via RAF Nassau Jul 19, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 29, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. Transferred to Indian AF Nov 28, 1946 as VP903
48040 (MSN 13856/25301) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG757 via RAF Nassau Jul 18, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 14, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. DBR when caught fire at dispersal, Tulihal, India Jan 3, 1945
48041 (MSN 13857/25302) to USAAF Jul 8, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG758 via RAF Nassau Jul 22, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 31, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF. Sold to Indian
government Jan 30, 1947. To VT-CKU Apr 9 1947. W/o Nov 14, 1951 at Gauhati, India
48042 (MSN 13858/25303) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG759 via RAF Nassau Jul 28, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 31, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF. Sold to Indian
government Jan 30, 1947
48043 (MSN 13859/25304) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG760 via RAF Nassau Jul 25, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 8, 1944. Returned to USAAF Feb 27, 1947. To Patnaik Ananda Bhawan tla Kalinga Airline
(Pvt) Ltd, Calcutta as VT-COA. Crashed at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, India Dec 31, 1951.
The cargo plane crashed on takeoff after hitting trees. All 3 onboard killed.
48044 (MSN 13860/25305) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG761 via RAF Nassau Jul 21, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 30, 1944. Transferred to Indian government Nov 28, 1946. To Indian AF as VP919 Sep 25, 1947
48045 (MSN 13861/25306) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG762 via RAF Nassau Jul 28, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 1, 1944. 435 Sqwdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. DBR when bounced on landing at Muitke, Burma,
swung off strip and undercarriage collapsed, Apr 7, 1945. By 1954 on civil registry as TF-ISH "Gljafaxi"
of Flugfelag Islands H. F.
48046 (MSN 13862/25307) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG763 via RAF Nassau Jul 27, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 3,1 944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 1334 CU RAF. Sold to Indian government Jan 30, 1947
48047 (MSN 13863/25308) to USAAF Jul 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG764 via RAF Nassau Aug 8, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 6, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. To Indian AF as VP920 Nov 28, 1946.
48048 (MSN 13864/25309) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG765 via RAF Nassau Jul 17, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 25, 1944. AHQ India Comm Sqdn RAF Jan 4, 1947. 21 Gp CF RAF. CF Hauripur RAF.
Stn Fit Mauripur RAF Feb 26, 1948. To Pakistan government Jul 8, 1948, to Pakistan as C-408,
to Hunting Aviation as G-ANZE but unused, to Burmese AF as
UBT-714 Aug 6, 1955 (also later regestered as 5714). Sold in 1978 to Nevada Airlines
and registered as N2271C and converted to cloud-seeding plane. Used by PMC
Associated Co, Ltd (Thailand) 1980-83, sold to Miss Panida Veerathanangdeck
of Sausalito, CA Aug 1984. To Harold Hansen of Seattle in 1991. There was
then an intended sale to an Australian company named UODU Air Pty Ltd for
which the aircraft went to Archerfield AP, Brisbane as N2271C. The poor
condition of the plane led to plans to acquire two other C-47s from Hanson
being abandoned, and N2271C was left at Archerfield to rot. Sold to
Airlease Ltd of Oregon Aug 29, 2000, leased to Century Air
as EC=?? but NTU and plane remained at Archerfield. Still derelict in
Australia by 2003. Now listed (2004) as preserved as a part of the RAAF Amberley Aviation
Heritage Center at RAAF Amberley, Australia, Ipswitch, Queensland, Australia
48049 (MSN 13865/25310) to USAAF Jul 19, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG766 via RAF Nassau Jul 24, 1944,
Diverted to SAAF Aug 11, 1944 as 6842, no RAF service. To South Rhodesian AF as SRAF SR-25, later
SRAF 157. W/o Jun 2, 1977 at Mapai MBW Air 324
48050 (MSN 13866/25311) to USAAF Jul 19, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG767 via RAF Nassau Jul 18, 1944,
but was diverted to SAAF Aug 11, 1944 as 6840, no RAF service. Operated by 25 Squadron, AFB Ysterplaat between
1972 and 1993. The aircraft flew its last flight as a C-47 in May 1992 and first flight as a
C47TP (Turbo DC-3-65TP) in April 1994. After the conversion, the aircraft was transferred to
35 Squadron, AFB Ysterplaat. The aircraft total airframe hours is 17 710. Crashed Dec 5, 2012
near Giant's Castle, Drakensbergen range (South Africa). The military transport went missing while
en route between Pretoria and Mthatha Airport. The wreckage was found in the Drakensberg mountains
near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province, some 210 miles southeast of Waterkloof Air Force Base.
There was severe weather at the time of the accident. All 11 onboard killed.
48051 (MSN 13867/25312) to USAAF Jul 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG768 via RAF Nassau Jul 22, 1944,
but was diverted to SAAF Aug 11, 1944 as 6841, no RAF service. 5 WG SAAF Feb 17, 1945. 28 Sqdn SAAF
Jul 29, 1945. 15 AD SAAF 1954. To Rhodesian AF as RRAF 703 Jan 1964. To Zimbabwe AF as AFZ 703.
W/o Aug 6, 1964
48052 (MSN 13868/25313) to USAAF Jul 19, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG769 Jul 19, 1945, but
to RCAF as KG769 Jul 25, 1944. To 32 OTU RCAF. WFU Nov 7, 1944. To TCA as CF-TEG 1946.
To CF-GXW Aug 21, 1957. On US civil registry as N173RD. Current 2011
48053 (MSN 25314) to USAAF Jul 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17235 Jul 15, 1944
48054 (MSN 25315) to USAAF Jul 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17236 Jul 18, 1944
48055 (MSN 25316) to USAAF Jul 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17237 Jul 15, 1944
48056 (MSN 13872/25317) to USAAF 10Jul44. 9th AF 21Sep44. 8th AF. Lost Dec 23, 1944. MACR 11025
48057 (MSN 13873/25318) to USAAF 11Jul44. ATC US 29Jul44. To RFC 27Mar46. To NC54451 International Air Freight.
W/O at Harrington, DE US 05Feb47 on flight from New York City to Raleigh, NC. The cargo plane
diverted to Harrington after a No. 2 engine rpm reduction. The plane approached downwind, overshot
and struck some trees. Fuel contamination. One of three onboard killed.
48058 (MSN 13874/25319) to USAAF 11Jul44? ATC US? 29Jul44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348058 15Dec53
To South Vietnam AF. Returned to USAAF. Converted to C-47D. WFS 31Oct68. To South Vietnam AF Oct 31, 1968.
48059 (MSN 13875/25320) to USAAF 11Jul44? ATC US? 29Jul44? no card. USAF. To MASDC Feb 17, 1970, excess 6 Apr 1970
48060 (MSN 13876/25321) to USAAF 11Jul44. ATC US 21Jul44. Bolivia 02Apr46
48061 (MSN 13877/25322) to USAAF 11Jul44? ATC US? 29Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348061" 1954
Attached to 815AAFBU at Malden AAF had an accident on Feb 5, 1945. To L'Armée de L'Air
(French AF) reg 348061, call sign F-RAZM, for service in French Indo China. May 14, 1954 written
off (DBR) in French Indo China.
48062 (MSN 13878/25323) to USAAF 11Jul44? ATC US? 29Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348062" 7500 AB Gp Apr52
7531 ABRON, Bovingdon 1958. To Imperian Iranian AF Dec 15, 1962. Assigned to 50th Air Transport
Composite Group
48063 (MSN 13879/25324) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17238 Jul 25, 1944
48064 (MSN 13880/25325) to USAAF 12Jul44? ATC US? 19Jul44? no card USAF. To Philippine AF as HHP 348064.
To RP-C81 with Manila Aero Transport System. Crashed shortly after
takeoff at Manila domestic airport Apr 26, 1990. Burst into flames on landing, 7 of 24 onboard killed.
The plane crashed into a rice field after an engine failed during a landing attempt and the plane
attempted to take off again, crashing outside of the airport boundary.
48065 (MSN 13881/25326) to USAAF 12Jul44? ATC US? 19Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348065" "0-48065" 20 FBW Weathersfield 1952
20 TFW US 1963. To MASDC 1967. Broken up Dec 1969.
48066 (MSN 13882/25327) to USAAF 12Jul44? ATC US? 19Jul44? no card. Belonged to Air Weather Service
To MASDC Jul 15, 1963
48067 (MSN 25328) to USAAF 12Jul44. ATC US 19Jul44. WFS 18Sep47. By 1955 was LN-IAF "Fridtjof Viking" of
Scandinavian Airlines System. LN-IAF (Conflicts with 43-37032?)
48068 (MSN 13884/25329) to USAAF 12Jul44. ATC US 18Jul44. W/o Nov 18, 1945 (t/off accident) Atlanta AAF, GA
48069 (MSN 13885/25330) to USAAF 12Jul44? ATC US? 19Jul44? no card. USAF. Crashed Merrill Pass, Alaska Apr 21, 1952.
48070 (MSN 13886/25331) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348070" 7531 ABRON, Bovingdon 1956
7425 FMS/50 TFW. To Imperial Iranian AF as 5-11
48071 (MSN 13887/25332) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF. To French AF (MDAP) Indo-China GT2/63
as AdlA 348071 15Dec53. to South Vietnam AF 24Oct55
48072 (MSN 13888/25333) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348072" "0-48072" Washington ANG
To FC-47D "Puff the Magic Dragon" To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or
survey Aug 5, 1975.
48073 (MSN 13889/25334) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. Europe JuI53. USAF "0-348073" 86 Ops Sq
Landstuhl 1955. 7425 FM Sq Hahn 1958. 50 TFW 1962. "0-48073" 7th ACS/38 TMW Sembach 1964
7 SOS Jun7l. Wfu Brisbee-Douglas, AZ US Oct73. To N93043 US Dept of Agriculture 1973
Sold Apr80. Current 2011
48074 (MSN 13890/25335) delivered to USAAF Jul44; designated SC-47B; 61st Air Rescue Squadron,
Stead AFB, NV (1955); 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (Jungle Jim), Eglin, FL (1961);
Middletown Air Material Area, Olmsted, PA; MASDC, Davis-Monthan, AZ 1967; declared excess 6Apr70
48075 (MSN 13891/25336) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "Sputnik II" NAMA Burtonwood JuI51 "0-348075". TAC to MASDC Oct 22, 1968
48076 (MSN 13892/25337) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348076" 7531 ABRON, Bovingdon 1958
To Philippine AF 1975.
48077 (MSN 13893/25338) to USAAF as C-47A-30-DK 43-48077 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF
W/o Aug 20, 1952 in crash 17 mi SE of Suwon, South Korea due to engine failure. Crew bailed out.
48078 (MSN 13894/25339) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF converted to C-47D.
Stored Davis Monthan 1962 sold for spares 1965 to Zambia AF as AF-111 Jan 1984
On display at Tatang Shan Museum, China.
48079 (MSN 13895/25340) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC US? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348079". To MASDC Jun 28, 1964.
To Air International Corp Aug 4, 1964
48080 (MSN 13896/25341) to USAAF 13Jul44. ATC US 30Jul44. NC203 FAA 08Jan47. R21Oct47. NC15 CAA 1951.
N7 Rr 1974. N7 AP Dept of Transportation RI0Oct76. Ohio Univ, Athens, OH RJan81. Current 2011
48081 (MSN 13897/25342) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 30Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348081" 7531 ABRON, Bovingdon 1958
To Peruvian AF as FAP-358 in 1962
48082 (MSN 13898/25343) to USAAF 13Jul44. Atlantic Wing ATC 20Jul44. Scrapped 05Jun47
48083 (MSN 13899/25344) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 20Jul44? no card USAF "0-348083" 47 Ops Sq,
Sculthorpe Nov52 "0-48083" "Miss Fish 'n Chips". Active in 1964 with 36th Tactical Fighter
Wing at Bitburg Air Base, Germany and struck off charge on
Jun 3, 1964 under the Military Aid Program. Believed to be used by Air America as 083
48084 (MSN 13900/25345) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 20Jul44? no card. USAF.
Converted to VC-47A, bailed from the USAF to Air America July 1966 first as
0-348084, then as '084'. Numerous accidents and incidents, all repaired.
Escaped from Saigon on April 29, 1975, but crash landed at U Tapao Royal Thai
Navy Base, Thailand, 10 miles east of Sattahip on April 29, 1975. It was to
be returned to the USAF on June 30, 1975 and be declared surplus by the USAF
as of May 1975.
48085 (MSN 13901/25346) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 20Jul44? no card. USAF "0-48085" Miami Jun68
W/o Oct 10, 1951 Warner Robins AFB, GA
48086 (MSN 13902/25347) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. EC-47A; JC-47A; C-47A. NASA 236; NASA Lewis
Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH (1971 to 1973). NASA 636; N636NA; registered
Jun61 as N638NA. N14MA Mannion Air Charter, Detroit, MI. Registered 20Nov73.
Century Airlines Inc. Registered Jun82. MOD Films, Alameda, CA. Registered 14Mar91;
cancelled 29Mar91 on export to France. Ferried Oakland-Honolulu-Tarawa-Truck-Guam-Manila-Bangkok.
Used in making of film DIÊN BIÊN PHU; the film was shot in Vietnam, north of Hanoi,
in Xuan Mai. Temporary Spanish registration EC-668 (1991). Temporary French registration
F-WZIG. Permit 28Sep91 to 15Oct91 for ferry Da Nang to Manilla. Avia Filipinas International.
Registered RP-C1352. Damaged taxying at Manila 1997. C M Aero Services, Manila 2001.
Abandoned at Manila, Philippines.
48087 (MSN 13903/25348) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 20Jul44? no card. Converted to EC-47Q
USAF "0-48087" Air Inti Jun68 363 TEWS Vietnam. Village AIW, Manila for rebuild Nov75 .
48088 (MSN 13904/25349) to USAAF 13Jul44? ATC? 20Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348088"
To Spanish AF as T.3-16 Jun 26, 1957. B/U Cuatro Vientos, Madrid Jan80
48089 (MSN 13905/25350) to USAAF 13Jul44. US 28Jul44. Scrapped 09Dec46
48090 (MSN 13906/25351) to USAAF 13Jul44? US? 28Jul44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47A Sep54
To MASDC Aug 24, 1964. To Colombian AF Apr 15, 1965
48091 (MSN 13907/25352) to USAAF 13Jul44? US? 28Jul44? no card USAF
W/o Jan 27, 1955 (landing ) at Niigata AB, Japan
48092 (MSN 13908/25353) to USAAF 13Jul44? US? 28Jul44? no card
USAF C-47A "0-348092" 81 TFW Apr59 400FIW. To MASDC Dec 2, 1970. Scrapped Aut 9, 1976
48093 (MSN 13909/25354) to USAAF 14Jul44. ATC US 20Jul44. To RFC 18Jul46. NC75737 Pan American 1945
XA-GUJ CMA 1948. Damaged by midair bomb Sep 24, 1952 in flight from Mexico
City to Oaxaca. LV-GHZ Aerotptes Litoral Argentino SA B09Mar59 R11Sep59.
Austral Lineas Aereas 1967
48094 (MSN 13910/25355) to USAAF 14Jul44? ATC US? 20Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348094" "0-48094"
Stored Davis Monthan 1961. Scrapped 1967
48095 (MSN 13911/25356) to USAAF 14Jul44. ATC US 24Jul44. To RFC 11Jul46. NC717 Allied Stores Inc N717X Rr
XB-NOB Cementos Anahual 18Sep62. XA-CUD Tptes Aereos DE US Nayarit, Tepic 1973
48096 (MSN 13912/25357) to USAAF 14Jul44? ATC US? 24Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348096", "0-8096 JuI59
"0-48096" 1960. to MASDC. To Air International Corporation Mar 7, 1966 for MAP
48097 (MSN 13913/25358) to USAAF 14Jul44? ATC US? 24Jul44? no card USAF.
W/o May 31, 1954 Duluth-Williamson-Johnson Muncipal Airport, MN
48098 (MSN 13914/25359) Jul 14, 1944 delivered to USAAF at Baer AAF, IN; April 1945 to 4000th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command),
Wright-Patterson AFB; Nov. 1950 to 1050th Air Base Wing (HQ USAF Command); Aug 1952 to 1401st Air Base Wing (MATS);
Oct 1957 to 1405th Air Base Wing (MATS), Scott AFB; Aug 1959 to 63rd Troop Carrier (Heavy) Wing (MATS), Donaldson AFB; March
1963 to 1608th Air Transport Wing (MATS), Charleston AFB; Nov 1966 to 21st Composite Wing (Alaskan Air Command), Elmendorf AFB;
Oct 1969 dropped from inventory; 1971 to SAC Museum at Offutt AFB; 1998 moved to Strategic Air & Space Museum
in Ashland, Nebraska.
48099 (MSN 13915/25360) to USAAF 27Jul44. ATC US 27Jul44. To RFC 11Jul46. NC69377 LBS Aircraft Corp
CU-PI15 Expreso Aereo Inter-Americano SA 16Jan47. CU-TIlS Rr N1649M. PP-VBN Varig D14Apr49
R31Mar50. By 1954 was PP-VBN of S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandens. N64490 Inti Sales & Leasing
Inc, Renton, WA US 1973. C A Hackney Sr, Athol, IN R19Nov76. Crashed 11Apr80 Athol, IN US
48100 (MSN 13916/25361) to USAAF 27Jul44? ATC US? 27Jul44? no card USAF "0-348100" 47 Ops Sq, Sculthorpe Sep56
W/o Mar 25, 1960 crash 2 miles SE of Wiesbaden, West Germany
48101 (MSN 13917/25362) to USAAF 27Jul44? ATC US? 27Jul44? no card USAF. To South Vietnam AF, then
to Cambodian AF Feb 28,1972, then to Thailand AF as 48101, then to
Thai Navy as 48101 in 1978. Derelict by May 1997.
48102 (MSN 13918/25363) to USAAF 14Jul44. ATC US 21Jul44. W/o Apr 10, 1950 (belly landing) at Fairfax Fd, KS
48103 (MSN 13919/25364) to USAAF Long Beach 15Jul44. To RAAF as A65-59 15Aug44
WFS to Trans Australian Airways as VH-TAM "Lansborough" 27Sep46
to VR-NCL 4jul 1957. To 5N-AAL 1960. Crashed 17Jan68 at Lagos, Nigeria
48104 (MSN 13920/25365) to USAAF 15Jul44. To RAAF as A65-56 05Aug44. 3 AD 05Aug44. 38 Sqn RAAF VH-CIJ 17Aug44
33 Sqn RAAF 01Jan45. Crashed into sea in the sw corner Milne Bay Papua New Guinea 11Sep45
48105 (MSN 13921/25366) to USAAF 15Jul44. To RAAF as A65-58 10Aug44. 3 AD 10Aug44 PTU VH-CUN to VH-CIK 01Sep44.
38 Sqn RAA 06Oct44. 33 Sqn RAAF 07Jan46. 3 AD 05May46. To Trans Australian Airways as VH-TAL "Haun" 23Sep46
WAAC Nigeria Ltd VR-NCK Onitsha 30May57. To Nigeria Airways as 5N-AAK 06Feb61.
Eastern Government (Biafra) 1967
48106 (MSN 13922/25367) to USAAF 15Jul44. To RAAF as A65-57 09Aug44. 3 AD 09Aug44. 33 Sqn RAAF VH-CUR 02Sep44.
AD 26Apr46. To QANTAS 10Dec46 for £6250 VH-BAM (NTU) later VH-EAO 06Dec46, VH-EBX 05Aug57
To Trans Australian Airways 01Sep60 VH-SBH 08Dec60. To NEIAF as X-19 02Aug62. Back to Qantas as VH-EDD 22Jan64.
Bush pilots Airways 17Jun72 leased Forrestair 10Nov74. WFS Cairns Feb77
Cancelled from register Apr 21, 177. Dismantled Aug 8, 1978 after fire practice.
48107 (MSN 13923/25368) Delivered to USAAF 15Jul44. Transferred to RCAF 31Jul44 as Dakota Mk.IIIF,
serial 973. No.168 (HT) Squadron, UK Detachment, c.1944 to 1946. Ferried by No.435 Squadron crew
from storage at Calgary, Alberta to Cartierville, Quebec on 24 January 1947. No.14 (P) Squadron,
Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1947. Base Flight, Cold Lake. Reserialled as 12956. SOC 1975.
Registered 19Aug75 as C-GWMY. Registered 9Apr80 as N3748Y; cancelled 17Apr91 on export to France.
MOD Films, Alameda, CA. Ferried Oakland-Honolulu-Tarawa-Truck-Guam-Manila-Bangkok. Used in making of
film DIÊN BIÊN PHU; the film was shot in Vietnam, north of Hanoi, in Xuan Mai. Temporary French
registration F-WZIR. Permit issued Sep91 for ferry Da Nang to Manilla. Avia Filipinas
International. Registered RP-C1354. C M Aero Services, Manila 2001. Abandoned at Manila, Philippines.
48108 (MSN 13924/25369) to USAAF 15Jul44 to RCAF as Dakota 974 Aug 3, 1944. 435 Sqn RCAF 03Aug44 WFS 17Aug64
12956 CAF Jun70. Saskatoon Mar75. C-GWMY R E Carruthers et al Calgary R19Aug75
Northwest Territorial Airways Sep75. Bayview Air Service Ltd, Slave Lake 1975 R E Carruthers et al 1976
Bradley Air Svces Jun Modern Air Spray Ltd, St Jean 1978. N3748Y Nord Aviation Inc, Pembina, ND R09Apr80.
48109 (MSN 13925/25370) to USAAF 15Jul44. To RCAF as Dakota 971 Jul 27, 1944. 168 HT Sqn RCAF. WFS 10Aug66
48110 (MSN 13926/25371) to USAAF 15Jul44. To RCAF as Dakota 972 28Jul44. 109 KU RCAF Marville, France
Renumbered 12955 in 1970. Jun70 WFS. To CF-NKT. To N8GR. To N300ZZ. WFU
48111 (MSN 13927/25372) to USAAF 15Jul44? ATC? Jul44? no card . USAF "0-348111" 2704 AFASDG
Stored Davis Monthan (1961 to 1965). N91260 Agency for International Development (1965)
SY-ACF Desert Locust Comrol 1966. Wilkins Air Svces, Nairobi NLR (Ethiopia? WFS 1961
48112 (MSN 13928/25373) to USAAF 15Jul44 to RNZAF as NZ3520. Aug 9, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai. SOC Woodbourne 20 May 1948, Disp. No.147. Reduced to spares and
sold by tender number 4284 (Nov 13, 1950). Broken up at Woodbourne by Airwork (NZ) Ltd. and
fuselage sold to Metal Smelters Ltd.
48113 (MSN 13929/25734) to USAAF 15JuI44. To RNZAF as NZ3521. Aug 11, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai. Ditched into sea 400 yards north of Savo Island, Guadalcanal on 12 July 1945.
Written off books Whenuapai 28 July 1945.
48114 (MSN 13930/25375) to USAAF 17Ju144. To RNZAF as NZ3522 Aug 11, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai. SOC Woodbourne 20 May 1948, Disp. No.147.
Reduced to spares and sold by tender number 4284 (Nov 13, 1950).
Broken up at Woodbourne in May 1948 by Airwork (NZ) Ltd. and fuselage sold to Metal Smelters Ltd.
48115 (MSN 13931/25376) to USAAF 17Jul44. To RNZAF as NZ3523 Aug 15, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
SOC Woodbourne 20 May 1948, Disp. No.147. Reduced to spares and sold by tender number 4284 (Nov 13, 1950).
Broken up at Woodbourne in May 1948 by Airwork (NZ) Ltd. and fuselage sold to Metal Smelters Ltd.
48116 (MSN 13932/25377) to USAAF 17Jul44. To RNZAF as NZ3524. Aug 12, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
SOC Woodbourne 20 May 1948, Disp. No.147. Reduced to spares and sold by tender number 4284 (Nov 13, 1950).
Broken up at Woodbourne in May 1948 by Airwork (NZ) Ltd. and fuselage sold to Metal Smelters Ltd.
48117 (MSN 13933/25378) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Jul 27, 1944
48118 (MSN 13934/25379) to USAAF Jul 18, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 8, 1944
48119 (MSN 13935/25380) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Jul 30, 1944
48120 (MSN 13936/25381) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Jul 30, 1944.
48121 (MSN 13937/25382) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 18, 1944
48122 (MSN 13938/25383) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 2, 1944
48123 (MSN 13939/25384) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 8, 1944
48124 (MSN 13940/25385) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 10, 1944.
48125 (MSN 13941/25386) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 20, 1944
48126 (MSN 13942/25387) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 10, 1944
48127 (MSN 13943/25388) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 10, 1944
48128 (MSN 13944/25389) to USAAF Jul 18, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Jul 31, 1944
48129 (MSN 13945/25390) to USAAF Jul 18, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 2, 1944
48130 (MSN 13946/25391) to USAAF Jul 17, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Aug 20, 1944
48131 (MSN 13947/25392) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF.
To Uruguayan AF Nov 22, 1960 as G4-512. Operated by Transporte Aereo Militar
Uruguayo-Tamu as No 512. W/o Aug 1, 1974. There is another report that this aircraft was retired
Jul 16, 1974 and that the fuselage is preserved at Batallon de Infanteria Paracaidistas No. 14 at Toledo.
Bob Ogden records C-47 MSN 33392 [44-77060] at the Museo Aeronautico, Montevideo which may have
been mistaken for MSN 25392.
48132 (MSN 13948/25393) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF
Converted to VC-47A Sep54 "0-348132" "0-48132" 7167 ATS Rhein Main Sep54
7030 Ops Sq, Landstuhl 1958. US Aug63. For sale Davis Monthan Sep67. Wreck 1968
48133 (MSN 13949/25394) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348133" Northeast Air Cmd
Converted to C-47E R-2000-4. To MASDC 1961. To N94450. Fuselage Douglas Bisbee Apt, AZ US 1964
48134 (MSN 13950/25395) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card USAF
W/o Sep 7, 1951 in crash 5 mi SW of Eielson AB, Alaska
48135 (MSN 13951/25396) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348135". To MASDC May 31, 1969,
to excess 6 Apr 1970
48136 (MSN 13952/25397) to USAAF 18Jul44. ATC US 25Jul44. In ground accident Jun 1, 1945 with OA-10A 44-34095 at
Romulus AAF, MI. To Brazilian AF as FAB 2025 Oct 1, 1946.
To Club Nautico Agua Limpa as PT-KVI Dec 12, 1976. Stored Jacanepagua 1976. Broken up
48137 (MSN 13953/25398) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47A Sep54 "0-348137".
To MASDC 18 May 1962, to Reclamation 18 Feb 1965
48138 (MSN 13954/25399) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card USAF "0-348138"
Stored Davis Monthan 1961. To US civil registry as N86451 Charlotte Aircraft Corporation.
To Spanish AF as T.3-48 Mar 22, 1962. Registered to Warbirds of Great
Britain Limited of Blackbushe, Surrey, England November 23, 1977 but cancelled Feb 14, 1978.
To N86451 Feb 26, 1978. Last registered with Zaire civil registry as 9Q-CRL
48139 (MSN 13955/25400) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF " 0-348139" "0-48139" Jun61
Converted to AC-47D then to EC-47D. W/o Dec 3, 1961 in crash 18 mi NE of Aviano, Italy. 4 killed.
48140 (MSN 13956/25401) to USAAF 18Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. W/o Jul 15, 1952 Pusan East AB, South Korea
48141 (MSN 13957/25402) to USAAF 19Jul44. ATC US 22JuI44. Scrapped 17Jan50
48142 (MSN 13958/25403) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47A
W/o Dec 26, 1951 in crash 48 mi E of Redding, California
48143 (MSM 13959/25404) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. Korea May54.
"0-348143" "0-48143" used for blast tests, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Spares Aug68
48144 (MSN 13960/25405) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. W/o Dec 22, 1951, Nassau, BWI
48145 (MSN 13961/25406) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. 7500 ABG. USAF "0-348145" 7531 ABRON, Bovingdon 1958
"0-48145" SAC 1966. N6387 US Atomic Energy Comm, Albuquerque, NM US 1966. Stored Davis Monthan Dec69
To N6387B 1972
48146 (MSN 13962/25407) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. Crashed Sep 24, 1956 Mt. Yale, Colorado
48147 (MSN 13963/25408) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. VC-47 A Sep54 "0-348147"
Stored Davis Monthan 1961. Fuselage only Dec69
48148 (MSN 13964/25409) to USAAF 21Jul44. ATC US 28Jul44. To RFC 11Sep50. N1499V. N405E US Army Corps of Engineers
N40CE Rr. N50CE E Coast Fig Svce 1964. Alpena Fig Service Inc JuI70. Pacific Coast AIL, Los Angeles, CA US
US N200ZZ Weldi Am Inc, Alpena, Ml 1972. Zoom Zoom Air Inc Air Charter West Apr77. Transwest Air Express N104CA
Coker Airfreight Inc, Grand Prairie, TX US R12Sep79. J R Coker, Gr Prairie, TX US R02Mar81.
Skyfreighters Corp, Grand Prairie, TX US RMar84. To N1499V. To N405E. To N40CE. To N50CE. To N200ZZ
to N104CA 11Dec84. converted to Basler BT-67 gunship (Basler conversion no 16) and to El Salvadorean AF as FAES 117.
WFS 2006.
48149 (MSN 13965/25410) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card. USAF. To French AF in Indochina
as AdlA 348149 Dec 25, 1953. GT2/63 Jun54. GT2/62 May55. GT1I64 Oct55. ET52 Aug56.
Returned to USAF 08May57. To Royal Thai AF 1957. W/o at Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand Feb 28, 1984
48150 (MSN 13966/25411) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card. USAF. To Imperial Iranian AF Dec 14, 1962.
Assigned to 50th Air Transport Composite Group
48151 (MSN 13967/25412) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card. USAF. To French AF (MDAP) Indo-China as
AdlA 348151 14May54. GT2/62 "FRAZV" 14May54. USAF 08Nov55. Converted to VC-47A. converted to C-47D
Stored Davis Monthan 03Sep68. Scrapped Davis Monthan 13Aug76
48152 (MSN 13968/25413) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47A Sep54 "0-348152"
To MASDC 18 Apr 1962, to Reclamation 18 Feb 1965
48153 (MSN 13969/25414) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card USAF. Converted to RC-47N.
To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or survey Aug 5, 1975.
48154 (MSN 13970/25415) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 28Jul44? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47A. To Philippine AF as HHP 348154.
WFS 1985. To RP-C845
48155 (MSN 13971/25416) To USAAF 19Jul44. ATC US 27JuI44. On civil registry as N49472, leased to Brazilian
AF as FAB 2033. leased to Brasilian AF as FABr 2033 10Dec46. Overhaul Rio Jacarepagua Mar80. WFS 13Jun85. Returned to N49472.
48156 (MSN 13972/25417) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. converted to VC-47A Sep54. "0-348156" MATS JuI59
To MASDC 28 Jun 1962, to Reclamation 18 Feb 1965
48157 (MSN 13973/25418) to USAAF 19Jul44. ATC US 25Jul44. WFS. To Brazilian AF as FAB 2036 Dec 10, 1946.
To N4948J Oct 10, 1984. WFS May 1985
48158 (MSN 13974/25419) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF 0-48158 Oct66. Converted to EC-47P from EC-47N.
To MAP Aug 22, 1972. To South Vietnam AF.
48159 (MSN 13975/25420) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348159" Jun56
To Royal Lao AF as 0-48159 on Jul 17, 1964. To Royal Thai AF.
48160 (MSN 13976/25421) to USAAF 19Jul44? ATC US? 25Jul44? no card. USAF. New Jersey ANG Nov57
New Hampshire ANG Aug69. Converted to VC-47A. To MASDC May 18, 1971. Scrapped Aug 10, 1976
48161 (MSN 13977/25422) to USAAF 21Jul44. Alaska ATC 26Aug44. To RFC 15Jun46. N91008 of Alaska Airlines Sep 1947.
W/o McGrath, AK Aug 8, 1954
48162 (MSN 13978/25423) to USAAF 21Jul44. Alaska ATC 25Jul44. To RFC 16Aug46. To NC17645. W/O 05May48
48163 (MSN 13979/25424) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17239 Jul 22, 1944
48164 (MSN 13980/25425) to USAAF 21Jul44? ATC US? 29Jul44? no card. USAF "0-348164". Pennsylvannia ANG. Wisconsin ANG
To Guatemala AF as 540. WFU Dec 2006
48165 (MSN 13981/25426) to USAAF 21Jul44. ATC US 29Jul44. To Brazilian AF as FAB 2037 Dec 10, 1946. W/o Aug 27, 1966 at
Altamira, PA, Brazil.
48166 (MSN 13982/25427) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 23Aug44. Sold 29Nov46. VH-BHD Zinc Corp Ltd R28Feb47
Qantas L Feb47. VH-INM Australian National Airlines "Irrigana" R09Sep49. Hong Kong 17Jun53
F-OANI Air Outre Mer R30Jul53. Cie DE US Tpts Aeriens et DE US Commerce Oct53. Cie Cherifienne Pont Aerien Feb55
D-CADO Deutsche Lufthansa AG D01Jun55. Bavaria Flug GmbH, Munich R02Nov60. G-41-2-67 (a British
Class B registration). S Yemen AF. PK-WWI PT National Air Charter 1974
48167 (MSN 13983/25428) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 24Sep44. FLC 31Dec45. To PI-C2 with Commercial Airline, Inc,
later RP-C2 of Philippine Air Lines Sep 1948. OASIS "The Daily Express' Nov73. WFU 1981
48168 (MSN 13984/25429) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 24Aug44. FLC 01Jun46. PI-C199 VRHEN
48169 (MSN 13985/25430) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 29Jul44. FLC 12Feb47. To Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airlines
as VR-HDW Jan 1948. Crashed on takeoff Sep 13, 1949 at Anisakan, Burma when right main gear leg
collapsed.
48170 (MSN 13986/25431) to USAAF 24Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 24Aug44. FLC 01Jun46. PI-C23 Commercial Airlines, Philippine
Air Lines Sep 1948, later to RP-C23 in1978. WFU Sep 1981.
48171 (MSN 13987/25432) to USAAF 22Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 30Jul44. Clark Fld 01Jan48. FLC 23Jun48
48172 (MSN 13988/25433) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 29Jul44. Salvaged 26Jul46
48173 (MSN 13989/25434) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 29Jul44. Salvaged 31Jan46
48174 (MSN 13990/25435) to USAAF 21Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 29Jul44. FLC 01Sep46. PI-C15 Commercial Airlines Philippine Airlines Sep48
Destroyed by typhoon Patsy at Manila, Philippines 19Nov70
48175 (MSN 13991/25436) to USAAF 22Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 24Aug44. FLC 31Dec45. To PI-C1 with Far Eastern Air Transport.
Crashed into tree tops on Mt. Banahaur, Philippines Dec 14, 1946. 12 of 14 onboard killed.
48176 (MSN 13992/25437) to USAAF 22Jul44. Pacific Wing ATC 29Jul44. Salvaged 25Oct46
48177 (MSN 13993/25438) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17240 Jul 29, 1944
48178 (MSN 13994/25439) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17241 Jul 29, 1944
48179 (MSN 13995/25440) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17242 Jul 29, 1944
48180 (MSN 13996/25441) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17243 Jul 31, 1944
48181 (MSN 13997/25442) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17244 Jul 31, 1944
48182 (MSN 13998/25443) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17245 Jul 31, 1944
48183 (MSN 13999/25444) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17246 Jul 31, 1944
48184 (MSN 14000/25445) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17247 Jul 31, 1944
48185 (MSN 14001/25446) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17248 Jul 31, 1944
48186 (MSN 14002/25447) to USAAF Jul 21, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG770 via RAF Montreal Jul 29, 1944.
24 Swqdfn RAF Aug 25, 1944. AOCinC Tpt Dd Jan 14, 1947. BAFO Comm Sq RAF Aug 3, 19478. 123 MU RAF
Sep 13, 1950. MAAG May 27, 1953. Transferred to USAF Jul 25, 1953. Converted to VC-47A
Sep 1954. 7100 Spt Gp Jan 1959. HQ 17th AF Ramstein May 1961. USA Aug 1963. WFU To Air International Corp
To MAP on 17 Mar 1964
48187 (MSN 14003/25448) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG771 Aug 2, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF.
Returned to USAAF Dec 30, 1946. WFS. To G-AJBG with Air Tpt (Charter) (CI) Ltd "St Martin".
W/o May 29, 1948 at Bovingdon, Herts,, UK
48188 (MSN 14004/25449) to USAAF Jul 22, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG772 Aug 6, 1944, returned to
USAAF Sep 5, 1944 as 43-48188 in exchange for an aircraft with gliger pick up gear. Stored.
To civil registry as N87630. To Midwest Air Freighters as N395R
Mar 19, 1973, leased to Royale Airlines and returned. Leased to Millardair as C-GGVU, to AeroSun
International as N800RC, to Pro-Air services still as N800C. To Transporttes
Aereos de El Salvador (TAES) as YS-43C, to Lineas Aereas del Mar (LAM) Colombia
as HK-3630X, later HK3630. Last known stored Bogota-Madrid air base.
48189 (MSN 14005/25450) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG773 Aug 10, 1944. Returned to USAAF
May 5, 1947, but probably never left England. to Scottish Aviation Ltd Mar 20 1947.
Civilianized as G-AKLL with Hornton Airwaud Ltd Nov 18, 1947.
Registration cancelled Jun 6, 1950 on sale on Spanish civil registry as EC-WEU.
To Spanish AF as T.3-62 Dec 1965, later EC-AEU. Now registered as N8041A.
Preserved in the Auto und Technik Museum in Sinsheim. Aircraft is painted in a former Lufthansa color scheme
and is marked as D-CADE.
48190 (MSN 14006/25451) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG774 Aug 7, 1944. 525 Sqdn RAF Sep 1, 1944.
57th Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1945. 216 GP RAF Middle East Jan 31, 1946. Returned to
USAAF Dec 31, 1946. To Payne Fd
48191 (MSN 14007/25452) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG775 Aug 7, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF
Sep 9, 1944. 147 Sqn RAF 09Sep44. 22 MU RAF 06May46. TI-120 TACA 17Jul46. FLC 23Aug46.
TWA as NC34602 06Nov46. Aeronautical Dev Corp Nov47. Aerovias Tptes SA as XA-GOR Nov47
crashed Cerro Blanco, Mexico 08Oct51. While en route from Mexico City to Minatitlán - Villahermosa, the aircraft
hit the slope of the Cerro Blanco. All 8 onboard killed.
Conflict:
22 MU RAF May 6, 1946. Returned to USAAF Aug 23, 1946. To Philippine civil
registry as PI-C570, RP-C570. W/o Nov 15, 1974 Cerro Blanco. The No.2 prop was feathered when the engine failed
after taking off. The aircraft lost altitude during a 180 degree turn and a forced landing was made
in a rice field. One passenger was killed.
48192 (MSN 14008/25453) delivered to USAAF 24Jul44; delivered to Royal AF 8Aug44 as Dakota III, serial KG776;
Montreal, Canada; No.147 Squadron 20Sep44; registered G-AHLZ 8May46 to UNRRA (United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration); Haroon & Sons Ltd, Pakistan 16Dec47; registration
cancelled 23Dec47; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 23Dec47 as 7309;
To Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) 3Jan49; registered YU-ABI; registered N94480, ntu (1973);
Registered N94437 to Monarch Aircraft Co Feb74, ntu; sale reported (Jun79). To LV-ACF
48193 (MSN 14009/25454) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG777 Aug 1, 1944. 232 Sqdn
RAF Dec 14, 1944. 45th GP RAFTC Canada Feb 28, 1946. WFS. Returned to USAAF Feb 28, 1946.
Converted to C-47E. To CF-DGJ Canadair Ltd Mar 9, 1946. Eldorado Mining and Refining, Toronto, Ontario
May 2, 1946. Eldorado Aviation Ltd Mar 16, 1953. Crashed Fort McMurray Dec 4, 1957.
48194 (MSN 14010/25455) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF as KG778 Aug 8, 1944. 108 OTU RAF Nov 30, 1944.
1382 TCU RAF Apr 29, 1946. 22 MU RAF Jun 26, 1946. To Canadair Ltd Jul 17, 1946
To Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolineas Argentinas (ZONDA) Jul 17, 1946 registered as LV-ACF. To Aerolineas Aeroposta
as LV-ACF. To Lineas Aereas del Estado (Argentinian AF) as LV-ACF,
registered as S-3. To Government of Argentina as LQ-ACF, then
back to LV-ACF, again to Lineas Aereas del Estado (Argentinian AF) as
T-101. WFS Feb 15, 1968
48195 (MSN 14011/25456) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG779 Aug 1, 1944. 45 GP RAF.
DBR when struck on ground at Prestwick by Dakota KG801 (43-48217) May 5, 1944.
48196 (MSN 14012/25457) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG780 Aug 14, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944. 22 MU RAF Dec 2, 1946. To Scottish Aviatin Mar 20, 1947.
Returned to USAAF May 2, 1947. To OO-SBD Apr 26 1947. To F-BHKU Feb 1, 1957. To French AF Oct 31, 1963.
WFU
48197 (MSN 14013/25458) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG781 Aug 3, 1944 Dorval, Montreal 3Aug44.
? 45 Group, Transport Command, Dorval, Montreal; ferried to Prestwick, Scotland.
Returned to USAAF Sep 5, 1944 in exchange for aircraft with glider pick-up gear. 8th AF Sep 5, 1944.
Eighth Air Force 5Sep44. Ninth Air Force 11Oct44. 72nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Aldermaston (Station 467). Mid-air collision with C-47A
? 43-16031 fifty miles east of Aldermaston 10Nov44. Crash landed at Aldermaston 1Mar45. Salvaged 21May46.
48198 (MSN 14014/25459) delivered to USAAF 24Jul44; delivered to Royal AF in UK 1Aug44 as Dakota III,
serial KG782; Montreal, Canada; Bomber Command Communications Squadron, Westcott,
Bucks 28Aug44; personal aircraft for Air Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris;
Used by King George VI to visit Field Marshal Montgomery at Eindhoven, Netherlands
11Oct44; flown with the King and Monty to Maelsbrok, Brussels 13Oct44;
No. 108 Operational Training Unit 6Jun46; Returned to USAAF Apr 12, 1948;
Registered to R. M. Hayes as G-ALBG 8Jun48, cancelled
11May49 as sold abroad; Registered 5T-MAA; to French AF as 48198. To Mauritanian AF as 48198.
Registered F-BNPT 29Jul66, cancelled 11Feb71 as sold abroad; Registered 9Q-CSN Feb 1971
48199 (MSN 14015/25460) delivered to USAAF 24Jul44; delivered to Royal AF 10Aug44 as Dakota III,
serial KG783 at Dorval, Montreal; No.147 Squadron 9Sep44; No.22 Maintenance Unit,
Silloth 10Sep46; Returned to USAAF Dec 10, 1946. Foreign Liquidation Commission 10Dec46; Tt Air Transport Charter
(CI) Ltd, named "St Helier"; Registered G-AJBH 18Jan47; Lamberts Trust Ltd 17Mar50;
cancelled 17Oct52 on sale to French Government; French AF / Armée de l'Air
as 43-48199; Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal
1Nov52, radio call sign F-RAVQ; Groupe de Liaison Aérienne Ministérielles 1/60,
radio call sign F-RAFG; Escadrille de Liaison Aérienne 56, Evreux, France May54,
radio call sign F-SCOA; Groupement Aérien Mixte Outre-Mer 50, Ivato, Madagascar Jun63,
radio call sign F-SCIG; Stored Chateaudun 1971; Registered F-BTDD Apr 1973; Yugoslav Air
Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 14Apr73 as 71253; 679th Transport
Squadron, Pleša, Zagreb; WFU; Preserved and on display at the World War II Memorial,
Otok, Metlika, Slovenia 1984; Repainted in Royal AF colours 1986
48200 (MSN 14016/25461) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG784 via RAF Nassau
ACSEA Aug 31, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF, 672 Sqdn RAF, 52 Sqdn RAF. 45 GP Aug 6, 1944.
45 Gp Aug 7, 1944. Ditched off Brazilian coast during delivery flight Aug 14, 1944 after both engines
failed.
48201 (MSN 14017/25462) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG785 via RAF Nassau Aug 5, 1944.
ACSEA Aug 31, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. Sold to Indian government Jan 30, 1947
48202 (MSN 14018/25463) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG786 via RAF Nassau Aug 7, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 1, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 1334 TSCU RAF Baroda. Returned to USAAF Jan 30, 1947.
To VT-CMZ Jul 25, 1947
48203 (MSN 14019/25464) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG787 via RAF Nassau Aug 8, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 31, 1944. 1334 TCU RAF. Returned to USAAF Dec 21, 1946. To VP-CAS Feb 17, 1947,
to CY-ACG May 1, 1951, to 4R-ACG Dec 1, 1953. To Sri Lanka AF as CR-821
Cancelled by 1970. [VP-C and CY-A are both Ceylon; 4R- is Sri Lanka]. Preserved at Sri Lanka AF Museum,
Ratmalana, Sir Lanka
48204 (MSN 14020/25465) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG788 via RAF Nassau Aug 9, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 30, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. SOC May 30, 1946
48205 (MSN 14021/25466) to USAAF Jul 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG789 via RAF Nassau Aug 6, 1944.
436 SWqdn RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF. Crash landed 25 mi NW of Gusau, Nigeria Aug 19, 1944 after running out of fuel
in bad weather during delivery flight.
48206 (MSN 14022/25467) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG790 via RAF Nassau Aug 8, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 1, 1944. Returned to USAAF Sep 26, 1946. TO G-AIBG. To VT-CGA Sep 9, 1946
48207 (MSN 14023/25468) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG791 via RAF Montreal Aug 6, 1944.
435 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Sep 26, 1946. To VT-CCD Sep 16, 1946. W/o at Ahmedabad, India May 18, 1956
48208 (MSN 14024/25469) to USAAF Jul 15, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG792 via RAF Nassau Aug 7, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 1, 1944. DBR when struck motorcycle on landing and undercarriage leg collapsed, Tulihal, India
Jan 17, 1945
48209 (MSN 14025/25470) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG793 via RAF Nassau Aug 7, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 1, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. SOC Apr 26, 1945
48210 (MSN 14026/25471) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG794 via RAF Nassau Aug 5, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Aug 29, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 436 Sqdn RAF. Sold to Indian
government Jan 30, 1947. To VT-CVC Jul 1948 ; To 9N-RF2 Nepal Royal Flight in 1957; To N64793 Philip J Murray,
Honolulu, C of R 21 Jul 21, 1977; cancelled USCAR 19 April 1979. To Ethiopia as EE-AHG May 1979. WFU
48211 (MSN 14027/25472) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota III KG795 via RAF Nassau Aug 7, 1944.
ACSEA Aug 16, 1944. 215 Sqdn RAF 1945. Sold to Indian government Jan 30, 1947
48212 (MSN 14028/25473) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. to RAF in UK as Dakota III KG796 Aug 10, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF
Sep 9, 1944. Damaged during air raid, Evere, Belgium Jan 1, 1945. SOC Apr 25, 1945. To instrumental
aircraft 6507M 1 TCU 28 Jan 1948 Aldershot
48213 (MSN 14029/25474) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG797 Aug 11, 1944. Returned to USAAF
Sep 5, 1944 in exchange for aircraft with glider pick up gear. To Vietnam AF
48214 (MSN 14030/25475) to USAAF Jul 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG798 Aug 10 1944.
Crashed Windsor, Ontario Aug 10, 1944. Repaired and delivered to UK Feb 13, 1945. ACSEA RAF Apr 18, 1946.
RAF India Jun 27, 1946. Sold to Indian government Jan 30, 1947. To VT-CCB Sep 16, 1946,
to VP-CAR Feb 17, 1947, to VT-CLR May 1947, to VP-CAR Nov 24, 1947, to CY-ACF "Sita Devi" of Air
Ceylon May 1, 1951, to 4R-ACF SDec 1, 1953, to 6V-ACA Dec 1969, to CR-GBS 1975 [VP-C and CY-A
are both Ceylon; 4R- is Sri Lanka].
48215 (MSN 14031/25476) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG799 Aug 14, 1944. 1680 Flt RAF
Sep 11, 1944. Flew into hill at Faucogney 24 mi S of Epinal, France in bad weather Feb 23, 1946.
48216 (MSN 14032/25477) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG800 Aug 8, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF
Sep 9, 1944. Destroyed in air raid at Evere, Belgium Jan 1, 1945.
48217 (MSN 14033/25478) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG801 Aug 1, 1944. 45 GP RAF. DBR when engine
failed on takeoff, swung, and struck Dakota KG778 (43-48195) at Prestwick Aug 5, 1944.
48218 (MSN 14034/25479) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG802 Aug 8, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944,
22 MU RAF May 8, 1946. Sold May 16, 1946 and became PH-TCR. W/o at Kstrup, Denmark Jan 26, 1947.
48219 (MSN 14035/25480) delivered to USAAF 27Jul44; delivered to Royal AF 18Aug44 as Dakota III, serial KG803;
Montreal, Canada; No.147 Squadron 9Sep44; To BOAC Apr 28, 1946. Registered G-AHLX 8May46 to
UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration); Haroon & Sons Ltd,
Pakistan 16Dec47; registration cancelled 23Dec47; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 23Dec47 as 7308; Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) 9Jul48;
Registered YU-ABG; WFU 16Apr66; Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, Sur?in, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; Museum of Aviation, Belgrade, Serbia; stored [Aug06]
48220 (MSN 14036/25481) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG804 Aug 12, 1944. Returned to USAAF Sep 5, 1944
in exchange for aircraft with glider pick up gear. 8th AF Sep 5, 1944. 9th AF Oct 11, 1944. European
Wing ATC Oct 14, 1944. USA Oct5 14, 1945. To RFC Nov 8, 1945. To TI-73 Mov 1945. To YS-32 1946.
To C-0211 May 1947. To Spanish AF as T.3-30
48221 (MSN 14037/25482) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG805 Aug 15, 1944. Returned to USAAF Sep 5, 1944
in exchange for aircraft with flider pick up gear. 89th AF Sep 5, 1944. 9th AF 1944. To USA Jun 29, 1945.
To RFC Nov 27, 1945. To civil registry as N64784 W. Parker, barlesville, OK for Phillips Petroleum Jan 12, 1946.
Philip K Wrigley, Chicago, IL 15Apr46. VT-COI IndamerCO US R23Aug47. Crashed Khitha, Bhutan 25Nov50
Repaired Wm Wrigley (Exec) 1977 Naval Aviation Museum Foundn, Pensacola, FL US R07Jun78
Galaxy Aviation Corp, Oklahoma City, OK US R29Jul 1980 (Also
To Cleveland Detroit Flying Service Llc, Solvang, California on September 5, 2018.
48222 (MSN 14038/25483) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG806 Aug 9, 1944. 147 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1944.
22 MU RAF Sep 2, 1945. Returned to USAAF Feb 4, 1947. To G-AJLX Scottish Aviation Ltd Mar 31, 1947.
to VT-DDK Apr 6, 1950. To N9973 F. To N130A. To N139WQ. To N20W. To N2724R Aug 1968.
To CF-PFOL Oct 23, 1972. W/o Nov 17 1972 at St Johns, Canada
48223 (MSN 14039/25484) To USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG807 Aug 29, 1944. RAF record card says
to BOAC as G-AGKC, but this was 43-48330. Returned to USAAF Sep 5, 1944. Eighth Air Force 5Sep44.
Ninth Air Force 11Oct44. European Division, Air Transport Command 13Oct44. 1403rd Base Unit,
Air Transport Command, Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland. The aircraft took off from Prestwick,
Scotland on a flight to Paris-Orly, France transporting Press, US Navy and USO civilian passengers.
It crashed with the right engine and wing on fire, hit a small hill which broke off the right wing and
destroyed by fire between Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Vallangoujard, France 3Mar45 [16KIS].
48224 (MSN 14040/25485) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota III KG808 Aug 7, 1944.
525 Sqdn RAF Sep 27, 1944. 78 Sqdn RF Jun 19, 1945. 512 Sqdn RAF Sep 8, 1945. 437 Sqdn RAF
Mar 31, 1946. To RCAF Apr 22, 1946 as KG808. Renumbered 12947 in 1970. To CF-BKY Maritime
Aircraft Overhaul and Repair, Ltd, Moncton, New Brunswick Jan 11, 1972.
To N74139 L Oberturf, Mena AK 1972. Zoom Zoom Air Inc Mar 14, 1973. Reregistered N100ZZ Air
Charter West leased Dec 1975. Leased Trans West Jun 1978.
48225 (MSN 14041/25486) to USAAF Jul 26, 1944. To RAF In UK as Dakota III KG809 Aug 210, 1944. Returned to
USAAF Oct 11, 1944 in exchange for aircraft with glider pick-up gear. 9th AF Oct 11, 1944.
This plane flew in the Market Garden Operation with 83rd Squadron, 437th Troop
Carrier Group, 53rd Wing, IX Troop Carrier Command, AAF on both
Sept. 18 (glider tow) and Sept. 20 (resupply) with the same crew.
So the Oct. 11th date may not be correct. WFS Mar 28, 1946.
48226 (MSN 14042/25487) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 01Aug44. Salvaged 25Jul46
48227 (MSN 14043/24588) to USAAF 26Jul44. Pac ATC 01Aug44. Salvaged 15Nov45
48228 (MSN 14044/25489) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 02Aug44. Flown with Australian radio c/s VHPAG. WFS
to Netherlands Navy as Q-7, later W-7. To Indonesian AF as TNI-AU T-482. WFS. Preserved at Bitung, Indonesia
48229 (MSN 14045/25490) to USAAF 26Jul44. Pac ATC 03Dec44. To Philippine AF 23Jul46
48230 (MSN 14046/25491) to USAAF 29Jul44. Pac ATC 03Aug44. VH-AIH Qantas 07Dec45. R11Jan46. VH-EBH Rr 04Jul49 .
To Thai AF as L2-15/96. SOC Jan 15, 1957
48231 (MSN 14047/25492) to USAAF 27Jul44. W/o Sep 21, 1944 Oploo, Holland (shot down by Fw 190)
Also reported Pac ATC 01Aug44. Salvaged 30Sep44
48232 (MSN 14048/25493) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 31Jul44. Salvaged Oct 11, 1944 near Wewak, PNG.
48233 (MSN 14049/25494) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 05Aug44. Salvaged 25Jul46
48234 (MSN 14050/25495) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 31Jul44. FLC. To VH-DMV named “Daniel Veywith” Australian Department of Civil Aviation in October
1947, re-registered as VH-CAO in February 1951 and then to VH-BAB with Brain and Brown Cargo of Melbourne Mar 10, 1962.
BBA Cargo Jan72 Malcolm Long, Chewing Gum Fld. To the Aviation Museum, Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia
Jul 21, 1979. WFU Jul 23, 1979. Noted 1988 at Air World, Wangaratta, Australia, painted in USAAF WWII colors as '348234' c
code X6A. Fuselage noted at Caboolture in March 2018 awaiting restoration
48235 (MSN 14051/25496) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 01Aug44 FLC 01Jun46, to NEIAF as DT-964 Jun 1, 1946,
flown with Australian radio callsign VHRER. Reserialled as T-464 Jul47. To PK-RER. To Indonesian AF as
TNI-AU T-464. WFU
48236 (MSN 14052/25497) to USAAF Jul 27, 1944. PAC ATC Jul 31, 1944. On Sep 26, 1944,the aircraft was damaged (DBR)
in a crash-landing Anua (Bellona Island) Airport (BNY), Solomon Islands.
48237 (MSN 14053/25498) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 31Jul44. W/o Mar 20, 1945 in takeoff accident at Hollandia, PNG
48238 (MSN 14054/25499) to USAAF 27Jul44. Pac ATC 05Aug44. Salvaged 23Jul47
48239 (MSN 14055/25500) to USAAF 28Jul44. Pac ATC 02Aug44. Salvaged 31May47
48240 (MSN 14056/25501) to USAAF 27Jul44. To Fuerza Aerea Colombia as 650 Sep 20, 1944.
Later rebuilt as AC-47 FAC 1650. FAC-1650 w/o 30 Aug 1988 when went missing between Villavicencio & Neiva
8 killed.
42241 (MSN 14057/25502) to USAAF 27Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card. USAF 7227th CS Gp 0-48241 Jun64.
Struck off charge on Jun 3, 1964 under the Military Aid Program
48242 (MSN 14058/25503) to USAAF 28Jul44. 9th AF 31Aug44. W/o Nov 3, 1944 in forced landing at Gweek, UK
48243 (MSN 14059/25504) to USAAF 28Jul44. 9th AF 01Sep44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. Salvaged 02Jul48
48244 (MSN 14060/25505) to USAAF 28Jul44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. 7100 MS USAF "0-8244". Stored Davis Monthan 1962.
To US civil registry as N73860. To Spanish AF as T.3-51 Mar 23, 1962. "371-51", "461-51", "744-51".
To G-BFHB Nov 23, 1977 with Warbirds of Great Britain. Cancelled Aug 23, 1978 on export to Yemen.
48245 (MSN 14061/25506) Delivered to USAAF Jul 28, 1944. 86th Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport
Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th
Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44;
equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå
Dec44. Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
To MASDC Sep 2, 1968. Scrapped May 1972.
48246 (MSN 14062/25507) to USAAF 28Jul44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. USAF. W/o Dec 31, 1953 Nome AFB, AK
48247 (MSN 14063/25508) Delivered to USAAF 28Jul44. Ninth Air Force 1Sep44. 86th Transport
Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44.
Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366)
Dec44; equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44.
Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied
Norway. Named ‘Vandra Min Vag’ [Going My Way]. Damaged in mid-air collision at Luleå 1Jul45.
Later to Royal Norwegian AF as BW-3 from 1950 until 1974. Registered as N62101 with Shawnee
Airlines Aug 28, 1974. Current 2011
48248 (MSN 14064/25509) Delivered to USAAF 28Jul44. Ninth Air Force 31Aug44. 321st
Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54),
Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport
Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44; equipped for operations in artic conditions.
Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to
Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44. Used for special missions by Colonel
Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
SOC at Athens May 9, 1968. Became N21669; converted to Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no 10).
Became N845S. Now registered as N272ZZ owned by Big Flats LLC of Durham, NC.
48249 (MSN 14065/25510) to USAAF 29Jul44. 9th AF 30Aug44. Salvaged 04Jun46
48250 (MSN 14066/25511) Delivered to USAAF 28Jul44. Ninth Air Force 31Aug44. 312th Transport
Squadron [PZ], 27th Air Transport Group Jun 12, 1946.
To Finnish Airlines (Aero OY) as OH-LCC Jan 29, 1947. Crashed at night in woods on village of Koivulahti,
Finland Jan 3, 1961 10.5 km from Vaasa runway. 25 killed. Crashed into woods while attempting to land.
Both pilots tested positive for alcohol. In addition, the pilot did not have enough sleep the night before
and was not considered to be in satisfactory mental and physical condition to undertake the flight.
48251 (MSN 14067/25512) Delivered to USAAF Jul 28, 1944. 321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport
Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th
Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44;
equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to Bromma,
Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Lulea Dec44. Used for
special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
To Islamic Republic of Iran AF, probably as 5-12. Ultimate fate obscure.
48252 (MSN 14068/25513) Delivered to USAAF 28Jul44. Ninth Air Force 30Aug44.
321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing,
Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European
Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44; equipped for
operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to Bromma,
Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44.
Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
To Turkish AF in 1948/49 registered as 6041 (coded CBK-41). DBR and w/o at Eskisehir Airport
Aug 1, 1994.
48253 (MSN 14069/25514) to USAAF 28Jul44. 9th AF 30Aug44. 8th AF. DBR and WFU as destroyed Mar 11, 1945.
48254 (MSN 14070/25515) to USAAF 29Jul44. 9th AF 31Aug44. Neth/Belgium. FLC 21Jan47. To OH-LCF of Finnish
Airlines (Aero O/Y, "Kyytipolka") Feb 4, 1947. To Finnish AF as DO-4 Feb 27, 1960. Loaned from Finnish AF
for filming of "A Bridge Too Far".
To Keski-Suomen Museum Tikkakoski, Finland as DO-4 May 27, 1982
48255 (MSN 14071/25516) to USAAF 29Jul44?. 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card. 21 FBW Feb52
USAF "0-348255" 20 TFW Weathersfield May60. With 20th Tactical Fighter Wing in 1964
and struck off charge on Jun 2, 1964.
48256 (MSN 14072/25517) to USAAF 29Jul44. 9th AF 30Aug44. Germany 01Jan48
Crashed into hill near Wiesbaden, West Germany Jul 8, 1948.
48257 (MSN 14073/25518) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 30Aug44? no card "8257" UN Apr51
USAF "04-8257 7100 M&S Wiesbaden. To MASDC. To Air International Corporation (for MAP) May 7, 1964
48258 (MSN 14074/25519) to USAAF 29Jul44 9th AF as "Lady Helen" Aug 30, 1944. Caught fire when
washed down with gasoline and half of right wing burned down at Poltava, Russia Apr 30, 1945.
48259 (MSN 14075/25520) to USAAF 29Jul44. 9th AF 31Aug44. 8th AF. Salvaged 27Sep44
48260 (MSN 14076/25521) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? Damaged in ground accident at Orly Dec 9, 1946.
no card. USAF "0-48260" 47 BW. Stored Davis Monthan Aug61. N87651 Aero American Aircraft Parts Corp,
Tucson, AZ US Dec69. Flightways. WFS 1961.
48261 (MSN 14077/25522) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card, USAF " 0-48261"
JUSMAG 9206th Sq Athens. To Portuguese AF as FAP 6166 Jun 1961. In 1975 to
Guinea-Bissau AF, probably registered as CR-GBR. WFU 1975.
48262 (MSN 14078/25523) Delivered to USAAF 29Jul44. 321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air
Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44.
Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command,
Metfield (Station 366) Dec44; equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried
to Leuchars, Scotland then on to Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax
Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44. Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt
Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
On 01/10/46 while assigned to 323TCS/51TCW damaged in a takeoff accident at
Ciampino AAF, Italy. Salvaged Feb 19, 1947.
43-48263/48562 Douglas C-47B-1-DK
MSN 25524/25823 (originally allocated MSN 14079/14378)
48263 (MSN 14079/25524) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron [W7*B; Nose #21],
316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to
Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion
paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To AC-47D. To Royal Lao A F 24 Dec 1969
48264 (MSN 14080/25525) to USAAF Jul 29, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 17249 Aug 15, 1944.
48265 (MSN 22526) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card. USAF. Nl11BC Dept of Health, Education & Welfare,
Belleville Area Coll, Belleville, IL 06Jul70 R26Aug70. Air Sales Inc, Miami, FL US 26Mar79
Skytrain Aviation Inc, Laredo, TX US R13Feb80. XA-KAF Rr 01Aug80 NTU.
1st National Bank of San Antonio R01Dec81. NlllBC Bronco Communications Inc Miami, FL US RJul82
TI-AQL Inversiones Aerotecnologicios SA, 06Mar82, NTU. Bronco Communications Inc. Current 2011
48266 (MSN 14082/25527) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card. Loaned to RAF, no RAF serial allocated.
1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with
additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported
paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone
at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
USAF converted to VC-47D Sep54. To N10005 Dept of Health Education & Welfare 16Apr71. To Hillsborough County
Health Dept, Tampa, FL US R2IJan 72. Substantially damaged at Walworth, Wi Aug 3, 2008. W/O Walworth, WI 31Aug08
48267 (MSN 14083/25528) to USAAF 29Jul44? 9th AF? 31Aug44? no card. USAF C-47D Mar51.
To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) reg 348257, for service in French Indo China.
Written off (DBR) Mar 27, 1954 by artillery fire while under repair at Dien Bien Phu-Gialam Airport (DIN)
Vietnam. French Indo China.
48268 (MSN 14084/25529) Delivered to USAAF 29Jul44. Twelfth Air Force 17Sep44. 16th Troop Carrier
Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Istres-le-Tubé (Y-17), France. The
aircraft departed Istres-le-Tubé on a supply flight to Luxeuil (Y-8), France 24Sep44.
Shot down by flak and crashed behind German lines near Champagney, 12km NW of Belfort,
France [4POW]. Condemned 30Sep44. MACR 8946
48269 (MSN 14085/25530) Delivered to USAAF Jul44. 75th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Damaged taxying at
Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France 23Dec44. 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb
Group, Eighth Air Force, Harrington (Station 179). Used for ‘Carpetbagger’ operations.
To MASDC. To Air International Corporation Mar 26, 1965, MAP for Dominican Republic.
48270 (MSN 14086/25531) to USAAF 9Jul44? 12th AF Italy? 17Sep44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan 1962
To US civil registry as N86435. To Spanish AF as T.3-30 Oct 6, 1961. W/o Nov 5, 1975.
48271 (MSN 14087/25532) to USAAF 29Jul44? 12th AF Italy? 17Sep44? no card. USAF.
Ground accident on 12 Nov 1953 at Santa Ana A/p, Azores 160SMS. Reportedly w/o Dec 15, 1959.
48272 (MSN 14088/25533) to USAAF 28Jul44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. W/o 29 Oct 1944 in crash at Maupertuis Landing
Ground, France. Salvaged 08Nov44
48273 (MSN 14089/25534) to USAAF 28Jul44? European Wing ATC? 10Oct44? no card. USAF. To MASDC Aug 29, 1960.
N87652 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US Dec66. Fuselage stored 1969. Flightways Corp, Philadelphia, PA US 1975
Philadelphia Aviation Jan75. Summit Airlines 1976. SS AiW, Kansas City, KS US R16Oct78
Atkins Aviation Inc, McAllen, TX US. C. E. Foreman, Rockport, TX US ROct81. Atkins Aviation Inc., McAllen, TX US RSep83
To N512AC Apr84 WFS 29Mar91. After N512AC to Mexican AF as ETM-6048
48274 (MSN 14090/25535) to USAAF 31Jul44. European Wing ATC 09Oct44. Returned to US 12Aug47.
Damaged on 29 May 1949, Engine failure, at Brookley AFB, AL. Scrapped 20Jul50
48275 (MSN 14091/25536) to USAAF 31Jul44? ATC? 09Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-48275"
To Uruguayan AF as 510 Nov 1970, to CX-BJG Nov 9, 1970. Preserved at Carrasco
48276 (MSN 14092/25537) to USAAF 31Jul44? ATC? 09Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
N6870C Atlas Aircraft Corp. Crashed into Connecticut River between
Holyoke and South Hadley, MA Nov 4, 1955. 4 killed, 4 survived.
Carburetor icing and engine failure listed as primary cause.
Aircraft raised from river Nov 9, 1955 and became N6870C Dec 1956.
Also listed as assigned to Westover AFB Base Flight October 1955-April 1957.
48277 (MSN 14093/25538) to USAAF 31Jul44. ATC US 04Aug44. Ground accident on 2 Jan 1946 at Love Fd, Dallas, TX
Landing accident on 2 Apr 1947 at Mingan AAF, Canada. Scrapped 21Jul48
48278 (MSN 14094/25539) to USAAF 31Jul44. French Morocco. To French AF as AdlA 348278 05Sep44. GR11lS Sep44
GT1/61 "FRANA" Sep48. GT2/64 Sep51 GT1161 Nov54. GTl/62 "FRAXW" Apr55. GLA 49 "FSCHW" Feb56. GLA 48 Oct57.
CIEES 343 "FSDKA" May62. BE 702 Dec63. GE 316 "FTEFN" Jun65. B/U 10Jun70 Chateaudunt
48279 (MSN 14095/25540) Delivered to USAAF 31Jul44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. To French AF as AdlA 348279 05Sep44
GT1/15 05Sep44. GT1/61 Jan48. GT1/25 "FRASH" Sep51. GT2/64 "FRBFR" GT2/63 Jun54. CIET 340 Nov55.
ELA 56 Oct56. GSRA 78 Oct62. CIEES 343 "FSDKF" Feb63. GTLA 2/60 Jan67 to Aug68.
To Mali AF as FARMa TZ343 08May69. To civil registry as F-RASH F-RBFR F-SKDF TZ343
48280 (MSN 14096/25541) to USAAF 31JuI44. 12th AF 07Sep44. To French AF as AdlA 348280 30Sep44
GT11l5 30Sep44. GTl/61 1947. GT2/64 May49. GTl/64 Jul54. GLAM Ji60May56-GTLA2/60 Jan64 to JuI68-
To Niger AF as NiAF 5UMAC 08May69. Air Burundi. To 9U-BAE. WFU
48281 (MSN 14097/25542) to USAAF 31Jul44. To French AF as AdlA 348281 23Sep44. GT115 23Sep44. GT2/61
OR US GT2/64 "281" crashed in Indochina 22Jul48
48282 (MSN 14098/25543) to USAAF 31Jul44. To French AF as AdlA 348282 06Sep44. GT1115 06Sep44. GTl/61 Apr46
GTl/64 Jun54. GT2/61 "FRAOA" Apr55 GTl/62 Jun55. GT3/62 "FRASS" Apr56. GT1I64 FRAKE" Jun58. ESRA 77 Jul59
GLA 49 "FSCHX" Oct49. GAMON 50 Jan63. B/U Dec69. WFS Dec69
48283 (MSN 14099/25544) to USAAF 31Jul44. To French AF as AdlA 348283 06Sep44. GT1115 06Sep44. GTl/61 "FRAME" 1950
GT2/64 "FRBFD". W/O 22Jun49
48284 (MSN 14100/25545) to USAAF 31Jul44. To French AF as AdlA 348284 05Sep44. GTl/15 05Sep44. GTl/61 "FRAMK" Mar48.
GT1I61 May54. GTl/62 "FRAXY" Mar55. GT3/62 "FRASY/SE" Apr56. BE 702 Oct58. GAMON 50 "FSCIF" Apr59"
ELA 56 "FSCOF" Jun62. GLA 49 Aug63. To Gabon AF as AdlAG TRKBB 31Mar65
48285 (MSN 14101/25546) delivered to USAAF 31Jul44; Armée de l'Air / French AF Sep 5, 1944 as 43-48285; Groupe
de Transport 1/15 “Touraine”, Orleans 5Sep44; Groupe de Transport 1/61 “Touraine”, Orleans
1951, radio call sign F-RAML; Groupe de Transport 2/64 “Anjou” 1954, radio call sign F-RBFI;
Groupe de Transport 1/61 “Touraine”, Orleans May54, radio call sign F-RAMB; Centre d'Instruction
des Equipages de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal Mar55; Groupe de Transport 4/61, Orleans Jan56;
Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal Mar56; Groupe de
Liaison Aérienne 49, Brazzaville, Congo Jul56, radio call sign F-SCHN; Groupe Saharien de
Reconnaissance et d'Appui 76 El Aouina, Tunis, Tunisia Nov59; Groupe de Liaison Aérienne 45,
Boufarik, Algiers, Algeria Feb63; Groupement Aérien Mixte Outre-Mer 50, Ivato, Madagascar Jun64,
radio call sign F-SCIN; Stored Châteaudun 1971; Registered F-BTDE; Yugoslav Air
Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 27Dec72 as 71254; Obrazovni Centar
Zra?nog Saobra?aja (Air Traffic Education Center, OCZS) Zagreb; Registered YU-ABV 2Aug79,
cancelled 2Oct79; Registered as N8071Y to Atlas Aircraft Corporation, Miami, FL 5Nov79,
cancelled 2Oct80 on export to West Germany; Stored Munich, West Germany; Registered
TN-ADT Jun81 [fake registration]; South African AF 12Apr80 as 6880 (2);
No. 44 Squadron, Swartkop; converted by Dodson to C-47TP with turboprop engines
for the SAAF Aug95; No.35 Squadron, Cape Town; [one of several ‘sanction-busting’
acquisitions, it was the second use of serial 6880 (for obvious reasons), replacing
msn 9948 which had been sold]; Dodson International Parts Inc of Wonderboom, South Africa;
Registered N330RD 14Apr00, cancelled 20Jan09 on export to South Africa;
May have been registered ZS-OJL; Kivu Air, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dec00; Registered 9U-BHL; Dodson International Parts SA, Wonderboom, South Africa;
Registered ZS-OJM 14Feb01; Reregistered N330RD 15Apr03; Reregistered ZS-OJM 1Sep03;
United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS); Comité international de la
Croix-Rouge (CICR) / International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Aliansa, Colombia;
Registered HK-5016.
On 8 April 2022, a DC-3-65TP Turbo Dakota of ALIANSA Colombia (HK-5016, msn 25546/14101),
suffered a runway excursion after landing at San Felipe Airport, Colombia.
There were no injuries among the six people onboard, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
48286 (MSN 14102/25547) to USAAF 31Jul44. To French AF as AdlA 348286 05Sep44. GTlll5 05Sep44. F-BAIJ SGACC Aug45.
To Air France Apr 25, 1946 as F-BAIJ. To Central African RepublicAF as FACA TL-KAD Jun 22, 1966.
To TT-LAD of Chad AF
48287 (MSN 14103/25548) to USAAF 01Aug44. To French AF as AdlA 348287 05Sep44. GTl/15 05Sep44. F-BAIH SGACC Aug45
Air France 05Apr46. TT-EAA Ste Air Tchad Jul66
48288 (MSN 14104/25549) to USAAF 01Aug44. To French AF as AdlA 348288 05Sep44. F-BAIG Air France B Aug45 R28Mar46
Cie Transgabon, Libreville Sep60. TRLKN Rr Nov65. SOACO. WFS Dec75
48289 (MSN 14105/25550) to USAAF 01Aug44. To French AF as AdlA 348289 05Sep44. GTlI15 05Sep44. F-BAII Air France Aug45
R09Apr46. Crashed at Poitiers, France 30Apr59
48290 (MSN 14106/25551) delivered to USAAF 1Aug44; departed US 23Aug44; 12th AF, French
Morocco 5Sep44; intended for French AF but probably not delivered; fate not known
48291 (MSN 14107/25552) to USAAF 01Aug44. To French AF as AdlA 348291 05Sep44. GTl/15 05Sep44. GTl/61 Apr46 to Nov47.
GT2/64 "FRBFK" Sep49. GTl/61 "FRAMB" Aug51. GT3/62 Jun54. GTl/61 Nov54. GTII62 "FRAXI" Jan55.
GLA 49 "FSCHU" Feb56. GLA 45 Nov59. GLA 49 Feb64. To Chadian AF as 25552/TT-LAB and w/o Jan 6, 1984.
48292 (MSN 14108/25553) to USAAF 01Aug44. To French AF as AdlA 348292 05Sep44. GTl/15 05Sep44. GTl/61 "FRAMI" Apr46.
GLAM 1160 "FRAFH" 1952. GLA 49 "FSCHV" Oct59. GOM 88 Jan64. GTLA 2/60 Aug68.
To Gabon AF as AdlAG TR-KDB OR US AdlAG TR-KCK 16Dec69. WFU
48293 (MSN 14109/25554) Delivered to USAAF Aug 1, 1944. 44th Troop Carrier Squadron
[6E*X; Nose #042], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489)
Sep44. Transported paratroopers of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division to a drop zone near Overasselt, SW of Nijmegen, Netherlands on
Operation ‘Market’, 17Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and
materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands
on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and
materials for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing
zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44. 37th Troop Carrier
Squadron [W7*F; Nose #25], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Cottesmore (Station 489).
TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion
paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
W/o Feb 23, 1951 (landing in poor weather) at Fornebu A/p,,Oslo-no casualties
48294 (MSN 14110/25555) to USAAF 01Aug44? ATC? 07Aug44? no card. USAF.
Mid-air accident on 26 Jan 1949, 2 miles SW. of Taylor, NE 524FS. Reportedly w/o Nov 1, 1963.
48295 (MSN 14111/25556) to USAAF 01Aug44. ATC 07Aug44. W/o 30 Mar 1949 in crash 5 miles SW of Edgar Springs,
MO. Crew bailed out. Salvaged 31Mar49
48296 (MSN 14112/25557) to USAAF 01Aug44. ATC US 08Aug44. Canal Zone. W/o Oct 10, 1947 in crash 40 mi SSW of Borja, Peru
48297 (MSN 14113/25558) to USAAF 01Aug44? ATC? 08Aug44? no card. USAF. Europe Jun53. US Aug63. Reportedly w/o Feb 23, 1966.
48298 (MSN 14114/25559) to USAAF 01Aug44? ATC? 08Aug44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D.
Struck tree on finals near Charleston, WVa Apr 8, 1951. 21 killed. The aircraft crashed into a wooded area,
8 miles NE of Charlston, after making a final turn to land at Kanawha County Airport. Both wings were sheared
off and the aircraft burst into flames
48299 (MSN 14115/25560) to USAAF 02Aug44. ATC US 08Aug44. W/o Oct 9, 1944, Malden AAF, Missouri
48300 (MSN 14116/25561) to USAAF 02Aug44? ATC US? 08Aug44? no card. USAF. W/o Oct 22, 1958 crashed near
Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA (on approach in fog struck high ground) 6 lost
48301 (MSN 14117/25562) to USAAF 02Aug44. ATC US 05Aug44. South America 03Apr47. Converted to C-47D 1947
US 05Oct49. Japan 15Oct50. Korea 07Jan51. To VC-47D. To Korean AF as RoKAF 348301. Returned to USAAF Sep54
XConverted to AC-47D. To Philippine AF as HHP "Apache Brave" Dec 1977 to Nov 1980. Sold to Manila Aero Transport
Systems, Inc in 1990 as RP-C83.
48302 (MSN 14118/25563) to USAAF 02Aug44? ATC US? 05Aug44? no card. USAF
Ground accident on 1 Jul 1946 at Love Fd, Dallas, TX
48303 (MSN 14119/25564) to USAAF 02Aug44. ATC US 09Aug44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44
W/o Mar 19, 1947 in crash 52 mi E of Aq Qaleh, Iran
48304 (MSN 14120/25565) to USAAF 02Aug44 ATC USA 08Aug44 European Wing ATC 10Oct44 9th AF
Salvaged 26Feb46
48305 (MSN 14121/25566) to USAAF 02Aug44. ATC US 07Aug44.
W/o 8 Sep 1944, near Bergstrom Fd, TX 807BU
48306 (MSN 14122/25567) to USAAF 05Aug44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. To Belgian AF as FABe K-3 09Sep46 "A-CW"
"OTCNA" 09Sep46. MAAG 09Oct52. To French AF as AdlA 348306 May54. GT2/64 May54. GT2/63 Nov54. GT2/62 Jun55.
GTl/64 Oct55. GT4/61 Nov55. GT2/61 Oct56. GTl/64 "FRAKJ" May57. GLA 45 "FSCDA" Jul60. EPAS 325 Sep64
CIEES 343 Dec66. GE 316 Apr68. St Chateaudun 1971. FWSGX Rousseau Aviation 1971. Nl8258 R Korastinsky Jul72
Midwest Air Freighters Apr74. N166E Escort Air Taxi Inc, Akron, OH Apr77. Pinehurst Airlines Inc R23Aug77
Carolina Aircraft Corp, Ft Lauderdale B28Mar80. Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp, Ft Lauderdale, FLRMay80. WFS 14Mar89
48307 (MSN 14123/25568) to USAAF 02Aug44. ATC US 12Aug44. Converted to C-47D 07Jun48. "0-48307". Converted to SC-47D 1961
Stored Davis Monthan 1961. N87653 Aero American Aircraft Parts Corp, Tucson, AZ US Dec69 to Jun77
48308 (MSN 14124/25569) Delivered to USAAF 2Aug44. European Division, Air Transport
Command 8Oct44. North Africa Division, Air Transport Command..1304th Base Unit,
Foreign Service Station Headquarters, India Wing, Air Transport Command, Barrackpore, India.
Missing en route from Rangoon, Burma to Calcutta, India 17May46 [11MIA]. On 10May45 this
C-47 and its crew were sent to Singapore. On 15May they were assigned on temporary duty with
US Army detachment in India, APO 465 for duty with the American Graves Registration
Service (AGRS). On 17May46 the aircraft took off on a flight from Mingaladon airport, Rangoon,
Burma bound for Barrackpore near Calcutta, India. The passengers were members of American
Graves Registration Service (AGRS). Two passengers were en route to a conference and had in
their possession complete information on aircraft crash sites, Japanese executions and isolated
burials obtained after weeks of investigations in Burma, Siam, Malay Straits, Java and Andaman
Islands. In addition, the cargo consisted of twelve cases containing the remains of 37 individuals
from the Rangoon POW prison, plus five unidentified sets of remains exhumed from an isolated
location, (crew members of B-24 "Bugs Bunny" 42-73222). The last contact with the C-47 was over
Akyab Island (Sittwe) and the pilot radioed that he was heading northeast over land en route to
Barrackpore airfield. The plane was never heard from again. The wreckage has not been found.
48309 (MSN 14125/25570) to USAAF 02Aug44? European Wing ATC? Oct44? no card. USAF.
To French AF as AdlA 348309 14May54 (MDAP) Indo-China GTl/64 14May54. WFS 1954
48310 (MSN 14126/25571) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. USAF Europe (Mar51). Converted to VC-47D (Sep54).
MAAG France (Feb61). Royal Moroccan Air Force as 348310, radio callsign CNA-LN. Euroworld Ca Inc, CA.
Registered as N54604. MOD Films, Alameda, CA 14Mar91. Ferried Oakland-Honolulu-Tarawa-Truck-Guam-
Manila-Bangkok. Registration cancelled 29Mar91 on export to France. Used in making of film
DIÊN BIÊN PHU; the film was shot in Vietnam, north of Hanoi, in Xuan Mai. Temporary French
registration F-WZII. Permit issued September 1991 for ferry Da Nang to Manilla. Avia Filipinas
International. Registered RP-C1353. C M Aero Services, Manila 2001. Stored at Manila IAP Mar 2010.
48311 (MSN 14127/25572) to USAAF 02Aug44? European Wing ATC? Oct44? no card. USAF. converted to VC-47D
"0-348311" US Air Attache, London Sep53. Bangkok 1966. To US civil registry as N3149F, To Philippine
civil registry as RP-C10, then RP-C74. WFU at Manila Apr 1996.
48312 (MSN 14128/25573) to USAAF 03Aug44. 12th AF Italy 25Aug44. Neth/Beigium. Exel Inc 09Aug46
I-TRES Transadriateca R14Feb47. ALI 12Sep49. I-LILI LAI "Guido Bottoli" 30Apr52. G-AOUD Transair Ltd 10Aug56
Alares Deveis, t/a Jersey AIL Ltd R05Apr60. BUA(CI) Ltd 01Aug63. Morton Air Svces Ltd 20Nov65. BUIA 01Nov68
N4848 Englert Avn Enterprises Inc, Miami, FL US 02Feb69. Global Orphans Inc, River Forest, IL May69. WFU 1971
48313 (MSN 14129/25574) to USAAF 03Aug44. 12th AF Italy 08Aug44. Lost Jan 23, 1945. MACR 11294
48314 (MSN 14130/25575) to USAAF 03Aug44. 12th AF 11Aug44. Missing 16Sep44
48315 (MSN 14131/25576) to USAAF 30Jul44. Ice Research, Minneapolis. To RFC Dec 25, 1944, Ontario, California
W/o 25 Dec 1945 in crash 4 miles E. of Ontario, CA. Stolen by 2 'non-pilots'. Both killed
48316 (MSN 14132/25577) to USAAF 03Aug44? 12th AF? 11Aug44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-348316"
0-48316 Mar66. MAAG Germany Hahn AFB Oct67. 513 TAW Mildenhall Djakarta, Indonesia. 7350 CSG Sep68. UK Mar71
48317 (MSN 14133/25578) to USAAF 03Aug44. 12th AF Italy 02Sep44. Salvaged 12Jul46
48318 (MSN 14134/25579) to USAAF 03Aug44? 12th AF Italy? 02Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D.
To Portuguese AF as FAP 6161. W/o Jan 8, 1974 when crashed at Vila Cabral, Mozambique.
48319 (MSN 14135/25580) to USAAF 03Aug44? 12th AF Italy? 02Sep44? no card. USAF.
Landing accident on 18 Nov 1944, 6 miles N. of Waterbury, CT. To MASDC 18 Jun 1962,
Departed 29 Sep 1962 to Air Internationa Corp, To MAP 25 Feb 1963
48320 (MSN 14136/25581) to USAAF 10Aug44. ATC US 10Aug44. W/o Feb 19, 1946 in forced landing at Sanborn, NY
48321 (MSN 14137/25582) to USAAF 10Aug44? ATC US? 10Aug44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-48321"
Service with 1141st Special Activities Squadron at Vicenza, Italy and crashed on approach to
Roma-Ciampino, Italy on Jan 9, 1968.
48322 (MSN 14138/25583) to USAAF 10Aug44? ATC US? 10Aug44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D.
To MASDC 17 Apr 1962. WFS 1967
48323 (MSN 14139/25584) to USAAF 10Aug44. ATC US 10Aug44. Salvaged Aug 31, 1947 Rapid City AAF, South Dakota
48324 (MSN 14140/25585) to USAAF Aug 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ801 via RAF Montreal Aug 13, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 17 1944. 46 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Apr 9 1948. Med ME RAF Jul 22, 1948. 78 Sqdn RAF
Sep 9, 1948. 22 MU RAF Mayu 18 1960. Returned to USAF and transferred to Military
Aircraft Assistance Group Apr 5, 1955. To Thai AF as KAT 48324
48325 (MSN 14141/25586) to USAAF Aug 9, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ802 via RAF Montreal Aug 11, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKA Sep 21, 1944. Registration cancelled Feb 1, 1950 on sale to
Aden Airways as VR-AAA. To Arab Airways Jerusalem as TJ-ABO,
to Aden Airways as VR-AAA again. W/o Mar 26, 1965 when
ground looped on landing at Hadibo, (Sootra Island), Yemen.
48326 (MSN 14142/25587) delivered to USAAF 10Aug44; delivered to RAF as Dakota IV, serial KJ803 at Dorval,
Montreal 12Aug44; 2nd Tactical AF Communications Squadron, Melsbroek, Brussels
31Aug44; for use by Air Marshal Coningham, AOC-in-C 2nd Tactical AF;
Destroyed by enemy action, Operation Bodenplatte, at Evere, Brussels, Belgium 1Jan45; SOC 2Jan45.
48327 (MSN 14143/25588) to USAAF Aug 9, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ804 via RAF Montreal Aug 14, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKB Sep 21, 1944. Registration cancelled Jun 2, 1950 on sale to
Varig in Brazil as PP-XEM Jun 2, 1950, later reregistered as PP-VYB Mar 5, 1951. WFS May 29, 1970.
48328 (MSN 14144/25589) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as KJ805 but NTU. To USSR Aug 22, 1944.
48329 (MSN 14145/25590) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KG806 via RAF Montreal Aug 14, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 12, 1944. Overshot landing over bank,
Castle Donington Feb 28, 1945, relegated to ground instructional
airframe with serial 5097M and presumably subsequently scrapped.
48330 (MSN 14146/25591) to USAAF Aug 9, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ807 via RAF Montreal Aug 12, 1944.
To BOAC as G-AGKC Sep 21, 1944.
Registration cancelled Feb 23, 1951 on sale to United Nations. To SILA as F-VNAE Feb 22, 1952.
W/o Oct 17, 1953 at Lai Chau, Indochina
48331 (MSN 14147/25592) to USAAF Aug 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KG808 via RAF Montreal Aug 13, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 13, 1944. 1333 (TS)CU Oct 24, 1946. Med ME RAF May 12, 1948. 216 Sqdn RAF Jul 29, 1948.
78 Sqdn RAF Nov 24, 1949. 8 MU RAF Jun 17, 1950. SOC Jul 10, 1950
48332 (MSN 14148/25593) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KG809 via RF Montral Aug 18, 1944.
Returned to USAAF Aug 21, 1944 in exchange for aircraft with glider pick up gear. 9th AF Oct 11, 1944.
W/o Apr 13, 1945 Wenigen Lupnitz, Germany
48333 (MSN 14149/25594) to USAAF Aug 13, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KG810 via RAF Montreal Aug 22, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 18, 1944. 46 Sqdn RAF Mar 11, 1946. TCEU RAF Oct 3, 1947. North Luffenham RAF Mar 24, 1949.
240 CU RAF Jun 23, 1949. 22 MU RAF May 23, 1950. 267 Sqdn RAF Oct 1, 1954. 52 Sqdn RAF "Charity" 1959
209 Sqdn RAF 1959. Stalled and crashed after taking off with elevators locked, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Jan 26, 1959.
48334 (MSN 14150/25595) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ811 via RAF Montreal Aug 14, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKD Sep 21, 1944. DBR at Malta Dec 23, 1946.
Sep 21, 1944. DBR at Malta Dec 23, 1946.
48335 (MSN 14151/25596) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ812 but NTU. To USSR Aug 22, 1944.
48336 (MSN 15152/25597) to USAAF Aug 13, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ813 via RAF Nassau Aug 15, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 7, 1944. 22 MU RAF Aug 6, 1947. Returned to USAAF Nov 4, 1947. F-ZIMV delivered French AF ex SAL
Apr 1, 1949. To French AF as AdlA 348336 Apr 18, 1949. GT 1/61 "FRAMA" 1951. GT1/25 "FRASA".
GT2/64 May 1954. GTI/61 Nov 1954. GT 11/62 May 1955. GT3/6 Apr 1956. GLA 48 Dec 21958.
3483361 to Senegal AF as AdlAS 62-SAA Mar 17, 1961. WFS 1992
48337 (MSN 14153/25598) to USAAF Aug 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ814 via RAF Nassau Aug 15, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 26, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Feb 5, 1948. Returned to USAF Jun 22, 1948.
USAAF Germany Jun 25, 1948. To Turkish AF as 6022 Dec 9, 1948.
48338 (MSN 14154/25599) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ815 via RAF Nassau Aug 24, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 10, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. RAF UK Dec 31, 1946. Returned to USAF. SOC Feb 26, 1947
48339 (MSN 14155/25600) to USAAF Aug 15, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ816 via RAF Nassau Aug 18, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 10 ,1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF Apr 24, 1947. Sold Nov 11, 1952, registered
G-AMWVwith Lancashire Aircraft Corp Dec 4, 1952. Silver City Airways "City of Lancaster" Oct 28 1957.
BUA Jan 23, 1962. BUIA Nov 1, 1962. Became EI-APB with Air Charter of Ireland Lte tla Hiberian
Airlines May 21, 1966. Emerald Airways Dec 1966, then reverted to G-AMWV Emerald Airways Jun 28, 1967.
Ulster Air Tpe Ltd, Ladergrove tla Air Ulster "Ulster Maid" May 7, 1968. Scrapped Prestwick May 20, 1969
and dismantled at Prestwick May 20, 1969. Remains to fire dump Aug 1971
48340 (MSN 14156/25601) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ817 via RAF Nassau Aug 19, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 15, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 31 Sqdn RAF. Missing near Mt Bongkok, Java Jan 14, 1946.
Presumably broke up in cloud.
48341 (MSN 14157/25602) to USAAF Aug 11. 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ818 via RAF Nassau Aug 17, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 6, 1944. 31 Sqdn RAF. Crashed near Mt Bongkok, Java Jan 14, 1946. SOC Apr 11, 1946
48342 (MSN 14158/25603) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ819 via RAF Nassau Aug 16, 1944.
52 Sqdn RAF. 85 RSU RAF. 228 GP CF RAF India 1946.
W/o Sep 2, 1946 in Barrackpore, India when the aircraft swung off
the runway after a port engine failure, caught fire and burned.
All 18 onboard safe. No suggestion that the aircraft was formally
transferred to Indian AF.
48343 (MSN 25604) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF in India as KG820 via RAF Nassau Aug 17, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Oct 8, 1944. 436 sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. 12 MU RAF Dec 2, 1947. Returned to USAF at
Oberpfaff Jul 6, 1948. NAMA May 1952. Converted to C-478D. 332nd Air Div. 513 TQS. 17u513 ABS
European Air Material Area UK May 1969. To MASDC on retirement on Jun 24, 1971
To civil registry as N31214 with Allied Aircraft. On registry Jan 1980 ownerless.
48344 (MSN 14160/25605) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. to RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ821 via RAF Nassau Aug 15, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 9, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947.
48345 (MSN 14161/25606) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ822 via RAF Nassau Aug 23, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Sep 12, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF. Malaya CS RAF. 22 MU RAF Jul 22, 1947. Returned to USAAF
Jul 19, 1947. To Kearsley Airways Aug 19 1947 as G-AKDT (registration cancelled
Jun 23, 1950), to East Africa Airways as VP-KIF EAAC "Myeba Pioneer" Jun 23, 1950, to Air France as
F-BGOU Jan 12, 1953, leased to Air Djibouti as F-BGOU Apr 1967, returned to Air
France. To Ethiopian Air Lines as ET-ACZ, to Air Comores
as F-OCRR May 18, 1971, again to Air Djibouti as F-OCRR Apr 1972. To Air Senegal
International as 6V-ACZ Feb 1973. Last 1977 to Bissau Airways as
CR-GBL. Parted out and derelict at Bissalanca Airport
at Bissau, Guinea Bissau.
48346 (MSN 14162/25607) to USAAF Aug 13, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ823 via RAF Nassau Aug 16, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 6, 1944. 435 Sqdn. 233 Sqdn RAF. SOC Jun 27, 1946
48347 (MSN 14163/25608) to USAAF Aug 13, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ824 viA RAF Nassau Aug 17, 1944.
ACSEA RAF Oct 18, 1944. 52 Swqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. 215 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Dec 7, 1946.
8 MU RAF Mar 3, 1949. FEAF Nov 19, 1949. 52 Sqdn RAF Jan 3, 1950. 12 MU RAF Sep 17, 1951. 42 Sqdn RAF.
Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group (MAAG) Aug 12, 1952. To Dutch AF in 1952 as ZU-15,
later X-15. To Uruguayan AF in 1961 as 516. Preserved at Carrasco
48348 (MSN 14164/25609) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ825 via RAF Nassau Aug 16, 1944.
Diverted to SAAF Sep 15, 1944 with serial 6843, no RAF service. 5 Wg SAA 21945. 28 Sqdn SAAF "OD-Q" 1946
15 AD SAAF 1954. 28 Sdn SAAF "OD-Q" 1946. MEC SAAF Nov 1972. W/o Sep 21, 1987 at Bloemfontijn, South Africa
48349 (MSN 14165/25610) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ826 via RAF Nassau Aug 15, 1944.
Diverted to SAAF Sep 15, 19044 with serial 6844, no RAF service. 5 Wg SAAF 1945. 28 Sqdn SAAF 1946. 15 AD
SAAF 21954. WFS May 1974. To ZS-OJK Nov 1999. Current 2011.
48350 (MSN 14166/25611) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ827. Diverted to
RCAF Aug 18, 1944 as KG827, no RAF service. Later reserialled 14166. To CF-BYK Superior AIW,
Ft William, Ontario May 1, 1970. To N2922Z Phase II Inc, Chesterfield, MO registered Mar 1982.
Current 2011.
48351 (MSN 14167/25612) to USAAF Aug 1, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ828. Diverted to RCAF
as KJ828 Aug 18, 1944, no RAF service. Renumbered 12948 in Jun 1970. 5 AMU RCAF stored Apr 7, 1971.
To C-GCXD Mar 18, 1976. Current 2011.
Conflict:
321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing,
Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44. Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European Division,
Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366) Dec44; equipped for operations in artic
conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later
flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Lulea Dec44. Used for special missions by
Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
48352 (MSN 14168/25613) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ829 via RAF Montreal Aug 16, 1944.
MAAF Sep 28, 1944. 44 Sqdn SAAF Oct 28, 21945. 512 Sqdn RAF Mar 12, 1946. 525 Sqdn RAF Apr 11, 1946.
238 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RQAF Nov 11, 1947. . Transferred to
Rolls-Royce as G-AOXI Oct 17, 1946 for overseas trials. Became test bed Jun 1, 1949 for Dart turboprop
engine. G-37-2 KJ829 RAF 21957. To G-AOXI Tyne Tees Aviation Eng Ltd registered Apr 24, 1963.
Tyne Tees Airways Oct 22, 1963 used for spares. Usworth Nov 11, 1964. WFS Nov 11, 1964.
48353 (MSN 14169/25614) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. to RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ830 via RAF Montreal Aug 18, 1944.
RAF Middle EAS Aug 31,1 944. 44 Sqdn SAAF Feb 1945. Returned to USAAF Dec 4, 1946
48354 (MSN 14170/25615) to uSAAF Aug 14, 19044. to RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ831 via RAF Montreal Aug 23, 1944.
MAAF Sep 28, 1944. Returned to USAAF May 29, 1947. TO EP-ACK Iranian Airways. To US "Fara"
Mar 1954 N343T. CF-JMS Austin Airways Ltd Jan 24, 1957. CF-DTT Dept of Transport Apr 23, 1959.
Aero Photos 1961 Inc, Ste Foy, Quebec 1977. Tpt Aerien Sept Iles Inc 1978. Transfair Inc Sep 1983.
WFF May 13, 2010.
48355 (MSN 14171/25616) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ832 via RAF Montreal Aug 16, 1944.
? 45 Group, Transport Command, Dorval, Montreal; ferried to Prestwick, Scotland. Returned to USAAF Aug 31, 1944 in exchange for
aircraft with glider pick up gear Sep 14, 1944. Eighth Air Force 5Sep44. 78th Troop Carrier
Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Towed a glider
transporting men and materials for the 101st Airborne Division to a landing zone near Eindhoven,
Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 19Sep44. Hit by flak, the glider was cut loose and the
aircraft crashed at Alphen-Oosterwijk, Alphen, Netherlands [2KIA:3POW]. Salvaged 24Oct44. MACR 9920
48356 (MSN 14172/25617) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ833 via RAF Montreal Aug 16, 1944.
33 MU RAF Sep 5, 1944. Returned to USAAF in UK Sep 14, 1944 in exchange for aircraft with glider
picl up gear. 8th AF Sep 14, 1944. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954. To Eglin AFB in Sep 1965 for
conversion to FC-47 (development aircraft for AC-47). Served with Detachment 3 of the 4th Air Commando
Squadron. Named "The Leper". Shot down and crash landed near Bien Hoa,
South Vietnam Mar 23, 1967. 7 crew survived. To Royal Thai AF as 48356 Oct 1972.
48357 (MSN 14173/25618) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ834 via RAF Montreal Aug 21, 1944.
Returned to USAAF in UK Aug 31, 1944. in exchange for aircraft with glider pick up gear. 8th AF Sep 14, 1944.
9th AF Oct 11, 1944. Salvaged Jun 29, 1945.
48358 (MSN 14174/25619) to USAAF Aug 11, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ835 via RAF Montreal Aug 14, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Oct 31, 1944. Dove into ground near Sileby following engine failure Jan 10, 1945.
48359 (MSN 14175/25620) to USAAF Aug 15, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ836 via RAF Montreal Aug 16, 1944.
West Africa CF Sep 25, 1944. Med Me RAF May 9, 146. West Africa CF RAF Nov 29, 1946.
12 MU RAF Oct 21, 1947. RAE Farnborough RAF 1948. MOS Para Test Unit, Henlow RAF.
Sold Apr 11, 1958, became G-APML with Transair Ltd Apr 17, 1958. Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd
Chalgrove Aug 29, 1958. Dakota 6 Martin Baker eng Ltd Chalgrove Jul 13, 1967. Air Atlantique Jul 6, 1981.
Registration G-APML cancelled Mar 20, 2001 as "withdrawn from use". Rear fuselage noted at North Weald
Jan 2006.
48360 (MSN 14176/25621) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ837 via RAF Montreal Aug 20, 1944.
RAF UK Aug 29, 1944. West Africa CF RAF Sep Sep 26, 1944. RAF UK Jul 11, 1945. 24 Sqdn RAF Feb 18, 1946.
46 Sqdn RAF Aug 7, 1946. 22 MU RAF Nov 10, 1947. Returned to USAF
Aug 23, 1948. To Turkish AF as 6055
48361 (MSN 14177/25622) to USAAF Aug 13, 1944. to RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ838 via RAF Montreal Aug 13, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 20, 1944. 1333 (TS)CU RAF Oct 24, 1946. 1382 CU RaF. 240 OCU RAF Jan 5, 1948.
8 MU RAF Oct 3, 1950. Sold Jan 30, 1952,
registered G-AMNW with BEA "Sir Frank Searle" Jan 16, 1952 (date conflict?). E Anglian Fig Service
May 28, 2962. Channel Airways Nov 1962. WFU at Southend Feb 14, 1966 and broken up Jan 1970.
48362 (MSN 14178/25623) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944. To RAF in UK as KJ839 via RAF Montreal Aug 27, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 17, 1944. 1382 (T)CU RAF. Transferred to Armstrong-Siddeley Jun 1, 1949,
became testbed for Mamba turboprop engine. G-APNK Skyways Ltd registered Jun 4, 1958 but NTU. Salmesbury
Eng Ltd Oct 27, 1958. VP-BAB Skyways Ltd delivered Dec 5, 1958. BP-BBM Bahamas Airways Dec 4, 1959.
VP-LIX Seagreen Caribbean Ltd tla Seagreen Air Tpt registered Sep 1, 1968. N4797H Paterson Aircraft Corp,
Miami, FL, registered Mar 1984. Current 2011.
48363 (MSN 14179/25624) to USAAF Aug 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17250 Aug 1944
48364 (MSN 14180/25625) to USAAF Aug 14, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ840 via RAF Montreal Aug 16, 1944.
West Africa CF RAF Sep 26, 1944. Med ME RAF Kabrit Wg May 9, 1946. East Africa CF RAF Jan 5, 1948.
8 MU RAF Mar 6, 1951. Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group (MAAF) Oct 13, 1954.
Returned to USAAF May 29, 1955. To 4X-DCA Department of Civil Aviation Nov 8, 1962. 4X-DNA CAA reregistered
Jul 8, 1968. Cancelled 1972. Derelict Ben Gurion
48365 (MSN 14181/25626) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17251 Aug 1944
48366 (MSN 14182/25627) to USAAF Aug 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17252 Aug 15, 1944
48367 (MSN 14183/25628) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17253 Aug 1944
48368 (MSN 14184/25629) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17254 Aug 1944
48369 (MSN 14185/25630) to USAAF Aug 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17255 Aug 1944
48370 (MSN 14186/25631) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17256 Aug 1944
48371 (MSN 14187/25632) to USAAF Aug 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17257 Aug 1944
48372 (MSN 14188/25633) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17258 Aug 1944
48373 (MSN 14189/25634) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17259 Aug 1944
48374 (MSN 14190/25635) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17260 Aug 1944
48375 (MSN 14191/25636) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17261 Aug 1944
48376 (MSN 14192/25637) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17262 Aug 1944
48377 (MSN 14193/25638) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17263 Aug 1944
48378 (MSN 14194/25639) to USAAF Aug 17, 1944. ATC US Aug 19, 1944. Salvaged Apr 13, 1947.
48379 (MSN 14195/25640) completed as C-47B-2-DK. Delivered to USAAF 30Sep44; 9th AF,
Europe 10Nov44; 10th Air Depot, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation
Commission 26Nov47; Royal Hellenic AF as 43-48379; MMA, Hassani, Athens,
Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; WFU 22Feb77, scrapped
48380 (MSN 14196/25641) to USAAF 16Aug44. 9th AF 30Aug44. FLC 30Jan46. Registered to Swissair Feb 4, 1946 as HB-IRG.
To Spantax Oct 1960 as EC-AQE. Crashed Sep 30, 1972
at Madrid-Barajas Airport, Spain. Rotated too quickly when
student pilot pulled back on the control wheel abruptly on takeoff.
The No. 1 engine then lost power, and aircraft stalled and
crashed left of the runway. 1 of 6 onboard killed.
48381 (MSN 14197/25642) to USAAF Aug 16, 1944? 9th AF? To MASDC Jan 30, 1970. Mar 31, 1970 to McClellan AFB,
to ‘MAP’ on May 28, 1970. To N143Z 1976
48382 (MSN 14198/25643) to USAAF 14Aug44. 9th AF 31Aug44. Germany. Scrapped 29Oct49
48383 (MSN 14199/25644) to USAAF 17Aug44. 9th AF 30Aug44. FLC 27May46. To Czech AF 1947.
To French AF as AdlA 48383 01Mar60. AMR 111661 "FSCZD" May61. GLA 45 Jul62. EPAS 325 Feb64. GTLA 2/60 Aug66
to Mauritania as 5T-MAD Jul 1, 1971.
48384 (MSN 14200/25645) to USAAF 17Aug44. 9th AF 31Aug44. US 04Jul45. Puerto Rico 02Nov45. Converted to C-47D 01Jan48
To French AF Indo-China (MDAP) 15Jun50
48385 (MSN 14201/25646) to USAAF 19Aug44. 9th AF 01Sep44. 8th AF. Salvaged 26May45
48386 (MSN 14202/25647) to USAAF 19Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. USAF. W/o 30 May 30, 1955 in crash 10 miles NE of
Alamagordo, NM (Hit mountain) 7 lost
48387 (MSN 14203/25648) to USAAF 19Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D "0-348387" Sep54
16th SAC US Aug63. Converted to AC-47D. To Viet Nam AF KQVN 1971. To Cambodia AF KAKP 09May73
48388 (MSN 14204/25649) to USAAF 19Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. RC-47. Shot down by MiG-17 gunfire Jul 29, 1966.
48389 (MSN 14205/25650) to USAAF 19Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Fuselage Davis Monthan Dec69. WFS. to N6870C. WFU
48390 (MSN 14206/25651) Delivered to UFAAF Aug 19, 1944. 44th Troop Carrier Squadron
[6E*Y; Nose #043], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489)
Sep44. Transported paratroopers of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division to a drop zone near Overasselt, SW of Nijmegen, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’,
17Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials for the 82nd Airborne
Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44.
Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials for the 325th Glider Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
USAF. Converted to VC-47D.
48391 (MSN 14207/25652) Delivered to USAAF 17Aug44. Ninth Air Force 2Sep44. 78th
Troop Carrier Squadron [CM*F], 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford
(Station 474). Transported paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone
north of Son, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 17Sep44. Flown by the 435th TCG
group operations officer, with the left engine on fire, the tail section partially shot
away and the left side of the aircraft in flames, he continued in formation for about
three minutes until reaching the drop zone. After the paratroopers had jumped, he ordered
the crew to bail out. Attempting a crash landing, the aircraft crashed into a wooded
area on the edge of the DZ north of Eindhoven, rolled about two hundred feet, went
between two large trees shearing off the wings and then exploded [2KIA]. Salvaged 29Oct44.
MACR 9910
48392 (MSN 14208/25653) to USAAF 17Aug44. 9th AF 01Sep44. 8th AF. 9th AF. FLC 02Jul45. To Czech AF 1947.
To French AF as AdlA 48392 01Mar60. EAA 601 "FSDLE" Sep61. GOM 88 "FSqA" Apr63. B/U 13Dec63
48393 (MSN 14209/25654) to USAAF 17Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. Transferred to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 150187 when
control of MATS activities in Iceland was handed over to USN in July 1961.
48394 (MSN 14210/25655) Delivered Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
[W7*I; Nose #28], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489)
Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute
Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three
miles northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
Registered N2902B; registered N57132 to USAF 13Feb53,
loaned to Missouri River Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NB, cancelled 11May65.
48395 (MSN 14211/25656) delivered to USAAF 19Aug44; 9th AF, Europe 1Sep44; 8th AF, UK; 310th Ferry Squadron,
27th Air Transport Group. On September 27, 1944, the aircraft departed England on a mission to
collect casualties from Advanced Landing Ground A-92 at St. Trond, Belgium. The C-47 was hit by
German flak and crashed about 4 km outside Aachen, Germany [1KIA]. MACR 9621. On board was Flight Nurse Reba
Zitella Whittle. The crew crawled from the wrecked and burning aircraft and spotted what they
believed to be British soldiers; they were in fact German soldiers who immediately captured them.
They were taken to a nearby village and treated for their immediate injuries, then driven to a
hospital nearby where a German doctor asked Whittle questions about her occupation. In her diary
Whittle wrote that the German doctor "at last shook his head and said, “too bad having a woman,
as you are the first and no one knows exactly what to do.” Whittle became the first and only
American military female prisoner of war in the European Theater.
48396 (MSN 14212/25657) to USAAF 20Aug44. ATC US 29Aug44. European Wing ATC 09Oct44. Neth/Belgium. FLC Belgium 15Jan47
To Belgian AF as FABe K-15 1946 "O-CN" "OTCNH" 1946. MAAG 16Sep52. To French AF as AdlA 48396 25Oct52
GT1I61 "FRANW" Apr53. GT2/62 "FRAZX" Jul53. GT4/61 Nov55. GT2/64 Apr57. GTl/64 "FRAKM" May57. GSRA 78 Apr60.
GSRA 76 "FSEYE" Oct61. GTLA 2/60 "FRAJK" Apr62. WFU 10Jul70. B/U Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe Mar77
48397 (MSN 14213/25658) to USAAF 20Aug44? ATC US? 29Aug44? no card. USAF -0-48397
48398 (MSN 14214/25659) to USAAF 20Aug44? ATC US? 29Aug44? no card. USAF "0-48398" sold ex Davis Monthan 20Aug61
N87654 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US 1961. C-GABH Air Brazeau Inc, Rouyn 14Apr76.
N87654 Wayne Sturman Aircraft Sales Inc, Titusville, FL US 02Feb79. Midstate Air Svces Inc, Stuart, FL US R Dec81
48399 (MSN 14215/25660) Delivered to USAAF Aug 20, 1944. Ninth Air Force 2Sep44. 37th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44.
Accident landing at Cottesmore 26Oct44. Repaired. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45.
Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To French AF as AdlA 348399 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China. GT2/62 "FRAZQ" 15Dec53. B/U Apr54
I have a photo of this plane with the French AF w/o at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
48400 (MSN 14216/25661) Delivered to USAAF 19Aug44. Ninth Air Force 1Sep44. 96th Troop Carrier
Squadron [6Z*N], 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France
Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials for the 82nd Airborne
Division to a landing zone near Grave, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 23Sep44.
Hit by flak, the glider was cut loose and the aircraft crashed at Oirschot, Netherlands
[1KIA:4POW]. Condemned 2Oct44. MACR 9839
48401 (MSN 14217/25662) to USAAF 17Aug44. 9th AF 02Sep44. US 12Jul45. Converted to C-47D 13Aug47. Salvaged 16May49
48402 (MSN 14218/25663) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield
(Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a
drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Converted to EC-47P from RC-47P. Hit by AAA over eastern Laos and crashed
near A Loui Airfield in South Vietnam Apr 22, 1970. Two killed, 7 survived and were rescued. In order to assure
destruction of the classified equipment on board, an EOD team policed the area and destroyed scattered
components and the aircraft
48403 (MSN 14219/25664) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield
(Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a
drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel,
Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. 7167 ATS MATS May50. USAF "0-48403" 322 Air Div 7101 ABW 7167 ARS Jan67 to Sep68
To VC-47B. Struck off charge on Oct 30, 1970 at Sondre Stromfjord for spares recovery following damage
on arrival in Greenland whilst en route for retirement at MASDC.
48404 (MSN 14220/25665) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force,
Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. USAF converted to C-47D Korea. 0-48404 PACAF Nov69
48405 (MSN 14221/25666) to USAAF 19Aug44. 9th AF 02Sep44. Returned to US 07Jul45. Converted to C-47D 25Aug46. Converted to VC-47D
Crashed near Weimar, CA after engine fire Jan 4, 1949. 8 killed.
48406 (MSN 14222/25667) to USAAF 23Aug44 9th AF 06Sep44. FLC 27May46
OK-WZA. To Czech AF in 1946 as 8406, to VZLU (Aeronautical
Research and Test Institute) as OK-QZA. To Germany Comex Import
Export as D-CABE. To Israel Aircraft Industries as 4X-AOA. In
1962 to French Navy as 48406, call sign FYFGK, and then to French
Navy 6, call sign FYFGF. Sep 1985 to N95BF and converted to Basler
BT-67 (Basler conversion no 14). To Colombian Police as PNC-211, reregistered
as PNC-0211. W/o Feb 18, 2009 at Medellin-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, Colombia
when an explosion occurred as the 27 policemen of an anti-riot squad
were boarding the plane. Fuselage ruptured and airplane broke in two.
Press reports suggest that the explosion was caused by the inadvertent
explosion of one or more gas grenades that were carried by one of the policemen.
No one was killed, but 8 were injured.
48407 (MSN 14223/25668) Delivered to USAAF 20Aug44. 76th Troop Carrier Squadron,
435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Transported supplies for
Task Force Hogan of the 101st Airborne Division to a drop zone at Marcouray, Belgium during the
Ardennes offensive 23Dec44. Before identifying the drop zone, the aircraft was shot down by
enemy ground fire and crashed near La Roche. The formation had been off-course and dropped
their supplies behind enemy lines. Condemned 24Dec44. MACR 19695.
48408 (MSN 14224/25669) to USAAF 20Aug44? 9th AF? 01Sep44? no card. USAF. W/o Jul 4, 1953 S Korea ??
48409 (MSN 14225/25670) to USAAF 02Oct44. ATC US 06Oct44. Surveyed 13Jun45
48410 (MSN 14226/25671) to USAAF 22Aug44. 9th AF 03Sep44. FLC 21Aug46. NC79006 Pan American Airways 1946. NLR- 34810 MAAG France May51
48411 (MSN 14227/25672) to USAAF 22Aug44? 9th AF? 03Sep44? no card. USAF/SAC AX. Converted to C-47D.
Stored Davis Monthan 19Mar71. Scrapped 12Aug76
48412 (MSN 14228/25673) to USAAF 22Aug44? 9th AF? 03Sep44? no card. USAF. To Bolivian AF as FABo TAM-20. Probably dismantled,
fuselage LPB Nov74
48413 (MSN 14229/25674) to USAAF 22Aug44? 9th AF? 03Sep44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348413 14May54 (MDAP)
Indo-China 14May54. GT2/63 "FRANU" Jun54. GT2/62 Feb55. GT1I64 Oct55. Returned to USAAF 25Sep56.
Converted to Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no 31) and to Thai AF as RTAF413. Believed reserialled 46154
48414 (MSN 14230/25675) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. Transported paratroopers
of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Overasselt,
SW of Nijmegen, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 17Sep44. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider
transporting men and materials for the 319th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation ‘Market’, 18Sep44. TDY to
Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers
to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Converted to C-47D. To MASDC 24 Apr 1970, excess 1 Jul 1970.
48415 (MSN 14231/25676) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170)
21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348415 15Dec53 (MDAP). Indo-China GT2/63 "FRANW" 15Dec53 GTl/64 Jul55
To South Vietnam AF as SVAF 348415 24Oct55. Returned to USAAF 1964. Stored Davis Monthan 27Sep68
Scrapped Mar83. Photograph in January 1987 issue of 'FlyPast' magazine shows it at AMARC
still with SVAF markings; caption says it had been at AMARC since September 1968.
On display at Lackland AFB, Texas.
48416 (MSN 14232/25677) to USAAF 22Aug44? 9th AF? 03Sep44? no card. USAF.
W/o Jun 22, 1951 (t/off accident) Fairchild AFB, Spokane
48417 (MSN 14233/25678) to USAAF 22Aug44? 9th AF? 03Sep44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan Aug61
N87631 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US Dec66. N1346 Rr Mar68. Midwest Aviation Inc, Janesville, WI 1968
Leasing Service Corp, NY US 1971. Jack Tarry, Elyria, OH 1972
Trans New England Nutmeg Commercial, Hartford, CT US Jun77. S E Bird, San Francisco, CA US 1977
JLR Air Tpt Inc tfa SCS Air Tpt R01Aug79. current 2011
48418 (MSN 14234/25679) to USAAF 13Aug44. To Brazilian AF as FAB-01 Sep 12, 1944, then FAB 2009. In Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
48419 (MSN 14235/25680) to USAAF 20Aug44. To Brazilian AF as FAB-02 Sep 12, 1944, then FAB-2010.
W/o Jun 1972 at Porto Alegre, RS. Brazil
48420 (MSN 14236/25681) to USAAF 20Aug44. To Brazilian AF as FAB-03 Oct 9, 1944, then FAB-2011 Jul 30, 1945. WFU
48421 (MSN 14237/25682) to USAAF 14Aug44. To Brazilian AF as FAB-04 Sep 14, 1944, then FAB-2012 Jul 30, 1945. WFU
48422 (MSN 14238/25683) to USAAF Aug 20, 1944. To Brazilian AF as FAB-05 Sep 30, 1944, then FAB-2013 Jul 30, 1945. WFU 1969
48423 (MSN 14239/25684) to USAAF Aug 20, 1944. To Brazilian AF as FAB-06 Sep 30, 1944, then FAB-2014.
To civil registry as PT-KVM Conagro Sep 20, 1976, reg Mar 11, 1977. Coop Agro Mista Dec 7, 1979.
Scala Taxi Aereo Jul 4, 1980. Destroyed while with Scala Aereo Taxi, Feb 9, 1984
48424 (MSN 14240/25685) to USAAF Aug 19, 1944. To Brazilian AF as FAB-07 Oct 9, 1944, then FAB-2015 Jul 30, 1945.
Preserved with Forca Aerea Brasileira.
48425 (MSN 14241/25686) to USAAF Aug 30, 1944. To Brazilian AF as FAB-08 Sep 13, 1944, then FAB-2016.
W/o May 31, 1945 at Barreiras, BA, Brazil
48426 (MSN 14242/25687) to USAAF 22Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 02Sep44. To Israel AF as 4X-AOJ
48427 (MSN 14243/25688) to USAAF 18Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 29Aug44. To US civil registry as N62101.
48428 (MSN 14244/28689) to USAAF 18Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 29Aug44
48429 (MSN 14245/28690) to USAAF 23Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 15Sep44
48430 (MSN 14246/28691) to USAAF 22Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 10Sep44
48431 (MSN 14247/28692) to USAAF 21Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 10Sep44
48432 (MSN 14248/28693) to USAAF 23Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 13Sep44
48433 (MSN 14249/28694) to USAAF 20Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 04Sep44
48434 (MSN 14250/28695) to USAAF 21Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 08Sep44
48435 (MSN 14251/28696) to USAAF 20Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 09Sep44
48436 (MSN 14252/28697) to USAAF 18Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 05Sep44
48437 (MSN 14253/28698) to USAAF 27Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 04Sep44
48438 (MSN 14254/28699) to USAAF 21Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 02Sep44
There is a May, 1965, photo of her in USAF paint on display during Armed Forces Day at Dow AFB, Maine.
48439 (MSN 14255/28700) to USAAF 24Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 07Sep44
48440 (MSN 14256/28701) to USAAF 22Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 05Sep44
48441 (MSN 14257/28702) to USAAF 22Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 10Sep44
49442 (MSN 14258/25703) to USAAF 22Aug44. To USSR via Fairbanks 05Sep44
49443 (MSN 14259/25704) to USAAF 21Aug44, To USSR via Fairbanks 04Sep44
48444 (MSN 14260/25705) delivered to USAAF 22Aug44; delivered to Royal AF 29Aug44 as Dakota IV, serial KJ841;
Nassau, Bahamas; Mediterranean Allied AFs (MAAF); No.44 Squadron, South African Air
Force; Air Command, South East Asia; No.62 Squadron 25Apr46; US Foreign Liquidation Commission;
To Royal Hellenic AF 20Apr47 as KJ841; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; accident at Konista LG 10Jul47; SOC
48445 (MSN 14261/25706) to USAAF Aug 21, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ842 via RAF Nassau Aug 27, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 16, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 267 Sqdd RAF. DBR when belly landed after both engines failed,
Phuket Island, Thailand Dec 15, 1945
48446 (MSN 14262/25707) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 10Oct44. no card. USAF
Converted to SC-47D "0-48446". Stored Davis Monthan 1961. N86410 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US
Charlotte Aim 1971
48447 (MSN 14263/25708) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 10Oct44? no card. USAF
Converted to SC-47D. To HC-47D 18Sep62. Stored Davis Monthan Oct71
48448 (MSN 14264/25709) to USAAF 25Aug44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 19Aug46
NC79008 Pan American Airways 1946. LR-ABE Middle East Airlines 16Sep49. OD-ABE Rr May51
YK-AAO Syrian AirwaysCO US B28Apr55. SU-ALT United Arab Airlines R01Jan61. YK-ACC Syrian Arab Airlines Oct61. WFU 1975
48449 (MSN 14265/25710) Delivered to USAAF 25Aug44. Ninth Air Force 6Sep44. 311th
Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, Eighth Air Force, Grove (Station 519).
The aircraft was being ferried from Grove to Istres-le-Tubé (Y-17) when it hit the peak
of a mountain and crashed on a glacier at La Tournette, SSW of Thônes, France 7Nov44 [4KIA].
Condemned 28Nov44. The wreckage, having been moved by an avalanche, was not located
until June 1945 after the snow had melted. MACR 11911.
48450 (MSN 14266/25711) to USAAF 23Aug44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Neth/Belgium. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. FLC Turkey 30Mar49
To Turkish AF as 6057
48451 (MSN 14267/25712) to USAAF 23Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 10Oct44? no card. USAF
48452 (MSN 14268/25713) to USAAF 21Aug44. ATC US 21Aug44. Surveyed George Field, IL US 21Nov44
48453 (MSN 14269/25714) to USAAF 25Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. Returned to US 03Sep45. Damaged Dec 13, 1948 Lowry Fd, CO
48454 (MSN 14270/25715) to USAAF 22Aug44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Neth/Belgium to Turkish AF as 6010. Code CBK-10; Staff Headquarters,
Etimesgut, Ankara; WFU. Submerged into the Mediterranean Sea as an artificial reef for divers at
Kas, Antalya, Turkey on 1Jul09.
48455 (MSN 14271/25716) to USAAF 22Aug44. TCC 22Aug44. Converted to C-47D Apr45. Scrapped 11May48
48456 (MSN 14272/25717) to USAAF 21Aug44. 9th AF 31Aug44. 8th AF. Salvaged 14Jul45
48457 (MSN 14273/25718) to USAAF 04Sep44. TCC 06Sep44. SAC 16Apr47. converted to C-47D. Salvaged Feb 10, 1950,
Los Angeles, California
48458 (MSN 14274/25719) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force,
Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt,
three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. USAF. Converted to C-47D
Stored Davis Monthan 24Mar71. Scrapped 12Aug76
48459 (MSN 14275/25720) delivered to USAAF Aug 1944. By 1965 to Military Museum at Tri-Cities Airport in Freeland, MI
until Dec 1974 when the musem closed and the aircraft was put up for sale.
when sold. 3/27/75: Texas Turbo-Jet Inc, Dallas, TX with c/r N47071.
1/12/76: Falcon Airways, Addison, TX, with c/r N85FA.
10/79-11/81: WFU at Houston, TX.
12/81: Michael C. Baldwin, Dallas, TX.
11/82: Registered as N105CA.
4/84: Coker Air Freight, Love Field, Dallas, TX.
5/86: Gregory Air Freight Inc, Denver, CO.
7/87: Frontier America Federal Credit Union, Denver, CO. Operated by Desert Air.
4/2/98: Alta Leasing, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT. Operated by Desert Air.
8/03: Air Tahoma, Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH.
3/13/13: to Champaign Aviation Museum. Registered 4/5/13.
Civil registration is N105CA, owned by Alta Leasing, Inc.
Preserved at Champaign Aviation Museum, Urban, OH.
48460 (MSN 14276/25721) to USAAF Aug44. 9th AF OR US TCC? 06Sep44? no card. USAF
W/o Sep 3, 1954 crash 191 miles E of Thule Ab, Greenland
48461 (MSN 14277/25722) to USAAF 25Aug44. 9th AF 07Sep44. Thougt to have been bought by Alpar as HB-ASA in Apr 1946
and then sold to Swissair Aug 3, 1946. Cancelled Aug 3, 1946, used for spares. Registered HB-IRK Aug 3 1946.
Cancelled Sep 10, 1947, scrapped. Second use of HB-IRK was 43-16271.
48462 (MSN 14278/25723) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF? 07Sep44? no card USAF. Was AC-47D gunship testbed
48463 (MSN 14279/25724) to USAAF Aug 25, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17264 Aug 1944
48464 (MSN 14280/25725) to USAAF 24Aug44. 9th AF 07Sep44. Returned to US 03Sep45. converted to C-47D May46. SAC Jul49.
W/o Mar 11, 1950 in crash 5 mi SW of Hope, Arkansas
48465 (MSN 14281/25726) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 07Sep44? no card. USAF.
To French AF as AdlA 348465 18Oct52 (MDAP) Indo-China GTlI64 18Oct52. returned to USAAF 13Feb56. To South Vietnam AF "eF" 1964
48466 (MSN 14282/25727) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 07Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D. To MASDc
Jan 26, 1970. Departed May 5, 1970. To MAP Jun 4, 1970.
48467 (MSN 14283/25728) to USAAF 23Aug44. 9th AF 07Sep44. Returned to US 21Jul45. Converted to C-47D 21Apr47. Salvaged 01Jul48
48468 (MSN 14284/25729) to USAAF 23Aug44? 9th AF? 07Sep44? no card. USAF. To Libyan AF as aQaJaLi 48468 Oct70
48469 (MSN 14285/25730) Delivered to USAAF 24Aug44. 87th Transport Squadron, 31st Air Transport
Group, Grove (Station 519); named ‘Bluestream B’. The aircraft was flying from Grove to Saint-Dizier (A-64),
France 6Jan45; on approach to land at Saint Dizier, the aircraft lost speed, stalled, crashed and burned [4KIA]. Salvaged 12Jan45.
48470 (MSN 14286/25731) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. To MASDC Apr 29, 1946, returned to service
Sep 11, 1946. To French AF as AdlA 348470 25Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 25Dec53. GT2/63 Jun54.
Returned to USAF 30Nov55.
48471 (MSN 14287/25732) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. HC-47 12 TFW Vietnam. Converted to AC-47D.
W/o Feb 18, 1968 in takeoff accident Saigon, South Vietnam
48472 (MSN 14288/25733) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. Guatemala AF Mission 1952. "0-48472"
To Uruguayan AF as 522. Crashed Rivera Jun 29, 1967.
48473 (MSN 14289/25734) Delivered to USAAF 23Aug44. 9th AF Aug 30, 1944. 8th AF, 27th Air Transport Group. Flew into the
cliffs above Llyn Dulyn in the Carneddau, Wales while flying from Le Bourget, Paris to
Burtonwood (Station 590) 11Nov44 [4KIS]. The crew had departed with a flight of three
other C-47s which were also bound for Burtonwood. On nearing Burtonwood the crew
was informed that the airfield was closed due to bad weather and that they should divert
to RAF Valley where weather conditions were suitable, they acknowledged this order and
proceeded towards North Wales. No further radio communication was had with the
crew and after failing to arrive at RAF Valley the aircraft was declared as overdue.
On 22Nov the wreck was located by an RAF radio unit which was carrying out maintenance
on a warning beacon which had been placed on the summit of Foel Grach. The wreckage
of the aircraft was spotted high up on the cliffs of Craig y Dulyn above the Dulyn Reservoir.
48474 (MSN 14290/25735) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 312th Transport Squadron [PW],
27th Air Transport Group; named ‘Stella’.
To civil registry as N8056. W/o with Phoenix Air Inc Apr 20, 1993 with 40 skydivers onboard when
the No. 1 engine was shut down at 400 feet following an engine fire warning and smoke in the
cabin. A forced belly landing was made and the aircraft collided with trees and a fence near
Zephyrhills, FL. 43-48747 was also N8056.
48475 (MSN 14291/25736) to USAAF 23Aug44? 9th AF? 30Aug44? no card. USAF. To N7780C Bird & Sons.
Continental Air Svces Jan66 WFU. To XW-PAP in 1962
48476 (MSN 14292/25737) to USAAF 23Aug44? 9th AF? 30Aug44? no card USAF.
Converted to C-47D, to VC-47D in 1949. Damaged in accident Washington DC
Nov 24, 1952. To MASDC. Jan 11, 1967 to Air International Corp of Miami, converted to C-47D.
To South Vietnam AF May 1967 under MAP. To Philippine AF May 29, 1973. Jul 1984 sold to Philair
as RP-C550. Bought by Victoria Air May 2001. W/o Oct 17, 2009 when crashed and burned 3.5 mi
SW of Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines. Four killed.
48477 (MSN 14293/25738) to USAAF 25Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. Returned to US 12Sep45. Converted to C-47D Apr48
w/o Jun 10, 1950 in takeoff accident Tulsa MAP, Oklahoma.
48478 (MSN 14294/25739) to USAAF 24Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. 8th AF. Lost over France Nov 13, 1944. MACR 10662
48479 (MSN 14295/25740) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. W/o Jun 23, 1955 near Deftinge, Belgium
48480 (MSN 14296/25741) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card USAF. Converted to RC-47P.
Converted to EC-47P May 31, 1967. To MAP Apr 19, 1972. To South Vietnam AF
48481 (MSN 14297/25742) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. To MASDC Jan 30, 1970.
Mar 31, 1970 to McClellan AFB, to ‘MAP’ on May 28, 1970
48482 (MSN 14298/25743) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. W/O at Ashiya AB, Japan 17Oct51
48483 (MSN 14299/25744) to USAAF 24Aug44. 9th AF 07Sep44. US 11Jul45. Italy 19Feb46. Canal Zone. Brazil 01Jan48
US 03Jan49. Converted to C-47D. W/o Mar 5, 1951 on approach to Kadena AB, Okinawa.
48484 (MSN 14300/25745) to USAAF 24Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. to Belgian AF K-7 (call sign OTCWD) Sep 9, 1946.
then back to USAF andto MAAG Sep 17, 1952. To French AF as AdlA 348484 25Sep52 GTII 61 "FRANB" "FRAME". GTlI62 Apr55
GT2/61 "FRADA" Jun55. GTl/64 "FRAKH" May57. GLA48 Jun60. GTLA 2/60 Jun64. B/U 12Aug68
48485 (MSN 14301/25746) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. TAC
Stored Davis Monthan 28Jun73. To Honduras AF as FAH 303 Oct 1974. WFS 2010
48486 (MSN 14302/25747) to USAAF 24Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. Takeoff accident Nov 10, 1944 Grove, UK. W/o May 30, 1955 crash
10 miles NE of Alamagordo, NM. (Hit mountain) 7 lost
48487 (MSN 14303/25748) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 311th Transport Squadron [PW], 27th Air Transport Group.
N4730S Charlotte Aircraft Corp 1966. WFU 1971
48488 (MSN 14304/25749) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. Converted to C-47D. USAF. TAC
Stored Davis Monthan 11Aug69 Allied Acft, Tucson, AZ US 27Dec78
48489 (MSN 14305/25750) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. Wreck at La Paz May82
48490 (MSN 14306/25751) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. converted to C-47D. TAC
Stored Davis Monthan 24Mar72. Scrapped 12Aug76
48491 (MSN 14307/25752) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47B.
To South Vietnam AF. To Cambodia AF May 1, 1973.
48492 (MSN 14308/25753) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF 0-348492. To MAP Aug 14, 1970.
To Cambodia AF Aug 14, 1970. Converted to AC-47 in 1973. Placed in storage at Udorn Jun 1974. To Thai AF as
L2-49/18 in 1975, later 46158. Allocated to Lopburi for display Nov 1988 and there until 2002. Reported shipped to
Oshkosh, WI for Basler conversion.
48493 (MSN 14309/25754) to USAAF 24Aug44? 9th AF? 06Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D
Stored Davis Monthan 1962 to 1965. To MASDC 8 May 1961, To Reclamation 30 Mar 1964
48494 (MSN 14310/25755) to USAAF 25Aug44. 12th AF 22Sep44. FLC 13Jun46. To I-TORI Aero Teseo Dec 9, 1946. To Egypt.
48495 (MSN 14311/25756) delivered to USAAF Aug 25, 1944. Assigned Oct 12, 1944 to Europe ATC. Diverted to Foreign
Liquidation Commission (US overseas disposals). To Belgian AF Oct 10, 1946. 169 Wing, 367 Squadron (H-CW)
later 15 Wing 20 Squadron (call sign OT-CND) next used as navigation trainer. Then converted to PC-47B for
use in aerial photography. Jul 1960 participated in actions in Congo. To Koksijde for storage Jan 26, 1976.
To Wevelgem Nov 18, 1977. Registered SU-AZO to Nile Delta Air Service, Cairo but NTU. Left Wevelgem as F-ODHB
for Arabian Geophysical and Survey Company, Dharan. Registered Jul 5, 1978 as F-BJHC SA to Hemet
Exploration of Toulouse. Shot down Aug 1, 1981 by ground to air missile near Beira, Mozambique,
all 6 crewmembers killed. Mozambique officials say that the aircraft, chartered by Shell, had departed
from its original route and was considered hostile. However, the real cause was a lack of radio communication to
the missile battery and a stupid missile operator. At the start Mozambique officials tried to cover up this fact
and the plane was declared missing. Only when checked, and only at this time did Mozambique officials
admit and advise the plane had actually been shot down by mistake, due to the radio failure of the
missile battery.
48496 (MSN 14312/25757) to USAAF 25Aug44? ATC? no card. USAF "0-48496" Howard AFB, Canal Zone.
While assigned to Ladd AFB, Alaska had numerous minor accidents. To Paraguayan AF, used
by Grupo de Transporte Aereo and the TAM at Base Aerea Silvio Pettirossi IAP/Asuncion. Initially
registered as T-71. Reserialed as FAP 2014 in 1980. WFU.
48497 (MSN 14313/25758) to USAAF 25Aug44. 11th AF 54th TCS Alaska 13Sep44. Assigned to 54th TCS, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
On Apr 21, 1945 had landing accident approaching Casco Cove, Attu, Alaska when it crash landed in the Weston Mountains
while on approach to Attu Island. DBR
48498 (MSN 14314/25759) to USAAF 25Aug44. 9th AF 06Sep44. 8th AF. While assigned to 8th TpS, 27th ATG crashed with
belly landing at Grove, Berkshire, England Sep 28, 1944.
48499 (MSN 14315/25760) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card. USAF "0-48499" 605th ACS
Howard AFB converted to VC-47B 1967. 1 Sp Ops Sq, Vietnam. Converted to AC-47D "43-499" 4. SOS
48500 (MSN 14316/25761) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card. USAF
Converted to VC-47. Numerous minor accidents. WFU and stored at MASDC. To reclamation
Feb 18, 1965.
48501 (MSN 14317/25762) Delivered to USAAF Aug44; 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card USAF "0-48501
designated AC-47D; MAP to Thai AF
May 30, 1968 as L2-32/11. 62 Squadron 4Jun68; 42 Squadron 25May77;
re-numbered 402 Squadron 1Oct77; 603 Squadron 21Nov83; to Lopburi for storage 22Oct86; allocated
to Tango Squadron; Dumped at Lopburi since 1989. fitted with the fin from L2-41/18 [43-49210] and
shipped to Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 2012 for the making of the film "Fly Dakota Fly" that was
made to celebrate 400 years of Japanese-British relations in 2013 and commemorated the recovery of RAF Dakota
FL510 (42-24166), named "Sister Anne" that had force landed on the beach Jan 16, 1946. FL510 had been
the personal transport of Lord Louis Mountbatten and named after a naval aviation nurse who had nursed
Mountbatten back to good health in Burma. To RTAF; 62 Squadron 4Jun68; 42 Squadron 25May77; re-numbered 402 Squadron 1Oct77;
603 Squadron 21Nov83; to Lopburi for storage 22Oct86; allocated to ‘Tango’; dumped at Lopburi at least May89 to Jan07;
to Vintage Power Wagons, Nakhon Pathom by Dec07. To Japan. Displayed in a car park on the Hamayu Ohashi toll road at
Shonai Lake near Hamamatsu, Japan by 2016. Painted as Mountbatten’s FL510 Sister Anne [with the fin from 43-49210 (L2-41/18)]
48502 (MSN 14318/25763) to USAAF 06Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. India China Wing ATC 31Dec44. 8th AF 09Jan45
Chungking 18Nov45. WFS 01Jun46
48503 (MSN 14319/25764) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card. 12th AF Sep55.
To Spanish AF as T.3-20 Oct 8, 1957. Registered to Aces High Limited of Fairoaks, Surrey, England
as G-BHUC to Apr 30, 1980 and cancelled Nov 17, 1980. Last registered as CP-1668 Jun 28, 1981.
WFS at Cochabamba, Bolivia.
48504 (MSN 14320/25765) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card. USAF " 0-348504"
To French AF as AdlA 348504 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China GT2/63 15Dec53. GT1I64 Jul55. To South Vietnam AF 22Oct55
48505 (MSN 14321/25766) to USAAF 25Aug44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 06Sep44? no card. USAF
Converted to C-47D. Stored Davis Monthan 1962. Sold for spares 1965
48506 (MSN 14322/25767) to USAAF 24Oct44. European Wing ATC 04Nov44. Completed as C-47B-2-DK.
W/o Mar 31, 1945 in midair collision with B-17 42-37850 Bovingdon, UK
48507 (MSN 14323/25768) to USAAF. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17265 Aug 3, 1944
48508 (MSN 14324/25769) to USAAF Aug 25, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-6Z BuNo 17266 Sep 1944
48509 (MSN 14325/25770) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17267 Sep 1, 1944
48510 (MSN 14326/25771) to USAAF. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17268 Aug 14, 1944
48511 (MSN 14327/25772) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17269 Sep 1, 1944
48512 (MSN 14328/25773) to USAAF. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17270 Aug 14, 1944
48513 (MSN 14329/25774) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17271 Sep 1, 1944
48514 (MSN 14330/25775) to USAAF Aug 31, 1944. To US Marine Corps as R4D-5 BuNo 17272 Sep 2, 1944
48515 (MSN 14331/25776) to USAAF Aug 31, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17273 Sep 3, 1944
48516 (MSN 14332/25777) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17274 Sep 1, 1944
48517 (MSN 14333/25778) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17275 Sep 1, 1944
48518 (MSN 14334/25779) to USAAF Aug 31, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17276 Sep 1, 1944
48519 (MSN 14335/25780) To USAAF Aug 31, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17277 Sep 3, 1944
48520 (MSN 14336/25781) delivered to USAAF Aug44; 9th AF, Europe; 75th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Bretigny [A-48], France; Force landed 19Apr45 with
mechanical failure at Chartres [A-40], France; w/o October 4, 1957
48521 (MSN 14337/25782) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ843 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 26, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. 267 Sqdn RAF . 48 Sqdn RAF. 110 Sqdn RAF Aug 1949.
8 MU RAF May 16, 1951. Sold Sep 2, 1953.
48522 (MSN 14338/25783) delivered to USAAF 27Aug44; delivered to Royal AF 1Sep44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ844; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia 9Oct44; No.22 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Silloth, Cumberland 22Apr47; US Foreign Liquidation Commission 6May47;
To Royal Hellenic AF 18Aug47 as KJ844; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece;
355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; Served with Greek AF command in Korea 1951-Jun 1953. Assigned
to 13th Royal Hellenic Air Group. While in Korea under the support
of 21st TCG, 6461 TCS Det 1 at Kimpo, then Seoul City. WFU at Tatoi, Dekeleia;
Used for spares and GIA; noted in burnt condition 1967.
48523 (MSN 14339/25784) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ845 via RAF Nassau Aug 29, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 19, 1944. 436 Sqdn RCAF. Crashed near Homalin, Burma Feb 7, 1945 after crew bailed out while
lost above cloud.
48524 (MSN 14340/25785) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ846 via RAF Nassau Sep 2, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 1, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 31 Sqdn RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48525 (MSN 14341/25786) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ847 via RAF Nassau Sep 2, 1944.
To G-AGKE (BOAC) Sep 21, 1944. ACSEA Sep 27, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 267 Sqdn RAF India 1946.
Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To Aden A/Ws VR-AAB Feb 1, 1950. To TJ-ABN, JY-ABN, to 5B-CAZ
48526 (MSN 14342/25787) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ848 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 30, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. DBR when swung and struck CG-4A 43-41784 after tire burst on landing, Sinthe,
Burma Mar 3, 1945.
48527 (MSN 14343/25788) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ849 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Oct t, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 21 Sqdn RAF 31 Sqdn RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF. SOC Mar 22, 1948
48528 (MSN 14344/25789) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ850 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 30, 1944. 52 Sqdn RAF. 101 RSU RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. DBR when caught fire
during inspection, Mingaladon, Burma Sep 11, 1945.
48529 (MSN 14345/25790) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ851 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Sep27, 1944. 28 Sqdn SAAF 436 Sqdn RAF. 44 Sqdn SaAf mAY 1,1945. 31 Sqdn RAF.
Listed as being w/o Mar 6, 1946 in Bandung, Indonesia. SOC Jul 11, 1946
48530 (MSN 14346/25791) delivered to USAAF 27Aug44; To RAF in India 2Sep44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ852 via Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 27Sep44; 435 Sqdn RAF in India 1946;
No.12 Maintenance Unit (MU), RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 3Sep47; Henlow Station Flight 5Sep49;
No.8 Maintenance Unit (MU) at RAF Little Rissington 9Apr51; WFU Apr 20, 1953.
Transferred to Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) 20Apr53; US AF Europe; Yugoslav Air
Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 20Apr54 as 7310, later as 712xx;
48531 (MSN 14347/25792) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ853 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 27, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48532 (MSN 14348/25793) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ854 via RAF Nassau Aug 30, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 21, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 1p Sqdn RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To Pakistan AF
as H-719. To G-ANMC with Field Aircraft Services Jan 11, 1954. To XY-ADC with Union of Burma Airways
Jun 23, 1954. Crashed Aug 8, 1956 Thazi, Burma. Struck Mt Pindaya near Thazi. 12 of 22 onboard killed.
48533 (MSN 14349/25794) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ855 via RAF Nassau Sep 4, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 17, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. Belly landed near Kabirwala, Punjab, India Nov 22, 1944 after running
out fuel while lost.
48534 (MSN 14350/25795) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ856 via RAF Nassau Aug 29, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 20, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF. 233 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF India 1946,.
Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To 4X-FAK/030 Israel Defence Force AF Oct 1950. To N60214 Jul 2000. Wfu
48535 (MSN 14351/25796) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ857 via RAF Nassau Sep 1, 1944.
ACSEA Sep 26, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. Shot down by Ki 43s near Schwebo, Burma Jan 12, 1945.
48536 (MSN 14352/25797) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ858 via RAF Nassau Sep 3, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 1, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF. Destroyed by fire when force landed on approach following
power loss, Seletar, Singapore Jan 17, 1947
48537 (MSN 14353/25798) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ859 via RAF Nassau Sep 2, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 1, 1944. 31 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947. To G-AKNM Dec 1, 1947. To CF-GDN Jun 5, 1951 (NTU) to OO-SBU Feb 21, 1953.
48538 (MSN 14354/25799) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ860 via RAF Nassau Sep 1, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 14, 1944. 31 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Jun 4, 1947. Returned to USAAF
Aug 6, 1947. To G-AKNM with Westminster Airways Dec 2, 1947. Scottis Haviatin May 13, 1948. Fairey Aviation
Ltd Jul 7, 1948. CF-GON Survey Aircraft Ltd Jul 5, 1951. G-AKMN Fairey Aviation Co Ltd Aug 27, 1951.
OO-SBU Sabena Feb 21, 1953. Linair L Nov 16, 1954. Delta Air Tpt. OO-VDH (NTU) Mar 1, 1969.
Kestrel Aviation Lydd 1972. Broken up Halifax, Nova Scotia 1973.
48539 (MSN 14355/25800) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ861 via RAF Nassau Aug 31, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 24, 1944. 10 Sqdn RAF Aug 14, 1945. 525 Sqdn RAF Sep 3, 21945. TCDU RAF Jan 26, 1946.
240 OCU RAF Jul 20, 1948. 12 MU RAF Sep 29, 1950. Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance
Group (MAAG) May 27, 1953. To French AF as AdlA 48539 Oct 6, 1953. GT3/61 "FRAQQ" May 1954. BG1/62 "FRAXQ"
Feb 1955. GT2/61 "FRAOI" Jul 1955. GT2/64 "FRAO" Dec 1956. GSRA 76 "FSEYF" Oct 1959. BA 701 May 1963.
GTLA 2/60 May 1965. To Israel Defence Force Jan 1967.
48540 (MSN 14356/25801) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ862 vi RAF Montreal Aug 29, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 18, 1944. DBR when struck while parked by Spitfire PL274, Ciampino Sep 13, 1946.
Med ME RAF Feb 27, 1947. SOC Apr 10, 1947
48541 (MSN 14357/25802) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ863 via RAF Montreal Aug 29, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 6, 1944. 76 Sqdn RAF. 77 Sqdn RAF Sep 7, 1945. ACSEA Oct 4, 1945. India 1946.
Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To Pakistan AF as H-713. TO G-ANLK Field Aircraft Services Jan 11, 1954.
N1592V Bogue Electric Manufacturing Company Mar 9, 1954. N90M Outboard Marine and Manufacturing Company,
Milwaukee, WI 1971. N90ML C. W. Jones, Boise, Idaho 1971. CF-WTU Millardair Ltd, Malton, Ontario Jan 18, 1973.
N3146A J. M Wolcott, Bossier City, LA boutht Jul 21, 1982. WFS Apr 29, 1988.
48542 (MSN 14358/25803) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ864 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 30 1944 76 Sqdn RAF. 575 Sqdn RAF Nov 27, 1945. Med ME RAF Aug 28, 1946.
215 Sqdn RAF Dec 11, 1947. 780 Sqdn RAF May 27, 1948. 8 MU RAF Dec 2, 1949. SOC for spares Aug 16, 1950.
48543 (c;n 14359/25804) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ865 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 20, 1944. 1333 (TS)CU RAF Nov 5, 1946. TSTU RAF. 1382 CU RAF. 240 OCU RAF.
Wrecked when sank back on takeoff and hit ground, Netheravon, UK Sep 13, 1949.
48544 (MSN 14360/25805) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ866 via RAF Montreal Aug 29, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 30, 1944. 10 Sqdn RAF Aug 14, 1945. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 11,1 945. 22 Sqdn RAF
Waterbeach RAF. Oakington RAF Nov 8, 1948. 12 MU Sep 27, 1949. Sold by RAF
Mar 31, 1953. Then registered G-AMYT with Aviation Servicing Ltd Apr 1, 1953. Registration
cancelled Jul 16, 1953 on sale to Central African Airways as VP-YKL "Barotse". To 9J-RFY Zambia Airways 1964.
48545 (MSN 14361/25806) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ867 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKE "OFZU" Sep 21, 1944. Sold to Aden Airways as VR-AAB Feb 1950, then became TJ-ABN with
Arab Airways "Jerusalem" leased Sep 11, 1953. Then reregistered JY-ABN, then VR-AAB again with Aden
Airways "Sheikh Othman" Dec 14, 1953, then G-AGKE again, then 5B-KAZ, then G-AGKE for a third time and
finally N94718 (N27AA was allocated but NTU) Feb 1972. Reported in 1999 as derelict in
Bahrain carrying false identity of G-AMZZ.
48546 (MSN 14362/25807) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ868 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKF "OFZT" Sep 21, 1944. Registration cancelled Jun 22, 1949 on sale to SCA Air Nolis
as F-BEFQ. Crashed Jan 10, 1950 near Zinder, Niger
48547 (MSN 14363/25808) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ869 via RAF Montreal Sep 6, 1944.
Returned to USAAF Sep 13, 1944 in exchanged for aircraft with glider pick up gear. Converted to
VC-47D. Acquired by USAF Museum, then to Air Power Museum
of Ottumwa, IA in exchange for O-46A 35-179. Taken by Chris Stoltzfus of Coatesville,
PA in trade from Air Power Museum in exchange for an AT-11 and Stearman N9078H.
Registered N10004 C. D. Stolzfus, Coatsville, PA May 4, 1970. Sold Nov 1981 to D'Arlee Inc of
McAllen, TX. Registration N10004 cancelled Feb 2002 when exported to Panama. Ended up
as HK-4045 and preserved at Villavicencio, Colombia.
48548 (MSN 14364/25809) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ870 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 12, 1944. 10 Sqdn RAF Aug 14, 1945. 78 Sqdn RAF Sep 7, 1945. Med ME RAF
Oct 4, 1945. 107 MU RAF. SOC Oct 20, 1947
48549 (MSN 14365/25810) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ871 via RAF Montreal Aug 29, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKH "OFZR" Sep 21, 1944. Leased to Iraqi Airways as YI-GKH May 24, 1947, restored to BOAC
as G-AGKH Nov 12, 1947. Registration finally cancelled Feb 1, 1950
on sale to Aden Airways as VR-AAC "Mukeiras". To TJ-ABQ Jordan Airways leased 1953. VR-AAC
Aden Airways. . F-OCKU Air Djibuti Feb 13, 1969. N9987Q Visionair Intl Inc, Miami FL Aug 14, 1976.
Used in filming of "A Bridge Too Far". U L. Drew, Khartoum, Sudan registered Nov 4, 1976. Air Chantenis. WFS Sep 17, 2009.
48550 (MSN 14366/25811) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ872 via RAF Montreal Sep 1, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 30, 1944. 76 Sqdn RAF Aug 22, 1945. 78 Sqdn RAF Sep 7, 1945. Med ME Oct 25, 1945.
Returned to USAAF Jan 14, 1948
48551 (MSN 14367/25812) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ873 Aug 30, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 6, 1944. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 17, 1945. 77 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Dec 1, 1947. Returned to
USAF Jun 22, 1948. Oberpfaff Jan 1, 1948. To Turkish AF Jul 1964 as 6019, coded ETI-19
48552 (MSN 14368/25813) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ874 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 17, 1944. 2781 Sqdn RAF Nov 17, 1945. 77 Sqdn RAF Oakington RAF May 3, 1948.
Waterbeach RAF Jan 12, 1950. Para Test Unit RAF. 22 MU RAF Feb 6, 1950. PTO Hen 10 W Dec 8, 1952.
Mar 17, 1953, registered G-AMZE with Ministry of Supply Apr 15, 1953. S Smith and Son Aviation
Division Ltd May 13 1958. Broken up for spares at Burnaston Feb 1, 1964
48553 (MSN 14369/25814) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ875 via RAF Montreal Aug 31, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Dec 178, 1944. 77 Sqdn RAF Sep 11, 1945. 1381 (T)CU RAF Nov 17, 1945. SOC for spares May 2, 1947
48554 (MSN 14370/25815) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ876 via RAF Montreal Aug 29 1944.
24 Sqdn RAF Oct 11, 1944. MAAF Jul 5, 1945. ME Comm Sqdn RAF Jul 29, 1946. Spec Tp Flt RAF Jan 15, 1948.
Med ME mar 17 1949. Aden CF RAF Apr 14, 1949. 22 MU RAF Mar 12, 1951. Sold Jun 15, 1953 to Airwork Ltd.
Became VP-KLC Eaac "Alexander M MacKay" 1953. Reregistered 5H-AAK Aug 1964. W/o at M'Boya Tanzania
Jul 5, 1973.
48555 (MSN 14371/25816) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ877 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 30 1944. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 29, 1945. 77 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU raF Nov 18, 1947. Transferred
Dec 29, 1949 to Belgian AF as K-38 (call sign OT-CWQ) then to
French AF as AdlA 48555 Sep 25, 1952. TG3/61 "FRAQN" May 1954. GT1161 "FRAQNG" Oct 1954 GTI/62 Mar 1955.
GT2/61 "FRAOH" Jul 1954. GT2/4 "FRAOH" Dec 1956. GT11 64 May 1957 BE 702 "FTEFH" Dec 1958.
GE 316 Jul 1965. St Chataudun 1971. to Senegal AF as AdlAS 6WSAG Aug 1972. To N69AH May 1986.
48556 (MSN 14372/25817) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ878 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF Sep 18, 1944. 1333 (T)CU RAF Jan 5, 1948. 240 OCU RAF. 8 MU RAF Mar 24, 1950.
SOC Apr 21, 1950, to spares.
48557 (MSN 14373/25818) to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ879 bia RAF Montreal Aug 31, 1944.
Then to BOAC Sep 21, 1944, registered G-AGKG Mar 4, 1945. Field Aircraft Services Oct 18, 1949.
Registration cancelled Mar 8, 1950 on sale to Union of Burma
Airways as XY-ACL. Crashed and burned out at Mergu, Burma Jan 10, 1953
48558 (MSN 14374/25819) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. WAA 28Oct46. To civilian registry
as NC68399 Hughes Aircraft Sales. Sold to Faucett of Peru as OB-PAY-226.
W/o Playa Viru, La Libertad, Peru Dec 15, 1948.
48559 (MSN 14375/25820) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Accident Naha AB, Okinawa 13Sep46
Believed used by Air America as 559.
48560 (MSN 14376/25821) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Okinawa. Salvaged 09Jan46
48561 (MSN 14377/25822) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Manila. W/o Jun 12, 1946 (landing) near Samar Fd,
Philippines. Scrapped Jan 15, 1947.
48562 (MSN 14378/25823) Delivered to USAAF Aug44. 47th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Achiet (B-54), France. Damaged in collision with
parked C-47A ? 43-15120 while taxying at Achiet 1Jul45. To Cambodia AF Aug 12, 1970.
43-48563/48912 Douglas C-47B-5-DK
MSN 25824/26173 (originally allocated MSN 14379/14728)
48563 (MSN 14379/25824) to USAAF Aug 28, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17278 Sep 1, 1944
48564 (MSN 14380/25825) to USAAF Aug 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ880 via RAF Montreal Oct 11, 1944.
147 Sqdn RAF. 1333 (TS)CU RAF Nov 18, 1946. Med ME RAF Jul 8, 1948. Iraq CF RAF Jul 22, 1948.
22 MU RAF Sep 28 1950. Sold Apr 19, 1952.
Registered G-AMSF Apr 21, 1952 with BKS Aerocharter Lte "Whitten Brown". BKS Air Tpt Lt Jan 1, 154.
At one point carried out trooping work with temporary RAF serial XF646 during 1954. Crewsair Lte
Jan 1959. Don Evereall (Avn)_ LTD Jar 26, 1959. Alares Evelopments Ltd Jun 1960. Crashed at Elmdon
Airport, Birmingham, England Mar 5, 1962
48565 (MSN 14381/25826) to RAF Mar 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ881 via RAF Montreal Aug 29, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 26, 1944. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 29, 1945. 77 sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Dec 1, 1947.
8 MU RAF Jan 20, 1950 . Transferred to British Ministry of Aviation Jan 27, 1951 and then to RAAF
in 1956, retaining RAF serial of KJ881 "VMLMD". To civil registry as VH-EQB with H Wallace, Morrabbin
Aircraft sales in 196May 1968. Registered Aug 28, 1969 as VH-EQB with Jetair Australia Pty Ltd "John Bovill". To
Royal Lao AF, possibly as 565
48566 (MSN 14382/25827)to USAAF Aug 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ882 via RAF Montreal Aug 30, 1944.
RAF UK Sep 7, 1944. 108 OTU RAF Nov 30, 1944. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 17, 1945. 1 PTS RAF Oct 8, 1946.
114 Sqdn RAF. 70 Sqdn RAF. 78 Sqdn RAF. SCS RAF. 8 MU RAF Oct 27, 1950. Transferred to
Military Aircraft Assistance Group Feb 25, 1953. to French AF as 348566 May 16, 1953. GTI/64
Broken up Jun 2, 1954.
48567 (MSN 14383/25828) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 01Nov44. WFS 31Dec45
48568 (MSN 14384/25829) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Okinawa. Salvaged 31Oct46
48569 (MSN 14385/25830) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Clark F1d 01Jan48. Scrapped 15Jul48
48570 (MSN 14386/25831) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Okinawa. Salvaged 31Oct46
49571 (MSN 14387/25832) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 22Oct44. Pacific Wing ATC. Salvaged 10Apr47
48572 (MSN 14388/25833) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 12Oct44. Manila. To UNRRA Jan 4, 1947 (Manila to China) serialled as 572.
W/o Apr 11, 1947 at Wes Fd, Peiping in ground accident.
48573 (MSN 14389/25834) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Tacloban. Scrapped 30Apr46
48574 (MSN 14389/25835) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Okinawa. Salvaged 09Jan46
48575 (MSN 14391/25836) to USAAF 30Aug44? 7th AF? 17Oct44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan 1962
to US civil registry as N86439 Charlotte Aviation. To Spanish AF as T.3-35. Accident Nov 5, 1975.
48576 (MSN 14392/25837) to USAAF 30Aug44. 7th AF Oahu Oct44. Manila. Scrapped 31Dec45
48577 (MSN 14393/25838) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Manila. Salvaged 17Jan47
48578 (MSN 14394/25839) to USAAF 31Aug44? 7th AF? 17Oct44? no card. USAF. To civilian registry as N7931C.
Sold to Faucett of Peru as OB-PBN-659. Crashed into jungle Cerro Puena Paz, Junin, Peru Aug 24, 1962.
All 9 onboard killed.
48579 (MSN 14395/25840) to USAAF 31Aug44? 7th AF? 17Oct44? no card. Converted to C-47D. USA.
To FC-47D "Puff the Magic Dragon" Later became the first AC-47 test aircraft. To MASDC 24 Nov 1969,
excess 1 Jul 1970
48580 (MSN 14396/25841) to USAAF 04Sep44. 7th AF Oahu 17Oct44. Manila. Salvaged 01Jul47
48581 (MSN 14397/25842) to USAAF 31Aug44. 7th AF Oahu 19Oct44. Manila FLC 13Aug47 VT-CYF Kalinga Airlines (Pvt) Ltd RAug48
Indian Airlines Corp 01Aug53. Rptd wlo 04Jul56 Calcutta but repaired. To Indian AF as IAF BJ622 24Mar62
Crashed 15Dec71
48582 (MSN 14398/25843) to USAAF 04Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. FLC Turkey 28Oct46
To Turkish AF as 6007
48583 (MSN 14399/25844) to USAAF 31Aug44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. North Africa Wing ATC. Salvaged 17Jul45
48584 (MSN 14400/25845) to USAAF 31Aug44. European Wing ATC 23Oct44. Salvaged 11Jun47
48585 (MSN 14401/25846) to USAAF 31Aug44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 17Sep46.
to Belgian AF as FABe K-9 19Sep46. J-CW I call sign OTCNE. MAAG 18Sep52
To French AF as AdlA 48585 25Sep52. GT2/62 "FRAZG". GT2/64 May54. GTl/61 Dec54. CIET 340 May55.
GT4/61 Mar56. BE 702 "FTEFA" Feb57. GTLA 2/60 Feb65. Aeronavale "485" 56S 10Sep70. To TY-BBQ 23Jan84
48586 (MSN 14402/25847) to USAAF Aug 31, 1944. European Wing ATC Oct 8, 1944. To South Vietnam AF
48587 (MSN 14403/25848) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. To France 14Jun48
F-BEIE SGACC 14Oct48. Air France May57. SGACC Jun57. Air France Dec63. SGACC Feb68. WFU Dinard Jul70
48588 (MSN 14404/25849) to USAAF 31Aug44. European Wing ATC 11Oct44. India China Wing ATC 31Dec44. 8th AF 27Jan45
Karachi. To Indian Government 10Apr46
48589 (MSN 14405/25850) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. 8th AF, 31st TCG lost Apr 21, 1945, Germany. MACR 13943
48590 (MSN 14406/25851) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 11Oct44. 9th AF. To Belgian AF KR10 then K10
(call sign OT-CWE). WFS 26Jan76. To Nile Delta Airlines as SU-AZM Feb77. W/O 05Nov78 at Alexandria, Egypt
48591 (MSN 14407/25852) to USAAF Sep 2, 944. European Wing ATC Oct 11, 1944. 48 TFW Lakenheath.
Converted to AC-47D. Lost in South Vietnam Oct 2, 1967 during daylight mission over Hue. 7 killed.
48592 (MSN 14408/25853) Delivered to USAAF 1Sep44. European Division, Air Transport
Command 15Oct44. 313th Transport Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group, Grove (Station 519).
The aircraft operated a flight from Villacoublay (A-42) to Querqueville (A-23), France.
During the last radio contact the crew reported an electrical failure. The airplane
wandered off course over the English Channel and was shot down by AA fire over Jersey.
Crashed in the water in Bouley Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands 30Oct44 [11KIA]. Condemned 8Nov44.
MACR 11064
48593 (MSN 14409/25854) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. India China Wing ATC 31Dec44. 8th AF 09Jan45
W/o Feb 6, 1945, China
48594 (MSN 14410/25855) to USAAF 01Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Accident at Rhein-Main AB, Frankfurt, West Germany 15Jan48. Military Assistance Program [MAP].
United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC) 8Aug60 as 207. 3 Squadron, UN Air Transport Force,
N’Dolo Airport, Léopoldville, Republic of Congo. WFU at N’Djili, Léopoldville Jun63.
To Congolese AF
48595 (MSN 14411/25856) to USAAF 04Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. FLC France 14Jun48
To Ste Aerotechnique Mar 20, 1948 as F-BEIK. Cie Air Tpt Jun51. Air France May52
Crashed Biskra, Algeria 08Apr57. Crashed just after takeoff, one mile from the airfield. Left engine failure.
All 34 onboard killed.
48596 (MSN 14412/25857) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. In minor landing accident with mechanical
failure May 14, 1946 at Payne Field, Cairo, Egypt. FLC Nov 23, 1946.
48597 (MSN 14413/25858) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. India China Wing ATC 31Dec44. 9th AF 09Jan45
W/o when crashed after engine failure Mar 23, 1945 25 mi SE of Kunming, China
48598 (MSN 14414/25859) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Karachi. Chungking China 09Dec45.
W/o while with military. No date given.
48599 (MSN 14415/25860) to USAAF 02Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card USAF.
To AC-47D 1954, redesignated EC-47D Sep 18, 1962. 11-AUG-1967 To Air International Corporation,
Miami, FL. To MAP. To South Vietnam AF Mar 1971, to Cambodian AF Apr 24, 1972. To Philippine AF in 1975.
48600 (MSN 14416/25861) to USAAF 01Sep44. European Wing ATC 09Oct44. W/o 5 Jul 1945 Landing at Orly A/p, Paris. Salvaged 05Jul45
48601 (MSN 14417/25862) to USAAF 21Sep44. "OHAM" Bari Italy? 15th OR US 12th AF 19Dec44. Returned to US 21Jul45. To Panama 20Sep45
48602 (MSN 14418/25863) to USAAF 01Sep44? European Wing ATC? 09Oct44? no card USAF "0-348602.
7th Geodetic Squadron, named "Escape" w/o Dec 3, 1945 in crash 10 mi SE of
Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina. 14 killed. Crashed in the wild Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay border country.
The bodies were incinerated by the search and rescue party as they were rapidly rotting in the heat
and it would have been pointless to try and bury them in the swamp. Some of the passengers apparently
were with a FBI covert counterintelligence branch.
48603 (MSN 14419/25864) to USAAF 01Sep44? European Wing ATC? 09Oct44? no card. USAF. W/o 12 Dec 1957 in crash near Yokota AFB, Japan
5 killed.
48604 (MSN 14420/25865) delivered to USAAF 1Sep44; 9th AF, Europe 10Oct44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; Royal Hellenic AF
as 43-48604; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
KEA [State Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon, modified as a bomber; WFU 22Feb77, scrapped
48605 (MSN 14421/25866) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 23Oct44. W/o 25 Nov 1944 in takeoff accident-somewhere
in UK. Salvaged 03Dec44
48606 (MSN 14422/25867) completed as C-47B-7-DK 22Sep44. India China Wing ATC 30Sep44.
North Africa Wing ATC 15Feb46. European Wing ATC. FLC 11May46
48607 (MSN 14422/25868) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Salvaged 19Jul46
48608 (MSN 14423/25869) to USAAF 04Sep44. European Wing ATC Oct44. 9th AF
To Belgian AF K11 (call sign OTCWF) Jul 18, 1946. MAAG 18Sep52
To French AF as AdlA 348608 08May53 (MDAP) 08May53. GTl/61 "FRAMB" 1953. GT2/64
GTl/61 Jul54. CIET 340 Jul54. GT2/61 "FRAOO" Oct56. GT2/64 "FRAOL". GTlI64 Jun59. ELA 47 Apr60
GLA 45 Jan62. GSRA 78 Jun62. GLA 45 Jan63. EPAS 325 Mar64. To Israeli Def Force Jan67
To N47SJ current 2011
48609 (MSN 14425/25870) Delivered 1Sep44. European Division, Air Transport
Command 18Oct44. 27th Air Transport Group, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Oct44.
Vienna 01Jan48. Germany 19Jan48. Salvaged 15Apr48
48610 (MSN 14426/25871) to USAAF 04Sep44. European Wing ATC 25Nov44. 9th AF. To "AGF" 21Aug46
To NC79005 Pan American Airways 1946. PP-PCV Panair do Brasil 10Nov47. PP-YQM S A Tranportes Aeros REAL 1952
to Argentine AF as FAAr T-30 1960 W/O 26Jun64
48611 (MSN 14427/25872) Delivered 2Sep44. European Division, Air
Transport Command 9Oct44. 321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group,
Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Sep44. The aircraft departed Le Bourget for Biggin Hill
(Station 343) with troops of the Signal Air Warning Batttalion. The aircraft crashed and
burned out seven minutes after takeoff at Le Plessis-Gassot, west of Goussainville,
France 18Jan45 [18KIA:4WIA]. Salvaged 20Jan45.
46812 (MSN 14428/25873) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 18Oct44. Cairo. To Egypt 30Oct46
48613 (MSN 14429/25874) to USAAF 05Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. SOC 16Apr46.
became SE-BBP "Alkan" (later renamed "Torgny Viking") of ABA Apr 29, 1946. Registered Apr 18, 1947.
To F-BFGJ NTU Feg 1949. Sold as F-OABJ aigle Azur Mar 15, 1949. Shot down Dlng Khe =, Donkin, Vietnam Nov 27, 1949.
48614 (MSN 14430/25875) to USAAF 04Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 11JuI46
to HB-ATU, Alpar AG NTU. To Cosara May 19, 1948 as F-BEIU. Tptes Aeriens Extr Orient, Saigon Nov49
F-VNBU Air Vietnam May56. F-OBDS Air Outre Mer 23Oct57. Ste Aerotechnique Jan58. Airnautic Mar64
F-BBOS Rr 24Feb65; TU-TCL Air Afrique Sep65. WFS Mar72
48615 (MSN 14431/25876) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Cairo. To Egypt 30Oct46
48616 (MSN 14432/25877) to USAAF 02Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card. USAF "0-348616
48617 (MSN 14433/25878) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 22Oct44. India China Wing ATC. Chungking. To China 15Feb46
48618 (MSN 14434/25879) to USAAF 02Sep44. W/o Sep 12, 1944, South Plains AAF, Texas
48619 (MSN 14435/25880) to USAAF 02Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. 9th AF. To Belgian AF as FABe K-12
19Sep46 "M-CW" I "OTCNF" 19Sep46. OO-CBU R 1953 NTU. MAAG 18Sep52. To French AF as AdlA 48619 25Sep52
GT3/61 "FRAQE" CIET 340 Nov54. GT2/64 "FRAON" May57. GTl/64 Sep59. BE 707 May60. BE 709 Apr61.
GLAM 1160 Jun63. EC57 "FRCAM" Feb64. To Israeli AF 25Jan67 sale fell through.
Sale fell through to an American owner for which N12864 was allocated but NTU. F-WSGZ Rousseau Avn, Dinard I8264
N18257 St Louis Aviation Inc R17Oct72. CF-FSJ St Louis Aviation Inc, St Jean R02Feb73
A Fecteau Tpt Ltee R09Mar73. Northern Wings Ltd 1974 lapsed 25Feb76.
Noted derelict at Sept Ilse, Quebec Aug 1993. WFS May 2, 1995
48620 (MSN 14436/25881) to USAAF 02Sep44? European Wing ATC? 13Oct44? no card. USAF " 0-48620" SAC 1964
Converted to EC-47 9th Sp Ops Sq, Vietnam.
48621 (MSN 14437/25882) to USAAF 04Sep44. 7th AF Oahu 28Sep44. WAA 28Oct46. To civilian registry as NC62034 WAA.
Sold to Faucett of Peru as OB-PAX-224 registered Oct 20, 1947.
W/o Rioja, San Martin, Peru Mar 14, 1964.
48622 (MSN 14438/25883) to USAAF 08Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? Karachi 07Oct44. Chungking 08Oct44.
Salvaged 16Oct45
48623 (MSN 14439/25884) to USAAF 04Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 13Oct44.
W/o in landing accident Apr 2, 1945, Kutkai, Burma
48624 (MSN 14440/25885) to USAAF 04Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? Karachi 13Oct44. Guam 01Jan48.
Scrapped Harmon Fld. 27Mar49
48625 (MSN 14441/25886) to USAAF 04Sep44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 13Oct44. Chungking. Crashed Peishiyi, China Jun 28, 1945
48626 (MSN 14442/25887) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 06Oct44.
W/o Nov 28, 1944 (t/off accident) Shinbweyang A/p, Burma. Salvaged Dec 5, 1944.
48627 (MSN 14443/25888) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? Karachi 06Oct44. Chungking. FLC 0lAug46
XT-Central Air TptCO US. N8335C C L Chennault & W Willauer. Civil Air Tpt 19Dec49. N68780 Dow ChemicalCO US
N730D Rr. N68780 Rr. N81 T The Trane Co, LaCrosse, WI 1966. N118IT Rr Mar69. CF-WBN Millardair Ltd R27Nov69
C-FWBN Worldways Airlines, Mississauga, Ont R Jun79. To US Dec82. WFU
48628 (MSN 14444/25889) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 06Oct44. W/o Apr 19, 1945 in takeoff accident Lashio, Burma.
48629 (MSN 14445/25890) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? Karachi 06Oct44. Chunking. Salvaged 09Dec45
48630 (MSN 14446/25891) to USAAF 06Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 05Oct44. China 16Sep45. WFS 16Sep45
48631 (MSN 14447/25892) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 06Oct44. To Indian Government 10Apr46
48632 (MSN 14448/25893) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 11Oct44. To Indian Government 10Apr46
48633 (MSN 14449/25894) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 11Oct44. Crashed Lao Ho Kaw, China, Dec 28, 1944
48634 (MSN 14450/25895) to USAAF 06Sep44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 06Oct44. Lost Oct 27, 1944 Digboi Mountains, Burma. MACR 9455
48635 (MSN 14451/25896) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 15Oct44. W/o 18 Jan 1945 in landing at
Ledo, Assam. WFS 14Sep45
48636 (MSN 14452/25897) completed as C-47B-7-DK. To USAAF Sep 5, 1944. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card
Converted to EC-47Q. Shot down over Saravane Province, Laos Feb 5, 1973. Crew of 8 MIA.
48637 (MSN 14453/25898) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? Karachi 16Oct44. Salvaged 15Nov45
48638 (MSN 14454/25899) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 11Oct44. W/o Jan 28, 1945 in takeoff accident Panghkam, Burma.
48639 (MSN 14455/25900) to USAAF 05Sep44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 05Oct44. To China 16Sep45
48640 (MSN 14456/25901) to USAAF 05Sep44? 14th AF or India China Wing ATC? 05Oct44? no card. USAF.
To French AF as AdlA 348640 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 15Dec53. GT2/63 "FRAMB". GTl/64 Aug54
To Cambodia AF 10Aug56
48641 (MSN 14457/25902) completed as TC-47B-5-DK. To USAAF Sep 5, 1944. US? no card. USAF.
To MASDC 11 Jan 1967, excess 9 Sep 1970.
48642 (MSN 14458/25903) to USAAF Sep 6, 1944. To USSR Sep 19, 1944
48643 (MSN 14459/25904) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 10, 1944
48644 (MSN 14460/25905) to USAAF Sep 6, 1944. To USSR Sep 24, 1944
48645 (MSN 14461/25906) to USAAF Sep 6. 1944. To USSR Sep 28, 1944
48646 (MSN 14462/25907) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 6, 1944
48647 (MSN 14463/25908) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 10, 1944
48648 (MSN 14464/25909) to USAAF Sep 13, 1944. To USSR Oct 9, 1944
48649 (MSN 14465/25910) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To USSR Sep 22, 1944.
48650 (MSN 14466/25911) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To USSR Oct 10, 1944
48651 (MSN 14467/25912) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To USSR Oct 10, 1944.
48652 (MSN 14468/25913) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Datota IV KJ883 Sep 18, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA Oct 11, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 31 Sqdn RAF. Soc BER May 28, 1946.
48653 (MSN 14469/25914) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ884 Sep 18, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA Oct 7, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. Engine cut, swung on landing, Gujrat, India Dec 19, 1944.
48654 (MSN 14470/25915) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ885 Sep 16, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA Oct 14, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. 436 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48655 (MSN 14481/25916) to USAAF Sep 6, 1944. to RAF as Dakota IV KJ886 via RAF Nassau Sep 22, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 21, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. RAF India Aug 29, 19476. 22 MU RAF. RAF UK Aug 7, 1947.
Returned to USAAF Oct 30, 1947. To Air Algerie May 1948 as F-BEFP, by 1955 was F-BCYN of Air Algerie.
Reregistered 7T-VAN Nov 1963.
48656 (MSN 14472/25917) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ887 in India via RAF Nassau Sep 18 1944.
ACSEA Oct 11, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 96 Sqdn RAF. BCAir CF RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF Jun 18, 1948. 8 MU RAF.
RAF UK Mar 12, 1952. MAAG via Fields Aug 5, 1954. Returned to USAAF Feb 12, 1955. To Royal Hellenic AF ?
48657 (MSN 14473/25918) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ888 Sep 17, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA Oct 10, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF. 233 Sqdn RAF. RAF India 1946.
FLC Nov 27, 1946.
48658 (MSN 14474/25919) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ889 Sep 20, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA oCT 29, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. 96 Sqdn RAF. RZAF India 19467. SOC BER Apr 29, 1947.
48659 (MSN 14475/25920) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ890 via RAF Nassau Sep 20, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 30 1944. 117 Sqdn RAF. Missing Feb 17, 1945.
48660 (MSN 14476/25921) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ891 via RAF Nassau Sep 17, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 14, 1944. 4353 Sqdn RAF. 215 Sqdn RAF. SOC Jun 13, 1946.
48661 (MSN 14477/25922) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ892 via RAF Nassau Sep 14, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 7, 1944. 117 Sqdn RAF. WFS Feb 5, 1945.
48662 (MSN 14478/25923) to USAAF 12Sep44. To RAF in India as KJ893 28Sep44 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA 18Oct46 436 Sqn RAF 435 Sqn RAF 233 Sqn RAF Med ME RAF 26Apr46
FLC Payne Fld 29May47 SX-BAL Hellenic Airlines TAE 07Jul51 Olympic Airways 06Apr57
N292L Airlines World Avn, Rosslyn, VA US Mar73 Air Libya L 19Mar73 Bema & Dasujan Inc,
Frankfurt, Germany R05Feb79 WFU 18Jun80
48663 (MSN 14479/25924) to Navy as R4D-6 17279
48664 (MSN 14480/25925) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ894 via RAF Nassau Sep 22, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 19, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. 12 MU RAF Sep 17, 1947. Oakington RAF
Nov 26, 1948. 8 MU RAF Jul 15, 1949. . Sold Jan 12, 1950.
Registered G-AMJU with Scottish Aviation Ltd May 25, 1951. At one point carried out
trooping work with temporary RAF serial XF757. Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Ltd registered Oct 28, 1954.
Starways Ltd Jan 10, 1955. Silver City Airways registered May 4, 1958. VBUA Jan 23 1962.
BU (CI) airways Nov 1, 1962. Ulster Air Rpt Ltd Aldergrove tfa Air Ulster "Derry Maid" May 7, 1968. Registration
G-AMJU cancelled Jan 4, 1970 on sale as 9Q-CIR with Inst Geographique du Zaire.
48665 (MSN 14481/25926) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ895 via RAF Nassau Oct 24, 1944.
ACSEA 19Nov44 194 Sqn RAF 31 Sqn RAF 215 Sqn RAF 48 Sqn RAF 22 MU RAF 03Mar47.
Returned to USAAF May 9, 1947. To French AF as AdlA 348665 15Sep47 GTlI 15Sep47 GT1I61 "FRAME" 1951
GTl/62 "FRAXR" 1955 GT3/62 RASR" Sep56. To Centrafrique AF as FACA TLKAB Apr65. WFU
48666 (MSN 14482/25927) to uSAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ896 via RAF Nasau Sep 1944
ACSEA 31Oct44 436 Sqn RAF 215 Sqn RAF 48 Sqn RAF 22 MU RAF 19Dec47 . Returned to USAAF Oct 7, 1948.
Converted to C-47D United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). 7500th Operations
Squadron, 7500th Air Base Group, Twelth Air Force, RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England.
Accident on the ground at RAF Bovingdon 14Apr51. Accident at RAF Bovingdon 2Apr52 and 25Jun53.
"0-348666" Military Assistance Program [MAP]. United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC)
12Aug60 as 209. 3 Squadron, UN Air Transport Force, N’Dolo Airport, Léopoldville, Republic of Congo.
Badly damaged during an attack by Katanga Fouga Magister aircraft at Elisabethville 15Sep61.
Fuselage twisted in a bomb attack 17Sep61. SOC 17Sep61. Fuselage used as UNOC crew quarters
derelict in Congo 1962
48667 (MSN 14483/25928) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ897 via RAF Nassau Sep 18, 1944.
ACSEA 18Oct44 435 Sqn RAF 117 Sqn RAF 194 Sqn RAF 12 MU RAF 07Oct47 Sold Jun 11, 1951.
To civil registry Jun 23, 1951 as G-AMKE for BEA as Pionair "Sir Frederick Lanchester" Nov 23, 1951.
Pionair was the class name for C-47 Dakota in BEA service. Air Links Ltd Jul 4, 1961. SPANZ leased
Dec 15, 1961. To Rhodesian Air Services Oct 1962 as VP-YUU, airline later renamed
Air Rhodesia. To Zambia Airways in 1966 as 9J-RDR. No longer airworthy by 1970 and remained derelict in Lusaka.
In Nov 1999 was reported as a partial fuselage at Johannesburg-Rand. Currently owned by Phoebus Apollo
Investments and displayed as an attachment to the Phoebus Apollo Aviation building at Rand
48668 (MSN 14484/25929) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ898 Sep 20, 1944 via RAF Nassau.
ACSEA Oct 8, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 233 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Jun 1, 1947
48669 (MSN 14485/25930) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ899 via RAF Nassau Sep 15, 1944.
ACSEA Oc5 18, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. Shot down by Ki 43s near Tabingaung, Burma Jan 12, 1945.
48670 (MSN 14486/25931) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ900 via RAF Nassau Sep 17, 1944
ACSEA Oct 19, 1944. 361 MU RAF. 141 RSU RAF. 22 MU RAF Dec 22, 1947. To Belgian AF Dec 22, 1948
as K41 (call sign OT-CWT). W/o Sep 13, 1951, Echole Tech DE US Saffronberg. Broken up 1954.
48671 (MSN 14487/25932) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ901 via RAF Nassau Sep 21, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 3, 1944. 62 Sqdn RAF. Missing from supply dropping mission over Burma Jun 25, 1945.
48672 (MSN 14488/25933) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ902 via RAF Nassau Sep 14, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 4, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 233 Sqdn RAF. Crashed after striking
trees during drop run over DZ near Tiddim, Burma Sep 12, 1945.
48673 (MSN 14489/25934) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ903 via RAF Nassau Sep 28, 1944.
ACSEA 05Nov44. Med ME RAF. 62 Sqn RAF 25Apr46. 233 Sqn RAF. 204 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 19Dec47.
Returned to USAAF Jul 27, 1948. Oberpfaff -17th AF Rabat 1955. MAAG Oslo 1955
To MASDC 19 Aug 1963, Departed 30 Nov 1963, To Air International Corp., Miami, To MAP 17 Mar 1964
48674 (MSN 14490/25935) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ904 via RAF Nassau Sep 16, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 3, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48675 (MSN 14491/25936) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ905 via RAF Nassau Sep 16, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 9, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. 22 MU RAF Dedc 23, 1947. Transferred to Military
Aircraft Assistance Group Jun 29, 1955. Returned to USAAF Apr 6, 1956. 7531st ABS 1956.
To MASDC 16 Aug 1963, Departed 17 Dec 1963, To Air International Corp., Miami,
To Paraguay AF as T-45 on 27 Mar 1964 (MAP)
48676 (MSN 14492/25937) to USAAF Sep 8, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ906 via RAF Montreal Sep 16, 1944.
107 OTU RAF Jan 17 1945. 77 Sqdn RAF. 187 Sqdn RAF Aug 26, 1945.. 575 Sqdn RAF Dec 6, 1945.
Med ME RAF Aug 16m, 1946. 215 Sqdn RAF Dec 11, 1947. 70 Sqdn RAF Jan 10, 1948. 114 Sqdn RAF Dec 30, 1949.
22 MU RAF. SOC Feb 14, 1950, broken up
48677 (MSN 14493/25938) to USAAF Sep 7, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ907 via RAF Montreal Sep 11, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 13, 1944. 271 Sqdn raF Nov 29, 1945. 77 zSqdn RAF. Waterbeach RAF Mar 12, 1948.
Okington RAF Mar 21, 1949, 8 MU RAF Brooklands. SOC Jan 30, 1950
48678 (MSN 14494/25939) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ908 via RAF Montreal Sep 17, 1944.
Middle East Oc 27, 1944. Transferred to SAAF as 6861 Sep 27, 1945. To Rhodesian AF as 706
Jan 1964 cls VP-YZE Jan 1964. Renumbered R7036 also 3707 to Zimbabwe AF as 706. WFS 1992.
48679 (MSN 14495/25940) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ909 via RAF Montreal Sep 15, 1944.
Middle East Sep 28, 1944.. Transferred to SAAF as 6863 Oct 7, 1945. Crashed Zwartkop, South Africa Jun 25, 1946
48680 (MSN 14496/25941) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ910 via RAF Montreal Sep 15, 1944.
108 OTU RAF Nov 12, 1944. 271 Sqdn RAF Nov 29, 1945. 1 PTS RAF Oct 4, 1946. Med ME RAF Apr 26, 1948.
70 Sqdn RAF Sep 9, 1948. 8 MU RAF Feb 33, 1950. Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group
Jul 30, 1953. Operated by UN in early 1960s. Deleted from USAF inventory Jun 5, 1967 as 'destroyed'.
48681 (MSN 14497/25942) to USAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ911 via RAF Montreal Sep 15, 1944.
RAF UK Sep 27, 1944. 108 OTU RAF Nov 13, 1944. 1384 (T)CU RAF. SOC Jul 7, 1947.
48682 (MSN 14498/25943) to uSAAF Sep 9, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ912 via RAF Montreal Sep 12, 1944.
RAF UK Sep 20, 1944. 108 OTU RAF Nov 15, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF Feb 6, 1946. 436 Sqdn RAF
Mar 17 18946. 1382 (T)CU RAF Sep2 6, 1946. . SOC Jun 2, 1947. Cat E Jun 13, 1947
48683 (MSN 14499/25944) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17280 Sep 16, 1944
48684 (MSN 14500/25945) to USAAF Sep 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17281 Sep 19, 1944
48685 (MSN 14501/25946) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17282 Sep 13, 1944
48686 (MSN 14502/25947) completed as C-47B-6-DK. Converted to AC-47D,
later to South Vietnam AF
48687 (MSN 14503/25948) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17283 Sep 13, 1944
48688 (MSN 14504/25949) to USAAF Sep 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17284 Sep 1944
48689 (MSN 14505/25950) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17285 Sep 11, 1944
48690 (MSN 14506/25951) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17286 Sep 12, 1944
48691 (MSN 14507/25952) to USAAF Sep 11, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17287 Sep 11, 1944
48692 (MSN 14508/25953) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17288 Sep 12, 1944
48693 (MSN 14509/25954) to USAAF Sep 11, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17289 Sep 11, 1944
48694 (MSN 14510/25955) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17290 Sep 12, 1944
48695 (MSN 14511/25956) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17291 Sep 12, 1944
48696 (MSN 14512/25957) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6R BuNo 50740 Sep 12, 1944.
After R4D-6R, back to USAF, sold as N8666 and to Mexican AF as FAM-
48697 (MSN 14513/25958) to USAAF Sep 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6R BuNo 50741 Sep 12, 1944.
48698 (MSN 14514/25959) completed as C-47B-9-DK. To USAAF 12Sep44 ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Stored Davis Monthan Dec69 to May72. Air Brazea
48699 (MSN 14515/25960) completed as C-47B-9-DK. To USAAF 12Sep44 ATC? 12Sep44? no card USAF.
Converted to VC-47D Sep54 stored Davis Monthan May72
48700 (MSN 14516/25961) completed as C-47B-9-DK. To USAAF Sep 12, 1944. ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF.
converted to VC-47D Sep54. To XA-COI 1972. To Paraguayan AF as FAPa T-77 reserialed as FAPa 2021 1980
48701 (MSN 14517/25962) completed as C-47B-9-DK. To USAAF 12Sep44? ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF.
Converted to AC-47D Sep54 damaged at Da Nang South Viet Nam 17Sep71
48702 (MSN 14518/25963) completed as C-47B-9-DK. To USAAF Sep 12, 1944. Converted to VC-47B Sep 1954.
Later converted to EC-47P. Crashed on takeoff from Pleiku AB, Vietnam Dec 31, 1968. Only one minor injury.
To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage or survey Aug 5, 1975l
48703 (MSN 14519/25964) to USAAF 12Sep44? ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-48703" Cont Air Cmd
N48284 Tptes Aereos Ed Don R B McPherson tla Aerodix 12May71. N13AT Air Transport Inc 7 May71.
Mrs J R Dougherty 15Jun71. Bledsoe Aviation Inc, Corpus Christi, TX US 2lJul71. XA-COI Tptes Aereos EI Concord L25Aug72
R J Swartholt, Anchorage, AK US 20Jun75. A McCann, Anchorage, AK US 08July75.
J K Foss, Anchorage, AK, tla J K Air Cargo Co, B24May77. WFU Anchorage Oct78
At Boeing Fld, WA US 07Oct78. In USAF cls P M Murphy, Seattle, W A B03Mar80. N13AT M J Hogan, Hamilton, OH RMar84
Flying with Miami Valley Aviation, OH.
48704 (MSN 14520/25965) to USAAF 12Sep44? ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348704 25Dec53 (MDAP)
Indo-China 25Dec53. GT2/64 "FRBFR". GT2/63 Jun54. GTl/64 Jul55. Vietnam AF 24Oct55. By 1957 was F-OAVR of Air Algerie
348704 South Vietnam AF "I" 1964. 0-48704 "NB" 348704 R Lao AF Dec70
48705 (MSN 14521/25966) to USAAF 12Sep44? ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF 0-48705. Stored Davis Monthan 15Nov72
N9994Q Lansing Community Coli, MI US 1976. B Riggins, Adairville, KY R16Nov78. General Service Admin
R L Spillman, Bay Village, OR US B12Jul82. To N9994Q 1976. Current 2011
48706 (MSN 14522/25967) to USAAF 12Sep44? ATC? 12Sep44? no card. USAF converted to VC-47D Sep54. US Legation, NZ
48707 (MSN 14523/25968) to USAAF 12Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. To EC-47D. 1857th Facility Checking Flight, Rhein Main AB,
West Germany. 07-JUN-1963 10-OCT-1963. To Air International Corp, Miami, FL. To MAP
48708 (MSN 14524/25969) to USAAF 12Sep44? European Wing ATC? 13Oct44? no card. Converted to EC-47B. MATS/AACS Sep 1953.
then to AC-47B May 1963, then to AC-47D Jan 1964. RL-2003 Korean National Airlines. WFS. to HL-2003
48709 (MSN 14525/25970) to USAAF 12Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Cairo FLC 01Jul46. To Turkish AF as 6003
48710 (MSN 14526/25971) to USAAF 13Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. Neth/Belgium. FLC Turkey 18Nov46
To Turkish AF as 6016
47711 (MSN 14527/25972) to USAAF 28Sep44. 9th AF 15Oct44. Returned to US 04Jul45. Converted to C-47D 17Sep46. Scrapped 02Jan48
47712 (MSN 14528/25973) to USAAF 12Sep44. 8th AF 27Sep44. W/o in landing accident Sep 28, 1944 at Hendon, UK
48713 (MSN 14529/25974) to USAAF 12Sep44. 8th AF 27Sep44. Returned to US 19Jul45. Converted to C-47D 01Jan48
Crashed in waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska Sep 2, 1949 during routine instrument
training flight from Elmendorf AFB. All 7 onboard killed.
48714 (MSN 14530/25975) to USAAF 12Sep44? 8th AF? 27Sep44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348714 25Apr52 (MDAP)
Indo-China 25Apr52. GT2/62 "FRAZV" Apr52. B/U Dec52
48715 (MSN 14531/25976) Delivered to USAAF Sep44. 76th Troop Carrier Squadron,
435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Damaged in
collision with C-47B ? 43-48719 taxying at Welford 15Nov44.
Minor accident Nov 29, 1944. To MASDC Aug 1969. To Colombian AF Apr 1976 as FAC-1125. W/o Feb 17, 1977
when ran off runway at Mitu-Fabio Alberto Leon Bentley Airport, Colombia.
48716 (MSN 25977) delivered to USAAF Sep 12, 1944. 75th TCS, 435th TCG, 9th AF Sep 30, 1944. Named
"Luck of the Irish". The plane flew two resupply missions over the Battle of the Bulge on December
24th and December 26th, 1944 in which it dropped supplies from parapacks as well as from inside the
fuselage to the surrounded troops below in the city of Bastogne. It also took part in Operation
Varsity, the single largest air drop of troops and supplies during a single day, even to date. Over
Varsity it towed two Waco CG-4A gliders full of troops. Overall, it flew in 25 Fully Combat-
Operational Resupply Missions in the European theatre from its base in Welford Park, England and
Bretigny, France. It also flew 13 missions in which it evacuated American, British, French and even
German POWs. Flew at least 96 missions of various types, which it had taken part in during the war.
To civil registry as N836M Lee County Mosquito control, Ft Myers, FL. As N836M, joined Air Heritage
Collection at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Nov 2012. Was under restoration at Air Heritage, Inc in
2013. To Airmobile Inc, McKeesport, PA Feb24.
48717 (MSN 14533/25978) to USAAF as 12Sep44? 8th AF? 27Sep44? no card. Converted to C-47D. USAF TAC.
Stored Davis Monthan 09Jul73. To Honduras AF as FAH309.
48718 (MSN 14534/25979) Delivered to USAAF 13Sep44. Eighth Air Force 27Sep44. 75th
Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474).
Transported supplies for the 101st Airborne Division to a drop zone at Bastogne, Belgium on
Operation ‘Repulse’ during the Ardennes offensive 26Dec44. The aircraft was hit by enemy
ground fire before and after the drop zone, damaging the instrument panel and starting a fire;
the aircraft crashed near Bastogne. Condemned 26Dec44. MACR 11322
48719 (MSN 14535/25980) Delivered to USAAF Sep44. 76th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Damaged in collision with
C-47B ? 43-48715 taxying at Welford 15Nov44. Brétigny-sur-Orge (A-48), France.
Towed two gliders transporting men and materials for the 17th Airborne Division to a
landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
Carlson-Everts Shelton? N2768A Patti McDonald Equipment Co. Red Dodge Inc, Anchorage, AK US 1966
Delaware Airjet Inc, Denver,CO US Jun69. NI0HB Rr 1971. CF-BXY Knight's Rathole Drilling Service Ltd,
Ft St John, BC E21Dec71. Knight Air Ltd 1975. North Cariboo Flying Service Jan82. N68CW. Current 2012
48720 (MSN 14536/25981) to USAAF 11Sep44. 8th AF 03Oct44. W/o Apr 16, 1945 in landing accident at Eisfeld, Germany
48721 (MSN 14537/25982) Delivered to USAAF 13Sep44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. 1st Strategic Air Depot,
Troston (Station 595), Suffolk. Damaged while parked in collision by Consolidated B-24H
Liberator ? 41-29386 taxying at Troston 10Feb45. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170)
21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. W/o Sep 8, 1947 in crash 4 mi S of Larkspur, Colorado
48722 (MSN 14538/25983) Delivered to USAAF Sep44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield
(Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to
a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. En route, two parapacks fell off and a third ‘blossomed’
and refused to detach from the aircraft, increasing drag and needing more engine power for
the airfcraft to remain in formation. Having reached the Rhine, it was considered unsafe
for the paratroopers to jump with a rogue parachute below the door. The aircraft
diverted to Eindhoven (B-78). To Uruguayan AF as 518 Dec 19, 1962. WFS Jul 16, 1974
48723 (MSN 14539/25984) Delivered to USAAF Sep44. 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier
Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483). Base Air Depot ? 1, Burtonwood
(Station 590) Dec44. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for
use as a pathfinder; returned to Barkston Heath 21Jan45. Returning from a supply flight
to Liège (A-93), Belgium, the aircraft force landed with engine problems at RAF Manston,
Kent 29Jan45. W/o 25 Jun 1952 in crash 5 miles NE of Monrovia, CA
(Hit a mountain). 5 killed.
48724 (MSN 14540/25985) Delivered 16Sep44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. To PP-SPV with VASP Sep 1, 1947
Crashed Sao Paulo, Brazil May 26, 1950
48725 (MSN 14541/25986) to USAAF 16Sep44? 9th AF? 03Oct44? no card. USAF. to Peruvian AF as FAP-307. Transferred
to SATCO as OB-XAU-654 and later re-registered OB-R-654.
Crashed on takeoff at Yurimaguas, Peru Dec 24, 1964. One of 23 onboard killed.
48726 (MSN 14542/25987) to USAAF 16Sep44? 9th AF? 03Oct44? no card. USAF/MATS. APCS "0-48726" 1963
48727 (MSN 14543/25988) Delivered to USAAF 14Sep44. 48th Troop Carrier Squadron,
313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Returning from
a flight ferrying personnel, the aircraft was seen flying with flames coming from the
tail section, after which it entered a tight spin and hit the ground 6.5 miles NE of Bourne,
Lincolnshire near Pinchbeck, 5Jan45 [4KIS]. Salvaged 7Jan45.
48728 (MSN 25989) to USAAF 14Sep44. 9th AF 03Oct44. US 27Jul45. To RFC 28Feb46. NC54540 The Texaco Co 1949
Central Purchasing Inc. PP-VBW Varig B Dec50 E05Jan51 R04Apr51. By 1954 was PP-VBW of S.A. Empresa de
Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense. Cia Meridional DE US Mineracao 31Jan72. Amazonia Mineracao Castelo Taxi Aereo Ltda B27Jun78.
RICO 25Nov78. Taxi Aereo Uirapuru 22Oct80. Seized at Aruba 17Jun82 WFU
48729 (MSN 14545/25990) Delivered Sep44. [C], 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Bricy (A-50), Orléans, France.
USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348729 14May54. (MDAP) Indo-China GT1I64 14May54. returned to USAF 13Feb56.
To South Vietnam AF
48730 (MSN 14546/25991) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 1st ACG 09Oct44. Lost Jun 18 1945. MACR 14707
48731 (MSN 14547/25992) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 15Oct44. FLC 20Aug47
48732 (MSN 14548/25993) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 25Oct44. Chungking 13Nov44. To COAA 28Feb46. To China AF as 48732
48733 (MSN 14549/25994) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 10Oct44. Chungking 18Oct44. Structural failure 15Aug45
48734 (MSN 14550/25995) to USAAF 14Sep44. 9th AF 02Oct44. 8th AF. W/o in takeoff accident Apr 11, 1945 at Breitgny, France
48735 (MSN 25996) to USAAF 14Sep44? 9th AF? 02Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
To MASDC 12 Oct 1961, To Reclamation 8 Apr 1964. To NEIAF in 1965 as DT-960, callsign VH-REN
48736 (MSN 25997) completed as C-47B-6-DK. To USAAF Oct 24, 144. European Wing At Nov 2, 1944.
Crashed Nov. 28, 1947 near Trappa, Italy 30 miles off course in mountains, wreckage discovered eight months later,
20 onboard - all fatal.
48737 (MSN 25998) to USAAF 16Sep44. To RAAF as A65-60 30Sep44. 3 AD RAAF 30Sep44.
33 Sqn RAAF VH-CUS 21Oct44. 38 Sqn RAAF 28Dec44. Starboard tire blew out taking
off and hit parked tractor at end of strip Merauke DNG 31Mar45
Crew uninjured. 44 OBU RAAF for repairs 05Apr45. 38 Sqn RAAF 21May45.
TTS 86 TW Richmond NSW Australia. 2 AD RAAF 14Oct46. ARDU RAAF 27Feb48.
2 AD RAAF 18Feb49. DAP RAAF 14Apr49. CFS RAAF 03Nov49. RAAF Base East Sale R/S 25Aug50.
86 TW 25Aug52 DAP RAAF Parafield 12Mar53. 1 AD RAAF 24Jul53. Det B ARDU RAAF Richmond
DAP RAAF 25Nov56. Det B ARDU RAAF I/R 02Oct57. Active 86 Wing RAAF 04Sep62.
10 Sqn RAAF Townsville 12Jun66. AD I/R RAAF 07Jul67. ARW Parafield 23Oct67.
S Booker Trading N16891 Stanair Corporation 06Aug68.
To Jetair of Australia VH-EQN 15Dec69. Sold to Department of Foreign Affairs 12Mar71
when Jetair ceased operations. To Royal Nepal Airlines 9N-AAX 14Aug71 as 9N-AAX.
Probably soon scrapped.
48738 (MSN 25999) to USAAF 16Sep44. To RAAF as A65-61 30Sep44. 3 AD 30Aug44. 33 Sqn RAAF VH-CUT 31Oct44
38 Sqn RAAF 28Dec44. Missing 18Sep45 on a medical evacuation flight carrying 10 RAAF and 18 Army personnel
on route to Sentani to Konono. Team spotted the wreckage 19Apr67 thought to be Dutch aircraft
with a readable rego of PK-CUT. Wreck spotted again Oct68. Delong Corporation Lumber Survey team
made investigate the site at elevation of 13500 feet 40 miles E of the Wissel Lakes, Papua New Guinea
and two miles from the western most snow peak 28Nov68. Remains finally retrieved Dec70 by
35 Sqn and 38 Sqn RAAF Rescue Team
48739 (MSN 26000) to USAAF 14Sep44. To RAAF as A65-62 29Sep44. 3 AD 29Sep44. 36 Sqn RAAF coded RE-T VH-CKO 14Oct44
38 Sqn RAAF 20Dec44. Crashed on third attempt force landing in fog at Longreach Race Course QLD Australia 01Jun45
crew slightly injured.
48740 (MSN 14556/26001) to USAAF 14Sep44. To RAAF as A65-63 30Sep44. 3 AD 30Sep44.
36 Sqn RAAF coded RE-U 38 Sqn RAAF 19Dec44. 2 AD RAAF 13May46. 2 AD RAAF Ferry Flight 18Jun46.
ARDU RAAF Det Richmond 21Apr48. ARDU RAAF 12May49. DAP RAAF 18May51. 86 Wing RAAF 14Nov51.
91 Wing RAAF 28Nov51. 86 Wing RAAF 09Dec52. 2 AD RAAF 17Dec52. 86 Wing RAAF 03Dec53.
34 Sqn RAAF 01Nov54. DAP RAAF 13Feb56. 1 AD RAAF 02Nov56. 82 Wing 11Nov56. 22 Sqn RAAF 12Jul58.
Sale 07Aug58. 1 AD RAAF 20Oct58. 86 Wing RAAF 29Oct59. 2 AD RAAF 03Jul61. 86 Wing RAAF 06Sep61.
ARW Parafield 12Jun64. 2 Sqn RAAF Malaysia 26Nov65. TSF Butterworth RAAF 23Feb67.
RAAF Base East Sale storage 24Jan73. To Papua New Guinea Defense Force as P2-005 28Jan81. To
Dick Lang, Adelaide, as VH-PWM 1994. Flew with Rebel Air Dakota National Air Bankstown NSW Australia.
WFS and stored at Australian Aviation Museum. To Larras Lee NSW Australia Jan 2010
48741 (MSN 14557/26002) to USAAF 16Sep44. To RCAF as Dakota 976. Renumbered 12957 in 1970.
Civilianised as N29BF and converted to Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no
21). Was intended for Mali AF as TZ389, but crashed at Oshkosh Mar 17, 1997
following mid-air collision with Bonanza N3657A. Warren Basler was killed in
this accident.
48742 (MSN 14558/26003) to USAAF 16Sep44. To RCAF as 975 Sep 18, 1944. Written off Dec 21, 1958.
48743 (MSN 14559/26004) to USAAF Sep 18, 1944. To RCAF as Dakota IV 978 Sep 25, 1944. W/o at Biggin Hill Jan 25, 1945.
48744 (MSN 14560/26005) to USAAF Sep 16, 1944. To RCAF as 977 Sep 21, 1944. 412 Sqn RCAF, Uplands, Ontario
Renumbered as 12958 in 1970. WFS. CF-QHY M Carter, Hay River, NWT R14Aug72 Northwest Territorial Airways 1975
C-FQHY M Carter, Hay River, NWT 1977. Sioux Narrows Airways Ltd, Winnipeg, Man R08Feb79
Contact Airways Ltd, Ft. McMurray, Alta Apr80. Sioux Narrows Airways Ltd, Winnipeg Mar81. Current 2001
48745 (MSN 14561/26006) to USAAF 13Sep44. Delivered 10 Oct. 1944 to RNZAF as NZ3525. To BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron,
Whenuapai. SOC Woodbourne 23 February 1951.Converted to DC-3C standard at Palmerston North, it became
ZK-AYK Parekareka. Registered as such to NAC (New Zealand National Airways Corp.) on 28 Mar.1951,
the conversion was not completed until the following December. This DC-3 was converted to Skyliner standards
as Tauranga in November 1963. On withdrawal from NAC service in mid-1968 ZK-AYK had flown 31,944hrs.
After storage at Christchurch it was sold through brokers to Laos Airlines, Vientiane on 20 Sep.1969 and departed
New Zealand on the 23rd. It became XW-TDO as from 6 Oct.1969, but had a short life there as it was written off
in unknown circumstances on 23 July 1970. (some sources state 29 Jun 1970 - same result)
48746 (MSN 26007) to USAAF Sep 16, 1944. To RNZAF as NZ3526. Oct 10, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
Disappeared during flight from Espirito Santo to New Zealand 25 September 1945.
Radio contact was lost shortly after 0900 hours and nothing further was ever heard or seen of the
4 crew and 16 passengers despite several days of searches. It is presumed that the aircraft suffered a
catastrophic structural failure after encounting severe turbulence in the area.
Written off books Whenuapai 12 October 1945. Worst flying tragedy in RNZAF's history.
48747 (MSN 14563/26008) to USAAF Sep 16, 1944. To RNZAF as NZ3527. Oct 10, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
SOC 23 February 1951. To civil registry with NZNAZ as ZK-AYL, Converted to DC3-C at Palmerston
North 17 August 1951. Converted to DC3-C Skyliner "TIMARU" at Christchurch 28 May 1964. To Lao Air Lines
May 29, 1968, later to Royal Air Lao as XW-TDH. To USA with Somerset Area Vocational School, Somerset, Kentucky, USA as N8056 1971-1975.
To N8056 with Basler and Basler, Oshkosh, WI Oct 8, 1992. 43-48474 was also N8056.
48748 (MSN 14564/26009) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 15Oct44
48749 (MSN 14565/26010) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 06Oct44. Force landed in Belgium May 1955 and SOC Jun 26, 1955 for spares.
48750 (MSN 14566/26011) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 20Oct44
48751 (MSN 14567/26012) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 10Oct44
48752 (MSN 14568/26013) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 18Oct44
48753 (MSN 14569/26014) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 18Oct44
48754 (MSN 14570/26015) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 26Oct44
48755 (MSN 14571/26016) to USAAF 19Sep44. To USSR 20Oct44
48756 (MSN 14572/26017) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 18Oct44
48757 (MSN 14573/26018) to USAAF 16Sep44. To USSR 22Oct44
48758 (MSN 14574/26019) completed as C-47B-8-DK. To USAAF Sep 16, 1944. 13th AF 403rd TCG as 54 Oct44?
Converted to VC-47D. WFS. To PP-NAR 07Aug58. W/O 22Sep58 at Barrairas, Brasil
48759 (MSN 14575/26020) delivered to USAAF 16Sep44; 12th AF, French Morocco 13Oct44; 12th AF,
Italy 18Oct44; French AF / Armée de l'Air; Groupe de Transport 1/15; Groupe de Transport 1/61
48760 (MSN 14576/26021) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 15Oct44. Chungking. Crashed 23Jan45
48761 (MSN 14577/26022) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 25Oct44. Chungking 28Dec44. To COAA 15Feb46
48762 (MSN 14578/26023) to USAAF 16Sep44. 14th AF 14Oct44. Chungking 03Nov44. China 09Dec45
48763 (MSN 14579/26024) to USAAF Sep 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50742 Sep 1944.
48764 (MSN 14580/26025) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF
48765 (MSN 14581/26026) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF. W/o 14 Apr 1955 in crash 35 miles
SE of Narsarsuaq, Greenland
48766 (MSN 14582/26027) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Jul 23, 1963.
48767 (MSN 14583/26028) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Converted to EC-47N 361 TEWS. Converted to EC-47P May 31, 1967. To MAP Aug 23, 1972. to South Vietnam AF
converted to EC-47P from RC-47P May 31, 1967. To MAP Aug 23, 1972.
48768 (MSN 14584/26029) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF "0-48768" 1965. To MASDC 30 Jan 1970,
Departed 21 May 1970, To MAP 21 Jun 1970
48769 (MSN 14585/26030) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF. SC-47D.
Damaged Mar 1, 1946 (ground accident) Chanute Fd, IL. Stored Davis Monthan 1961. N87655 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US 1961
ZK-CQA James Aviation Ltd D03Mar66. Fieldair Ltd R28Aug70. Palmerston Nth 1975.
"ZKRFS" for use by Palmerston Nth Rescue Fire Service. WFU 11Mar77
48770 (MSN 14586/26031) to USAAF 16Sep44? ATC? 14Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Converted to AC-47D. Fuselage Davis Monthan Dec69. WFS 1969
48771 (MSN 14587/26032) to USAAF 16Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. 8th AF. Lost Feb 2, 1945, France. MACR 12027.
48772 (MSN 14588/26033) to USAAF 16Sep44? European Wing ATC? 08Oct44? no card. USAF/MATS May50
To French AF as AdlA 348772 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China GTZ/64 15Dec53. To South Vietnam AF 21Oct54
48773 (MSN 14589/26034) to USAAF 18Sep44. European Wing ATC 11Oct44. Oberpfaff 01lJan48.
To Turkish AF as 6098 Apr 24, 1949
48774 (MSN 14590/26035) to USAAF 18Sep44. European Wing ATC 09Oct44. Neth/Beigium. Salvaged 31Jan47
48775 (MSN 14591/26036) to USAAF 18Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. Crashed Zirc, Hungary Mar 16, 1946. 5 killed, 6 injured
48776 (MSN 14592/26037) to USAAF 17Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. India China Wing ATC 15Nov45. WFS 01Aug46
48777 (MSN 14593/26038) to USAAF 17Sep44? European Wing ATC? 08Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D
US Legation, Wellington, NZ Jul47. To Thailand AF as 4877, then to Thai Navy. Derelict by Oct 1997.
48778 (MSN 14594/26039) Delivered 19Sep44. European Division, Air Transport Command Oct 9, 1944.
Ferried overseas via the North Atlantic. Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland to Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland 9Oct44;
ditched in North Atlantic.
48779 (MSN 14595/26040) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. Germany 01Jan48. Salvaged 18Aug48
48780 (MSN 14596/26041) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. W/o Oct 7, 1944 in crash 70 mi W of Narsarsaug,
Greenland due to engine failure.
48781 (MSN 14597/26042) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. Scottish Aviation Ltd 21Jan48
O SA Air Nolis R04May48. LRABI CGDT (Air Liban) R16Aug50. F-BEFO Air France R26Sep50. Transgabon L Dec60
L Transgabon R Sep65. F-BIEE M Bonami, Nice res Oct74. t/a General Air Service, Nice RZOJul78.
M Tesseydre, Rodez R21Jul78. Missing Z8Jul78 off Italy. There is some mystery attached to last recorded
flight as aircraft was being flown illegally to Africa
48782 (MSN 14598/26043) delivered to USAAF 19Sep44; 9th AF, Europe 13Oct44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; Royal Hellenic AF
as 43-48782; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
destroyed in crash on Mt Mitsikeli, Epirus, Greece 1Sep70.
48783 (MSN 14599/26044) to USAAF 19Sep44? European Wing ATC? 13Oct44? no card USAF AFCS AC-47D Japan 1954
1869th Facility Checking Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK. 22-JUL-1971 26-APR-1976
Sold Nov 27, 1985 to Sanchez Pastran
Marlio Sadelca LTDA, Sociedad Aerea Del Caquetta operated by Costa,
TCA, Sadelca and now Aerovanguardia of Colombia, registered as
HK3199. Crashed May 25, 2007 when it veered off a wet runway
during landing at the Araracuara airstrip, Acaracuara, Colombia.
No injuries, substantial damage
48784 (MSN 14600/26045) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. 9th AF FLC 24JuI46. OO-AUV D23Jul46 NTU
OO-CBK Sabena R03Dec46. Congo. Crashed Leopoldville, Congo 27Aug49
48785 (MSN 14601/26046) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 14Oct44. FLC 27Sep46. To Belgian AF as KP13,
then K13 (call sign OT-CNG) Aug 20, 1946. OO-SMC Sabena L 13Mar57. To Belgian AF Congo as FABe KP-13 1960
WFU 28Jan65. B/U 21Aug68
48786 (MSN 14602/26047) to USAAF 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. Neth/Belgium. FLC Turkey 18Dec46.
To Turkish AF as 6017. W/o 11 Nov 1950 nr Emirdag, Turkey. 4 KILLED
48787 (MSN 14603/26048) to USAAF 19Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. To Belgian AF (Feb 18, 1947) OT-CWH,
Leased to Sabena as OO-SMD (13 Mar, 1957). Back to Belgian AF as K-18.
Damaged on 11 Feb 1958 landing at Paulis, Congo-not repaired, abandoned.
48788 (MSN 14604/26049) to USAAF 24Sep44. European Wing ATC 10Oct44. FLC 06Jun46. VT-CFK Tata Airlines Ltd R25Jul46
Air India Ltd R17Mar48. Crashed into mountain Katagiri, India 13Dec50. All 21 onboard killed.
48789 (MSN 14605/26050) to USAAF 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. Neth/Belgium. FLC 29Apr47
To Belgian AF as FABe K-17 09Jul48 "Q-CW"I"OTCNJ" 09Jul48. MAAG 09Oct52.
To French AF as AdlA 48789 Nov54 GTl/61 "FRAMN" 1952. CIET 340 Nov54. GT4/61 Apr56. GTZ/64 "FRAOA" Jan57
GTl/64 Sep59. CIEES 343 "FSDKC" Apr60. EC 070 "FSDMC" Feb66. To Gabon AF as AdlAG TR-KBC? 01Aug67
To Dahomey AF as DaAF 789 Jul73
48790 (MSN 14606/26051) to USAAF 20Sep44? European Wing ATC"? 13Oct44? no card. USAF.
N8783 Distribute Aire Inc, Albuquerque, NM US Nov71. Westernair of Albuquerque, NM US Jan72. Laos 1972. WFS
48791 (MSN 14607/26052) to USAAF 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 21Aug46. NC7900Z Pan American Airways 1946
PP-PCL Panair do Brasil R29Dec47. LV-FYH Aerotptes Litoral Argentino 18Apr58.
Austral Lineas Aereas. WFU Aeroparque, Buenos Aires 21May68
48792 (MSN 14608/26053) to USAAF 20Sep44? European Wing ATC? 13Oct44? no card. USAF
Converted to C-47D Bovingdon Sep54. "0-348792". To 7531st Sq. ToSpanish AF as FAEs T.3-9 23May57
WFU Jan80, MAAG B/U Cuatro Vientos, Madrid (quoted as 43-48972 to Russia). WFS Jan80
48793 (MSN 14609/26054) to 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 19Jan46. To Swissair Feb 15, 1946 as HB-IRD.
Sold to Israeli user as 4X-ACW May 1, 1950. To Israeli AF same year with serial 1708. Restored as 4X-ACW to Arkia
Oct 1955. Later on US civil registry as N269LM. Registration N269LM
cancelled by FAA Nov 18, 2008. Aircraft scrapped at Villeneuve AP,
Edmonton, Alberta
48794 (MSN 14610/26055) to USAAF 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 08Oct44. Salvaged 01Dec44
48795 (MSN 26056) to USAAF 25Sep44. 9th AF 09Oct44. FLC 19Aug46. became NC79010 Pan American Airways "Clipper Live Yankee"
1946. To LR-ABD of Middle East Airlines SA Sep 5, 1949. Reregisterd OD-ABD May 1961. (Lebanon prefix changed
from LR- to OD-). Airwarks India Jul 10, 1965.
48796 (MSN 14612/26057) Delivered to USAAF 24Sep44. Ninth Air Force 2Oct44.
321st Transport Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group. RFC 19Aug46 NC79009 Pan American Airways "Clipper Undaunted" 1946
LR-ABB Middle East Airlines R24Aug49. OD-ABB Rr May51. JY -AAA Arab Airways (Jerusalem) L 21Dec56
OD-ABB restored Oct57. JY-ACJ Jordan AIW, R29Sep61. Crashed 25Mar64 El Arish, Syria,
Repaired as VT-DUP Kasturi & Sons Ltd R15Feb66. "The Hindu" 1980. Derelict at Santa Cruz, Bombay by Jan81
48797 (MSN 14613/26058) to USAAF 20Sep44. 9th AF 05Oct44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. F-BEFP Cie Air Algerie 18May48
Cie Autrex Feb54. CF-IHH Mont Laurier Aviation Ltd, 25Aug55. Nordair Ltd 26May61. Northland Freighter & Air
Carriers Ltd, Winnipeg 23May68. N Canada Air Ltd, 08Aug68. Northland Airlines Ltd 02Dec68.
Midwest Airlines Ltd, 26Aug69. N57800 E Coast Aviation Corp, Miami, FL US 22Aug72. Concare Aircraft Leasing Mar73.
Mettrick Corp, Miami Springs, FL US 1975. Current 2011
48798 (MSN 14614/26059) to USAAF 20Sep44. European Wing ATC 09Oct44. Vienna 01Jan48. Oberpfaff 24Mar48. Salvaged 13Apr48
48799 (MSN 14615/26060) to USAAF 20Sep44? European Wing ATC 09Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D
"0-8799" mission to El Salvador Sep54
48800 (MSN 14616/26061) to USAAF 20Sep44? 9th AF 24Oct44. To French AF as AdlA 348800 15Dec53
(MDAP) IndoChina GT2/63 "FRANG" 15Dec53. GTl/64 Jul55. To South Vietnam AF 24Oct55.
To French civil register as F-RANG.
48801 (MSN 14617/26062) to USAAF 20Sep44? 9th AF? 24Oct44? no card. USAF "0-48801"
To EC-47B then FC-47D *Puff the Magic Dragon*. Redesignated AC-47B.
Assigned to 3rd Air commando Squadron (later Special Operations Squadron) during early part of 1969.
With 817th Combat Squadron of South Vietnam AF Dec 15, 1970
48802 (MSN 14618/26063) to USAAF 20Sep44? 9th AF? 24Oct44? no card. USAF converted to C-47D. Stored Kelly AFB Jan65
N94441 Atlas Aircraft Corp, Goleta, CA US. US Buker Airways. Cutlass Aviation Inc, N Springfield, VT US 1971
Meridian Enterprises Inc, Miami, FL US 1972. Moultrie Air Service Inc, Moultrie, GA US 1973.
W A Mims Inc, Jacksonville, FL US 1974. Intl Airmotive Corp, Ft Lauderdale, FL US R12Apr74.
TG-LAM Oneida SA, La Aurora R03Oct75. Crashed near Santo Tomas, Guatemala 30May78
48803 (MSN 26064) to USAAF 20Sep44? 9th AF? 24Oct44? no card. USAF
Midair collision with F-84 near Sola AP, Stavanger, Norway Jul 10, 1953. 10 lost
48804 (MSN 14620/26065) delivered to USAAF 20Sep44; 9th AF 10Oct44. Probably used by
Field Marshal Montgomery and noted at Copenhagen May 12, 1945 in hybrid USAAF/RAF markings.
8th AF 1Sep45; US Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark. Damaged Jul 31, 1947 at Fornebu AP, Oslo,
Norway due to engine failure. Foreign Liquidation Commission, Greece 2Jun48
48805 (MSN 14621/26066) to USAAF 20Sep44? 9th AF? 10Oct44? no card. USAF "0-348805". Converted to VC-47B
Converted to C-47D 1960. 7272th FTW Wheelus. Stored Davis Monthan Dec69. Converted to AC-47B. To Khymer AF in 1973.
Crashed at Battambang Nov 6, 1973 and SOC
48806 (MSN 14622/26067) completed as C-47B-7-DK. To USAAF Jan 26, 1945. To Republic of China AF Jan 26, 1945 as
C-51219 "Meiling", personal aircraft of Madame Chiang. Later reserialled 7219. Now on display at
Chong Cheng Aviation Museum at Taipei Airport, Taiwan.
48807 (MSN 14623/26068) to USAAF 25Sep44? 9th AF? 23Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. WFS
To Paraguayan AF as FAP T-79, reserialled to FAP-2026 in 1980.
48808 (MSN 14624/26069) to USAAF 25Sep44? 9th AF? 23Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
48809 (MSN 14625/26070) Delivered to USAAF Sep44. 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39) 4Nov44. Etain (A-82),Verdun, France Apr45. The aircraft
was part of a mission by the 91st TCS of sixteen aircraft delivering gasoline to Cham (R-64),
Germany 8May45. The squadron then flew to Ergolding (R-73), Germany to collect British POWs.
The airstrip at Ergolding was only a grass runway with aircraft of the 91st TCS and 94th TCS
parked on either side. C-47 ? 43-15323 of the 94th TCS hit a rut during takeoff which
threw the aircraft to the 91st TCS side of the runway; before the pilot could regain control, a
wing was striking several parked C-47s. After causing damage to four aircraft the aircraft
hit another C-47, shearing off the nose of 323 and causing both to catch fire. This aircraft was repaired.
NAMA Dec50 to Oct51. USAF "0-348809" NAMAE/MATS. converted to AC-47B
To MASDC 29 Jul 1962, Departed 22 Mar 1966 to Air International Corp., Miami, to MAP
48810 (MSN 14626/26071) to USAAF 25Sep44. 9th AF 23Oct44. Returned to US 05Jul45. Canal Zone 06Jun46.
Converted to C-47D Jan48. W/o 9 Oct 1947 in takeoff accident at Albrook AB, Panama City (engine failure)
WFS 24Mar48
48811 (MSN 14627/27072) to USAAF 25Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 22Oct44. Manila. Salvaged 16Feb47
48812 (MSN 14628/27073) to USAAF 25Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 06Jan45. Manila. Salvaged 01Jul47
48813 (MSN 14629/27074) to USAAF 24Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 06Jan45. Guam. Salvaged. WFS 27Oct45
48814 (MSN 14630/27075) to USAAF 24Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 06Jan45. Harmon Fld 01Jan48. Scrapped 01Jun49
48815 (MSN 14631/26076) to USAAF 24Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 06Jan45. With 56th Air Defense Group
damaged when after takeoff it crashed 8 mi NE of Agana, Guam Sep 30, 1945.
48816 (MSN 14632/26077) completed as C-47B-6-DK. To USAAF Sep 24, 1944. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC? 06Jan45? no card.
USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. 0-48816 US Sep62. To South Vietnam AF. To Cambodia AF 17May73
48817 (MSN 14633/26078) to USAAF 22Sep44. 7th AF or Central Pacific Wing ATC 06Jan45. WAA 19Aug46. NC62040 WAA,
to TI-1002 in 1946 for Lineas Aeras Costarricenses - LACSA. Crashed into a mountainside Un 15, 1953 (San Ramon
Mountains) in poor weather enroute to San Isidoro Airport. 9 fatal out of 15 onboard.
48818 (MSN 14634/26079) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50743 Sep 29, 1944
48819 (MSN 14635/26080) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ913 via RAF Nassau Oct 6, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 28, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947.
48820 (MSN 14636/26081) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ914 via RAF Nassau Oct 5, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 29, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF Sep 10, 1947.
204 Sqdn RAF Oct 14, 1948. Med ME RAF Aug 19, 1949. 78 Sqdn RAF Jul 14, 1949 8 MU RAF Jun 2, 1950.
Sold as spares Aug 13, 1953.
48821 (MSN 14637/26082) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ915 via RAF Nassau Oct 4, 1944.
ACSEA 27Oct44 435 Sqn RCAF 62 Sqn RAF 31 Sqn RAF 353 Sqn RAF 12 MU RAF 17Sep47 . Sold Oct 2, 1952,
registered G-AMVB with BKS Aerocharter Ltd "Charles Lindbergh" Oct 4, 1952. Carried out trooping work in 1954
using temporary RAF serial XF647. Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd as G-AMVB 05Sep57. Destroyed by fire at
Masjid-I-Suleiman, Iran Oct 22, 1958
48822 (MSN 14638/26083) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50744 Sep 29, 1944.
48823 (MSN 14639/26084) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ916 via RAF Nassau Oct 3, 1944.
ACSEA 11Nov44, 194 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 01Sep47. 48 Sqn RAF
Returned to USAAF Jan 14, 1948. to French AF as AdlA 348823 18Sep49. GTl/61 "FRAME" Jun50 to Aug51.
GT2/62 "FRAZG" Apr53. GT1I64 Feb55. GT4/61 Nov55. CIET 340 Jan56. GT3/62 "FRASE/SW" Jun58. BA702 Oct58
Crashed 14Apr 1961 Avord. B/U 09Sep 1961
48824 (MSN 14640/26085) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ917 via RAF Nassau Oct 6, 1944.
ACSEA 27Oct44. 52 Sqn RAF. 117 Sqn RAF. SOC Jul 26, 1945
48825 (MSN 14641/26086) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ918 via RAF Nassau Oct 5, 1944.
ACSEA 26Oct44. 31 Sqn RAF 1944. 216 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. Missing in bad weather over Malaya Jun 29, 1946.
48826 (MSN 14642/26087) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ919 via RAF Nassau Oct 7, 1944.
ACSEA 28Oct44. 357 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 20Jan48. 1 PGTS RAF 11Aug48. 22 MU RAF 10Mar50
Sold Apr 18, 1952, registered G-AMSI with Scottish Aviation Ltd Apr 24, 1952. Registration cancelled on sale as
ZS-DHW with Witwaterstrand Native Labour Association registered May 16, 1953. VPYSL Wenela R28Oct60
A2-ZEO Rr May68. ZS-DHW Reregistered Jan75. A2-ZEO Reregistered Feb77. to SAAF as 6845, current 2011
48827 (MSN 14643/26088) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50745 Oct 3, 1944
48828 (MSN 14644/26089) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ920 via RAF Nassau Oct 3, 1944.
CSEA 19Oct44. 357 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947, then to Pakistan AF as H-701. Registered G-ANLY Jan 11, 1954. Registration cancelled Jun 2, 1954
on sale to Union of Burma Airways as XY-ADD. Subsequently to ET-AGX with Relief & Rehabilitation Comm Jan 1978
Damaged Diredawa, Ethiopia 27Aug81
48829 (MSN 14645/26090) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ921 via RAF Nassau Oct 4, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 21, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. Flew into hill on Huiling Island, China in bad weather during supply
drop mission Mar 1, 1945
48830 (MSN 14646/26091) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ922 via RAF Nassau Oct 2, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 19, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. Flew into hill in cloud 20 mi E of Thandaung, Burma during special duties
mission Jul 30, 1945.
48831 (MSN 14647/26092) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ923 via RAF Nassau Oct 6, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 29, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. 52 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947.
48832 (MSN 14648/26093) to USAAF Sep 27, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50746 Oct 6, 1944
48833 (MSN 14649/26094) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ924 via RAF Nassau Oct 3, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 18, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48834 (MSN 14650/26095) to USaAF Sep 26, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ925 via RAF Nassau Oct 2, 1944.
ACSEA 22Oct44. 357 Sqn RAF. Med ME RAF. 62 Sqn RAF 25Apr46. Returned to USAAF May 29, 1947.
To Hellenic Airlines Olympic Airways as SX-BAK 08Mar49. To 4X-UWJ 01Jan57. Uganda Aviation Svces as
5X-VWJ 1972. Caspairas 5Y-BAX 08Feb77 WFU
48835 (MSN 14651/26096) delivered to USAAF 28Sep44; delivered to Royal AF 5Oct44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ926; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 26Oct44; No.357 Squadron,
India Jan45; No.12 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 16Sep47;
No.24 Squadron 11Dec48; No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 14Feb50;
Military Assistance Advisory Group 29Apr53; US AF Europe;
Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 27Nov53 as 7312,
later as 71203; 119 Squadron, Zemun; 97 Squadron, Mostar; 111 Squadron, Pleso;
84 Squadron, Resnik, used for parachute training; Derelict at Zemunik AFB,
Zakar, Croatia; Preserved and placed on display at Resnik 2014
48836 (MSN 14652/26097) to USAAF Sep 28, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ927 via RAF Nassau Oct 6, 1944.
Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) Oct 29, 1944. 357 Sqdn RAF. Crashed on Mount
Victoria, Burma in bad weather Feb 10, 1945
48837 (MSN 14653/26098) to USAAF Sep 27, 1944. To US Navy as BuNo 50747 Sep 29, 1944.
48838 (MSN 14654/26099) to USAAF Sep 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ928 via RAF Montreal Sep 30, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKI "OFZQ" Nov 7, 1944. Registration cancelled Oct 6, 1949 on sale to East Africa Airways
Corporation as VP-KHK "Kongwa Pioneer". To French AF as 14654 07Apr54. ELA 56 07Apr54.
GLAM 1160 "FUGTD" May54. GAJL 2/60 Jan64. CIET 340 "FRAVI"IFRAVF" Aug66. GAEL 260 May68.
GAM 50 "FSCIB" May68. Dbr by storm Prestwick 19Sep69
48839 (MSN 14655/26100) to USAAF Sep 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KG929 via RAF Montreal Oct 1, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKK "OFZO" Nov 7, 1944. Registration cancelled Apr 4, 1949 on sale to Air Algerie as F-OAFQ.
French AF as AdlA 14655 15Nov52. CIET 340 May54. GT 1/62 "FRAXV"May55. GT2/61 Aug55.
CIET 340 "FRA VM" Dec55 Crashed Setcases, Spanish Pyrenees 22Jan57
48840 (MSN 14656/26101) to USAAAF Sep 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KG930 via RAF Montreal Oct 2, 1944.
231 Sqn RAF 14Dec44 RAF UK 23Feb45 24 Sqn RAF 07Sep45 ACSEA 25Aug46 FIC Comm Sq 19Aug48
FECS RAF 21Oct49. 30 Sqn RAF UK 26Aug51. 22 MU RAF 02Nov51. Sold Jun 15, 1953,
registered G-ANAE with Lancashire Aircraft Corp same day. Carried out trooping work using
temporary RAF serial XF791, Silver City Airways "City of Newcastle" R28Oct57 British United Airways R23Jan62.
BU(CI) Airways 01Nov62. Painted as TF-SUN and TF-SUO 1967. TF-VON Flugsyn L 1967
G-ANAE BU(C) Airways 25Sep67 BUA Jan68 VR-ABH Brothers Air Service 17Jan68
70-ABH Alyemda Dem Yemen Airlines Rr 1970
48841 (MSN 14657/26102) to USAAF Sep 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ931 via RAF Montreal Sep 29, 1944.
RAF UK Oct 17, 1944. 108 OTU RAF Dec 6, 1944. Missing in icing conditions during navigational
exercise at night Jan 19, 1945.
48842 (MSN 14658/26103) to USAAF Oct 6, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50748 Oct 7, 1944.
48843 (MSN 14659/26104) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ932 via RAF Montreal Sep 25, 1944.
31 Sqn RAF Canada 04Dec44. 24 Sqn RAF 28Jan45. ACSEA 12Dec46. FECS RAF 28Apr49. 12 MU RAF 04Jul51.
Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group Aug 12, 1952. to NEIAF as ZU-16, later X-16 from
1952 to 1961. Chilean AF . N2782G Airlines American Aviation Inc, Miami, FL US bought 08Nov82. Current 2011
48844 (MSN 14660/26105) to USAAF Sep 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ933 via RAF Montreal Sep 29, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKJ "OFZP" Nov 7, 1944. Registration cancelled Feb 1, 1950
on sale to Aden Airways as VR-AAD. TJ-ABR Arab Airways Jerusalem Ltd "Amman" registered Oct53.
JY-ABR reregistered Apr54. Air Jordan of the Holyland registered 01Dec58. VR-AAD Aden Airways
registered 31May59 JY-ACN. VR-AAD Aden Airways. N9895F Intl Aviation Devel Corp, Danville, CA
US Jul68 Diamond Leasing Corp 1971 N488F Lavco L ATC Inc, Reno, NV US R23Mar78.
taken by Libyan Army for target practice Jul83
48845 (MSN 14661/26106) to USAAF Oct 5, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ934 via RAF Montreal Oct 8, 1944.
08 OTU RAF 26Nov44. 76 Sqn RAF. 77 Sqn RAF 04Sep45. ACSEA 27Oct45. 215 Sqn RAF. Med ME RAF 17Dec47.
204 Sqn RAF 08Jan48. 8 MU RAF. Sold Jan 12, 1950.
Registered G-ALXN with Scottish Aviation Ltd Jan 19, 1950. BEA "Sir Henry Royce" registered Aug 21, 1950.
Fitted with Dart turboprop engines in 1951 and given Class B registration G-37-1.
reverted to G-ALXN and refitted with R-1830s E Anglian Flg Svces R28May62 Channel Airways Jun63
and WFU at Southend Jun 18, 1963 and broken up 1964.
48846 (MSN 14662/26107) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ935 via RAF Montreal Sep 25, 1944.
Then to BOAC Oct 23, 1944, registered as G-AGKL "OFZN" Nov 7, 1944.
Sold to Aer Lingus as EI-ADW May 12, 1948, restored to BOAC as
G-AGKL Oct 1948. Field Aircraft Services Jun 21, 1949. Registration cancelled Jun 22, 1949 on sale to
STA Extreme Orient as F-OADA. Transferred to STA Alpes Provence
Jul 26, 1949 and reregistered as F-BFGO. Became OD-ABN of Air Liban and by
to YK-AAG of Syrian Airways Co. Jun 5, 1954. SU-ALP United Arab Airways registered Jan 1, 1961.
Crashed Kamishli airport, Syria May 6, 1961
48847 (MSN 14663/26108) to USAAF Sep 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50749 Sep 29, 1944
48848 (MSN 14664/26109) to USAAF Sep 24, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KJ936 but
diverted to RCAF as KJ936 Oct 3, 1944, no RAF service. RCAF Patricia Bay Oct 3, 1944. 412 Sqdn
RCAF Apr 1947. SOC Mar 2, 1950.
48849 (MSN 14665/26110) delivered to USAAF Sep 25, 1944; to RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV, serial KJ937, via RAF
Montreal Sep 29, 1944. RAF Middle East Oct 27, 1944. 267 Sqdn RAF. ACSEA Mar 12, 1945; SOC Jul 19, 1945;
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC); Babb Co, Inc, Glendale, CA; Mutual
Defense Assistance Program as 49-2621; rebuilt by Aviation Maintenance Company,
Van Nuys, Glendale, CA; To Royal Hellenic AF as 49-2621.
48850 (MSN 14666/26111) to USAAF Sep 26, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ938 via RAF Montgreal Sep 29, 1944.
RAF Middle East 09Oct44. 216 Sqn RAF. 204 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 02Feb50 .
To Transair Ltd Jul 22, 1954 as G-ANTC. To Alares Development Co, Ltd Apr 9, 1959. To British
United Airways(Channel Islands) Ltd Aug 1, 1963. To Hunting Surveys and Consultants
Aug 30, 1968. To C-GOZA for Kenting Earth Services Sep 19, 1974. To Kenting
Aircraft Ltd 1975 to May 1977. To Ken Borek Air 1978. To Kenting Earth
Services, Ltd Ottawa Nov 1979. To G-ANTC for Air Atlantique Ltd Jun 6, 1982.
Cancelled Jun 2, 1983. To N4261P for Skyfreight Air Lines of Hialeah, FL
Jun 1983. To N124SF Nov 2, 1985, cancelled Mar 1986. To LACOL of Colombia
Feb 27, 1986 as HK-3215X. Derelict at Villavicencio's Vanguardia Airport
Feb 2001.
48851 (MSN 14667/26112) to USAAF Sep 26, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ939 via RAF Montreal Sep 29, 1944.
216 Sqn RAF. 620 Sqn RAF 27Oct44. 215 Sqn RAF. RAF UK 05Jan48. 22 MU RAF. Transferred to Military
Aircraft Assistance Group Jun 29, 1955. stored Davis Monthan 1962 OB-UT-633 Corpac NTU Feb63
Tucson Airport Authority May74. Ray Corp, Tucson, AZ US Feb77. To Peruvian AF as FAP-877.
Now on civil registry as N40386
48852 (MSN 14668/26113) to USAAF Sep 22, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50750 Oct 25, 1944
48853 (MSN 14669/26114) to USAAF Sep 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ940 via RAF Nassau Oct 6, 1944, but
diverted to SAAF as 6845 Oct 21, 1944, no RAF service. Crashed Tabora, Tanganyika 16Feb45
Repaired. To US as NI23S. LV-PKP del regn. LQ-MSP Min DE US Asistencia Social y Salud Publica Sep60
To Argentine AF as FAAr T-02 WFU
48854 (MSN 14670/26115) to USAAF Sep 30, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ941 via RAF Nassau Oct 10, 1944, but
diverted to SAAF as 6847 Nov 21, 1944, no RAF service. Crashed Zwartkop, South Africa Jul 8, 1945.
48855 (MSN 14671/26116) to USAAF Sep 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ942 via RAF Nassau Oct 9, 1944, but
diverted to SAAF as 6846 Nov 7, 1944, no RAF service. Crashed at Rand Airport, South Africa Jul 16, 1953.
48856 (MSN 14672/26117) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. Stored Davis Monthan Oct71
Converted to EC-47N OR US EC-47P. To South Vietnam AF
48857 (MSN 14673/26118) to USAAF Sep 27, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50751 Sep 29, 1944.
48858 (MSN 14674/26119) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card. USAF. Converte to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954.
To MASDC 2 May 1962, To Reclamation 18 Feb 1965.
48859 (MSN 14675/26120) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card. To French AF 348859 14May54 (MDAP) Indo-China.
F-RBNX. GT2/63 "FRANX" Jun55. GTl/64 Jul55.
To South Vietnamese AF. To AMARC Aug 1968. To Vintage Aviation, Marion, TX
Sep 1992 as N40386. Converted to Basler BT-67 N40386 in 2000, firebomber
version with ventral tank. Basler conversion no 35A. Acquired by USAF
6th SOS at Hurlburt Field in 2004 as C-47T. Registered Aug 13, 2007 to Triumph Airways of Oshawa on as C-GEAJ
48860 (MSN 14676/26121) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card. USAF
48861 (MSN 14677/26122) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card. USAF. IOCAMA 0-348861. United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE). Military Assistance Program [MAP]. United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC)
11Aug60 as 208. 3 Squadron, UN Air Transport Force, N’Dolo Airport, Léopoldville, Republic of Congo.
Stored at N’Djili, Léopoldville Feb64. To Force Aérienne Tchadienne / Chadian AF as TT-LAC.
48862 (MSN 14678/26123) to USAAF 25Sep44? ATC? no card USAF. To MASDC 23 Aug 1963, Departed 6 Dec 1963 to Air International. Corp., Miami,
to MAP 17 Mar 1964
48863 (MSN 14679/26124) to USAAF Oct 2, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50752 Oct 3, 1944
48864 (MSN 14680/26125) to USAAF 27Sep44. Central African Wing ATC 20Oct44. India China Wing ATC 19Dec44. To Indian Government 10Apr46
48865 (MSN 14681/26126) delivered to USAAF Sep44; 9th AF, Europe; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; To Royal Hellenic
AF as 43-48865; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron,
Elefsis Jul48; force landed during a supply drop over Goura, south of Corinth,
when an engine lost power 10Dec48; written off
48866 (MSN 26127) to USAAF 28Sep44? ATC? 10Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Struck off charge of Oct13, 1964 for spares recovery. To Triumph Airways of Oshawa, ON as C-GEAJ.
48867 (MSN 14683/26128) to USAAF Sep 29, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50753 Sep 30, 1944
48868 (MSN 14684/26129) to USAAF 28Sep44. Central African Wing ATC 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 20Dec44. Indian Government 10Apr46
48869 (MSN 14685/26130) to USAAF 27Sep44. Central African Wing ATC 02Nov44. India China Wing ATC 20Dec44. 14th AF 3rd CCG.
With 134rd TCG crashed 40 mi N of Chanyi, China May 5, 1945. MACR 14362
48870 (MSN 14686/26131) to USAAF 27Sep44? ATC? 02Nov44? no card. W/o Oct 7, 1952 crash 1 mile N of Northeast A/p,
Philadelphia, on approach- 3 lost & 3 ok
48871 (MSN 14687/26132) to USAAF 27Sep44? ATC? 02Nov44? no card. USAF -damaged Sep 2, 1947 (ground accident)
Andrews Fd, MD. Converted to EC-47P from RC-47P May 31, 1967. To MAP Aug 22, 1972
48872 (MSN 14688/26133) to USAAF Sep 30, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50754 Oct 1, 1944
48873 (MSN 14689/26134) to USAAF 27Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. US 17Aug45. RFC 31Mar46. NC66011
48874 (MSN 14690/26135) to USAAF 27Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348874 02Feb53
(MDAP) Indo-China GTl/64 "FRBCT" 02Feb53. Returned to USAAF 13Feb56. To South Vietnam AF
48875 (MSN 14691/26136) to USAAF 27Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF.
Damaged Aug 24, 1947 (landing) Memphis Munc A/p, TN. Converted to C-47E. Stored Davis Monthan Aug61
N87656 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US. Fuselage Tucson Dec69. Aero American Parts Corp 1975. WFS Aug61
48876 (MSN 14692/26137) to USAAF 22Oct44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 348876 14May54 (MDAP)
Indo-China GT21 64 14May54. GTl/64 "FRBDY" Aug54. ET52 Aug56. Returned to USAAF 28Mar57.
To Thai AF in 1956 as L2-19/00. Converted to AC-47D by Mar 1977. Stored at Lopburi since 1989.
48877 (MSN 14693/26138) to USAAF Oct 4, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50755 Oct 5, 1944.
48878 (MSN 14694/26139) to USAAF 28Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. 8th AF. w/o Oct 1, 1945 near Weisensteig, Germany
48879 (MSN 14695/26140) to USAAF 28Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. To South Vietnam AF Mar71
48880 (MSN 14696/26141) to USAAF 28Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. 8th AF. Take off accident at Rosieres France 09May45
48881 (MSN 14697/26142) To MASDC 13 Jul 1961, To Reclamation 18 Feb 1965
48882 (MSN 14698/26143) to USAAF Oct 4, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50756 Oct 7, 1944
48883 (MSN 14699/26144) to USAAF 01Oct44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card. USAF converted to C-47D. 7th Air Div HQ "0-3883"
"0-48883" Sep58. To Portuguese AF as FAP 1616 in May 1961. To Guinea-
Bissau AF, probably registered as CR-GBQ.
48884 (MSN 14700/26145) to USAAF 28Sep44. European Wing ATC 22Oct44. Cairo. WFS 23Aug46. To Turkish AF as THH 6004
48885 (MSN 14701/26146) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. US 11Sep47. converted to C-47D
W/o Jun 19, 1950 in takeoff accident at Tinker AB, Oklahoma
48886 (MSN 14702/26147) completed as C-47B-7-DK. To USAAF Sep 30, 1944? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
converted to EC-47P. To MAP Aug 1, 1972. To South Vietnam AF. Returned to USAAF 10Jun75 WFS 1989.
May have been seen in Singapore in 1987 having come from Vietnam. Broken up in 1989.
48887 (MSN 14703/26148) to USAAF 30Sep44. Reykjavik (North Atlantic Wing ATC?) 20Oct44. Returned to US 01Jan48. Scrapped 29Mar48
48888 (MSN 14704/26149) to USAAF 29Sep44. European Wing ATC 18Oct44. Neth/Belgium. Salvaged 02May47
48889 (MSN 14705/26150) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. W/o in landing accident Dec 17, 1944 at Stafford, UK
48890 (MSN 14706/26151) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. W/o Dec 5, 1944 at Hixon, UK in taxi accident.
48891 (MSN 14707/26152) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Damaged Nov 27, 1945 (ground accident) Wheelus Fd, Tripoli
48892 (MSN 14708/26153) to USAAF 30Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card. to EC-47B then to AC-47B, then to AC-47D.
858th Facility Checking Flight, RAF Mildenhall, UK. 27-MAY-1963 20-OCT-1963. To MASDC 27 May 1963, Departed 20 Oct 1963
To Air International Corp, Miami, FL. To MAP Jan 10, 1964.
48893 (MSN 14709/26154) to USAAF 30Sep44. Elmendorf, AK US (Alaskan Wing ATC?) 20Oct44. W/o Oct 21, 1945 in crash 2 mi E of
Anchorage, Alaska due to engine failure.
48894 (MSN 14710/26155) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. Oberpfaff 01Jan48. Scrapped 12Dec49
48895 (MSN 14711/26156) to USAAF 24Sep44. European Wing ATC 13Oct44. Cairo. Salvaged 23Jun46
48896 (MSN 14712/26157) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. To Belgian AF K14 (call sign OT-CNH)
Sep 7, 1946. Crashed Carlins Cairn, Dalbry, Scotland 10Apr47
48897 (MSN 14713/26158) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. To RFC 01Jul46
To Pan Am as NC79002 in 1946. To Panair do
Brazil as PP-PCK Jun 19, 1947. To Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino as
LV-FYJ Apr 23, 1958. Crashed Jan 9, 1964 near Zarate, Buenos Aires, AR
while flying from Rosano. Encountered severe turbulence and
crew reported a fire in the cabin and planned to make a
forced landing in Zarate. Plane tried to land 9 km from
Zarate, hit the ground landing gear first, and the left wing.
25 passengers, 3 crew killed. 2 passengers survived.
48898 (MSN 14714/26159) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 21Oct44. Neth/Belgium FLC Belgium 17Feb47
Belgian AF? Spares? WFS 17Feb47
48899 (MSN 14715/26160) to USAAF 30Sep44? European Wing ATC? 21Oct44? no card. USAF.
W/o Mar 16, 1960 at Amatice, Italy. Four killed.
48900 (MSN 14716/26161) delivered to USAAF 30Sep44; 9th AF, Europe 15Oct44;
10th Air Depot, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47;
To Royal Hellenic AF as 43-48900; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece;
355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; WFU, used for spares and GIA;
48901 (MSN 14717/26162) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 15Oct44. 9th AF. FLC 11Aug46. To Alpair as HB-ATI. NTU.
Purchased by Swissair and reregistered HB-IRX in 1947. Ethiopian Airlines 06Jun69
Dbf Massawa following explosion 31May76
48902 (MSN 14718/26163) to USAAF 30Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card. USAF.
To EC-47B then to AC-47B, then to AC-47D. ATS/AACS 1945 USAFE Berlin Airlift 1948
AACS Morocco 1954. Stored Davis Monthan "0-48902" May63. AFCS 1963. Returned to service with 3rd MOC Squadron,
Tinker AFB, OK. 3MCGI 1867 FCS Clark Fld, PI1864th Facility
Checking Flight, Torrejon AB, Spain. To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or survey in 1972.
known as Old Patches; was the last C-47 assigned to Air Force Communications Service, being stricken from the rolls in 1972.
48903 (MSN 14719/26164) Delivered to USAAF 30Sep44. European Division, Air Transport
Command. 310th Ferrying Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group, Grove (Station 519). With speed
too low, the aircraft stalled taking off from Compiegne/Margny (Y-35), France and was destroyed
by fire 4Mar45. Salvaged 11Mar45.
48904 (MSN 14720/26165) to USAAF 30Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card USAF converted to AC-47D to EC-47D 18Sep62
stored Davis Monthan Dec69. To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or survey Jun 30, 1970.
48905 (MSN 14721/26166) to USAAF 30Sep44? European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47B
converted to AC-47D 1858 MATS/AACS "0-348905" US May63 1858th Facility Checking Flight, RAF Mildenhall, UK.
27-MAY-1963 09-OCT-1963. To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. To MAP (17-JAN-1964)
Converted to EC-47D 18Sep62. To South Vietnam AF 1972.
48906 (MSN 14722/26167) completed as C-47B-6-DK. To USAAF Sep 30, 1944?. European Wing ATC? 15Oct44? no card
USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Converted to C-47E 27Jun62. Stored Davis Monthan Jan 1965
N750WM A H McDonnell, Lancaster, CA US US Jul68. Westair Intl, Broomfield,CO US 1972
N7756 Air Intl, Greensboro, NC US 1975. N49895 Coastal Aero Inc, Greensboro, NC US, R12Sep78.
N7756 Rr Jun79 Gofer Air Inc, Goshen,OH US, R26Feb81. Puma Air Leasing Inc, B18Aug81. Current 2011
48907 (MSN 14723/26168) to USAAF 30Sep44. European Wing ATC 22Oct44. Neth/Beigium. FLC Turkey 18Nov46
WFS 18Nov46 to Turkish AF as THH 6009.
48908 (MSN 14724/26169) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. 7240 S Sq Apr67
Converted to VC-47B. 17th AF Oct69. Converted to AC-47B. 174 SOG Jun71. Retired to Davis-Monthan AFB on Jun 27, 1971.
Loaned to Khymer AF in 1973.
48909 (MSN 14725/26170) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 22Oct44? no card. USAF.
To South Vietnam AF as 348909 Jul71. To Royal Laotian AF
48910 (MSN 14726/26171) to USAAF 30Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. Returned to US 04Jul45. Converted to C-47D 04Dec47
Crashed Feb 7, 1948 2 mi SW of Saluda, North Carolina. Plane on display at 101st Airborne Division Museum, Ft.
Campbell, Kentucky Sep 2003 is a Navy R4D painted to represent 48910.
48911 (MSN 14727/26172) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 22Oct44? no card. USAF.
Converted to C-47D. SAC Dec49. Damaged at Elmendorf, AK US 07Nov51. Repaired
N4670V Trans Alaska AIL, Seattle, WA US. PP-ANV TA Nacional E27Jul54. Aeronorte R27Oct61. TA Nacional 1962
CC-CLDO LAN-Chile. Crashed off LJaque Is, Puerto Montt, Chile 12Feb70
48912 (MSN 14728/26173) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 22Oct44? no card. USAF
43-48913/49262 Douglas C-47B-10-DK
MSN 26174/26523 (originally allocated MSN 14729/15078)
49018, 49023, 49028, 49077, 49082, 49087,
49098,49108,49118, 49128,49138, 49182,49192,
49202, 49212, 49222, 49227,49232,49237,
49242, 49247,49252, 49257, 49262 completed
as C-47B-11-DK
48922, 48932, 48952, 49006, 49016 completed
as C-47B-13-DK
49034/49076 completed as TC-47B-10-DK.
49146, 49226, 49256 completed as C-47B-13-DK
48913 (MSN 14729/26174) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF OR US European Wing ATC? 22Oct44? no card. MAAG London Aug55.
Converted to VC-47B. converted to VC-47D "0-48913" Europe Aug58. 513 TAW Oct67.
With 20th Tactical Fighter Wing in Jun 1970 and retired to Davis-Monthan AFB on Jun 3, 1971. Scrapped Aug 16, 1976.
48914 (MSN 14730/26175) to USAAF 27Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. 8th AF. W/o Nov 26, 1944 in crash 2 mi E of Leige, Belgium
48915 (MSN 14731/26176) Delivered 29Sep44. Ninth Air Force 22Oct44.
59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath
(Station 483) 24Oct44. Damaged wing tip and aileron whle taxying at Barkston Heath
q7Nov44. 302nd Service Squadron for repair.
W/o Feb 15, 1946 in takeoff accident 2 mi E of Orlando, Florida
48916 (MSN 14732/26177) to USAAF 29Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF "0-48916. Converted to AC-47D.
To MASDC Departed MASDC 11 Aug 1965 to Air International Corp., Miami, returned to service
48917 (MSN 14733/26178) to USAAF 29Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D 1954. 16th SAC Aug63
To Honduran AF as 315.
48918 (MSN 14734/26179) to USAAF 29Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan 1962
To US civil registry as N86448. To Spanish AF as T.3-37 Dec 16, 1961. WFU Apr 11, 1973.
48919 (MSN 14735/26180) to USAAF 30Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. FLC 02May46. To Czech AF as CVL OK-VDA 1947
48920 (MSN 14736/26181) to USAAF 30Sep44. 9th AF 22Oct44. Returned to US 07Aug45. Japan 08Aug50 Korea Nov50
Reportedly w/o Feb 12, 1951. Scrapped Jul 12, 1951.
48921 (MSN 14737/26182) to USAAF 30Sep44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. To VC-47D Sep54. Converted to AC-47D.
Crashed into sea near Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam Apr 26, 1967 afer mechanical failure. 7 killed.
48922 (MSN 14738/26183) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 26Nov44. ATC Washington 29Nov44. North Atlantic Wing ATC 09Oct45.
South Atlantic Wing ATC. FLC 01Jun46, PP-PBY Panair do Brasil R28Jan46. To PP-VBA of S A Empresa de Viacao
Aerea Rio-Grandense (VARAG) Oct 28, 1946. HC-AMT Tptes Aereos Orientales B24Apr67. N22KN Kwin Aircraft Corp,
Ft Lauderdale, FL US B Jan74. R24Jun76, cancelled 1982
48923 (MSN 14739/26184) To USAAF 30Sep44. 9th AF 27Oct44. Returned to US 01Jan48. SOC 14Jun49.
Sold and rebuilt as N75290 SALA San Jose, crashed. CF-HVM Quebecair Inc Rimouski, PQ Canada 21Feb55
14Mar55. Crashed 09Dec55. Salvaged by Foreign & Domestic Enterprise Inc and rebuilt as N7148C
OB-PBI-516 Faucett of Peru 27Feb60. Reregistered 1964 to OB-R-516. WFU
48924 (MSN 14740/26185) Delivered 4Oct44. Ninth Air Force 22Oct44. 303rd Troop
Carrier Squadron 442nd Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Saint-André-de-l'Eure (B-24),
France Nov44. Fatal crash taking off at Aldermaston (Station 467) 24Dec44. Salvaged 4Jan45.
48925 (MSN 14741/26186) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Converted to AC-47D. Shot down in Laos Jun 3, 1966, 6 MIA
48926 (MSN 14742/26187) to USAAF 04Oct44. 9th AF 27Oct44. Returned to US 03Jul45. Converted to C-47D Alaska 1946
SOC 14Jun48. Also reported W/O 03Jun66 in SE Asia
48927 (MSN 14743/26188) Delivered Oct44. HQ Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier
Group, Ninth Air Force, Châteaudun (A-39), France; named ‘Argonia II’ [personal aircraft of
the Group commander]. Towed two gliders transporting men and materials for the 17th
Airborne Division to a landing zone at Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
Used on a mission to Weimar (R-7), Germany to collect former POWs and take them to
Brussels for repatriation 12May45. Returned to US 03Jul45. Converted to C-47D. stored Davis Monthan 1962.
sold for spares 1965
48928 (MSN 14744/26189) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF "0-48928" SAC. Stored Davis Monthan 05Apr71
To Colombian AF as 653A in 1978. WFS Apr 5, 197
48929 (MSN 14745/26190) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47B
Converted to AC-47D. To South Vietnam AF
48930 (MSN 14746/26191) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. W/o Jul 26, 1953 Chun Chon AB, South Korea
48931 (MSN 14747/26192) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. To Belgian AF (MDAP) for spares.
To French AF as AdlA 348931 09Oct52. GT3/61 "FRAQK" 09Oct52. CIET 340 Nov54. GT4/61 Apr56. GT2/61 "FRAOU" Nov56
GT2/64 "FRAOD" Aug59. GSRA 78 "FUIHe" Feb60. GLA 45 Feb63. GTLA 2/60 "FRAJN" Aug64. Antilles Nov64. B/U 12Aug68
48932 (MSN 14748/26193) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
AFHQ "54" Sep59. N2568 Zephyr Aviation Inc, Zephyrsville, FL US May69. To 82nd Airborne Div Museum,
Ft Bragg, NC US 1976.
48933 (MSN 14749/26194) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 48th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Damaged in an accident on
take-off at Folkingham 3Dec44 when the landing gear was raised early, causing the
aircraft to settle back onto the runway. Converted to EC-47P or EC-47N. To South Vietnam AF
48934 (MSN 14750/26195) to USAAF 05Oct44. 9th AF 01Nov44. Germany 01Jan48. Top secret assignment 27Apr51 .
48935 (MSN 26196/14751) Delivered to USAAF 3Oct44. Ninth Air Force 2Oct44. 50th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Poix (B-44), France.
On 6Apr45 the 314th TCG was flying a load of gasoline to General George Patton’s
troops on the front line near Frankfurt. About 12 miles northwest of Malmedy, Belgium
six aircraft were involved in collisions in mist/low cloud. Struck power transmission
lines and crashed at Limburg, near Koblenz, Germany 6Apr45 [3KIA]. Salvaged 8Apr45.
48936 (MSN 14752/26197) to USAAF 04Oct44. 9th AF 22Oct44. Returned to US 04Jul45. W/o Jan 23, 1947 in crash 6 mi N of
Sand Point NAS, Alaska
48937 (MSN 14753/26198) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 22Oct44? no card. USAF. To South Vietnam AF Feb66. WFU Mar68
48938 (MSN 14754/26199) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 76th Troop Carrier Squadron,
435th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Transported supplies
for Task Force Hogan of the 101st Airborne Division to a drop zone at Marcouray, Belgium
during the Ardennes offensive 23Dec44. Before identifying the drop zone, the aircraft
was shot down by enemy ground fire and crashed near La Roche. The formation had
been off-course and dropped their supplies behind enemy lines. MACR 19696
48939 (MSN 14755/26200) Delivered to USAAF 4Oct44. Ninth Air Force 22Oct44. 53rd Troop
Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483)
26Oct44. 15th Troop Carrier Squadron. Returned to US 30Oct45. Converted to C-47D 12Jan47.
W/o 27 May 1948 in crash 20 miles SW of Baton Rouge, LA. 7 killed. Surveyed 01Jun48
48940 (MSN 14756/26201) to USAAF 04Oct44. 9th AF 27Oct44. Returned to US 18Aug45. Converted to C-47D 13May47
W/o in takeoff accident Mar 23, 1950 at Rome-Griffiths AB, New York. 2 killed.
48941 (MSN 14757/26202) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
0-48941 Changi 1965. Siam Oct72. Bangkok 09Apr76. N87880 Flying Dragon Air Inc, Hampton, VA US R03Aug77. Current 2011
48942 (MSN 14758/26203) to USAAF 04Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF
48943 (MSN 14759/26204) to USAAF 06Oct44. 9th AF 24Oct44. 8th AF. W/o May 6, 1945 at Landau, Germany when ground-looped
48944 (MSN 14760/26205) to USAAF 06Oct44. 9th AF 27Oct44. 8th AF. Lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13686
48945 (MSN 14761/26206) Delivered to USAAF 30Sep44. Ninth Air Force 27Oct44. 15th Troop
Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Barkston Heath (Station 483).
Base Air Depot ? 1, Burtonwood (Station 590) Dec44. Fitted with additional SCR-717
navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder; returned to Barkston Heath 3Jan45.
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. SAC 1947. Converted to C-47D 16Jul47.
With 509 AG, 393 TS, Crashed 2 mi W of Heerford, TX Dec 1, 1947.
48946 (MSN 14762/26207) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. To Khymer AF Aug 13, 1970 as 348946
48947 (MSN 14763/26208) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to EC-47N OR US EC-47P. 360 TEWS
To South Vietnam AF
48948 (MSN 14764/26209) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force,
Cottesmore (Station 489). TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British
9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt,
three miles northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. After the drop zone,
the aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire damaging the hydraulic system and right engine;
with the right engine on fire and the left engine overtemping, the pilot crash landed on the
west side of the Rhine. The aircraft later exploded, the crew having set detonators for the
sensitive equipment. NB: the aircraft was reported to have diverted to Helmond (B-86).
To US civil registry as N3261F, to Philippine civil registry as RP-C3, the RP-C74. The Golden County Farms,
Bangko Sentral Na Philipinas 1981. Destroyed while refuelling at Manila 1982.
48949 MSN 14765/26210) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 316th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489) Sep44. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45.
Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
W/o Dec 13, 1966 Vietnam ??
48950 (MSN 14766/26211) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF 43-8950. US Army Missile Cmd Apr72
N834M Lee County Mosquito Control, Ft Myers, FL US R15Aug75. current 2011
48951 (MSN 14767/26212) transferred to US Navy as BuNo 150189 when control of MATS activities in Iceland
were handed over to USN Jul 1961. Returned to USAF. WFS. Preserved at Niagara Falls Heritage Park, Niagara Falls, NY
48952 (MSN 14768/26213) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D. Sep54.
To MASDC Apr 9, 1970. excess 17 Jun 1970
48953 (MSN 14769/26214) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. To MASDC Apr 25, 1970
to JC-47D with AF Systems Command. To MASDC 25 Apr 1970, excess 1 Jul 1970.
48954 (MSN 14770/26215) to USAAF 01Oct44? 9th AF? 27Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D
W/o May 31, 1951 in takeoff accident at Griffin AB, Georgia
48955 (MSN 14771/26216) to USAAF 07Oct44. 9th AF 24Oct44. US 26Jul45. converted to C-47D 05Feb48. To RFC 12Jan50
N4112 General Air Cargo Inc 1952. General Airways Wm C Wold Assocs Dec53.
CF-ILS World Wide Airways Inc, Montreal, PQ EI8Nov55. N7862B R W Duff EC-ANV Min del Aire E02Jul57.
D G P Venado Sep58. Spantax L 1966 Subsecretaria DE US Aviacion Civil, Barajas
Service DE US Comprobocaion DE US Ayudas (fire svce). WFU Cuatro Vientos Sep76. Scrapped Madrid 1980
48956 (MSN 14772/26217) Delivered to USAAF 6Oct44. Ninth Air Force 24Oct44. 100th Troop Carrier
Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Dreux (A-41), France. The aircraft had
been on a night training flight to Caen, Laval and return. On approach to land, it struck a concrete
post in reduced visibility knocking off the right propeller and vertical stabiliser then crashed
with a telephone line attached to the right wing tip 1.5km north of Dreux-Vernouillet 15Feb45 [4KIA].
Salvaged 16Feb45
48957 (MSN 14773/26218) transferred to US Navy as BuNo 150190 when control of MATS activities in Iceland
were handed over to USN Jul 1961. Then back to USAF as 43-48957. Was at Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins
AFB, GA. but moved 2000 or 2001 to Niagara Falls, New York. In 2010 on static display at Niagara Falls AFR base, but
painted up as 43-15851, an original aircraft of the 3rd Combat Cargo Squadron.
48958 (MSN 14774/26219) Delivered Oct44. 86th Transport Squadron, 27th Air
Transport Group, 302nd Transport Wing, Le Bourget (A-54), Paris, France Nov44.
Detached to 1409th Base Unit, European Division, Air Transport Command, Metfield (Station 366)
Dec44; equipped for operations in artic conditions. Ferried to Leuchars, Scotland then on to
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Later flown to Kallax Swedish Air Force Base near Luleå Dec44.
Used for special missions by Colonel Bernt Balchen to supply forces in German occupied Norway.
W/o Dec 18, 1952 crash 19 miles N of Guercif, Morocco
48959 (MSN 14775/26220) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 78th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Welford (Station 474). Damaged while
parked in collision by C-47A ? 43-15264 taxying at Welford 14Feb45.
Converted to EC-47Q. Crashed on takeoff from Pleiku AB, Vietnam
Sept 30, 1969. Crew suffered only minor injuries.
48960 (MSN 14776/26221) to USAAF 06Oct44? 9th AF? 24Oct44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D.
To Khymer AF as 348960 Sep 8, 1970.
48961 (MSN 14777/26222) to USAAF 06Oct44? 9th AF? 24Oct44? no card. USAF. w/o Nov 11, 1966, South Vietnam
48962 (MSN 14778/26223) to USAAF 09Oct44. Canal Zone 23Oct44. Puerto Rico 26Oct45. Converted to C-47D 1948. Havana 25May48.
To French AF as AdlA 348962 15Jun50 (MDAP) 15Jun50. GT2/64 "FRBFZ". Scrapped 1954
48963 (MSN 14779/26224) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944, To US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50757 Oct 1944.
48964 (MSN 14780/26225) to USAAF Oct 6, 1944. To USSR Oct 20, 1944.
48965 (MSN 14781/26226) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 29, 1944.
48966 (MSN 14782/26227) to USAAF Oct 6, 1944. To USSR Oct 24, 1944
48967 (MSN 14783/26228) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 29, 1944.
48968 (MSN 14784/26229) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 22, 1944
48969 (MSN 14785/26230) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Oct 24, 1944
48970 (MSN 14786/26231) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Nov 20, 1944
48971 (MSN 14787/26232) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 6, 1944
48972 (MSN 14788/26233) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To USSR Nov 30, 1944
48973 (MSN 14789/26234) to USAAF Oct 13, 1944. To USSR Oct 29, 1944
48974 (MSN 14790/26235) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ943 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA 08Nov44. 361 MU RAF. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48975 (MSN 14791/26236) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ944 via RAF Nassau Oct 13, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 3, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. Wrecked when tire burst on takeoff, aircraft swung and undercarriage collapsed,
Imphal, Assam, India Jan 28, 1945.
48976 (MSN 14792/26237) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ945 via RAF Nassau Oct 13, 1944.
ACSEA 52 Sqn RAF 05Nov44 110 Sqn RAF 06Jul49 52 Sqn RAF 07Jul51 22 MU RAF 28Sep51. 1325 Flt "c" RAF
Island Romance" 30Dec56 Sold as VR-SEI to Malayan Airways Mar 1, 1961. VR-OAI Borneo Airways R29May63
9M-ANE Malaysian Airways R20May64. Malaysia-Singapore Airlines 01Jan67. XU-HAK Khmer Hansa 1971
XU-HAK w/o 19 Jan 1975 Destroyed on groud by rocket attack at Pochentog A/p, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia.
48977 (MSN 14793/26238) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ946 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 12, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. RAF India 1947. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
48978 (MSN 14794/26239) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ947 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA 19Nov44. 62 Sqn RAF. 353 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF 1947. 8 MU RAF 17May51. Transferred to Military
Aircraft Assistance Group Mar 23, 1952. To French AF as AdlA 4898 11Jun53. GTl/6411Jun53,
GT4/61 Dec55. BE 702 "FTEFD" Jun57. GTLA 2/60 Feb65. EC 070 Jun67.
To Chad AF as 48978 FATc TT-LAD 25Sep68.
48979 (MSN 14795/26240) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ948 via RAF Nassau Oct 13, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 9, 1944. 435 Sqdn RF. 62 Sqdn RAF. Wrecked when belly landed
in paddy field after engine failed on takeoff, Comilla, India, Bangladesh Jan 20, 1945.
48980 (MSN 14796/26241) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ949 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 3, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 215 Sqdn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF Oct 6, 1947. SOC Nov 4, 1948.
48981 (MSN 14797/26242) delivered to USAAF 10Oct44; delivered to Royal AF 17Oct44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ950; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 12Nov44; India 1946;
No.22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, Cumberland 22Dec47; Airwork General Trading,
Gatwick, England 13May49; To Royal Hellenic AF 18Aug49 as KJ950;
Transferred to Ypiresia Poitikis Aeriporias [YPA] / Civil Aviation Authority 15Dec58;
Registered SX-ECD 20Dec58; WFU 11Apr85; derelict Hellinikon, Athens, Greece;
Used as a restaurant at Glyfada.
48982 (MSN 14798/26243) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ951 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 14, 1944. 31 Sqd RAF. Listed as being SOC Mar 6, 1946 at Jakarta airport, Indonesia.
48983 (MSN 14799/26244) to USAAF Oct 12, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ952 via RAF Nassau Oct 17, 1944.
ACSEA 16Nov44. 52 Sqn RAF. FECS GOC Malaya RAF 14Jan47. 12 MU RAF 22Sep47. 24 Sqn RAF 06Oct47.
RAF Oakington 04Dec48. 12 MU RAF 02Sep49 . To Air Charter Ltd as G-AMSR, to
Wenela Air Services as ZS-DJZ operated by Surrey Flying Service,
Suidwes Lugdiens Temp. Regd as VP-YSO for Wenela Rhodesia, Return
to ZS-DJZ for Air Namibia, Temp Reg as KA-TCA (Air Katanga), next to
Genrec as 9Q-CGC, to Inter-Fret Transport Aerien as 9G-CGW, to ITAB (Air
Katanga) still as 9G-CGW. In 1989 to CS-AZL with Ragusa Aeromundo, leased
to Air Umbrial. Now on sale in Italy. WFS at Perugia, Italy
48984 (MSN 14800/26245) to USAAF Oct 11, 19044. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ953 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA Oct 21, 1944. 215 Sqdn RAF. 435 Sqdn RAF. Crashed when took off
with rudder locked, Tulihal, Assam, India Aug 5, 1945
48985 (MSN 14801/26246) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ954 via RAF Nassau Oct 13, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 2, 144. Med ME RAF Apr 25, 1946. SOC Mar 25, 1948
48986 (MSN 14802/26247) to USAAF Oct 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ955 via RAF Nassau Oct 17, 1944.
ACSEA 14Nov44. 353 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. 114 Sqn RAF. Med ME RAF 09May46. 22 MU RAF 05Jan48.
267 Sqn RAF 15Jul54. 209 Sqn RAF 22Jan59. 52 Sqn RAF "B" "Hope" Malaya 02Nov59. 23 MU RAF 13Dec62.
ME Comm Sqn RAF 24Jul64. Destroyed by time bomb, Khormaksar May 29, 1965.
48987 (MSN 14803/26248) to USAAF Oct 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ956 via RAF Nassau Oct 25, 1944.
ACSEA 17Nov46. 353 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 20Dec47. Med ME 15Sep48. RAF India 09Dec48.
Iraq CF RAF 26May49 , then loaned to RCAF as Dakota IV KJ956 Sep 7, 1951.
105 Com & Rescue Flt RCAF 1954. Renumbered 12949 in Jun 1970. WFS 27Feb74 Preserved CFB Winnipeg
48988 (MSN 14804/26249) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ957 via RAF Nassau Oct 19, 1944
ACSEA 13Nov44. 435 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. W/o Oct 23, 1945 when flew into clouds at 14,000 feet
20 mi E of Chiranga, India and disappeared. Aircraft was never found. American teacher in Burma (2002)
was given bone fragment by Burmese priest; DNA testing/investigation by US DOD determined it was remains
of USAAF pilot 2/Lt V.L.Gibb & it was interred in his native Kansas (2014);
48989 (MSN 14805/26250) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ958 via RAF Nassau Oct 19 1944.
ACSEA Nov 15, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. DBR when force landed after engine caught fire, Comilla Dec 31, 1944.
48990 (MSN 14806/26251) to USAAF Oct 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ959 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA 13Nov44. 267 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 04Jun47. Returned to USAAF
Oct 27, 1947, then to Belgian AF May 16, 1949 as K23 (call sign OT-CNM) then to French AF as 48990.
GT1I61 "FRAMJ" 25Sep52. GT3/61 "FRAQO" Jun54. EAA 601 "FSDLB" Nov54 GTl/62 May55. GT2/61 "FRAOM" Jul55.
GT2/64 "FROAF". GSRA 76 "FSEYG" Dec59. GLA 45 Feb63. GLA 48 Oct63. GTl/63 Nov63.
Then to Mauritania AF as FARIM 5T-MAE Dec 1964. To Niger AF as 48990/5U-MAB Jan 22, 1965. WFU
48991 (MSN 14807/26252) delivered to USAAF 10Oct44; delivered to Royal AF 16Oct44 as Dakota IV, serial KJ960;
Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 13Nov44; India 1946; No.22 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Silloth, Cumberland 22Dec47; Airwork General Trading, Gatwick, England 9May49;
To Royal Hellenic AF 8Sep49 as KJ960; Royal Hellenic VIP Transport Flight / Sminos
Metaforas Ypsilon Prosopon [SMYP]; modified with VIP interior 11Jan66;
Royal Hellenic VVIP Transport Flight / Sminos Metaforas Poly Ypsilon Prosopon [SMPYP];
used to support the King’s attempted overthrow of the military junta 13Dec67,
flown to Rome, Italy, returned to Elefsis, Greece 14Dec67; Hellenic AF
Headquarters Flight, Tactical AF, Larissa; flown Hellenikon to Tatoi 27Feb94;
Transferred to Hellenic AF Museum 12Apr95; preserved and on display at
Hellenic AF Museum, Tatoi AB, Dekeleia AB, Greece [Sep 2015]
48992 (MSN 14808/26253) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ961 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA 25Nov44. 33 MU RAF 12Dec46. 221 Gp CF RAF. 1 PTS RAF 07Oct47. Oakington RAF 29May48. Waterbeach RAF.
8 MU RAF 30Aug49. Broken up Feb 23, 1950.
48993 (MSN 14809/26254) to USAAF Oct 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ962 via RAF Nassau Oct 13, 1944.
ACSEA 05Nov44. 1334 TSCU Baroda. 52 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF. Dove into ground
after reporting engine problems during supply dropping mission Betu Melintang, Kelantan, Malaya Aug 19, 1948
48994 (MSN 14810/26255) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KJ963 via RAF Nassau Oct 16, 1944.
ACSEA 08Nov44. 353 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. India 29Aug46. 22 MU RAF 20Jan47. Returned to USAAF
May 10, 1947. To French AF as AdlA 348994 09Jan48 "c" 09Jan48 (ex Naples). GTl/61 "FRAMD" 1950.
GTl/25 "FRASD" 1951. GT2/62 "FRAZF" 1952. Crashed Indo-China 20Jan53
48995 (MSN 14811/26256) delivered to USAAF 9Oct44; delivered to Royal AF in India 17Oct44
as Dakota IV, serial KJ964; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 12Nov44;
Mediterranean and Middle East 9May46; No.216 Squadron 27May48; Aden Communications
Flight 12Jan50; No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 27Oct50;
Military Assistance Advisory Group 29Jun53; US AF Europe; Yugoslav Air
Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 25Mar54 as 7325, later as 71216; WFU Mostar
48996 (MSN 14812/26257) to USAAF Oct 11, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ965 via RAF Montreal Oct 15, 1944.
ACSEA Nov 18, 1944. 436 Sqdn RAF. DBR when struck while parked by Beaufighter KW404 Mar 14, 1945 at
Maunyubyin, Burma.
48997 (MSN 14813/26258) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50758 Oct 17, 1944
48998 (MSN 14814/26259) to USAAF Oct 11, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ966 via RAF Montreal Oct 15, 1944.
525 Sqn RAF 10Dec44. 187 Sqn RAF 06Sep45. 575 Sqn RAF 11Dec45. 216 Gp ME 12Feb46. 33 MU RAF 10Aug46.
Returned to USAAF Nov 18, 1946. Registered to Swissair Jan 30, 1947
as HB-IRL. Sold to owner in Congo 1961. Courier Service. Shot down Kolwezi, Congo Sep61
48999 (MSN 14815/26260) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ967 via RAF Montreal Oct 13, 1944.
RAF UK 28Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 20Oct47. Sold Dec 21, 1947 to French government. To Air
Maroc (Ste Marocaine De Constructions Aeronautiques) as F-BEIO Jul 20, 1948.
To CATI (Societe Campagnie Aerienne De Trasnports Indochinois)
as F-BEIO. To Air Outre-Mer (French Overseas Departments and Territories)
as F-BEIO. Leased to STAEO (Societe Translantique Aerienne
en Extreme Orient) as F-BEIO and returned to Air Outre-Mer.
Crashed on landing at Hanio-Gia Lam Airport, Vietnam Sep 4, 1954.
49000 (MSN 14816/26261) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ968 via RAF Nassau Oct 12, 1944.
RAF UK 28Feb45 ACSEA 26Apr45 31 Sqn RAF 22 MU RAF 20Oct47. Crashed Jun 2, 1946. SOC Mar 12, 1948
49001 (MSN 14817/26262) to USAAF Oct 11, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ969 via RAF Nassau Oct 17, 1944.
512 Sqn RAF 07Dec44. 76 Sqn RAF. ACSEA 27Sep45. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Jun 1, 1947
49002 (MSN 14818/26263) to USAAF Oct 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6R BuNo 50759 Oct 18, 1944
49003 (MSN 14819/26264) to USAAF Oct 10 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ970 via RAF Montreal Oct 16, 1944.
525 Sqn RAF 10Dec44. 187 Sqn RAF 06Sep45. 525 Sqn RAF 17Mar46. 1381 TCU RAF 19Nov46. Waterbeach RAF 24Jul48.
Oakington RAF 08Nov48. Flew into ground on BABS approach 2 mi SE of Lubeck, Germany Mar 22, 1949.
49004 (MSN 14820/26265) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ971 via RAF Montreal Oct 13, 1944.
525 Sqn RAF 29Nov44. 187 Sqn RAF 11Feb46. 1 PTS RAF 08Oct46. Wrecked when
crash landed after one prop feathered itself and other engine
switched off in error, Middle Aston Feb 1,1947
49005 (MSN 14821/26266) to USAAF Oct 12, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ972 via RAF Montreal Oct 16, 1944.
525 Sqn RAF 10Dec44. 147 Sqn RAF "ODPZ" 05Jan46. 1333 (TS)CU RAF 05Nov46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 05Jan48.
240 OCU RAF. SOC and scrapped Jul 3, 1950
49006 (MSN 14822/26267) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 05Dec44. ATC Washington 08Dec44. RFC. YV-AZH TACA 30Nov45.
YV-C-AZH Rr. PP-XDN Linhas Aereas Paulistas. PP-LPG Rr 29Sep50. Loide Aereo Nacional 1950.
Crashed near Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil 12Jul51. Crashed during a landing attempt in adverse weather
conditions under VFR and hit high ground. The pilot attempted a visual approach and made a turn at low
altitude in adverse weather conditions. All 33 onboard killed.
49007 (MSN 14823/26268) to USAAF Oct 13, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50760 Oct 7, 1944.
49008 (MSN 14824/26269) Delivered 19Oct44. Ninth Air Force 14Nov44.
1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France.
Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder.
Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne
Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of
Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To MASDC Jul 23, 1961. Allied Aircraft, Tucson, AZ Dec 28, 1978
49009 (MSN 14825/26270) Delivered to the USAAF 18Oct44.
Oct 1944 Departed CONUS for Ninth Air Force, European Theater of Operations; Jul 1945 Returned to US and placed in
storage at San Bernardino Air Depot, CA;
Mar 1946 to 4000th AAF Base Unit (Air Materiel Command), Patterson AAF, OH. Modified to EC-47D;
Dec 1946 to 2750th Air Base Group (AMC), Patterson AAF;
Oct 1949 to 2750th Air Base Wing (AMC), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH;
Apr 1951 to HQ Air Research and Development Command, Wright-Patterson AFB;
Aug 1951 to Wright Air Development Center (ARDC), Wright-Patterson AFB;
Jan 1958 to Cambridge Research Center (ARDC), L. G. Hanscom AFB, MA.
Reverted to C-47D;
Jun 1959 to 2587th Air Base Group (Continental Air Command), Ellington Field, TX;
Nov 1959 to 2465th Air Base Group (CAC), Minneapolis-St. Paul AP, MN;
Oct 1960 to 96th Troop Carrier (Medium) Squadron (CAC), Minneapolis-St. Paul AP;
Mar 1963 to 440th Troop Carrier (M) Wing (CAC), Minneapolis-St. Paul AP;
May 1963 to 934th Troop Carrier (M) Group (CAC), Minneapolis-St. Paul AP;
Oct 1966 to Mobile Air Logistics Area, Brookley AFB, AL. Modified to RC-47P;
Jan 1967 to 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (Pacific Air Forces), Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon, Vietnam. Redesignated to EC-47P;
Sep 1971 to 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AB;
Feb 1972 to 377th Air Base Wing (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AB;
Nov 1972 dropped from inventory by transfer to South Vietnamse AF
49010 (MSN 14826/26271) Delivered to USAAFOct44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation
and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
Converted to AC-47D. To Royal Laotian AF
Jun 8, 1970. Later to Khymer AF. To Thai AF from Khymer
AF as L2-46/18 Nov 11, 1975. SOC Apr 23, 1991. Derelict at Don Muang
by 1995. Displayed at Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Museum, Surasri
Army Camp, Kanchanaburi.
49011 (MSN 14827/26272) to USAAF 19Oct44? 9th AF? 14Nov44? no card. NC79001 Pan American Airways Aug47
PP-PCU Panair do Brasil R08Nov47. PP-NMB Nav Aer Brasil R07Aug58. HK-766 Taxi Aereo Caqueta Ltda Jul63
Soc Tptes Aereos Boyacenses B Durango DE US Coral 1970 op by ARCA . WFU
49012 (MSN 14828/26273) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50761 Oct 17, 1944.
49013 (MSN 14829/26274) to VC-47B, to RC-47P, then to EC-47P. To MAP Nov 8, 1972
49014 (MSN 14830/26275) to USAAF as C-47B-10-DK 43-49014 12Oct44? ATC? 14Dec44? no card USAF
W/o Apr 18, 1961 when struck Mt Parker, Hong Kong shortly after takeoff in foggy concitions.
14 lost, 1 ok on flight (Hong Kong to Taiwan)
49015 (MSN 14831/26276) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at
the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To MASDC Jun 17, 1964. To Royal Libyan AF Jul 17, 1964
49016 (MSN 14832/26277) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 12Dec44. ATC 14Dec44. FLC 06Nov45. CC-CLB Aerosur Oct64.
CC-CLB w/o 26 Feb 1967 in landing at Chaiten A/p
49017 (MSN 14833/26278) to USAAF Oct 13, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50762 Oct 13, 1944
49018 (MSN 14834/26279) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 07Nov44. Central African Wing ATC 18Nov44. European Wing ATC. Canal Zone
w/o Jun 7, 1946 in crash 20 mi N of Agadir, Morocco
49019 (MSN 14835/26280 to USAAF 11Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 06Nov44? no card. USAF. 62nd MAW, McChord Jun69.
Reportedly w/o Nov 10, 1969.
49020 (MSN 14836/26281) to USAAF 11Oct44. 9th AF 06Nov44. Returned to US 09Aug45. To RFC 03Apr46. NC66634.
XB-JIX J Pasquel. XC-BlI Presidencia 1954. Petroleos Mexicanos. Destroyed 17May67
49021 (MSN 14837/26282) to USAAF 11Oct44? 9th AF? 06Nov44? no card. 7167 SAMS Dec52. USAF. converted to VC-47D Sep54
"0-49021. 7310 ABGRU JuI59. 322 AD Chateauroux 1962. 7167 ATS Rhein Main JuI65. Converted to AC-47D gunship
Long Khanh Province South Viet Nam was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Sqn 14 SOW and was attached
to the 4th SOS's unit at Bien Hoa Air Base. Lost Sep 1, 1969, Long Khanh Province, SVN.
Was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Sqdn, 14 SOW, and was attached to the
4th SOS's unit at Bien Hoa Air Base. Launched from Bien Hoa 1 on a night patrol
mission and was directed to assist friendly troops who were under enemy attack about
20 miles east of Bien Hoa. 43-49021 arrived at the scene and started firing- it was
subsequently hit in the starboard wing and engine by ground fire and crashed about 900
feet up on the side of Nui Loc Su mountain (a small volcanic cone about 18 miles east of
Bien Hoa). The entire USAF crew of 8 were KIA.
49022 (MSN 14838/26283) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50763 Oct 14, 1944.
49023 (MSN 14839/26284) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 14Oct44? India China Wing ATC as 23A? Nov44? no card. USAF
49024 (MSN 14840/26285) to USAAF 14Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF converted to VC-47B Sep54. "0-349024"
"0-49024". MAAG Norway 1958 W/o Dec 2, 1959 in crash 10 mi N of Oslo, Norway. 4 killed.
49025 (MSN 14841/26286) to USAAF 14Oct44? no card. MA TS/APCS Aug53. USAF. "0-349025". Converted to VC-47D Sep54. 7227 CSG Aviano
7100 M&S Wiesbaden. "0-49025". 20TFW (G) 1962. To Guatemala AF as 550 Jun 1969. WFU Sep 2006
49026 (MSN 14842/26287) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th
Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported
paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop
zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Amiens (B-48), France. Damaged taxying at Amiens 7Jun45.
Converted to VC-47B Sep 1954. W/o Jul 13, 1965, location?
49027 (MSN 14843/26288) to USAAF Oct 13, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50764 Oct 14, 1944.
49028 (MSN 14844/26289) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 31Oct44. Central African Wing ATC 17Nov44. India China Wing ATC 20Dec44
Damaged Sep 4, 1945 in landing Chungking, China. Condemned for salvage Sep 4, 1945.
49029 (MSN 14845/26290) to USAAF 10Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47D AACS Oct53
Converted to EC-47D 18Sep62. "0-49029" AFCS 1961. To South Vietnam AF 1963
49030 (MSN 14846/26291) Delivered to USAAF 10Oct44. Ninth Air Force 6Nov44. 438th Troop
Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’
24Mar45. Converted to C-47D. Struck high ground near Independence Lake, CA Oct 26, 1950. 4 killed.
49031 (MSN 14847/26292) to USAAF 10Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF "0-49031". stored Davis Monthan 07Jul69.
To Colombian AF as FAC 654A. Converted to Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no 26) and reserialled FAC 1654
49032 (MSN 14848/26293) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50765 Oct 17, 1944
49033 (MSN 14849/26294) to USAAF as TC-47B-1O-DK 12Oct44? US? 12Oct44? no card
49034 (MSN 14850/26295) to USAAF 12Oct44. 9th AF 24Dec44. Neth/Belgium. FLC Turkey 05Dec46
49035 (MSN 14851/26296) to USAAF 12Oct44? 9th AF? Nov44? no card. USAF. Belgian AF OO-AUW (Jul 1947), To French AF as AdlA 349035 14May54
(MDAP) GTl/64 "FRBDZ" 14May54. To South Vietnam AF16Mar56. To N6903 (Jul 1973). To XB-DIY (Dec 1973)
To N6903 (Oct 1977)
49036 (MSN 14852/26297) to USAAF 13Oct44. 9th AF 06Nov44. FLC 24JuI46. OO-AUW Sabena R27Jul46. Congo 10Dec51
Force Beige Indigene 01Jun52. Sabena 01May53. Linair L 28Jul59. 90-CUW Air Congo NTU. OO-AUW Sabena R20Jan61
Linair, Libya 11Feb65. BIAS 01Jul65. N6903 Aircraft Assocs Inc, Long Beach, CA US R13JuI73 D16Aug73
XB-DIY Orgullo del Mar 07Dec73. N6903 Weldit Enterprises Inti Ltd, Ramonia, CA US 18Oct77
Aircraft Assocs Inc, Long Beach, CA US 19Oct77. PCD Corp, McAllen, TX US Jun79
J L R Tpt Inc, Brownsville, TX US R15Jun79. Current 2011
49037 (MSN 14853/26298) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50766 Oct 14, 1944.
49038 (MSN 14854/26299) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. Headquarters Squadron [WA], 27th Air
Transport Group; named ‘Puppeschöne’ [Beautiful Doll].
To N8383 and flown to Turin Caselle Airport, Italy Jun 14, 1988 where it is now displayed
as I-LEON, USAAF serial 41-7816 in 1947 livery of LAI, Linee Aeree Italiane.
49039 (MSN 14855/26300) to USAAF 23Oct44? 9th AF? 06Nov44? no card USAF.
w/o Nov 8, 1951 in takeoff accident Haneda AB, Japan.
49040 (MSN 14856/26301) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force,
Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the
Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
W/o Oct 19, 1951 in crash 18 mi NW of Miami AB, Florida
49041 (MSN 14857/26302) to USAAF 23Oct44. 9th AF 06Nov44 US 20Jul45. Converted to C-47D 28Feb47
Converted to VC-47D 14Jan49. W/o Oct 13, 1950 in crash 3 mi W of St Claire, Alabama due to engine failure.
49042 (MSN 14858/26303) to UZAAF Oct 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50767 Oct 14, 1944
49043 (MSN 14859/26304) to USAAF 14Oct44. 9th AF 06Nov44. Returned to US 19JuI45. Manila 06Jun46. Canal Zone. FLC 23Jul48
49044 (MSN 14860/26305) to USAAF 08Nov44, To Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
under Lend Lease Nov 15, 1944
49045 (MSN 14861/26306) to USAAF 08Nov44. to Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
under Lend Lease Nov 15, 1944. Damaged Sep 29, 1947 (landing) Los Caritos A/p, Chile.
To Thailand AF as 49045, then to Thai Navy.
49046 (MSN 14862/26307) to USAAF 08Nov44. To Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
under Lend Lease Dec 8, 1944. To Chinese National AF as 49046 Apr72
49047 (MSN 14863/26308) to USAAF 13Oct44. Lend Lease to French AF as AdlA 349047 08Nov44 W/O 30Apr45
49048 (MSN 14864/26309) to USAAF 13Oct44. Lend Lease to French AF as AdlA 349048 08Nov44. GTl/15 08Nov44. 12th AF Italy
W/O Rhein Main near Offenbach Germany 20Feb47
49049 (MSN 14865/26310) to USAAF 13Oct44. Lend Lease to French AF as AdlA 349049 08Nov44. GTl/15 08Nov44.
GTl/61 "FRAMJ" Apr46. GB1I25 "FRASJ". GT2/63 "FRANQ" Jun54. CIET 340Oct55. ELA 56 Ju156. GT2 64 "FRAOH" Jul58
ESRA 77 Jun59. GLA 49 "FSCHY" Oct59. BA 702 Jan64. BA 709 Feb65. GTLA 260 "FRAJH" Jun65.
To Israel AF as HHA 036 18Mar67. Crashed 10Jul80 4 killed
49050 (MSN 14866/26311) to USAAF 13Oct44. Lend Lease to French AF as AdlA 349050 09Nov44. GTl/15 09Nov44. GTl/61 Apr46.
W/O Marsa Matrouk, Egypt 16Jul49
49051 (MSN 14867/26312) to USAAF 14Oct44. Lend Lease to French AF as AdlA 349051 09Nov44. GTl/15 09Nov44. GT2/64 "FRBFL" Feb52
GT2/61 "FRAOF" May55. T1I62 "FRAXQ" Jul55. GT3/62 "FRASQ" Apr56. GLA 45 "FSCDF" Dec58. GTLA 2/60 Feb64
EC57 "FRCAG". B/U 10Jun70
49052 (MSN 14868/26313) to USAAF Oct 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50768 Oct 18 1944
49053 (MSN 14869/26314) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 22, 1944
49054 (MSN 14870/26315) to USAAF Oct 13, 1944. To USSR Nov 4, 1944
49055 (MSN 14871/26316) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944. To USSR Nov 25, 1944
49056 (MSN 14872/26317) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944. To USSR Nov 7, 1944.
49057 (MSN 14873/26318) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944. To USSR Nov 26, 1944
49058 (MSN 14874/26319) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944. To USSR Nov 5, 1944
49059 (MSN 14875/26320) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 5, 1944
49060 (MSN 14876/26321) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 23, 1944
49061 (MSN 14877/26322) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944. To USSR Nov 30, 1944
49062 (MSN 14878/26323) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Dec 2, 1944.
49063 (MSN 14879/26324) to USAAF Oct 10, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50769 Oct 11, 1944
49064 (MSN 14880/26325) to USAAF Oct 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50770 Oct 20, 1944
49065 (MSN 14881/26326) to USAAF Oct 18, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50771 Oct 20, 1944
49066 (MSN 14882/26327) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944. To USSR Nov 25, 1944.
49067 (MSN 14883/26328) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 22, 1944
49068 (MSN 14884/26329) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 7, 1944
49069 (MSN 14885/26330) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944. To USSR Nov 30, 1944.
49070 (MSN 14886/26331) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944. To USSR Nov 22, 1944.
49071 (MSN 14887/26332) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944. To USSR Nov 20, 1944 as L976
49072 (MSN 14888/26333) to USAAF Oct 17, 1944. To USSR Nov 21, 1944
49073 (MSN 14889/26334) to USAAF Oct 19, 1944. To USSR Nov 26, 1944.
49074 (MSN 14890/26335) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 20, 1944
49075 (MSN 14891/26336) to USAAF Oct 16, 1944. To USSR Nov 20, 1944
49076 (MSN 14892/26337) to USAAF 43-49076 17Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 15Nov44? no card. USAF
To MASDC 11 Jun 1962, Departed 29 Sep 1962 to Air International Corp., Miami, to MAP 8 Apr 1963
49077 (MSN 14893/26338) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 02Nov44. Central African Wing ATC 21Nov44.
Damaged May 3, 1945 (landing) Kano A/p, BWA. Salvaged May 12, 1945.
49078 (MSN 14894/26339) to USAAF 17Oct44. 9th AF 15Nov44 Neth/Belgium. Converted to VC-47B
Damaged Apr 1, 1947 (landing) Wiesbaden Aaf, West Germany. Salvaged Jul 18, 1947.
49079 (MSN 14895/26340) to USAAF as C-47B-14-DK17Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 15Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to VC-47B converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-49079"
49080 (MSN 14896/26341) Delivered to USAAF 18Oct44. Ninth Air Force 10Nov44. 321st Transport Squadron,
27th Air Transport Group. Returned to US 11Jul45. Converted to C-47D 05Mar48. Scrapped 24Mar50
49081 (MSN 14897/26342) to USAAF 18Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 10Nov44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan 1961
To Iberia Oct 10, 1963 as EC-ASF, to Spanish AF Apr 12, 1966
as T3-64. Became N1350M October 1981 Kerns Aircraft Electronics Inc, Professional Flyers Inc,
Wilmington, DE US, R Feb82. C. Green, S. Bend, Ill USB24Jan83. To Airlift Museum, Frankfurt-Rhein/Main
Mar 25, 1986 and 1988 on display in USAF colours. Still there Jun 2004.
49082 (MSN 14898/26343) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 07Nov44. European Wing ATC 13Dec44. Returned to US 10Dec45
Brazil 20Aug46. PP-SPS Vasp B17Jul46 R22Apr47. PP-FOZ Min do Interior, L Proj Rondon 18Jan73 B Jan74
PT-KTZ "Quero Quero" Rr RICO B03Jan80. Shamon Properties N. V. Curacao. WFS 22Jan80
Ss HK-3993-_) on display Mar 2014 in Museo Aereo Fenix, Cali, Colombia.
49083 (MSN 14899/26344) to USAAF 17Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. W/o Sep 29, 1954 Komaki Afb, Japan
49084 (MSN 14900/26345) to USAAF 17Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 25Nov44? no card. USAF.
W/o Dec 28, 1952 in Tokyo Bay on approach.
49085 (MSN 14901/26346) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group,
Eighth Air Force, Harrington (Station 179). Used for ‘Carpetbagger’ operations.
To Khymer AF as KNAF 349085 24Sep70
49086 (MSN 14902/26347) delivered to USAAF 17Oct44; 9th AF, Europe 25Nov44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; To Royal Hellenic AF
as 43-49086; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
modified with VIP interior by Airwork General Trading, Gatwick, England 9-12Feb49;
355 Transport Squadron, code S; Royal Hellenic VIP Transport Flight / Sminos
Metaforas Ypsilon Prosopon [SMYP] 1957; KEA [State Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon
14Mar60 for maintenance; declared BER 7Apr60; Elefsis Oct72; WFU 22Feb77.
49087 (MSN 14903/26348) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 07Nov44. European Wing ATC 02Dec44. Returned to US 07Nov45. WFS 06Sep49
49088 (MSN 14904/26349) to USAAF 18Oct44. 9th AF 16Nov44. To RFC 10Jul46. NC79004 Pan American Airways 1946
SR-AAD Syrian Airways Sep47. YK-AAD Rr 1951. Damaged 27Nov55, sold unrepaired N79004 Lund Aviation D02Apr57
Eagle Avn, Ringway 707B. To French AF as AdlA 14904 02Jul57. GAM 50 Feb58. GLA 49 "FSCHN" Jul59
BE 709 Mar64. CIEES 343 "FSDKN" Jun64. Scrapped 10Jun70
49089 (MSN 14905/26350) to USAAF 18Oct44. 9th AF 16Nov44. US 19Jul45. Puerto Rico 10Dec45
Attached to 37AW at Atkinson Field, BGA (British Guiana) had minor accidents
on Apr 9,1946 and Jul 7, 1946. Returned to US Jan 1, 1948. Transferred to L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) reg.349089,
call sign F-RAZY for service in French Indo China. Dec 19, 1954 destroyed in French Indo China.
49090 (MSN 14906/26351) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone
at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To MASDC May 7, 1973. To MAP Dec 1, 1977
To Colombian AF in 1978 as 660A then 1660. WFU 1997
49091 (MSN 14907/26352) to USAAF 18Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 16Nov44? no card. USAF
To MASDC 24 May 1962, Departed 20 Sep 1962 to Air International Corp., Miami, to MAP 14 Dec 1962
49092 (MSN 14908/26353) to USAAF Oct 29, 1944, to Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50772 Oct 22, 1944
49093 (MSN 14909/26354) to USAAF 18Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 16Nov44? no card. USAF. W/o Nov 25, 1953 Bowling Green, VA
49094 (MSN 14910/26355) to USAAF 18Oct44. 9th AF 25Nov44. FLC 24Sep46. HB-ATA Alpar NTU.
To COSARA Apr 1948 as F-BEIT, later to STAEO Nov 1949. To Air VietNam as F-BEIT, reregistered as XV-NIE.
W/o Nov 17, 1973 when went missing on flight from Saigon to Quang Ngai. Flew into a mountain while en route.
Flying under VFR in IFR conditons. All 27 onboard killed.
49095 (MSN 14911/26356) to USAAF 18Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. "0-349095" MATS/AACS. AC-47D Jan61
To EC-47B then to AC-47B, then to AC-47D. 856th Facility Checking Unit, Westover AFB, MA.
24-MAR-1963 12-AUG-1967 To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. Converted to C-47D.
To South Vietnamese AF under MAP. To Cambodia AF May 22, 1973. To Thai Navy as 49095.
Noted derelict by May 1997
49096 (MSN 14912/26357) to USAAF 18Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan 1961
To El Salvador AF as 103 Apr 1963. W/o Sep 10, 1965.
49097 (MSN 14913/26358) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944, to US Navy as R4D6 BuNo 50773 Nov 1944
49098 (MSN 14914/26359) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 19Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 15Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D "0-349098" Sep54. 7167 ATS Rhein Main Apr59.
stored Davis Monthan Dec69. Scrapped May72
49099 (MSN 14915/26360) to USAAF 19Oct44? 9th AF? 15Nov44? no card. USAF "0-49099". Stored Davis Monthan Aug61
To civilian registry as N87657 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ Aug 1961. Sold to Faucett of Peru Nov 16, 1962 as OB-PBO-676
and later re-registered OB-R-676 in 1964. Stored Mar76 to Nov82 at Lima Peru
49100 (MSN 14916/26361) to USAAF 19Oct44? 9th AF? 15Nov44? no card. USAF. To VC-47B then to EC-47P
"0-349100" ARDC Sp Weapons Center Feb59. Crashed Oct 8, 1969 due to inflight fire in
mission out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam. All crew killed.
49101 (MSN 14917/26362) to USAAF 19Oct44. 9th AF 15Nov44. To RFC 25Jul46. To NC79007 Pan American Airways 1947.
Then to Syrian Airways as SR-AAE Nov 24, 1947. Reregistered YK-AAE Mar 1951.
Crashed shortly after taking off 15 miles from Aleppo Feb 24, 1956. Double engine failure during a thunderstorm.
All 19 onboard killed.
49102 (MSN 14918/26363) to USAAF Oct 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D6 BuNo 50774 Nov 1944
49103 (MSN 14919/26364) to USAAF 19Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 15Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to AC-47D "0-49103" IS57 AACS Rhein Main Aug53. Converted to EC-47D 18Sep62
864th Facility Checking Flight, Torrejon AB, Spain 31-MAY-1963 15-OCT-1963.
To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. To MAP Jan 9, 1964.
49104 (MSN 14920/26365) to USAAF 43-49104 19Oct44. Pac ATC 30Nov44. Returned to US 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D Jun48. Scrapped 23Oct50
49105 (MSN 14921/26366) to USAAF 19Oct44, 12th AF Italy 13Nov44. Returned to US 15Sep45. Converted to C-47D 07Jun49. To RFC 17Aug50
N75391 Interior Enterprises Inc. Damaged Aug 17, 1950 La Sabana AB, San Jose, Costa Rica. Repaired.
Crshed Aklavi, Canada Jan 16, 1958
49106 (MSN 14922/26367) to USAAF 19Oct44? 12th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF "0-349106" Mar59
Assigned to Olmsted AFB, PA.
Assigned to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jun 5, 1961 to Jun 30, 1967
Assigned to Langley AFB, VA fire department. To Thai AF as RTAF106; converted to
Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no 27).
49107 (MSN 14923/26368) to USAAF Nov 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50775 Nov 16, 1944
49108 (MSN 14924/26369) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 19Oct44? 12th AF OR US ATC? 13Nov44? no card. USAF
Converted to VC-47B. Converted to C-47D Sep 54. To MASDC 31 Jul 1962, To reclamation 18 Feb 1965
49109 (MSN 14925/26370) to USAAF 19Oct44. 12th AF Italy 13Nov44. Denmark 31Oct47. Bucharest 25Oct48
Converted to VC-47D 26Nov48. Copenhagen 15Jul49. Germany 15Nov49. WFS 10Jul50
49110 (MSN 14926/26371) to USAAF 19Oct44? 12th AF Italy? 13Nov44? no card. USAF. converted to VC-47B.
Converted to VC-47D Sep54
49111 (MSN 14927/26372) delivered to USAAF 20Oct44; 12th AF, Italy 13Nov44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; To Royal Hellenic AF as
43-49111; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; 123 PTE, Tatoi,
Dekeleia as GIA; stored by 1992; WFU Apr95; preserved and on display at Hellenic AF Museum,
Tatoi AB, Dekeleia, Greece [Nov15]
49112 (MSN 14928/26373) to USAAF Oct 31, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50776 Oct 31, 1944
49113 (MSN 14929/26374) to USAAF 21Oct44? 12th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. Damaged Jan 17, 1951 (ground accident)
Taegu Afb, South Korea. Converted to C-47D. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349113 14May54 (MDAP) 14May54
GT2/63 "FRAMM" Jun54. GTl/64 Jul55. South Vietnam 24Oct55 "N" stored Davis Monthan 26Sep68 Allied Aircraft 02Jan79
49114 (MSN 14930/26375) to USAAF 21Oct44? 12th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF "0-349114". To South Viet Nam AF
as 349114 Nov62
49115 (MSN 14931/26376) to USAAF 21Oct44? 12th AF OR US ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349115 15Apr52
GR2/62 "FRAZO" Jul53. GTl/64 Oct55. Returned to USAAF 06Feb56
49116 (MSN 14932/26377) to USAAF 21Oct44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 16Nov44. Chungking 08Nov44. Crashed 27May45
49117 (MSN 14933/26378) to USAAF Oct 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50777 Oct 31, 1944
49118 (MSN 14934/26379) ro USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 14Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 16Dec44. Manila
W/o Jan 2, 1946 in crash 50 mi N of Canton, China. Crew bailed out
49119 (MSn 14935/26380) to USAAF 21Oct44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 16Nov44. Chungking. Crashed 21Dec44. WFS 21Dec44
49120 (MSN 14936/26381) to USAAF 20Oct44. 14th AF 1st CCG 1st CCS 18Nov44. Chungking. Crashed on takeoff from Yunnanyi, China Dec 23, 1944
49121 (MSN 14937/26382) to USAAF 20Oct44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 16Nov44. W/o 12 Jan 1945 in ground accident
in Burma
49122 (MSN 14938/26383) to USAAF Oct 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50778 Oct 21, 1944.
49123 (MSN 14939/26384) to USAAF 24Oct44. Alaska Wing ATC Elmendorf 14Nov44. Converted to C-47D Jan48
W/o 13 Sep 1949 in landing at Barter Isle A/p, AK 5 killed. WFS 14Sep49
49124 (MSN 14940/26385) to USAAF 24Oct44? ATC? 14Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. converted to VC-47D Sep54
"0-49124. AC-47D gunship lost 8/9 Jan 1967, 7 KIA. With 4th Air Commando
Sqdn attached to the 4th ACS's unit at DaNang AB. On the night of the 8th,
as 43-49124 approached its assigned target near Duc Pho close to the coast,
about 20 miles south of Quang Ngai, it was hit in mid-fuselage by automatic
weapons fire. Burning furiously, the AC-47 quickly became uncontrollable and
crashed near the target killing the crew of 7.
49125 (MSN 14941/26386) to USAAF 24Oct44? ATC? 14Nov44? no card. USAF "0-49125" BAF HQ 1963
49126 (MSN 14942/26387) to USAAF 24Oct44? ATC? 14Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B, converted to VC-47D Sep 1954.
then to EC-47P. To MAP Nov 10 1972.
49127 (MSN 14943/26388) to USAAF Oct 31, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50779 Oct 31, 1944.
49128 (MSN 14944/26389) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 11Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 16Nov44. Manila. FLC FEA TI (Far East Air Tpt Inc?) 21Dec46
PI-C97 Philippine Airlines. Crashed SW Marawi City, Lanao del Sur Prov, Philippines 21Feb64. Struck trees on a mountain ridge
and crashed while attempting to land. Continued flight under VFR into IFR conditions. 31 of 32 onboard killed.
49129 (MSN 14945/26390) to USAAF 11Nov44? Pacific Wing ATC? 16Nov44? no card. USAF.
To French AF as AdlA 349129 14May54 (MDAP) GTl/64 "FRBDQ" 14May54. To Royal Laotian AF as 349129 Aug 10, 1956
49130 (MSN 14946/26391) to USAAF 21Oct44. Pacific Wing ATC 24Oct44. Damaged Jan 19, 1946 Harmon Fd, Guam. Guam 07May47.
Scrapped Apr 29, 1948.
49131 (MSN 14947/26392) to USAAF 24Oct44. India China Wing ATC 24Nov44. Chungking 18Nov45. WFS 01Aug46
49132 (MSN 14948/26393) to USAAF Oct 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50780 Oct 20, 1944
49133 (MSN 14949/26394) to USAAF 23Oct44. India China Wing ATC 24Nov44. W/o in landing accident at Nanning AP, China
Jul 26, 1945. Condemned Jul 28, 1945.
49134 (MSN 14950/26395) to USAAF 27Oct44. India China Wing ATC 26Nov44. Crashed on landing at Kunming Dec 7, 1944.
49135 (MSN 14951/26396) to USAAF 27Oct44. India China Wing ATC 01Dec44. Karachi. Chungking 15Nov45. FLC 20Aug47
49136 (MSN 14952/26397) to USAAF 20Oct44. India China Wing ATC 28Nov44. W/o Dec 21, 1944 (t/off accident) Hsain, China.
Condemned Dec 23, 1944.
49137 (MSN 14953/26398) to USAAF Oct 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50781 Oct 31, 1944.
49138 (MSN 14954/26399) delivered to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK Nov 26, 1944. Pacific Wing ATC 30Nov44 salvaged 20Aug46
49139 (MSN 14955/26400) to USAAF 26Oct44. India China Wing ATC 30Nov44. US 18Nov45. To RFC 21May46
NC66655 Nov53. N565 Oasis OilCO US Amerada PetrCO US of Libya 1956. Continental Oil Co, tla Conoco Inc,
Houston, TX US R09Jul71. ATC Inc, Santa Rosa, CA US R Jan84. WFU
49140 (MSN 14956/26401) to USAAF 24Oct44. India China Wing ATC 02Dec44. Missing (no details), condemned Mar 31, 1945.
49141 (MSN 14957/26402) to USAAF as C-47B-10-DK 43-49141 25Oct44 Caribbean Wing ATC Puerto Rico 07Nov44 missing between Jamaica and Puerto Rico Nov 2, 1946. 8 aboard.
49142 (MSN 14958/26403) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50782 Oct 27, 1944
49143 (MSN 14959/26404) to USAAF 23Oct44. Caribbean Wing ATC Puerto Rico 06Nov44. Converted to C-47D 24Jun48
W/o Feb 4, 1950 crash 4 miles WNW off Roosevelt NAS, Puerto Rico
49144 (MSN 14960/26405) to USAAF 23Oct44? Caribbean Wing ATC? 06Nov44? no card. USAF. N6494C Utah Constr Co
OB-LHC-499 Marcona Mining Co R05Aug58. OB-M-499 Rr 1964
49145 (MSN 14961/26406) to USAAF 21Oct44. Caribbean Wing ATC 06Nov44. 6th AF 6th BG 3rd BS Albrook Field Canal Zone.
Damaged in an accident 28 Feb 1945 at Las Mercades Airport, NIC. Converted to C-47D Jan 1, 1945
To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) reg. 349145 Uun 15, 1950, call sign F-RBFF for
service in French Indo China. Destroyed Sep 22, 1951 in French Indo China.
49146 (MSN 14962/26407) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 21Oct44? Caribbean Wing ATC? 06Nov44? no card. USAF
Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-49146". To MASDC May 26, 1969. Scrapped May 1972
49147 (MSN 14963/26408) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50783 Oct 24, 1944.
49148 (MSN 14964/26409) to USAAF Oct 21, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ973 via RAF Montreal Oct 22, 1944.
24 Sqdn RAF Dec 18, 1944. 1382 TCU RAF Jun 16, 1946. SOC and scrapped Aug 11, 1947
49149 (MSN 14965/26410) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ974 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
RAF UK Nov 4, 1944. 24 Sqdn RAF Dec 20, 1944. Broke up in bad
weather 4 mi SSE of Vairon, France Aug 30, 1945. The pilot, who was very experienced with more
than 8000 flying hours, disobeyed his briefing instructions and elected to take off in very bad weather.
About 20 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft encountered heavy turbulence and broke up in the air,
striking the ground at a height of 600 feet, having been on fire in the air following initiation
of the break up.
49150 (MSN 14966/26411) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ975 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
1 PTS RAF 17Dec44. 271 Sqn RAF 27Nov45. 46 Sqn RAF 11Mar46. 30 Sqn RAF. 46 Sqn RAF.
Waterbeach RAF. 12 MU RAF 02Sep49. Field Aircraft Svces bought 24Apr52.
Registered G-AMSL Apr 26, 1952. Hunting Air Tpt Mar 19. 1953. Carried out trooping work
using temporary RAF serial XF766. Hunting Clan Air TptCO US R16Oct53. Iraq Petr TptCO US L 04Oct54
Kuwait National Airways Hunting Clan Air TptCO US R16Oct53. Iraq Petr TptCO US leased 04Oct54.
Kuwait National Airways. Destroyed on ground at Dukhan, Arabia Feb 18, 1956
49151 (MSN 14967/26412) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ976 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
To BOAC as G-AGNA "OFZJ" registered Dec 9, 1944. W/o May 1, 1945, Basra, Iraq.
49152 (MSN 14968/26413) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50784 Oct 28, 1944
49153 (MSN 14969/26414) to USAAF Oct 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ977 via RAF Montreal Oct 25, 1944.
1680 Flt RAF Kemble 18Jan45. 271 Sqn RAF 05Jan46. 1 PTS RAF 06Oct46. Waterbeach RAF.
Oakington RAF. 1 PGTS RAF Feb49. 22 MU RAF 10Mar50. Sold Jul 23, 1954.
Registered G-ANTD Jul 27, 1954 with C. E Harper Aircraft. Derby Aviation Ltd R27 Apr55
British Midland Airways "Dovedale" "Highdale" 01Oct64. Aircraft & General Finance Corp Ltd R17Oct68.
TJ-ACF Cameroons Air Tpt Ltd delivered 17Oct68. G-ANTD Field Aircraft Svces Ltd registered 18Aug70.
East Lease Ltd tla Air Anglia, Norwich R30Apr71. WFU at Norwich after certificate of airworthiness
expired Apr 15, 1973 and subsequently broken up.
49154 (MSN 14970/26415) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ978 via RAF Montreal Oct 27, 1944.
RAF UK 13Feb45. ACSEA 21Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 20Mar47. SOC as surplus Brooklands 21Oct48.
49155 (MSN 14971/26416) to USAAF Oct 14, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ979 via RA Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
24 Sqn RAF 14Nov44. Med ME 29Mar46. E Africa Cornrn F 30Sep46. Wrecked when undershot
landing and undercarriage collapsed, Ivato, Madagascar Aug 26, 1947.
49156 (MSN 14972/26417) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ980 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
RAF UK 07Nov44. 24 Sqn RAF Nov44. BCOF CF RAF. 1315 Flt RAF. RAF Japan 21Dec46. 22 MU RAF 15Apr48
SOC for spares at Brooklands Mar 3, 1950.
49157 (MSN 14973/26418) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50785 Oct 31, 1944
49158 (MSN 14974/26419) delivered to USAAF 24Oct44; delivered to Royal AF 26Oct44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ981; Montreal, Canada; No.5 Maintenance Unit, Kemble; modified for use
of important passengers (VC-48B); No.24 Squadron, Hendon; possibly used by Field Marshal Montomery;
transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group September 27, 1954; Returned to USAF 25Feb55
406th FTW May59. 81 FTW WFU
49159 (MSN 14975/26420) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ982 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
238 Sqn RAF 10Jan45. ACSEA 31Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. Wrecked when ran off
strip while landing in bad weather and undercarriage torn off, Alon May 25, 1945.
49160 (MSN 14976/26421) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ983 via RAF Montreal Oct 27, 1944.
24 Sqn RAF 31Dec44. 512 Sqn RAF 25Sep45. 1381 (T)CU RAF 16Apr46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 14Aug46. 240 OCU RAF.
Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group Sep 3, 1954. Returned to USAAF 03Sep54
0-349160 "0-49160 21Jun55. W/o Jan 15, 1962 Fornebu Airport, Oslo, Norway
49161 (MSN 14977/26422) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ984 via RAF Montreal Oct 28, 1944.
112 Wg 45th Gp RAFTC 23Mar45. RAF UK 26Feb46. TCEU RAF 21Mar46. Struck ground 1/2 mi NNE of
Westgate while attempting to recover from spin during single-engined flying practice Aug 28, 1947
49162 (MSN 14978/26423) to USAAF Oct 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ985 via RAF Montreal Oct 26, 1944.
Transferred to BOAC as G-AGMZ "OFZK" Dec 9, 1944. VT-CPA Orient Airways NTU 1947. AP-AAA R Oct47.
G-AGMZ BOAC Assocs. VR-AAE Aden Airways 01Feb50. N9935F L Nadir L Libyan American OilCO
US L-VR ARE Aden Airways. JY-ABW Air JordanCO US L Apr55l N9820F Transocean Airlines 25Apr57.
JY-ABW Air Jordan LN9820F Oil Exploration Air Service Sahara PetrCO US. Inti Aviation DevelCO US 1965.
LAVCO Diamond Leasing Corp, Reno 1966. N482F LAVCO Rr 1972. ATC Inc, Valletta R11Jan77.
Taken by Libyan Army for target practice.
49163 (MSN 14979/26424) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50786 Oct 27, 1944
49164 (MSN 14980/26425) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ986 via RAF Montreal Oct 30, 1944.
45 GP RAF. Flew into river 25 mi NE of Goose Bay during SBA descent out of cloud while
on ferry flight Nov 3, 1944
49165 (MSN 14981/26426) to USAAF Oct 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ987 via RAF Montreal Oct 27, 1944.
48 Sqdn RAF. ACSEA Apr 22, 1945. W/o Oct 19, 1945 at Patenga, India when swung on takeoff, stalled, crashed,
and caught fire. 1 killed.
49166 (MSN 14982/26427) to USAAF Oct 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ988 via RAF Montrweal Oct 27, 1944.
RAF UK 21Nov44. 77 Sqn RAF Jan45. 187 Sqn RAF 26Feb45. 575 Sqn RAF 06Dec45. 216 Gp ME 20Nov46.
114 Sqn RAF 29Jan48. 204 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. 114 Sqn RAF. 8 MU RAF 22Nov49. SOC spares 15Jun 1950
49167 (MSN 14983/26428) delivered to USAAF 25Oct44; delivered to Royal AF 26Oct44 as Dakota IV,
serial KJ989; Montreal, Canada; No.238 Squadron 5Jan45; Air Command, South East
Asia 12Sep45; No.110 Squadron; No.22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, Cumberland
21Dec47; Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, Scotland 27May49; RAF Manston 6Oct49;
To Royal Hellenic AF 12Oct49 as KJ989; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis,
code Q; UN Hellenic 13 (Korea) Flight, tactical code 8; departed Elefsis, Greece
26Aug51 enroute to Ashiya, Japan, arriving 10Sep51; attached to 21st Troop Carrier
Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Wing, USAF; named APOLLO; renamed 6461st Troop
Carrier Squadron, 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, 1Dec52; returned to Greece, departed Ashiya,
Japan 8May55 enroute to Elefsis, Greece, arriving 23May55; crashed Mount Kitheron, Greece 12Feb56
49168 (MSN 14984/26429) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KG990 via RAF Montreal Oct 29, 1944.
Then to BOAC as G-AGKN "OZFL" Dec 9, 1944. Crashed into cliffs at Cape Cicie, France Jul 14, 1948.
49169 (MSN 14985/26430) delivered to USAAF 25Oct44; delivered to Royal AF 27Oct44
as Dakota IV, serial KJ991; Montreal, Canada; No.238 Squadron; Air Command, South East Asia;
No.22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, Cumberland 30Apr47; US Foreign Liquidation Commission 6May47;
To Royal Hellenic AF 1Jul47 as KJ991; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron,
Elefsis; WFU by 1950
49170 (MSN 14986/26431) to USAAF Oct 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ992 via RAF Montreal Oct 27, 1944.
To BOAC as G-AGKM "OFZM" Nov 18, 1944. DBR Apr 8, 1945 when undercarriage collapsed during takeoff El Adem, Libya.
49171 (MSN 14987/26432) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ993 via RAF Montreal Oct 28, 1944.
238 Sqn RAF 04Jan45. ACSEA 31May45. 215 Sqn RAF. 500 Wg RAF 31Jul47. RAE Farnborough 10Nov48.
8 MU RAF 22May50. Sold Jul 6, 1950. Registered G-AMDB with BEA Aug 3, 1950 (original allocation G-AMTN NTU)
Fitted with Dart turboprop engines 1958 and allocated Class B
registration G-37-2. Reverted to G-AMDB BEA "Claude Johnson" R15Aug51. Cony Pionair 20Nov53 with R-1830s.
Westpoint Aviation Ltd "Sir Richard Grenville" R28Mar62. British Westpoint Airlines Ltd R12Oct63.
F H Mann R16Jul65. WFS at Lympne 15Dec67
49172 (MSN 14988/26433) to USAAF Oct 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KJ994 via RAF Montreal Oct 30, 1944.
RAF UK 07Nov44. SHAEF Comm Sqn RAF 22Mar45. BAFO Comm FIt RAF 16Aug45. 24 Sqn RAF "Dulcie" used
by Lord Tedder 11Aug46. 70 Sqn RAF 29Nov50. CFS RAF 20Feb51. 30 Sqn RAF 19Jun51. SHAPE Oslo.
RAF Hendon 24Mar54. Northolt 01Dec56. Sold as scrap Oct 23, 1963
49173 (MSN 14989/26434) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KJ995 via RAF Montreal Oct 28, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. RAF UK 28Mar46. 1381 (T)CU RAF 25Jun46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 01Dec47.
240 OCU RAF 05Jan48. 22 MU RAF 27Apr49. SOC for spares Jan 19, 1950
49174 (MSN 14990/26435) to USAAF Oct 27, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ996 via RAF Montreal Oct 30, 1944.
ACSEA 05May45, 9 FU RAF. 436 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. Crashed 10 mi E
of Pegu, Burma after control lost in cloud Feb 2, 1946.
49175 (MSN 14991/26436) to USAAF Oct 28, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ997 via RAF Montreal Nov 1, 1944.
ACSEA 22Feb45. 12 MU RAF 08Oct47. 267 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 0akington RAF 03Dec48. 22 MU RAF 01Oct49.
SOC spares, Brooklands Jul 5, 1950
49176 (MSN 14992/26437) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KJ998 via RAF Montreal Oct 28, 1944.
ACSEA 22Feb45. 267 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF Med ME 25Apr46. 114 Sqn RAF 11Feb48. 215 Sqn RAF.
114 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF 16Feb49. 12 MU RAF 17Oct49, then G-AMYY BKS Aerocvharter Apr 11, 1953.
Then VP-YKP CAAC "Manica" delivered May 28, 1953. To Air Rhodesia,
then to Rhodesian AF as 714, then to Zimbabwe AF as 714.
Flown to Wonderboom, near Pretoria, South Africa in 2001/2 for turboprop conversion.
Noted dismantled in South Africa Feb 2002 awaiting turboprop conversion.
49177 (MSN 14993/26438) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as KJ999, but went
directly to South African AF as 6848 Nov 21, 1944. No RAF service. 5 Wg SAAF 1945. 15 AD SAAF 2154
25 Sqdn SAAF Oct 19, 1968. WFS Mar 1973. Became ZS-NTD. Sold to an owner in the Democratic
Republic of Congo January 2003 as 9Q-CWI. W/o Jun 19, 2005 at Kabalo, Congo.
49178 (MSN 14494/26439) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as KK100 but went
directly to SAAF as 6849. No RAF service. Civilianised
as ZS-DKP with Africair Ltd Jan 18, 1955, Wenela registered Jan 18, 1955, then reregistered VP-YSP
Oct 12, 1960, then A2-ZEP Wenela Air Serice Sep 1968, then ZS-IPX with Contractor Air Service Apr 1972,
then A2-AAA with Bamwangato ConcessionsLtd Oct 1973. Registered to Field Aviation Ltd May 2, 1977,
then reregistered ZS-IPX again May 1977, then SAAF 6892, then N195RD, then ZS-OJI, then N195RD
again, then N9526N. Registered Dec 18, 2003 to Dodson International Parts SA P/L of
Wonderboom, South Africa as ZS-OJI (again!). Is now registered as a DC-3TP,
which presumably means that at some time it has been converted to turboprop power.
Sold Feb 2008 to owner in Venezuela.
49179 (MSN 14995/26440) to USAAF Oct 27, 1944. To RAF as KK101 Nov 7, 1944 at RAF Montreal.
To RCAF as Dakota IV KK101 Nov 17, 1944. 1 WFS Oct 17, 1947, later reserialled 14995.
49180 (MSN 14996/26441) to USAAF Oct 30, 1944. To RAF as KK102 Nov 4, 1944. To RCAF as
Dakota IV KK102 Nov 4, 1944. Patricia Bay Nov 4, 1944. Renumbered 12901 in 1970. To civil registry
as CF-BKQ with Maritime Aircraft Overhaul and Repair Lte, Moncton, NB Jan 11, 1972.
To C-FBKQ Ilford-Riverton Airways Jul 1974. Aero Trades Western Ltd, Winniped Jun 197u4. WFS Jun 1984.
49181 (MSN 14997/26442) to USAAF 30Oct44. 9th AF? Nov44? no card. USAF. W/o Jan 28, 1958 Bilbao, Spain
49182 (MSN 14998/26443) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 14Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 18Nov44. Manila. WFS 24Oct46
49183 (MSN 14999/26444) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US Pacific Wing ATC ? Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to AC-47B 043-183 "EO" of 45045. To MASDC Nov 24, 1969, excess Jul 1, 1970
49184 (MSN 15000/26445) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US Pacific Wing ATC ? Nov44? no card. USAF.
On display at Musee de l'Air, Paris
49185 (MSN 15001/26446) to USAAF 31Oct44? 9th AF? Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B.
Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-49185" "0-349185" 1966 "Air South, Naples, Italy" Oct68. To MASDC Sep 16, 1969.
Scrapped May 1972.
49186 (MSN 15002/26447) to USAAF 14Nov44. 9th AF 12Dec44. FLC 27May46. To D-13 with Czech AF May 27, 1946
& w/o Jul 3, 1956 Slovakia 21-lost
49187 (MSN 15003/26448) to USAAF 31Oct44? 9th AF? 12Dec44? no card. USAF. stored Davis Monthan
Aero American Corp, Ryan Fld, AZ US. B/U Miami Jun72
49188 (MSN 15004/26449) delivered to USAAF 28Oct44; 9th AF, Italy 2Dec44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; Royal Hellenic Air
Force as 43-49188; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; WFU by 1950
49189 (MSN 15005/26450) to USAAF 27Oct44. 9th AF 25Nov44. US 24Jul45. Salvaged 12Jan50
49190 (MSN 15006/26451) to USAAF 27Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card USAF/AFCC. To EC-47B then to AC-47B, then to AC-47D.
1856th Facility Checking Unit, Westover AFB, MA. 05-JAN-1963. To MASDC. To reclamation, cannibalization,
salvage, or survey Jun 30, 1970.
49191 (MSN 15007/26452) to USAAF 28Oct44. 9th AF 25Nov44. FLC 02Jul46. To OK-XAA Czech AF 1948.
49192 (MSN 15008/26453) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 16Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 18Nov44. Clark Fld 01Jan48. WFS 15Jul48
49193 (MSN 15009/26454) to USAAF 27Oct44? 9th AF? 24Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to TC-47D. Stored Kelly AFB
N94442 Atlas Aircraft Corp, Goleta, CA US 1965. To Turkish AF as 6008. Reported in 1991 to be on display at Aviation
Museum, Istanbul
49194 (MSN 15010/26455) to USAAF 27Oct44. 9th AF 24Dec44. Diverted to Czechoslovakia Jul 1946.
To French AF as AdlA 49194 01Mar60. CEV. GTLA 2/60 May63. To civil registry as F-OGFI res 1971
Pointe a Pitre Mar77. Noted in Musee de l'Air, Paris 1988.
49195 (MSN 15011/26456) to USAAF 27Oct44. 9th AF 25Nov44. Neth/Belgium. FLC to Turkey 18Nov46
To Turkish AF; noted 1997 in Turkish AF Museum, Yesilkoy, Istanbul.
49196 (MSN 15012/26457) to USAAF 27Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. converted to C-47D
Stored Davis Monthan 1961. N72859 Aero American Corp, Ryan Fld 20Aug61. Charlotte Aircraft
to Spanish AF as FAEs T3-41 21Feb62. To Zaire civil registry as 9Q-CJM
49197 (MSN 15013/26458) to USAAF 27Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. N74844 Air Intl- Arbor Acres Farm Inc 1965
Good News Inc, Floral Pk, NY US 1966. New England Propellor Service Inc, Windsor Locks, CT US May70
W/O Windsor Locks, CT US 16Jul71
49198 (MSN 15014/26459) to USAAF 30Oct44. 9th AF 12Dec44. FLC 20Aug45. NC79003 Pan American Airways 1945
SX-BBE Hellenic Airways May49. TAE National Greek Airlines 07Jul51. Olympic Airways 06Apr57
Weather Engineering. WFU 21Dec77
49199 (MSN 15015/26460) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group,
Eighth Air Force, Harrington (Station 179). Used for ‘Carpetbagger’ operations.
to Libyan AF as aQaJaLi 349199
49200 (MSN 15016/26461) delivered to USAAF 9th AF Oct 28, 1944. 9th AF 02Dec44 US 20Aug45 WFU & Stored RFC Aug 20, 1945.
Mississippi Mfg Co. bought Apr 5, 1946 reg. N7401. I.A.D. Co. Lavco Lsd, Diamond Lsg. Co.
used, reg. N4S, Lavco leased. 1965-1970 reregistered 1971 as N481F. Amco UAR Oil Co.
used Jul 28, 1970 to July 1972. Ray Geophysical Division of Mandrel
Industries used Nov. 1972. Arax Air Line leased Nov 5, 1972 to Jan 1973. Glomar Sirte
used Feb 15, 1973-May 11, 1973, Arax Air Line leased Jul 25, 1973. N reg. cancelled
May 8, 1975 by Diamond Leasing Co. as the aircraft was
destroyed (damaged beyond economic repair) in an accident.
49201 (MSN 15017/26462) to USAAF 28Oct44? 9th AF? 02Dec44? no card. Attached to 4000BU at Patterson Field, OH, damaged when C-54 44-9133
collided with it while parked at Topeka AAF Jul 20, 1946. Converted to VC-47B then to RC-47,
later redesignated EC-47P. Crashed Mar 9, 1967 after being shot down during ELINT mission W of Tchai Bi,
Vietnam. Call sign Tide-86 of 561st TEWS at Nha Trang. 7 killed.
49202 (MSN 15018/26463) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 17Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 18Nov44. US 10Dec45. Converted to C-47D 19May47
Converted to VC-47D 19Jul48. WFS 09Mar50. Also listed as being lost Nov 23, 1944, Africa
49203 (MSN 15019/26464) to USAAF 28Oct44? 9th AF OR US Pacific Wing ATC? 25Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to C-47D. To MASDC 7 Aug 1961, To Reclamation 15 Apr 1964
49204 (MSN 15020/26465) to USAAF 28Oct44. 9th AF 25Nov44. TO HB-IRF of Swissair Jun 29, 1946.
To Spantax SA Nov 26, 1960 as EC-AQF. Then in Mar 1976 with Adco Airlines noted in
Majorca as N99873. W. G. Pillow, Houston, Tx. To Ethiopian Airlines as ET-AGK and w/o Oct 15, 1978.
But seen derelict at Addis Ababa in 1988.
49205 (MSN 15021/26466) Delivered Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
49206 (MSN 15022/27467) to USAAF 28Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF. To Moroccan AF as AAAU 49206
To N54611 07Apr78. current 2011. On display at north end of base at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
49207 (MSN 15023/26468) to USAAF 28Oct44? 9th AF? 25Nov44? no card. USAF "0-49207". Converted to C-47D
Ro Portuguese AF as FAP 6164 in May 1961. To Angolan
AF in 1975. Ultimate fate obscure.
49208 (MSN 15024/26469) delivered to USAAF Oct44; Air Transport Command; Damaged in ground accident at Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL 16Nov44; 9th AF, Europe 21Jan45; modified as VIP transport VC-47B;
used by Royal AF; used by Winston Churchill; gained from Britain 11Mar46;
14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Frankfurt AAF, Germany;
Damaged in collision with parked C-47B 43-48450 at Tulln AB, Austria 22Aug47;
Designated VC-47D; 7167th Special Air Missions Squadron, Rhein-Main, Frankfurt, West Germany;
7101st Air Base Group, Wiesbaden; Miami, FL [Mar68]; converted to EC-47Q; 363rd Tactical
Electronic Warfare Squadron, Vietnam. To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or survey Sep 30, 1974.
49209 (MSN 15025/26470) to USAAF 30Oct44. Missing over North Atlantic Nov 23, 1944 on delivery to 9th AF. MACR 10015
49210 (MSN 15026/26471) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF
Converted to VC-47B, converted to VC-47D. To Vietnam AF, to Thai AF Aug 1975. Thai AF
serial was 210/B.L.2-41/48. Slid off runway while landing at Don Muang Jan 21, 1992 and
ended up entangled in fence and drainage ditch. SOC Mar 4, 1992.
Derelict at Don Muang 1995. To scrap yard by Mar 2000. Still noted in scrap yard at Chonbury Jan 2003.
49211 (MSN 15027/26472) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card USAF. Converted to AC-47D, named "Casper".
Turned over to South Vietnam AF Dec 1969. Damaged Jun 9, 1973, Quang Ngai, SVN.
49212 (MSN 15028/26473) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B
Converted to VC-47D Sep54 "0-349212" MAAG Japan
49213 (MSN 15029/26474) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF.
To Thailand AF as 49213, then to Thai Navy. Noted derelict Oct 1997.
49214 (MSN 15030/26475) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF "0-349214" MATS AACS
Converted to AC-47B Aug55. N9457Z Air Int! Ferrying Corp 27Jun60. 9N-AAE Royal Nepal Airlines Jun60
To Landing Aids Experiment Sation as CE 214. WFS. to N9457Z 27Jun60. To 9N-AAE.
T.o ET-AGP 27Jul77 W/O 28Jan79 at Tessenei, Ethiopia
49215 (MSN 15031/26476) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B
Converted to VC-47D Sep54. On Nov 30, 1966 To Air Intl Corp, converted to C-47D, to ‘MAP’.
South Vietnam AF Mar71
49216 (MSN 15032/26477) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. Converted to C-47D. USAF
To French AF as AdlA 349216 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China GT2/63 15Dec53. GTl/64 Jul55. S Vietnam AF 24Oct55
"J" 1964. On Nov 30, 1966 to Air Intl Corp. Stored Davis Monthan 27Sep68. Allied Aircraft 27Dec75
49217 (MSN 15033/26478) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air
Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt,
three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To Royal Libyan AF in 1956?
49218 (MSN 15034/26479) Delivered to USAAF Oct44. 438th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth
Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To US Navy as 349218, keeping USAAF serial number. To MASDC Dec 1969. Scrapped May 1972.
49219 (MSN 15035/26480) to USAAF 30Oct44? 9th AF OR US ATC? 24Nov44? no card. USAF "0-49219"
PI-C4S6 Philippine Airlines. VH-PNM Papuan Air Tpt "Mt Murray" B23Dec69 D07Apr70. Ansett Airlines of PNG 27Jul70
Ansett (P&NG) Ltd 02Aug72. Bush Pilots Airways L Feb72 B Mar74. VH-SBT Mackay Air Museum, Mackay, Qu Dl9Nov53 WFS
To PI-C486. To VH-PNM 23Dec69. To VH-SBT 19Nov83. To ZK-DAK. Current 2011
Painted in 2008 as NZ3546. Currently flies as ZK-DAK.
49220 (MSN 15036/26481) Delivered to USAAF Oct44; designated C-47D; 1701st Air Transport Group,
Great Falls, MT; damaged landing at Peoria, IL 24Jan49; Base Flight, Forbes, KS; damaged
taking off at Forbes 20Apr53; designated SC-47D; 63rd Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Norton, CA;
damaged by mechanical failure at Wilcox Cochice, AZ 16Jun55; 4400th Combat Crew Training
Squadron (Jungle Jim), Eglin, FL (1961); Middletown Air Material Area, Olmsted, PA; MASDC,
Davis-Monthan, AZ 27Oct61; re-designated HC-47D 22Oct62. For sale Jn 26, 1965.
49221 (MSN 15037/26482) to USAAF 30Oct44. ATC US 05Nov44. Scrapped 28Nov45
49222 (MSN 15038/26483) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 10Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 19Dec44. WFS 01May46
49223 (MSN 15039/26484) to USAAF 30Oct44. India China Wing ATC 16Nov44. WFS 31Dec45
49224 (MSN 15040/26485) to USAAF 29Oct44. India China Wing ATC 19Nov44. Europe. FLC 22Apr46
VT-CEO Dalmia Jain Airlines R07May46. Deccan Airways 02May52. Indian Airlines 01Aug53.
Border Security Force Sardar Patel, Calcutta 05Nov71
49225 (MSN 15041/26486) to USAAF 30Oct44. India China Wing ATC 30Nov44. Chungking 15Nov45. WFS 31Dec45
49226 (MSN 15042/26487) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK 01Nov44? India China Wing ATC? 30Nov44? no card
W/o 28 Feb 1952 in crash near Sydney, Nova Scotia in a snow blizzard when ran out of fuel,
4 crew & 14 passengers all bailed out.
49227 (MSN 15043/26488) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 20Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 21Nov44. damaged Jul 30, 1945 Nichols Fd,
Philippines (ground accident)l Tacloban-salvaged Okinawa Jan 29, 1946.
49228 (MSN 15044/26489) to USAAF 30Oct44. India China Wing ATC 15Nov44. Damaged Mar 26, 1945, location?? WFS Apr 1, 1946
49229 (MSN 15045/26490) to USAAF 30Oct44. India China Wing ATC 02Dec44. To China 09Dec45. WFS 09Dec45
49230 (MSN 15046/26491) to USAAF 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 25Nov44. Crashed in attempted forced landing May 11, 1945.
Repaired. FLC 11May46. VT-CEB Dalrnia Jain Airways Ltd 15Apr46. Indian Airlines 01Aug53
Raymond Woollen Mills Ltd, Bombay R15Mar72. J K Chemicals 1980. WFU. Preserved at Thane City, India
49231 (MSN 15047/26492) to USAAF 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 21Nov44. Crashed near Annan, China Feb 8, 1945. MACR 12040
49232 (MSN 15048/26493) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 21Nov44. Pacific Wing ATC 22Nov44. Manila. WFS 01Aug46
49233 (MSN 15049/26494) to USAAF 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 22Nov44. Chungking 18Nov45. WFS 01Aug46
49234 (MSN 15050/26495) to USAAF 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 21Nov44. Crashed at Pachung, China Mar 20, 1945.
49235 (MSN 15051/26496) to USAAF 01Nov44. Chungking 30Nov44. FLC 20Aug47. To Chinese National AF AF as 49235
49236 (MSN 15052/26497) to USAAF 01Nov44? India China Wing ATC? 21Nov44? no card. USAF. To Khymer AF Sep 1970.
49237 (MSN 15053/26498) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 26Nov44. French Morocco. North Africa Wing ATC 15Dec44.
Cairo 01Aug46. . Foreign Liquidation Commission, Payne Field, Cairo, Egypt 1Aug46.
ET-T-8 Ethiopian Air Force (ntu). 5-05 Imperial Iranian Air Force. EP-AAH Iranian Airways. EP-AAH (Air Service).
49238 (MSN 15054/26499) to USAAF 01Nov44? India China Wing ATC? 21Nov44? no card. USAF.
Reportedly w/o Mar 3, 1963
49239 (MSN 15055/26500) to USAAF 31Oct44. India China Wing ATC 23Nov44. Chungking 15Nov45. FLC 20Aug47. Chinese National AF as 49239
49240 (MSN 15056/26501) to USAAF 01Nov44. India China Wing ATC 24Nov44. 9th AF Neth/Belgium. FLC 12Oct46.
To Belgian AF as K1 (call sign OT-CWA), temp to OO-SMA). Loaned to Belgian Congo
Police Force Dec 1953 as OO-SMA and returned to Belgian AF Jan 14, 1954. Now on civil registry as N99346.
Fuselage, painted as FL586, noted at Aces High Flying Museum, North Weald, England
Oct 2003. Cockpit section of 42-100611 grafted to fuselage of C-47B 43-49240; this cockpit/fuselage unit
acquired September 2007 by Wings World War Two Remembrance Museum at Balcombe, England.
Reported March 2020 painted as ‘2100766’ with code ‘4U-D’ and name ‘Lilly Bell II’..
49241 (MSN 15057/26502) to USAAF 01Nov44. India China Wing ATC 24Nov44. Condemned for salvage Apr 4, 1945.
49242 (MSN 15058/26503) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 21Nov44. Morocco. North Africa Wing ATC 15Dec44. FLC Cairo 01Jun46
NC51159 TWA 26Dec45. Saudi Arabian Airlines May48
49243 (MSN 15059/26504) to USAAF 01Nov44. India China Wing ATC 23Nov44. North Africa Wing ATC 08Feb46. Baghdad 25Oct48
Japan 27Apr49. Scrapped 05Nov50
49244 (MSN 15060/26505) to USAAF 01Nov44. India China Wing ATC 26Nov44. crashed (believed in attempted forced landing,
no further details) May 11, 1946. FLC 11May46. VT-CDY DaImia Jain Airways Ltd R18Apr46. Indian Airlines 0lAug53
49245 (MSN 15061/26506) to USAAF 02Nov44. 8th AF European Wing ATC 02Dec44. Neth/Belgium. FLC Turkey 18Dec46
To Turkish AF as 6012
49246 (MSN 15062/26507) delivered to USAAF 1Nov44; 9th AF, Italy 2Dec44; 10th Repair Squadron,
10th Air Depot, Ansbach, Germany; damaged taxying at Orly, Paris, France 5Oct46; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 26Nov47; Royal Hellenic AF
as 43-49246; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
KEA [State Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon, modified as a bomber; WFU 22Feb77, scrapped
49247 (MSN 15063/26508) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 01Nov44? 8th AF European Wing ATC? 02Dec44? no card
Converted to C-47D USAF "0-49247". N811Z USAEC. Carco Air Service, Albuquerque, NM US
Stored Davis Monthan Oct71
49248 (MSN 15064/26509) to USAAF 02Nov44. Alaska ATC 17Nov44. Converted to C-47D 23Mar47
W/o May 19, 1947 in crash 5 mi SE of Livingston, Montana. Crew bailed out.
49249 (MSN 15065/26510) delivered to USAAF 1Nov44; 8th AF, UK 2Dec44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 26Nov47; Royal Hellenic
AF as 43-49249; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
during a supply drop on Grammos Mountain the aircraft was hit by a friendly fire
artillery shell which exploded in the cabin setting the aircraft on fire. The aircraft
crashed in the Sarantaporos River, near Pyrsogianni, Greece
49250 (MSN 15066/26511) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card. USAF. To AC-47D. 1858th Facility Checking Flight,
RAF Bovingdon, UK. 11-APR-1963 06-OCT-1963 "0-349250" "0-49250". Converted to EC-47D 18Sep62.
Converted to HC-47D. 12 TFW. To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. To MAP Nov 7, 1963.
To Thai AF as L2Or-1/07 in 1963. To HS-DOA. Preserved at Lopburi 1995.
49251 (MSN 15067/26512) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card USAF "0-49251". Howard AFB, Base Fit, Canal Zone.
49252 (MSN 15068/26513) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 08Dec44. North Africa Wing ATC 24Jan45. Salvaged 08Apr45
49253 (MSN 15069/26514) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Jul 29, 1964
49254 (MSN 15070/26515) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card USAF 0-49254 Miami Nov72. To Vietnam AF, To Khymer AF Mar 13, 1973.
To Thai AF from Khymer AF as L2-42/18 1975. Converted to Basler BT-67 by Mar 1999 (Basler conversion no 33) and
to Thai AF as RTAF254. Believed reserialled 46156.
49255 (MSN 15071/26516) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. W/O at Kelly AFB, TX US 17Oct51
49256 (MSN 15072/26517) to USAAF as C-47B-13-DK Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Stored Davis Monthan Dec69
49257 (MSN 15073/26518) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK Nov44? ATC? Dec44? no card. USAF. To MASDC.
On 14 Nov 1966 to Air Intl Corp, cvtd to C-47D, to South Vietnamese AF as KQVN 49257. WFS Sep 1975.
49258 (MSN 15074/26519) delivered to USAAF Nov 2, 1944. Attached to 43rd BG at Davis Monthan Field, AZ W/o when it
had a fatal take off accident at Kelly Field, Texas on April 09, 1947
49259 (MSN 15075/26520) to USAAF 02Nov44? 5th AF OR US ATC US? Nov44? no card. USAF.
N8099 Monroe County Health Dept, Key West, FL US R25Sep70. Aries Aviation Corp Miami, FL US RMay83. WFS 02Jun04
49260 (MSN 15076/26521) to USAAF 02Nov44? 5th AF OR US ATC US? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D.
Converted to EC-47P, converted from RC-47P. To reclamatin, cannibalization, salvage, or survey Aug 5, 1975.
49261 (MSN 15077/26522) delivered to USAAF Nov 2, 1944. 5th AF 374th TCG 21st TCS Nov44? no card. Converted to C-47D.
Reregistered to USAF. Attached to 21TCS at Ashiya AB, Japan W/o Sep 8, 1951 when it ditched after an engine
failure 20 Miles East of Tsushima, Japan.
49262 (MSN 15078/26523) to USAAF as C-47B-11-DK 29Nov44. North Africa Wing ATC 23Dec44. Attached to 1254th AAFBU
missing Dec 4, 1945 on flight from Casablanca to Johannesburg, South Africa. No wreckage ever found.
43-49263/49612 Douglas C-47B-15-DK
MSN 26524/26873 (originally allocated MSN 15079/15428)
49268,49348,49351,49375 completed as TC-47B-15-DK
49269,49272,49273,49329,49336,49344,49355,
49362,49369,49372,49408,49411,49416 completed as C-47B-16-DK
49275,49276,49333,49340,49359,49366 completed as C-47B-18-DK
49272, 49338, 49369, 49490, 49503, 49521, 49545, 49560 to VC-47B
49263 (MSN 15079/26524) to USAAF Oct 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50787 Nov 14, 1944
49264 (MSN 15080/26525) to USAAF 30Oct44? India-China ATC? 23Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54.
0-349264". Cont MATS Mar55. Assigned to the US Air Attache at Vienna in Mar 1967.
Retired to MASDC on Aug 2, 1968.
49265 9MSN 15081/26526) to USAAF 30Oct44. India-China ATC 23Nov44. Chungking 16Nov45. WFS 01Aug46
49266 (MSN 15082/26527) to USAAF 01Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D
W/o May 11, 1951 crash 17 miles NE of Felts Fd, Spokane, WA., on flight Tacoma-Spokane—2 lost
49267 (MSN 15083/26528) to USAAF 02Nov44. ATC US 03Nov44. SAC 14Apr45. Converted to C-47D 20Jul47
W/o May 17, 1950 Burley, Idaho due to engine failure.
49268 (MSN 15084/26529) to USAAF as TC-47B-15-DK 02Nov44? US? 03Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47D.
Lost Mar 13, 1966, 7 MIA
49269 (MSN 15085/26530) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK 06Dec44. North Africa Wing ATC 12Jan45. Returned to US 12Nov45.
7Jan47. Converted to C-47D 11Feb47. Scrapped 08Apr49
49270 (MSN 15086/26531) 11/44: TOS USAAF.
By 6/45: 3502nd Army Air Force Base Unit, Chanute Army Air Field, IL.
1947: 1603rd Air Transport Wing at Wheelus AB, Libya.
Ca 1950 Converted to C-47D by removal of high-altituted blowers.
1953: 305th Bomb Wing at MacDill AFB, FL
1959: Unit moved to Bunker Hill AFB (later renamed Grissom AFB), IN.
1967: placed on display inside main gate at Grissom AFb
In 1978, put on display at Grissom Air Museum, Peru, Indiana.
49271 (MSN 15087/26532) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
W/o Apr 15, 1960 in crash 7 mi SE of Marburg, WG on approach
49272 (MSN 15088/26533) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B Sep54
To MASDC Apr 5, 1971. Scrapped Aug 6, 1976.
49273 (MSN 15089/26534) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK. Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF
Damaged Apr 28, 1950 Patterson AFB, OH (taxi accident). Converted to VC-47D Sep54. To MASDC Apr 15, 1971
49274 (MSN 15090/26535) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Converted to AC-47D Collided with OV-10A 67-14627 6 m SE of Truc Giang, SVN Dec 13, 1968
while with 3SOS/14SOW. Crash landed at Bien Hoa AB and w/o. OV-10 crashed killing both crew members.
The AC-47D landed at Bien Hoa, collapsing the undercarriage on landing.
49275 (MSN 15091/26536) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF.
Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Stored Davis Monthan Oct71. N61723 Air Freight Inc, Jackson, MS 1973
J Hankins Air Service Inc 1975. J A Hankins 1979. Sale Apr80. Steven R Abelson Inc, Wilmington, DE US R Sep80
Current 2011
49276 (MSN 15092/26537) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54.
To AMARC Jan 14, 1970, excess Jul 1, 1970.
49277 (MSN 15093/26538) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. To AMARC Nov 17, 1965
49278 (MSN 15094/26539) to USAAF 06Nov44, US. Converted to TC-47D 30Jul46. Converted to C-47D 01Jul48. W/O at Decatur, IL US 03Aug50
49279 (MSN 15095/26540) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF "49279" Keesler 1960
To AMARC Feb 2, 1970.
49280 (MSN 26541) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47D with
serial of 43-49280A Sep 1954. Converted to AC-47D Spooky.
To Honduras AF as FAH319. Seen derelict in 2008 at Tegucigalpa Toncontin IAP, Honduras.
49281 (MSN 15097/26542) to USAAF Nov44? ATC? Nov44? no card. USAF converted to VC-47D Sep54
became N55C US Army then (believed) N55CE, then
N556E US ArmY Ft Monmouth, NJ, then 43-49281 again Uun 1974 US Army Aeronautical Research
Facility. Then N143Z in 1976 US Department of Agriculture Ogden UT Aug 1980.
WFS Oct 1984. In 1987 preserved at Hill AFB Museum, Utah
although nominally on charge of USAFM. Noted there in 1990.
49282 (MSN 15098/26543) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To USSR Nov 27, 1944
49283 (MSN 15099/26544) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944. To USSR Nov 30, 1944
49284 (MSN 15100/26545) to USAAF Nov 4, 1944. To USSR Nov 27, 1944
49285 (MSN 15101/26546) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944. To USSR Dec 3, 1944
49286 (MSN 15102/26547) to USAAF Nov 15, 1944. To USSR Jan 3, 1945
49287 (MSN 15103/26548) to USAAF Nov 4, 1944. To USSR Nov 25, 1944
49288 (MSN 15104/26549) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944. to USSR Dec 2, 1944.
49289 (MSN 15105/26550) to USAAF Nov 4, 1944. To USSR Nov 26, 1944
49290 (MSN 15106/26551) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To USSR Nov 27, 1944.
49291 (MSN 15107/26552) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To USSR Nov 25, 1944.
49292 (MSN 15108/26553) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK103 via RAF Nassau Nov 10, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 2, 1944. 117 Sqdn RAF. SOC Sep 6, 1945.
49293 (MSN 15109/26554) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK104 via RAF Nassau Nov 13, 1944
ACSEA 02Dec44. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 06Oct47. 1 P>S RAF 26Apr40. 12 MU RAF 01Dec50.
Sold Mar 31, 1953. Registered G-AMYS to Aviation Servicing Ltd Apr 1, 1953. Registration
cancelled Jun 12, 1953 when sold to Central African Airways, registered as VP-YKO "Bemba".
Crash landed after takeoff from Salisbury when pilot suspected an onboard fire.
Propellers separated and penetrated the flight cockpit, killing the flight
engineer. Aircraft had 21 passengers and 5 crew, 1 crew killed.
49294 (MSN 15110/26555) delivered to USAAF 7Nov44; to Royal AF in India 15Nov44 as Dakota IV, serial KK105
via Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) Dec 12, 1944; 435 Sqdn RAf,
194 Sqdn RAF, 435 Sqdn RAF, 357 Sqdn RAf. No.62 Squadron 25Apr46;
US Foreign Liquidation Commission; To Royal Hellenic AF 27Mar47 as KK105;
MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis, code B; WFU by 1950;
Used for spares and GIA; fuselage noted derelict Elefsis, Greece.
49295 (MSN 15111/26556) to USAAF Nov 6, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK106 via RAF Nassau Nov 9, 1944.
ACSEA 09Feb45. 435 Sqn RAF. 233 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF 1946. 48 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF 12Aug49.
8 MU RAF 09May51. Returned to USAF Aug 27, 1954. Converted to C-47D. Retired to MASDC on August 10, 1969.
To Allied Aircraft, Tucson, AZ Dec 28, 1978
49296 (MSN 15112/26557) delivered to USAAF 8Nov44; delivered to Royal AF 13Nov44 as Dakota IV, serial KK107;
Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia 2Dec44; No.33 Maintenance Unit,
RAF Lyneham 9Nov46; Scottish Aviation 20Mar47; Foreign Liquidation Commission 9May47;
To French AF / Armée de l'Air as 43-49296; Delivered from Scottish Aviation 25Jul47;
Groupe de Liaison Aérienne Ministérielles 1/60 May54, radio call sign F-RAFI;
Groupe de Transport et de Liaison Aérienne 2/60, Villacoublay, Paris Jan64;
Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal,
radio call sign F-RAVA; Stored Châteaudun 1971; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 1976 as 71255; Derelict at Oto?ac, Croatia [last noted Aug15]
49297 (MSN 15113/26558) to USAAF Nov 3, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50788 Nov 3, 1944.
49298 (MSN 15114/26559) to USAAF Nov 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK108 via RAF Nassau Nov 23, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 12, 1944. 435 Sqdn RAF. 215 Sqdn RAF. SOC Jun 21, 1945.
49299 (MSN 15115/26560) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK109 via RAF Nassau Nov 15, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 7, 1944. 437 Sqdn RAF. Ditched 5 m from S Khulna, India 10Apr45. 85 Rep and Salvang Unit.
Returned to USAAF Jun 8, 1947.
49300 (MSN 15116/26561) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK110 via RAF Nassau Nov 17, 1944.
ACSEA 05Dec44. 52 Sqn RAF. 33 MU RAF 04Jan47. Ditched in river
5 mi S of Khulna, India (now in Bangladesh) Apr 10, 1945 after running out of
fuel in bad weather. Must have been repaired, since delivered to Societe
Transatlantique Airienne Jan 15, 1948, registered as F-BEIBJun 4, 1948. Oct 15, 1948 to Ste Du Comptoir
Saigonnais De Ravitaillement. Sep 6, 1949 to Societe De Transports Aeriens
en Extreme Orient (STAEO). Shot down on takeoff by Communist guerillas
at Phan Thiet, Vietnam May 4, 1952.
49301 (MSN 15117/26562) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK111 via RAF Nassau Nov 11, 1944.
ACSEA 05Dec44. 3 TAF CS RAF. 117 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. SOC Apr 24, 1947
49302 (MSN 15118/26563) to USAAF Nov 3, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50789 Nov 3, 1944.
49303 (MSN 15119/26564) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK112 via RAF Nassau Nov 13, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 2, 1944. 353 Sqdn RAF. 194 Sqdn RAF. DBR when overshot
landing with one engine out, ran into ditch and undercarriage
collapsed, Hmawbi, Burma Jan 25, 1946
49304 (MSN 15120/26565) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK113 via RAF Nassau Nov 17, 1944.
ACSEA 04Dec44. 436 Sqn RAF. RAF Middle East. 62 Sqn RAF 25Apr46. Returned to
USAAF May 29, 1947. SX-BAH Hellenic Airlines "Epirus" Mar48. Olympic Airways 06Apr57.
Stored Athens 1971. N98392 Airlines World Avn, Arlington, VA US Nov77. Air Libya 1979.
Beam & Danujan Inc, Frankfurt registered 05Feb79
49305 (MSN 15121/26566) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK114 via RAF Nassau Nov 18, 1944.
RAF Far East 04Dec44. 194 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. FECS RAF. 390 MU RAF 20Feb48. 110 Sqn RAF 23Nov48.
MBFE RAF 29Dec50. SOC Feb 1, 1952.
49306 (MSN 15122/26567) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK115 via RAF Nassau Nov 13, 1944.
ACSEA 03Jan45. 194 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. 243 Sqn RAF. SOC Aug 30, 1945.
49307 (MSN 15123/26568) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50790 Nov 1944
49308 (MSN 15124/26569) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK116 via RAF Nassau Nov 24, 1944.
ACSEA 12Dec44. 435 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF 22Sep47. To civil registry as G-AMPY
Mar 8, 1952. To JY-ABE (originally wore JY-AAE in error) with Air Jordan Dec 13, 1957, then
back to G-AMPY. Then to TF-FIO wit Icelandair Jan 30, 1964, than back to G-AMPY again.
To N15751 with Aviation Enterpriese Inc of Cedarburt, WI registered Aug 1, 1968 but not delivered,
then back to G-AMPY yet again with the New Guarantee Trust of Jersey Ltd tla Intra Airways Nov 5, 1970.
Jersey european tfa Express Air Aervice Nov 197u9. Field Aviation Ltd of E Midlands Jan 3, 1980.
Jersey european leased Oct 1980. Was to have become EI-BKJ with Clyden AIWs in 1981 but NTU and
remained G-AMPY. Air Atlantique Feb 15, 1982. Still current on UK civil registry as of Aug 7, 2006.
49309 (MSN 15125/26570) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK117 via RAF Nassau Nov 17, 1944.
ACSEA 03Dec44. 31 Sqn RAF. 353 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF 29Aug46. Returned to
USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To Pakistan af as H-704. To G-ANZF, to Burma AF as UBT-713 (Sep 1, 1955) reserialed 5713.
49310 (MSN 15126/26571) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK118 via RAF Nassau Nov 18, 1944.
ACSEA 05Dec44. 31 Sqn RAF. 117 Sqn RAF. Aircraft broke up while flying in cloud between Hmwabi and
Bangkok Sep 6, 1945. Remains of aircraft found 20 mi S of Binhli.
49311 (MSN 15127/26572) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK119 via RAF Nassau Nov 18, 1944.
ACSEA 03Dec44. 117 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. Returned to
USAAF Nov 27, 1947.
49312 (MSN 15128/26573) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50791 Nov 19, 1944
49313 (MSN 15129/26574) to USAAF Nov 7, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK120 via RAF Nassau Nov 19, 1944.
ACSEA 15Dec44. 117 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. Missing in
cloud between Changi and Saigon Feb 26, 1947. Wreckage not found.
49314 (MSN 15130/26575) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK121 via RAF Nassau Nov 21, 1944.
ACSEA 12Dec44. 3 TAF CS RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. Crash landed six miles ESE of Chiringa Mar 29, 1945 after
both engines failed.
49315 (MSN 15131/26576) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK122 via RAF Nassau Nov 21, 1944.
ACSEA 13Dec44. 52 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. RAF Middle East 25Apr46. 62 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. Flew into hill
in bad visibility, Ischia, Italy Mar 8, 1947
49316 (MSN 15132/26577) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK123 via RAF Nassau Nov 23, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 11, 1944. 117 Sqdn RAF. 233 Sqdn RAF. Stalled and crashed while attempting to fly over hills
after engine failed during supply drop mission, Tosido Oct 6, 1945.
49317 (MSN 15133/26578) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50792 Nov 1944
49318 (MSN 15134/26579) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK124 via RAF Nassau Nov 16, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 4, 1944. 194 Sqdn RAF. 62 Sqdn RAF. SOC May 30, 1946
49319 (MSN 15135/26580) to USAAF Nov 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK125 via RAF Nassau Nov 22, 1944.
ACSEA 08Dec44. 3 TAF CS RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. RAF India. 215 Sqn RAF 27Nov46. 48 Sqn RAF. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947.
49320 (MSN 15136/26581) to USAAF Nov 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK126 via RAF Nassau Nov 23, 1944.
ACSEA Dec 29, 1944. Wrecked when struck while parked by Beaufighter KW404, Maunubyin, Burma Mar 14, 1945.
49321 (MSN 15137/26582) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK127 via RAF Nassau Nov 13, 1944.
To RAF UK as KK127 13Nov44. RAF Nassau 13Nov44. 238 Sq UK 05Jan45. ACSEA 21Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF.
215 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. RAF Med ME 25Apr46. 204 Sqn RAF 11Dec47. 114 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF 11Feb49.
1 P>S RAF 28Oct49. AFEE RAF. 22 MU RAF 31Jan52. Registered G-AMZS with Field Aircraft Services Ltd
May 27, 1953 Was to have become 5N-AJF with Nigerian Tradewinds Airways Sep 1971 but NTU.
then became SN-AAI of Sudan Airways. Then became ST-AAI. Was going to become G-AZDG Aug 1971 but in
fact reverted to G-AMZS. Was to have become 5N-AFJ, but instead became N7CA with Concare Aircraft Leasing
Inc Jan 4, 1973. British registration cancelled Jan 4, 1973. Air O'Hare Inc. 5MB Stage Lines
registered Aug 14, 1973. Current 2011.
49322 (MSN 15138/26583) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50793 Nov 1944
49323 (MSN 15139/26584) to USAAF Nov 16, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK128 via RAF Montreal Nov 24, 1944.
1 PTS RAF 09Dec44. 271 Sqn RAF 10Dec45. 77 Sqn RAF 03Sep46. 18 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF 08Nov48.
8 MU RAF 31Aug49. Brooklands RAF 02Mar50. SOC for spares Feb 27, 1950
49324 (MSN 15140/26585) to USAAF Nov 10, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK129 via RAF Montreal Nov 178, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. 45 Gp RAF. 243 Sqn RAF. 1381 (T)CU RAF 25Jun46. 240 OCU RAF 19Feb48.
Oakington TC RAF 30Apr48. 53 Sqn RAF. 1 P>S RAF 28Oct49. 27 Sqn RAF 02Mar50. 22 MU RAF 09Nov50.
Malta Comm Fit RAF 02Dec54. 22 MU RAF 13Aug56. 1325 Fit RAF Dishforth 17Sep56. 22 MU RAF 15Apr57.
Broken up 29May57 Bovingdon. SOC Sep 30, 1957.
49325 (MSN 15141/26586) to USAAF Nov 9, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK130 via RAF Montreal Nov 22, 1944.
238 Sqn RAF 05Jan45. ACSEA 19Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF 31May45. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947.
Pak Air Ltd. Sold as components to D W Connor, Toronto, Ontario 13Mar52. N2703A Lee Mansdorf Nov53
Transocean Airlines
49326 (MSN 15142/26587) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK131 via RAF Montreal Nov 28, 1944.
1 PTS RAF 02Jan45. 271 Sqn RAF 17Nov45. 77 Sqn RAF Waterbeach RAF. 18 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF 08Nov48.
8 MU RAF 24Sep49. Broken up at Brookland Feb 10, 1950
49327 (MSN 15143/26588) to USAAF Nov 11, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50794 Nov 1944
49328 (MSN 15144/26589) to USAAF Nov 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK132 via RAF Monteal Nov 22, 1944.
238 Sqn RAF 05Jan45 ACSEA 11Oct45 12 MU RAF 06Oct47. Returned to USAF Oct 4, 1948.
Converted to C-47D. Europe Sep 1953.
49329 (MSN 15145/26590) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK 05Dec44. India China Wing ATC 18Dec44. Oahu. WAA Sep46
N62072 H Brown & Root Inc, Houston, TX US Dec53. N72R Lincoln Liberty Life Ins Co, Houston, TX 1964
Wayne Broyles Eng Corp, Houston, TX US Dec66. New Freeport TortugaCO US Jan72. TG-WIZ Oneida SA R15May73.
WFU Apr82
49330 (MSN 15146/26591) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47D. Destroyed in ground attack
at Binh Thuy AB, South Vietnam Mar 16, 1968.
49331 (MSN 15147/26592) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF/AFCC. To AC-47D. To EC-47D. 1853rd FLH Flight,
Chanute AFB, IL. 04-JAN-1963 06-OCT-1963.
To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. To MAP (25-NOV-1963) and then to Republic of China AF
49332 (MSN 15148/26593) to USAAF Nov 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50795 Nov 1944.
49333 (MSN 15149/26594) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954.
With US Embassy in Lisbon. Dakar 1960. 7350 CS Jul 1968. To MASDC Aug 19, 1969
49334 (MSN 15150/26595) to USAAF Nov44 no card USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Damaged Mar 26, 1947
Andrews Fd, MD (taxi accident). To MASDC Sep 1967.
49335 (MSN 15151/26596) to USAAF Nov44 no card USAF to MASDC
49336 (MSN 15152/26597) to USAAF as C-47B-16DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. WFU Chanute AFB Jul 1971.
In 1987 preserved at Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute
AFB, Illinois although nominally on charge of USAFM. Still at Chanute AFB (now the Octave
Chanute Aerospace Museum), Rantoul, Illinois September 2003. When this museum closed, the plane
was destined for scrapping. or sale at auction by Government Liquidation at Rantoul, IL, Sep 25, 2017
49337 (MSN 15153/26598) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50796 Nov 1944
49338 (MSN 15154/26599) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
"0-349338" 7333 AB Gp 1965 Tempelhof. With 7350th Combat Support Group in Mar 1967 and retired to
MASDC on Jul 25, 1968.
49339 (MSN 15155/26600) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D. To AC-47D Sep54
"0-349339" "0-9339" Comb Chiefs of Staff, Ottawa Sep62. Later to South Vietnam AF
49340 (MSN 15156/26601) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK 15Jan45. Prestwick 13Feb45. South Atlantic Wing ATC. FLC 01Jun46
PP-NAK Nav Aerea Brasileira SA 04Feb46 "Petrolina". by 1955 was PP-CDV of Sercicor Aereos Cruziero do Sul.
PP-FNF R 1961. B/U Rio-Jacarepagua 14Mar72.
49341 (MSN 15157/26602) to USAAF Nov44 no card. Converted to SC-47B. MATS Nov52. USAF "0-49341"
To N87658 Aero American Aircraft Parts Corp (Ntu), to spares at Ryan Fd, AZ
49342 (MSN 15158/26603) to USAAF Nov 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50797 Dec 1944
49343 (MSN 15159/26604) to USAAF Nov44. No card. USAF "0-349343. W/o 13 Mar 1952 in crash 11 miles E. of Minette, AL
6 crew, 1 survived.
49344 (MSN 15160/26605) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954,
to Cambodia AF May 28, 1973.
49345 (MSN 15161/26606) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349345 25Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 25Dec53
GT2/64 May54. GTl/64 Sep54. Returned to USAAF 13Feb56. To South Vietnam AF
49346 (MSN 15162/26607) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF 1954. "0-49346" NAMA JuI58. To Spanish AF as T.3-18
Oct 9, 1957. Broken Up Cuatro Vientos, Madrid Jan 1980.
49347 (MSN 15163/26608) to USAAF Nov 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50798 Nov 1944
49348 (MSN 15164/26609) to USAAF as TC-47B-15-DK Dec44. US Dec44. no card. USAF To MASDC Nov 20, 1964.
To Colombian AF under MAP Apr 16, 1965
49349 (MSN 15165/26610) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. based Berlin Tempelhof 7350 ABG, 1964
TUSAG-Ankara. "0-349349". Athens Mar72 Kinloss 1973
To Paraguayan AF as T-75 Sep 2, 1973, reserialled to FAP-2018 in 1980.
49350 (MSN 15166/26611) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47B. MATS/AACS. "0-349350"
To Spanish AF as T.3-11 May 27, 1957. Cuatro Vientos, Madrid Jan 1980.
49351 (MSN 15167/26612) to USAAF as TC-47B-15-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. Stored Davis Monthan Feb65
N404US Intl Aviation Devel Corp Intermountain Aviation Inc, Dec66. Metro Air Service, Inkster, MI US Oct68
N4040 Panhandle Aviation Corp, Lincoln, NB Jun70. Mannion Air Charter, Oct72. R02Jan73. N13MA Rr Aug75
Darlee Inc, McAllen, TX US R19Feb81. WFS 1982
49352 (MSN 15168/26613) to USAAF Nov 11, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50799 Nov 1944.
49353 (MSN 15169/26614) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. "0-49353". Converted to SC-47D. To HC-47D 18Sep62. WFS 26Jan65
to Argentine AF as TA-06 (Apr 1966) reserialled TC-36 (Dec 1973)
49354 (MSN 15170/26615) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47
49355 (MSN 15171/26616) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. " 0-49355"
437th MAW (MAC) & 315th MAW, preserved at Air Park, Charleston AFB, SC painted as 42-100972 " Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1982
although nominally on charge of USAFM
49356 (MSN 15172/26617) to USAAF 14Nov44. South Atlantic Wing ATC 10Jan45. Returned to US 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D 1948
to French AF as AdlA 349356 IndoChina 15Jun50. GT2/62 1951. GT1I64 Oct55. To Royal Laotian AF as 49356 Aug 10, 1956.
To Thai AF as 49356. WFU 1982 (?)
49357 (MSN 15173/26618) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50800 Nov 14, 1944
49358 (MSN 15174/26619) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. onverted to C-47D TAC. To MASDC Mar 23, 1972. Scrapped Aug 13, 1976
49359 (MSN 15175/26620) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Dec44. no card USAF. converted to VC-47D Sep54
damaged Apr 20, 1948 Langley AFB, VA (ground accident). To MASDC Sep 1967.
49360 (MSN 15176/26621) to USAAF Nov44 no card USAF converted to C-47D. To Spanish AF as T.3-23 Oct 31, 1957.
Broken up Cuatro Vientos, Madrid
49361 (MSN 15177/26622) to USAAF Nov44. No card. USAF. Tamaged Aug 30, 1951 Peterson Fd, OH (taxi accident).
To South Vietnam AF Mar 1972.
49362 (MSN 15178/26623) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44 no card. USAF Sep54 "0-49362"
To Uruguayan AF as 510 May 31, 1963. WFS Jul 16, 1974.
49363 (MSN 15179/26624) to USAAF Nov 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50801 Nov 15, 1944.
49364 (MSN 15180/26625) to USAAF Nov44. no card USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349364 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 15Dec53
GT2/63 "FRANS" Jun54 GT1I64 Jul55. To South Vietnam AF as 349364 24Oct55
49365 (MSN 15181/26626) to USAAF 22Nov44. US. Crashed in Sandia Mountains of New Mexico 15 mi NE of Albuquerque Nov 16, 1944.
Aboard were a pilot and 11 passengers enroute from Wichita KS to Long Beach, CA. Pilot and
six passengers were killed.
49366 (MSN 15182/26627) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. To MASDC May 23, 1972.
Was on display at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL, closed Aug 2015.
49367 (MSN 15183/26628) to USAAF as C-47B-18-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D
SOC Jan 10, 1961 Taif AB, Saudi Arabia
49368 (MSN 15184/26629) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to SC-47D. To HC-47D 18Sep62
Stored Davis Monthan Jan65 to Jan68
49369 (MSN 15185/26630) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44. no card. USAF converted to VC-47B converted to VC-47D Sep54
With Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Libya in Aug 1968. Air Attache Rome Oct69. Retired to MASDC on
May 16, 1970
49370 (MSN 15186/26631) to USAAF Nov44. no card USAF. In landing accident Feb 27, 1956 Hopkinsville-Ft Campbell AAF,
Kentucky. Repaired. Converted to SC-47D. "0-49370". Stored Davis Monthan Aug61. N87659 Aero American Aircraft Parts Corp
Scrapped Tucson Jun 77.
49371 (MSN 15187/26632) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D.
Damaged Nov 6, 1950 Randolph AFB, TX (grd accident). To MASDC Feb 1965
49372 (MSN 15188/26633) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK 07Dec44. Damaged Apr 1, 1946 Godman Field, Kentucky (grd accident).
Scrapped Jan 7, 1947.
49373 (MSN 15189/26634) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To Khmer AF on Sep 22, 1970 as ‘349373’
49374 (MSN 15190/26635) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To Royal Lao A F as '374' Sep 1959, w/o 14 Jan 1971
49375 (MSN 15191/26636) to USAAF as TC-47B-15-DK Dec44. US. no card. USAF.
Damaged Feb 14, 1946 Ellington Fd, Tx (taxi accident)
49376 (MSN 15192/26637) to USAAF 16Nov44. To RAAF as A65-65 10Dec44. 3 AD 10Dec44.
38 Sqn RAAF coded PK-J VH-CUV 25Dec44. 2 AD RAAF 06Aug46. 38 Sqn RAAF 08Oct46.
DAP RAAF 15Nov46. 1 AD RAAF 11Jul47. 86 Wing RAAF 28Jul47. DAP RAAF 26Feb48.
86 Wing RAAF 16Jun48. DAP RAAF 12Jan50. CFS RAAF 14Jul50. R/S RAAF Base East Sale 25Aug50.
86 Wing RAAF 25Aug52. DAP RAAF 24Apr53. 1 AD RAAF 28Sep53. 86 Wing RAAF 09Oct53.
Bird strike on take-off at Amberley AFB 22Feb54. 34 Sqn RAAF 07Apr55.
ATU Det A Edinburgh SA 14Nov55. DAP RAAF 17Jan56. 1 AD RAAF 18Jul56.
10 MR Sqn RAAF 10Aug56. Asymmetric landing with prop feathered at Townsville
DAP RAAF 20Feb59. East Sale IR 31May61. ARW Parafield converted to freighter
configuration 06Sep67. 38 Sqn CF 14Jun68. HDH RAAF Bankstown 30Jul68 for Mod #220 11Sep68.
38 Sqn RAAF 06Jan69. RAAF Base East Sale 12Oct71. 38 Sqn RAAF 01Dec71.
10 MR Sqn RAAF Ferry 02Dec71. ADRU 28Aug73 Base Flight Darwin for surveillance flights 12Apr78.
To Papua New Guinea Defense Force as P2-006 28Jan81. Crashed at Nadzap, PNG Nov 18, 1987
after engine lost power on takeoff and while attempting a wheels-up landing a wing was
ripped off and aircraft was damaged beyond repair. All occupants
survived. It was brought to Lae Airfield and usable parts salvaged, then remained as a
hulk there for many years into the early 1990s.
49377 (MSN 15193/26638) to USAAF 16Nov44. To RAAF as A65-67 23Jan45. 3 AD 23Jan45. 38 Sqn RAAF VH-CUX 15Feb45.
37 Sqn RAAF Sep47. 38 Sqn RAAF Aug54. ANS RAAF Base East Sale 1955. To Papua New Guinea Defense Force as
P65-003 Aug 1975,later P2-003 Nov75. Displayed at the Amaroo Tavern in Moree NSW Australia
49378 (MSN 15194/26639) to USAAF 15Nov44. To RAAF as A65-66 10Dec44. 3 AD 10Dec44. 38 Sqn RAAF coded PK-K VH-CUW 25Dec44.
13 ARD RAAF 27Sep45. 38 Sqn RAAF 01Oct45. 86 Wing RAAF 03Jul47. fitted for DDT spraying 07Oct47.
86 Wing RAAF 13Nov47. To storage Schofields 04Feb48. 86 Wing RAAF U/E 20May48. DAP RAAF 04Aug49.
86 Wing RAAF 25May50. 38 Sqn RAAF with malaria tanks and fittings 22Jun50. 90 Wing RAAF 12Jul50.
Port engine failure and force landed wheels up in a clearing near the village Kampong Aur Malaysia 20Dec50
Crew not seriously injured but aircraft was scrapped 16Mar51
49379 (MSN 15195/26640) to USAAF 14Nov44. To RAAF as A65-64 03Dec44. 3 AD 03Dec44. 38 Sqn RAAF VH-CUU 25Dec44.
1 AD RAAF 10May46. DAP RAAF 31Jul46. 1 AD RAAF 37 Sqn RAAF 13Dec46. Force landed wheels up near
Coolangatta QLD Australia fuel problems 17Mar47, four crew and 14 passengers uninjured. 3 AD 09Apr47.
CFS RAAF 28Oct48. R/S RAAF Base East Sale DAP RAAF 06Oct50. R/S RAAF Base East Sale 16Apr51.
ARDU RAAF 04Mar52. 86 Wing RAAF 10Sep52. 90 Wing 25Oct52. 86 Wing RAAF 05Dec52. DAP RAAF 02Oct53.
1 AD RAAF 30Jun54. 86 Wing RAAF 12Aug54. Single engine landing at Roma Qld Jan 23, 1956 due to starboard engine failure.
ATU Woomera SA Australia 23Aug56. DAP RAAF Parafield 26Feb57.
86 Wing RAAF 22Nov57. 2 AD RAAF 19Sep58. 24 Sqn RAAF 27Oct58. 2 ATU RAAF 28Aug59. B/S Edinburgh 07Dec59.
RAAF Base East Sale Project Mercury telemetry equipment on Dakota aircraft 2 ATU RAAF 13Oct61.
training aid RAAF SoTT 19Jun80. To Tocumwal for the aerodrome museum which was to be located there restored to
static display VH-JGL sitting on a pedestal in front of Mulwala RSL Club Mulwala NSW Australia
49380 (MSN 15196/26641) to USAAF 18Nov44. To RCAF as 979 21Nov44 6 OTU as Pinocchio RCAF Cold Lake, Alberta
Reserialled as 12959 Jun70. Cold Lake Base Flt RCAF, Cold Lake, Alberta. Preserved at Cold Lake CFB, Canada
49381 (MSN 15197/26642) to USAAF 21Nov44. To RCAF as Dakota 982. W/o May 5, 1949.
49382 (MSN 15198/26643) to USAAF 17Nov44. To RCAF as Dakota 981 Nov 25, 1944. 412 Sqdn RCSAF Uplands, Ontario.
Renumbered 12960 in 1970. To C-FQNF Jan 7, 1972 with Central Mountain Air
Services of British Columbia. Crashed Apr 4, 1991 at Lake Thutade, Canada
49383 (MSN 15199/26644) to USAAF 17Nov44. To RCAF Nov 21, 1944 as Dakota 980. W/o May 6, 1952, Frobisher Bay, Canada
49384 (MSN 15200/26645) to USAAF 16Nov44. Bari, Italy 16Dec44. Carib ATC. US 20Aug45.
To French AF as AdlA 349384 1951 Indo-China GT2/64 "FRBFR" 1951. W/o Jan 10, 1951 in crash 235 mi W of Albuquerque,
New Mexico due to engine failure. Crew bailed out.
49385 (MSN 15201/26646) to USAAF 17Nov44. Bari, Italy 16Dec44. 12th AF Neth/Belgium. I-TRUS Transadriateca R05Dec46
ALI 12Sep49. LAI 25Feb52. To Italian AF as MM61816 Oct 9, 1952. To Somalia AF as CCS AS-4 Sep61
49386 (MSN 15202/26647) to USAAF 17Nov44. Bari, Italy 16Dec44. US 17Sep45. Damaged Dec 16, 1945 Brockley Fd, AL
(ground accident). Scrapped Jan 5, 1947.
49387 (MSN 15203/26648) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF/AFCC Converted to to AC-47D, to EC-47D Sep 18, 1962.
1856th Facility Checking Unit, Westover AFB, MA. 26-AUG-1963 14-OCT-1963
To Air International Corporation, Miami, FL. To MAP (12-DEC-1963). To Philippine AF Nov 1980 as AC-47D 349387
named "The Pathfinder" and noted at Nichols AB, Manila in 1980.
49388 (MSN 15204/26649) to USAAF 22Nov44. To RNZAF as NZ3528 Dec 30, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron,
Whenuapai. SOC 27 September 1951. To NZNAC as ZK-AYZ on 16 October 1951.
Converted to DC3-C at Palmerston North 17 December 1953.
Converted to DC3-C Skyliner "HASTINGS" at Christchurch 29 March 1963.
Crashed Kaimai Range, North Island, New Zealand on 03 July 1963, with loss of all 23 on board.
This was New Zealand's worst air disaster at that time.
49389 (MSN 15205/26650) to USAAF 28Nov44. To RNZAF as NZ3529 Dec 30, 1944. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
Written off in takeoff accident at Pallikulu Airstrip, Espirito Santo when aircraft swung off
airstrip before becoming airborne on 06 July 1945.
Written off books Whenuapai 23 July 1945.
49390 (MSN 15206/26651) to USAAF 23Nov44. To RNZAF as NZ3530 Dec 30, 1944. BOC No.1 ASU Hamilton. To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
SOC Woodbourne 04 June 1952. To New Zealand Civil Aviation Administration Department as ZK-AUJ on 17 April 1952.
Withdrawn from service May 1971. Registration cancelled 31 August 1973.
To Australian Aircraft Sales 03 January 1973. Ferried Auckland to Australia 20 June 1973.
To Cambodia August 1973.
49391 (MSN 15207/26652) to USAAF Nov 18, 1944. To USSR via Fairbanks Dec 9, 1944
49392 (MSN 15208/26653) to USAAF Nov 17, 1944. To USSR Dec 21, 1944
49393 (MSN 15209/26654) to USAAF Nov 17, 1944. To USSR Dec 9, 1944.
49394 (MSN 15210/26655) to USAAF Nov 20, 1944. To USSR Dec 21, 1944.
49395 (MSN 15211/26656) to USAAF Nov 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 3, 1945
49396 (MSN 15212/26657) to USAAF Nov 17, 1944. To USSR Dec 9, 1944
49397 (MSN 15213/26658) to USAAF Nov 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50802 Nov 1944
49398 (MSN 15214/26659) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944. To USSR Dec 12, 1944.
49399 (MSN 15215/26660) to USAAF Nov 18, 1944. To USSR Dec 30, 1944
49400 (MSN 15216/26661) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944. To USSR Dec 9, 1944
49401 (MSN 15217/26662) to USAAF Nov 20, 1944. To USSR Dec 23, 1944.
49402 (MSN 15218/26663) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50803 Nov 21, 1944
49403 (MSN 15219/26664) to USAAF Nov44. no card USAF. (144th ATS(L)/AK ANG) crashed 4 mi from Gustavus,
Alaska Nov 23, 1957 while attempting an instrument landing
during light snowfall. SOC the next day. 7 passengers
survived but the 4 crewmembers died.
49404 (MSN 15220/26665) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D "0-49404". Mission to Colombia Jan67
49405 (MSN 15221/26666) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. Was assigned to 8th Army for General Maxwell Taylor,
and often used as a backup for Syngman Rhee's aircraft. To Bolivian AF as TAM-16 Dec 16, 1963. WFU 1980.
49406 (MSN 15222/26667) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349406" "Man 0' War. To Portuguese AF as FAP 6165 in Jun 1961.
W/o May 10, 1968 when destroyed by fire at Lourenco Marques, Mozambique.
49407 (MSN 15223/26668) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50804 Nov 21, 1944
49408 (MSN 15224/26669) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. converted to VC-47D Sep54.
Damaged Apr 23, 1956 Grenier Afb, Nh-struck hangar on t/off. N7868B R W Duff. Four Star Aviation Inc, Miami, FL US Dec66
R W Duff, Miami, FL US Mar71. Tropics Inti dba Skyfreight, Miami, FL US R25May74.
Aircraft Modifications Inc, Miami, FL US R9Feb81 WFS 10Oct91
49409 (MSN 15225/26670) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349409" Europe Sep57. "0-49409" Sep67
With 513th Tactical Air Wing at RAF Mildenhall in July 1967. Retired to MASDC on May 2, 1970.
49410 (MSN 15226/26671) to USAAF 22Nov44. 12th AF Algiers 26Dec44. Neth/Belgium. FLC 31Dec46. I-BARI Aereo Teseo R18Apr47.
Egypt 01Dec48
49411 (MSN 15227/26672) to USAAF as C-47B-16-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54.
To MASDC Jan 26, 1970, on Apr 23, 1970 to McClellan AB
49412 (MSN 15228/26673) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D6 BuNo 50805 Nov 21, 1944
49413 (MSN 15229/26674) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349413" MAGGS. Converted to C-47D
W/o in takeoff accident Dec 27, 1951 Itazuke AB, Japan
49414 (MSN 15230/26675) to USAAF 24Nov44. 12th AF Italy 26Dec44. Neth/Belgium. To civil registry as I-TROS Transadriateca
registered Dec 5, 1946., then VH-BNH New Holland Airways, Sydney NSW registered Nov 24, 1948. Then "Barracamba"
of Butler Air Transport registered Ma 19, 1949. Aviation Sales Pty Ltd RI0Aug56 N55L L H Farrar t/a Catalina
Pacific Airlines 04Dec56. Transocean L 06Sep58. Farrair 1960. Avalon Air Tpt L 30Mar62.
Aero Service Corp, Hollywood, CA US 1965. Continental Air Service, Los Angeles, CA US US Dec66.
W/o with Air Alliance 14Feb71 at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
49415 (MSN 15231/26676) to USAAF 20Nov44. 12th AF Italy 26Dec44. US 21Aug45. To RFC 29May46. NC49319 Pacific Northern Airlines.
Western Airlines Dec53. Red Dodge 25Aug67. Reeve Aleutian Airlines L 03Oct67. Red Dodge 06Jul68
Jack R Peck, Anchorage, AK US Mar69. Robert I Vanderpool, Red Devil, AR Nov69. Alaska Aeron Inds, Anchorage, AK US.
Dbr 26Mar71
49416 (MSN 15232/26677) to USAAF as C-47B-16DK 15Dec44. ATC 15Dec44. converted to C-47D Sep46
W/o 24 Oct 24, 1948 crash on approach-Rantoul-Chanute AB, IL (struck building in fog-3 lost & 18 ok). Scrapped Oct 26, 1948.
49417 (MSN 15233/26678) to USAAF Nov 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50806 Dec 1944
49418 (MSN 15234/26679) to USAAF 20Nov44? 12th AF? 26Dec44? no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349418 Oct55 GT1I64 Oct55
ET52 Aug56. Returned to USAAF 08Apr57. to Thai AF as KAT 349418 1957. Takeoff crash after being stolen by
inebriated US airman at Nakhon Phanom 13Dec67
49419 (MSN 15235/26680) to USAAF 23Nov44. 12th AF Italy 19Dec44. SOC Cairo 12Jul46. HZ-AAJ Saudi Arabian Airlines
Crashed Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 11Jun67. Crashed on final approach. 17 of 18 onboard killed.
49420 (MSN 15236/26681) to USAAF 23Nov44? 12th AF? 19Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
US Attache, Morocco Oct62. "0-49420". With 513th Tactical Air Wing at RAF
Mildenhall in April 1970. Retired to MASDC on May 26, 1971. Scrapped Aug 9, 1976.
49421 (MSN 15237/26682) to USAAF 23Nov44? 12th AF? 19Dec44? no card. USAF
By 1954 was PP-YQH of S. A. Transportes Aeros REAL. There is
a report that this was converted to AC-47D and was lost
NE of Bien Hoa AB Sep 1, 1969.
49422 (MSN 15238/26683) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50807 Nov 14, 1944.
49423 (MSN 15239/26684) to USAAF 23Nov44? 12th AF? 19Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47D.
To Royal Lao A F Dec 1969, w/o 4 Mar 1970
49424 (MSN 15240/26685) delivered to USAAF 23Nov44; 12th AF, Italy 19Dec44; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; Royal Hellenic AF
as 43-49424 Jun 10, 1948; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
damaged while parked at Elefsis 4May49 when strong winds blew Spitfire TE284 into the C-47.
49425 (MSN 15241/26686) to USAAF 23Nov44? 12th AF? 19Dec44? no card. USAF. To MASDC.
On Jan 67, 1967 to Air International Corporation for MAP
49426 (MSN 15242/26687) to USAAF 23Nov44? 12th AF? 19Dec44? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Stored Davis Monthan Aug61. To N86457 Charlotte Aim Corp, to Khymer AF as 349426
49427 (MSN 15243/26688) to USAAF Nov 14, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50808 Nov 14, 1944
49428 (MSN 15244/26689) to USAAF 23Nov44. ATC 28Nov44. Atlantic Wing ATC 04May47. Scrapped 11May48
49429 (MSN 15245/26690) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. N5644V Domeo Air Parts, Honolulu Aero Ltd, Glendale, CA US 1965
US Army Corp of Engineers Sep71. to N5644V. current 2011
49430 (MSN 15246/26691) delivered to USAAF Nov44; converted to SC-47D; 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron
(Jungle Jim), Eglin, FL (1961); Middletown Air Material Area, Olmsted, PA; MASDC,
Davis-Monthan, AZ 17Dec61; re-designated HC-47D 22Oct62; reclaimed 3Feb64
49431 (MSN 15247/26692) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. converted to SC-47B. Converted to SC-47D.
Redesdignated HC-47 Sep 18, 1962. To US civil registry as N86449 Charlotte Aircraft Corp Dec 1966.
To Spanish AF as T.3-49 May 4, 1962. To G-BFPU with Warbirds of Great Britain Limited at Blackbushe, Surrey,
England registered Sep 7, 1978. but crashed on delivery Merowe, Sudan Dec 11, 1978.
49432 (MSN 15248/26693) to USAAF Nov 21, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50809 Nov 21, 1944
49433 (MSN 15249/26694) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF 0-49433. To Khymer AF as 349433 Sep 24, 1970.
W/o Oct 1973 at Ponchengton, Cambodia
49434 (MSN 15250/26695) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349434 20Sep52 (MDAP) Indo-China 20Sep52
GTl/64 "FRBDC" Feb53. W/O 28Mar54
49435 (MSN 15251/26696) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D "0-3435.
Leased to Air Laos as B-1407, XW-PAD May 12, 1960 and SOC Dec 15, 1960.
49436 (MSN 15252/26697) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To Morocco AF as AAAU 49436
49437 (MSN 15253/26698) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50810 Nov 25, 19044
49438 (MSN 15254/26699) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan (fuselage only) Dec69
49439 (MSN 15255/26700) to USAAF 25Nov44. Alaska ATC 30Nov44. Converted to C-47D. Landing accident Sawmill Bay Canada
08Oct47, repaired. To RFC 31Oct47. NC47574. CF-JIZ Montreal Air Svces Ltd E03Dec56. G R MacLeod, Montreal R27Mar63
Aircraft Mods Ltd R20Apr66. TI-I051C Exaco op by Ladelca Caribbean Airways RI9Aug66
LACSA op by Cayman Brac Airways R29Aug67. Aeroservicios Puntarenas Nov71. HP-629 Aerolineas Urraca SA Aug72.
49440 (MSN 15256/26701) to USAAF 26Nov44. US 28Nov44. Dharan 24Jan50. w/o Oct 19, 1950 in takeoff accident at Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia
49441 (MSN 15257/26702) to USAAF Nov44. no card. Damaged Jun 24, 1946 Great Falls, AAB, MT (taxi accident).
Damaged Jul 27, 1948 Lowry AB, CO (ground accident). Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349441" MATS ADF Sep56
"0-9441" US 1960. To MASDC Dec 30, 1969
49442 (MSN 15258/26703) to USAAF Nov 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50811 Dec 1944,
49443 (MSN 15259/26704) to USAAF 23Nov44. India-China ATC 20Dec44. Chungking 18Nov45. FLC 01Aug46
Transferred to Central Air Transport Corporation Aug 1946 as XT-T32. N8330C C L Chennault & W Willauer
N4661V Civil Air Tpt Inc 19Dec49. To LAN Chile Jan 1954 as CC-CBI. Reregistered CC-CLDS, reregistered
CC-CBW 1963. Aerolineas Cordillera Ltda Dec73. Crashed near Coyhaique, Chile07Aug81 and
noted derelict outside Museo Nacional Aeronautico y del Espacio, Santiago Mar 2010. In 2012 was preserved
in good state.
49444 (MSN 15260/26705) to USAAF 28Nov44. Alaska Wing ATC. To RFC 10Jul46. To N49466 Johnson FL US Service Inc, 1946
J F Redgate, Dallas, TX US L Falcon Airways R05Nov76. N87FA Rr Mar77 M-Vestors Inc, Dallas, TX US
R Sep80 Coker Airfreight L Sep81. N94CA Rr Sep81. To N302SF on January 3, 1992 to
IFL Group Inc. of Waterford, Michigan and cancelled on September 30, 1995
49445 (MSN 15261/26706) to USAAF Nov44. no card USAF. Damaged Dec 2, 1951 Goose Bay AFB, Labrador. (grd accident).
Scrapped Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Aug78
49446 (MSN 15262/26707) to USAAF 23Nov44. India-China ATC 13Dec44. assigned to US Army Advisory Group, Nanking, China.
Chungking 18Nov45. FLC 20Aug47. I-TRIS. To Italian AF as AMI MM 61799. WFU.
49447 (MSN 15263/26708) to USAAF Nov 24, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50812 Dec 1944.
49448 (MSN 15264/26709) to USAAF 24Nov44. India China Wing ATC 28Dec44. Damaged Mar 11, 1945 Chungking, China (taxi accident)
To Indian Government 10Apr46
49449 (MSN 15265/26710) to USAAF 23Nov44. India China Wing ATC 20Dec44. Apparently condemned Apr 20, 1946, believed
following attempted forced landing. Must have been repaired, ince to Daimaia Jain Airways as VT-CEN May 7, 1946.
Deccan Airways Ltd May 3, 1952. Indian Airlines Aug 1, 1953. To Indian AF as BJ921.
49450 (MSN 15266/26711) to USAAF 24Nov44. India China Wing ATC 21Dec44. Chungking. To China 09Dec45
Also listed damaged Oct 28, 1947 Augusta, ME (taxi accident)
49451 (MSN 15267/26712) to USAAF 24Nov44. India China Wing ATC 04Jan45. Crashed at Chanyi, China Jan 19, 1945.
49452 (MSN 15268/26713) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50813 Dec 1944
49453 (MSN 15269/26714) to USAAF Nov 22, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK133 via RAF Montreal Dec 4, 1944.
RAF UK. 238 Sqn RAF 05Jan45. 1333 TCU RAF 04Apr46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 07Jan48. 240 OCU RAF. 1 PTS RAF 2lJun50.
12 MU RAF 26Jul50. Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group Aug 12, 1952. To NEIAF as X-10 from
1953 to 1962. To Philippines
49454 (MSN 15270/26715) delivered to USAAF 25Nov44; delivered to Royal AF 2Dec44 as Dakota IV,
serial KK134; Montreal, Canada; 300 Wing, Australia 3Mar45; No.1381 (Transport)
Conversion Unit, RAF Bramcote 25Jun46; No.240 Operational Conversion Unit 19Feb48;
No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 16Jan51; returned to USAF 9Mar53;
Military Aircraft Assistance Group 9Mar53; Field Aviation; French AF / Armée de l'Air
29May53 as 43-49454; Groupe de Transport 1/64 29May53; Groupe de Transport 1/61 Dec54;
Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340 May55; Escadrille d'Instruction
des Troupes Aéroportés 341 Oct56; Groupe de Transport 1/64 Jul57; Escadrille de
Liaison Aérienne 55 Jan58, Lahr, West Germany, radio call sign FUJGN; used for SIGINT
operations in Berlin corridors, call sign ‘Gabriel’; Groupe Aerien Mixte d’Outre
Mer 50, Ivato, Madagascar May67; Madagascar AF May69 as 454, radio call sign 5R-MMD.
49455 (MSN 15271/26716) to USAAF Nov 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK135 via RAF Montreal Dec 3, 1944.
AF UK 1 PTS RAF 12Dec44. 1 P>S RAF. l PTS RAF. 22 MU RAF 26Jun50. Transferred to
Military Aircraft Assistance Group Mar 9, 1953. USAF 22May56. GA+115 GermanAF 1ILTG61 09Apr67.
GR+115 3/LTG 62 19Sep59 CA+015 3/LTG 6203Dec61 FIBerBMVg Apr63. N3161Q Intl Aviation
Devel Inc, Reno, NV US D23Sep68 (prob in Libya) ATC Inc, Reno, NV US R21May70
Eastern Bechtel Corp L ex MIACO 25Jun76. Pyramid NL L JuI78. N513GL Sep87 WFS
Preserved at Zerniki-Gadki, Poland
49456 (MSN 15272/26717) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. Transferred to RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK136 via RAF Montreal
Dec 28, 1944. RAF UK Croydon 04Jan45. 167 Sqn RAF. 147 Sqn RAF 13Dec45. 1 TAMU RAF 10Sep46.
RAF Middle East 16Oct46. RAF UK 03Feb47. stored 14Apr47 Oakington RAF 17Feb49 To Scottish Aviation as
G-AMPP Mar 1952. Scottish NL (Prestwick) Ltd D11Mar52 R28Oct54. Used for trooping in 1954 with temporary RAF
serial XF756. Dan-Air Svces Ltd R30Mar61. Grounded Feb 1971
and displayed at Lasham, UK painted as G-AMSU. To EuroDisney near Paris in 1993.
Now at Wings of Liberation Museum at Best, Netherlands for restoration in USAAF colors.
49457 (MSN 15273/26718) to USAAF Nov 26, 1944, to US Navy as BuNo 50814 Nov 26, 1944.
49458 (MSN 15274/26719) to USAAF Nov 26, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK137 via RAF Montreal Dec 13, 1944.
Transferred to BOAC Dec 17, 1944, registered as G-AGNB "OFZH" Jan 26, 1945. Became YI-GNB Iraqi NW leased
Jul 11, 1947, then G-AGNB again, registration G-AGNB cancelled Feb 1, 1950 on sale
as VR-AAF to Aden NW Ltd "Mukalia" Feb 1, 1950. Jordan NW leased 1953. F-OCKV Air Djibouti Aug 1967.
WFU Sep 1971.
49459 (MSN 15275/26720) delivered to USAAF 23Nov44; delivered to Royal AF 3Dec44 as Dakota IV,
serial KK138; No.1 Parachute Training School, RAF Ringway, Manchester 12Dec44;
No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 19May50; Military Assistance
Advisory Group 19May53; US AF Europe; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) Nov53 as 7311, later as 71202; WFU Jul71
49460 (MSN 15276/26721) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK139 via RAF Montreal Dec 11, 1944.
Transferred to BOAC as G-AGNE "OFZD" Feb 14, 1945. Registration cancelled
Nov 21, 1949 on sale to EAAC "Iringa Pioneer" via SAL as VP-KHN. To French AF as 15276 Apr 15, 1954.
ELA 56 15Apr54. GLAM 1160 "FRAFF" May54. GTLA 2/60 "FRAJC" Jan64. St Chateaudun 1971.
F-BTDI SASMA, Tours 1972. N87606 NTU. At Tours Sep76, dismantled at Tours. Stored Symphorien Jun80
49461 (MSN 15277/26722) to USAAF Nov 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK140 via RAF Montreal Dec 20, 1944.
RAF UK. ACSEA. 238 Sqdn RaF Jan 23, 1945. 215 Sqdn RAF Apr 8, 1945. Missing between
Patenga and Allahabad, India Aug 3, 1945.
49462 (MSN 15278/26723) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK141 via RAF Montreal Dec 6, 1944.
RAF UK. 238 Sqn RAF 04Jan45. 233 Sqn RAF Jun45. 46 Sqn RAF 10Mar46. 1382 TCU RAF 13Nov46. 240 OCU RAF
8 MU RAF 19Oct50. Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group Mar 16, 1953.
To French AF as AdlA 349462 27May53. GTl/64 "FRBDK" 27May53. GT1I61 Dec54. CIET 340 May55, (EITA 341)
GTl/64 "FRAKN" May57. CIESS 343 Apr60. GLA 49 "FSCHR" to Jun65. GTLA 2/60 "FRAJR" May67.
St Chateau Jun 1971. To Chad AF as FATc TTLAI
49463 (MSN 15279/26724) to USAAF Nov 28, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50815 Dec 1944
49464 (MSN 15280/26725) to USAAF Nov 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK142 via RAF Montreal Dec 13, 1944.
RAF UK. Transferred to BOAC as G-AGND "OFZF" Jan 26, 1945. Field Aircraft Svces RI8Oct49
Cyprus Airways "Alasia" R27Jan50 Skyways Ltd R25Feb59 BOAC Assoc Cos Ltd R23Dec60.
Registration cancelled Jan 4, 1961 on sale as VP-BBT with Bahamas NW, registered Jan 9, 1961.
HC-AXP Saeta, Quito Mar71 TI -ALX Coopesa op by Aerovias Cariari SA RIOJan78.
NI021G G Fernandez, FL US R05Apr79. Lake Wales Air Svces Inc, FL US R01Mar80. Current 2011
49465 (MSN 15281/26726) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK143 via RAF Montreal Dec 31, 1944.
RAF UK. 1 HGSU RAF 12Jan45. 436 Sqn RAF 07Oct45. 435 Sqn RAF 17Mar46. Canada 17 Apr46 .
To RCAF Jul 20, 1946 as Dakota IV KK143. To CF-AUQ Superior NW Ltd, 29Jun70.
Crashed 12m S Randall Lake, PQ Canada 06Dec72
49466 (MSN 15282/26727) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK144 via RAF Montreal Dec 5, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. ACSEA 09May46. 243 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. SOC Mar 18, 1948.
49467 (MSN 15283/26728) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK145 via RAF Montreal Dec 13, 1944.
RAF UK. To BOAC Dec 21, 1944, registered as G-AGNC "OFZG" Jan 26, 1945. Leased to
Aer Lingus as EI-ADX May 21, 1948. Restored as G-AGNC Sep 1948. Lep Air Services Mar 25, 1949.
To F-OAFR Apr 4, 1949 with Ste Air Algerie. Cie Aerien ED US Tpt Indochinoisef R. Colin.
operated by Air Outre-Mer 1952. W/o Feb 3, 1953 at Mung Sai, Laos when destroyed by shelling. 18 killed.
49468 (MSN 15284/26729) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK146 via RAF Montreal Dec 7, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. ACSEA 09May46. 243 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF 17Jun48. 8 MU RAF 18Jun51. Transferred to
Military Aircraft Assistance Group Mar 12, 1953. o French AF as AdlA 349468 10Jun53. Tl/64 10Jun53.
GT4/61 May55. CIET 340 Oct56. GTl/64 "FRAKA" Jul57. GLA 49 "FSCHL" Apr 1960. BA 709 "FTESY" Feb62.
GAMOM SO "FSCIK" Jun66. Air Attache, Laos 19Feb70. 468 Ambassade DE US France en Laos "FSDLR" 1978.
F-ODEL M Labastie res Oct76. To Thai AF as KAT 49468
49469 (MSN 15285/26730) to USAAF Nov 24, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK147 via RAF Monreal Dec 5, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. 525 Sqn RAF 13Jun46. 271 Sqn RAF 02Jul46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 25Sep46.
RAF Middle East 13May48. 114 Sqn RAF 24Jun48. 70 Sqn RAF 29Sep49. 8 MU RAF 13Dec49.
SOC for spares Feb 22, 1950
49470 (MSN 15286/26731) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK148 via RAF Montreal Nov 28, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. ACSEA 11Apr46. 243 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF 15Feb46. 12 MU RAF 29Oct47.
Returned to USAAF at Oberpfaff Aug 12, 1948. FLC Turkey 05Apr49
49471 (MSN 15287/26732) to USAAF Nov 28, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK149 via RAF Montreal Dec 2, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45. ACSEA 30May46. 243 Sqn RAF "VMYAL". 238 Sqn RAF. 243 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF 1946.
48 Sqn RAF 15Mar50. MBFE RAF 01May50. 22 MU RAF 10Dec51. Registered G-AMZX
May 29, 1953, registration cancelled Sep 14, 1953 on sale to
Sudan Airways as SN-AAG Sep 14, 1953. ST-AAG reregistered 1957 To Sudan AF as aQaJaSu 421 27Jul62,
To ET-AGO Ethiopian Airlines R24Jun77. Extensively damaged at El Kere, Ethiopia 17Dec83
49472 (MSN 15288/26733) to USAAF Nov 26, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50816 Nov 1944.
49473 (MSN 15289/26734) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK150 via RAF Montreal Nov 29, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 17Feb45 RAF UK 04Jul45. 77 Sqn RAF 27Aug45
ACSEA 04Oct45. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Apr 24, 1974.
49474 (MSN 15290/26735) to USAAF Nov 25, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK151 via RAF Montreal Dec 18, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45 RAF UK Apr46 243 Sqn RAF 525 Sqn RAF 13Jun46
238 Sqn RAF Dec46. 46 Sqn RAF RAF Oakington 25Mar49. 12 MU RAF 17Sep49
To civil registry as G-AMRA with J A Wilson tla Starways Mar 8, 1952.
Carried out trooping work in 1953 using serial XE280, a temporary
military identity to avoid possible diplomatic pitfalls. Aden Oil Refining L (Oct53)
BUA ROlJun60 (Dakota 6) BU(CI) Airways tla Morton ROINov62 BUIA R01Nov68
British & Commonwealth ShippingCO US (Avn) Ltdop by BUIA R03Jun70 British
Island Airways R16Apr73 Site Aviation L 08Jan74 BIA 11Jan74
Macedonian Aviation R15Mar74 Humber Airways R30Dec74 Intra Airways R25Aug76
Lease Air Ltd, tla Eastem AIW, Kirmington R18Jul78 painted "CCCP-7245"
Aeroflot cis for film Dec78 Air Atlantique Ltd. Jersey R21Oct81. Registration
G-AMRA still current as of Apr 7, 2008, with Atlantic Airlines
of Coventry. Used for pleasure flights and charters, but new EU regulations requiring that all passenger-
carrying airliners must have all modern safety devices will ground the C-47.
49475 (MSN 15291/26736) to USAAF Nov 28, 1944, to RAF as Dakota IV KK152 via RAF Montreal Dec 2, 1944.
300 Wg RAF 03Mar45 ACSEA 09May46 243 Sqn RAF 22 MU RAF 08Apr48
SOC for spares Feb 16, 1950
49476 (MSN 15292/26737) to USAAF Nov 28, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK153 via RAF Montreal Dec 2, 1944.
147 Sqn RAF 1945. 12 MU RAF 23Jul47. 24 Sqn RAF 18Nov48. Oakington RAF 14Apr49.
Brooklands RAF 13Feb 1950. SOC Feb 10, 1950
49477 (MSN 15293/26738) to USAAF Nov 26, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK154 via RAF Montreal Dec 6, 1944.
238 Sqdn RAF Jan 5, 1945. 575 Sqdn RAF. Crash landed at
Blakehill Farm, UK Jan 14, 1946 when wrong propeller was feathered
during takeoff on training flight.
49478 (MSN 15294/26739) to USAAF Nov 30, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK155 via RAF Montreal Dec 5, 1944.
300 Wg RAF RAF Australia 08Mar45 ACSEA 11Mar46 243 Sqn RAF
22 MU RAF 09Mar48. SOC for spares Feb 21, 1950
49479 (MSN 15295/26740) delivered to USAAF 28Nov44; delivered to Royal AF 11Dec44 as Dakota IV,
serial KK156 via RAF Montreal Dec 11, 1944; No.525 Squadron 11Jan45; No.46 Squadron 14Aug45;
No.78 Squadron 4Sep45; No.216 Squadron [EY-Q] 27Dec45; used by British forces involved in the Greek civil war;
No.22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, Cumberland 22Dec47;
Airwork General Trading, Gatwick, England 30May49; To Royal Hellenic AF 14Sep49
as KK156; 355/1 Flight, Sedes, Thessaloniki Oct75; KEA [State Aircraft Factory]
Hellenikon, modified for target towing 23Mar78; WFU at Sedes Nov03; EAB [Hellenic
Aerospace Industry], Tanagra 27Oct05; BER, Still flying with
Greek AF in 2005. (AFM 11/2005)WFU at Tanagra; stored with 114 PM at
Tanagra [last noted Nov13]
49480 (MSN 15296/26741) to USAAF Nov 29, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KK157 via RAF Nassau Dec 12, 1944.
4 Sqn SAAF 14Feb45. 216 Sqn RAF. 204 Sqn RAF 21Dec47. 78 Sqn RAF. 204 Sqn RAF.
114 Sqn RAF. 30Jun49. 8 MU RAF 21Oct49. Brooklands RAF 02Feb50. SOC Feb 7, 1950.
49481 (MSN 15297/26742) delivered to USAAF 27Nov44; delivered to Royal AF as Dakota IV, serial KK158;
Mediterranean Allied AFs 28Dec44; South African AF No.28/44 Squadron 28Feb45;
Returned to RAF; No.204 Squadron 11Dec47; To UK 26Feb48; Mediterranean and Middle East, 9Dec48;
No.216 Squadron 5May49; No.70 Squadron; No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 13Apr50;
Military Assistance Advisory Group 21Jul53; US AF Europe; Condemned for salvage 29Nov53;
To Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 22Feb54 as 7322,
later as 712xx [possibly as 71213]
49482 (MSN 15298/26743) to USAAF Nov 29, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK159 via RAF Nassau Cec 16, 1944.
RAF Middle East. Transferred to SAAF as 6870 Oct 1945. ZSDIZ Air Safaris R27Jul54.
Lund Avn, Paris Dec56. To French AF as AdlA 49482 12Nov57. GAMOM 50 Sep58 CIET 340 Aug60.
CIEES 343 "FSDKB" Nov64. St Chateaudun 1971. F-BTDA Sasma, Tours. EC-CAR J G Ortiz Sep72
F-BRQG Ste Pradrer
49483 (MSN 15299/26744) to USAAF Nov 28, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KK160, but
diverted to RCAF, no RAF service. RCAF Patricia Bay (Dakota 4FP) 14Dec44 N502PA Priority
Air Tpt System R08Aug68 J. G. Riviera, N. Brighton, NM US R18Jul69 J G & M B Riviera R21Feb70-
A S Riviera, Atlanta, GA US R01Apr70. Hill Aircraft Leasing Corp R08Apr74. Mariner Enterprises
Inc, Newark, NJ R22Jul74. Summit Airlines Inc L07Oct76. Air Indiana L 13Jan79
United States Aircraft Corp, Van Nuys, CA US 08Aug81 N300TX Rr 11Jul82. fitted with
PT-6A-45 Rs.28Jul82 Turbo-Express. To N300BF current 2011
49484 (MSN 15300/26745) to USAAF Nov 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK161 via RAF Nassau Dec 19, 1944,
RAF West Africa Dec 19, 1944. Diverted to SAAF as 6851 Jan 24, 1945, no RAF service.
15 AD SAAF 1955. 44 Sqn SAAF 16Nov68. To ZS-AVJ. W/O 15Oct51 at East Griqueland, South Africa
49485 (MSN 15301/26746) to USAAF Nov 27, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK162 via RAF Nassau Dec 2, 1944.
Diverted to SAAF as 6850 Dec 21, 1944, no RAF service. 28 Sqn SAAF 1946. 15 AD SAAF 1954.
Crashed Snake Valley, Zwartkop, South Africa 02Sep72
49486 (MSN 15302/26747) to USAAF 28Nov44, India China Wing ATC 04Jan45.
Damaged Jun 14, 1945 Kunming, China (ground accident). Chungking 18Nov45. SOC Aug 1, 1946.
49487 (MSN 15303/26748) to USAAF 28Nov44. India China Wing ATC 06Jan45. Karachi. European Wing ATC. SOC 31Dec46
49488 (MSN 15304/26749) to USAAF 29Nov44. India China Wing ATC 05Jan45. Salvaged 04Mar45
49489 (MSN 15305/26750) to USAAF 29Nov44. India China Wing ATC 30Dec44. Missing near Peishiyi, China Feb 7, 1945. MACR 12037
49490 (MSN 15306/26751) to USAAF 29Nov44. US. converted to VC-47B. Crashed Dec 23, 1945 near Bourneville, Oklahoma
49491 (MSN 15307/26752) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349491". Converted to AC-47D
Converted to EC-47P.
49492 (MSN 15308/26753) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Converted to AC-47D. Shot down Dec 17, 1965 on
transport mission from Tan Son Nhut to Phan Rang AB. 9 KIA.
49493 (MSN 15309/26754) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-3493" "0-349493". 7100th AG Wiesbaden Sep56.
To Moroccan AF as AAAU 49493 1965
49494 (MSN 15310/26755) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF 7100 ABG, Reportedly w/o Jun 27, 1957.
49495 (MSN 15311/26756) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converte to AC-47D. Later to South Vietnam AF, then to Philippine AF.
B/u Manila Sep 1975.
49496 (MSN 15312/26757) to USAAF 29Nov44. US. Converted to C-47D 05Feb47.
W/o May 17, 1950 in landing accident Aurora-Lowry AB, Colorado.
49497 (MSN 15313/26758) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349497". South Vietnam AF Mar71
To Philippine AF as HHP 349497 Dec75
49498 (MSN 15314/26759) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To El Salvador AF as 105 Sep 1967.
49499 (MSN 15315/26760) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. To AC-47D. Destroyed in ground attack at Binh
Thuy AB, South Vietnam Sep 29, 1968.
49500 (MSN 15316/26761) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Damaged Jul 24, 1948 Grenier AB, NH
assigned to Westover AFB Base Flight October 1955-April 1957.
49501 (MSN 15317/26762) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349501" Japan. To Laos AF as LPLAAF 501 05Dec60
49502 (MSN 15318/26763) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. N6082C Paul Hardeman Inc. EC-AQG TASSA Aerotecnica SA
N7781C Continental Air Svce Inc 1962. Bird & Sons Inc 10Jun64. Aviation Dynamics Inc
49503 (MSN 15319/26764) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349503. Converted to VC-47B
Converted to AC-47D
49504 (MSN 15320/26765) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. 605th Air Commando Sq. To Honduras AF as FAH 307 Jun 1968.
49505 (MSN 15321/26766) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. "0-49505". Athens Mar72. 7206 Spt Gp 04Jul73. Last USAFE C-47.
stored Davis Monthan 11Jul73. N49250 1973 NTU. On May 30, 1974 to El Salvador AF as ‘108’. W/o Jan 27, 1982.
49506 (MSN 15322/26767) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. "0-349506" "0-49506"
81st TFW Europe Jun55. B/U Bentwaters 1963
49507 (MSN 15323/26768) 11/29/44: TOS USAAF as C-47B. Assigned to 301st AAF Base Unit (3rd Air Force),
Venice Army Air Field, FL.
1/45: 326th AAF Base Unit (3rd Air Force), MacDill AFB, FL.
4/45: 326th AAF Base Unit (Strategic Air Command), MacDill AFB, FL.
8/46: 146th AAF Base Unit (SAC), Fort Worth AAF, TX.
9/46: 233rd Base Unit (SAC), Ft. Worth Army Air Field, TX.
Ca.1947: converted to C-47D. (While with 233rd BU)
9/18/47: TOS USAF
11/47: 7th Maintenance and Supply Group (SAC), Fort Worth AFB, TX.
8/48: 7th Air Base Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
2/50: 7th Bombardment (Heavy) Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
10/50: 11th Bombardment (H) Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
4/51: 11th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. (Unit redesignated.)
9/54: 824th Air Base Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
12/57: 7th Air Base Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
4/59: 7th Combat Support Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
3/60: 824th Combat Support Group (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
6/62: 818th Combat Support Group (SAC), Lincoln AFB, NE.
7/62: 307th Bombardment (Medium) Wing, Lincoln AFB, NE.
1/65: 98th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Lincoln AFB, NE.
2/65: 340th Bombardment (M) Wing (SAC), Bergstrom AFB, TX.
4/66: 7th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Carswell, AFB, TX.
9/68: 437th Military Airlift Wing (Military Air Transport Command), McGuire AFB, NJ.
12/68: 1st Special Operations Wing (Tactical Air Command), England AFB, LA.
7/69: 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), England AFB, LA.
9/70: 4410th Special Operations Training Group (TAC), England AFB, LA.
7/73: 1st Special Operations Wing (TAC), Hurlburt Field, FL.
7/74: 834th Troop Carrier (M) Wing (TAC), Hurlburt Field, FL.
6/30/75: Retired and flown from Eglin AFB, FL to the Air Force Museum. It was the last C-47 in USAF service
and ended with 20,821 flying hours.
1987: restored in the markings of 43-15174 of the 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group,
53rd Troop Carrier Wing, US 9th Air Force.
After 2010: Markings were changed to represent the C-47A flown by 2nd Lt. Gerald C. Berry of 91st Troop
Carrier Squadron 439th Troop Carrier Group, to recover gliders on D-Day.
49508 (MSN 15324/26769) delivered to USAAF Nov44; converted to SC-47D; 61st Air Rescue Squadron,
Stead, NV; 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (Jungle Jim), Eglin, FL (1961);
Middletown Air Material Area, Olmsted, PA; MASDC, Davis-Monthan, AZ 29Dec61; re-designated
HC-47D 22Oct62; reclaimed 22Nov63
49509 (MSN 15325/26770) to USAAF 29Nov44. US. Crashed Dec 9, 1947, Langley Field, Virginia
49510 (MSN 15326/26771) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349510". Converted to C-47D. Stored Davis Monthan May65
49511 (MSN 15327/26772) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Oct 18, 1956.
49512 (MSN 15328/26773) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349512" HQ 20 FBW Weathersfield May52
To Spanish AF as T.3-21 Nov 1957 and w/o Dec 9, 1965.
49513 (MSN 15329/26774) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF
49514 (MSN 15330/26775) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF 325th FIW ADC JuI67. Stored Davis Monthan 22Jun71
To Fuerza Aerea Colombiana Apr 26, 1976 as 1124. Sold as HK-3177 As HK-3177 operated by ADES Colombia crashed
La Poyatta, Colombia on May 15, 1991. Eight minutes after takeoff the No. 2 engine failed. The pilot turned
back but crashed 1 mile short of the runway. The passengers were told to throw out cargo after which unfortunately
they all moved towards the tail leading to a loss of control. 13 of 14 onboard killed.
49515 (MSN 15331/26776) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. w/o Jul 27, 1954
49516 (MSN 15332/26777) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. assigned to Westover AFB Base Flight October 1955-April 1957.
Converted to AC-47D. to Vietnam AF, then to Khymer AF May 1974, escaped
to Thailand Apr 1975, to Royal Thai AF from Khymer AF as L2-43/18 Sep 9, 1975. Noted at the Royal Thai
Police Museum, Bangkok, mounted above the gate house and marked as ‘219789’. Last noted 2012.
49517 (MSN 15333/26778) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47D. To South Vietnam AF, later to
Colombian AF as FACo 6.
49518 (MSN 15334/26779) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349518". SAC. Stored Davis Monthan 04May61.
Allied Acft, Tucson AZ US 28Dec78
49519 (MSN 15335/26780) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-34,9519". Converted to C-47D. stored Tucson 1965
Stored Davis Monthan Sep78
49520 (MSN 15336/26781) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to EC-47B then to AC-47B.
Reportedly w/o 19 Sep 1967.
49521 (MSN 15337/26782) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349521"
To MASDC May 7, 1970
49522 (MSN 15338/26783) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF/MATS "0-349522". Converted to RC-47D.
Damaged Apr 27, 1946 (grd accident) Naples. APCS fuselage sold 20Aug61 N87632 Aero American Aircraft Parts
49523 (MSN 15339/26784) Delivered to USAAF Nov44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone
at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany
on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Damaged Dec 28, 1947 Nome, AK (force landing-out of fuel)
MATS Jan53. USAF "0-349523". Converted to SC-47D.Active Jan 1955 with 1400th ABG at
at Keflavik, Iceland. Converted to HC-47D 18Sep62. Stored Davis Monthan 26Jan65.
49524 (MSN 15340/26785) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation
and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To French AF as AdlA 349524 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 15Dec53. GT2/63 Jun54. GT1/64 Jul55
To South Vietnam AF 24Oct55. To EC-47B then to AC-47B. To South Vietnam AF
49525 (MSN 15341/26786) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Damaged Jul 1, 1951 Kirtland AFB, NM (t/off accident). To MASDC
49526 (MSN 15342/26787) delivered to USAAF Dec 13, 1944 from Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA.
8th Air Force, UK 21Jan45; returned to USA 20Jul45; reclaimed at Langley AFB 2May50.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, later as NACA Langley Research Center,
Langley Field, VA Jan 18, 1946 to Oct 18, 1971. Registered as NACA 501
Assigned to NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH Oct 18, 1971
Registered as NASA 636. Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA
Registered as NASA 827. Registered as N827NA Mar 1, 1972, cancelled Jan 17, 1985
Preserved by the National Museum of the USAF
On loan to and displayed by the Fairchild AFB Heritage Airpark, Spokane, WA
[Is, or has been, marked as ‘315174’]
49527 (MSN 15343/26788) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D
W/o Apr 15, 1951 in crash 6 mi N of Solano, California
49528 (MSN 15344/26789) to USAAF 02Dec44. Oahu 17Jan45. WAA 09Aug46. N62083 Trans Pacific NL Inc R 1947
Aloha NL Nov58. VH-PNB Papuan Air Tpt Ltd "Mt Albert Edward" 3lJul61. Ansett NL of PNG 27Jul70
TAA L 10Jun71. Hit sea 11Apr72 Madang, NG. Ansett NL PNG 01Jul72. Cancelled 12Nov73. B/U Dec78
49529 (MSN 15345/26790) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. w/o Nov 9, 1950 in landing accident
at Kenai AP, Alaska.
49530 (MSN 15346/26791) Delivered to USAAF 30Nov44. Twelfth Air Force, Italy 6Jan45.
4th Troop Carrier Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Group, Tarquinia, Italy. Destroyed while
parked in collision by B-17G ? 44-6756 that was landing on return from a mission at Lucera,
Foggia, Italy 12Apr45. Condemned 12Apr45.
49531 (MSN 15347/26792) to USAAF 30Nov44. 12th AF Italy 14Jan45. Returned to US 15Sep45. To RFC 06Apr46
NC63186. 4X-ADA Elsham Ltd 05May50. To Israel AF as HHA 1470 1950. Arkia Ltd 09Oct55. To 4X-ADA 05May70
To N215CM current 2011
49532 (MSN 15348/26793) delivered to USAAF 30Nov44; 12th AF, Italy 1Apr46; 10th Air Depot,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Foreign Liquidation Commission 17Jun47; To Royal Hellenic
AF Jun 10, 1948 as 43-49532; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48;
WFU 25May78; preserved and on display as 92532 at Tripoli, Peloponnese, Greece Nov93 [last noted Nov15]
49533 (MSN 15349/26794) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-349533'. US Air Mission to Rep of Peru.
To Argentine AF in 1960 as TC-35. To Chilean civil registry in 1961 as CC-CLL, later CC-PLU.
Registered LV-BEH Mar 2006. This plane spent some time in Jun 1945 in transport school in Brazil
49534 (MSN 15350/26795) to USAAF 02Dec44. 12th AF Italy 15Jan45. Germany 01Jan48. Bertin Airlift
Crashed into a block of flats on final approach to Templehof, Berlin, West Germany Jul 25, 1948. 2 killed.
Flew into a block of flats while on approach to Tempelhof.
49535 (MSN 15351/26796) to USAAF 05Dec44. 12th AF Italy 14Jan45. Salvaged 05Jun46
48536 (MSN 15352/26797) to USAAF 06Dec44. 12th AF Italy 15Jan45. Neth/Belgium. FLC 31Dec46.
To French AF as AdlA 349536 17Apr48. GT1I61 "FRAMM" 1950. GT2/62 "FRAZK" Mar53. CIET 340 "FRAU]" May54
GTl/62 May55. GT3/62 "FRASN" Apr56. GLA 49 "FSCHW" Oct57. EAA 601 "FSDLA" Nov61. ELA 56 Apr62.
CIEES 343 Sep66. CIET 340 Feb67. To Cameroun AF as AACa 45936/1 "TJXAI" 23Sep68. Derelict in 1980.
49537 (MSN 15353/26798) to USAAF 01Dec44. 12th AF Italy 14Jan45. This plane spent some time in Jun 1945 in
transport school in Brazil. Returned to US 11Dec45. To RFC 01Jun46. YV-C-AFE L A Venezolana
Crashed near Calabazo, Caracas, Venezuela 28Apr60. The aircraft crashed after an explosion aboard. Detonation of a
hand-grenade brought aboard by a Russian immigrant. The explosion occurred after the captain tried to disarm the man.
All 13 onboard killed.
49538 (MSN 15356/26799) to USAAF 30Nov44. 12th AF Italy 06Jan45. 9th AF Allied Council, Hungary 11Jan46. 8th AF 14Jan46
Oberpfaff 01Jan48. Budapest 25Oct48. Scrapped 06Sep49
49539 (MSN 15357/26800) to USAAF 30Nov44. 12th AF Italy 14Jan45. Neth/Belgium. I-TRAS Transadriateca R05Dec46.
ALI 12Sep49. LAI 25Feb52. To Italian AF Oct 9, 1952 as MM61815. MM61815 was on display-at the Ditellandia
Air Park, now closed, aircraft in adjacent field by 2015
49540 (MSN 15358/26801) to USAAF Nov44. no card. USAF "0-49540" Mar67. Crashed near Baden-Baden, Germany on April 7, 1969.
49541 (MSN 15359/26802) to USAAF 05Dec44. US. WAA 21May47
49542 (MSN 15360/26803) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF "0-349542". Stored Davis Monthan Aug61. N94448 Pavex Inc.
To spares Bisbee-Douglas International Apt, AZ US 1961.
49543 (MSN 26804) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Damaged Jun 17, 1945 Birmingham AAF, AL (taxi accident).
To Bolivian AF as TAM-15, to CP-1417 with Aerolineas La Paz May 1978, wfu at Cochabamba
49544 (MSN 26805) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. To MASDC Apr 19, 1969
49545 (MSN 26806) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. converted to VC-47D.
To French AF as AdlA 349545 May54 (MDAP). GR2/64 May54. GT1I64 Aug54. ET 52 Aug56.
GTl/62 Mission Sainteny to Hanoi May57. Returned to USAAF 15Apr58. VC-47D "0-349545" 15Apr58
To South Vietnam AF. To Thai AF in 1958. Allocated to Lopburi
for display in 1988 and there since 1989.
49546 (MSN 15362/26807) to USAAF Dec44. No card. USAF. 0-49546 Saigon 1965. Converted to AC-47D.
Shot down in Laos May 15, 1966. 10 KIA
49547 (MSN 15363/26808) to USAAF Dec44. no card. Converted to EC-47P. Crash-landed in lake after takeoff from Ubon RTAFB,
Thailand Feb 18, 1967. Crew suffered some injuries, but no fatalities.
49548 (MSN 15364/26809) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF
49549 (MSN 15365/26810) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. W/o Mar 6, 1955 Clinton, IA
49550 (MSN 15366/26811) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. To PI-C567 Fleming Air Tpt FAST. WFU
49551 (MSN 15367/26812) to USAAF 12Dec44. Pacific Wing ATC 14Jan45. Salvaged Okinawa 31Oct46
49552 (MSN 15368/26813) to USAAF 08Dec44. Pacific Wing ATC 16Feb45. Scrapped 18Jan49
49553 (MSN 15369/26814) to USAAF 06Dec44. Pacific Wing ATC 11Feb45. Guam. With 8th ARS, 3094th Composite Wing)
left Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs Dec 10, 1952 bound for Stead AFB, NV. Crashed into Ruby Mountains near Elko, NV.
5 crew and one passenger killed.
49554 (MSN 15370/26815) to USAAF Dec44. No card. Damaged Jul 10, 1945 CBI. USAF "0-349554" "0-3554"
Stored Davis Monthan Aug61. N87660 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US. C-GABI Air Brazeau Inc R11Feb75
Tla Quebec Avn Ltd, Ste Foy, PQ R Jul79. Trans North Turbo Air Ltd, Whitehorse, YT Jun80. N140JR 20Mar85. Current 2011
49555 (MSN 15371/26816) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. WFS. To PI-C182
49556 (MSN 15372/26817) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF "0-49556". US Mission to Paraguay. To MASDC Nov 7, 1969.
Aero Acft Parts, Tucson AZ US 13Feb76
49557 (MSN 15373/26818) to USAAF 05Dec44. Pacific Wing ATC 11Feb45. WAA 28Oct46. NC5602V J M Porter, Los Angeles, CA US Nov53
PP-XCF Lloyd & Azarian Jul48. PP-DSU C C Braga B04Nov48. Cruzeiro "Tupaucireta" R01Jun49.
PP-CDD Rr 22Feb50 Servicos Aereos Cruziero do Sul. LASA L 1968 Rio-Jacarepagua Airport Jan73. Avitec 1974 Motortec
Dbr by storm Rio-Jacarepagua 17May75
49558 (MSN 15374/26819) to USAAF 09Dec44 Pacific Wing ATC 11Feb45 WAA 28Oct46. To civilian registry as NC62035
National Skyway Freight Corp. Sold Nov 24, 1947 to Faucett of Peru as OB-PAV-223.
W/o Mt. Carpish, Huanuco, Peru Feb 10, 1949. Struck a mountain as the plane approached Huanuco, Peru.
All 16 onboard killed.
49559 (MSN 15375/26820) to USAAF 11Dec44. US. Philippines 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D 01Jul48. FEA 18Aug49
Scrapped FEA 04Mar51
49560 (MSN 15376/26821) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
MAAG "0-349560" Sep58. "0-49560". To US Sep63
49561 (MSN 15377/26822) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o 11 Aug 1951.
49562 (MSN 15378/26823) Delivered to USAAF 19Dec44. Eighth Air Force 21Jan45.
1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted
with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder.
Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne
Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Returned to US 17Aug45.
To RFC 26Apr46. NC4667V. NC79020 Air Carrier Service Corp. PP-VBK Varig RI6Nov48
Was preserved Museu Mataruzzo Belbedouro, Sao Paulo, moved to Museu Armas e Vehiculos,
Motorizados Antigos, Brasil
49563 (MSN 15379/26824) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50817 Jan 1945
49564 (MSN 15380/26825) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation
and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern
edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To Paraguayan AF as 5-55, reserialled to FAP-2025 in 1980.
49565 (MSN 15381/26826) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and
radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the
Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
USAF. Converted to C-47D Rescue 1952 "0-349565". To Laos AF Oct72
49566 (MSN 15382/26827) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional),
Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40), France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and
radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt,
three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
USAF. To French AF as AdlA 349566 14May54 (MDAP) 14May54. GT2/63 Jun54. GTl/64 Jul55.
To South Vietnam AF 24Oct55. To USAF "0-349566" "Hong Vau" 1961
49567 (MSN 15383/26828) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF "0-349567". Stored Davis Monthan Aug61
N87661 Aero American Corp, Tucson, AZ US 1961. F-OBZR to Bangui, Central African Rep E06Jan63 NTU
CF-AAL Austin Airways Ltd E04Feb64 R03Mar64. Crashed 9 2m W of Timmins, Ontario, Canada 09Nov69
Crashed after returning to Timmins because of poor weather. The pilot made inadequate pre flight preparations
for a flight into known marginal weather. The pilot descended below the minimum altitude. The pilot exposed
himself and his crew to the effects of fatigue by attempting a flight after a long period of duty. 2 of 4
onboard killed.
49568 (MSN 15384/26829) to USAAF 12Dec44. US. Guam 16Feb45. Salvaged 24May47
49569 (MSN 15385/26830) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF
49570 (MSN 15386/26831) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. "0-349570". converted to SC-47D
"0-49570" MAAG Italy. Converted to EC-47Q. To Republic of Korea AF Jun 12, 1975, currently (Oct 2005) stored at
Seoul Air Base.
49571 (MSN 15387/26832) to USAAF 08Dec44. Manila UNRRA 04Jan47. To CNRRQA Jan 4, 1947 Manila to China as 571.
Broken up Mar 1947(?)
49572 (MSN 15388/26833) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to AC-47B. To Vietnam AF. To Cambodia AF Jan 29, 1971.
49573 (MSN 15389/26834) to USAAF 05Dec44. Pacific Wing ATC 11Feb45. Clark Fld 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D 13Apr48
Jama 11Jan49. Scrapped 23Mar50
49574 (MSN 15390/26835) to USAAF 12Dec44. India China Wing ATC 11Jan45. Chungking. COAA 15Feb46
49575 (MSN 15391/26836) to USAAF 18Dec44. India China Wing ATC 18Jan45. Salvaged 10Sep45
49576 (MSN 15392/26837) to USAAF 09Dec44. India China Wing ATC 13Jan45. Chungking. FLC 20Aug47
49577 (MSN 15393/26838) to USAAF 13Dec44. India China Wing ATC 13Jan45. Chungking. Lost Feb 9, 1945. MACR 12041.
49578 (MSN 15394/26839) to USAAF 08Dec44. India China Wing ATC 22Jan45. Chungking. COAA 15Feb46
49579 (MSN 15395/26840) to USAAF 09Dec44. India China Wing ATC 12Jan45. Chungking. Crashed Mar 12. 1945.
49580 (MSN 15396/26841) to USAAF 11Dec44. India China Wing ATC 12Jan45. Chungking. Crashed 12Feb45
49581 (MSN 15397/26842) to USAAF 09Dec44. India China Wing ATC 31Jan45. Chungking. COAA 31Jan46
To Indian Air Lines as VT-CYF, to Indian AF as BJ622.
Destroyed Dec 15, 1971 in an accident at Machuka, India.
49582 (MSN 15398/26843) to USAAF Dec44. Damaged Feb 2, 1946 Lincoln AAF, NE. Damaged Oct 24, 1952 San Francisco, CA
(taxi accident)
49583 (MSN 15399/26844) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 10, 1945.
49584 (MSN 15400/26845) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. To USSR Jan 14, 1945.
49585 (MSN 15401/26846) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 17, 1945.
49586 (MSN 15402/26847) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To USSR Jan 17, 1945.
49587 (MSN 15403/26848) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944. To USSR Jan 18, 1945.
49588 (MSN 15404/26849) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To USSR Jan 3, 1945.
49589 (MSN 15405/26850) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 10, 1945.
49590 (MSN 15406/26851) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 17, 1945.
49591 (MSN 15407/26852) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944. To USSR Jan 20, 1945.
49592 (MSN 15408/26853) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To USSR Jan 18, 1945
49593 (MSN 15409/26854) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK163 via RAF Nassau Dec 20, 1944.
ACSEA 09Feb45. RAF India 1946. 117 Sqn RAF India. CS RAF. CF Palam RAF 17Dec47.
SF Mauripur RAF 26Feb48. RAF UK 08Jul48. 8 MU RAF 16Mar49. 82 Sqn RAF. 19Apr50. 8 MU RAF 18Oct51.
Transferred to Military Aircraft Assistance Group Mar 2, 1953. To French AF as AdlA 349593 16May53.
GT1I64 1953. GT2/61 "FRAOJ" Jun55. BE 702 Nov57. GLA 48 Apr63. To Madagascar AF as TAM 593
and 5R-MMC 30Mar65 WFU
49594 (MSN 15410/26855) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK164 via RAF Nassau Dec 22, 1944.
ACSEA 09Jan45. 117 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 17Jan47. Returned to
USAAF May 10, 1947. To French AF as AdlA 349594 14May49 GT2/64 "FRBFC" Jul49 GT2/62 "FRAZe" Mar53
GT2/61 FRAOH" May55. GT1I62 "FRAXB" Jul55. GLA 49 "FSCHT" FebS6.
To Chadian AF Jun 8, 1961 as 49594/TT-LAA
49595 (MSN 15411/26856) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK165 via RAF Nassau
Dec 20, 1944. ACSEA 26Jan45. 194 Sqn RAF. Returned to USAAF Jun 28, 1947
49596 (MSN 15412/26857) to USAAF Dec 11, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK166 via RAF Nassau Dec 20, 1944.
ACSEA 12Jan45. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 11Jun47. Returned to USAAF
Jun 28, 1947. To S. A. Air Nolis Mar 1948 as F-BEIH. Crashed Jan 30, 1950 Le Treport, France
operated by Air Nolis.
49597 (MSN 15413/26858) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK167 via RAF Nassau Jan 9, 1945.
ACSEA Jan 24, 1945. 31 Sqdn RAF. Dove into ground 30 mi E of Kyaukpyu in bad weather Jun 8, 1945.
49598 (MSN 15414/26859) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. to RAF in India as Dakota IV KK168 via RAF Nassau Jan 4, 1945.
ACSEA 24Jan45 117 Sqn RAF 194 Sqn RAF 62 Sqn RAF Middle East 26Apr46. SOC Mar 2, 1948
49599 (MSN 15415/26860) delivered to USAAF 15Dec44; delivered to Royal AF 12Jan45 as Dakota IV,
serial KK169; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia (ACSEA) 19Feb45; No.62 Squadron 25Apr46;
Returned to USAAF Mar 27, 1947. Transferred to Royal Hellenic AF Mar 27, 1947 as KK169; MMA,
Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; KEA [State Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon,
modified as a bomber; WFU 1971; . Data plate and RHAF serial "exchanged" with 44-77072 at Athens
ca 1955. WFU in 1979 and delivered to 134 PTE at Tatoi, Greence for use as ground instructional
aircraft. To Hellenic AF Museum, Dekelia AB, Greece Apr 1995. Stored.
49600 (MSN 15416/26861) to USAAF Dec 19, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK170 via RAF Nassau Jan 12, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 3, 1945. 194 Sqdn RAF. DBR when swung on takeoff and struck parked Sentinels,
Maunubyin, Burma Mar 25, 1945.
49601 (MSN 15417/26862) delivered to USAAF 13Dec44; delivered to Royal AF in India 11Jan45 as Dakota IV,
serial KK171; Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia 27Jan45; No.62 Squadron 25Apr46;
US Foreign Liquidation Commission; To Royal Hellenic AF 11Mar47 as KK171; MMA, Hassani,
Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; KEA [State Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon;
modified as a bomber; combat damage during a bombing mission on Mount Vitsi and force landed
at Argos Orestiko, Greece 13May49; 355/1 Flight, Sedes, Thessaloniki Oct75; KEA [State
Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon, modified to photographic configuration 9Dec78; crashed taking
off at Tatoi, Greece 27Dec91; centre fuselage and wings derelict at Tatoi; [last noted Oct14]
49602 (MSN 15418/26863) to USAAF Dec 16, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK172 via RAF Nassau Jan 6, 1945.
ACSEA 25Jan45. 101 RSU RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. Belly landed near Trat, Thailand in bad weather
Sep 25, 1945. SOC Mar 4, 1946 as beyond repair.
49603 (MSN 15419/26864) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK173 via RAF Nassau Jan 11, 1945.
ACSEA 05Feb45. 31 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. RAF India 30May46. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947. To Pakistan AF as PaF H-705. To N4046A Mfg Commerce Finance 1966
N4046A Lund Aviation Inc
49604 (MSN 15420/26865) to USAAF Dec 17, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK174 via RAF Nassau Jan 5, 1945.
ACSEA 23Jan45. 194 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 05Nov46. SAL 15Jan47. Then to Belgian AF as K22
Jan 15, 1947 (call sign OT-CNL) then to French AF as 349604 May 8, 1953. CIET 340 May54 GT4/61 Mar56
GT2/61 Nov56. GTl/64 May57. GT2/64 "FRAOK" Jul58. BE 702 "B" Aug59. GE 316 "FTEFB" Jun65.
CIET 340 "FRAVB. To F-WSGU Rousseau Aviation 1971, to N18263 Jun 1972. flown to Kulusuk
airfield, Denmark, 02Jul72, and abandoned there
49605 (MSN 15421/26866) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK175 via RAF Nassau Jan 5, 1945.
ACSEA Jan 21, 1945. 194 Sqdn RAF. Flew into hill in cloud 4 mi SE of Kyaukpyu during supply
dropping mission Jun 21, 1945.
49606 (MSN 15422/26867) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK176 via RAF Nassdau Jan 4, 1945.
ACSEA Jan 25, 1945. 215 Sqdn RAF. 48 Sqdn RAF Sep 2, 1948. Sold Aug 4, 1951. To VR-SDH of
Malayan Airways Ltd "Hawk" Jan 4. 1952. PK-AKJ NV US DE US Bataatsche Petroluem Ded 19, 1959.
Shell Oil Co Pertamina Pinerbad Mar 29, 1967 as VR-SCQ
49607 (MSN 15423/26868) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK177 via RAF Nassau
Jan 11, 1945. ACSEA Jan 30, 1945. 194 Sqdn RAF. 76 Sqdn RAF. RAF India. Returned to
USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To Orient Airways as AP-AEI, registered Apr 25, 1949, later
to Pakistan International Airlines Mar 11, 1955, then reregistered as AP-AJT "City of Rawalpindi"
May 12, 1957, to Air Taxi Company as EP-AGZ. W/o Apr 13, 1970 at Ahwaz Airport, Iran when
stalled on takeoff. Left wing hit the ground, causing the plane to
slide off the runway. Both engines caught fire.
49608 (MSN 15424/26869) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK178 via RAF Nassau
Jan 6, 1945. ACSEA 23Jan45. 194 Sqn RAF. 267 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 14Nov46.
SAL 15Jan47 To Belgian AF as K20 (call sign OT-CNK) Jan 15, 1947, then to French AF as 49608 May 8 1953.
GT1I64. GT1I61 Aug54. CIET 340 Sep54. GT2/64 "FRAOM" Jul57. GTlI64 "FRAKB" May59.
BE 708 Apr60. ELA 46 Jun61. ELA 57 Apr62. GLA 48 Sep62. 92e EB Mar65. GTLA 2/60 Jul65.
To Cameroon AF as TJ-XAL Sep 3, 1968
49609 (MSN 15425/26870) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK179 via RAF Nassau
Jan 12, 1945. ACSEA Feb 6, 1945. 194 Sqdn RAF. 31 Sqdn RAF. Wrecked when
swung on landing and struck Dakota KN233 at Cox's Bazaar, India, Bangladesh
May 9, 1945.
49610 (MSN 15426/26871) to USAAF Dec 8, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK180 via RAF Nassau
Jan 9, 1945. ACSEA. 357 Sqdn RAF Feb 29, 1945. Destroyed by fire after running out of fuel
in bad weather and striking ground in attempted forced landing, Yaping, China May 20, 1945.
49611 (MSN 15427/26872) delivered to USAAF 15Dec44; delivered to Royal AF 12Jan45 as Dakota IV, serial KK181;
Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia 29Mar45; 436 Sqdn RAF. No.62 Squadron 25Apr46;
RAF Middle Ease APR 25, 1946. US Foreign Liquidation Commission; Royal Hellenic AF 4Mar47 as KK181;
MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; KEA [State
Aircraft Factory] Hellenikon, modified to photographic configuration 1Mar66;
355/1 Flight, Sedes, Thessaloniki Oct75; further camera installations 18Jan84;
damaged taxying at Sedes Jun87 when the right main landing gear collapsed, the
wing damaged hitting the ground; derelict at Sedes [last noted Apr95]
49612 (MSN 15428/26873) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50818 Dec 1945
43-49613/49962 Douglas C-47B-20-DK
MSN 26874/27223 (originally allocated MSN 15429/15778)
49703,49760,49790,49808,49814,49832,49852,
49880,49903,49921,49939,49956 completed as TC-47B-20-DK
49640,49745,49775,49802,49826,49845,49859,
49873,49887,49898,49907,49916,49925,49934,
49943,49952,49961 completed as C-47B-23-DK
49613 (MSN 15429/26874) to USAAF Nov 29, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50819 Jan 1945.
49614 (MSN 15430/26875) to USAAF Dec 8, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50820 Dec 1944.
49615 (MSN 15431/26876) to USAAF Dec 12, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50821 Dec 1944.
49616 (MSN 15432/26877) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50822 Dec 1944.
49617 (MSN 15433/26878) to USAAF Dec 16, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50823 Dec 1944.
49618 (MSN 15434/26879) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK182 via RAF Nassau
Jan 21, 1945. ACSEA 29Mar45. RAF India 16Aug46. ACSEA 13Dec46. 22 MU RAF 16Dec47.
SOC for spares Mar 21, 1950.
49619 (MSN 15435/26880) to USAAF Dec 16, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK183 via RAF Nassaui
Jan 27, 1945. ACSEA. 52 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. Middle East 25Apr46. Returned to USAAF
May 29, 1947. SX-BAG Hellenic NL TAE07Jul51. 01ympic NW 06Apr57. NI72K Airlines World
Aviation Air Libya 1977. Beam & Dasujan Inc, Frankfurt R07Feb79. WFS 22May80
49620 (MSN 15436/26881) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK184 via RAF Nassau
Jan 3, 1945. ACSEA 06Mar45. 194 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 27Oct47. SOC for spares at Brooklands Jun 2, 1950
49621 (MSN 15437/26882) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK185 via RAF Nassau
Jan 9, 1945. ACSEA 15Feb45. 31 Sqn RAF 09May46. 62 Sqn RAF. 204 Sqn RAF 29Apr48. SOC Sep 5, 1950,
then to Lutheran World Federation as XT-T72, "St. Paul", then Max Springweiler, leased to
CAT as XT-809, then International Air Transport as VR-HEX, then Max Springweiler,
leased to CAT as B-809. Sold to Black Knox Co, Pittsburgh as N230BK in 1964,
sold to SAETA, Quito, as HC-APT in 1967, sold to Ministerio de Agricultura Y
Ganadona, Quito, in April 1975.
49622 (MSN 15438/26883) to USAAF Dec 15, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50824 Dec 1944.
49623 (MSN 15439/26884) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KK186 via RAF Nassau
Jan 5, 1945. ACSEA Jan 14, 1945. 62 Sqdn RAF Apr 25, 1946. SOC Mar 25, 1948.
49624 (MSN 15440/26885) to USAAF Dec 13, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK187 Dec 30, 1944. RAF 45 Gp 30Dec44.
300 Wg 03Mar45. ACSEA 16Apr46. 243 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 28Aug47. Returned to USAAF
Oct 6, 1948. Converted to C-47D. To MASDC Mar 1965.
49625 (MSN 15441/26886) to USAAF Dec 14, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK188 Dec 20, 1944. RAF 45 Gp 20Dec44.
300 Wg RAF 08Mar45. ACSEA. 243 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF 11Apr45. 117 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF.
Broke up in cloud S Burma Sep 6, 1945.
49626 (MSN 15442/26887) to USAASF Dec 16, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK189 via RAF Montreal
Dec 21, 1944. RAF UK 26Jan45. ACSEA. 238 Sqn RAF. 267 Sqn RAF. Hit sea in
rainstorm and exploded, Akyab Harbor, Burma Jul 2, 1945.
49627 (MSN 15443/26888) to USAAF Dec 41, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK190 via RAF Montreal Dec 28, 1944.
RAF UK 19Jan45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 16Jun47. Returned
to USAAF Aug 29, 1947. SAL 31Jul47 KKI901 "FZIMZ" ex SAL DOIApr49. F-BEIR Cie DE US Tpts
Aeriens Air Maroc 24May49. CF-FBY Maritime Central R06Jun52. B H Fuller, Miami, FL US 18Apr56
N6067V Madden & Playford Aircraft Inc 18Apr57. YVC-LBC Lebca R26Oct5.9 N6067V
49628 (MSN 15444/26889) to USAAF Dec 18, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK191 Dec 30, 1945.
RAF 45 Gp 30Dec45. 231 Sqn RAF 31Aug45. 1381 (TS)CU RAF 17Oct46. 24 Sqn RAF 06Jan47. Returned to
USAAF Jun 17, 1947, then became G-AKAR with Kearsley NW Jul 3, 1947. Britavia Ltd 20Dec50
Air Carriers Supply Corp. Registration cancelled Jan 1, 1951 on export
to S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (Varig), registered as PP-VBV Jun 14, 1951.
Crashed near Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sui, Brasil 01Jul63. Crashed into trees during initial approach
in heavy fog. Error in judgment by the pilot in attempting to fly visually in unfavorable weather
conditions during twilight. 15 of 18 onboard killed.
49629 (MSN 15445/26890) to USAAF Dec 16, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK192 via RAF Montreal Dec 20, 1944.
300 Wg RAF Mar 17, 1945. ACSEA May 20, 1946. SOC May 30, 1946
49630 (MSN 15446/26891) to USAAF 16Dec44. India China Wing ATC 06Jan45. Crashed during takeoff from Myitkyina South,
Burma Feb 12, 1945.
49631 (MSN 15447/26892) to USAAF 19Dec44. India China Wing ATC 14Jan45. Chungking 18Nov45. FLC 20Aug47
49632 (MSN 15448/26893) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944. To US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50825 Dec 1944.
49633 (MSN 15449/26894) to USAAF 19Dec44. India China Wing ATC 12Jan45. Condemned for salvage Aug 27, 1945
49634 (MSN 15450/26895) to USAAF 16Dec44. India China Wing ATC 06Jan45. Karachi. To Indian Government 10Apr46
49635 (MSN 15451/26896) to USAAF 21Dec44. India China Wing ATC 14Jan45. Chungking
W/o Jul 5, 1945 in landing accident at Nanning, China
49636 (MSN 15452/26897) to USAAF 20Dec44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 27Jun45. Chungking. FLC 20Aug47
49637 (MSN 15453/26898) to USAAF 20Dec44. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 22Jan45. Chungking. COAA 15Feb46
49638 (MSN 15454/26899) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D "0-349638". Stored Davis Monthan.
To N86438 Charlotte Aim Aug 20, 1961, then to Spanish AF as T.3-32 Jan 23, 1963. Accident Jan 29, 1976.
49639 (MSN 15455/26900) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. To Paraguayan AF as T-49 in 1964. Q/o Jun 4, 1965.
49640 (MSN 15456/26901) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 30Dec44. 8th AF 09Feb45. 9th AF. Salvaged 08Feb46
49641 (MSN 15457/26902) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF "0-49641. Converted to VC-47B. To Thai AF through
MAP Mar 13, 1964 as L2-30/07. Converted to AC-47D by Sep 1970. W/o Ubon Ratchathani
Aug 9, 1983.
49642 (MSN 15458/26903) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 01Jul45 FLC 01Aug46.
To Cathay Pacific Airlines as VR-HEC. Chartered to user
in Indonesia which was linked to the potential sale of the aircraft.
Bought by Indonesian Airways Oct 14, 1948. In Aug 1950 to Indonesian
nationalist AF (AURI) as RI-001, named Seulawah, then used by Indonesian Airways.
Flown under charter to Burmese government during 1945 and part of 1950. Believed presered
Armed forces Museum, Jakarta.
49643 (MSN 15459/26904) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 16Jan45. Karachi. To Indian Government 10Apr46
49644 (MSN 15460/26905) to USAAF 19Dec44. India China Wing ATC 13Jan45. Crashed 15 mi NW of Mangshih, India when ran out of
fuel Feb 9, 1945. MACR 12038. Crew bailed out.
49645 (MSN 15461/26906) to USAAF 16Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 01Feb45. Chungking. FLC 01Aug46
XT-??? Central Air Tpt. N8332C C L Chennault & W Willauer. N4662V Civil Air Tpt Inc 19Dec49.
CC-CBH LAN-Chile "212" Jan54. CC-CLDR Rr. CC-CBV Rr 1963v. WFU Los Cerillos Mar72
Derelict San Jose Maipo, near Santiago Mar79
49646 (MSN 15462/26907) to USAAF 25Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 11Feb45. Chungking. W/o Oct 5, 1945 over the Hump
49647 (MSN 15463/26908) to USAAF 04Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 27Jan45. Chungking. FLC 20Aug47
49648 (MSN 15464/26909) to USAAF 19Dec44. India China Wing ATC 17Jan45. Chungking. COAA 31Jan46
To Taiwan AF as 49648. To civil registry Taiwan
49649 (MSN 15465/26910) to USAAF 21Dec44. India China Wing ATC 14Jan45. Chungking 15Nov45. FLC 20Aug47
49650 (MSN 15466/26911) to USAAF 03Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 27Jan45. Chungking. To China 09Dec45
49651 (MSN 15467/26912) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 12Jan45. Chungking. COAA 15Feb46
49652 (MSN 15468/26913) to USAAF 04Jan45. 12th AF Italy 27Jan45. Germany 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D. Scrapped 21Feb50
49653 (MSN 15469/26914) to USAAF Dec44. No card. USAF "0-349653". "0-3653"
49654 (MSN 15470/26915) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D "0-349654". Stored Davis Monthan Mar65
N9731F European Research & Supply Corp, NY US. WFU
49655 (MSN 15471/26916) to USAAF 19Dec44. India-China ATC 13Jan45. Karachi. To Indian gfovernme nt Apr 10, 1946.
To government of Orissa, Cuttack as VT-CLA. It was
owned by Orissa, but was purchased in support of the Indonesian
republic. W/o Oct 21, 1947 while on charter to the Indonesian government.
It was either shot down or crashed while evading the Dutch forces.
There is a VT-CLA on display in the TNI-AU Museum, but it is
another aircraft.
49656 (MSN 15472/26917) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF/MATS Oct52. Converted to SC-47D. " 0-349656". Converted to HC-47D 18Sep62
Stored Davis Monthan. N87662 Aero American Corp, Tuscon, AZ US Jan 65. Aero American Aircraft Parts 1977
49657 (MSN 15473/26918) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 12Jan45. Crashed WSW of Tiengo Feb 7, 1945. MACR 12028
49658 (MSN 15474/26919) to USAAF 17Jan45. 12th AF Italy 27Jan45. FLC 07Jun46. I-VENE Aereo Teseo R09Dec46. Egypt 01Dec48
49659 (MSN 15475/26920) to USAAF 06Jan45. 12th AF Italy 27Jan45. FLC 07Jun46. To Aerea Teseo of Florence, Italy as I-GENO May 14, 1947.
Egypt Dec 1, 1948.
49660 (MSN 15476/26921) on December 23, 1944 delivered to USAF. On May 07, 1945 to
Forca Aerea Brasileira as FAB-09, then FAB-2017. October 10, 1978 to Royal Taxi Aereo (Votec)
of Belem State of Para, Brazil, registered as PT-KZG. December 1997 to the Aeroclube do Rio
Grande do Sul, registered as PP-VBN. Completely restored, painted in VARIG
livery and still flying in 2003 in air shows.
49661 (MSN 15477/26922) to USAAF 16Dec44. To Brazilian AF Jan 15, 1945 as FAB-10, then FAB-2018.
As FAB-2018 retired by Força Aérea Brasileira on June 24, 1963
Then to Paraguayan AF as T-33, then FAP 2034. Destroyed in
1987 at the town of Capitan Pablo Langerenza, Asuncion, Paraguay.
49662 (MSN 15478/26923) to Brazilian AF as FAB-11, then FAB-2019.
W/o Apr 14, 1945 at Barreiras, BA, Brazil.
49663 (MSN 15479/26924) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50826 Dec 20, 1944.
49664 (MSN 15480/26925) to USAAF 19Dec44. French Morocco 21Jan45. To French AF as AdlA 349994 May45 GT2/15 May45
F-BAIE Air France R21Jan46. Air Cameroun L 1963. TJ-ABJ Air Cameroun R08Feb65. WFS Jun67
49665 (MSN 15481/26926) to USAAF 19Dec44. French Morocco 18Jan45. To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) May 1945 reg 349665,
call sign FRAMG. GT2/15 May45. GT21 64 Feb48. GTl/61 "FRAMG" Sep51. Service in French Indochina 13Mar54
Written off (DBR) in French Indo China.
49666 (MSN 15482/26927) to USAAF 19Dec44. French Morocco 09Jan45. To French AF as AdlA 349666 May45. GT2/15 May45
GT21 61 Apr46. WFU
49667 (MSN 15483/26928) to USAAF 21Dec44. French Morocco 18Jan45. to L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) May 1945
reg 349667, call sign FRBFL. GT2/15 May45 GT21 64 "FRBFL"
Service in French Indo China Aug 9, 1951. Written off (DBR) in Saigon, French Indo China.
49668 (MSN 15484/26929) to USAAF Dec 19, 1944. To USSR Feb 1, 1945
49669 (MSN 15485/26930) to USAAF Dec 21, 1944. To USSR Jan 31, 1945
49670 (MSN 15486/26931) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To USSR Jan 23, 1945
49671 (MSN 15487/26932) to USAAF Dec 21, 1944. To USSR Jan 24, 1945
49672 (MSN 15488/26933) to USAAF Dec 29, 1944. To USSR Feb 4, 1945.
49673 (MSN 15489/26934) to USAAF Dec 19, 1944. To USSR Jan 24, 1945
49674 (MSN 15490/26935) to USAAF Dec 29, 1944. To USSR Feb 4, 1945
49675 (MSN 15491/26936) to USAAF Dec 19, 1944. To USSR Jan 24, 1945
49676 (MSN 15492/26937) to USAAF Dec 21, 1944. To USSR Jan 21, 1945
49677 (MSN 15493/26938) to USAAF Dec 21, 1944. To USSR Jan 24, 1945.
49678 (MSN 15494/26939) to USAAF 19Dec44. India China Wing ATC 26Jan45.
W/o Oct 12, 1945 in crash 5 mi ENE of Dum Dum AP, India
49679 (MSN 15495/26940) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop
Carrier Group, Drucat (B-92), Abbeville, France 13Mar45. Fitted with additional SCR-717
navigation and radar equipment for use as a pathfinder. TDY to a school for navigational
training with the 51st Troop Carrier Wing, Rome, Italy 20Apr45 where it was engaged in
navigational training flights throughout the Mediterranean area.
Converted to EC-47P. Hit while parked by China Airlines C-46 Feb 18, 1967 and w/o.
49680 (MSN 15496/26941) to USAAF Dec44. no card. Damaged in takeoff accident at Kunming, China May 4, 1945.
Repaired? USAF 6148th TCS Korea "Mosquito Godfrey" "0-49680" SE Asia Dec71
49681 (MSN 15497/26942) Delivered to USAAF 27Dec44. Air Transport Command, Baer Field,
Fort Wayne, IN. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route departing Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach, FL Feb45. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Waller Field,
Valencia, Trinidad; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil. Damaged in mid-air collision with
C-47B ? 43-49698 over Amapá state, Brazil 5Feb45.
W/o Nov 4, 1950 in takeoff accident at Misawa AB, Japan
49682 (MSN 15498/26943) Delivered to USAAF 2Jan45. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
[W7*K; Nose #30], 316th Troop Carrier Group, Cottesmore (Station 489). TDY to
Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion
paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. Converted to C-47D 28Jul47 WFS 25Aug49
49683 (MSN 15499/26944) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 20Jan45. W/o Oct 23, 1945, India, condemned Oct 23, 1945
49684 (MSN 15500/26945) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 29Jan45. Sold to Indian government Apr 10, 1946
49685 (MSN 15501/26946) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 37th Troop Carrier Squadron [W7*E; Nose #24],
316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489). TDY to
Wethersfield (Station 170) 21Mar45. Transported British 9th Parachute Battalion
paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest
of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. India-China Wing, Air Transport
Command, Myitkyina, Burma. Damaged Jul 5, 1945 in taxi accident at Kunming, China. Repaired.
To French AF as AdlA 349685 15Dec53 (MDAP) Indo-China 15Dec53. GT2/63 "FRAMG" "FRANZ" Jun54. GT2/62 Feb55
GT1/64 Oct55. To Laos AF Aug 10, 1956.
49686 (MSN 15502/26947) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 16Jan45. Sold to Indian government Apr 10, 1946
49687 (MSN 15503/26948) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 01Feb45. Chungking. To Chinese National AF as 49687 09Dec45
49688 (MSN 15504/26949) to USAAF Dec44. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954. To MASDC Jul 7, 1969
49689 (MSN 15505/26950) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 19Jan45. Chungking 15Nov45. FLC 20Aug47
49690 (MSN 15506/26951) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 23Jan45. Condemned for salvage Oct 29, 1946
49691 (MSN 15507/26952) Delivered to USAAF Dec44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone
at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on
Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45. To Libyan af as AQaJaLi 49691 in 1968, later to Turkish AF as 691 in 1974.
49692 (MSN 15508/26953) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 20Jan45. Chungking. To China 16Jan46
49693 (MSN 15509/26954) to USAAF 21Dec44 India China Wing ATC 16Jan45 sold to Indian government Apr 10, 1946
49694 (MSN 15510/26955) to USAAF Dec44. India China Wing ATC? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. Stored Davis Monthan Jan65
49695 (MSN 15511/26956) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 19Jan45. Neth/Belgium. To Turkish AF Nov 26, 1946 as 6011, coded TK-11
49696 (MSN 15512/26957) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 27Jan45 Damaged Mar 3, 1945 Liangahan, China (taxi accident).
Chungking 15Nov45. Salvaged 25Mar47
49697 (MSN 15513/26958) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50827 Dec 1944.
49698 (MSN 15514/26959) Delivered Dec44. Air Transport Command,
Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN. Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route
departing Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL Feb45. Routed via Borinquen Field,
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Waller Field, Valencia, Trinidad; Val de Caes Field, Belém,
Brazil. Damaged in mid-air collision with C-47B ? 43-49681 over Amapá state,
Brazil 5Feb45. 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), Ninth Air Force, Chartres (A-40),
France. Fitted with additional SCR-717 navigation and radar equipment for use as
a pathfinder. Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three
miles northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To MASDC Dec 1969.
49699 (MSN 15515/26960) to USAAF 20Dec44. India China Wing ATC 28Jan45. Chungking 18Nov45. WFS 01Aug46
49700 (MSN 15516/26961) to USAAF Dec44. India China Wing ATC? no card. USAF "0-349700". US JuI63. To MASDC Mar 9, 1970
49701 (MSN 15517/26962) to USAAF Dec44. India China Wing ATC? no card/ USAF. Converted to AC-47B, to Vietnam AF,
to Cambodian AF Jan 29, 1971. To Thailand in 1979.
49702 (MSN 15518/26963) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6Z BuNo 50828 Dec 23, 1944.
49703 (MSN 15519/26964) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Dec44 US? no card. USAF. Converted to EC-47N then to EC-47P.
To Vietnam AF TEW Vietnam "Andy's Animosity", to Cambodia AF, to Thai AF. Now on
display in Ripley's Royal Garden Plaza, Pattaya, Thailand.
49704 (MSN 15520/26965) to USAAF 23Dec44. 5th AF 374th TCG 21st TCS 04Jan45. Converted to C-47D 07May47. Japan 13Aug50.
With 21st TCS, while flying at reduced speed for airdrop of combat supplies to troops east of
Hyesanjin, Korea Nov 21, 1950 stalled in left bank at 300 feet and crashed and burned. All 7 crew killed.
49705 (MSN 15521/26966) Delivered Dec44. 438th Troop Carrier Group,
Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France Feb45. Transported paratroopers of the
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division to a drop zone at the
southern edge of the Diersfordt, three mile northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation ‘Varsity’ 24Mar45.
To AC-47D. W/o 29 Sep 1960 when crash landed on Randolph Oaks Golf Course, TX. Crew survived
49706 (MSN 15522/26967) to USAAF 17Jan45. US 29Jan45. WAA 04May47
49707 (MSN 15523/26968) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50829 Jan 1945.
49708 (MSN 15524/26969) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK193 via RAF Montreal
Dec 29, 1944. 12 Sqn RAF UK 23Feb45 525 Sqn RAF 27Mar46 187 Sqn RAF 30Jun46 53 Sqn RAF
8 MU RAF 15Nov49. 1325 Fit RAF 06Nov56. 22 MU RAF 12Jun57. Sold as scrap Sep 9, 1957.
Airwork Ltd 09Sep57 ST-AAM Sudan Airways. Crashed Khartoum, Sudan 21Feb67
49709 (MSN 15525/26970) to USAAF Dec 20, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK194 via RAF Montreal Dec 26, 1944 .
Flew into Bed Talaidh Mountain, Mull, UK Feb 1, 1945 while descending through cloud
during ferry flight.
49710 (MSN 15526/26971) to USAAF Dec 31, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK195 via RAF Montreal
Dec 31, 1945. RAF UK Jan 26, 1945. ACSEA. 238 Sqdn RAF. DBR when undercarriage
unlocked on landing causing aircraft to belly land, Alon airstrip, Burma Mar 29, 1945.
49711 (MSN 15527/26972) to USAAF Dec 21, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK196 via RAF Montreal
Jan 25, 1945. RAF UK. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. Med ME RAF 09May46.
SOC Mar 25, 1948. To Israel as 4X-AED Mar 25, 1948. To Israel Defense
Force AF as 007. WFU by Jan 2001.
49712 (MSN 26973/15528) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50830 Jan 6, 1945.
49713 (MSN 15529/26974) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK197 via RAF Montreal
Jan 7, 1945. RAF UK. 1 PTS RAF 12Jan45. 271 Sqn RAF 03Dec45. 46 Sqn RAF 11Mar46.
1382 (T)CU RAF 12Nov47. 240 OCU RAF 03Jan48. 22 MU RAF 29Sep50. To Military Aircraft
Assistance Group (MAAG) Jun 29, 1955. USAF 7531st AB Sq "0-349713" May60 "0-49713".
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Military Assistance Program [MAP]. United Nations
Operation in the Congo (UNOC) 1Sep60 as 210. 3 Squadron, UN Air Transport Force, N’Dolo Airport,
Léopoldville, Republic of Congo. Stored at N’Djili, Léopoldville Feb64. Registered as 9Q-CIG to Institut Geographique du Zaire 1967
49714 (MSN 15530/26975) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK198 Jan 18 1945.
5 Gp RAF 18Jan45. 231 Sqn RAF 31Aug45. RAF UK 30May46. 1381 (T)CU RAF 16Jan47.
240 OCU RAF 19Feb48. 12 MU RAF 11Mar50. To Trans Air as G-AMVK Oct 7, 1952. To
Aden Airways as VR-AAM Jun 17, 1951. W/o Apr 12, 1964 when crashed at
Hargeisa (HGA), Somalia. 15 killed.
49715 (MSN 15531/26976) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF as Dakota IV KK199 Jan 1, 1945.
45 Gp RAF 01Jan45. 300 Wg RAF 19Mar45. 243 Sqn RAF Crashed during attempted
forced landing after ran out of fuel while loat 100 mi WNW of Cloncurry, Queensland Jan 16, 1946.
Repaired? To USAF as 43-49715 30May46?
49716 (MSN 15532/26977) delivered to USAAF 23Dec44; delivered to RAF in UK as Dakota IV, serial KK200
via RAF Montreal 8Jan45; 2nd Tactical AF Communications Squadron 21Jan45; for use by AM Coningham,
AOC-in-C 2nd Tactical AF; Communications Wing, British AF of Occupation 16Aug45;
No.24 Squadron 29Dec47; Med ME 15Apr48; No.12 Maintenance Unit 20Jul50; Military Aircraft
Assistance Group 29Jun55; returned to USAF as 43-49716 29Jun55; To West German AF 2Jul56; code GA+118,
1/LTG 61 31May57; code GR+118 Reserve 19Sep59; code GA+108 LTG 61 5Nov69; code CA+016
3/LTG 62 16Mar61; FT Ber BMVG Apr63; registered D-CNSF 30Aug66; Nordsceflug Sylter Lufttpt,
Hamburg; Airwork Services Ltd 9May68; Sultan of Muscat & Oman AF 12Jul68 as 501;
UK 18Sep70 (traded on Caribou); stored Castle Donington, Notts Apr73; fate unknown.
49717 (MSN 15533/26978) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50831 Dec 1944
49718 (MSN 15534/26979) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK201 via RAF Montreal
Jan 17, 1945. Transferred to BOAC as G-AGNF "OFZC" Jan 21, 1945. BEA Feb 3, 1946.
To Field Aircraft Services Oct 14, 1949. Registration cancelled Mar 8, 1950 on
sale to Union of Burma Airways as XY-ACM. To ET-AGV with Relief and Rehabilitation Comm 1978.
49719 (MSN 15535/26980) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK202 via RAF Montreal Jan 12, 1945.
RAF UK. ACSEA 19Mar45. SFU RAF. Burma Comm Fit RAF 14Jan47. 52 Sqn RAF 15Jul47.
110 Sqn RAF 13Aug48. 12 MU RAF 31Dec51. Sold Mar 27, 1953, had
already been registered G-AMZB with Manx Airlines Mar 26, 1953. Air Kruise Ltd registered
06Nov56. Silver City Airways "City of Guildford" R28Oct57 BUA 23Jan62 Registration
subsequently cancelled on sale as OO-SBK Sobelair registered Mar 26, 1962. Registered
EC-WSP May 23, 1962 to Spantax and to EC-ASP with Spantax
May 1962. Aeroflete SA Mar 9, 1968. To Fundacio Parc Aeronautic de Catalunya at Sabadell, Barcelonia.
Derelict Madrid 1975.
49720 (MSN 15536/26981) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK203 via RAF Montreal
Jan 19, 1945. RAF UK. ACSEA Apr 27, 1945. 238 Sqdn RAF. DBR when tire burst on
on takeoff causing aircraft to swerve into soft sand and undercarriage to collapse, Kyaukpyu Mar 19, 1945.
49721 (MSN 15537/26982) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK204 via RAF Montreal Dec 28, 1945.
RAF UK 28Mar45. ACSEA 31May45. 231 Sqn RAF. 76 Sqn RAF 21Sep45. ACSEA 04Oct45.
RAF Med ME 15Dec47. 114 Sqn RAF. 70 Sqn RAF 08Jan48. 8 MU RAF 22Nov49 . SOC for spares
at Brooklands Sep 11, 1950.
49722 (MSN 15538/26983) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 50832 Jan 2, 1945.
49723 (MSN 15539/26984) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK205 via RAF Montreal.
RAF UK. 3 TAF CS RAF. ACSEA 10Mar45. ACSEA CS RAF "Hermes" CinC Allied Land Forces SEA.
NEI Comm Sq. 12 MU RAF 27Oct47. Jan 13, 1945. Returned to USAAF May 11, 1948. To Belgian AF Feb 23, 1949 as
K24. Back to USAF Sep 18, 1952. To Armee de l'Air as 349723/49723 Sep 25, 1952, call signs F-RAND,
GT2/62 call sign F-RAZV, GT2/64 call sign F-RBFN, GT1/621954 CIET 340 May55 GT 4/61 Mar56
CIET 340 Oct56 GLAM 1/60 May60 EC 57 "FRCAL" Jan64 stored at Chateaudin 1971
F-BTDH Sasma, Tours May72 to Congo AF as lAlACo TN-211
49724 (MSN 15540/26985) to USAAF Dec 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK20 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
Transferred to BOAC as G-AGNK "OZFA" Feb 14, 1945. Field Aircraft Svces 04Jul49 Sivewright
Airways Ltd, "Lancastria" R25Jul49. BEAC "Edward Mannock" 02Apr51. EAFS 26May61.
ChannelAirways 1962 WFU at Southend Dec 14, 1963 and scrapped during 1966
49725 (MSN 15541/26986) to USAAF Dec 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK207 via RAF Montreal
Jan 26, 1945. ACSEA 26Jan45. 194 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 15Dec47.
Returned to USAAF Sep 8, 1948. To Spanish AF as T.3-22 Nov 7, 1957
and W/o Jun 25, 1968. Broke up Cuatro Vientos, Madrid Oct 16, 1968.
49726 (MSN 15542/26987) to USAAF Dec 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK208 via RAF Montreal Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA Apr 7, 1945. 267 Sqdn RAF. Crash landed 3 mi W of Mingaladon, Burma Feb 22, 1946 after losing
power on approach.
49727 (MSN 15543/26988) to USAAF Dec 28, 1944, to US Navy as BuNo 50833 Feb 1945.
49728 (MSN 15544/26989) delivered to USAAF 27Dec44; delivered to RAF as Dakota IV, serial KK209 12Jan45;
2nd Tactical AF Communications Squadron 21Jan45; for use by AM Coningham, AOC-in-C
2nd Tactical AF; No.24 Squadron 11May47; Transport Command Major Servicing Unit,
Honington, Suffolk 10Jan48; No.24 Squadron 16Aug48; No.12 Maintenance Unit, Little
Rissington 30Apr49; Military Aircraft Assistance Group 20Sep54; USAF 43-49728 12Sep55;
West German AF 1956; code GA+117 1/LTG 61 May57; code GR+117 Reserve Sep59;
code GR+1071TG6 1Nov59; code XA+11 ILVSt612 1961; 4/FmLuVRgt61 30May64; code 14+01
13Nov67; used until 1976 as a survey aircraft for military air navigation and radio
navigation systems; Wfu 31Mar76; stored Hamburg in Lufthansa c/s for Deutsches Museum,
Munich Aug78; preserved and on display at the Deutsches Museum, Oberschleissheim, Munich
wearing serial 14+01
49729 (MSN 15545/26990) to USAAF Dec 27, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK210 via RAF Montreal Jan 21, 1945.
ACSEA 26Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF 28Jul49. MBFE RAF 26Jan50. 52 Sqn RAF 07Sep50.
22 MU RAF 18Sep51 Sold to Airwork Ltd 09Sep57. To ST-AAL Sudan Airways 1957
To Sudan AF as aQaJaSu 425 1962. Back to ST-AAL Reregistered ET-AEJ to Ethiopian Airlines
13Sep71. Dbr Oborso, Ethiopia 14Dec76.
49730 (MSN 15546/26991) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK211 via RAF Montreal
Jan 24, 1945. UK 02Mar45. ACSEA 19Apr45. 117 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF.
RAF India 29Aug46. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
49731 (MSN 15547/26992) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK212 via RAF Montreal
Jan 17, 1945. 147 Sqn RAF 1945. 1381 (TS)CU RAF 17Oct46. 1 P&PTS RAF 11Feb48.
Oakington RAF. 1 PGTS RAF. 8 MU RAF 10Mar50. SOC for spares Apr 24, 1950.
49732 (MSN 15548/26993) to USAAF Dec 28, 1944, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50834 Feb 1945.
49733 (MSN 15549/26994) to USAAF Dec 31, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK213 via RAF "MODBG"
Montreal Jan 9, 1945. RAF UK 23Mar45. 62 Sqn RAF 29Mar45. 525 Sqn RAF 30Aug45.
46 Sqn RAF 10Mar46. 27 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF 19Aug48. 22 MU RAF 02Jun49.
Sold Feb 6, 1953 to Cooper Johnson Ltd, became VP-YKH "Matabele"
of Central African Airways Mar 31, 1953. To Zambia Airways 1964. Reregistered 9J-RFX.
WFS 1974.
49734 (MSN 15550/26995) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK214 via RAF Montreal
Jan 19, 1945. RAF UK 19Jan45. 31 Sqn RAF 26Apr45. 62 Sqn RAF 30May46. SOC Mar 25, 1948
49735 (MSN 15551/26996) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK215 via RAF Montreal
Feb 1, 1945. RAF Far East 26Apr45. 31 Sqn RAF. 238 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 02May47.
Returned to USAAF Jun 12, 1947, then to Belgian AF as K27 (call sign OT-CWM). To Netherlands
Navy as MKD 018 Feb 23, 1950, later to Luchtmacht Nederland / Netherlands Air Force Aug Aug 29, 1952 as X-4,
radio call sign PE-XAD; 334 Squadron; renamed Royal Netherlands Air Force 27Mar53. Returned to USAF for disposal by MAP 1961
To Philippine civil registry as
PI-C643 Dec 23, 1964, RP-C643. W/o Oct 19, 1974 at Calapan, Philippines.
49736 (MSN 15552/26997) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KK216 via RAF Montreal
Jan 12, 1945. Registered G-AGNG "OFZB" with BOAC Jan 21, 1945. Leased to BEA
Feb 14, 1945. To EI-ADY with Air Lingus Jun 4, 1948. Reverted to G-AGNG
Oct 1948. to Blue Line Airlines Ltd Jan 10, 1949. Eagle Aviation Ltd Feb 7, 1950.
Britavia Ltd Jan 24, 1951. L. V. Avey Jun 23, 1951 but NTU. Registration G-AGNG cancelled Jan 26, 1951 on
sale to Gulf Aviation Ltd as CF-GVZ Feb 10, 1951. To Quebecair Ltd Sep 27, 1951. Crashed Oreway Lake,
Quebec, Canada Jan 17, 1956. Loss of the No. 2 engine necessitated a forced crash landing near a railway station.
Failure to maintain height at night due to the loss of the starboard engine in icing conditions.
The aircraft was also overloaded. Four of 18 onboard killed.
49737 (MSN 15553/26998) to USAAF Dec 28, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50835 Jan 1945.
49738 (MSN 26999) to USAAF Dec 18, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KK217 via RAF Nassau Jan 25, 1945.
RAF Middle East Jan 25, 1945. 216 Sqdn RAF. DBR when overshot
landing at Beirut May 18, 1945 believed due to brake failure.
49739 (MSN 27000) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KK218 via RAF Nassau Jan 25, 1945.
RAF Middle East Jan 25, 1945. Transferred to SAAF as 6865 Sep 27, 1945. ZS-DIY Air Safaris/Trek
Airways (rebuilt from scrap) registered 15Dec53. G-ANYF Transair Ltd registered17Jan55.
To CF-HTH Maritime Central Airlines 28Feb55. Wheeler Airlines 11Aug58 Canadian Aircraft
Renters 23Jun61. MCAI Nordair L Wheeler Airlines 03Jun64. Sudair Ltd 24Sep64. Eastern
Prov Airlines 07Jul66 Nordair 01Sep67. Dbr by truck 06Feb73 Dorval Airport
49740 (MSN 15556/27001) delivered to USAAF 23Dec44; delivered to Royal AF 25Jan45 as
Dakota IV, serial KK219; Mediterranean Allied AFs (MAAF) 25Jan45; No.44 Squadron,
South African AF; US Foreign Liquidation Commission; To Royal Hellenic AF
30Apr47 as KK219; MMA, Hassani, Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis; WFU,
used for spares and GIA
49741 (MSN 15557/27002) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KK220 but
diverted to SAAF as 6852 Mar 18, 1945, no RAF service. 28 Sqn SAAF 1946. 15 SAAF VIP 1955.
48 Sqn SAAF Oct72. Converted to C-47TP turboprop power.
49742 (MSN 15558/27003) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50836 Jan 1945.
49743 (MSN 15559/27004) to USAAF Dec 23, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KN200, but
diverted to RCAF as KN200, no RAF service. RCAF Patricia Bay 04Jan45. Renumbered 12902 in 1970.
To CF-TVK Bradley Air Service Ltd, Carp, Ont 06Apr72. DBF Carp, ONT Canada 28Jan74
49744 (MSN 15560/27005) tgo USAAF Dec 29, 1944. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KN201, but
diverted to RCAF as KN201 Jan 9, 1945, no RAF service. RCAF Patricia Bay 09Jan45.
1 ANS "VCDHO" 1952 Manitoba. Renumbered 12903 in 1970. 429 Sqn RCAF, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
402 Sqn RCAF, Winnipeg. Stored Saskatoon Mar75. To civil registry as N46938 with Basler Flight
Service May 1977. Alpha Airlines, Kings Point, NY Jan 267, 1978. Registration
cancelled on Dec 20 1990 on export to Malawi
49745 (MSN 15561/27006) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Dec44, no card. "CE-745" ATC. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
"0-49745" OK US ANG Sep72. N94470 US Gen. Svces Admin R22Jan74. OK US State Univ, Stillwater, OK US LJan74
R12Aug80. Aircraft & Engine Enterprises, Moore, OK US. HK-2581X. W/O at La Montanito 10Nov99.
49746 (MSN 15562/27007) to USAAF 29Dec44. USA ATC Ferry Cd 04Jan45. Atlantic Wing ATC. WFS 08Sep48
49747 (MSN 15563/27008) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50837 Jan 1945
49748 (MSN 15564/27009) to USAAF 23Dec44. India China Wing ATC 19Jan45. Chungking. COAA 31Jan46
49749 (MSN 15565/27010) to USAAF 30Dec44. India China Wing ATC 26Jan45. Shanghai 01Jan48. Japan
Converted to C-47D 16Mar48. WFS 20Sep49
49750 (MSN 15566/27011) to USAAF 28Dec44. India China Wing ATC 27Jan45. Damaged Feb 1, 1945 Barrackpore, India
(taxi accident). Atlantic Wing ATC Azores 01Jan48. Converted to C-47D 04Feb48. Japan 13Aug50. WFS 14Aug50
49751 (MSN 15567/27012) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Dec44. no card. US? USAF. Converted to C-47D
W/o in ground loop accident at Kimpo AB, South Korea Apr 12, 1951.
49752 (MSN 15568/27013) to USAAF 31Dec44. India China Wing ATC 24Jan45. Damaged in crash landing at Luliang,
China Jul 19, 1945, condemned Jul 19, 1945.
49753 (MSN 15569/27014) to USAAF Dec 29, 1944. To Philippine AF Sep 1, 1946
49754 (MSN 15570/27015) to USAAF 29Dec44 5th AF 11Feb45. W/o Oct 13, 1945 Missing between Okinawa & Laoag, Philippines.
6 lost
49755 (MSN 15571/27016) to USAAF 30Dec44. 5th AF 374th TCG 21st TCS 14Feb45, flown with Australian radio c/s VHCDE
FLC 30Nov46. "VHCDE" ADAT/ANA 30Jan46. Returned to USAAF 1946. PI-C95 Philippine Airlines.
RP-C95 G Puyat & Sons R 1973. Village Airways Jun78 Manila 1981
49756 (MSN 15572/27017) to USAAF 30Dec44. 5th AF 11Feb45. To Philippine AF PI-C95 Mar 25, 1946l
49757 (MSN 15573/27018) to USAAF 04Jan45. 5th AF 317th TCG 46th TCS as X98 17Feb45. Served as map mounting place for
Camalaniugan briefing 23Jun45. Landing accident Itazuke AB Japan Apr 2. 1947. To RFC Kingman AAF Kingman AZ US 13Jun47.
49758 (MSN 15574/27019) to USAAF 29Dec44. 5th AF 14Feb45. Clark Fld 01Jan4. Scrapped 16Sep48
49759 (MSN 15575/27020) to USAAF 29Dec44. 5th AF 12Jan45. Tacloban 05Jul46. Manila. Salvaged 11Aug47. WFS 13Aug47
49760 (MSN 15576/27021) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Dec44. no card. USAF. To MASDC Jan 10, 1967
49761 (MSN 15577/27022) to USAAF 01Jan45. 5th AF 374th TCG 6th TCS 19Mar45. Salvaged 27Feb46
49762 (MSN 15578/27023) to USAAF 29Dec44. FEASC Depot No 3. To 5th AF 374th TCG 6th TCS 18Feb45. Lost Jun 18, 1945, SW Pacific.
MACR 14772. Wreck found on Mindanao, Philippines 8 crew lost
49763 (MSN 15579/27024) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945, to US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 50838 Jan 1945.
49764 (MSN 15580/27025) to USAAF Dec44. 5th AF? Jan45? no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Apr 26, 1951.
49765 (MSN 15581/27026) to USAAF 03Jan45. FEASC Depot No 3. To 5th AF 374th TCG 6th TCS 17Feb45. Manila 27Jul45
FLC 30Nov46. PI-C94 Philippine Airlines. N94598 Wold Agencies. CF-QBC Quebecair Inc, R27Oct55
Northern Wings Ltd, 22Sep71. Regionair 1981 Inc, Sept lies, Nov81. Transport Aerien Sept lies Jul82.
Tpt des Moms Avn.Oct82. Current 2011
49766 (MSN 15582/27027) to USAAF 30Dec44. 5th AF 317th TCG 41st TCS as X53 12Feb45. Tacloban Japan 24Oct46
Converted to AC-47D. WFS 18Apr47
49767 (MSN 15583/27028) to USAAF 30Dec44. 5th AF 11Feb45. WFS 17Apr50. To N90908. To PP-YQJ
To Argentine AF as AE-10T, later T-28 Sep 20, 1960 and TC-28 Sep 1964.
49768 (MSN 15584/27029) to USAAF 06Jan45. With 13th AF, 403rd Troop Carrier Group, 13th Troop Carrier Squadron) disappeared
on flight near Zamboanga, Philippines Nov 6, 1945. Crashed and burned on a mountain peak
at Sindangan, Mindanao. All 5 onboard killed.
49769 (MSN 15585/27030) to USAAF 04Jan45. 5th AF 11Feb45. Japan. Salvaged 18Apr47
49770 (MSN 15586/27031) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
While attached to 1856 AACS at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma was damaged by taxiing
C-46D 44-78021. Converted to AC-47D. Named "Spooky 71" later to "Casper". Damaged in flight by mortar
round Feb 24, 1969. Medal of Honor awarded to John L. Levitow. To South Vietnam AF
49771 (MSN 15587/27032) to USAAF Jan45. no card. This plane spent some time in Jun 1945 in transport school in Brazil.
Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954. USE Copenhagen Apr 1967. Converted to EC-47Q. Crashed on landing Nov 21, 1972,
Naklon Phanom Airport, Thailand.
2 of 10 aboard killed.
49772 (MSN 15588/27033) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. To El Salvador AF as 104 Sep 1967
49773 (MSN 15589/27034) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. Reportedly w/o Aug 1, 1962
49774 (MSN 15590/27035) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D 1954. To EC-47B then to AC-47B.
To Spanish AF as T.3-17 Aug 14, 1957. WFS Jan 1980.
49775 (MSN 15591/27036) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 31Jan45. 8th AF 09Feb45. Returned to US 02Dec45
To Peruvian AF 05Jun46. PP-SPQ Vasp R08Nov46. Crashed at Sao Paulo, Brasil 08Sep51. Crashed into houses
shortly after taking off from Congonhas Airport. Failure of several instruments. All 13 onboard killed.
3 on ground killed.
49776 (MSN 15592/27037) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. AFCC converted to AC-47A to EC-47A 18Sep62
1853rd FLH Flight, Chanute AFB, IL. 03-JAN-1963. To MASDC Dec 1969. To reclamation,
cannibalization, salvage, or survey Jun 30, 1970
49777 (MSN 15593/27038) to USAAF 01Jan45. 12th AF Jan45. 9th AF 01Apr46. Neth/Belgium. Salvaged 22Jan47
49778 (MSN 15594/27039) to USAAF Jan45 no card USAF to MASDC
49779 (MSN 15595/27040) to USAAF 01Jan45. 12th AF Jan45. 9th AF Sep46. Neth/Belgium. Bulgaria. Oberpfaff 01Jan48.
Surveyed 14Jun48
49780 (MSN 15596/27041) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF Korea 1954
49781 (MSN 15597/27042) to USAAF Jan45. 12th AF Feb45. Spent some time in Jun 1945 in transport school in Brazil.
Converted to C-47D 15Mar48. To French AF as AdlA 349781 15Jun50 (MDAP) IndoChina GT2/64 15Jun50
GTl/64 Aug54. ELA 52 "FSCKM" Aug56. Returned to USAAF 23May57. To Thai AF 1959. May have been the plane w/o at
Ubon Ratchathani Sep 3, 1964.
49782 (MSN 15598/27043) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. W/o Nov 5, 1953 crash 2 miles N of Calhan, CO
49783 (MSN 15599/27044) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. Damaged Feb 11, 1951 Love Fd, Dallas, TX (landing).
Converted to EC-47P. 361 TEWS. Served with Vietnam AF
49784 (MSN 15600/27045) to USAAF Jan45 no card USAF converted to SC-47D "0-49784" 61 ARS Stead AFB, NV US converted to SC-47B. During routine wing inspection
at OGMA, Portugal late 1963, extensive corrosion found,
aircraft returned to RAF Mildenhall and SOC for reclamation
Jan 15, 1964. After removal of useful parts, aircraft was
dumped on airfield until destroyed for fire practice during
Oct 1964.
49785 (MSN 15601/27046) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. To Ecuadorian AF as HC-AUP. WFS Guayaquil May82
49786 (MSN 15602/27047) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. AFCS. Converted to C-47D "0-49786"
Stored Davis Monthan 11Apr67 to Mar83. To civil registry as N376AS, ZS-OBU, 5Y-BNK, ZS-OBU, then unknown
5Y registration, then N376AS, and reverted to ZS-OBU. Converted to DC-3C-TP and active as N500MF. Current 2011.
49787 (MSN 15603/27048) to USAAF 03Jan45. 12th AF Italy 03Feb45. FLC 07Jun46. To Aerea Teseo of Florence, Italy as I-BOLO Jan 30, 1947.
Egypt Dec 1, 1948.
49788 (MSN 15604/27049) to USAAF 04Jan45. 12th AF Italy 27Jan45. Crashed into mountain Dutch New Guinea May 13, 1945.
20 of 23 onboard killed.
49789 (MSN 15605/27050) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. To Ecuadorian AF as HC-AUS in 1971. WFS 1982.
49790 (MSN 15606/27051) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45. US? no card. USAF. Stored Davis Monthan.
To Taxi Aereo el Llanero (TAL) Feb 2, 1972 as HK-1333. Landed in unpepared field after engine fire afer takeoff
from Cali-Alfonso B Aragon Airport Colombia 23Feb74
as HK-1333. W/o Feb 23, 1974 when landed in unprepared field after
engine problems with fire after takeoff from Cali-Alfonso B.
Aragon Airport, Colombia.
49791 (MSN 15607/27052) to USAAF 03Jan45. 12th AF Italy 29Jan45. W/o Dec 14, 1945 at Heraklion Field, Crete
49792 (MSN 15608/27053) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. Damaged Jan 26, 1950 Itazuke AFB, Japan (taxi accident).
W/o Feb 26, 1957 in mid-air with unknown F-100 over Fukuoka City, Japan. F-100 landed ok, C-47 crew of 3 killed.
49793 (MSN 15609/27054) to USAAF 02Jan45. India China Wing ATC 29Jan45. Chungking. COAA 31Jan45
Damaged in ground accident at Cheng Kun, China Aug 30, 1945. To Chinese National AF AF as 49793 Mar73
49794 (MSN 15610/27055) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To USSR Jan 31, 1945.
49795 (MSN 15611/27056) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To USSR Feb 2, 1945.
49796 (MSN 15612/27057) to USAAF Jan 4, 1945. To USSR Jan 25, 1945.
49797 (MSN 15613/27058) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To USSR Feb 4, 1945.
49798 (MSN 15614/27059) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945. To USSR Feb 4, 1945.
49799 (MSN 15615/27060) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To USSR Feb 1, 1945. W/o Dec 9, 1947 in crash 30 mi SE of Izmir, Turkey.
49800 (MSN 15616/27061) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To USSR Jan 31, 1945.
49801 (MSN 15617/27062) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To USSR Feb 12, 1945.
49802 (MSN 15618/27063) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 31Jan45. 8th AF 11Feb45. South Atlantic Wing ATC 01Dec45.
Returned to US 14Dec45. To RFC 31Dec46. PP-SPP VASP R02Aug46. Crashed at Londrina, Brasil 14Sep69.
Fifteen minutes after leaving Londina, the port engine was feathered and aircraft returned to Londrina.
The plane crashed while attempting a go-around after a failed landing attempt. The only survivor out of 21
onboard was a crew member thrown clear of the accident.
49803 (MSN 15619/27064) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To USSR Feb 2, 1945.
49804 (MSN 15620/27065) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To USSR Feb 2, 1945.
49805 (MSN 15621/27066) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN202 via RAF Nassau Jan 5, 1945.
ACSEA Mar 29, 1945. 194 Sqdn RAF. Missing between Meiktila and Payegyi, Burma during supply drop mission May 3, 1945.
49806 (MSN 15622/27067) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN203 via RAF Nassau Jan 12, 1945.
ACSEA 01Mar46. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. Crashed on overshoot at Mingaladon, Burma Feb 28, 1947
49807 (MSN 15623/27068) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN204 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 15Feb45. 52 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. DBR when swung off runway at Mingaladon, Burma Nov 4, 1945
when undercarriage leg collapsed during takeoff.
49808 (MSN 15624/27069) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK 20Jan45. US. Converted to TC-47D 28Apr47 -converted to C-47D 27Oct47
Converted to TC-47D again 01Jan48. To Inst A/f 09Oct50. To civil registry as N4893V. Later to Transportes Aereos
Nacional (Nacional) originally as PP-AOC (NTU), later PP-AKC. To
Aerovias Brazil (REAL Transportes Aereos) as PP-AKC. To Brazilian
AF as FAB 2071. To Conagra as PT-KVJ. WFU in
1963, ultimate fate uncertain.
49809 (MSN 15625/27070) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN205 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA Mar 1, 1945. 31 Sqdn RAF. 267 Sqdn RAF. Destroyed by fire after forced landing near Saigon,
Vietnam Feb 11, 1946 when propeller ran away on takeoff.
49810 (MSN 15626/26071) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN206 via RAF Nassau Jan 12, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 15, 1945. 31 Sqdn RAF. SOC Jul 21, 1946
49811 (MSN 15627/26072) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN207 via RAF Nassau Jan 14, 1945.
ACSEA 04Mar45. 238 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. 267 Sqn RAF. RAF India 29Aug46. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947.
49812 (MSN 15628/26073) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN208 via RAF Nassau Jan 16, 1945.
ACSEA 21Feb45. 238 Sqn RAF. 267 Sqn RAF. 435 Sqn RAF. 436 Sqn RAF. Crashed during
attempted forced landing 2 mi S of Leikthe, Burma while lost in
cloudy conditions during supply drop mission Jul 7, 1945.
49813 (MSN 15629/27074) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN209 via RAF Nassau Jsn 17, 1945.
ACSEA 01Mar45. 215 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 07Jul47. 117 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF 117 Sqn RAF.
48 Sqn RAF (ACM Cunningham). Med ME 22Dec48. SOC Sep 5, 1950.
To CF-GBJ Babb (Canada) Ltd for ferry ex Cairo 18Dec51. To RCAF as 10917 14Jun52.
Reserialled as 12970 Jun70. CF-BKZ Bot Construction Ltd, Oakville, Ontario 25Jul72. Superior NW Ltd,
Thunder Bay 27Oct72. Ontario Central Airlines. WFS Jun74.
49814 (MSN 15630/27025) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45. US? no card. USAF
49815 (MSN 15631/27076) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN210 via RAF Nassau Jan 17, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 26, 1945. 238 Sqdn RAF. 436 Sqdn RAF. DBR when overshot
landing on wet runway and undercarriage collapsed, Mingaladon, Burma Aug 11, 1945.
49816 (MSN 15632/27077) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN211 via RAF Nassau Jan 14, 1945.
ACSEA 06Mar45 31 Sqn RAF 52 Sqn RAF 117 Sqn RAF 267 Sqn RAF 22 MU RAF 25Aug47. Returned to
USAAF Oct 31, 1947. To French AF as AdlA 349816 20Apr49. GT3/61 20Apr49. GTlI64 "FRBDS"
GTl/64 May54. GT2/61 "FRAOF" May55. GTll 62 Jun55. GLA 49 Feb56. GT3/62 "FRASI" Sep57.
GSRA 76 "FSEYE" Oct58. BA 709 Mar62. GAM 50 May62. Vientiane Apr68. B/U Dec69
49817 (MSN 15633/27078) to USAAF Jan 2, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN212 via RAF Nassau Jan 11, 1945.
ACSEA 26Jan45. ACFE 1946. 31 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF 02Feb49. 110 Sqn RAF 08Oct51. 12 MU RAF 14Jan52.
Sold Apr 24, 1953, registered G-AMZF with Transair Ltd same day. To RAF as XF748 1954 for troop
contracts 1954. Alares Devels, tla Jersey Airlines 27May60. BU (CI) NW 01Aug63
Registration cancelled Jun 1, 1966 n sale as CF-RTY. Coast NW D01Jan66 Eastern Prov Airways
Ltd R30Jun66 J Solman, Malton 1976. 8P-CAW Tropical Air Svces, Seawell Dec76.
Stored Opa Locka, FL US Apr80. C-GCUW Air Ranger Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1981
WFU at Winnipeg due to corrosion and legal problems.
49818 (MSN 15634/27079) to USAAF Jan 3, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN213 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 29Mar45. 436 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. ACSEA 27Jun46. 33 MU RAF 28Aug47. Returned to USAAF
Nov 12, 1947. To PH-TFC Aero Holland R16Dec48. N94531 Mallard Air Svces D Feb51. N1C Sears Roebuck &CO
US Nov53. Wm F Bottoms, Richmond, CA US Nov69. N423MB R27Jan70. American Air Museum, Oakland, CA US.
US Horton Equipment, Newark, CA US Dec78. HK-2497 Lineas Aereas Perez. Dbr 05Mar81 near
Anapoirna, Cundinamarca, Colombia Aug80
49819 (MSN 15635/27080) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN214 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 14Mar45. 238 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF 12Aug47. To MAAG May 10, 1951.
Registered G-AMJX BEA "Reginald Mitchell" Jun 2, 1951. Cambrian Airways Ltd L Mar59 B22Jun60. To
Moroccan AF as 49819/CN-ALJ Aug 1963. N54602 Euroworld California Inc, CA US R07Apr78 Dl7Ju178
Exeter D Feb80 USA. Visionair Inti Inc, Miami, FL US R Sep80. current 2011 Reported at Empire
State Aerosciences Museum, Scotia NY painted as 316250.
49820 (MSN 15636/27081) delivered to USAAF 5Jan45; delivered to RAF 20Jan45 as Dakota IV, serial KN215;
Nassau, Bahamas; Air Command, South East Asia 29Mar45; Air Command, Far East Asia 1946;
No.12 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 5May47; No.1 Parachute Training School,
RAF Ringway, Manchester 7Oct47; Mediterranean and Middle East, 31Mar49; Aden Communications
Flight 25Aug49; No.8 Maintenance Unit, RAF Little Rissington 30Oct50; Military Assistance
Advisory Group 22May53; US AF Europe; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko Ratno
Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 6Jan54 as 7314, later as 71205
49821 (MSN 15637/27082) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN216 via RAF Nassau Jan 17, 1945.
ACSEA 26Feb45 436 Sqn RAF 194 Sqn RAF RAF India 1946 . Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947. To AP-ACY wit Orient airways registered Oct 7, 1948. To N4044A widh Lund Aviation, Inc
delivered Jul 27, 1957. To Armee de l'Air as 49821 Feb 18, 1958, GAM 50 "FSCIG" Aug58.
GTLA 2/60 Jan65 Laos. B/U 12Jun68. To XW-TDL Lao Air Charter
49822 (MSN 15638/27083) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN217 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA Mar 29, 1945. 18 Sqdn RAF. SOC Jun 26, 1945.
49823 (MSN 15639/27084) to USAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN218 via RAF Nassau Jan 15, 1945.
ACSEA Mar 29, 1945. 216 Sqdn RAF. 117 Sqdn RAF. Broke up in air
during supply drop mission over Burma Jun 26, 1945 when control
was lost in cloud following engine failure.
49824 (MSN 15640/27085) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN219 via RAF Nassasu Jan 14, 1945.
ACSEA 21Jun45. 52 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 13Jul47. SAL 12Sep47 to Belgian AF as FABe K-24 23Feb49
18Sep52 to French AF as AdlA 349824 09Oct52 GTI 64 "FRBDL" Jul54 GT4/61 Nov55 CIET 340 Oct56
GT3/62 Nov56 GTlI64 Oct57 GSRA 78 "FUIHH" Feb60 GAM 50 Sep63 424 Aeronavale "FYDQS" 06Sep71
to N70BF 04Nov85. Modified as DC365TP (turboprop). To N887AM Feb88. To N1456JR Sep88.
To 5Y-RDS Jul95 WFS in Kenya
49825 (MSN 15641/27086) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN220 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 27, 1945. 436 Sqdn RAF. Wrecked when struck while parked by C-46, Chittagong, India Mar 19, 1945.
49826 (MSN 15642/27087) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 09Jan45. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47B. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
Stored Davis Monthan Sep67.
49827 (MSN 15643/27088) to USAF Jan 9, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN221 via RAF Nassau Jan 22, 1945.
ACSEA 10Mar45. 31 Sqn RAF. 117 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF. DBR by typhoon
at Kai Tak, Hong Kong Jul 18, 1946
49828 (MSN 15644/27089) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN222 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 29Mar45. 436 Sqn RAF. 215 Sqn RAF. 3 PTS RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947 then to Belgian AF as K25 (call sign OT-CWK), then back to USAF.
49829 (MSN 15645/27090) to USAAF Jan 5, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN223 via RAF Nassau Jan 16, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 19, 1945. 31 Sqdn RAF. DBR when tipped up after tire burst on landing, Hathazari, India
Apr 16, 1945. To Pakistan AF. To N4045A
49830 (MSN 15646/27091) to USAAF Jan 8, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN224 via RAF Nassau Jan 17, 1945.
ACSEA Mar 29, 1945. . SOC Aug 30, 1946. To Pakistan AF.
49831 (MSN 15647/27092) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN225 via RAF Nassau Jan 20, 1945.
ACSEA 01Feb45. 436 Sqn RAF. RAF India. 1334 TSCU RAF Baroda. 267 Sqn RAF. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947.
49832 (MSN 15648/27093) completed as TC-47B-20-DK to USAAF Jan 1945.
49833 (MSN 15649/27094) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as KN226 via RAF Nassau Jan 16, 1945.
ACSEA Feb 28, 1945. 31 Sqdn RAF. W/o in landing accident at Semarang AP, Indonesia Jun 20, 1946
49834 (MSN 15650/27095) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in India as KN227 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
48 Sqn RAF. RAF India 29Aug46. 12 MU RAF 10Jul47. SOC Cat E 07Oct48. B/U
49835 (MSN 15651/27096) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. To RAF in India as KN228 via RAF Nassau Jan 20, 1945.
9 Ferry Unit ACSEA 04Mar45. Crashed 6m NE of Barrackpore, India 20Mar45
49836 (MSN 15652/27097) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To RAF in India as KN229 via RAF Nassau Jan 29, 1945.
RAF UK 04Mar45. 194 Sqn RAF. W/o in landing accident at Victoria Point, Burma Feb 12, 1946
49837 (MSN 15653/27098) to USAAF Jan 9, 1945. To RAF in India as KN230 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 28Feb45 267 Sqn RAF 10 Sqn RAF RAF India 27Feb47 To FLC 27Nov47. To NC4724V,
to YV-C-ARC RANSA. To PP-ASN Sadoa SA Tptes Aereos B Oct56 R23Apr57, to
PP-AYC Ponzoni Brandalise SA R21Jun57 Perdigao Industria e Comercia SA Aug61
To government of Brazil as PP-ENB, to Brazilian AF as FAB 2090.
To Paraguayan AF as FAP 2032. Now derelict at Asuncion-Presidente
Stroessner, Paraguay.
49838 (MSN 15654/27099) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in India as KN231 via RAF Nassau Jan 18, 1945.
ACSEA 06Mar45. 31 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 353 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 27Nov51.
Registered G-AMXW May 29, 1953. Registration cancelled Jul 1, 1953 on sale
to Sudan Airways as SN-AAH. Reregistered ST-AAH, then to Sudan AF as 424.
Reported 2005 at Caesar's Palace Casino, Johannesburg, South Africa painted
as SAAF 6805 and/or ZS-BMF.
49839 (MSN 15655/27100) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RAF in UK as KN232 via RAF Montreal Jan 18, 1945.
RAF UK 07Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. SOC 08Nov45
49840 (MSN 15656/27101) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in India as KN233 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45 ACSEA 26Apr45 238 Sqn RAF. Hit by KK179 Cox's Bazaar, Bengal 09May45
49841 (MSN 15657/27102) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as KN234 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 13Feb45. 525 Sqn RAF 03Aug46. 238 Sqn RAF. SOC 15Sep49
49842 (MSN 15658/27103) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as KN235 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 13Feb45. ACSEA 13Sep45. 22 MU RAF 12Dec47. 10 Sqn RAF Oakington RAF TC 06Apr49.
12 MU RAF 02Sep49. SOC spares 28Jul50
49843 (MSN 15659/27104) to USAAF Jan 6, 1945. To RAF in UK as KN236 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 3 Paratroop
Training School. To Indian AF. Crashed into valley at 10,000 feet 38 mi N of Chitral, India
Oct 17, 1946. 11 killed.
49844 (MSN 15660)27105) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as KN237 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 06Feb45. ACSEA. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF. 76 Sqn RAF.
12 MU RAF 03Jul47. SOC 07Oct48
49845 (MSN 15661/27106) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Jan 1945. To MASDC Jan 7, 1971.
49846 (MSN 15662/27107) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN238 via RAF Montreal Jan 14, 1945.
525 Sqn RAF 24Feb45. 46 Sqn RAF 01Mar46. 53 Sqn RAF "MODBA" Oakington RAF. 30 Sqn RAF.
DBR when swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed, Berlin/Gatow Aug 1, 1948
49847 (MSN 15663/27108) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN239 via RAF Montreal Jan 14, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 31 Sqn RAF. RAF India 29Aug46.
Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947. To India and Pakistan as H-718 in 1947. To England and
Field Aircraft Services (Hunting Aviation) as G-ANMB. After another period of about
a year flying for Aigle-Azur Indochine as F-BGSM the aircraft came to Deutches Lufthansa
as D-CADE and later Bavaria Flug-dienst with the same registration. Transair of Sweden
leased the aircraft between March and December 1961. After returning to Bavaria the
aircraft ended in the South Arabian AF in 1967 as G-41-2-67 and later
on South Yemen Peoples Republic AF as 202. Recent report that this plane is
at Auto and Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany
49848 (MSN 15664/27109) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF as Dakota IV KN240 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
300 Wg RAF 01Mar45. 243 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. ACSEA Singapore 28Feb46. 52 Sqn RAF.
SF Changi RAF 13Aug49. 110 Sqn RAF 23May50. Ditched in South China Sea 80
mi NE of Kuantan, Malaya Aug 30, 1950.
49849 (MSN 15665/27110) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN241 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
RAF UK 22Apr45 435 Sqn RAF. 436 Sqn RAF 16Sep45. 525 Sqn RAF. 46 Sqn RAF 28Apr46. 27 Sqn RAF
22 MU RAF 21Apr48. 12 MU RAF 28Apr49. Sold To Lamberts Trust Apr 10, 1953.
To civil registry as G-AMZH with Mrs E. L. Niarchos (Dakota 5) Mayu 2, 1953. Operated by
Stavros Niarcos by TransAir between 1947 and 1960 until TransAir was acquired
by Air Work and merged into BUA. In 1965, bought by TAA and registered as VH-SBW. Reregistered P2-SBW.
Registered as P2-ANQ in 1976. Reported 2005 in Air Niugini Collection, Jackson AP, Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea.
49850 (MSN 15666/27111) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN242 via RAF Montreal Jan 17, 1945.
RAF UK 22Feb45. ACSEA 21Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. 233 Sqn RAF. SOC May 30, 1946.
49851 (MSN 15667/27112) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN243 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45. ACSEA 30Aug45. 238 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 78 Sqn RAF 29Jan48. 215 Sqn RAF.
SOC Jul 8, 1948
49852 (MSN 15668/27113) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan 11 1945. No card. USAF.
To FC-47D "Puff the Magic Dragon". 14 Speical Operations Wing. In 1987 preserved at Bishops Museum,
Honolulu, HI although nominally on charge of USAF
49853 (MSN 15669/27114) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN244 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 01Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 48 Sqn RAF. Returned to USAAF
Nov 27, 1947. To H-710 Pakistan AF, sold as AP-ACD to Pakair in 1948. To G-ANLM Field Aircraft
Svces R11Jan54 F-OAQD Aigle Azur Indochine D23Mar54. To French AF as AdlA 49853 16Dec55
GT3/52 "FRASG" Jul56. GSRA 78 Oct58. CEV Sep61. CIET 340 Nov61. BA 709 Sep64.
BA 702 "FTEFF" Feb65. CIET 340. B/U Dec69 Chateaudun
49854 (MSN 15670/27115) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN245 via RAF Montreal Jan 13, 1945.
RAF UK 01Feb45. ACSEA 16Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 233 Sqn RAF. Med ME RAF. 62 Sqn RAF 26Apr46.
SF Kasfareet RAF. Stored Kasfareet. Returned to USAAF May 29, 1947. To Iranian Airlines as EP-ACI.
W/o Dec 26, 1948 when destroyed by fire at Birjand Airport, Iran
49855 (MSN 15671/27116) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN246 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
RAF UK 21Jan45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 194 Sqn RAF. Wrecked when swung
on takeoff and struck parked Spitfires, Mingaladon, Burma Oct 16, 1945
49856 (MSN 15672/27117) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN247 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
RAF UK 07Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 300 Wg RAF 19Jul45. ACSEA 30May46. 238 Sqn RAF. 243 Sqn RAF.
96 Sqn RAF. 110 Sqn RAF. DBR by typhoon, Kai Tak Jul 18, 1946.
49857 (MSN 15673/27118) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN248 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
ACSEA 26Apr45. 117 Sqn RAF. 238 Sqn RAF. 117 Sqn RAF. Destroyed by fire
when belly landed 100 mi E of Saigon after both engines failed Nov 1, 1945.
49858 (MSN 15674/27119) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RAF in India as Dakota IV KN249 via RAF Montreal Jan 16, 1945.
ACSEA. 215 Sqdn Apr 21, 1945. Belly landed 2 mi NE of Basal after engine failed on takeoff Aug 16, 1945.
49859 (MSN 15675/27120) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954. Converted to AC-47D. To South Vietnam AF.
Shot down near Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam Feb 14, 1968. 8 KIA.
49860 (MSN 15676/27121) to USAAF Jan 10, 1945. To RAF as Dakota IV KN250 via RAF Montreal Mar 3, 1945.
300 Wg RAF. RAF UK 11Apr46. 525 Sqn RAF 13Jun46. 238 Sqn RAF 22Jul47. 1 PTS RAF 05Nov47.
Honington RAF. 1 PTS RAF. 27 Sqn RAF 02Feb50. Crash landed 4 mi
NNE of Basal after engine failed on takeoff Aug 16, 1945. Repaired as G-APBC Transair Ltd registered 25Apr57
Derby Aviation Ltd "Derwent Dale" registered 02May58. BMA 01Oct64 South West AviationCO US Ltd R01May68
Morton Air Svces LSep68 Air Freight Ltd, Lydd R27Mar73 Skyways Cargo Airlines R12May75
Pan Universal Aircraft Svces CI Ltd Jun81. Missionary Flights Inti, W Palm Beach, FL US D11Oct81
Registered N26932 Nov81. Reregistered N300MF Apr83 Missionary Flights & Svces Inc Jul83. current 2011
49861 (MSN 15677/27122) to USAAF Jan 23, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN251 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
RAF UK Jan 31, 1945. MAAF Mar 22, 1945. 238 Sqdn RAF. Abandoned takeoff and belly landed,
Castel Benito, Italy Feb 17, 1945
49862 (MSN 15678/27123) to USAAF 12Jan45. 14th AF 3rd CCG 9th CCS 11Feb45. Salvaged 08Feb45
49863 (MSN 15679/27124) to USAAF 10Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 01Feb45. Chungking. To China 09Dec45
49864 (MSN 15680/27125) to USAAF 16Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC 19Feb45. Chungking. WFS 01Aug46
49865 (MSN 15681/27126) to USAAF Jan45. 14th AF or India China Wing ATC ? no card. USAF "0-349865". Converted to EC-47N
Converted to EC-47P. To MAP Nov 9, 1972. To South Vietnam AF. To Thai AF as 865
49866 (MSN 15682/27127) to USAAF 12Jan45. To RAAF as A65-69. 3 AD 19Feb45.
37 Sqn RAAF coded OM-Z VH-CUZ 23Feb45. 38 Sqn RAAF 20Dec45. DAP RAAF 10Apr47.
1 AD RAAF 29Sep47. 86 Wing RAAF 31Oct47. DAP RAAF 08Sep50. 86 Wing RAAF 08Feb51.
Base Flight Darwin 22Feb51. DAP RAAF 13Sep54. 1 AD RAAF 21Feb55.
34 Sqn RAAF 07Apr55. WRE 's Courier Service Edinburgh 29Sep55. 86 Wing RAAF 17Jan56.
ADRU 13Jan58 Base Flight. Fire damage Jan 16, 1959 at ARDU due to nacelle fire. Repaired
Darwin 16Aug61. ARW Parafield 02Sep64. Base Flight Darwin 07Oct65.
2 Sqn RAAF Butterworth 26Nov65. Flown to RAF Gatow, Berlin 18/6/80, for which
purpose it had to adopt RAF colours and was
given serial ZD215, since at that time only aircraft of the four 'occupying
powers' (USA, Britain, France and the Soviet Union) were allowed to fly into
West Berlin. Once there, it reverted to RAAF colours and by 1988 was
displayed at Berlin Airlift Museum at RAF Gatow as an 'airlift memorial'
49867 (MSN 15683/27128) to USAAF 10Jan45. To RAAF as A65-82 13Mar45. 3 AD 13Mar45. 37 Sqn RAAF VH-CIY 20Mar45.
SHQ Flight Pearce 29Apr46. SHQ Flight Pearce Storage 05Aug46. 86 Wing RAAF 19May47. DAP RAAF 15Nov47.
86 Wing RAAF 31Mar48. 86 Wing RAAF storage 14Jul49. DAP RAAF storage 05Aug49. Modified as DDT sprayer 05Oct49.
86 Wing RAAF 03Mar50. DAP RAAF 28Nov52. 1 AD RAAF 05Jun53. 86 Wing RAAF 06Aug53. Hit a refuelling tanker at Griffith
NSW Australia 02Dec53. DAP RAAF 17Dec54. 1 AD RAAF 17Aug55. 86 Wing RAAF 31Aug55. DAP RAAF 25Oct57.
82 Bomber Wing 17May58. 2 Sqn RAAF 17Jun58. ARW Parafield 03Mar61. 1 AFTS Parafield 29Sep61. ARW Parafield 16Jul64.
1 AFTS Parafield 05May65. Lavert 10Feb70. HDH RAAF Bankstown 30Jan73. Conversion to navigator trainer. To Indonesia
TNI-AU 14 Sqn TNI-AU AURI as P504 02Sep70.
49868 (MSN 15684/27129) to USAAF 12Jan45. To RAAF as A65-70 19Feb45. 3 AD 19Feb45.
37 Sqn RAAF coded OM-M VH-CIM 23Feb45. Collided on tarmac in turning with C-47 KK149 VM-YAL of 243 Sqn RAF 03Jun45.
4 AD 08Jun45. 37 Sqn RAAF 09Jun45. 2 AD RAAF 24Sep46. 37 Sqn RAAF 26Sep46. DAP RAAF 20Mar47.
1 AD RAAF 07Aug47. 86 Wing RAAF 18Aug47. Force landed Burke NSW Australia 25Jan49.
DAP RAAF 10Nov49. 86 Wing RAAF 04May50. 38 Sqn RAAF 90 Wing RAAF 07Jul50.
86 Wing RAAF 01Apr51. DAP RAAF 08May51. 86 Wing RAAF 17Sep51. 91 Wing RAAF 24Aug51. 86 Wing RAAF 26Aug52.
DAP RAAF 10Sep52. 86 Wing RAAF 19Feb53. 1 AD RAAF 13May54. 86 Wing RAAF 07Jul55. DAP RAAF 07Jun56.
86 Wing RAAF 29Mar57. DAP RAAF 07Sep59. 10 Sqn MR RAAF 05Aug60, ARW RAAF 17May63. 86 Wing RAAF 08Oct63.
2 Sqn RAF Malaysia 15May64. ARW RAAF 26Nov65. 2 ATU RAAF 31Jul66. ARW 04Oct67.
To Stanair Corp as N16892 06Aug68. To Sempati Air Transport as PK-JDC 18Jul69, NTU. To PK-JDE 01Aug69
To Colgair Inc as N16892 04Aug69. To Safari Air as PK-JDE 05Sep69. To Trans Nusantara Airways as PK-EHC 06Jul70.
Crashed 22Jan73 landing at Pontianak, Borneo, destroyed by fire.
49869 (MSN 15685/27130) to USAAF 11Jan45. To RAAF as A65-68 23Jan45. 3 AD 23Jan45.
38 Sqn RAAF VH-CUY 05Feb45. Force landed engine falure Roma 06Mar46 pilot and crew with 26 passengers uninjured.
3 AD 04Apr46. DAP RAAF 86 Wing RAAF 90 Wing Iwakuni Oct51. ARDU RAAF Base Flight Darwin 1973.
To Papua New Guinea Defense Force Jan 1976 as P65-004, later P2-004 23Sep93. To P Starr Newcastle as VH-ATO 1994
Dakota National Air, Bankstown NSW Australia as VH-DNA 19May94. WFS Larras Lee NSW Australia Dec09
49870 (MSN 15686/27131) to USAAF 12Jan45. To RAAF as A65-71 19Feb45. 3 AD 19Feb45. 37 Sqn RAAF coded OM-N VH-CIN 28Feb45.
Parried Prime Minister Curtin's body from Canberra to Perth for funeral 1945. DAP RAAF 06Aug46. 1 AD RAAF 19Jan47.
38 Sqn RAAF 19Jan47. AD 06Jun47. 86 Wing RAAF 03Jul47. DAP RAAF 22Jan48. 86 Wing RAAF 06May48.
DAP RAAF 08Sep49.
86 Wing RAAF 04Aug50. 90 Wing 02Feb51. 86 Wing RAAF 04Nov51. DAP RAAF 28Nov51. 90 Wing 20May52.
86 Wing RAAF 05Dec52 . 2 AD RAAF 17Aug53. 86 Wing RAAF 29Aug53. 2 AD RAAF 26Mar54. East Sale 10Jun55.
86 Wing RAAF 27Mar56. Damaged when struck mast of SS Hexam Bank near Newcastle 15May56. 2 AD RAAF 28Aug56.
DAP RAAF 21Jan57. 1 AD RAAF 03Aug57. 86 Wing RAAF 05Aug57. 2 AD RAAF 02Feb62. 86 Wing 14Feb62 A RW 04Sep62.
86 Wing RAAF 29Mar63. 2 Sqn RAAF Malaysia 01Jul63. ARW RAAF 12Sep65. 2 AD RAAF 21Jan67. 10 MR Sqn RAAF 28Jun67.
Butterworth STF RAAF 05Mar68. Fairbain AFB 26Jun80. WFS Oct81. Flown by RAAF on behalf of the
Australian War Memorial. Retired Aug97 stored at Treloar Centre .
49871 (MSN 15687/27132) to USAAF 10Jan45. Was to have gone to RAAF as A65-72A Jan 1945. Lost on
delivery when ditched in Pacific on route to Honolulu Jan 18, 1945.
49872 (MSN 15688/27133) to USAAF 12Jan45. to RCAF as Dakota IV 963 17Jan45. ANS RCAF Winnipeg, Manitoba Rockliffe 17Jan45
Tpt Cmd VCCBM 1952. Reserialed 12950. To Indian AF as BJ912 12Mar63.
49873 (MSN 15689/27134) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 31Jan45. 8th AF 11Feb45. Returned to US 25Nov45. Canal Zone. FLC 05Feb46
49874 (MSN 15690/27135) to USAAF 11Jan45l to RCAF as Dakota IV 984 Jan 20, 1945. Rockliffe Jan 200, 1945
W/o St. Hubert, PQ Jul 28, 1952. To instrument airframe 507.
49875 (MSN 15691/27136) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) reg 349875 Mar 7, 1945.
GT2/15 Mar 7, 1945. GT/64, for service in French Indo China Jul 5, 1947. .
Written off Jul 5, 1947 (DBR) in a crash at Saigon, French Indo China.
49876 (MSN 15692/27137) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. Lend-Lease to French AF Mar 7, 1945 as 349876
GT2/15 07Mar45. GT2/61 "FRAOE" Apr46. GT2/64 "FRBFO" 1951. CIET 340 Jan56. BE 702 Apr58. GLA 45 "FSCDG" Aug59
GSRA 78 May61. EC 57 Aug61. GLA 49 "FSCHY" Sep62. 4X-FN. To Israeli AF as 022/4X-FNQ Mar 8, 1967.
Registered N472DK May 5, 2003 to JAAT LLC of Wilmington, Delaware. Converted to AC-47T by Basler and
delivered to Colombian AF as 1683.
49877 (MSN 15693/27138) to USAAF Jan45. 12th AF Italy 01Feb45. Returned to US 15Sep45. To RFC 22Feb46
To Carmas Supply Corp as NC28802 05Apr49 to SA Empresa DE US Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (Varig) as PP-VBO Jun49
WFS 1960. Broken up in 1970.
49878 (MSN 15694/27139) to USAAF 12Jan45. To French AF as AdlA 349878 11Feb45. GT2/l5 May45. GTl/61 "FRAMY" Mar48
"FRAMF" to Jun51. WFU 1954
49879 (MSN 15695/27140) delivered to USAAF 11Jan45; to French AF / Armée de l'Air 10Feb45
as 43-49879; Groupe de Transport 2/15, Lyon, France May45; Groupe de Transport I/61 “Touraine”
1951, radio call sign FRAMD; Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340,
Toulouse/Francazal Mar55; Groupe de Transport 4/61 Jan56; Centre d'Instruction des
Equipages de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal Mar56; Groupe de Transport 3/62 “Sahara” Apr57,
radio call sign FRASR; Avord, France [BE702] Oct58; Groupe Saharien de Reconnaissance
et d’Appui 78, Colom-Bechar, Algeria Jan60, radio call sign FUIHA; Groupe de Liaison
Aérienne 45, Boufarik, Algiers, Algeria Feb63; Centre d'Instruction des Equipages
de Transport 340, Toulouse/Francazal Jan65 to Jan68, radio call sign FRAUH?;
Stored Châteaudun 1971; Registered F-BRGJ; Yugoslav AF / Jugoslovensko Ratno
Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 1971 as 71261
49881 (MSN 15697/27142) to USAAF 11Jan45. To French AF as AdlA 349881 11Feb45. GT2/15 May45 GTl/61 "FRAMO" 1951.
GT2/64 "FRBFU". GT1I61 "FRAMJ" 1954. GT1I62 May55. GT3/62 "FRASX" Apr56. GAM 50 Jan57. GT1/64 Jan59
GLA 49 "FSCHU" Oct59. Turbomeca Palas testbed. Air Afrique L Jan65. To Dahomey AF as TYAAC Dec61. WFU
49882 (MSN 15698/27143) To USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) reg 349882 Feb 11, 1945. GT2/15 May 1945,
for service in French Indo China. Written off Jan 19, 1947 (DBR) in a crash at Annam, French Indo China.
49883 (MSN 15699/27144) to USAAF 16Jan45. To RNZAF as NZ3531 Feb 19, 1945. BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai. To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
To storage 24 May 1946. SOC 31 May 1947. To NZNAC as ZK-AZA on 17 September 1951.
Converted to DC3-C at Palmerston North 11 August 1952.
Loaned to Fiji Airways as VQ-FAJ. Converted to DC3-C Skyliner "ROTORUA" at Christchurch 06 September 1963.
To NAC as ZK-AZA 06 September 1963. To Fiji Airways as VQ-FBF on 29 September 1967.
Upon Fiji indepencence, To Air Pacific as DQ-FBF on 31 July 1971.
Fijian registration cancelled 31 October 1972. Restored to NAC as ZK-AZA 14 December 1972.
Converted to topdresser at Christchurch 06 March 1973.
To James Aviation 01 December 1973. WFU 01 October 1979.
To Dwen Airmotive 17 July 1983. Registration cancelled 11 October 1983.
Broken up at Ardmore during November 1983 and parts sent to Cook Islands for use as a wind
machine in movie production "The Silent Ones"
Engines since removed and sold. Remains still current at Airtutaki
49884 (MSN 15700/27145) to USAAF Jan 12, 1945. To RNZAF as NZ3533 Feb 22, 1945. BOC No.1 ASU Hamilton.
To No.41 Squadron, Whenuapai. SOC Harewood 3 May 1947. To NZNAC as ZK-AOJ 20 June 1947.
Converted to DC3-C at Palmerston North 01 April 1947.
Converted to DC3-C Skyliner "WHANGAREI" at Christchurch 29 April 1964.
Leased Polynesian Airlines 02 October 1967. Returned NAC 21 April 1968.
To Lao Airlines as XW-TDI 28 October 1968.
Crashed and written off Ban Honeisai, Laos 30 June 1971.
49885 (MSN 15701/27146) to USAAF Jan 167, 1945. To RNZAF as NZ3532 Feb 22, 1945. BOC No.1 ASU Hamilton.
To No.41 Squadron, Whenuapai. First C-47 for 41 Squadron.
To Air Secretary, Air Department 19 February 1947. SOC Harewood 31 May 1947.
To NZNAC as ZK-AOD on 20 June 1947. Converted to DC3-C at Palmerston North 11 October 1950.
Converted to DC3-C Skyliner at Christchurch 09 October 1963.
To Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co. on 02 November 1964.
To Fieldair 17 November 1972. Registration cancelled 13 April 1976.
Broken up and reduced to spares.
49886 (MSN 15702/27147) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To USSR Feb 4, 1945.
49887 (MSN 15703/27148) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Jan45. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Converted to VC-47B
"0-49887" USAF Mission to Peru. To China AF as 49887 Apr72. To Paraguayan AF as T-69, reserialed to FAP-2016 in 1980.
W/o Aug 27, 1980 at Lambare
49888 (MSN 15704/27149) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To USSR Feb 4, 1945.
49889 (MSN 15705/27150) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. To USSR Feb 6, 1945.
49890 (MSN 15706/27151) to USAAF Jan 13, 1945. To USSR Feb 2, 1945.
49891 (MSN 15707/27152) to USAAF Feb 6, 1945. To USSR Feb 6, 1945.
49892 (MSN 15708/27153) to USAAF Jan 23, 1945. To USSR Feb 22, 1945.
49893 (MSN 15709/27154) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF. By 1954 was OD-AAB of Middle East Airlines SA.
To Spanish AF as T.3-3 May 8, 1957 and w/o at Albecete, Spain Feb 17, 1967. Broken up Cuatro Viento, Madrid May 29, 1968.
49894 (MSN 15710/27155) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To USSR Feb 21, 1945.
49895 (MSN 15711/27156) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. To USSR Feb 7, 1945.
49896 (MSN 15712/27157) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. To USSR Feb 3, 1945.
49897 (MSN 15713/27158) to USAAF Jan 15, 1945. To USSR Feb 3, 1945.
49898 (MSN 15714/27159) to USAAF Feb 2, 1945. US. Converted to C-47D 04May45. South Atlantic Wing ATC 03Jun46
WFS 08Nov48
49899 (MSN 15715/27160) to USAAF 16Jan45. 5th AF 317th TCG 46th TCS as X82 18Feb45. Japan
Salvaged Nov 1, 1946 at Taiden, South Korea
49900 (MSN 15716/27161) to USAAF 17Jan45. 5th AF 14Feb45. To Philippine AF 30Apr46
49901 (MSN 15717/27162) to USAAF 28Jan45. 12th AF Italy 09Feb45. Damaged Sep 9, 1945 Ciampino A/p, Italy (ground accident)
49902 (MSN 15718/27163) to USAAF 17Jan45. 17Jan45. Manila. To Philippine AF 28Feb46
49903 (MSN 15719/27164) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45. US? no card. Reportedly w/o Feb 5, 1965.
49904 (MSN 15720/27165) to USAAF 14Jan45. 5th AF 14Feb45. Scrapped 21Sep46
49905 (MSN 15721/27166) to USAAF 16Jan45. 5th AF 374th TCG 21st TCS 17Feb45. W/o Sep 30, 1945 Aomori Fd, Japan
49906 (MSN 15722/27167) to USAAF 17Jan45. 5th AF 17Feb45. Manila. To CNRRA (CAT) Jan 4, 1947
Manila to China, re-serialled as “906” & named “Peiping”, to XT-803, b/u Oct 25, 1948
49907 (MSN 15723/27168) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Jan45. 5th AF? no card USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954.
To MASDC Jan 12, 1967. On Jan 18, 1968 to Air Intl Corp, converted to C-47D, to South Vietnamese AF
49908 (MSN 15724/27169) to USAAF 19Jan45. 5th AF 11Feb45 Manila. To Philippine AF 04Mar46
49909 (MSN 15725/27170) to USAAF 17Jan45. 5th AF 17Feb45. To Philippine AF 29Apr46
49910 (MSN 15726/27171) to USAAF 17Jan45. 5th AF 374th TCG 22nd TCS 14Feb45. To Philippine AF 23Feb46
49911 (MSN 15727/27172) to USAAF 17Jan45. 5th AF 14Feb45. To Philippine AF 30Apr46. Derelict at Nichols AFB Nov80
49912 (MSN 15728/27173) to USAAF 31Jan45. 12th AF Italy 16Feb45. W/o in takeoff accident at Pomigliano, Italy Mar 29, 1945.
49913 (MSN 15729/27174) to USAAF 18Jan45. 5th AF 317th TCG 40th TCS as X32 17Feb45. Flown over Corregidor by Philbin
Crashed Luzon 05Mar45 repaired? Div FEAT 21Dec46. By 1954 was PI-C96 of Philippine Air Lines, later PI-C646
Nov 1973, RP-C646. WFU at Manila Feb 1984.
49914 (MSN 15730/27175) to USAAF 14Jan45. 5th AF 317th TCG 40th TCS as X27 17Feb45. W/o when it crashed into a
mountain Sep 17, 1945, 60 miles SW Yokohama, Japan on a flight from Motobu Strip, Okinawa enroute to Atsugi, Japan
on a cargo flight
49915 (MSN 15731/27176) to USAAF 12Jan45. 5th AF 15Feb45. Clark Fld 01Jan48. Korea 20Jul48. Converted to C-47D
W/o Mar 28, 1950 in crash 26 mi SE of Komaki AB, Japan. 3 killed.
49916 (MSN 15732/27177) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 07Feb45. US. South Atlantic Wing ATC. FLC 01Jun46.
To Cruzeiro do Sul "Tabajara" Jan 1946, reg. PP-CCA. On Apr 21, 1946 W/o (DBR) at Corumba, MS, Brazil.
49917 (MSN 15733/27178) to USAAF Jan 17, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN252 via RAF Montreal Jan 20, 1945.
271 Sqn RAF Feb45. 77 Sqn RAF. 1333 (TS)CU RAF 16Dec46. 1382 (T)CU RAF 07Jan48. 240 OCU RAF 05Jan48.
DBR when undercarriage collapsed after engine caught fire and aircraft ground looped
because brakes failed, Fassberg, Germany Jul 24, 1948.
49918 (MSN 15734/27179) to USAAF Jan 17, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN253 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
ACSEA 26Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. 48 Sqn RAF. 12 MU RAF 15Apr47. SOC Oct 19, 1948.
49919 (MSN 15735/27180) to USAAF Jan45 12th AF. 62nd TCG. To French AF as AdlA 349919 Jun54 (MDAP) GT2/63 "FRAMS" Jun54
GTl/64 Dec54. ET 52 Aug56. Returned to USAAF 23May57. To Thai AF in 1958 as L2-25/01.
Converted to AC-47D by South Vietnam AF Sep 1967. W/o due to corrosion Oct 1990. To scrapyard by Mar 2000.
49920 (MSN 15736/27181) to USAAF Jan 18, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN254 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
RAF UK 13Feb45. ACSEA 19Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. Broke up in cloud 30 mi NE of Agartala, India Jun 7, 1945.
49921 (MSN 15737/27182) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45. US? no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54
N709Z US Atomic Energy Comm, Albuquerque, NM US 1966. Carco Air Service 1971. US Dept of Agric, Mission, TX US Apr77
C & H Motors, Los Angeles, CA US Jun79. Florida Preferred Equity Inc R27Jun79. Crashed 24Apr80 near Ft Lauderdale, FL.
49922 (MSN 15738/27183) to USAAF Jan 18, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN255 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
RAF UK 01Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. DBR when crash landed
after tire burst during takeoff, Chandina, India Mar 23, 1945.
49923 (MSN 15739/27184) to USAAF Jan 11, 1945. To RCAF as Dakota IV KN256 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
RAF UK 01Feb45. 437 Sqn RAF Feb45. To Canada Apr 22, 1946. To RCAF as KN256 as Dakota 4MFP 22Apr46.
414 Sqn RCAF May47. Kapchinsky, Edmonton Nov68. CF-KAH Keir Air Tpt Ltd L 28Feb69.
Air Commonwealth Alberta Ltd, Edmonton 10Dec69. McKenzie Air Ltd, Edmonton Sep70.
W/O at Norman Wells, NWT, Canada 05Jan72
49924 (MSN 15740/27185) to USAAF Jan 17, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN257 via RAF Montreal Jan 20, 1945.
RAF UK 07Feb45. ACSEA 09Feb45. 117 Sqn RAF. 238 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. 12 MU RAF 11Sep47.
SOC for spares Jul 5, 1950.
49925 (MSN 15741/27186) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Jan45. no card. USAF. Converted to VC-47D-20-DK Sep54. " 0-349925" 1959
Miami Dec66. To Cambodian AF May 24, 1972. To Thai Navy. Noted derelict Oct 1997.
49926 (MSN 15742/27187) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN258 via RAF Montreal Jan 23, 1945.
RAF UK 13Feb45. 233 Sqn RAF Mar45. 435 Sqn RAF 07Sep45. 436 Sqn RAF. 435 Sqn RAF 17Mar46.
To Canada Apr 8, 1946. To RCAF as KN258 Jan 20 1946. 103 Rescue Unit 1947. 424 Sqn RCAF, Trenton, Ontario
Renumbered 12907 in 1970. Cold Lake 1973. 402 Sqn RCAF, Winnipeg, Manitoba c. 1987.
Stored Winnipeg Ground trainer to N92FB Aug 9, 1991. To N12907 Mar 77, 1993 and now on display at
Carolina Aviation Museum, Charlotte, NC. It was operated by Sabre Air. Apparently was never C-FPIK due to
incorrect MSN of 15742 listed in Transport Canada. It should be with 42-49941
49927 (MSN 15743/27188) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN259 via RAF Montreal Jan 23, 1945.
ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF ACFE. 22 MU RAF 18Jul47. Returned to USAAF Oct 13, 1947.
To UK civil registry as G-AKOZ Jan 2, 1948 with Kearsley Airways "Mistral". Air Tpt Charter (CI)
Oct 14, 1950. To French AF as AdlA 49927 15Nov52. GLAM 1160 "FRAFD" 1953. CIET 340 May54.
GLAM 1160 "FRAFD" Aug54. GLA 45 Sep61. GLAM 1160 Mar62. GTLA "FRAJL" Jan64. To Madagascar
AF as TAM 927 and 5R-MME Apr 1969. At Ivato A/p, Madagascar, no engines by 2008
49928 (MSN 15744/27189) to USAAF Jan 18, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN260 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
RAF UK 01Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 300 Wg RAF 19Jul45. ACSEA 3lJan46. 238 Sqn RAF.
267 Sqn RAF. 10 Sqn RAF India 29Aug46. Comm Flt Mauripur 02Dec47. Sold to Pakistan AF Jul 8, 1948.
49929 (MSN 15745/27190) to USAAF Jan 18, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN261 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
RAF UK 06Feb45. 436 Sqn RAF 15Sep45. 435 Sqn RAF Canada 08Apr46. Transferred to RCAF as KN261 Jun 17, 1946.
3 EWU RCAF, North Bay, Ontario. Renumbered 12908 in 1970. Stored Mar 1975. To C-GGJG with Eclipse Aviation
Consultants but NTU. To C-GSCA with Skycraft Air Transport Ld, Oshawa registered Dec 15, 1976. Soundair Lit
Nov 1981. W/o with Skycraft Air Transport of Ontario as C-GSCA when it crashed St Louis, MO Jan 9, 1984
49930 (MSN 15746/27191) to USAAF Jan45. no card. USAF/AFCC. Converted to AC-47D. 1865th Facility Checking Flight,
Tinker AFB, OK. 25-OCT-1962. To MASDC. To reclamation, cannibalization, salvage, or survey Jun 30, 1970.
49931 (MSN 15747/27192) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN262 via RAF Montreal Jan 28, 1945.
RAF UK 31Jan45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. ACFE RAF 1946. 22 MU RAF 29Apr47.
Returned to USAAF Jul 31, 1947. To L'Armée de L'Air (French AF) Nov 8, 1949, reg 349931
GT1I61 "FRANR". GT1I25 "FRASL". GT1/61 "FRAMR" 1952. GT2/62 "FRAZE" Mar53. service in French Indochina 13Mar54
GT2/64 May54 GT1I64 "FRBDW" Jul54. Written off (DBR) at Dien Bien Phu-Gialam Airport (DIN) Vietnam
49932 (MSN 15748/27193) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN263 via RAF Montreal Jan 23, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45. ACSEA 26Apr45. 238 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. RAF India 1946. Returned to USAAF Nov 27, 1947
49933 (MSN 15749/27194) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KN264 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
MAAF 01Feb45. 238 Sqn RAF. 52 Sqn RAF. 96 Sqn RAF. 216 Sqn RAF. Ditched in swamp north of Isiolo, Kenya
after engine fire Jun 27, 1947
49934 (MSn 15750/27195) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 19Jan45. no card (Gradidge has this as KN265 and 43-49935 as no card,
but Meekcoms has 43-49935 as KN265). USAF. Converted to VC-47D Sep54. Stored Davis Monthan May72
49935 (MSN 15751/27196) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KN265 via RAF Montreal Jan 24, 1945.
MAAF 01Feb45 216 Sqn RAF Med ME RAF 1945. SOC Mar 25, 1948. Returned to USAAF Aug 2, 1948.
WFS 1972.
49936 (MSN 15752/27197) to USAAF Jan 26, 1945, 12th AF Italy Feb 10, 1945. To US Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 39109 Jun 1, 1946
49937 (MSN 15753/27198) to USAAF Jan 19, 1945. To RAF for MAAF as Dakota IV KN266 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
MAAF 21Jan45. 216 Sqn RAF. 70 Sqn RAF 27May48. 78 Sqn RAF 12Jan50. 8 MU RAF 24May50.
To Military Aircraft Assistance Group Nov 11, 1953. To French AF as AdlA 349937 25Nov53. GT2/64 May54.
GTl/61 Dec54. CIET 340 May55. GT4/61 "FRAZB" Mar56. GT2/61 Nov56. CIET 340 Apr57.
BA 701 May60. GLA 48 "FSCGD" Nov61. CIET 340 Apr64. GTLA 2/60 Feb65. to Centrafican AF
as FACA TLKAA 27Apr66
49938 (MSN 15754/27199) to USAAF Jan 20, 1945. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota IV KN267, but
diverted to SAAF Mar 9, 1945 as 6853, no RAF service. 5 Wg SAAF 09Mar45. 28 Sqn SAAF 1946.
44 Sqn SAAF 16Nov68 To N148RD Dec 19, 1997. Fuselage stored outside at Wonderboom, N of
Pretoria, South Africa, awaiting turboprop conversion. Current 2011.
49939 (MSN 15755/27200) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45. US? no card. USAF. Converted to C-47D. Stored
To EC-ASG Iberia. B/U Nov73 Madrid.
49940 (MSN 15756/27201) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN268 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
RAF UK 02Mar45. 147 Sqn RAF. 1381 (T)CU RAF 21Oct46. 240 OCU RAF 19Feb48. 8 MU RAF 06Oct49.
SOC for spares Jan 26, 1950
49941 (MSN 15757/27202) to USAAF Jan 23, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN269 via RAF Montreal Jan 28, 1945.
RAF UK 08Feb45. 437 Sqn RAF Feb45. Canada 20Apr46. Transferred to RCAF as KN269 as Dakota 4M
Jul 20, 1946. RCAF Europe Jun56. SOC Jun67. To CF-PIK Northland AIL, Winnipeg 01Apr68.
Keir Air Tpt, 18Jun68. Air Commonwealth Alberta Ltd 10Dec69. Gateway Aviation Ltd 04Aug70.
MacKenzie Air Ltd 26Oct70. Arctic Air Ltd 29Mar72. Kenn Borek Air Ltd 1977. C-FPIK Reregistered Jun79
Chaparal Charters Inc Jan82
49942 (MSN 15758/27203) to USAAF Jan 20, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN270 via RAF Montreal Jan 30, 1945.
RAF UK 07Mar45. 48 Sqn RAF. 435 Sqn RCAF May45. Canada 01Apr46. Transferred to RCAF Jun 4, 1946.
Renumbered 12909 in 1970. Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, Cold Lake, Alberta. WFS
To C-GCKE 08Jan76. WFS 12Nov98. As of December 2008 registered as N47HL named “Bluebonnet Belle”
and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, Midland, Texas. Crashed on July 21, 2018 while
getting airborne from Burnet, Texas. All 13 on board got out of the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames.
49943 (MSN 15759/27204) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK Jan45. no card. USAF. damaged Feb 6, 1951 Detroit City A/p, MI (landing).
Converted to VC-47D Sep 1954. TAC Sep 1967. To MASDC Apr 16, 1970
49944 (MSN 15760/27205) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN271 via RAF Montreal Jan 28, 1945.
45 GP RAF. Ditched off east coast of Greenland 450 mi W of Reykjavik, Iceland during
ferry flight Feb 6, 1945.
49945 (MSN 15761/27206) delivered to USAAF 19Jan45; delivered to RAF 24Jan45 as Dakota IV,
serial KN272; Montreal, Canada; Air Command, South East Asia 21Apr45; No.62 Squadron 25Apr46;
US Foreign Liquidation Commission; to Royal Hellenic AF 30Apr47 as KN272; MMA, Hassani,
Athens, Greece; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis Jul48; WFU by 1950
49946 (MSN 15762/27207) to USAAF Jan 21, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN273 via RAF Montreal Jan 30, 1945.
575 Sqn RAF 13Feb45. 215 Gp ME RAF 14Feb46. 204 Sq 27May48. 216 Sqn RAF 14Jul49.
70 Sqn RAF 07Dec49. 22 MU RAF 29Sep50. Sold Jul 21, 1954, registered G-ANTB with Transair
Ltd next day. Alares DevelCO US t/a Jersey Airlines 10May60. BU (CI) Airways 01Aug63. Crashed at Oak
Walk, St Peter, Jersey Apr 14, 1965.
49947 (MSN 15763/27208) to USAAF 26Jan45. 12th AF 62nd TCG 10Feb45. Neth/Belgiurn WFS 31Dec46.
Registered I-TRIS. To Aeronautica Militare Italiana as MM61799. In scrapyard at Voghera by 2005
49948 (MSN 15764/27209) to USAAF Jan 26, 1945. To RAF in UK, as Dakota IV KN274 Mar 18, 1945.
45 Gp RAF 12Jul45. Stn Fit Lagens RAF, Azores 06Mar46. Stn Fit St Eval RAF 09Sep46.
77 Sqn RAF 17Mar47. TCDU RAF 24Jul47. 27 Sqn RAF 02Mar50. 12 MU RAF 17Jan51. Sold Apr 26, 1952,
registered G-AMSM Apr 28, 1952 with J A Wilson VA US Starways Starways Ltd registered 19Mar53.
Eagle Aircraft Svces registered 01May54. British Inl Airlines registered 29Jun54.
Kuwait National Airways 06Jul54. Skyways Ltd registered 29Apr55. Skyways Coach Air Ltd 27May59.
Air Freight Ltd R01Sep70. Skyways Cargo Airlines R12Mar75. WFU after ground looping at Lydd AP
Aug 17, 1978. G-AMSM nse section at Brenzett Aeronautical Museum, Ivybridge, Kent, UK
49949 (MSN 15765/27210) to USAAF Jan 28, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN275 via RAF Montreal Feb 2, 1945.
575 Sqn RAF 17Feb45. Med ME RAF 14Feb46. 22 MU RAF 28May47. Returned to USAAF
Aug 11, 1947. To Ste Transatlntique Aerienne "Ibis" March 23, 1948 as F-BEIC. To L'Armée de L'Air
(French AF) Nov 1, 1952 reg 49949, call sign FRAYC for service in French Indo China.
Mar 13, 1954 written off (DBR) at Dien Bien Phu-Gialam Airport (DIN) Vietnam
49950 (MSN 15766/27211) to USAAF Jan 25, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN276 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
525 Sqn RAF 29Mar45. 46 Sqn RAF 27Feb46. 271 Sqn RAF 05Nov46. 77 Sqn RAF. 62 Sqn RAF Oakington
RAF 08Nov48. To Belgian AF Jan 5, 1950 as K-30 (call sign OT-CNQ). To Laos as XW-PCM
49951 (MSN 15767/27212) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN277 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
RAF UK 09Apr45. 437 Sqn RAF 05Sep45. 436 Sqn RAF. 435 Sqn RAF 17Mar46. Canada 07Apr46.
To RCAF as KN277 Jul 20, 1946. 412 Sqn RCAF 20Jul46. 1 ANS RCAF "VCGSD ' 1952. To CF-XXT E Bowhay
08Nov68. Northwest Territorial Airways Ltd 29Apr69. E Bowhay 22Sep69. Superior Airways Ltd 19Jan71.
WFU May77
49952 (MSN 15768/27213) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 15Feb45. US. SAC 22Apr46. Converted to C-47D 21Nov46.
Damaged Jun 21, 1947 Peterson Fd, CO (landing). Salvaged Oct 20, 1947.
49953 (MSN 15769/27214) to USAAF Jan 25, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN278 via RAF Montreal Jan 30, 1945.
RAF UK 05Feb45. 437 Sqn RAF Feb45. Canada 22Apr46. To RCAF as Dakota IV KN278 Jul 20, 1946.
Tpt Cmd 1952. W/o Aug 8, 1963.
49954 (MSN 15770/27215) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN279 via RAF Montreal Jan 30, 1945.
RAF UK 01Nov45 (damaged in transit). 16 FU RAF 28Feb46. Naval CinC Malta 27Apr46. Malta CS RAF.
22 MU RAF 17Apr50. Sold Jun 19, 1953. To G-ANAD Transair Ltd 23Jun53. VR-AAI Aden Airways "Ghuraf'
17Mar54. F-OCKX Air Djibouti registered 27Aug68. N9985Q Visionair Int! Inc 14Aug76.
Urban Drew, Khartoum R04Nov76. Used in "A Bridge Too Far". Caprivi Airways Ld Jan79. WFU Dec82
49955 (MSN 15771/27216) to USAAF Jan 23, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN280 via RAF Montreal Jan 25, 1945.
RAF UK 07Feb45. ACSEA 21Apr45. 215 Sqn RAF. Crashed Salween River, Burma 06Sep45. SOC Jun 13, 1946
49956 (MSN 15772/27217) to USAAF as TC-47B-20-DK Jan45 US? no card. Damaged Jan 9, 1946 Minter Fd, CA (landing).
Fuselage to MASDC. Dec 1969. Sold Jan 1970.
49957 (MSN 15773/27218) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN281 via RAF Montreal Jan 28, 1945.
437 Sqn RAF Feb45. Canada 22Apr46. To RCAF as KN281 20Jul46. 1-ANS RCAF, Winnipeg, Manitoba
as "VCGSB" l952. Reserialled as 12910 Jun70. CF ANS RCAF, Winnipeg, Manitoba. C-GFGZ O G E Wilson
registered Jun77 but NTU. To N64766 Sharvas Investments, Denver,CO US Nov77. Weldcraft Steel &
Marine Inc, Bellingham, WA US registered 31Sep78. Environmental Aviation Service, Belle Glade, FL US
registered Dec79. Current 2011.
49958 (MSN 15774/27219) to USAAF 31Jan45. 12th AF 15Feb45. Vienna 01Jan48. Oberpfaff 23Mar48. Salvaged 15Apr48
49959 (MSN 15775/27220) to USAAF Jan 24, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN282 via RAF Montreal Jan 26, 1945.
24 Sqn RAF "MODAU" 13Feb45. Aircraft was used to return the Dutch royal family to Holland Aug 2, 1945.
EFS RAF 27Aug46. 24 Sqn RAF. Bassingbourn RAF 15May47. 24 Sqn RAF 22Dec47.
DBR when caught fire on ground at Waterbeach Oct 4, 1949
49960 (MSN 15776/27221) to USAAF Jan 25, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN283 via RAF Montreal Jan 28, 1945.
RAF UK 21Feb45. ACSEA. 215 Sqn RAF 09Apr45. Broke up while flying
in cloud 9 mi SE of East Karin, Burma Jun 2, 1945.
49961 (MSN 15777/27222) to USAAF as C-47B-23-DK 06Feb45. US. South Atlantic Wing ATC 19Sep45. To FLC 01Jun46.
PP-AVN Aerovias Brasil "Pernambuco" 01Feb46. REAL Varig May61. HC-ALK Tptes Aereos Orientales 1965.
WFU Sucha, Ecuador 25Aug69
49962 (MSN 15778/27223) to USAAF Jan 25, 1945. To RAF in UK as Dakota IV KN284 via RAF Montreal Jan 27, 1945.
24 Sqn RAF 13Feb45. Personal aircraft of Air Vice Marshal Graham, Australia 31Mar47.
22 MU RAF 08Mar48. Brooklands RAF 16Feb50. SOC Feb 16, 1950.
43-49963/50223 Beech AT-7C
49963 (MSN 6337) to N6426C
49964 (MSN 6339) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11837 in 1953.
49965 (MSN 6341) to N8043H. Ground looped on takeoff and gear collapsed, East Moriches-Psadaro, New York
Jul 23, 1966.
49966 Lend-Lease to Colombia, later as FAC 501
49967 Lend-Lease to Colombia, later as FAC 502
49968 (MSN 6347) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11856 in 1953.
49970 Lend-Lease to Colombia, later as FAC 503. W/op Feb 26, 1946
49971 Lend-Lease to Colombia, later as FAC 504. W/o Sep 11, 1951
49981 (MSN 6383) remanufactured by Beech as TC-45G 51-11511.
49982 crashed near Mena, AZ Feb 28, 1945
49984 (MSN 6392) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11613 in 1952.
49985 (MSN 6395) to civil registry as NC44560, N714A, to G-ANVL Oct 19, 1954, cancelled on export to France
Oct 22, 1954. To F-BHCJ Nov 25, 1954. To French AF as 395, call sign F-ZJAG. Damaged Nov 8, 1962.
49986 (MSN 6398) to NC225, NC108, N108, N43, N61 with CAA. To N11719
49987 (MSN 6401) to civil registry as N74576.
49988 (MSN 6404) to civil registry as NC81, N85, N69, N73 with CAA. To N11196.
49989 (MSN 6407) remanufactured by Beech as TC-45G 51-11510.
49990 (MSN 6410) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11478
49991 (MSN 6413) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11446
49993 (MSN 6419) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11858.
49995 (MSN 6425) to civil registry 1951-1953 as (BE-18) for CAA, registered as
N102, N56,N75, to N11198 for Oklahoma Electronics (revoked)
49999 (MSN 6437) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10929 in 1954
50001 (MSN 6443) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11477.
50002 (MSN 6446) remanufactured by Beech as TC-45G 51-11509
50021 (MSN 6573) remanufactured by Beedh as C-45G 51-11859 in 1953.
50022 (MSN 6576) to CAA as NC78, N78
50023 (MSN 6579) to civil registry in 1946 as (BE-18) for the CAA, registered
as NC87, N87, then N4723C.
50025 (MSN 6585) to civil registry as NC176 with CAA
50026 (MSN 6588) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11838 in 1953.
50029 (MSN 6597) to civil registry 1951-1960 as (BE-18) for CAA/FAA, registered
as NC178, N178, N63, N99, to N11199.
50031 (MSN 6603) to civil registry as NC88, N88, N71, N7 with CAA. To N130 with FAA. To N9113R
50045 (MSN 6645) SNB-2C ntu reallocated to USN BuNo 51175.
50046 (MSN 6648) to USN BuNo 51176.
50047 (MSN 6651) to USN BuNo 51177.
50059 crashed Jan 14, 1945 after crew bailed out.
50062 (MSN 6796) to CAA as N6, later N392, NC6, N43, then to civil registry as N5240N
50063 (MSN 6799) to civil registry 1951-1960 as (BE-18) for CAA/FAA, registered
as NC97, N97, then N59.
????? (MSN 6800) to civil registry as N1003
50064 (MSN 6802) to US Navy as SNB-2C BuNo 67212.
50066 (MSN 6808) to civil registry as NC106, N106, N78, N9189R
50078 (MSN 6843) to N6779C, ZP-CCB
50079 (MSN 6846) to NC393, NC7 with CAA. To N482.
50080 (MSN 6849) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11860 in 1953.
50083 (MSN 6858) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11884 in 1953.
50086 (MSN 6867) to CAA as NC2, later N2, N4, N139. To N4928E
50090 (MSN 6947) to CAA as NC34, N34, N55, N91. To N191S, N35MS. Crashed and destroyed during mosquito spraying
Wassaw Island, Georgia Jul 4, 1980.
50091 (MSN 6950) remanufactured by Beech as C-45H 52-10812 in 1954.
50092 (MSN 6953) to NC45, N45, N71 with CAA. To N74003.
50094 (MSN 6959) remanufactured by Beech as 51-11885 in 1953
50095 (MSN 6960) remanufactured by Beech as 51-11886 in 1953.
50098 (MSN 6971) to NC395, NC44, N44, N94 with CAA. To N11194.
50101 (MSN 6980) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11887.
50128 (MSN 7061) to N65314. Current 2011. Preserved at Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, Kansas as 7061.
50133 (MSN 7076) remanufactured by Beech as C-45G 51-11888
50134 (MSN 7079) to civil registry 1960 as (BE-18) for FAA, registered as NC107,
N107, N40 with CAA. With FAA as N62, to B. Berg as N1711Y (revoked). To South West Aero Exchange, Owasso,
Oklahoma for parts in 1997.
50156 (MSN 7145) to CAA as NC74, NX-74, N47
50164 (MSN 7169) to US Navy as SNB-2C 29590
50178 (MSN 7211) to US Navy as SNB-2C 29602
50187 (MSN 7242) to US Navy as SNB-2C 29611.
50215 (MSN 7787) to US Navy as SNB-2C 29639
50222 (MSN 7822) to US Navy as SNB-2C 29646
43-50224/50225 Douglas XA-42
MSN 27224/27225. Ordered as XA-42 but designation changed Nov 26, 1943 to XB-42, known as Mixmaster
50224 (MSN 27224) May 1944: Taken on strength with USAAF.
May 6, 1944: First flight, taking off from Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA.
By Jun 1946: Accumulated 144.5 flight hours in 168 flights.
From Jun 26, 1946 to October 1946: Converted to XB-42A by adding a jet engine under each wing.
May 27, 1947: First flight as XB-42A, taking place at Muroc Air Base, CA.
Sep 18, 1947: Taken on strength with USAF.
Jun 30, 1949: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Sometime later that year the plane was transported to the Paul Garber Restoration Facility
of the National Air Museum in Suitland, MD. The aircraft remained there until 2010 when
it was transported to the National Museum of the USAF and placed in storage at the restoration
hangar, where it still awaits restoration
50225 (MSN 27225) first flight Aug 1, 1944. Crashed near Bolling Field, DC Dec 16, 1945.
43-50226/50338 Consolidated-Vultee P-38L-5-VN Lightning
P-38L Model 422-87-23 built under license by Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Nashville, Tennessee
50241 3 Aug 1945 mid-air, with 44-26050 10 miles E. of Lakeport, CA
50281 Ca.1944: TOS USAAF. Ca.1944: Converted to F-5G-6-LO. Ca.1945: Stored Kingman, AZ.
1946: Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Van Nuys, CA with c/r NX33668.
1949: Intended for Bolivian Air Force but not delivered.
1949 to 1950: Stored Washington National Airport, DC.
1950: Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA with c/r N33668.
1950: Ferried to CA for conversion to survey work with camera nose.
1951 to 1963: Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Los Angeles, CA.
1963: Luther O. Eldridge, Monrovia, CA.
9/63: Darryl G. Greenamyer, Burbank CA.
6/28/65 to 1967: Darryl G. Greenamyer, Burbank CA with c/r N138X.
Raced as #1 Yippie with photo nose.
6/68: Revis Sirmon & Paul A. Fournet, Abbeville LA.
3/5/69: Revis G. Sirmon/Coastal Chemical Co, Abbeville LA with c/r N38LL {1}
Race #1, fighter nose, #38 "Scatterbrain Kid."
10/19/74: Crashed Lafayette, LA, pilot killed.
50310 to NC75666, to the Caribbean Legion on Cayo Confites base of MRD (Movimiento
Revolucionaria Dominicano), 08/47 taken over by Cuba as CAEC 126
50312 to NL5016N, to the Caribbean Legion on Cayo Confites base of MRD (Movimiento
Revolucionaria Dominicano), 08/47 taken over by Cuba as CAEC 122.
43-50339/52225 Consolidated-Vultee P-38L-5-VN Lightning
P-38L Model 422-87-23 built under license by Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Nashville, Tennessee.
Contract cancelled after VJ-day.
43-52226/52227 Beech AT-7C
43-52228/52435 Cancelled contract
43-52436 Consolidated XC-99
First flight Nov 23, 1947. Flew Aug 12, 1953 from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany via
Bermuda and the Azores on maiden transatlantic flight and first stop outside USA. Returned Aug 19, 1953.
Following its retirement due to metal fatigue, the XC-99 was placed on public display at
Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. Eventually the airplane deteriorated and in
1993 was donated to the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Disassembly of the
aircraft began at Kelly Field in April 2004. By the summer of 2008, the XC-99 had been
transferred to Dayton. The aircraft was moved again in 2012 to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson for
storage in the dry desert environment to prevent any further corrosion, waiting until funding
for restoration is available.
43-52437/52438 Northrop XP-79B Flying Ram
52437 crashed Sept 12, 1945 on first flight six miles south of Muroc, California, killing Northrop test pilot
Harry H. Crosby. The airplane was observed flying at 7,000 feet agl. The airplane performed a slow roll
and then entered a shallow climb then performed several more slow rolls. The airplane entered a
steep climb and then fell off and entered a vertical dive. The pilot escape hatch was observed to
fall away at about 2,000 feet agl. The pilot bailed out at about 1,000 feet agl but was struck in
the head by part of the airplane. The airplane slammed into the ground and exploded, the pilot
hitting the ground a short distance away. Northrop investigators speculated that aileron "snatching"
might have caused the aileron to become jammed in the full deflect position, causing the pilot to
lose control of the airplane. An autopsy determined that the pilot was killed when his skull was
fractured during the bail out attempt.
52438 cancelled