USAF Serial Number Search Results

42-78353 ... 42-78474 (EXACT MATCH)
North American B-24G-16-NT Liberator
MSN 309/430, MSN 15438/15560
78353 salvaged Aug 6, 1945
78354 crashed Jul 28, 1944
78355 downed in Yugoslavia
78356 (450th BG, 723rd BS, *Maiden America*) crashed in Switzerland Dec 25, 1944.  MACR 10896
78357 crashed May 19, 1945
78358 lost to AAA Aug 24, 1944
78359 (455th BG) lost Oct 14, 1944, Germany.  MACR 9297
78360 crashed Dec 16, 1944
78361 delivered from Mitchel Field, LI to Goia del Colle, Italy May 1944.  Lost with 485th BG Jul 20, 1944, 
Italy.  MACR 6919
78362 to RFC at Altus Oct 26, 1945
78363 salvaged Aug 3, 1945
78364 (484th BG, 826th BS) wrecked Jun 11, 1944.  Condemned Jun 27, 1944.
78365 to RFC at Altus Oct 1, 1945
78366 crashed Jul 14, 1944.
78367 (454th BG) lost Aug 17, 1944, Rumania.  MACR 7462.
78368 to RFC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK Aug 14, 1945.  Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
78369 to RFC at Altus Sep 25, 1945
78370 lost Jun 22, 1944 in landing accident at El Aouina AAB,
Tunisia.
78371 salvaged Jun 27, 1944.
78372 salvaged Sep 10, 1944
78373 (376th BG) shot down on mission to Ploesti Jun 24, 1944. MACR 6869.   Crew POW.
78374 (464th BG, "Big Wheeler Dealer") shot down by flak Aug 9, 1944
during raid on airdrome facilities, Budapest, Hungary.  MACR 7296
78375 condemned Jun 14, 1944
78376 (464th BG, "Little Gismo II") shot down by fighters Aug 24, 1944, Austria.
78377 to RFC at Altus Oct 1, 1945
78378 to RFC at Altus Oct 2, 1945
78379 to RFC at Altus Aug 17, 1945
78380 (450th BG) MIA over Rumania Jun 24, 1944.  MACR 6365.  5 POW, 1 hospitalized,
4 unknown.
78381 salvaged Jul 15, 1944
78382 (98th BG, 415th BS) salvaged Apr 8, 1945.  
78383 salvaged Oct 25, 1944
78384 salvaged Sep 12, 1944
78385 (459th BG) lost Jul 28, 1944, Yugoslavia.  MACR 7312
78386 (376th BG) lost Aug 17, 1944, Rumania.  MACR 7980
78387 to RFC at Altus Oct 3, 1945
78388 (459th BG) MIA Jul 2, 1944  MACR 6341
78390 (454th BG) condemned Sep 8, 1944.  MACR 8263
78391 (465th BG) lost to AAA over Austria Oct 11, 1944.  MACR 9137
78392 (464th BG, 777th BS, *Maiden USA*) ditched Jul 22, 1944 on mission to Ploesti.  MACR 6920
78393 (456th BG, 745th BS) lost Jan 31, 1945, Yugoslavia.  MACR 11829
78394 to RFC at Altus Sep 28, 1945
78395 crashed Aug 15, 1944
78396 salvaged Dec 21, 1944
78397 (455th BG) lost Nov 17, 1944, Italy.  MACR 9938
78398 lost to AAA Aug 13, 1944
78399 diverted off the production line to Emerson Electric factory in St Louis to test the new
Emerson Model 128 streamlined nose turret.  Plane later flown to Patterson AAF in Ohio
and scrapped in late 1945.  To RFC at Kingman Jan 31, 1946
78400 (376th BG) lost Jan 15, 1945, Yugoslavia
78401 salvaged Feb 1945
78402 in accident Aug 1, 1944
78403 MIA May 22, 1945
78404 MIA Jan 19, 1945
78405 in crash landing Aug 27, 1944
78406 shot down by AAA Sep 11, 1944
78407 (456th BG) lost Sept 22, 1944, Germany
78408 (461st BG, 766th BS) shot down by flak during raid on Vienna, Austria Feb 21, 1945.  MACR 12359. 
There is a controversy about the stablizer from 78408 being used on 42-52408, but this seems not to be the case.   
78409 (450th BG) lost Jul 27, 1944, Hungary.  
78410 crashed Jul 27, 1944
78411 MIA Dec 26, 1944
78412 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.  Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
78413 (460th BG) lost Nov 16, 1944, Italy
78414 (451st BG) lost Dec 2, 1944, Germany
78415 crashlanded on mission to Donzere RR Bridge, France down by AAA Aug 15, 1944
78416 (*The Blonde Bomber*) shot down by AAA Oct 13, 1944 on mission to Blechhammer.
Crashlanded at Vis Island trying to land, all crew lost
78417 (461st BG, 764th BS) crashed Apr 30, 1945
78418 (456th BG, 744th BS) crashed Dec 19, 1944.  All aboard killed.
78419 crashed Aug 29, 1944
78420 MIA Mar 8, 1945.
78421 shot down by AAA Jul 17, 1944
78422 crashed Aug 1, 1944
78423 to RFC at Albuquerque Jul 31, 1945
78424 crashed Aug 15, 1944
78425 to RFC at Altus Oct 2, 1945
78426 salvaged Jan 8, 1945
78427 in crash landing Jul 30, 1944
78428 ditched Dec 11, 1944
78429 MIA Oct 10, 1944
78430 crashed Sep 9, 1944
78431 to RFC at Altus Jul 26, 1945
78432 (454th BG, 736th BS) lost Jul 21, 1944.
78433 to RFC at Altus Oct 29, 1945
78434 (464th BG) shot down by AAA Oct 13, 1944
78435 to RFC at Altus Aug 1, 1945
78436 (461st BG, 766th BS, "Shady Lady") transferred to 451st BG.  (451st BG) lost Dec 18, 1944, Hungary.  MACR 10678
78437 (461st BG, 764th BS, Bubble Trouble") transferred to 451st BG Nov 21, 1944.  crashed Dec 16, 1944
78438 to RFC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK Aug 24, 1945.  Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
78439 (484th BG, 825th BS) interned in Switzerland Aug 3, 1944.  Returned Sep 13, 1945.
78440 lost Aug 23, 1944
78441 salvaged Aug 13, 1945
78442 to RFC at Altus Mar 8, 1945
78443 to RFC at Altus Oct 2, 1945
78444 (461st BG, 765th BS, "All American") lost Oct 4, 1944, Italy.  MACR 8973.  Claimed 14 fighters on Jul 15, 1944 mission
78445 (451st BG) lost Aug 22, 1944, Hungary
78446 (461st BG, 766th BS, "Urgent Virgin") lost Oct 4, 1944, Germany.  MACR 8931
78447 to RFC at Walnut Ridge Sep 26, 1945.
78448 crashed Aug 10, 1944
78449 to CL-26 at Birmingham AAF, AL Sep 12, 1944
78450 MIA Aug 28, 1944
78451 to RFC at Altus Oct 24, 1945
78452 to RFC at Albuquerque Jul 2, 1945
78453 to RFC at Altus Oct 2, 1945
78454 MIA Dec 11, 1944
78455 (450th BG) lost Jan 31, 1945, Austria
78456 crashed Oct 2, 1944
78457 (98th BG) crashed Oct 2, 1944.  SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.  Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
78458 (454th BG, 737th BS) interned in Switzerland Feb 27, 1945.  Returned Sep 22, 1945
78459 MIA Mar 1, 1945
78460 crashed Dec 15, 1944
78461 crash landed Oct 21, 1944
78462 MIA Nov 16, 1944
78463 (460th BG) lost Nov 17, 1944, Yugoslavia
78464 (376th BG) lost Aug 10, 1944, Rumania.  MACR 8087. 10 POW
78465 salvaged Aug 6, 1945
78466 (766th BS, 461st BG) MIA Oct 4, 1944
78467 crashed Sep 11, 1944
78468 MIA Nov 18, 1944
78469 lost Aug 16, 1944
78470 salvaged Feb 23, 1945
78471 (451st BG) lost Sep 23, 1944, Austria.  MACR 7966
78472 to RFC at Altus Oct 19, 1945
78473 salvaged Aug 25, 1944
78474 to RFC at Altus Sep 19, 1945.