Find Aircraft

We found 22511 aircraft

  1. 41-24109

    41-24109 Ready & Willing/Silver Streak

    B-24 Liberator
     Flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti Mission with the 93rd BG, pilot John R Roche, returned safely to Libya. Returned to ETO. Assigned to the 466th BG to serve as their Assembly Ship.

  2. 41-2411 B-17E

    41-2411 B-17E Old Miss

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 10-Oct-41; Assigned 6AF 20-Dec-41; Panama, Canal Zone 25-Dec-41; Guatemala 15-Apr-42; SAAD 28-Jul-42; Guatemala 5-Dec-42. OLD MISS 11. (?Evacuated Java 28-Feb-42 to Ceylon, ending up in India Mar-42 with...

  3. 41-24111

    41-24111 'Picadilly Filly'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, aborted and returned Libya. Later mission 9th Oct 43 sustained damage, diverted and landed in Sweden and set on fire by the crew who were interned. Note: MACR...

  4. 41-2412 B-17E

    41-2412 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 10-Nov-41; Assigned 6AF 25-Dec-41; SAAD 21-Mar-42; Guatemala 4-Oct-42; Returned to the USA Tinker, OK 3-Aug-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge, 23-Nov-44. (...

  5. 41-24121

    41-24121 'Let Er Rip'

    B-24 Liberator
     Failed To Return - while withdrawing over the mountains of Macedonia collided in a cloud bank with B24 41-23717. Although the aircraft entered a dive the pilots managed to briefly recover before crashing in flames East of Brod. 4 gunners bailed out...

  6. 41-24122

    41-24122 "Missouri Sue"

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW). Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' An Fw190A-5 from JG 2/8, flown by Obfw. Josef Bigge, badly damaged the plane, shooting off part of the tail. Plane...

  7. 41-2413 B-17E

    41-2413 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 30-Nov-41; Assigned 38RS/19BG [aircraft 30], was one of the aircraft that arrived over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Maj Truman H. Landon, Lt Bill Ellis, Lt George Newton, Lt Chester Budz, Avn Cdt Erwin Cihak...

  8. 41-24130

    41-24130 'Lady of the Lake'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to MTO. Temporarily attached to 9AF USAAF. Crashed shortly after take off due to engine failure on mission to Vibo Valentia, Italy, on 13-Jul-43. 10 x KIA.

  9. 41-2414 B-17E

    41-2414 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 9-Nov-41; crashed burned out Fort Douglas 12-Nov-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

  10. 41-24147

    41-24147 'The Duchess'

    B-24 Liberator
     Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, pilot Major Ramsey D. Potts, returning safely to Libya. After returning to England, failed to return from mission, shot down by FW-190s and crashed west of Herxheim, Germany, on a mission to Furth, Germany,...

  11. 41-2415 B-17E

    41-2415 B-17E City of San Francisco

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 28-Nov-41; Assigned 26BS/11BG; transferred 31BS/5BG Hickam Field, HI mid-May 1942; shot down during battle of Midway 5-Jun-42 with Robert Porter. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 9KIA Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)...

  12. 41-24153

    41-24153 'Sad Sack II'

    B-24 Liberator
     Failed to Return - Ploesti raid 1st Aug 43, pilot 1st Lt Henry A Lasco Jr. A/C lost as a result of AA, small arms fire and enemy fighters and belly landed with 5 crew members killed. The tail gunner, Sgt. Thomas Wood, was killed by ground fire before...

  13. 41-2416 B-17E

    41-2416 B-17E San Antonio Rose

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 9-Sep-41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 13] then 40BS/19BG Hickam Field, HI, one of the aircraft arrived over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Lt Frank Bostrom, Lt Wilson Cook, Lt Earl Sheggrud, Avn Cdt Bob...

  14. 41-2417 B-17E

    41-2417 B-17E San Antonio Rose II; Monkey Bizz-Ness

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake then Sacramento Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 19-Jan-41; Assigned 28BS/19BG Hawaii; transferred (Project X) 19-Feb-42 with McPherson; 63BS/43BG Java 19-Sep-42; transferred 9BS/7BG, back to 43BG crashed Queensland, Australia 6-Jul-42...

  15. 41-2418 B-17E

    41-2418 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 25BS/6BG 25-Dec-41; Panama 1-Jun-42; Puerto Rico 11-Jul-42; Guatemala 10-Aug-42; Returned to US (RETUS) Brownsville 3-Oct-42; Guatemala 8-Jan-43; Albrook, Canal Zone 14-Jan-43; mid-air...

  16. 41-2419 B-17E

    41-2419 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) with Maurice Horgan 20-Nov-41; Assigned 22BS/7BG Java 13-Jan-42 with Jack Hughes; crashed on take off Palembang, Sumatra 22-Feb-42 with Jack Hughes, crew ?; Japanese actually stripped down removing engines...

  17. 41-24192

    41-24192 'Dogpatch Raider'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, diverting to Sicily....

  18. 41-24195

    41-24195 'Little Joe'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24 #41-24195 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF 'Little Joe' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Wesley N Pettigrew, returning safely to Libya.

  19. 41-24197

    41-24197 'Tagalong'

    B-24 Liberator
     Failed To Return - Ploesti oil refinery raid 1st Aug 1943. Pilot Ralph V Hinch, MACR 168.

  20. 41-24198

    41-24198 'The Vulgar Virgin'

    B-24 Liberator
     Capt. Wallace C. Taylor - pilot (POW), F/O Paul Tucker - copilot (KIA)...

  21. 41-2420 B-17E

    41-2420 B-17E Bessie the Jap Basher

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 20-Nov-41; Assigned 42BS/11BG 15-Dec-41; Hickam Field, HI 22-Jul-42; shot down and ditched Doma Cove, near Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 24-Sep-42 with Capt Charles E. Norton, Co-pilot: Bruce Barker,...

  22. 41-24201

    41-24201 'Baldy and his Brood'

    B-24 Liberator
     Received 4th Mar 43. Flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya. Assigned to the 801st BG (P) 28th Feb 44 after conversion by BAD 1 (14th Feb - 28th Feb 44). Salvaged 24th Jun 45.

  23. 41-2421 B-17E

    41-2421 B-17E G.I. Issue

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 14BS/7BG Hawaii but transferred 40BS then 435BS/19BG Australia; overshot and burnt out Horn Island 16-Jul-42 with Maj Clarry McPherson, Co-pilot: Lucius Penick, Flight engineer/top...

  24. 41-24211

    41-24211 'Wing and a Prayer'

    B-24 Liberator
     A/C flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by 1st Lt Walter T Holmes and returned safely to Libya.

  25. 41-24215

    41-24215 'Lucky' 'Dogpatch Raider'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24D Liberator #41-24215 'Lucky Gordon', sometimes called just 'Lucky', was originally an aircraft of the 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. Flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, diverting to Sicily. After returning to the ETO and further missions...

  26. 41-2422 B-17E

    41-2422 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 24-Nov-41; Assigned 3BS/6BG 27-Feb-42; Guatemala 15-May-42; South American Air Depot (SAAD) 25-Jul-42; Guatemala 19-Aug-42; Howard Fd, Canal Zone Jan-43; crash landed David Field, Panama with Neal Peterson...

  27. 41-24225

    41-24225 'Flak Alley'

    B-24 Liberator
     Lost 24 Feb 44 on her 42nd mission. Crashed in a small village south of Gotha. Pilot Lt Phillip W Bell, 4 POW, 6 KIA. MACR 2922. Eye witness noted that after bombing the target, Gotha, Germany, this aircraft was hit by prop wash and fell out of...

  28. 41-24226

    41-24226 'Utah Man' 'Joisey Bounce'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to Col. Walter T. Stewart of the 330 Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, USAAF for the mission to bomb the refineries at Ploesti Ag 11 1943. Col. Stewart took command of the 93rd Bomb Group after the Group Leader, Col. Addison...

  29. 41-24229

    41-24229 'Seeds of Satan' 'Buzzin Bear'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. On temporary assignment to 9AF USAAF. Failed To Return (FTR) mission to Foggia, Italy. Shot down by enemy fighters 16-Aug-43. 4 x KIA 6 x POW.

  30. 41-2423 B-17E

    41-2423 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD)28-Nov-41; March Field CA 18-Dec-41; Assigned 7BG but used on Project X MacDill/Bakers Field, FL 25-Dec-41; with Rich Craig crashed Clewiston, FL 5-Jan-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK

  31. 41-24230

    41-24230 'Hare's To Ya' 'Jo-Jo'S Special Delivery'

    B-24 Liberator
     Failed to Return - A/C pilot Ralph J Mcbride Jr joined a 98th Grp formation on withdrawal from the target [Ploesti, 1/8/43]. A/C was intercepted by fighters of IV/27 JG West off Cefalonia, Greece and presumed downed over Ionian Sea by Lt. Hans Flor of...

  32. 41-24232

    41-24232 'Calaban'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24 Liberator #41-24232 'Calaban' of 67th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, diverting safely to Malta. Later lost on 11th Dec 43 raid to Emden Industrial area, pilot Lt. Richard F. O’Neill was known for his violent...

  33. 41-24234

    41-24234 'Mr 5 X 5'

    B-24 Liberator
     2nd Lt Alexander Trolese, pilot of #4124234 (MR. 5 X 5), was flying close formation with the plane flown by 1st Lt J. G. Cary (#427501). Apparently, MR. 5 X 5 was caught in the propwash of the planes ahead and was forced up into a collision with ...

  34. 41-24235

    41-24235 'Earthquake McGoon'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24D Liberator 41-24235 "Earthquake McGoon" of the 506th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid safely returning to Libya.

  35. 41-24236

    41-24236 'Mr. 5x5'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bremen. Mid Air Collision with B-24 #501 tail damaged by prop damage, went into a spin and tail parted from fuselage. 10 x KIA. 26-Nov-43. MACR...

  36. 41-2424 B-17E

    41-2424 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 1-Dec-41; Assigned 19BG Hawaii 27-Dec-41; (shot down, date unknown ?) Guatemala 15-Apr-42; Returned to the USA (RETUS) Tinker, OK 25-Jun-42, Reconstruction Finance Corporation(RFC) (sold for scrap metal in...

  37. 41-24246

    41-24246 'Semper felix'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24 Liberator #4124246 'Semper Felix' exploded having released its bombs over target as a result of ground fire on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid. Pilot Lt. August W. Sulflow. 9 KIA 1 POW. MACR 225.

  38. 41-2425 B-17E

    41-2425 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 6AF Panama 30-Dec-41; Guatemala 15-Apr-42; Puerto Rico 31-Jul-42; Guatemala 10-Sep-42; Panama 23-Nov-42; Returned to the USA (RETUS) Tinker, OK 22-Jul-44; Reconstruction Finance...

  39. 41-24252

    41-24252

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24 Liberator #41-24252 514th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt Lyle T Ryan, returned safely to Libya.

  40. 41-24258

    41-24258 'Minerva II' 'Desert Lily'

    B-24 Liberator
     Shot down by a Bf 109G-6 near Wiemath, Austria on Nov 2, 1943. 8 KIA, 2 POW. MACR 1099...

  41. 41-24259

    41-24259 'Warmaid'

    B-24 Liberator
     On loan to 93rd BG and scheduled to be flown by 1st Lt Howard W Freese on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti mission. He was obliged to turn back, jettison the bombs in the sea and return to Benghazi, Libya, due to a serious fuel leak discovered immediately after...

  42. 41-2426 B-17E

    41-2426 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered with John Dougherty Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 16-Nov-41; Assigned 43BS/11BG; Missing in Action on recon. flight over Northern Solomon Is. with Major Marion N. Pharr (Sq CO), Co-pilot: Bob Pate, Navigator: Tom Waren, Bombardier:...

  43. 41-2427 B-17E

    41-2427 B-17E

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 25-Nov-41; Assigned 19BG with Ray Cox landed Malang, Java, 28-Jan-42; and 9BS/7BG Java (Project X) 28-Jan-42 with E. Habberstad; strafed Singosari 3-Feb-42. Sal, Written off 31-Oct-44. Never served in the UK.

  44. 41-24278

    41-24278 'Miss Delores'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) hit by flak over Kiel, Germany, and shortly after all four engines stopped. It crashed into the Baltic Sea south of Ærø, Denmark. 3 x KIA, 7 x POW. 14-May-43. MACR

  45. 41-2428 B-17E

    41-2428 B-17E Ole' Shasta

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hickam Filed, HI 26-Oct-42, transferred 42BS; Missing in Action 28-Dec-42 over Solomon Is. with James R. Harp, Co-pilot: Tom Omar, Navigator: Thornton Lewis, Bombardier:...

  46. 41-24282

    41-24282 'Ruth-Less'

    B-24 Liberator
     Their target was a mysterious construction site at Pas-de-Calais, on the coast of France. Although the purpose of the site was yet unknown, it would turn out to be one of the launching ramps for the German V-1 rocket....

  47. 41-24283

    41-24283 'Old Crow'

    B-24 Liberator
     A/C Assigned 506th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF, Benghazi. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ...

  48. 41-2429 B-17E

    41-2429 B-17E Why Don't We Do This More Often?

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 30-Nov-41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 11] then 19BG Hickam Field, HI arrived over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Capt Rich H. Carmichael, Capt Jim Twaddell, Lt Don Tower, Lt Kermit Meyers, Avn Cdt Theo Pascoe...

  49. 41-24294

    41-24294 'Brewery Wagon'

    B-24 Liberator
     Shot down by a Me-109 over Ploesti. Two of the crew KIA, eight became POW's. MACR 154...

  50. 41-24295

    41-24295 'Wicked Witch'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kiel, brought down by flak and fighters. Crew baled out. 14-May-43. 5 x POW, 5 x KIA. No MACR.