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Serial Number Criteria: 42-40258
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
42-40258 ... 42-40322 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated B-24D-45-CO Liberator
MSN 1335/1399
40258 to USN as PB4Y-1 32009 Feb 13, 1943.
40259/40263 to USN as PB4Y-1 32004/32008.
40264 to USN as PB4Y-1 32010 Feb 13, 1943.
40265 (93rd BG, 409th BS, "Honkey Tonk Gal") lost in Ploesti raid 
Aug 1, 1943.  MACR 330.  1 KIA, 9 POW.  Flown by Rumanian AF before transfer to the 
Luftwaffe.  A wing of this aircraft was used to rebuild 41-23782.
40266 (307th BG) lost Apr 6, 1944, Solomons.  MACR 3795.
40267 (44th BG, 67th BG, "Horse Fly") interned in Turkey after
Ploesti raid, Aug 1, 1943. 
40268 condemned Nov 30, 1945
40269 condemned Oct 13, 1943
40270/40273 to USN as PB4Y-1 32011/32014.
40274 to USN as PB4Y-1 32019.
40275/40278 to USN as PB4Y-1 32015/32018.
40279 to USN as PB4Y-1 32021.
40281 to USN as PB4Y-1 32031.
40282/40283 to USN as PB4Y-1 32022/32023.
40284 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ715.  SOC Mar 30, 1946.
40285 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ716.  SOC Jan 5, 1947.
40286 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL988.  SOC Sep 15, 1945.
40287 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ717.  Crashed into high ground near Marlborough,
England Jul 13, 1944 with No. 311 Sqdn
40288 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ712.  Scrapped Mar 12, 1947.
40289 to RAF as Liberator III BZ718.  Damaged beyond repair when brakes locked
at Windsor Field, Bahamas Feb 2, 1944.
40290 (482nd BG, 859th BS) interned in Switzerland Jul 21, 1944. MACR 7260  Also listed as being in SWPA 
Apr 1943, attached to 22nd BG, named "Tailskid Tolly" and salvaged Aug 15, 1944, effective Oct 2, 1944.
40291 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ719.  SOC Jun 19, 1945.
40292 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ720. Flew into ground Helmsdale, Scotland Oct 29, 1944.
40293 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ711.  SOC Mar 14, 1946.
40294 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ714.  SOC Feb 18, 1946.
40295/40299 to USN as PB4Y-1 32024/32028.
40300 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ721.  Scrapped Mar 12, 1947.
40301 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ722.  Crashed on approach to Windsor Field,
Bahamas Apr 6, 1945.
40302 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ723. Scrapped Mar 12, 1947.
40303 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL969.  Damaged beyond repair Sep 11, 1944 after hitting
sea target on approach to Addu Atoll in bad weather.
40304 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ713.  MIA over Bay of Biscay May 30, 1943.
40305 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL986.  SOC May 11, 1946.
40306 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL991.  SOC Apr 25, 1946.
40307 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL987.  Damaged beyond repair when undercarriage
collapsed on landing Defford, England Oct 29, 1943.
40308 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL989.  Flew into high ground after takeoff, 
Glengad Head, Northern Ireland Jun 19, 1944.
40309 (28th Composite Group, 404th BS) damaged by Japanese AAA and crashed near
shore of Kamchatka, Russia Aug 11, 1943, Alaska.  MACR 13041.  Pilot
injured and died in hospital, rest returned.
40310 to RAF as Liberator GR.V FL990.  Flew into high ground near Innishaven Jun 19, 1944.
40311 lost on ferry flight Mar 30, 1944.  MACR 6383
40312 (98th BG, 345th BS, "Aire Lobo") shot down by AAA Aug 1, 1943 in 
Ploesti raid.  9 KIA, 1 POW.  MACR 227
40313 (98th BG, 343rd BS, "Boots") shot down by AAA Aug 1, 1943 in Ploesti 
raid.  8 KIA, 2 POW.  MACR 172
40314 crashed on takeoff July 1, 1943 Berka II, Benghazi.  Engine caught fire after takeoff
and plane crashed short of a nearby RAF airfield when the nose wheel collapsed.  Two
crewmembers killed, four injured.
40315 (376th BG) missing on flight from Gerbini A/D, Sicily to Enfidaville, Tunisia.
Oct 24, 1943 following mission to Weiner-Neustadt, Austria.  MACR 1064.  10 KIA.
40316 (98th BG, 345th BS, "Snake Eyes") crash-landed on Sicily 
after Ploesti raid Aug 1, 1943.  
40317 to reclamation/scrap at Hill Field, UT Nov 13, 1945
40318 (376th BG, 512th BS) shot down by Lt Hermann Schmied in Bf 109G-6 with rocket of JG 3/11 over
Adriatic Sea 12 km NE of Vasto, Italy Sep 3, 1943.  MACR 476 and 1004.  7 crew bailed out but all 10 KIA.
40319 (376th BG, 515th BS, "Dopey Goldberg") shot down by AAA
over Foggia, Italy Aug 16, 1943.
40320 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Dec 15, 1945
40321 (376th BG, 515th BS) shot down by Uffz. Erich Wagner in Bf 109G-6/R1 of JG 53/1. over sea 60 mi SE 
of Catania, Sicily, Italy Jul 8, 1943.  10 KIA.  MACR 43. 
40322 (98th BG, 415th BS, "Cornhusker") lost Aug 1, 1943 in 
Ploesti raid.  Shot down over Ionian Sea W of Kefallinia Island, Greece 
by Bf 109Gs of JG 27/IV on return.  10 KIA.  MACR 178

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