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Serial Number Criteria: 42-100291
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
42-100286 ... 42-100335 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated B-24J-90-CO Liberator
MSN 3435/3484
100286 lost Feb 5, 1944.  MACR 4484
100287 (448th BG, 713rd BS) lost May 9, 1944.  MACR 4775.
100288 (446th BG, 707th BS, *Major Hoopo*) damaged by fighter attack west of
Berlin Mar 6, 1944.  Forced to abort mission.
Ditched in North Sea on return. 7 of 10 crew KIA.  MACR 2966.
100290 (22nd BG) lost Jul 20, 1944, South Pacific.  MACR 8521
100292 (22nd BG) lost Feb 28, 1944, SW Pacific.  MACR 6386
100294 (93rd BG, 328th BS) lost Jun 24, 1944.  MACR 6742
100295 (44th BG, 68th BS) port main undercarriage collapsed during
dead-stick landing at Thorpe Abbotts Mar 2, 1944 after
engines cut out due due to fuel transfer fault.  Declared
salvage and used for spares.
100296/100304 to USN as PB4Y-1 32233/32241.
100306 (446th BG, *War Goddess*) interned in Sweden Mar 22, 1944 on mission to Berlin.  MACR 3337
100307 (4th BG) lost Jan 22, 1944, Brazil.  MACR 2080.
100308 (445th BG, 702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Germany.  MACR 9763
100312 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Feb 24, 1944, Germany.  MACR 2560
100314 (44th BG, 67th BS) shot down by ground fire
Mar 24, 1945 while flying low-level supply
mission near Wessel, Germany.  All 10 killed.  MACR 13601
100315 (446th BG, , 705th BS, *Quivering Box*) shot down by AAA on mission to Munich Jul 21, 1944.
8 KIA, 3 POW.  MACR 7250.
100318 condemned salvage Oct 22, 1945.
100319 salvaged after fire in wing Feb 20, 1944
100322 (448th BG, 714th BS) struck high ground at Burn Fell near Alaidburn in
Forest of Bowland, UK while descending through cloud Jan 2, 1945.
Four killed, 15 survived (aircraft was carrying a spare crew and some hitchhikers).
100323 (93rd BG, 330th BS) lost Feb 25, 1944, Germany.  MACR 2926
100324 (22nd BG, 408th BS) lost Oct 14, 1944, SW Pacific.  MACR 13584
100328 (22nd BG) lost Jun 9, 1944, Germany.  MACR 5870
100330 (44th BG, 67th BS) interned in Switzerland Apr 13, 1944.  MACR 4045
100331 (702nd BS) lost Sep 27, 1944, Kassel, Germany.  Crashed at Kettering Heath after passing over field
with a feathered prop.  1 killed, 8 injured.
100332 (389th BG, 566th BS, *Galloping Katie*) interned in Switzerland Mar 16, 1944.  MACR 3248
100334 (93rd BG, 409th BS) shot down by friendly AAA while flying
in restricted zone off UK coast Mar 5, 1945.
100335 (445th BG, 703rd BS) lost Feb 24, 1944, Germany.  MACR 2561

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