42-50027/50070 St. Louis PT-19A-SL
42-50071/50276 Cancelled contract
42-50277/50354 Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator
c/n 708/785
50277 (450th BG) lost Apr 28, 1944, Italy. MACR 4625
50278 (453rd BG, 734th BS) lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4591
50279 "Envy of 'Em All" originally with 458th BG, 754th BS. Transferred May 1944 to
492nd BG, 858th BS. Reassigned to 859th BS Jun 19, 1944.
Transferred Aug 10, 1944 to 392 BG, 579 BS. Shot down by AAA Sept 13, 1944 over
Bingen, Germany. 6 crew KIA, 4 POW. MACR 8848
50281 (376th BG, 514th BS) lost Feb 15, 1945, Austria. MACR 12488.
50282 (449th BG) lost Apr 16, 1944. MACR 4042
50287 (392 BG, 577 BS) shot down Jun 23, 1944 over Dunkirk, France. MACR 6523
50290 was replacement ship in 389th BG, 565th BS Apr to Sep 1944, when it was declared
war-weary and loaned to 458th BG. Eventually salvaged by 3 SAD May 26-31, 1945.
50291 was on a test flight after refurbishment at BAD2, Warton when it
was caught in a storm which was unusually severe by British
standards; eyewitnesses told of trees being uprooted and farm buildings
flattened. The aircraft was caught in windshear while on approach to Warton
Air Depot, Lancashire, UK Aug 23, 1944 and literally hurled to the
ground and struck a cafe in the center of Freckleton village and then careered
across the road into the local primary school. 3 on aircraft and 58 on ground killed.
Among the dead were 35 children and three teachers. This was the worst aircraft
accident in the UK during WW2.
50292 (449th BG) lost Apr 16, 1944, Rumania. Also listed as being
with 445th BG, 702th BS and crashed Feb 2, 1945 and salvaged
Mar 20, 1945.
50294 (490th BG, 849th BS) crashed Jun 7, 1944. Landed after dark at Felthorpe
and propeller of no 2 engine struck B-34 42-94894 which had landed ahead of
it, completely severing rear fuselage and tail of 94894
50298 (451st BG) lost Aug 17, 1944, Bulgaria.
50300 (448th BG, 713rd BS) lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 7090
50303 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Jul 15, 1944, Rumania. MACR 6962
50304 (450th BG) lost Jun 24, 1944. MACR 6760.
50306 (446th BG) crashed on takeoff on mission to Blainville Apr 27, 1944, killing all 10
onboard plus 2 RAF men on ground.
50307 (449th BG) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4608
50312 (454th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6434
50313 originallly replacement in May 1944 for 492nd BG, 857th BS.
Jul 1944 transferred to 856th BS. Made emergency landing at
an Allied-held airstrip in France Jul 18, 1944. By the time
the plane was repaired, the 492nd BG had been disbanded.
Transferred to 392nd BG, 578th BS Aug 1944. returned to USA May 29, 1945
after 91 missions.
50314 (458th BG, 752nd BS) lost Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8928
50318 (446th BG) shot down by flak on mission to Lugwigshaven, Germany Aug 26, 1944 and
crashed in Belgium. MACR 8472. 6 KIA, 2 POW, 2 evaded.
50321 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9911
50322 (453rd BG, 734th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944. MACR 4493
50323 (392nd BG, 577th BS) MIA Dec 2, 1944, Germany. MACR 11138
50324 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9388
50325 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Apr 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 4173
50326 (448th BG, 715th BS, *Eager One*) salvaged at Seething as a result of a
taxiing accident Mar 15, 1945.
50327 (453rd BS, 735th BS) lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4592.
50329 (445th BG, 700th BS) lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6166.
50330 (446th BG) crashed on takeoff Dec 27, 1944. Pilot killed
50331 (492 BG, 856 BS) crashed at Walliwall in Orkney Islands Mar 31, 1945.
13 KIA, 1 survivor.
50334 (445th BG, 702nd BS lost Jul 11, 1944. MACR 6942
50337 (392nd BG, 578th BS) crashlanded Dec 31, 194? on continent.
50338 (392nd BG, 578th BS) shot down Jun 23, 1944 over target. MACR 6985.
50340 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9389
50341 (448th BG, 715th BS) lost on low level raid on Wessel, Germany
Mar 24, 1945. MACR 13546. All crew KIA.
50342 (376th BG) lost Mar 31, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13474.
50343 (392 BS, 579 BS) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944. MACR 6154
50344 (448th BG, 714th BS) crashed at Vez, France Jun 27, 1944. MACR 6727. 2 KIA, 4 POW, 2 evaded.
50345 (486th BG, 832nd BS) lost May 28, 1944. MACR 5389.
50346 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost May 28, 1944. MACR 5302
50347 exploded in flight near Liverpool, UK Oct 18.1944. 24
on board killed.
50349 (*Flak Magnet*) crashed after takeoff from Shipdham, UK Jan 28, 1945 due to icing up of spray thrown
up by proceeding aircraft.
50354 (467th BG, 790th BS, *Fickle Finger of Fate*) interned in Switzerland May 11, 1944. MACR 5097.
Returned Sep 29, 1945.
42-50355/50410 Consolidated B-24H-25-CF Liberator
c/n 786/841
50358 (392 BG, 578 BS, *Pleasure Bent*) shot down by fighters Sept 11, 1944 near Marburg, Germany.
7 crew KIA, 4 POW. MACR 8849
50366 (389th BG, 564th BS) lost Dec 2, 1944. MACR 11130
50369 (448th BG, 713th BS) MIA Jun 27, 1944 while enroute to Criel, France. MACR 6726
50370 (492nd BG, 859th BS) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7235. 2 KIA, 8 POW
50371 (389th BG, 567th BS) lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6532.
50374 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7364
50381 (44th BG, 68th BS) lost Oct 18, 1944. MACR 10140
50383 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9390
50385 (36th BS radar countermeasures unit) crashed Feb 19, 1945.
50386 (801st BG, 850th BS) shot down and crashed NE of
Paris, France Jul 4, 1944. MACR 6991.
50387 (392 BG, 576 BS) MIA Feb 15, 1945 over enemy
coastline. MACR 12379
50389 (451st BG) lost Dec 18, 1944, Hungary. MACR 10640
50391 "Old 75" replacement Jun 1944 for the 492nd BG, 858th BS.
Transferred Jun 1944 to 448th BG, 713th BS. To RFC at
Altus, OK Oct 24, 1945.
50394 *Hangar Annie* salvaged at Torretta, Italy.
50400 (455th BG, 740th BS) lost Feb 28, 1945, Austria. MACR 12663.
50401 (464th BG) show down by flak Jun 26, 1944 during raid on Florisdorf
oil refinery and marshaling yards, Vienna, Austria. MACR 6455. All crew KIA
50404 (465th BG, 783rd BS *Flyin' Outhouse*) interned in Switzerland Sept 22, 1944. MACR 8737
50405 (464th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5835.
50406 (449th BG, 719th BS, 'Headin Home') returned to USA, presumably scrapped.
50408 (464th BG) lost Jul 15, 1944, Italy. MACR 6810. Crew bailed out
over Yesterbutz Mountian Range. Partisans saved crew.
42-50411/50451 Consolidated B-24H-30-CF Liberator
c/n 842/882
50411 (464th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5840.
50412 lost over Brazil May 24, 1944. MACR 4848.
50417 (98th BG, 345th BS, *Dot's Queen of Queens*) crashed Sept 12, 1944 near
Landshut after midair collision with 44-40324. MACR 8445.
50420 (376th BG, 515th BS) ditched over Adriatic in bad weather
Nov 11, 1944. MACR 9859
50423 (454th BG) lost May 31, 1944. MACR 6009
50424 (455th BG) lost Jul 22, 1944. MACR 7059
50425 (455th BG) lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9041
50428 (264th BG) lost Apr 19, 1945. MACR 14028
50430 (392 BG, 577 BS) salvaged Sept 18, 1944
after breaking gear on landing.
50432 was replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 859th BS.
Transferred Aug 1944 to 392nd BG, 576 BS. Crashlanded
in Brussels, Belgium after being damaged by flak Oct 14, 1944.
Salvaged Nov 28, 1944
50433 (392nd BG, 579th BS) MIA Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7245
50435 (392nd BG, 579th BS) shot down Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7246
50437 salvaged Mar 9, 1945 due to battle damage.
50439 "Broad + High" was replacement in Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG,
859th BS. In Aug 1944 transferred to 467th BG, 788th BS.
Crashlanded due to damage and low fuel Aug 18, 1944 in a field at Kirby Bedon, England.
4 killed, 1 injured. 4 OK. Salvaged Aug 19, 1944.
50442 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) lost Aug 15, 1944, Belgium. MACR 7918
50443 (448th BG, 715th BS) lost Aug 26, 1944, Germany. MACR 8468
50446 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashed Apr 14, 1945 on takeoff.
50447 modified as Carpetbagger aircraft and asigned to 492nd BG, 857th BS. Transferred to
859th BS, and then to MTO with 264th SOG. Lost Apr 16, 1945 at Tisnov on mission to Moravia. MACR 13814.
50449 collided in midair with 42-29596 during assembly Feb 23, 1945.
Crashed at Hunts Farm, Skeyton, Norfolk, UK. All aboard killed.
42-50452/50508 Consolidated B-24J-401-CF Liberator
c/n 883/939
Assembled from Ford-built B-24H knockdown kits.
50452 (389th BG, 566th BS, *Earthquake Magoon*) lost in midair collision with 44-10513
over Carleton Rode, UK during assembly Nov 21, 1944. Total of 17 killed, 3 survived
50453 (445th BG, 701st BS) crashed Dec 11, 1944 Zinswiller, Alsace
after midair collision with 42-95291. 42-95291 landed
safely, all nine crew on 42-50453 killed. MACR 11337. Remains of crew not recovered
until 1998.
50465 "Dorothy Kay Special" first with 93rd BG as "Miss Dede",
replacement Jul 1944 for 492nd BG, 856th BS, Aug 1944 transferred
to 458th BG.
50459 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Aug 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 8426
50462 (491st BG, 852nd BS) lost Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12653
50463 (448th BG, 713rd BS) lost Mar 3, 1945. MACR 12884
50466 (389th BG, 578th BS) returned to USA after V-E Day. MACR
8850 refers to 42-7466.
50467 (445th BG, 701st BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11214
50472 (445th BG, 700th BS) lost in England Nov 29, 1944. MACR 11215
50477 (446th BG, *Temptation*) shot down by AAA Sep 26, 1944 on mission to Hamm, Germany. MACR 9432.
All 11 crew POW.
50478 (389th BG, 567th BS) lost Jul 25, 1944. MACR 8162
50481 replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 859th BS.
Aug 1944 to 467th BG, 788th BS. Lost Aug 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 8423.
A direct hit by flak by AAA caused the plane to break into
two at the waist window. 10 KIA.
50486 replacement Jul 1944 for 492nd BG, 856th BS. Transferred
Aug 1944 to 485th BG, 828th BS. Shot down by flak
over Germany Dec 26, 1944. All 9 crew killed. MACR 10924
50489 (392nd BG, 576th BS) crashed Jan 16, 1945 near St. Maur in Yonne Department,
France on mission to Lauta, Germany after being abandoned by the crew because of fuel problems. 2 KIA.
50491 replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 856th BS. Aug 1944
transferred to 446th BG. Engine problems forced plane to
ditch in English Channel Dec 27, 1944. 7 KIA, 3 rescued.
50497 (455th BG) lost Jul 27, 1944, Hungary. MACR 7527
50505 (93rd BG, 330th BS) lost Feb 6, 1945, Holland. MACR 12355.
Parts recovered 1986; Akersloot
50507 to RFC at Altus, OK Oct 15, 1945.
50508 (460th BG) lost Dec 11, 1944. MACR 10600
42-50509/50759 Ford B-24J-1-FO Liberator
c/n 2394/2644
50511 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Sep 5, 1944. MACR 8599
50513 (459th BG) lost Dec 12, 1944. MACR 10601
50514 collided with another aircraft Sept 7, 1944
near Westover Field, MA. Plane
was abandoned. One killed by faulty parachute.
50518 sometimes listed as being with the 492nd BG, but this plane
never left the USA or served with any combat group.
50528 (484th BG) lost Feb 21, 1945. MACR 12455
50535 (44th BG, *Joplin Jalopy*) had an aircrew member dragged out of
the ship while dropping supplies to British forces at
Wesel (Rhine) Mar 24, 1945. MACR 13599. Aircraft returned to USA
May 31, 1945. Recovered from RFC Altus and flown to Joplin,
MO Aug 11, 1946 by members of Joplin Civil Air Patrol. Was going to
be an exhibit at a war memorial in Joplin, but there was no
money available. The plane was eventual reduced to a poor state
and was removed from Joplin Memorial Airport in Feb 1947 and
possibly scrapped.
50545 (446th BG) crashed Mar 24, 1945 on mission to Wessel, Germany
50551 (389th BG, 566th BS, *Delectable Doris*) lost Feb 3, 1945, Germany. MACR 12370
50555 obtained from 453rd BG upon its arrival in ETO, replacement
Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 856th BS. Aug 1944 transferred
to 458th BG, 755th BS. OCt 1944 reassigned to 753rd BS.
Mar 14, 1945 damaged by a gun firing incident on the base,
repaired and returned to USA at end of war.
50558 (392nd BG, 566th BS) lost Jan 28, 1945, Germany. MACR 11988
50566 damaged in raid Aug 2, 1944 but was flown back to England. Over England,
the crew bailed out and the aircraft was set on automatic pilot to return
to the continent. Crashed 1.5 km south of Hagestein, Netherlands.
50570 (454th BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Czechoslovakia. MACR 8358
50572 (491st BG, 855th BS) lost Aug 13, 1944, France. MACR 7917
50576 (454th BG) lost Aug 17, 1944, Rumania. MACR 7457
50579 (445th BG, 701st BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9761
50580 replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 859th BS. Aug 1944
transferred to 467th BG, 788th BS. Shot down Aug 16, 1944 by
friendly fire during training mission over North Sea.
6 killed, 4 rescued.
50581 (466th BG, 787th BS) lost Sep 8, 1944. MACR 8611
50584 (801st BG, 788th BS) lost Aug 6, 1944. MACR 7894
50585 (34th BG "Small Change II")
50586 (392nd BG, 579th BS) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944. MACR 6155
50590 (445th, 713rd BS) returned to USA Jun 1945
50593 (392nd BG, 579th BS, *Lady Diana*) shot down by AAA over Hannover,
Germany Sept 11, 1944. All 9 crew bailed out and became POW. MACR 8851
50596 (44th BG, 68th BS) lost Oct 18, 1944 on mission to Leverkuson, Germany. 12 KIA. MACR 9654
50603 (492nd BG, 859th BS) lost Sep 16, 1944. MACR 9493
50604 (392nd BG, 577th BS) MIA Aug 6, 1944. MACR 7390
50606 (93rd BG, 328th BS) shot down by AAA over Osnabruck, Germany Oct 12, 1944.
2 POW, rest KIA. MACR 9470.
50611 "Bold Venture II" replacemt Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 859th BS.
Aug 1944 transferred to 467th BG, 788th BS. Returned to
USA Jul 1, 1945
50612 (389th BG, 565th BS) lost Dec 25, 1944. MACR 11106
50613 (34th BG "Holy Joe")
50614 "Massachusetts Gal" replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG,
859th BS. Aug 1944 transferred to 467th BG, 788th BS.
Lost over Ruhr Valley Jan 1, 1945. MACR 11587. Took a direct flak
hit in the nose, 6 KIA, 4 POW.
50615 (392 BG, 576 BS) damaged on mission to
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Crew bailed
out on return trip and aircraft crashed near
Old Buchenham airfield, Norfolk, UK Jul 21, 1944.
50617 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7365
50620 (445th BG, 700th BS) lost Mar 24, 1945, Germany. MACR 13545
50623 (392nd BG, 578th BS) shot down Dec 28, 1944. MACR 11118
50628 (93rd BG, 328th BS) lost Feb 3, 1945, Germany. MACR 12231
50630 (451th BG) lost Dec 11, 1944. MACR 10392
50636 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashed Feb 27, 1945 on the continent.
50646 (448th BG, 712nd BS) lost Mar 25, 1945, Germany. MACR 13548
50648 (448th BG, 714th BS) interned in Sweden Aug 4, 1944. MACR 7386
50649 (389th BG, 565th BS) interned in Sweden Aug 28, 1944. MACR 8288
50653 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13726
50659 (392nd BG, 576th BS) ditched Mar 15, 1954 in North Sea. MACR 14178
50660 wreck found by advancing Allied forces and recorded as salvaged Mar 20, 1945.
50661 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Jan 13, 1945, Germany. MACR 11583
50662 (389th BG) lost Nov 12, 1944. MACR 11338.
50664 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13728
50667 (446th BG, 706th BS, "Dodgin' Don") salvaged Jan 15, 1945
as a result of incident Den 31, 1944.
50668 (491st BG, 854th BS) crashed into Black Hameldon near Burnley, Lancashire, England Feb 19, 1945.
5 crew killed, 3 died of injuries, 3 survived.
50673 (392nd BG, 579th BS) shot down by AAA Sept 18, 1944. MACR 10660
near Turnhoutt, Belgium. 3 crew KIA, 3 POW, 5 evaded. There was one stowaway
onboard, who was killed.
50676 (467th BG) lost Dec 25, 1944. MACR 11856
50679 (93rd BG, 409th BS) lost Jan 28, 1945, Germany. MACR 12009
50680 (491th BG) lost Feb 26, 1945. MACR 12770
50681 (446th BG, *Slightly Dangerous*) shot down by AAA Oct 19, 1944 on mission to Mainz, Germany.
3 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 9633
50692 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Mar 3, 1945. MACR 12883
50698 (448th BG, 713rd BS, later 714th BS) to Altus, OK Oct 16, 1945
50709 (392nd BG, 576th BS) shot down Mar 24, 1945, Germany. MACR 14177
50717 (468th BG) lost Feb 17, 1945. MACR 12416
50719 "Sans Souci" replacement Jul 1944 for the 492nd BG, 859th BS.
Aug 6, 1944 landing accident on return from a mission,
colliding with another ship. 10 killed.
50727 (448th BG, 714th BS) returned to USA Jun 1945
50729 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11216.
50733 (44th BG, 506th BS) salvaged at Shipdam Aug 23, 1944 with cracked spar.
50735 (446th BG, 704th BS, *Queen of Angels*) lost Mar 24, 1945 on mission to Wessel, Germany. 8 KIA, one
returned safely. MACR 14181
50736 (464th BG) hydraulics shot out, crashed circling field cranking down
gear Oct 17, 1944
50737 replacement Jul 1944 for 492nd BG, 859th BS. Aug 1944 transferred
to 467th BG, 788th BS, later reassigned to 790th BS. Returned
to USA Jun 6, 1945.
50742 (449th BG) lost Mar 22, 1945. MACR 13262. Ended up in USSR
50743 (445th BG, 702nd BS) returned to USA May 20, 1945.
50744 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF as Liberator VI VB852.
Converted to C.VI transport. SOC Jun 4, 1947.
50746 (460th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Austria. MACR 11804
50749 (491th BG, 855th BS) lost Mar 24, 1945, Germany. MACR 13615
50750 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Oct 15, 1944. MACR 9481
50752 (464th BG, 776th BS, *Oh U Kid*) lost Feb 7, 1945 over Hungary on raid to Vienna. MACR 12071
50755 (485th BG) lost Sep 24, 1944. MACR 8952
50756 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11217
50758 (392nd BG, 577th BS, *YMCA Flying Service II*) shot down by AAA Sept 12, 1944 over
Hannover, Germany. One crewmember KIA, 8 POW. MACR 8852
50759 (448th BG,715th BS) skieed off runway at RAF Station, Lissett, Yorkshire,
England Nov 16/17, 1944. Salvaged between Nov 19 and 22, 1944.
42-50760/51076 Ford B-24J-5-FO Liberator
c/n 2645/2961
50766 (44th BG, 506th BS) lost Feb 4, 1943. MACR 15358
50770 (492nd BG, 856th BS) crippled by flak and interned in Sweden Aug 4, 1944. MACR 7715
50773 returned to Albuquerque, NM storage center Sept 24, 1945,
where it was later scrapped.
50774 (389th BG, 567th BS) lost Apr 14, 1945. MACR 14173
50776 (450th BG) lost Jan 31, 1945, Hungary. MACR 12079
50779 (389th BG, 565th BS) lost Mar 24, 1945, Germany. MACR 13581
50780 crashed north of Boron, CA Jul 2, 1944. All 9 crew killed.
50785 (392 BG, 577 BS) MIA Dec 2, 1944. MACR 11139
50788 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Aug 26, 1944, Germany. MACR 8608
50789 (44th BG, 506th BS) shot down by flak Oct 7, 1944
over Kassal, Germany. 2 killed, rest POW. MACR 9343
50793 (491st BG) crashed on takeoff in snowstorm, North Pickenham Jan 5, 1945.
50796 (464th BG, 779th BS, "Easy Maid") lost Aug 27, 1944. MACR 8107.
#4 engine blew up, wing caught fire, crew bailed out over Yugoslav
coast. 8 POW, 2 evaded with partisans.
50799 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Dec 24, 1944. MACR 11120
50804 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashed Mar 25, 1945 after
midair collision during assembly over Hall Farm,
Muxton Lamas, UK.
50805 (44th BG, 68th BS) lost Dec 2, 1944. MACR 10834
50813 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashlanded Jan 16, 1945 near
Luneville, France.
50819 (485th BG, 831st BS) lost Apr 23, 1945 in mission to Ora, Italy. MACR 13985. The plane is listed
as 42-5819 on the MACR, which was a B-17.
50820 (448th BG, 715th BS) lost Nov 6, 1944. MACR 10348
50827 (485th BG) lost Dec 18, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 10700
50829 (93rd BG, 330th BS) lost Sep 18, 1944, English Channel. MACR 9809
50842 (389th BG, 567th BS) lost Oct 19, 1944, Germany. MACR 9482
50852 (446th BG, 706th BS) salvaged Mar 9/10, 1945 after the right main landing gear buckled while on
the hardstand.
50861 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashlanded at Denderwindeke, Belgium Dec 29, 1944.
50864 (458th BG, 755th BS) lost Oct 14, 1944, Kell am See. MACR 9487
50867 (464th BG) lost Oct 28, 1944. MACR 9465. Spatial disorentiation in
weather on plane's first combat flight.
50868 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashed Jan 28, 1945 after midair collision over target. MACR 11996
50870 (459th BG, 759th BS) lost Jul 24, 1944. MACR 9833. Plane exploded
over sea a few miles S of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone. 5 bodies recovered
after 4 months at sea, remainder of crew still MIA.
50885 (485th BG) lost Sept 21, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 8745
50888 (460th BG) lost Sept 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 8739
50890 crashed into western slope of Mt Humphreys Sep 15, 1944 while on flight from Bakersfield, CA
to Kirtland Field, NM. All 8 onboard killed.
50892 (455th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Austria. MACR 11545
50893 (450th BG) lost Sep 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 8371
50894 (44th BG, 506th BS) destroyed on ground at Melsbroek, Belgium
airfield during Jan 1, 1945 Bodenplatte raid.
50896 (44th BG, 506th BS, *Southern Comfort*) lost Mar 24, 1945, Germany. MACR 13600
50897 (489th BG, 847th BS) lost over Bauscheim, Germany Sep 9, 1944. MACR 8905
50898 (453rd BG, 732nd BS) crashed on takeoff at Old Buckenham Dec 27, 1944. All aboard killed.
50904 (456th BG, 747th BS) lost Sept 22, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 8930
50907 collided with 42-51241 over Stamford, England Mar 31, 1945. I also have this plane salvaged after crashing
on a non-operational cross-country flight Sep 9, 1944.
50909 (460th BG, 763rd BS) hit by flak on mission to Ploesti, Rumania
Aug 10, 1944. Navigator and radio operator survived, remaining 8
crew KIA.
50910 (454th BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Austria. MACR 9699
50915 (459th BG) lost Nov 22, 1944, Italy. MACR 10013
50918 to Altus, OK for eventual salvaging Oct 22, 1945
50920 (464th BG, "Kee Wee Bird") lost to flak Aug 22, 1944 in attack on oil
storage facility, Koreneuburg, Austria. MACR 8106
50921 (485th BG) lost Oct 7 1944, Austria. MACR 9042
50931 lost altitude and struck ocean with extended
ball turret and struck ocean off Long Island
Jun 14, 1945. Engineer in ball turret swept
away. Plane landed safely.
50934 (484th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Hungary. MACR 8252
50940 (460th BG) lost Mar 22, 1945, Austria. MACR 13195
50953 (461st BG, 765th BS, "Flying Finger") shot down Dec 17,
1944 mear Novy Jicin, Czechoslovakia. MACR 10677
50954 (458th BG, 755th BS) crashed near Andryes Jan 16, 1945. 2 KIA when chutes failed to open.
50960 (376th BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Italy. MACR 9858
50961 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9571
50962 (464th BG, "Little Rocket", "White H") shot down by fighters Dec 6, 1944 in attack on marshaling
yards, Bratislava, Cz. MACR 10220
50963 (464th BG) crashed Sep 29, 1944 during practice 2-engine approach.
50970 (461st BG, 764th BS) lost Oct 4, 1944, Germany. MACR 8978
50985 crashed when pilot attempted to go around
for another landing at Westover Field
Sept 17, 1944. 7 killed.
50987 (454th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944. MACR 9956
50989 (93rd BG) lost Sep 11, 1944. MACR 8837
50995 crashed into wooded area during landing attempt
at Westover Field, MA May 1, 1945. 3 killed.
51000 returned to Bradley Field, CT May 29, 1945
51020 (465th BG) lost Aug 24, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 10102
51040 crew thought they could smell smoke in the cockpit
and tried to land at an airport that was too
small and overshot runway and ended up in a
marsh May 6, 1945. Plane destroyed, no injuries
51067 hit Camels Hump Mt. in Vermont Oct 16, 1944
and crashed. 9 killed.
42-51077/51103 Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-20-DT Liberator
c/n 599/625, Douglas c/n 16122/16148
51077 (456th BG, 744th BS) lost Jul 2, 1944. MACR 6439
51078 (93rd BG, 328th BS) lost Jan 17, 1945, Germany. MACR 11752
51079 (448th BG, 712nd BS) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944. MACR 6163
51080 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9762
51081 (460th BG) lost Dec 20, 1944. MACR 10940
51082 (464th BG) crashed on takeoff Aug 15, 1944.
51083 (464th BG) lost Aug 24, 1944, Austria. MACR 8392
51085 (460th BG, 762nd BS) lost Jul 19, 1944, Gap, France. MACR 6749
51086 (446th BG, 706th BS) lost Aug 25, 1944. 4 KIA, 7 POW. MACR 8473
51089 (453rd BG, 735th BS) lost Apr 10, 1945, Germany. MACR 13897
51090 (451st BG, *Hey Moe*) crashed on takeoff Nov 14, 1944 when wing broke. All 11 on board killed.
51091 "Bangin' Lulu" replacement May 1944 for 492nd BG, 858th BS,
reassigned Jun 20, 1944 to 857th BS. Heavily damaged Aug 6, 1944
and craqshlanded at Metfield. Repaired and put back into service.
Aug 1944 transferred to 446th BG, 704th BS. Returned to
USA Jun 1945.
51095 (458th BG, 754th BS) lost Jun 29, 1944. MACR 7092
51098 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Aug 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 8432
51100 (446th BG, 706th BS, 'Tiger') lost Dec 2, 1944 on mission to Bingen. All crew KIA. MACR 11054
May have collided with 42-95105
51101 (44th BG, 68th BS) lost Jan 28, 1945, Germany. MACR 12007
42-51104/51181 Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-25-DT Liberator
c/n 626/703, Douglas c/n 16149/16226
51104 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Aug 6, 1944. MACR 8291
51106 (392 BG, 576 BS, 'Georgia Peach') interned Jul 11, 1944 in Switzerland. MACR 7495
Returned Oct 15, 1945.
51107 (392 BG, 579 BS) crashed Aug 2, 1944 at
Lymbridge Gree, Elmsted, Kent, UK after
being abandoned by crew.
51110 (458th BG) hit by AAA Jun 29, 1944 and set on fire. Order to bail out was given, but fire was
extinguished. Nevertheless, two crewmen bailed out due to failure of intercom. One
crewman was made POW, the other was killed. Aircraft returned safely, but MACR 7085 was
nevertheless issued.
51112 (453rd BG) lost Mar 31, 1945, Germany. MACR 13735.
51113 (491st BG, 855th BS) interned in Switzerland Jul 12, 1944. MACR 6994. Returned Oct 11, 1945
51115 (446th BG, 706th BS) crashed in Chicourt, Lorraine, France
Nov 30, 1944 after flak hit near Neunkirchen,
Saarland, Germany. MACR 11347. 2 KIA, 8 POW.
51116 (446th BG) crashed on takeoff Jun 7, 1944 on mission to Alencon, France. 8 of 10
crew killed.
51119 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Jun 18, 1944. MACR 5929.
51121 (392nd BG, 578th BS) crashed Jan 16, 1945 near
Conflans-En-Jarney, France after being abandoned by crew.
51124 (801st BG, 850th BS) lost Jun 18, 1944. MACR 5911.
51125 (392nd BG, 577th BS) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944. MACR 6156.
51126 (392 BG, 579 BS) crashlanded Nov 16, 1944 on the
continent.
51127 (485th BG) lost Aug 27, 1944. MACR 8104.
51129 (464th BG, "Black-O Oboe") destroyed in ground fire and explosion
on ramp Aug 21, 1944
51132 (454th BG, 739th BS) crashed in Switzerland Jul 20, 1944. MACR 6899.
51136 (464th BG, 776th BS) shot down by AAA over Ploesti Jul 22, 1944. MACR 9716
51137 (465th BG, 783rd BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, Germany. MACR 7530
51139 (485th BG, "Hell's Angels") shot down by flak Sep 13, 1944 near Zygodowice, Poland. MACR 8347.
Two POW, rest KIA. There is a museum at Zygodowice with memorabilia of the
bomber crew.
51140 (460th BG) lost Jul 19, 1944. MACR 6916.
51142 (376th BG, 514th BS) lost Dec 15, 1944, Viago near Udine, Italy. MACR 10684
51143 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost Dec 26, 1944. MACR 10733.
51144 (389th BG, 564th BS) hit by flak and fighters Jul 7, 1944 and
turned and collided with 42-110091 (492nd BG,
856 Sq). Both planes crashed. MACR 7492.
51146 (98th BG) lost Dec 11, 1944. AMCR 10609.
51149 (453rd BG, "Blood and Guts") ditched in North Sea Feb 17,
1945 due to icing. 4 survivors.
51150 (392 BG, 579 BS) crashed Mar 22, 1945 at Whitehouse
Farm, Horstead, UK.
51151 (376th BG) shot down by flak over Budapest 7/2/1944. MACR 6859.
51153 (450th BG) shot down by flak over Ploesti July 15, 1944. All but
the pilot were killed. MACR 6995.
51157 (376th BG, 512nd BS)
51165 shot down over Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Nov 6, 1944.
One crew KIA, rest POW.
51168 (98th BG, *Dust Storm*) MIA Sep 9, 1944. MACR 8370
51172 (465th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Germany
51174 (459th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6431
51175 (450th BG) caught fire and exploded at Manduria, Italy during takeoff run
on bombing mission Mar 16, 1945. 3 killed, 6 escaped.
51180 (34th BG, 18th BS) collided with another B-24 and crashed during mission
to Saarbrcken Jul 19, 1944.
42-51182/51225 Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-30-DT Liberator
c/n 704/747, Douglas c/n 16227/16270
51183 (376th BG) lost Jan 31, 1945, Austria.
51184 (446th BG, 705th BS) force landed at Brussels/Melsbroek Dec 10, 1944. Salvaged
Jan 2, 1945. May have been one of the planes strafed by Germans Jan 1, 1945.
51186 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashlanded Jan 10, 1945
at Seething, UK.
51187 (801st BG, 850th BS) involved in midair collision
and crashed near Marigny l'Eglise, France Jul 18, 1944
51190 (34th BG, "Ann") collided with B-24 42-94893 over
Friedrichsthal, Saarland, Germany July 19, 1944,
11 KIA. MACR 7420.
51193 (565th BS, Lucky Lady Betty II) crashed on Yorkshire coast Jan 31, 1945 on return
from recalled mission to Hallendorf
51202 (310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Grou0) crashed on
Snaefell, Isle of Man, UK Jun 18, 1944 on ferry flight from
Warton in Lancashire to Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland
Jun 8, 1944. 4 onboard killed.
51207 (392 BG, 577 BS) MIA Dec 2, 1944.
51209 (34th BG "The Wrangler")
51211 (801st BG) lost Aug 4, 1944, English Channel
51212 (392 BG, 579 BS) crashlanded Jul 21, 1944
at Deanland airfield, Sussex, UK.
51213 (446th BG) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944 on mission to Politz
51215 (458th BG) shot down by AAA over Hildeshiem, Germany Feb 22, 1945.
All 10 crew KIA.
51223 (445th BG) shot down by AAA over Munster, Germany Mar 23, 1945. 6 KIA, 3 POW.
42-51226/51292 Douglas-Tulsa B-24J-1-DT Liberator
c/n 748/814, Douglas c/n 16271/16337
51226 (36th BS assigned to 100th BG, *I Walk Alone*) hit by flak over
eastern France/Belgium and crashed in France Nov 10, 1944.
3 KIA.
51229 returned to USA May 26, 1945.
51232 (36th BG) lost Dec 22, 1944, Irish Sea
51235 (392 BG, 578 BS) crashed Jan 7, 1945 between
Hellimer and Francaltrof, France after being
abandoned by crew.
51239 (36th BG) lost Feb 5, 1945, England
51241 collided with 42-50907 over Stamford, England Mar 31, 1945
51245 (445th BG) lost Mar 24, 1945, Germany
51257 (446th BG) shot down by AAA on mission to Munich Jul 21, 1944
51260 (465th BG) lost Sep 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 8364
51262 (459 BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Austria. MACR 9698. Also MACR
11239 Jan 1, 1945 with 392nd BG, 577th BS
51267 (491st BG, 854th BS) lost Feb 9, 1945, Germany. MACR 12219
51268 (392 BG, 578 BS) MIA Jan 10, 1945 over Belgium.
51272 ("Dear Marion", 446th BG, 706th BS) crashed in Neunkirchen,
Saarland, Germany Nov 30, 1944 after flak hit
near Neunkirchen. MACR 11148 10 KIA, 1 POW.
51273 (466th BG, 785th BS) lost Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12849
51274 (55th BNW, 485th BG) lost Nov 1, 1944 on non-operatinal flight from Venosa
AB, Italy to Pomigliano AB, Naples. Italy. All 11 onboard killed.
51275 (93rd BG, 409th BS) lost over Germany Jan 16, 1945. MACR 11754
51278 (446th BG, 707th BS, *Pistol Packin' Bomma II*) shot down by AAA Aug 24, 1944 on mission
to Brunswick Germany. MACR 8289.
51283 (489th BG, 844th BS) lost Oct 6, 1944. MACR 9751
51285 (460th BG) lost Nov 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 9957
51287 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9391
51292 (460th BG) lost Aug 27, 1944. MACR 8333
42-51293/51395 Douglas-Tulsa B-24J-5-DT Liberator
c/n 815/917, Douglas c/n 16338/16440
51295 lost Jul 21, 1944. MACR 6577
51298 (465th BG) lost Oct 10, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 9336
51300 (451st BG, 726th BS, 'Wet Dream') lost Aug 22, 1944, Hungary. MACR 8002
51302 (392 BG, 576 BS) shot down Mar 2, 1945 by
another B-24 test-firing guns near Dummer Lake, Germany. MACR 12854
51305 (93rd BG, 409th BS) destroyed in forced-landing near
St Omer, France Feb 27, 1945.
51306 (451st BG) lost Dec 2, 1944. MACR 10034
51312 (446th BG, 706th BS) hit by AAA on mission to Kaiserslautern Dec 27, 1944 and crew
forced to bail out. MACR 11252. 6 crew POW 4 landed in Allied territory and returned to base
51319 (461st BG, 767th BS) lost Dec 17, 1944. MACR 10651
51320 (465th BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 8447
51321 (451th BG) lost over Yugoslavia Nov 1, 1944. MACR 9585
51322 (461st BG, 767th BS) lost Dec 17, 1944. MACR 10742
51323 (454th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Germany. MACR 7692
51324 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Dec 17, 1944. MACR 10683.
51330 (465th BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Germany. MACR 9296
51334 (451st BG) lost Aug 23, 1944, Austria
51336 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost Aug 24, 1944, Italy. MACR 8327.
51337 (451th BG) lost Oct 23, 1944, Italy. MACR 9466
51338 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost Oct 4, 1944, Italy. MACR 8932
51340 (392 BG, 576 BS) crashed Mar 25, 1945 at
Skeyton, UK after midair collision with
44-25084 of 578th BS.
51342 (455th BG, 703rd BS) lost Sept 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9392
51343 (398th BG, 564th BS, 'Shazam') crashed on takeoff Mar 7, 1945 at Carr's Wood,
Costessey Hill, Old Costessey, near Norwich.
51344 (459th BG) lost over Hungary Jan 15, 1945. MACR 11065
51345 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashed Jan 16, 1945 at
Ivinghoe, Bedfordshire, UK after being abandoned
by crew.
51346 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Dec 15, 1944. MACR 10676.
51350 delivered from USAAF stocks to RAF as Liberator VI TT343. SOC Mar 3, 1947.
51355 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9393
51356 (446th BG, 707th BS, *Lassie Come Home*) shot down by AAA on mission to Misburg Nov 4, 1944.
6 KIA, 4 POW. MACR 10161.
51366 (454th BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Hungary. MACR 9049
51368 converted to C-109
51370 (454th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Austria. MACR 11751
51375 (449th BG, 716th BS, *Fearless Fosdick*) hit by AAA and exploded over Brenner Pass
Dec 27, 1944. MACR 10743. 7 KIA, 3 POW.
51378 (461st BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Austria. MACR 11806
51382 (459th BG) lost Feb 25, 1945, Austria. MACR 12360
51383 crashed on landing at El Aouina airbase in Tunis Aug 17, 1944 in flight
from USA.
51387 (465th BG) lost Sep 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 8373
51389 (464th BG) lost Oct 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 9132
51390 converted to C-109
42-51396/51430 Douglas-Tulsa B-24J-10-DT Liberator
c/n 918/952, Douglas c/n 16441/16475
51396 (460th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944. MACR 12358
51401 (376 BG, 512 BS) shot down by AAA Oct 17, 1944 near
Vienna, Austria. 8 KIA, 3 POW. MACR 12262
51402 (465th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944. MACR 9870
51404 suffered major AA damage Dec 25, 1944.
51408 (460th BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Poland. MACR 8765
51409 (451st BG) lost Oct 7, 1944, Austria. MACR 9024
51411 converted to C-109. Crashed near Jorhat, India May 12, 1945.
51412 lost Feb 7, 1945.
51415 (454th BG, 738th BS, *Mohawk Chief*) lost Dec 9, 1944. MACR 14627
51420 converted to C-109
51421 (465th BG, *Mission Belle*) lost Dec 11, 1944, Austria. MACR 10602
51423 (464th BG, 776th BS *Red M *Mary O*) lost Jan 31, 1945, Czechoslovakia. MACR 11810
51424 converted to C-109. Crashed 60 mi SE of Gaya, India Jul 22, 1945.
51425 converted to C-109. Crashed at Huiyal, China Dec 22, 1944
51426 converted to C-109
51427 converted to C-109.
51429 converted to C-109
51430 (*Tulsaamerican*) ditched in Adriatic Sea off coast of Vis Island (near
Croatia) Dec 17, 1944 after raid on
Odertal. 3 crew KIA. Rest of crew picked up by fishing vessel.
42-51431/51610 Ford B-24J-5-FO Liberator
c/n 2962/3141
51457 nose section was on exhibit at American Air Museum, RAF Duxford, but has now been moved to Hangar 5.
It is apparently going back to the USA
51481 (491th BG, 853rd BS) lost Jan 17, 1945, Germany. MACR 11735
51495 (93rd BG, 329th BS) lost Feb 24, 1945. MACR 13348
51506 (445th BG, 701th BS) lost Feb 27, 1945. MACR 12778
51517 crashed near Model, Colorado Aug 21, 1944.
51518 (445th BG, 701st BS) lost Feb 27, 1945. MACR 12794
51523 (93rd BG) interned in Sweden Jan 17, 1945. MACR 11742
51524 (459th BG) lost Sep 18, 1944, Hungary. MACR 8754.
51526 (449th BG) lost Mar 31, 1945 near Pecs, Hungary after bombing Linz, Austria. MACR 13486.
Navigator was killed when top turret collapsed during crash landing. 9 others returned.
I have a reference that has this plane going to USSR.
51529 from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
51530 (491st BG, 853rd BS) lost Nov 26, 1944 on Misburg mission. MACR 10767.
51531 (466th BG) lost Apr 5, 1945. MACR 13737.
51532 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9572.
51536 (460th BG) lost Mar 1, 1945. MACR 12711.
51541 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany. MACR 9394
51542 (454th BG) lost Oct 7, 1944, Austria. MACR 8977
51544 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Apr 4, 1945. MACR 13729
51548 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost over Bratislava, Austria Dec 11, 1944. Crew POW. MACR 10363
51549 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Nov 26, 1944. MACR 11218
51559 (485th BG) lost Oct 16, 1944. MACR 9196.
51561 (458th BG, 752nd BS) hit by flak during mission to Dortmund
and made crashlanding near Malmedy, Belgium Jan 28, 1945.
All crew safe.
51564 (451st BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Austria. MACR 9134.
51565 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost Sep 1, 1944. MACR 8758. Also listed as being lost
with the 451st BG Dec 11, 1944, MACR 10391
51566 (450th BG, 721st BS) shot down by AAA Oct 17, 1944 near
Vienna, Austria. Six KIA, four POW. MACR 9215
51568 (376th BG, 515th BS) lost near island of Vis Oct 17, 1944.
All crew KIA. MACR 9205
51587 (451st BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Austria. MACR 9056
51595 (454th BG) lost Feb 27, 1945. MACR 13241
51602 (460th BG) lost Dec 26, 1944. MACR 10927
51603 (450th BG) lost Aug 23, 1944, Austria
51607 crashed on takeoff at Pantanella AAB, Italy Sep 1, 1944. All aboard KIA
51609 (450th BG) lost Aug 23, 1944. MACR 8335
51610 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Feb 21, 1945. MACR 12473. Ended up in USSR service.
42-51611/51825 Ford B-24J-10-FO Liberator
c/n 3142/3356
51615 converted to C-109
51617 broke up in flight N of Touchet, WA Jul 19, 1944. All
12 onboard killed.
51623 (450th BG, 721st BS, *Strange Cargo*) interned in Switzerland Apr 8, 1945.
Returned Oct 11, 1945. This was the 5000th Ford-built B-24.
51624 (455th BG) lost Aug 9, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 836?
51625 (464th BG, 776th BS *Stevonovich*) ditched in Adriatic Nov 20, 1944 on raid to Blechhammer.
One KIA. MACR 9948
51627 (459th BG) lost Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12367
51628 (465th BG, 781st BS) lost Oct 13, 1944, Germany. MACR 9059
51631 (465th BG) lost Dec 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 10783
51636 (455th BG) lost Apr 25, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13989.
51639 (449th BG) lost Nov 8, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 9714.
51642 (449th BG, 716th BS) lost Feb 28, 1945, Austria. MACR 12511.
51643 (464th BG) lost Nov 6, 1944. MACR 9672.
51645 (455th BG) lost Apr 27, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 14077.
51647 converted to C-109. Stalled and crashed after takeoff near
Kalaikundra, India Sep 20, 1944.
51657 (460th BG) lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9043
51658 (376th BG) lost Dec 18, 1944, Germany. MACR 10671.
51659 converted to C-109
51663 (464th BG) lost Oct 17, 1944. MACR 9298
51672 (456th BG, 745th BS, "The Lady Patricia") diverted to Switzerland Nov 16, 1944 after
raid on marshaling yards at Munich. Unable to find a suitable landing field and with one engine
on fire, the crew bailed out. Crew interned. MACR 9798
51676 converted to C-109
51678 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost Dec 11, 1944, Austria. MACR 10400
51683 (464th BG) lost Oct 17, 1944. 2 captured, rest of crew returned.
51684 converted to C-109
51687 (456th BG, 747th BS) lost Dec 11, 1944. MACR 10372
51688 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost Feb 28, 1945, Laion, Austria. MACR 12476.
51691 returned to USA Jun 1945.
51692 (459th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Poland. MACR 10718
51697 converted to C-109
51701 (459th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Yugoslavia. MACR 11749
51706 converted to C-109
51708 (459th BG) lost Nov 19, 1944, Austria. MACR 9939
51712 converted to C-109
51714 (459th BG, 757th BS, "Cailfornia Rocket") shot down by flak near
Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Poland Dec 18, 1944, Poland. MACR 10688
51715 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost over Hungary Jan 15, 1945. MACR 11292.
51716 converted to C-109. Cr4ashed at Kweiyang, China Jan 22, 1945. MACR 11285.
51717 (456th BG) lost Mar 23, 1945, Germany. MACR 13252
51718 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost Nov 11, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 9692
51719 (376th BG) lost Oct 14, 1944. MACR 9332
51721 converted to C-109
51727 converted to C-109
51729 (451st BG) lost Aug 23, 1944, Austria. MACR 8253
51730 converted to C-109
51733 (450th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12113.
51734 converted to C-109. Crash-landed at Hsinching, China Apr 16, 1945.
51737 (460th BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 9749
51740 converted to C-109. Crashlanded at Hsinching, CHina Apr 12, 1945.
51748 converted to C-109. Crashed at Hsinching, China May 9, 1945.
51756 converted to C-109. Crashed due to structural failure at Kunming,
China May 4, 1945.
51758 converted to C-109
51760 (464th BG, "Bonnie Annie Laurie") hit by flak Dec 29, 1944 on raid on oil storage dumps,
Roudince, France and ditched in Adriatic near Barleta. MACR 14018
51761 (464th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 12534
51763 (449th BG) lost Oct 17, 1944. MACR 9318.
51764 (451st BG, 725th BS, *Betty Co-Ed") shot down by AAA at Floresdorf, near
Vienna, Austria Oct 13, 1944. 5 KIA, 5 POW. MACR 9047
51766 converted to C-109
51772 (459th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944.
51774 converted to C-109
51778 (461st BG) lost Oct 16, 1944. MACR 9679
51782 converted to C-109
51784 converted to C-109
51786 converted to C-109. Crashed in bad weather Mar 12, 1945,
near Jessore, India
51788 converted to C-109
51790 (450th BG) lost over Hungary Jan 15, 1945.
51792/51793 converted to C-109
51806 (484th BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Austria. MACR 9046
51809/51810 converted to C-109
51813 (376 BG) forced down over Bulgaria Sep 1944. Details?
51817 converted to C-109
51825 converted to C-109
42-51826/52075 Ford B-24J-15-FO Liberator
c/n 3357/3606
51826 converted to C-109
51830 converted to C-109
51835 (484th BG) lost Dec 17, 1944. MACR 10492
51837 (459th BG) lost over Adriatic Sea Dec 20, 1944. MACR 10691
51838 (461th BG) lost May 31, 1945, Mediterranean MACR 13485
51839 converted to C-109
51840 (464th BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Germany. MACR 9133
51842 (465th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 9856
51844 converted to C-109. Crashlanded at Shamsbernagar, India
Apr 6, 1945.
51845 (460th BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 9747
51846 converted to C-109
51847 converted to C-109. Crashed on takeoff at Hsinching, China Sep 27, 1944.
51848 (450th BG) lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9045
51849/51850 converted to C-109
51851 (484th BG) lost Feb 21, 1945. MACR 12453
51852 (484th BG) lost Nov 4, 1944. MACR 9678
51854 converted to C-109
51857 converted to C-109
51860 converted to C-109
51862 converted to C-109
51870 (450th BG) lost Apr 9, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13710
51871 (465th BG) lost Feb 16, 1945, Germany. MACR 12146
51872 (485th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944. MACR 9972
51874 (451st BG, 727th BS, 'La petite fleur') ditched in Adriatic Nov 20, 1944 after mission
to Blechammer. MACR 9975. Crew picked up by Yugoslav partisans and returned to Italy.
51876/51877 converted to C-109
51877 (ATC) lost Feb 9, 1945, China. MACR 12268
51879 (465th BG) lost Dec 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 10498
51880 (451st BG) lost Dec 29, 1944. MACR 10916
51882 (484th BG) lost Feb 20, 1945. MACR 12094
51883 converted to C-109
51884 (484th BG, 924th BS) salvaged Aug 6, 1945.
51886 (464th BG, "Red Jig") damaged by flak Dec 2, 1944 and made two-engine landing
at home base. Salvaged for parts.
51887 converted to C-109. Crashed in India Dec 16, 1944. MACR 10591
51890 converted to C-109. Crashed near Kalaikunda, India Oct 12, 1944.
51893 converted to C-109
51897 served in Italian theatre. Returned to USA and presumably scrapped.
51898 (461st BG, 767th BS) lost Dec 18, 1944. MCR 10639
51901 converted to C-109. Crashed near Tilagaon, India Dec 14, 1944.
51903 (44th BG, 777th BS, "Willy") crashed in Switzerland Feb 27, 1945 after being
hit by flak on raid on marshaling yards, Augsburg, Germany. MACR 12746
51904 converted to C-109
51905 (454 BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Italy. MACR 12537
51907 (44th BG, 66th BS) lost Mar 19, 1945. MACR 13574
51910 (98th BG) lost Feb 21, 1945, Austria. MACR 12698
51911 (459th BG) lost over Austria Jan 15, 1945. MACR 11293
51912 (455th BG) lost Oct 14, 1944, Austria. MACR 9130
51918 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost Mar 26, 1945. MACR 13198. Ended up in USSR service
51919 (456th BG, 744th BS) lost Feb 13, 1945, Yugoslavia. MACR 12116
51920 (49th BG, 716th BS) damaged when 42-51575 blew up in front of it Dec 27, 1944. Repaired.
Returned to USA Jul 12, 1945.
51921 converted to C-109. Involved in midair collision and crashed at
Kuliang, China Feb 4, 1945.
51922 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost Dec 16, 1944. MACR 10494
51925 (484th BG) lost Nov 20, 1944. MACR 9946
51926 (460th BG) lost Nov 18, 1944. MACR 9888
51928 (450th BG) lost Dec 11, 1944. MACR 10599
51929 to USSR
51930 converted to C-109
51935 (455th BG) lost Dec 29, 1944. MACR 10749
51941 (481st BG) lost Dec 17, 1944, Germany. MACR 10682
51947 (451st BG) lost Oct 14, 1944. MACR 9150
51953 (4?4th BG) lost Dec 26, 1944 in raid on Odertal oil refinery. MACR 10648.
Flew to Russian lines.
51959 (454th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12073
51962 converted to C-109. Crashed at Hsinching, China Dec 25, 1944.
51963 (459th BG) lost Mar 8, 1945. MACR 12915
51964 (464th BG) hit by flak Oct 17, 1944. Crashed near Zohor, across
Danube from Vienna. MACR 9195. 2 lost, buried by local church.
51967 (484th BG) lost Mar 4, 1945, Austria. MACR 12904
51969 (485th BG) lost Nov 15, 1944. MACR 9881
51970 (451st BG) lost Nov 1, 1944, Italy. MACR 9584
51971 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Nov 15, 1944. MACR 9885
51974 (455th BG, 741st BS, *Sissy Lee*) interned in Switzerland Feb 27, 1945. MACR 12482
Returned Sep 29, 1945.
51976 (885th BG) lost Nov 21, 1944, Italy. MACR 9953
51979 (456th BG) lost Nov 11, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 9691
51982/51983 converted to C-109
51989 (98th BG, 343rd BS, "Southern Belle") lost on mission to Vipitano,
Italy Apr 8, 1945. 12 KIA. MACR 13707
51990 (455th BG) lost Mar 8, 1945. MACR 12815. Ended up in USSR service
51992 (485th BG) lost Jan 31, 1945, Austria. MACR 11837
51994 (98th BG) lost Oct 14, 1944, Maribor, Yugoslavia. MACR 9593
51996 (465th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 9854
52000 converted to C-109. Lost Feb 27, 1945, India. MACR 12776
52001 converted to C-109. Crashed on takeoff at Dacca-Kurmitola,
India Dec 22, 1944.
52002 (484th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12076
52005/52006 converted to C-109
52010 (459 BG, 758 BS) crashed in Gulf of Venice Oct 20, 1944. MACR 9338
Salvaged in 1956-57. Remains of 4 crewmen still on board.
52011 (460th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 9940
52012 converted to C-109
52014 converted to C-109
52016 (484th BG) lost Apr 23, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13990. I have a reference that has this
plane going to USSR.
52020/52021 converted to C-109
52023 converted to C-109. Crashed near Tura, India May 29, 1945. MACR 14542
52025 (461st BG) lost Dec 17, 1944, Germany. MACR 10680
52028 (460th BG) lost Nov 5, 1944. MACR 9673
52033 converted to C-109
52036 (451th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12090
52039 (98th BG) lost Mar 31, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13487
52041 (484th BG, 824th BS) lost Feb 21, 1945, Austria. MACR 12462
52042 converted to C-109
52045 (451st BG) lost Dec 17, 1944, Germany. MACR 10681
52049 converted to C-109
52051 (460th BG) lost Nov 18, 1944. MACR 9971
52054 (451st BG) lost Feb 25, 1945, Austria. MACR 12472
52058 (98th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Germany. MACR 12104
52064 (485th BG, 828th BS) lost Mar 2, 1945, Austria in collision with
42-52644. MACR 12748
52067 (485th BG) lost Oct 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 9197
52070 (464th BG, 777th BS) lost due to mechanical problems Jan 20, 1945, Germany. MACR 11388
Crew bailed out, all returned.
52075 (4545h BG, 737th BS) lost Feb 28, 1945, Austria. MACR 12485.
42-52076 Ford B-24J-20-FO Liberator
c/n 3607
42-52077/52113 Ford B-24H-5-FO Liberator
c/n 794/830
52077 (451st BG) lost Apr 28, 1944, Italy. MACR 4528
52081 (451st BG) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4082
52083 (392 BG, 579 BS) MIA Jan 4, 1944 over North Sea. MACR 1911
52084 (451st BG) lost Apr 13, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4084
52085 (450th BG) lost Jul 13, 1944 Giurgiu mission. MACR 6764. 1 KIA, 3 POW,
5 unknown.
52086 (449th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria. MACR 4025
52087 (451st BG) lost Jul 16, 1944 on mission to Weiner
Neustad, Austria from Italy. MACR 7156. Went down
In Hungary after two engines went out.
Two of the crew got out.
52088 (450th BG) lost Mar 24, 1944. MACR 3258.
52090 (450th BG) lost Apr 16, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4077
52092 (449th BG) lost Feb 3, 1944, Italy. MACR 3168
52094 (451st BG) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4604
52096 (450th BG) lost May 12, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 4836
52097 (392 BG, 577 BS) MIA Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3944
52098 (448th BG, 712th BS) lost Apr 1, 1944, Belgium. MACR 3565
52100 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944, France. MACR 2956
52101 (451st BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Germany. MACR 3295
52103 (451st BG) lost Apr 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4032
52105 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost Dec 22, 1943, Waddenzee, Netherlands. MACR 3313. 4 KIA, 6 MIA
52106 (449th BG, 719th BS, *Sunshine*) captured by Luftwaffe at Venegono, Italy Mar 29, 1944.
MACR 3715. Flown by Luftwaffe on penetration missions in RAF bomber streams at night in
Luftwaffe markings. Shot down by German AAA Apr 6, 1945 on ferry flight from Hildesheim
to Bavaria.
52108 (448th BG) Nov 23, 1943, North Africa. MACR 1247
52109 (450th BG, 721st BS) collided with 41-29222 over Adriatic Sea Mar 24, 1944 and
ditched in Adriatic. MACR 3706.
52110 ("Satan's Playmates")
52111 (451st BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Hungary. MACR 8001
42-52114/52302 Ford B-24H-10-FO Liberator
c/n 831/1019
52114 (?) (450th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria.
52115 (448th BG) exploded in midair while unit was forming up for
mission to Gilze-Rijen Feb 10, 1944 and crashed at Badingham.
Only two crewmembers durvived.
52117 (449th BG) lost May 29, 1944, Austria. MACR 5461
52118 (448th BG, 712th BS *Picadilly Pete*) damaged by flak over
Germany Apr 9, 1944 and diverted to Bulltofta, Sweden where it
was interned. MACR 3659
52122 (450th BG) lost Apr 12, 1944, Italy. MACR 4841
52123 (448th BG) lost Jan 11, 1944, Germany. MACR 2518
52124 (450th BG) lost Apr 28, 1944, Italy. MACR 4619
52125 (454th BG) lost Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3506
52126 (449th BG) lost Jan 16, 1944. MACR 2325.
52128 (448th BG, 712th BS) crash-landed in Brazil while on its way to Seething,
Norfolk, UK Nov 19, 1943.
52136 (449th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria. MACR 3995
52140 (449 BG, 716 BS) shot down Jun 9, 1944. MACR 6314
52142 (450th BG) lost over Austria Apr 2, 1944. MACR 3582
52143 (450th BG) lost May 24, 1944, Austria. MACR 5647
52146 (449th BG, 716th BS, *Pistol Packin' Mama*) lost Feb 22, 1944, Austria. MACR 2712
52147 (453rd BG, 732nd BS) lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4593.
52148 (450th BG, 720th BS *Liberal Lady*) crashed in Switzerland Feb 25, 1944. MACR 3179
52149 (449th BG) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4661
52150 (449th BG) lost May 17, 1944. MACR 5052
52153 (451st BG) lost Jul 27, 1944, Hungary. MACR 7025
52156 (451st BG) lost Apr 7, 1944. MACR 4520
52157 (449th BG) lost Nov 22, 1944, Italy. MACR 10044
52159 (449th BG) lost Apr 4, 1944, Rumania. MACR 3879.
52160 (392 BG, 579 BS) MIA Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7369
52161 (450th BG) lost Feb 22, 1944, Austria. MACR 2832
52163 (450th BG) lost over Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5433
52165 (449th BG, "Slick Chick") lost Apr 24, 1944, Austria. MACR 4199
52166 (449th BG) lost Apr 16, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4039
52167 (451st BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Germany. MACR 3589
52168 (451st BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Germany. MACR 3693
52169 (453rd BG, 734th BS) lost on mission to Brunswick, Germany May 8, 1944. MACR 4594.
52170 (449th BG) lost May 18, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 5060
52171 (454th BG) lost Jun 4, 1944. MACR 5478
52172 (449th BG) lost Apr 4, 1944, Rumania. MACR 3699
52173 (454th BG) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 6371
52174 (453rd BG, 734th BS) interned in Sweden Aug 25, 1944. MACR 8293
52175 (453rd BG, 735th BS, "Portland Annie") shot down on mission to Berlin in Den Ooserhuis,
near Balkbrug (Overijssel), Netherlands Mar 8, 1944. MACR 2928
52176 (453rd BG, 733rd BS "Valkyrie") badly damaged during combat mission May 8, 1944.
Upon return to England, pilot ordered crew to abandon aircraft, which
subsequently crashed into thicket at Long Stretton. Ball turret gunner,
who had not heard the order to bale out, emerged from wreckage unscathed.
52180 (453rd BG, 734th BS) shot down by fighters Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3297
52185 (453rd BG, 732nd BS) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3296
52186 (453rd BG, 735th BS) lost May 9, 1944, Holland. MACR 4595
52189 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 4745
52190 (455th BG) lost over Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5045
52191 (453rd BG) ditched in North Sea Mar 6, 1944. Only
one crewmember survived. MACR 2969
52194 (464th BG) crashed on landing during practice mission Jun 9, 1944
52195 (459th BG) lost Apr 25, 1944, Italy. MACR 4632
52196 (453rd BG, 734th BS, *War Bride*) crashed on Skorve Mountain,
Norway Sep 9, 1944. MACR 8420
52200 (376 BG, 515 BS) shot down by fighters over Wels,
Austria Feb 23, 1944. MACR 2583
52201 (453rd BG, 732nd BS) ditched Jul 11, 1944. MACR 8715
52202 (454th BG) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania. Should this be 52203?
52203 (454th BG) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4386.
52206 (376th BG, 513rd BS) crashed Feb 23, 1944, Marchtrenk, Austria. MACR 2567
52209 (454th BG) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4652.
52210 (455th BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Austria. MACR 2590
52214 (456th BG, 744th BS) lost Apr 25, 1944, Italy. MACR 5640
52215 (450th BG) lost over Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5190
52217 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost over Austria Apr 12, 1944. MACR 3290
52219 (455th BG) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4201
52222 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4713
52223 (455th BG, *Dragon Lady*) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4650
52224 (455th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria. MACR 3363
52225 (454th BG) lost Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3293
52226 (453rd BG, 734th BS) shot down by fighter over Holland
Mar 6, 1944 during return. Crew bailed out over
Zuider Zee. 3 rescued, 7 drowned. MACR 2970
52229 (454th BG) lost Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3294
52230 (455th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944. MACR 6516
52231 (456th BG) lost Apr 23, 1944, Austria
52233 (456th BG, 744th BS) lost Jun 26, 1944. MACR 6435.
52236 (454th BG) lost May 24, 1944. MACR 5464.
52237 (453rd BG, 734th BS, *Paper Doll*) salvaged May 29, 1945, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland.
52238 (455th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944. MACR 6402
52239 (455th BG) lost Aug 13, 1944, Czechoslovakia. MACR 8349
52240 (453rd BG, 735th BS) interned in Sweden Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3925
52241 (455th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6400
52242 (454th BG) lost Feb 25, 1944 N of Horn, Austria. All crewmembers KIA. MACR 3155
52243 (449th BG) lost over Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5370
52244 (453rd BG, 735th BS) interned in Sweden Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3291
52247 (485th BG) crashed Sept 6, 1944 and salvaged.
52248 (454th BG) lost Apr 13, 1944, Hungary
52249 (455th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6956
52253 (455th BG) lost May 18, 1944, Italy.
52255 (454th BG) lost Mar 3, 1944, Italy.
52256 (456th BG) lost Apr 12, 1944, Austria. MACR 4037
52260 (455th BG) lost May 5, 1944, Rumania.
52264 (454th BG) lost Dec 18, 1944
52265 (454th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6432
52266 (454th BG) lost Feb 25, 1944 NE of Freistadt, Austria.
All crew survived. MACR 2627
52269 (499th BG) lost Apr 7, 1944, Mediterranean
52271 (455th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria. MACR 3471
52273 (376th BG) lost Feb 23, 1944, Yugoslavia.
52276 (456th BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Austria.
52277 (453rd BG) lost Mar 13, 1944, Germany
52282 (455th BG) lost May 6, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 5459
52283 (455th BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Austria
52287 (456th BG) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 4845
52289 (455th BG) lost Apr 20, 1944, Italy
52294 (455th BG) lost Jul 27, 1944, Hungary
52297 (454th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6171
52300 (454th BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Austria. 5 killed, 6 survived. MACR 3211
52301 (453rd BG) lost Apr 29, 1944, North Sea
52302 (453rd BG) lost Feb 25, 1944, Germany
42-52303/52776 Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator
c/n 1020/1493
52306 (458th BG) shot down by fighter Mar 6, 1944.
Crashed near Army munitions factory at
Muensterlager near Ueltzen. 2 killed, 8 taken prisoner.
52307 (459th BG) lost May 6, 1944, Yugoslavia
52309 (456 BG, 745 BS) shot down Vienna Jun 16, 1944.
52310 (459th BG) lost over Austria Mar 17, 1944.
52318 (459th BG, 757th BS) lost Jun 9, 1943 Thurn nr Nienz, Austria. MACR 6179
52323 (454th BG) lost Feb 4, 1944, Mediterranean.
52330 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost over Austria Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3256
52332 (44th BG) lost Mar 15, 1944, Germany
52335 (458th BG, 754th BS, "Admirable Little Character") lost Apr 25, 1944, France
52336 (461th BG, 766th BS) hit by AAA then collided with 42-52366
and crashed at Szigetszentmiklos, Hungary Apr 13, 1944. 12 KIA.
MACR 4649.
52338 (450th BG) lost Feb 23, 1944, Austria. MACR 9093
52344 (459th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Germany
52345 (456th BG) lost Apr 21, 1944, Rumania.
52347 (460th BG, 763rd BS *Belle Ringer*) interned in Switzerland Jun 13, 1944.
Returned Sep 27, 1945.
52349 lost Jan 9, 1944, South Atlantic
52351 (459th BG) lost May 18, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 5830
52353 (458th BG, 754th BS) shot down Apr 22, 1944 by intruders over Norwich, England
while returning from bombing raid. 6 killed, 4 survived.
52355 (460th BG) lost May 18, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 5044
52356 (459th BG) lost Aug 25, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 12393.
52357 (464th BG, "Crack Up") crashed between Bari and Pananella, Italy during mission to Nimes, France Jul 12, 1944.
52358 (459th BG, 756th BS, *Hell's Bells*) interned in Switzerland Jul 20, 1944. MACR 6851
52360 lost Apr 15, 1944, Giurgiu, Rumania.
52361 (461st BG) lost Apr 6, 1944, Yugoslavia
52362 (460th BG) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 5465
52364 (445th BG) lost Feb 24, 1944, Germany
52365 suffered engine failure over Kufstein, Austria Mar 21, 1945.
52366 (461st BG, 766th BS, "Spirit of Hollywood/Gloria Jean") hit
by the crashing 42-52336 over Budapest and then crashed
between Kiskunlachaza and Bugyi, Hungary Apr 13, 1944. Copilot
killed in the collision, rest bailed out but the pilot's chute
failed and he was also killed. 2 KIA, 8 POW. MACR 3974.
52368 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Jul 25, 1944, Austria. MACR 7110
52378 (451st BG) lost Jul 28, 1944, Yugoslavia
52380 (460th BG) lost Apr 13, 1944, Rumania
52382 (458th BG) lost Apr 18, 1944, Germany
52388 (461st BG) lost Apr 2, 1944, Yugoslavia.
52392 (458th BG, 753rd BS, *Wabbit Twacks*) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3786
52395 (461st BG) lost Apr 16, 1944, Yugoslavia
52396 (449th BG, 718th BS, *Suzan Jane*) shot down on Wiener-Neustadt mission
May 29, 1944, Austria. MACR 5458
52399 (461st BG, 767th BS, "Miss Carriage" later *Flak Finder*) lost on return from Salon-de-Provence
airfield mission May 27, 1944, Orange, France. MACR 5416. Plane crashed on Pic de l'Aigle near
Thorenc, 20 km NNW of Grasse in the Alpes Maritimes in France. 10 bailed out, 6 evaded, 4 POW.
52400 (459th BG) lost Jul 28, 1944, Rumania. MACR 7314
52401 (460th BG) lost Jul 19, 1944. MACR 7055
52402 (464th BG, 776th BS *Rough and Ready*) lost Jul 30, 1944 in raid on
Duna aircraft Factory, Budapest, Hungary. MACR 11716. 2 KIA, 8 POW.
52403 (465th BG) lost Aug 7, 1944, Germany. MACR 7203
52404 crashed at Frettenham, England May 1944
52405 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost over Austria May 24, 1944. MACR 5041
52406 (459th BG) lost over Austrria Mar 17, 1944. MACR 3255
52408 (461st BG, 766th BS "The Kissed Off Kids") shot down by flak during raid on Vienna,
Austria Feb 21, 1945. MACR 12359. The plane had previously
had a vertical stabilizer replaced and the new part had
the serial 42-78408 on it, and this serial is often wrongly
quoted for this loss.
52409 (461th BG, 764th BS, "Hell's A Poppin") damaged by AAA then shot down by Konrath Janos fhdn
in Me 210CA-1 of HUAF E of Kelebia, Hungary Apr 13, 1944. MACR 3973. 10 POW.
52411 (392nd BG, 576nd BS) MIA Mar 18, 1944. MACR 3325
52413 (459th BG) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 6591
52415 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashlanded Oct 15, 1944 in Belgium.
52416 (460th BG) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 5047.
52417 (460th BG) lost Jul 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 6997
52418 (461st BG, 765th BS) damaged in ground explosion at
Torretto, Italy May 18, 1944.
52419 (465th BG) lost Jul 7, 1944. MACR 6957
52420 (465th BG) lost Jul 8, 1944. MACR 6512
52423 (458th BG, 755th BS) attacked by German fighters over Baltic Sea and crashed
in village of Venslev, East of Skaelskov, Zealand, Denmark Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3837
52425 (448th BG) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany
52430 (495th BG) lost May 6, 1944, Rumania. MACR 4605.
52432 ("Bachelor's Paradise", 458th BG, 755th BS) shot down Apr 9, 1944
over Sandved, Denmark. Four crewmembers lost. MACR 3838
52433 (460th BG) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 4659
52435 (448th BG, 715th BS) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany. MACR 4490
52436 (461st BG, 766th BS) lost Aug 7, 1944, Italy. MACR 11267
52437 (464th BG, "Home For Christmas") damaged by enemy fire Aug 1944
and had to make emergency landing in Yugoslavia. Crew was
returned by Yugoslav partisans but the aircraft was left behind.
52438 (484th BG) lost Aug 20, 1944, Hungary. MACR 7687
52440 (451th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12091
52443 (450th BG) lost Oct 7, 1944. MACR 9135
52444 (487th BG, 838th BS) lost May 11, 1944, Chateaudun, France. MACR 4782
when hit by flak and exploded in midair. 8 killed,
one survived.
52447 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Aug 16, 1944, Germany. MACR 8431
52449 (781st BS, 465th BG, "Patches") lost Jun 6, 1944, Gaesti, Rumania. MACR 6125
52450 (458th BG, 754th BS) damaged by flak over Berlin Mar 6, 1944.
Crashed at PurMerend, Holland. MACR 3350. 3 killed (one refused to jump, and two remained
behind to try and convince him to do so), 9 taken POW. Ball turret gunner Sgt. Krueger evaded
capture for 14 months. Luftwaffe pilot Oblt Georg Kiefner of I/JG-26 credited with the
victory even though the loss was due to AAA. Parts recovered 1979;Purmerend
52451 (461st BG, 767th BS) lost Jul 25, 1944, Austria. MACR 7004
52453 (464th BG, 776th BS) damaged by AAA, crashlanded at Pantanella AB Jun 26, 1944 on return
from mission to LaSpecia, Italy.
52454 (464th BG, 779th BS *Southern Gal*) lost May 2, 1944, Parma, Italy after midair collision
with 41-29453. MACR 5412 41-29453 was able to fly to Corsica.
52456 (465th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5851
52457 (458th BG, 752nd BS) lost Apr 9, 1945, Germany. MACR 13911
52458 (461st BG, 764th BS) lost Jun 11, 1944. MACR 6307
52459 (461st BG, 764th BS) lost Jul 25., 1944, Austria. MACR 11978
52463 (464th BG, 779th BS, *Angel in De Skys*) lost May 25, 1944. MACR 5054.
Target was Givers (South of Lyon, Rhone valley, France)
52464 (783rd BS, 465th BG) disappeared over water
between Italy and Yugoslavia Oct 20, 1944. MACR 9337. All 10 crew MIA.
52465 (392 BG, 578 BS) shot down Mar 18, 1944 near Schramberg, Germany. MACR 3326
52466 (465th BG, 780th BS *Jack Pine Joe*) crashed in Switzerland Jul 19, 1944 during
mission to Munich. Number 2 engine went out over the target
and the prop could not be feathered. Navigator bailed out and became
POW, and crew headed to Switzerland. Crew bailed out after
crossing Lake Constance, but copilot was killed when he
failed to pul the ripcord. Pilotless plane crashed into the
castle of Wyden near Ossingen. MACR 6750.
52467 (446th BG, 704th BS, *Hula Wahina II*) shot down by AAA Jul 31, 1944 on mission to
Ludwigshaven, Germany. MACR 7826. 3 KIA, 7 POW.
52468 (464th BG, *Red Hot Riding Hood*) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 4658
52472 (453rd BG, 732rd BS) lost Feb 9, 1945. MACR 12219
52473 (465th BG) lost Jul 19, 1944. MACR 6752
52474 (451st BG) lost Apr 5, 1944, Rumania. MACR 3918
52477 (467th BG, 788th BS) lost May 8, 1944. MACR 4825
52478 (465th BG, 783rd BS) crashed Jul 12, 1944 at La Tour d/Aigues, Near Pertuis, Vaucluse Department, France
during mission to Nimes, France. MACR 6891
52479 (464th BG, "Little Lulu") shot down by fighters Aug 24, 1944,
Czechoslovakia. MACR 7968. One survivor
52480 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3842
52482 (465th BG) lost Jul 26, 1944, Austria. MACR 7336
52483 from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52484 (464th BG, 776th BS, *Free Delivery*) shot down by flak July 5, 1944 during
attack on U-Boat base, Toulon, France. MACR 6379
52485 (464th BG, 778th BS, *Brown Nose*) interned in Switzerland Oct 4, 1944 after
being damaged by flak in raid on marshaling yards at Munich, Germany.
52486 (461st BG, 765th BS) crashed Jul 21, 1944.
52487 (464th BG, "The Kentucky Colonel") damaged by fighters Jul 16, 1944.
Landed at Foggia and consigned to CL-26
52489 (464th BG, "Sultan") shot down by flak Jul 7, 1944. MACR 6590. Crashed
in Slovakia near Dolny Lieskov. 6 bailed out, 4 lost
52492 (464th BG, *Monin Lisa*) crashed on takeoff on training flight Mar 27, 1944.
3 killed, 6 injured.
52494 (465th BG) lost Dec 17, 1944, Czechoslovakia. MACR 10604
52495 (465th BG) lost Jun 13, 1944. MACR 6308
52496 (34th BG "Rum Runner")
52497 (467th BG, 790th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944. MACR 7538.
52498 (465th BG, 780th BS) lost Aug 3, 1944, Brendlkar, Gaistal, Austria. MACR 7538
52501 (451st BG) lost May 10, 1944, Austria. MACR 4838
52502 (464th BG, "Boozin Susan") lost Jul 16, 1944, Austria. MACR 7111.
Pilot and 4 others bailed out before right wing folded.
52503 (465th BG) lost Feb 5, 1945, Adriatic Sea
52504 (464th BG) shot down by fighters near Bucany, Cz Dec 6, 1944.
52506 (467th BG) lost Apr 29, 1944, Germany
52509 (466th BG, 784th BS, transferred to 786th BS) delclared war weary and salvaged May 29, 1945.
52511 (466th BG, 786th BS) crash landed at New Rumney, Kent, England Jul 17, 1944.
52512 (467th BG, 789th BS) crashed Jul 12, 1944 Grunberg, Obsteig, Austria. MACR 6932
52515 (458th BG, 754th BS) shot down by flak over Berlin Mar 6, 1944. MACR 3351
8 killed, two bailed out and taken prisoner.
52516 (466th BG, 784th BS) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3796
52517 (392 BG, 579 BS, "Model T") shot down by German fighters over Belgium Jul 7, 1944. MACR 7370
8 KIA, 1 POW
52519 (450th BG, 723rd BS) MIA in raid on Sofia, Bulgaria 3/30/1944. MACR 3696
52520 (464th BG, "Combatty") shot down by flak and fighters Aug 24, 1944,
Czechoslovakia. MACR 7967. Crew bailed outnear Klagenfurt, Austria.
52524 (392 BG, 785 BS) crashlanded Sept 18, 1944 Brussels, Belgium.
52525 (467th BG, 789th BS) interned in Sweden Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6234
52526 (464th BG) stripped of armament, retired from combat, and used as
shuttle ship.
52528 (460th BG) lost May 31, 1944. MACR 5836
52529 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Aug 13, 1944, France. MACR 7912
52530 (467th BG, 791st BS) lost Aug 13, 1944, France. MACR 7913
52533 (465th BG) lost Mar 2, 1945. MACR 12750
52534 (467th BG, 790th BS, "Witchcraft") completed 130 combat missions
between Apr 10, 1944 and Apr 21, 1945, the most missiions
flown by a B-24 in the ETO. The 130 sorties were flown without a single abort
due to mechanical problems and without injury to any crew member. 'Witchcraft'
returned to the USA Jun 12, 1945 and was sold for scrap Oct 3, 1945
52535 (789th BS, 467th BG, "Katy") lost Apr 13, 1944. MACR 4181
52537 (464th BG, "Ruthie The Raider") lost Feb 5, 1945, Germany. MACR 12064. Two engines
shot up, diverted to Switzerland, ran out of fuel and crashlanded on
deserted German airfield. Crew returned.
52538 (460th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944. MACR 6174
52540 (464th BG) lost May 29, 1944. MACR 5418
52543 (465th BG) lost May 31, 1944. MACR 5192
52546 (458th BG, 752nd BS, *Final Approach*) shot down over Lechfeld, Germany Apr 9, 1945.
I also have MACR 13136 for this plane, which lists Mar 18, 1945
with 467th BG, 788th BS
52547 (376th BG) lost Jun 24, 1944, Ploesti. MACR 7130. 8 POW, 1 KIA.
52548 (392 BG, 578 BS, *Jaw-Ja Boy*) shot down by AAA on mission to Mainz, Germany Sept 9, 1944. MACR 8603
9 crew KIA, 2 POW.
52549 (464th BG, "Libby Raider") lost Jul 8, 1944, Florisdorf oil refinery
and marshaling yards, Vienna, Austria. MACR 6960. 2 KIA, rest POW.
52552 (460 BG) shot down by flak near Cornillon, France Aug 6, 1944.
2 KIA, 8 POW.
52555 (466th BG, 785th BS) ditched in North Sea Apr 9, 1944
52559 (467th BG, 790th BS, *Miss Fortune*) interned in Switzerland Jul 12, 1944. Returned Oct 11, 1945
52560 (466th BG, 786th BS, *Laiden Maiden*) salvaged as non-battle damaged May 20, 1944
52564 (465th BG) lost Dec 16, 1944. MACR 10603
52566 (446th BG, 786th BS, *Shack Rat*) damaged by flak, wrecked when crashlanded
at Attlebridge Apr 19, 1944
52567 (466th BG, 787th BS) interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944. MACR 4113
52569 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Apr 9, 1944. MACR 3844
52570 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost May 29, 1944. MACR 4226
52571 (467th BG, 790th BS) lost Nov 10, 1944, Germany. MACR 10323
52573 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52575 (465th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5844.
52577 (487th BG, 838th BS) lost May 29, 1944. MACR 5224
52578 damaged by fighters with 857th BS Feb 27/28, 1945 and made emergency landing at
Woodbridge. Repaired and flew with 858th BS. RZI Jul 9, 1945.
52579 (389th BG, 566th BS) lost Jun 21, 1944. MACR 6531
52582 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944, Holland. MACR 3845.
Fuselage parts recovered 1981:Boswiede/Giethoorn
52584 (466th BG, 787th BS) lost May 9, 1944, Belgium. MACR 4803
52585 (465th BG) lost Jul 19, 1944. MACR 6751
52587 (466th BG, 785th BS) collided in midair Mar 23, 1944 with 41-29466 and went down in
lake in Netherlands. MACR 3455
52589 (465th BG) lost over Austria May 29, 1944. MACR 5188
52590 (467th BG, 789th BS) returned to USA Jun 1945.
52591 damaged by AAA and crashed 11/5/1944, Chichester, Sussex, UK on way
back to base. Crew bailed out successfully
52593 (392 BG, 576 BS) crashlanded Apr 9, 1944, Beccles, UK.
52594 (446th BG, 705th BS, "Naughty Nan") DBR when crashelanded at
Bungay (date unknown) after undercarriage failed to lower during
local flight.
52596 (466th BG, 784th BS, *Mammy Yokum*) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3846
52597 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Aug 15, 1944, Netherlands. MACR 8428
52598 (446th BG, 705th BS, *Guess Who's Here) lost due to technical failure July 12, 1944 near Hutting, Germany.
MACR 6940. Pilot KIA. rest of crew POW.
52601 (485th BG) lost Sep 13, 1944, Yugoslavia. MACR 8346
52602 (484th BG, 825th BS) lost Jun 13, 1944, Mutters near Innsbruck, Austria. MACR 6416
52604 (392nd BG, 578th BS) MIA May 29, 1944. MACR 5214
52605 (392nd BG, 579th BS) exploded in midair Apr 22, 1944
over Netherlands coast. MACR 4171
52607 (392 BG, 577 BS) shot down by AAA Sept 8, 1944 over Vitry-le-Francois,
France. MACR 8604. 7 crew KIA, 2 POW.
52608 (448th BG, 715th BS) lost Apr 22, 1944, English Channel. MACR 4301
52609 (487th BG, 836th BS) lost Jul 2, 1944. MACR 6770.
52610 (466th BG) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3847
52613 (450th BG) lost over Austria Mar 19, 1944. MACR 3260
52614 (451st BG) lost Jul 31, 1944, Adriatic. MACR 7209
52615 (392 BG, 579 BS) damaged by AAA and ditched in North Sea Sept 11, 1944.
MACR 9811. 3 crew killed, 7 rescued.
52620 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52621 (34th BG "Up In Arms")
52624 (487th BG, 839th BS) lost Jun 7, 1944. MACR 5483
52627 (453rd BG, 735th BS, "Stolen Moments") shot down Jul 12, 1944
on mission to Munich. MACR 6936. Aircraft and crashlanded in Ensisheim
15-20 km North of Mulhouse, France. Aircraft was repaired by
the Germans and given German markings. Destroyed on ground
by a P-38.
53628 to USSR. Shot down Oct 14, 1943 at Hiitola, Finland.
52629 (487th BG, 838th BS) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5484
52630 returned to USA Jul 9, 1945
52632 (484th BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Hungary. MACR 7961
52635 (484th BG) lost Feb 7, 1945, Austria. MACR 12129. There
is also MACR 7955 dated Aug 26, 1944, which must have been
an earlier incident.
52637 (34th BG "Slammin' Spammy")
52638 (448th BG, 714th BS) lost May 19, 1944. MACR 5029
52639 (392 BG, 577 BS) scrapped May 26, 1945.
52642 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashlanded Oct 9, 1944, Wendling, UK.
52644 (485th BG, 288th BS) lost Mar 2, 1945, Austria in collision with
42-52064. MACR 12755
52645 (484th BG) lost in Brazil during transit Feb 28, 1944. MACR 2623
52649 (392 BG, 577 BS) crashlanded Jul 31, 1944, Watton, UK.
52651 (487th BG, 837th BS) lost May 28, 1944. MACR 5223
52653 (484th BG, 825th BS) lost Apr 25, 1945, Mediterranean. MACR 13993
52654 (392nd BG, 579th BS) lost Apr 11, 1944 after being struck by bombs. MACR 3934
52655 (484th BG) shot down Jun 13, 1944, Adriatic Sea. 7 of 10 crewmembers
picked up by German hospital shop. The German captain
let them get off the ship and be rescued by Allied forces. MACR 6389
52656 (451st BG) lost Apr 17, 1944, Mediterranean
52657 (466th BG) lost Apr 13, 1944, Germany
52661 (484th BG, 827th BS) interned in Switzerland Jun 13, 1944. MACR 6017. Returned Sep 19, 1945.
52667 (484th BG) lost Oct 23, 1944, Mediterranean. MACR 9512
52670 (392 BG, 576 BS) crashlanded Jun 18, 1944,
Barkston, Lincolnshire, UK.
52671 (484th BG) lost Jun 11, 1944. MACR 6014
52673 returned to USA Jul 9, 1945.
52674 (485th BG) lost Jul 8, 1944. MACR 6587
52676 (485th BG) lost May 29, 1944. MACR 5838
52677 (484th BG) lost May 29, 1944, Austria. MACR 5785
52680 lost Aug 24, 1944.
52681 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF as Liberator V VD245. SOC Apr 27, 1945.
52684 (484th BG) lost Jun 11, 1944. MACR 6096.
52691 (486th BG) crashed on takeoff May 20, 1944. 6 killed, 4 injured.
52693 returned to USA Jul 9, 1945.
52696 (34th BG "Cookie's Wailing Wall")
52697 (484th BG) lost Aug 28, 1944. MACR 11702
52700 (484th BG, 827th BS) salvaged May 4, 1945.
52701 (485th BG) lost Jun 28, 1944. MACR 6820 and 8339. After being attacked
by enemy fighters after bombing run over Bucharest, Romania, 9 of 10
crew members parachuted to safety near Plovdiv, Bulgaria and became POWs.
Pilot remained to steady the aircraft, allowing the other 9 crew members
time to jump, and never exited (KIA)
52702 (485th BG) lost Jun 26, 1944. MACR 8743
52703 (485th BG, "My Brother and I") crashlanded with injuries at
Bari, Italy Jun 28, 1944.
52704 (392nd BG, 577th BS) shot down Apr 18, 1944 near Brandenburg, Germany. MACR 4053
52706 (485th BG) lost Jun 23, 1944. MACR 6176
52707 (34th BG "Open Season")
52709 (485th BG) lost Jun 13, 1944. MACR 6388
52712 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52715 (484th BG) lost Jun 13, 1944. MACR 6306
52717 (459th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944. MACR 5848
52718 (485th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Adriatic. MACR 11802
52719 (485th BG) lost Jun 9, 1944. MACR 5842
52721 (485th BG) lost Aug 7, 1944, Hungary. MACR 7533
52722 (485th BG) lost Jul 20, 1944, Germany. MACR 7030
52723 (484th BG, 826th BS, transferred to 461th BG, 766th BS) MIA Jul 12, 1944. MACR 6894
52731 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52733 (446th BG) interned in Sweden Jun 20, 1944 on mission to Politz. MACR 6161
52734 (98th BG, 415th BS) ran out of fuel on way home and bellylanded with its auxiliary tanks full.
52735 (485th BG, 828th BS, *Miss Yankee/Rebel*) crashed on takeoff Jun 4, 1944
52738 (34th BG, 3915h BS, "Wilson") shot down at nightfall while
returning from a mission over Frace and went down over its base
at Mendlesham, Suffolk Jun 7, 1944. 5 buildings set afire.
6 KIA.
52739 (487th BG) crashed into North Sea May 29, 1944. MACR 15237. One crewman killed,
rest rescued. MACR 15237
52741 (455th BG) lost Aug 29, 1944. MACR 8102
52743 (487th BG, 837th BS) aborted after takeoff on mission to Liege
when #2 engine failed and tried to return to base but crashed
into woodlands near Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Fuffolk
May 20, 1944. 6 killed, 4 injured
52745 (487th BG, 838th BS, "Virgin Vampire") collided with
41-29482 at end of runway while landing at base at
Lavenham, Suffolk May 30, 1944. All crew OK.
52746 (446th BG, *Shoo Shoo Baby*) crashed in Belgium Dec 27, 1944 on mission to
Kaiserslautern. All parachuted to safety.
52750 (493rd BG, 861st BS, lost Jun 14, 1944. MACR 5910.
Was "Hell and Back" when with 34th BG
52751 (34th BG "Jane's Wittle Wabbit")
52754 (392 BG, 577 BS) MIA Apr 11, 1944. MACR 3935
52755 (34th BG "Dynamite 'N Dodo")
52756 collided in midair with 42-41159 20 mi outside of Phoenix, AZ Feb 18, 1944. All 17 onboard
killed.
52758 (486th BG, 835th BS) lost Jul 1, 1944. MACR 6771
52759 (493rd BG, 862nd BS) lost Jun 22, 1944. MACR 5937. Abandoned by crew
who bailed out over English coast upon return from mission.
Was "Lucille" when with 34th BG.
52760 "Lady Lightnin" (486th BG, 832nd BS) cut in half while
taxiing Jul 21, 1944.
52763 (487th BG, 838th BS) crash-landed near Chateaudun, France May 11, 1944.
Exploded moments later, killing 7. MACR 4783
52764 (486th BG, 832nd BS) lost May 28, 1944. MACR 5390
52766 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF as Liberator VI VB904.
Sold as scrap Mar 12, 1947.
52768 (34th BG "Leo")
52770 (34th BG, "The Ruptured Duck")
52771 transferred from USAAF stocks to RAF. RAF serial?
52772 (446th BG, *Happy Go Lucky*) lost Aug 25, 1944 in North Sea on mission to Rostock,
Germany. All 10 KIA. MACR 8474.
52773 (484th BG) lost May 31, 1944. MACR 5428
52774 (484th BG) lost Nov 17, 1944, Austria. MACR 9931
52775 (484th BG) lost Dec 6, 1944. MACR 10222
42-52777/52851 Pratt-Read CG-4A-PR
52778 to RAF as Hadrian I FR580. Diverted to RCAF
52779 to RAF as Hadrian I FR579. SOC Oct 9, 1946.
42-52852 National CG-4A
42-52853/52881 Gibson Refrigerator CG-4A-GN
52860 to RAF as Hadrian II KH948. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
52873 to RAF as Hadrian II KK606. SOC May 30, 1945.
52878 to RAF as Hadrian II KH949. SOC Feb 28, 1946
52880 to RAF as Hadrian II KH950. SOC Aug 30, 1945.
52881 to RAF as Hadrian II KK607. SOC Feb 28, 1946.
42-52882 Waco PT-14A-WO
Model UPF7 impressed by USAAF. Wreck is at Pima Air and Space Museum.
42-52883 Junkers C-79
Ju 52/3m ge c/n J5283 originally D-AENF. On Apr 1, 1937 transferred to Lufthansa
Sudamerika for Andes service and named 'Aconcagua'. Transferred to Brazilian Airline
Sindicato Condor as PP-CBA Sep 11, 1939. Next to Lufthansa Sucursal Peru as
OA-HHD Nov 29, 1940. Syndicato Condor then leased it to Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos
(SEDTA) Apr 25, 1941 where it was registered as HC-SAD. Confiscated by Peruvian Government
Air Force Sep 5, 1941. To USAAF 5/13/1942 as war prize.
Turned over to US Public Roads Administration in Costa Rica in Dec. 1943 as TI-60
42-52884/52923 Frankfort TG-1A-FR
Military version of Frankfort Cinema sailplane
42-52924/52998 Schweizer TG-3A
52939 (c/n 19) became N69065, then VH-GDI May 6, 1957
52942 (c/n 22) to Tonsberg Flyklubb Mar 1948 as LN-GAT
52963 on display at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport terminal
52983 to civil registry as N66630. Was on display at American Air Museum, Duxford, UK but is
now dismantled at the back of Hangar 4
52988 at USAF Museum, Ohio
42-52999 Beech UC-43A Traveler
Civilian Model D-17R c/n 72 NC15817 impressed by USAAF.
42-53000/53001 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B impressed by USAAF.
53000 c/n 212 NC18787
53001 c/n 192 NC18558
42-53002 Beech UC-43B Traveler
Civilian Model D-17S c/n 287 NC20750 impressed by USAAF in 1942.
To NC249E, NC241, NC241K..
42-53003 Grumman OA-14
Civilian G-44 c/n 1219 NC28680 impressed by USAAF.
42-53004 Howard UC-70 Nightingale
Civilian DCA.15P NC22406 commandeered by USAAF.
42-53005 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B c/n 208 NC18785 impressed by USAAF.
42-53006 Beech UC-43G Traveler
Civilian Model C-17B c/n 143 NC17092 impressed by USAAF in 1942.
To N50650.
42-53007/53008 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17Bs impressed by USAAF.
53007 c/n 197 ex NC18588
53008 c/n 411 ex NC21900. Accident Nov. 11, 1942 on ground Ft Dill
42-53009 Stinson UC-81F-ST Reliant
Model SR.10F c/n 5837 NC2429 impressed by USAAF
42-53010 Howard UC-70A Nightingale
Civilian DGA.12 c/n 401 NC22401 commandeered by USAAF
42-53011/53012 Stinson UC-81J-ST Reliant
Model SR.9E impressed by USAAF.
53011 ex NC18428 c/n 5401
53012 ex NC17168 c/n 5255
42-53013 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B c/n 251 NC19479 impressed by USAAF.
42-53014/53020 Schweizer TG-2-SW
Model SGS.2-8 impressed by USAAF
42-53021 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B c/n 155 NC17069 impressed by USAAF.
42-53022/53096 Laister-Kauffman TG-4
53078 (LK-10A c/n 135) still flying at New Garden, PA as N58175 'Angel Eyes'
Seen at AMC Museum at Dover AFB, DE.
42-53097/53131 Schweizer TG-3A-SW
53113 to RCAF Dec 1946, then to Royal Navy
53119 to RCAF Dec 1946, then to Royal Navy Jul 1949.
53120 became TF-SBA
53129 noted in storage at Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA May 22, 2003.
42-53132/53281 Commonwealth CG-4A-CM
53233 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in UK. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
53236 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in UK. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
53280 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in UK. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
42-53282/53331 Commonwealth CG-4A-CM
Cancelled contract
42-53332/53493 North American B-25C-5 Mitchell
c/n 90-11819/90-11980. Originally earmarked for NEIAF as N5-122/283 but impressed
by USAAF.
53345 (28th BG) lost Sep 11, 1943. MACR 2821
53348 (28th BG) lost Nov 23, 1943. MACR 2612
53349 (28th BG) lost Sep 9, 1944, NW Pacific. MACR 11271
53354 (28th BG) lost Sep 11, 1943. MACR 2283
53357 arrived in UK from North Africa Mar 2943 and used for
communications work. Acquired by 7th PG Sep 1943 as "Miss
Nashville" and used as hack until loaned to 25th Group Jul 1944 for
night photo missions to V-weapons sites. Last sortie on this
work was Aug 18, 1944. Thereafter used for courier work
until strayed over front lines in France Oct 26, 1944 and
damaged by AAA and crashed near Chalons-sur-Saone.
53364 (340th BG) lost Feb 13, 1944. MACR 3212
53366 (340th BG, 488th BS) shot down over Campolene, Italy Feb 16, 1944. MACR 2825
53371 ("Deathwind") lost May 10, 1944 over Corsica.
53376 (340th BG) lost 7/16/1943, Sicily. MACR 186
53385 (340th BG) lost Jan 14, 1944. MACR 2096
53404 (42nd BG (Medium)) crashed Jun 22, 1943 on mission to Rendova Island.
No survivors, no remains ever found.
53417 (342st BG) lost Aug 3, 1943. MACR 241
53426 (340th BG) belly landed at Djedieda airfield on Medjerda River, 15 mi from Tunis
due to engine trouble Apr 19, 1943 and captured by Luftwaffe. On May 6, 1943 American
troops captured the airfield.
53429 (42nd BG) lost Jan 22, 1944. MACR 1801.
53433 (42nd BG) lost Jul 10, 1943. MACR 86
53444 (310th BG) lost May 26, 1943. MACR 32
53451 (10th BG) lost Aug 19, 1943. MACR 477
53455 (340th BG, 487th BS, "Little Isadore") cashed after takeoff
near Sfax,Tunisia Sep 9, 1943
53464 (340th BG) lost Sep 10, 1943. MACR 635
53465 (340th BG) lost Aug 16, 1943. MACR 1643 and 299
53468 (341st BG) lost Sep 25, 1943. MACR 721
53483 (340th BG) lost Feb 13, 1944. MACR 3358
53489 (341st BG) lost Feb 15, 1944. MACR 2298
42-53494/53503 Lockheed C-56C Lodestar
Civilian Model 18-07 impressed by USAAF
53494 (c/n 18-1956) ex La Brea Ave Corp NC18993 impressed Jun 22, 1941.
To RAF as AX719 Jul 17, 1941, then to BOAC as G-AGCW Sep 8, 1941.
Returned to RAF as HK975 Sep 18, 1943. WFU Apr 30, 1947
53495 (c/n 18-2001) ex D. Marshall NC25604 impressed Jun 22, 1941.
To RAF as AX722 Jul 17, 1941, then to BOAC as G-AGCT.
Returned to RAF as HK974 Oct 5, 1943.
53496 (c/n 18-2012) ex Republic Steel NC3030. To RAF as AX764 Sep 24, 1941,
then to BOAC as G-AGCX. Returned to RAF as HK981 Sep 21, 1943. WFU Apr 30, 1947
53497 (c/n 18-2031) Continental Oil ex NC25640. To RAF as AX723
Jul 17, 1941. Was to have gone
to BOAC as G-AGCS but remained with RAF.
53498 (c/n 18-2042) ex H. Vanderbilt NC6175. To RAF as AX717
Jul 17, 1941, then to BOAC as G-AGCV Jul 24, 1941.
Returned to RAF as AX717 Aug 29, 1946. WFU Sep 1947
53499 (c/n 18-1068) ex Superior Oil NC34900. To RAF as AX720
Jul 17, 1941, then to BOAC as G-AGCU Jul 18, 1941.
Returned to RAF as AX720 Nov 26, 1947. To Spanish
AF as T.4-2 in 1949. To N9923F Jan 11, 1955
53500 (c/n 18-2072) ex W. P. Inman NC3138. To RAF as AX718 Jul 17, 1941.
Then to BOAC Aug 2, 1941 as G-AGCR. Crashed on takeoff,
Malta May 13, 1942.
53501 (c/n 18-2077) ex Vaucluse Aviation NC1611. To RAF as AX765, then to BOAC as
G-AGCY Oct 10, 1941. Returned to RAF as AX765 in 1947.
WFU 1947 and to Spanish AF in 1949
53502 (c/n 18-2092) ex Catalina Air Transport NC33616. Was to have gone to RAF as AX757 and
then to BOAC as G-AGCL, but in the event diverted to Free
French Nov 14, 1941 as FL-AZM. Became F-BAML Jul 17, 1945. W/o Jun 11, 1946
at Asmara, Ethiopia
53503 (c/n 18-2093) ex Catalina Air Transport NC33617. To US Army
Jul 25, 1941. To RAF as AX759 Sep 1941. To G-AGCM Sep 30, 1942.
Back to RAF as VR955 Aug 29, 1946. WFU Apr 30, 1947
42-53504/53507 Lockheed C-56D Lodestar
Civilian Model 18-08 impressed by USAAF.
53504 (c/n 18-2020) ex United NC25630. To RAF as AX756 Jul 1941, then to BOAC as
G-AGCN Sep 17, 1941. Returned to RAF as AX756 Nov 1947. To Norwegian AF as
EC-A Dec 1948, then to Spanish AF, then N993F, then ZK-BVE.
Noted 2005 at Museum of Transport, Technology, and Social
History, Auckland, New Zealand.
53505 (c/n 18-2021) ex United NC25631. To RAF as AX758. To G-AGCO
Oct 10, 1941. Back to RAF as AX758 Nov 1947.
53506 (c/n 18-2022) ex United NC25632. To RAF as AX721 Jul 17, 1941, then to BOAC as
G-AGCP. Returned to RAF as AX721 Nov 1947.
53507 (c/n 18-2023) ex UnitedNC25633. To RAF as AX763, then to BOAC as
G-AGCZ Nov 27, 1941. Crashed in Western Desert Feb 23, 1943.
42-53508/53509 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B impressed by USAAF.
53508 c/n 141 NC16449
53509 c/n 207 NC18784
42-53510 Beech UC-45C Expeditor
Commercial B18S c/n 292 NC20756 impressed by USAAF. To CAA as NC39
42-53511 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B c/ 231 NC19467 impressed by USAAF in 1942.
WFU Oct 27, 1944. Displayed at Tullahoma, TN
42-53512 Waco UC-72
Civilian Model SRE NC31652 impressed by USAAF
42-53513 Harlow UC-80
PJC-2 four-seat monoplane NC19996 c/n 10 commandeered
by USAAF
42-53514 Fairchild UC-61A-FA Argus
Model F24W-41A (NC37195) impressed by USAAF
42-53515 Stinson UC-81E Reliant
Model SR-9F NC18846 c/n 5720 impressed by USAF
42-53516/53517 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B impressed by USAAF.
53516 c/n 159 NC18557
53517 c/n 205 NC903
42-53518 Schrempp-Schering XTG-11
Impressed civilian sailplane
42-53519 SZD XTG-7 Orlik
Polish civilian sailplane SP-1373 in US at outbreak ow war and impressed. Still
current as N23727
42-53520/53521 Noorduyn UC-64B-ND Norseman
c/n 83/84, ex RCAF 3532, 3533
42-53522 Beech AT-7A
42-53523 Fairchild UC-61B Forwarder
civilian Model 24J NC18677 impressed by USAAF
42-53524 Stinson UC-81-ST Reliant
Model SR.8B NC17125 c/n 9822 impressed by USAAF
42-53525/53526 Cancelled contract
42-53527/53532 Douglas C-32A
Civilian DC-2 impressed by USAAF May/June 1942.
53527 c/n 1239 ex TWA (later Braniff) NC13713 registration G-AGCI reserved but NTU.
To USAAF May 20, 1942
53528 c/n 1249 ex TWA NC13723, later XA-BJM. Registration G-AGCJ reserved Jul 1941 but NTU.
To USAAF May 26, 1942. Operated by PAA Africa
53529 c/n 1310 ex American Airlines NC14277. Had been sold to British Purchasing
Commission Jul 5, 1941 and allocated RAF serial AX769. Registered as C-32A
May 28, 1942 while flying with RAF in India. W/o Sep 27, 1942 at Lahore
53530 c/n 1311 ex Amercian Airlines NC14278. Had been sold to British
Purchasing Commission May 10, 1941 and allocated RAF serial HK867.
Collided with Hurrican Z4252 while landing at Hastings Site, Sierra Leone
Sep 7, 1941 during ferry flight. Registered May 28, 1942 as C-32A
for administrative purposes
53531 c/n 1312 ex American Airlines NC14279. Had been sold to British
Purchasing Commission May 10, 1941. RAF serial unknown. W/o at Bathurst,
Gambia Aug 2, 1941 during ferry flight. Registered May 28, 1942 as C-32A
for administrative purposes.
53532 c/n 1367 ex PAA NC14295. Later to CMA as XA-BJG, PAA Africa and registerd
as C-32A May 28, 1942 while in Africa. Registration G-AGCK had been reserved but NTU.
42-53533 Howard UC-70 Nightingale
civilian DCA.15P NC22428 commandeered by USAAF
42-53534 Waco XCG-4-WO
42-53535/53784 Douglas A-20G-1-DO Havoc
42-53785/53834 Douglas A-20G-5-DO Havoc
42-53835/54134 Douglas A-20G-10-DO Havoc
54053 converted to P-70B-2 night fighter.
54057/54062 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54064/54068 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54069 to RAAF as A28-69. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54073 to RAAF as A28-71. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54082 (312th BG) lost Mar 13, 1944, SW Pacific.
54085 (312th BG) lost Mar 13, 1944, SW Pacific.
54091 to RAAF as A28-70. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54092 to RAAF as A28-72. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54098 to RAAF as A28-73. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54099 (312th BG) lost Mar 15, 1944, SW Pacific.
54102 (3rd BG) lost Mar 5, 1944, New Guinea
54103 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54105 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54106 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54108 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54109 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54110 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54112 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54117 (312th BG) lost Mar 13, 1944, SW Pacific.
54120 to RAAF as A28-74. Returned to USAAF 1/45.
54126 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54127 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54128 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54129 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54131 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54132 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54133 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
42-54135/54284 Douglas A-20G-15-DO Havoc
54135/54142, 54161, 54163/54165, 54267/54274 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter.
54157 (672nd BG) lost Mar 20, 1945, New Guinea.
54161 converted to P-70A-2. (360th FG) lost Oct 22, 1944. MACR 9968
54163/54165 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54267 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54268 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54269 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter. 18th NFS lost South Pacific Jan 18, 1944. MACR 1789 and 1946
54270 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54271 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54272 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54273 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
54274 converted to P-70A-2 night fighter
42-54285/54399 Douglas A-24B-1-DT Dauntless
c/n 17124/17238
42-54400/54459 Douglas A-24B-5-DT Dauntless
c/n 17239/17298
42-54460/54649 Douglas A-24B-10-DT Dauntless
c/n 17299/17488
54463 (531st BG) lost Feb 15, 1944, Central Pacific.
54467 lost Feb 12, 1944, Central Pacific.
54527 (531st BG) lost Feb 16, 1944, Central Pacific.
54531 lost Feb 9, 1944, Central Pacific.
54532 (c/n 17371) to Mexican AF, then to Compania Mexicana Aerophoto
SA as XB-QUC. By Jul 1964 was with Tallmantz Collection of
Orange County, CA. In 1965 was with Air Museum, Ontario,
CA. Registered 1960 to R. L. Griffin of San Antonio,
TX as N54532. Later operated by Confederate Air Force as
N54532. Now registered N82GA
54543 to Free French AF.
54570 crashed on takeoff from Palmdale APT, CA Jun 30, 1945.
54582 (c/n 17421 )flown by city of Portland as insect
spray aircraft as N4488N. Since 1975, airworthy with
Marine Corps Museum of Quantico, VA as
N17421 in SBD-5 configuration. Seen at USAF Museum Oct 2005.
54605 (c/n 17444) to USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, VA and then to
NASM, Washington, DC.
54611 destroyed in forced landing 4 mi N of Falmouth, KY Feb 7, 1944.
54614 crashed Feb 1944.
54643 (c/n 17482) used in late 1960s by MGM Studios, Culver City,
CA as wind machine, then fuselage moved to Bradley Air
Museum, Windsor Locks, CT
42-54650/54899 Douglas A-24B-15-DT Dauntless
c/n 17489/17738
54654 (c/n 17493) used late 1960s by MGM Studios, Culver City, CA
as wind machine. In 1979 was with Military Aircraft
Restoration Group, Chino, CA.
54670 (33rd FG, 58th FS) w/o in crash landing at Sahmaw, Burma Mar 1, 1945.
54682 to Mexican AF. To civil registry as XB-ZAH. To USA in 1964.Owned by Tallmantz Aviation as
N74133. Since 1972, on display at Admiral Nimitz Center in Fredericksburg, Texas marked
as an SBD-3. Sold to Lone Star Air Museum in 1994 and restored
to flying status as N93RW.
54718 (17th BRS, 4th PRG) crashed due to engine failure and w/o at
Carney Field, Guadalcanal Nov 7, 1944.
54719 w/o in crashlanding at Redhills Lake, (Kandy), Ceylon Jan 19, 1945
54729 (80th FG, 88th FS) w/o in landing accident at Myitkyina East,
Burma Apr 15, 1945.
54730 (80th FG, 88th FS) w/o in landing accident at Lilibari, India
Mar 3, 1045.
54739 w/o at Natal-Parnamirim, Brazil Jun 28, 1945.
54740 (33rd FG, 59th FS) w/o in ground loop at Chabua, India Feb 14, 1945
54782 (c/n 17621) became NL9449H. By 1963 was N9449H of
Seaboard and Western Airlines.
54812 (c/n 17651) became N46472.
54875 w/o at Manzanilla Beach, Trinidad Feb 4, 1945
54889 engine failed on takeoff and crashed at Shingbwiyang, Burma Aug 8, 1944
42-54900/55484 Douglas A-24B Dauntless
Contract cancelled. Had been assigned Douglas c/ns 17739/18323
42-55485/55567 Lockheed AT-18A-LO Hudson
c/n 414-7207/7289
42-55568/55784 Lockheed AT-18-LO Hudson
c/n 414-7290/7506
42-55785/55844 Gibson Refrigerator CG-4A-GN
55768 to RAF as Hadrian II KK608. SOC Feb 28, 1946
55799 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55800 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55802 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55815 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55813 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55815 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55817 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55818 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55821 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55822 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55823 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55824 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55827 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55830 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55831 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55836 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
55838 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
42-55845/55859 Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar
Directly ordered by USAAF
55845/55849 c/n 18-2206/2210
55845 to civilian registry as NC15554 with National Airlines.
Then to LV-PMI, LV-GHE
55846 (c/n 2207) to National Air Lines as N15555.
55847 (c/n 2208) to Fruehauf Trailer Co as N1400
55848 to NR66 July 1945, later N66E. Converted to Learstar II 1956; by
1963 was N815AC, Feb 1969 became N8157C. To CF-OZO Feb 25, 1970, to
N9987F Dec 1976, to C-FOZO of Terra Surveys Ltd May 1982. Badly damaged
at Nanisivik Aug 12, 1984 when undercarriage collapsed
55850/55858 c/n 18-2223/2231
55853 (c/n 2226) to Skelly Oil Co as N66682
55855 (c/n 2228) to Bell Aviation as ZS-DBD, later sold to
owner in USA
55859 c/n 18-2249
42-55860 Lockheed XC-60B Lodestar
c/n 18-2250
C-60A modified to test a de-icing system. Becaqme N66170.
42-55861/55890 Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar
Directly ordered by USAAF.
55861/55888 c/n 18-2251/2278
55866 (c/n 18-2256) to N6012. Stored at Chino, CA
55870 (c/n 18-2260) to civilian registry as N45324 with National Airlines.
Then to LV-PMF and LV-GIG.
55871 (c/n 18-2261) by 1954 was CR-ACT of Divisao de
Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos
55883 (c/n 18-2273) to civil registry as N96334.
55884 (c/n 18-2274) flyable by Confederate Air Force, Hampton Roads, VA as N30N "Lady Lodestar"
55889/55890 c/n 18-2294/2295
42-55891/56084 Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Directly ordered by USAAF.
55891/55902 c/n 18-2296/2307
55896 lost engine on takeoff and crashed near
Selma AAF, AL Jun 28, 1944. 5 killed.
55903/55922 c/n 18-2318/2337
55913 to RAF as Lodestar II. No RAF serial known and may
never have been issued. Transferred to Free French AF
55914 (c/n 18-2329) to Brazilian AF as FAB 02, later 2001.
WFU Jul 14, 1969
55916 (c/n 18-2331) to Brazilian AF as FAB 03, later 2002.
W/o Dec 21, 1944
55917 to RAF as Lodestar II. No RAF serial known and may
never have been issued. Transferred to Free French AF
55918 at Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins AFB, GA.
55923/55965 c/n 18-2360/2402
55928 (c/n 18-2365) to Brazilian AF as FAB 04, later 2003.
W/o Oct 6, 1962.
55929 (c/n 18-2366) to Brazilian AF as FAB 05, later 2004.
W/o Jul 11, 1947
55930 (c/n 18-2367) to Brazilian AF as FAB 06, later 2005.
WFU Jun 24, 1969
55931 (c/n 18-2368) to Brazilian AF as 2006. At Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
55935 (c/n 18-2372) became N33368 Defense Plant Cor, then
to National Airlines.
55936 (c/n 18-2373) became N4653V of Wood Briquettes Ltd
55942 (c/n 18-2379) became N66H
55943 to RAF as Lodestar II. No RAF serial known and may
never have been issued. Transferred to Free French AF
55944 (c/n 18-2381) to New Zealand as NZ3507. Became ZK-AHX
of New Zealand National Airways, then N4636V of Maxon Inc.
55945 (c/n 18-2382) to New Zealand as NZ3508. Became ZK-AKX
of New Zealand National Airway. Crashed Mar 18, 1948
55946 (c/n 18-2383) to New Zealand as NZ3509. Became ZK-ANB
of New Zealand National Airways, then N4640V of
Aviation Export Co.
55947 (c/n 18-2384) to New Zealand as NZ3510. Became ZK-ASX
of Civil Aviation Branch
55950 (c/n 18-2387) became N33366 of Gulf Oil Co. Reported
to have crashed Dec 29, 1955.
55951 (c/n 18-2388) became N17615 of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
55953 (c/n 18-2390) became N25600 of National Motor Bearings
55956 (c/n 18-2393) to Harry R. Playford as N888 in 1945. To National Airlines
as N8884 Feb 1946. Accident in Key West, FL Jun 12, 1958,
repaired. To LV-PME May 1959. then LV-GIL. Stored at
Ezeiza.
55958 (c/n 18-2395) became N68195 of Standard Oil Co.
55959 (c/n 18-2396) became N1932 of Tecumseh Products Co.
55960 (c/n 18-2397) became N44891 of Eastern States Pet Co.
55961 (c/n 18-2398) became N86559 of Knox Glass Co
55966/55992 c/n 18-2427/2453
55966 (c/n 18-2427) became N7000 of B. F. Goodrich Co
55967 (c/n 18-2428) became N64272 of Gulf Refining Co.
55969 (c/n 18-2430) became N22G of Goodyear Tire Co.
55970 (c/n 18-2431) became NC7111 of Grumman Aircraft Corp.
then N1000 of Swiftlite Aircraft Corp.
55973 (c/n 18-2434) became N60485 of Hunter Engineering Co.
55975 (c/n 18-2436) became N6000 of Swiftlite Aircraft Corp.
55976 (c/n 18-2437) to Goodyear Tire Co as N20G
55977 (c/n 18-2438) to N. Harris as N1490V
55978 (c/n 18-2439) to Square D Co as N4004
55979 (c/n 18-2440) to Continental Can Co as N660
55981 (c/n 18-2442) to British West Indian Airways as VP-TAO.
Later sold to owner in USA
55983 (c/n 18-2444) to Gulf Oil Corp as N69898. Subsequently became N105G,
then N9223R, then N283M, then OH, MAP, then was to have reverted
to N283M but became OH-SIR instead. Somewhere along the line was
converted to Gulfstar. Registered G-BMEW Sep 30, 1985, cancelled
Jul 15, 1986 of sale to Canada but no Canadian identity known. Now
preserved at Norwegian Armed Forces Museum, Gardermoen, Norway, painted
as G-AGIH.
55984 (c/n 18-2445) to L. B. Maytag as N318
55987 (c/n 18-2448) became N66161
55992 (c/n 18-2453) to Hall Drilling Co as N52526
55993/56038 c/n 18-2466/2511
55993 (c/n 18-2466) to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPF,
then to Brown Co. as N81B
55995 (c/n 18-2468) to Frontier Chemical Co as N313
55996 (c/n 18-2469) became NC29218 then OO-OLY
55997 (c/n 18-2470) to Brown Paper Mill Co as N1245V
55999 (c/n 18-2472) to Texas Eastern Transmission as N45372.
56000 (c/n 18-2473) to Union Producing Co as N57300
56001 (c/n 18-2474) to Walsh Construction Co as N18934
56002 (c/n 18-2475) crashed near Patterson Field, OH Feb 10, 1945.
56003 (c/n 18-2476) to J. Silverthorne as N1090M
56004 (c/n 18-2477) to Pontaic Refining Corp as N75220.
56005 (c/n 18-2478) to US Steel Corp as N9980F
56007 (c/n 18-2480) to Texaco Gas as NC1621 then to Aerovox
Corp as N16216
56008 (c/n 18-2481) to Baker Oil Tools as N63240
56010 (c/n 18-2483) to Brazilian AF as FAB 08, later 2007.
WFU Dec 11, 1967
56011 (c/n 18-2484) to Michigan Tool Co as N67H
56014 (c/n 18-2487) crashed into Beinn Nuis on island of Arran, Scotland Sep 30, 1943 while flying from
Keflavik to Prestwick. All 8 aboard killed.
56016 (c/n 18-2489) to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPE,
then to Air Products as N67978
56017 (c/n 18-2490) to New Zealand National Airways as
ZK-AHU
56018 (c/n 18-2491) to RAF as FS737 but NTU, later changed to RR997.
Was to have gone to BOAC as G-AGIH, but crashed on
test flight Dec 13, 1943 and DBR Oct 1944.
56019 (c/n 18-2492) to RAF as FS738 but NTU, later changed to RR998.
To BOAC as G-AGII. Registration cancelled
Aug 1944, and to Norwegian AF as 2492/T-AD Jul 1945.
Later went to Aero Nordas SE-BTI, then to Firestone
Tire Co as N30F
56022 (c/n 18-2495) to Weathered Co as N61591
56024 (c/n 18-2497) to Defense Plant Co as NC44782 then to
Airfleets Inc as N13V
56025 (c/n 18-2498) to Owens Corning Fiberglass as N2426
56026 (c/n 18-2499) civilianized as NC58161, then became F-BDAS,
then N90991F,then N5477N, then N9991F asgain. Converted
to Learstar and reregistered NX1Y, later N1Y. Sold to Krupps
in 1956 as D-CAFU, regurned to Lear as N511L Sep 1961
56027 (c/n 18-2500) to Marathon Corp as N14M
56034 to Netherlands Indies AF as LT-931(2)
56039/56084 c/n 18-2532/2577.
56039 (c/n 18-2532) to VT-ATO of HRH the Maharajah of Jamnagar.
Sold to Pegasus Corp as N94543.
56041 (c/n 18-2534) to CF-CPK with Canadian Pacific Airlines
56043 (c/n 18-2536) to RAAF as A67-3. Sold as ZK-AOT with
New Zealand National Airways, then to Northrop
Aircraft Co as N4634V
56044 (c/n 18-2537) to RAAF as A67-4. Sold as ZK-AOS with
New Zealand National Airways, then to Colombia Gas
System as N60000
56045 (c/n 18-2538) to RAAF as A67-5. Sold to New
Holland Airways as VH-GRB. Then to Overland Air
Services as VH-OAS, then to D. Converse as N4849V
56047 (c/n 18-2540) registered Dutch Antilles as PJ-AKA to KLM West Indisch
Bedrijf, 11/43 taken in to Military, flew with military troop carrier
interior, Aug. 19, 1944 military interior was replaced
by a civil interior, seats were from Lockheed 12As (see PJ-AKC and PJ-AKF -
Lockheed 12A-26's/C-40) the conversion took place at Hato. August 11, 1948 wfu.
56048 (c/n 18-2541) to PJ-AKB
56049 (c/n 18-2452)
56050 (c/n 18-2543) to British West Indian Airways as VP-TAQ,
then to H. J. O'Connell Ltd as CF-FSS.
56051 (c/n 18-2454)
56052 (c/n 18-2545) to National Airlines as NC19111, then N19111. SOC in 1954
at Miami, repaired, to LV-PMJ, then NV-GHF. Belly landing at
Azul Mar 27, 1960.
56053 (c/n 18-2546) to Plymouth Oil Co as N57638
56055 (c/n 18-2548) to Great Lakes Steel Corp as N14922.
56056 (c/n 18-2549) to Interstate Aircraft Co as N664
56057 (c/n 18-2550) to RNZAF as NZ3515. Sold as ZK-AKW for New
Zealand National Airways. Later sold to Cleveland Iron Co
as N756.
56058 (c/n 18-2551) to RNZAF as NZ3511. Crashed on landing
at Palmerston Noth Oct 9, 1945
56060 (c/n 18-2553) to Netherlands Indies AF as LT-932(2).
To Air Crago as VH-FAC, then to Fieldair as ZK-BMC
56061 (c/n 18-2554) to RNZAF as NZ3512. Sold as ZK-AIQ to
New Zealand National Airways, then to Kelly Springfield Tire Co
as N55K
56062 (c/n 18-2555) to RNZAF as NZ3513. Sold as ZK-AJM to New
Zealand National Airways, then to Specialty Union Corp as
N4836V
56063 (c/n 18-2556) to RNZAF as NZ3514. Sold as ZK-ANC to New
Zealand National WQirways, then to H. Bennet as N4635V
56065 (c/n 18-2558) to Bechtol Corp as N7013V
56066 (c/n 18-2559) to Free French AF
56068 (c/n 18-2561) to TI-83. To National Automotive Fibres as
N13876.
56069 (c/n 18-2562) became NC66110, then to Bell Aviation as
ZS-DAU. Then to Saudi Arabian Airlines as SA-AAG, then to
North Shore Supply as N16A. Now preserved at Disney-MGM Studios,
Disneyworld, FL as N1000G.
56070 (c/n 18-2563) to CF-CPZ with Canadian Pacific Airlines,
then to C. Peabody and Co as N9050.
56071 (c/n 18-2564) to Services Pipe Line Co as N4040
56072 (c/n 18-2565) to Bell Aviation as NC66076, re-registerd
ZS-DAZ. Was to have gone to Saudi Arabian Airlines as SA-AAH
but not delivered, went instead to J. C. Dozier as N17A
56073 (c/n 18-2566) to YS-27. To G. C. Lennox as N4478N.
56074 (c/n 18-2567) to New York Aviation Corp as N66D, then Royalite
Oil Co as CF-HPS
56075 (c/n 18-2568) there is a conflict of evidence here. Either
became VP-JBD of British Caribbean Airways and crashed
Apr 10, 1953 or N1630M owned by G. W. McCoy
56077 (c/n 18-2570) to W. C. Hendrick as N45334
56078 (c/n 18-2571) to Mellon National Bank as N20M
56079 (c/n 18-2572) to International Paper Co as N59720.
56080 (c/n 18-2573) to N511V, to Interstate Aircraft Co as N665.
56081 (c/n 18-2574) to N10407 with New York Wire Cloth Co,
then with Yankee Air Force as N117G. Destroyed in the fire at Yankee
Air Museum Oct 9, 2004.
56082 (c/n 18-2575) to Universal Trades as N90601. Later to N13JR
56083 (c/n 18-2576) to N1846 with Mead Corp
56084 (c/n 18-2577) to H. Woolf and Son Inc as N66549.
42-56085 Beech UC-43B Traveler
Civilian Model D-17S c/n 183 NC18579 impressed by USAAF.
42-56086 Stinson UC-81A-ST Reliant
Model SR.10G NC23722 c/n 5927 impressed by USAAF
42-56087 Beech UC-43D Traveler
Civilian Model E-17B c/n 140 NC17085 impressed by USAAF.
42-56088 Stinson UC-81J-ST Reliant
Model SR.9E NC18437 c/n 5450 impressed by USAA
42-56089/56091 Douglas C-48B
Ex United Air Lines DST-As ex United Air Lines commandeered by USAAF.
56089 DST-A-207D c/n 4113 ex United Air Lines NC33641. To
USAAF Jun 8, 1942. Returned Uun 07, 1944 to United as NC33641 Jun 7, 1944.
Then to Transocean May 27, 1954. To EP-ACU (Iranian Airways May 30, 1954), JY-AAB
(Lsd to Air Jordan May 06, 1957), and EP-ACU again (Iranian Airways Aug 21, 1957,
becoming Iran Air 1961). Wfu 1970, Teheran.
56090 DST-A-207 c/n 1957 ex United Air Lines NC18109. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942 - Survey Bergstrom
Oct 29, 1943. To civil registry (rebuilt?) as NC18109 (PAA 1945/1946), then C-142
changed to HK-142 (Avianca). Crashed Apr 02, 1951 Techo Apt, Bogota.
56091 DST-A-207 c/n 1955 ex United Air Lines NC18107. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942 - To RFC
Apr 23, 1945. To civil registry as NC18107 (United, lsd Aug 21, 1945 until bought
Aug 01, 1949 - Leward Aero Service Dec 05, 1952), N98C (Rr), N5631V (operated by Aloha
from Nov 1958 to 1967)
42-56092/56097 Douglas C-49E
American Airlines DSTs commandeered by USAAF.
56092 DST-144 c/n 1499 ex NC16005. To DSC May 28, 1942 - Operated by American
Airlines Jul 18, 1944 to Feb 06, 1945 - To RFC Feb 08, 1945. To civil registry as
NC16005 (Douglas Aircraft Co. May 31, 1945 - Wien Alaska Airlines Nov 18, 1948 -
Converted to DC-3A - Ozark Air Lines Sep 1950). Rr N133D (1957 - Mc Donnell
Douglas Dec 1968 - Academy Airlines *Miss Queen Bee*, May 26, 1970. Stored Griffin-
Spalding.GA, since 1997). Last noted Griffin w/o engines Jul 23, 2001. This is the oldest
existing Gooney.
56093 DST-217 c/n 1976 ex NC18144. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. Crashed in thunderstorm near Premier, WVa
Jul 1, 1942. 21 killed.
56094 DST-144 c/n 1549 ex NC16007. To DSC May 28, 1942 - Operated by American Airlines Apr 15, 1943
to Oct 10, 1943. To civil registry as NC16007 (American Airlines *07* Oct 17, 1944 to
May 31, 1949), HC-SMB (SANTA), CB-72 (LAB Jan 17, 1951). Rr CP-572 (Oct 01, 1953), lsd
1971 then sold to Dec 1972 to CADET *Lupita*, wfu 1977.
56095 DST-144 c/n 1500 ex NC16006. To DSC may 28, 1942 - Operated by Southern then American
Airlines Oct 06, 1943 to Oct 10, 1943. To civil registry as NC16006 (American Airlines
*06* Jun 28, 1944 - East Bronze Aluminium Foundry, Rochester, NY. Nov 05, 1948),
PP-YPS (REAL, bought Nov 07, 1949 but registered Jul 1, 1951 only - Transportes Aereos
Salvador Sep 11, 1958). Rr PP-SLL Apr 4, 1960. Crashed Tangara, Mt Ibicare Aug 04, 1963.
56096 DST-144 c/n 1498 ex NC16004. To DSC May 28, 1942 - Operated by American
Airlines Apr 22, 1943 to Oct 10, 1943. To civil registry as NC16004
(American Airlines *04/New Jersey* May 29, 1944 to Aug 23, 1947, then
with various owners/operators). Registered N67000 to Northwest Schools, Portland, OR
Apr 1960 and motorised with Wright C9HD, door changed from original right position to
standard left. Went thru various operators until sold to RSA and appropriately registered
ZS-DAK Jul 1973 to Executive Funds (Pty)Ltd, Durban. Crashed Durban-Umbogintwini
Dec 28, 1973.
56097 DST-144 c/n 1495 ex NC16001. To DSC Jun 08, 1942. Crashed Biggs Field,
Ft Bliss, TX. Dec 18, 1943.
42-56098/56102 Douglas C-48B
Commercial DST-As commandeered by USAAF.
56098 c/n 1960 DST-A-207 ex Western Air Lines NC18102. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. To civil
registry as NC18102 (United Air Lines *Iowa* Jan 19, 1944), N912F, N612F (cvtd to DC-3A),
N777X (various owners/operators)
56099 c/n 1958 DST-A-207 ex United Air Lines NC18110. To USAAF Jun08, 1942 - Survey Del
Valle, TX. Mar 2, 1943
56100 c/n 1953 DST-A ex United Air Lines NC18105 *State of Ohio*, originally registered Jul 16, 1937.
To USAAF Jun 8, 1942. To civil registry as
NC18105 (United *San Diego* lsd Jun 07, 1944 until bought Aug 01, 1949 - Trans Texas
Apr 1, 1954 - Texas International 1968 - Tradewinds A/m Inc, San Antonio, TX.
Oct 31, 1968- Air Mid America, Chicago , IL. Sep 1970 - Air New England 1971 - Cryderman Air
Service Apr 28, 1977 - Century Airlines 1978 - Provincetown Boston Airlines/Naples
Airlines Jan 01, 1979), Reregistered N43PB Mar 1979. Became XA-RPO, noted Mar 2996 at
Hatulco AP, Mexico.
56101 c/n 1977 DST-A-207A ex United Air Lines NC18145. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. To civil
registry as NC18145 (United Air Lines *Catalina* Jun 07, 1944 - UAL Foundation Dec 01, 1952),
N22Z (various owners, operated by Aspen Airways, Aspen, CO. from Nov 30, 1963 , later
Empire Airlines, Ft Lauderdale, FL.), N7753A, YV-611C (Servivensa 1994)
56102 c/n 2222 DST-A-207B ex United Air Lines NC25682. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942 - UK Aug 16, 1943
USA Nov 14, 1944. To civil registry as NC25682 (United Air Lines *Bethlehem* Dec 01, 1944 -
Lsd to Continental Jun 24, 1955 - Southeast Airlines Dec 06, 1956), N288SE
(Rr, sold to Holiday Inns of America, Memphis, TN. 1963 - Aircraft Charter Inc, Atlanta,
GA. 1964). Wfu 1970.
42-56103/56107 Douglas C-49E
Commercial DSTs and DC-3s commandeered by USAAF.
56103 DST-144 c/n 1496 ex American Airlines NC16002. To DSC May 29, 1942. To civil registry
as NC16002 (American Airlines *02 Tennessee* Jun 10, 1944 - C F Knight/Interamerican
Aug 23, 1947 for lease to Airborne Transport Inc. Lost in flight between San Juan, PR.
and Miami, FL. Dec 28, 1948.
56104 DST-218B c/n 2216 ex American Airlines NC25685. To DSC May 29, 1942 - Operated by
Braniff Jun 08, 1943. To civil registry as NC25685 (American Airlines Oct 31, 1944 -
Walker Aircraft Mar 18, 1949 for conversion to DC-3A - Mid Continent
Airlines Aug 01, 1949), N25685 (Braniff Aug 15, 1952 - Trans Texas Mar 14, 1959 -
Modern Air Transport Apr 22, 1965 - various - Provincetown Boston Airlines
Mar 16, 1970). Rr N35PB, later N144FS, HR-AQI (Caribbean Air, 1997) and last
N61981. Registered Kestrel Inc, Waukee, IA. Oct 02, 2000.
56105 DST-144 c/n 1497 ex American Airlines NC16003. To DSC May 29, 1942 - Operated by American
Airlines Apr 15, 1943 to Sep 03, 1943. To civil registry as NC16003 (American
Airlines *03 Arizona* Jun 14, 1944 to Apr 26, 1949) and XA-HOS (Rutas Aereas Mexicanas).
WFU
56106 DST-217B c/n 2217 ex American Airlines NC25686. To USAAF jun 09, 1942. To civil
registry as NC25686 (American Airlines nov 12, 1944 - American Overseas Airlines
feb 15, 1945 named *Stockholm* then *Helsinki*- Pan American Airways sep 25, 1950 -
State Airlines feb 12, 1954), JA5015 (Japan Air Lines may 06, 1955 - Japan Domestic
apr 1964), PI-C716 (Operated by Southern Airlines of Philippines jun 04, 1965).
Rr PI-C368 then RP-C368 to Swiftair since 1976. Named *Fate* then *Sultanate Zamboauga
and Basilan*, still in service 1997.
56107 DC-3-270 c/n 2127 ex Canadian Colonial Airlines NC21751. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. To
civil registry as NC21751 (Colonial Airlines Jul 03, 1944, merge with Eastern Jun 01,
1956 to Jul 31, 1957), N94U then N795MU (for University of Missouri) and N795M (Basler
Flight Services, WI. 1976 - General Air Carriers Inc, Opa Locka, FL. Oct 1977). Impounded
by FBI for smuggling, Valdosta Airport, GA. 1978.
42-56108/56607 Pratt-Read CG-4A-PR
56258 (78th TCS/ 435th TCG) in fatal crash near Bretigny, France
Mar 24, 1945
56366 to RAF as Hadrian II KH951. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56368 to RAF as Hadrian II KK793. SOC Sep 28, 1946
56375 to RAF as Hadrian II KH952. DBR in gale, Bihta May 18, 1945
56377 to RAF as Hadrian II KH953. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56378 to RAF as Hadrian II KK610. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56379 to RAF as Hadrian II KK611. DBR in fale, Bihta May 18, 1945
56380 to RAF as Hadrian II KK612. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56381 to RAF as Hadrian II KK613. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56383 to RAF as Hadrian II KK614. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56388 to RAF as Hadrian II KK615. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56398 to RAF as Hadrian II KH954. SOC Feb 23, 1946
56403 to RAF as Hadrian II KK616. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56407 to RAF as Hadrian II KK609. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56408 to RAF as Hadrian II KK617. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56414 to RAF as Hadrian II KK618. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56417 to RAF as Hadrian II KK619. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56419 to RAF as Hadrian II KK794. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56421 to RAF as Hadrian II KK620. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56424 to RAF as Hadrian II KH944. Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service
56425 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial known
and may never have been issued.
56440 to RAF as Hadrian II FR732. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56443 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56455 to RAF as Hadrian II FR733. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56458 to RAF as Hadrian II FR734. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56568 to RAF as Hadrian II FR735. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56569 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56570 to RAF as Hadrian II FR736. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56573 to RAF as Hadrian II FR737. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
56574 to RAF as Hadrian II FR738. DBR in gale, Raipur May 23, 1945
56575 to RAF as Hadrian II FR739. DBR in gale, Bilaspur May 18, 1945.
56586 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56590 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56596 to RAF as Hadrian II FR661. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56598 to RAF as Hadrian II FR662. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56599 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56600 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in India. No RAF serial
known and may never have been issued.
56601 to RAF as Hadrian II FR663. SOC Apr 25, 1946
56603 to RAF as Hadrian II FR664. SOC Feb 28, 1946
56605 to RAF as Hadrian II FR665. SOC Mar 28, 1946
56606 to RAF as Hadrian II FR666. SOC Sep 27, 1945.
42-56608 Cancelled contract
42-56609/56612 Douglas C-48B
Commercial DST-As commandeered by USAAF.
56609 c/n 1959 DST-A-207 ex Western Air Lines NC18101. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. To civil
registry as NC18101 (Western Airlines Jun 10, 1944 to Mar 31, 1958 - Various
owners/operators, including Zantop Lsd Jun 15, 1964, later bought - Argonaut Airways 1965
and Aerovias Quisqueyanas *San Marcoria* 1967). Wfu 1970.
56610 c/n 3265 DST-A-207C ex United Air Lines NC33640. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942 - Survey Del
Valle, TX. Feb 22, 1943.
56611 c/n 1952 DST-A-207 ex United Air Lines NC18104. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. Collided with
42-56621 over Camp Williams, WI Jun 24, 1942, but obviously landed safely as leased to
United Jun 07, 1944 with civil registry NC18104. To RFC Mar 13, 1945, still on lease to
United until bought Aug 01, 1949. To PP-SQP (VASP Jul 1951). DBF Sao-Congonhas Apt Nov
26, 1964.
56612 c/n 1951 DST-A-207 ex United Air Lines NC18103. To USAAF Jun 08, 1942. To civil registry
as (DC-3A) NC18103 (United *Cheyenne* jul 07, 1944 -Southeast Airlines Dec 03, 1956),
N287SE (Rr 1958 - Central Airlines feb 04, 1961 - Frontier Airlines
Oct 01, 1967 - Houston Aviation Apr 01, 1968) and N166U (Athletic Ass. of Univ. of
Florida, Gainesville, FL *Fighting Gaters* since Aug 14, 1968)
42-56613 Douglas C-49F-DO
Ex Eastern Airlines DST-318 c/n 2224 NC25649 commandeered by USAAF Jun 8, 1942.
Loaned to CAA Apr 11, 1944. To civil registry as NC28345 for Delta Air Lines. Crashed
nr Marshall, TX. May 17, 1953
42-56614/56615 Douglas C-49G-DO
Commercial DC-3s commandeered by USAAF
56614 DC-3-201 c/n 1948 ex Eastern Airlines NC16081 commandeered by USAAF Jun 8, 1942.
Crashed Jan 21, 1943, Del Valle, TX.
56615 DC-3-201 c/n 1971 ex Eastern Airlines NC16083 commandeered by USAAF Jun 8, 1942.
To civil registry as NC16083 (Eastern Air Lines *339* Dec 14, 1944 - Continental
Charters Apr 1959). Rr N81C (Dec 1953) and HK-385 (Empresa Aerovias del Pacifico).
Crashed Buena Ventura Nov 17, 1956.
42-56616 Douglas C-49F-DO
DST-318 c/n 2225 ex-Eastern Airlines NC25650 commandeered by USAAF Jun 8, 1942.
Returned to Eastern Jul 03, 1944 as NC25650. Sold Apr 15, 1952, registered N300M then
N1300M (various owners/operators), wfu May 1976.
42-56617/56618 Douglas C-49E-DO
Commercial DC-3 commandeered by USAAF
56617 DC3-313B c/n 4082 ex Pennsylvania Central Airlines NC25696 commandeered by USAAF
Jun 8, 1942. Returned to Penn. Central Jun 10, 1943 as NC25696, then to
Capital Airlines *Williamsport/225C* when merged Apr 21, 1948. Lsd Feb 08, 1956, then
sold Sep 06, 1957 to Blaw Knox Corp, Pittsburgh, PA. Registration changed to N107B,
N2000L, HC-AOP, N13JA (various owners/operators). Registered N200MF Dec
03, 1998 to Missionary Flights and Services, West Palm Beach, current.
42-56619 Cancelled contract
42-56620/56621 Douglas C-49F-DO
Commercial DC-3B commandeered by USAAF
56620 c/n 1931 ex TWA NC17316 commandeered by USAAF Jun 8, 1942. To Class
26 at Bergstrom jun 28, 1943. To civil registry as (DC-3A) NC17316 (PAA *Ciudad de
Nogales* 1944), XA-GUF (Aeronaves de Mexico *Ciudad de Durango* then
*Mexico*. Lsd to Aerolineas Alimentadores 1969/1972, operated in Aeromexico titles
then sold t