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Serial Number Criteria: 44-40529
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
44-40449 ... 44-40548 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated B-24J-165-CO Liberator
MSN 4385/4484
40449/40453 to USN as PB4Y-1 38787/38791
40454 (34th BG, "Betta Duck")
40457 transferred to RAF from USAAF stocks in UK as TS533, coded 6G M in 223 Squadron (100 Group).  Sold for
scrap Mar 12, 1947.
40458 (493rd BG, 861th BS, transferred to 485th BG, 828th BS, *Picadilly Tilly*) lost 
Italy Mar 2, 1945.  MACR 12710
40464 (490th BG, 851st BS) lost June 22, 1944.  All crew killed.
40468 (34th BG, "Mean Kid")
40470 (34th BG, "Worry Bird")
40471 (493rd BG, 863rd BS, *No Love, No Nothing*) went down in English Channel Jun 6, 1944
after midair collision with 42-94789.  MACR 5485
40476 (389th BG, 566th BS) shot down by AAA Jan 29, 1945 during raid on Hamm, Germany.  MACR 11989
40478 (801st BG, 406th BS) lost May 29, 1944.  MACR 5294
40479 (459th BG) lost Jun 9, 1944.  MACR 5849
40482 (34th BG, "The Dugan Wagon")
40484 (25th BG, 652nd BS) interned in Portugal Nov 18, 1944.  On civil registry as CS-ELC
40485 (456th BG, 747th BS) lost Mar 23, 1945, Germany.  MACR 13250
40486 (34th BG, "Cokey Flo")
40487 (456th BG, 746th BS, 'Second Hand Rose') lost Aug 10, 1944, Yugoslavia.  MACR 7466
40489 (376th BG, 512th BS) hit by AAA over Ploesti, Rumania,
Aug 17, 1944 and went down over western Bulgaria.  MACR 7631 and 7637
40491 (11th BG) lost in South Pacific Sep 10, 1945
40493 (456th BG, 746th BS) lost Jun 16, 1944.  MACR 6019
40494 (98th BG) lost Jun 6, 1944.  MACR 6101
40495 (460th BG) lost Apr 26, 1945, Mediterranean.  MACR 14080
40497 (464th BG) Flew into fireball of 41-29275 in raid on Ploesti and heavily damaged
Jul 28, 1944.  Two bailed out over target, rest of 
crew flew on and abandoned plane over Adriatic coast.  MACR 7337
40502 (376th BG, 512th BS) lost Aug 22, 1944, Yugoslavia.  MACR 11???.   Aircraft was damaged by
flak during attack on underground reservoirs at Labau, east of Wienna.  While on way back
collided with 42-73085 and both planes crashed east of Kijevo near Knin.  Only two parachutes
seen.
40503 (464th BG, 777th BS) collided with 44-41213 Dec 28, 1944 on mission to Roudnice, CZ.
Landed at Vis Island but was w/o.
40504/40513 to USN as PB4Y-1 38792/38801
40514 (460th BG, 760th BS, *Mexicali Rose*) shot down Dec 25, 1944 west of Graz, Austria.
MACR 10925.
40523 crashed near Mt Gleason Dec 23, 1944.
40526 (30th BG, 819th BS, "Bat Out Of Hell")
40528 (30th BG) lost Jan 17, 1945, North Pacific.  MACR 11375
40529 (5th BG) lost over Borneo Oct 30, 1944.  MACR 9456
40532 (30th BG, 819th BS, "Night Session").  “Night Mission” with 11th BG at Guam, Marianas Islands May 4th 1945. 
40536 (5th BG) lost Jan 5, 1945, SW Pacific.  MACR 11532
40540 (307th BG) lost Oct 18, 1944.  MACR 10288
40542 (307th BG) lost Aug 25, 1944, South Pacific.  MACR 9325
40547 (307th BG) lost Oct 26, 1944, SW Pacific.  MACR 10845
40548 (5th BG) lost Jan 10, 1945, South Pacific.  MACR 11626

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