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Serial Number Criteria: 42-51677
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
42-51611 ... 42-51825 (EXACT MATCH)
Ford B-24J-10-FO Liberator
MSN 3142/3356
51612 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
51613 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
51615 converted to C-109. Suffered landing accident at Kunming,
China Mar 31, 1945. Consequences not known.
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. Suffered landing accident at Kunming,
China Mar 24, 1945. Consequences not known.
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. Suffered landing accident at unknown
location Jan 5, 1945. Consequences not known.
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
51695 (461st BG, 767th BS) crashed Feb 11, 1945
51697 converted to C-109. Crashed at unknown date
51701 (459th BG) lost Jan 20, 1945, Yugoslavia. MACR 11749
51706 converted to C-109. Suffered takeoff accident at Tezpur,
India Mar 27, 1945. Consequences not known.
51708 (459th BG) lost Nov 19, 1944, Austria. MACR 9939
51712 converted to C-109. Suffered takeoff accident at Kalaikunda,
India Sep 20, 1944. Consequences not known
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. Crashed at Kweiyang, China Jan 22, 1945 after
crew abandoned aircraft when it ran out of fuel. 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. Suffered takeoff accident at Shamshernagar,
India Sep 15, 1945. Consequences not known.
51727 converted to C-109. Suffered taxying accident at Kunming,
China Jan 15, 1945. Consequences not known.
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
51759 (461st BG, 766th BS) returned to USA Jun 11, 1945
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. Suffered landing accident at Kunming,
China Jan 27, 1945. Consequences not known.
51778 (461st BG, 765th BS) lost Oct 16, 1944. MACR 9679
51782 converted to C-109
51783 (461st BG, 765th BS, "What's Next") crash landed Apr 28, 1945
51784 converted to C-109. Suffered landing accident at Kumitola,
India Mar 19, 1945. Consequences not known.
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 converted to C-109. Suffered landing accident at Kunming,
China Jul 2, 1945. Consequences not known
51793 converted to C-109. Suffered landing accident at Kiunglai,
China Dec 18, 1944. Consequences not known.
51806 (484th BG) lost Oct 13, 1944, Austria. MACR 9046
51809 converted to C-109
51810 converted to C-109. Suffered taxying accident at unknown
locatin Apr 29, 1945. Consequences not known.
51813 (376 BG) forced down over Bulgaria Sep 1944. Details?
51816 (461st BG, 765th BS) transferred.
51817 converted to C-109. Suffered takeoff accident at Chengkung,
China Jun 9, 1945. Consequences not known.
51825 converted to C-109. Suffered landing accident at Jorhat,
India Oct 3, 1944.
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