USAF Serial Number Search Results

42-40743 ... 42-40787 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated B-24D-95-CO Liberator
MSN 1820/1864
40743 (492nd BG) declared war weary and used as formation assembly ship.
Salvaged Mar 20, 1945.
40744 (389th BG, 565th BS) interned in Turkey Aug 1, 1943 after Ploesti raid.  MACR 243
40745 (44th BG, 68th BS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 near Lecce, Italy Jul 2, 1943.  10 KIA.  MACR 22.  
40746 salvaged May 29, 1945.
40747 (389th BG) lost Jan 7, 1944, France.  MACR 1851
40748 salvaged as war weary Nov 20, 1944, Langford Lodge, Northern
Ireland.
40749 (389th BG, 565th BS, "Sack Time Sally") shot down by Oblt.
Heinrich Klopper in Bf 109G-6/U4 of JG 1/7 at Opeinde,
Netherlands Nov 26, 1943.  MACR 3493.  6 KIA, 4 POW.
40750 to reclamation Jan 3, 1946.  Was named "The Blind Bat" with 479 BG in England in the late 1940s.
40751 condemned Aug 22, 1944
40752 (5th BG) lost Mar 30, 1944.  MACR 9146
40753 (44th BG, 574th BS, "Ole Kickapoo") caught fire from blaze of explosions and crashed
e mi SW of Campina, Rumania in Ploesti raid Aug 1, 1943.  8 KIA, 2 POW.  MACR 157
Pilot 2nd Lt Hughes posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
40754 to CL-26 at Truax Field, WI and surveyed May 31, 1945
40755 to reclamation at Childress AAF, TX Jun 7, 1946
40756 to salvage as war-weary May 29, 1945
40757 to USN as PB4Y-1 63937 Aug 7, 1943
40758 condemned Oct 2, 1943
40759 to salvage Jun 26, 1945
40760 condemned Jul 8, 1944
40761 to USN as PB4Y-1 63926 Jul 29, 1943
40762 to USN as PB4Y-1 63916 Jul 26, 1943
40763 to RFC at Ontario, CA Mar 27, 1945.
40764 (44th BG, 66th BS, "Helen B. Happy) damaged by fighter on
raid on Wiener Neustadt Oct 1, 1943 but landed safely in
Lybia.  Repaired, but crashed after takeoff when lost all power
in Lybia Oct 11, 1943.  One crew killed.
40765 (93rd BG, 329th BS, *Valient Virgin*) collided in midair
with 41-24226 and crashed near Husum, Germany Nov 13, 1943.  MACR 2184
40766 to RFC at Hill Field, UT Jul 14, 1945
40767 (389th BG) shot down by fighters during ferry flight over Bay of Biscay Aug 27, 1943.  
Had crew of 10, plus 5 passengers.  3 crew POW, 8 bodies recovered, 4 MIA
40768 to RFC at Albuquerque, NM Aug 9, 1945
40769 (389th BG, 566th BS, then to 93rd BG, 329th BS "Iron Ass") 
hit by flak and then shot down by Hptm Rolf Hermichen in Fw 190A-6
of JG 11/I Stab and crashed at Eichersscheid, S of Bad 
Munstereifel Dec 1, 1943.  9 crew POW, 1 KIA.  MACR 2185
40770 crashed 20 mi NW of Pocatello AAB, ID Jun 12, 1943.
40771 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Feb 21, 1946
40772 (398th BG, 564th BS) interned in Portugal Aug 20, 1943.  To civil registry as CS-ELA.  W/o in 1946
40773 condemned Oct 4, 1943
40774 (389th BG, 565th BS) crashed after midair collision with B-24D 42-40687 over Norfolk County, UK
Jun 25, 1943.  Navigator killed, rest ?.  Plane condemned Oct 31, 1944
40775 (389th BG, 565th BS, "Wolf Wagon") shot down by AAA on raid to Wiener 
Neustadt, Austria Oct 1, 1943.  MACR 5859.  5 KIA, 5 POW.
40776 to salvage May 19, 1945.
40777 (44th BS, 66th BG, *Flossie Flirt*) interned in Turkey 
Aug 1, 1943, Ploesti raid
40778 (44th BG, 506th BS, "Southern Comfort") shot down by a fighter over
Italy Aug 16, 1943.  2 KIA, 8 POW.
40779 (389th BG, 567th BS) shot down by a Bf 109G-6 of JG 27/12 and crashed Bay of Chania, Crete, Greece 
Jul 9, 1943. 7 crew baled out, but all 10 KIA.  MACR 41. 
40780 (44th BG, 67th BG, *Available Jones*) damaged by AAA in Ploesti raid 
Aug 1, 1943 and later ditched into sea 100 mi S of Brindisi, Italy.  Crew of 9 POW.  MACR 2411
40781 (93rd BG, 329th BS, "Hell's Angels") shot down by AAA in Ploesti raid 
Aug 1, 1943.  9 KIA, 1 POW.  MACR 327
40782 (389th BG, 567th BS, *Chattanooga Choo Choo*) lost over
Rumania on return from Ploesti raid Aug 1, 1943.  MACR 158.
1 KIA, 9 POW.
40783 (389th BG, 566th BS) interned in Portugal July 2, 1943.  Crashed Jul 26, 1944
40784 condemned July 21, 1943
40785 to USN as PB4Y-1 32085 May 11, 1943.
40786 (308th BG, 373rd BS) lost Sep 15, 1943 over Haiphong.  MACR 2355
40787 (389th BG, 565th BS, "Vagabond King") shot down by two Fw 190As of JG 11/10
and crashed into sea 27 km SW of Stromstad, Sweden Nov 18, 1943.  MACR 2885.  11 KIA