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  1. 41-2404

    41-2404 The Spider

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot 24-Nov-41; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hickam Field, HI 4-Mar-42; out of fuel, ditched in sea 12-Sep-42 with James Van Haur, crew ?; Jim Hosegood, Lucian D’Amour (2 Killed in Action);. Written off 15-Jun-44. THE SPIDER....

  2. 41-24040

    41-24040 'Big Operator' 'Whats Cooking Doc ?'

    B-24 Liberator
     Started out on the 1 Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, piloted by Lt Hoover Edwards and aborted near Corfu with turbo supercharger problems. Converted to a transport on 17 Aug 43....

  3. 41-2405

    41-2405

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 24-Nov-41; March Field 18-Dec-41; Langley 11-Jan-42; Bolling 29-Nov-42; Langley 10-Dec-42; Olmstead 22-Feb-43; Langley 6-Mar-43; Mitchell 8-Jun-43; Cherry Point 5-Jul-43; Mitchell 11-Jul-43; Reconstruction...

  4. 41-2406

    41-2406

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 22BS/7BG Java 13-Jan-42 with Major Ken Hobson; crash landed Madera Is, Category E - Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR), with Ken Hobson 25-Jan-42. Written off 31-Oct-44. Never served in the UK.

  5. 41-2407

    41-2407

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered and assigned to Wright Field, Air Material Command as test aircraft. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) storage at Davis-Monthan 1-Aug-46. Never served in the UK

  6. 41-2408

    41-2408

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 8-Jan-41; Assigned 38RBS/19BG [aircraft 34], one of the aircraft arriving over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Lt Karl Barthelmess, Lt Larry Sheehan, Lt Chas Bergdoll, Avn Cdt John Adams, T/Sgt Roy Coulter, S...

  7. 41-2409

    41-2409 Old Maid

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 12-Jan-41; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hickam Field, HI 30-Jan-42; wore shadow shading camouflage, crash landed Guadalcanal with Bill Keys 25-Nov-42. Written off 20-Sep-43. OLD MAID. Never served in the UK.

  8. 41-2410

    41-2410

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 12-Jan-41; with Jim Dubose force landed Ft Fouglas, UT 21-Nov-41; Assigned March 28-Dec-41; Langley 11-Jan-42; Jacksonville, FL 9-May-42; Presque Isle, ME 19-Mar-43; Occident 11-May-43; Mitchell 6-Jun-43;...

  9. 41-24105

    41-24105 'Tupelo Lass'

    B-24 Liberator
     Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. Salvaged after crashing at Hardwick 11th Dec 43 on return from Emden.

  10. 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.

  11. 41-2411

    41-2411 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...

  12. 41-24111

    41-24111 'Piccadilly Filly'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned 329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. ...

  13. 41-24112

    41-24112 'Bucksheesh Benny Rides Again'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash-landed Hethel 4-Nov-43, Cat5 damage, written off, pilot Lt John O Cadenhead Jr.

  14. 41-2412

    41-2412

    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. (...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 41-2413

    41-2413

    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...

  18. 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.

  19. 41-2414

    41-2414

    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.

  20. 41-24147

    41-24147 The Duchess - Evelyn

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24D, named, The Duchess, was in the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 330th Bombing Squadron in Britain. - Transferred temporarily (TDY) to the 9th Air Force in North Africa and flew on Operation Tidal Wave to bomb the oil refineries...

  21. 41-2415

    41-2415 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)...

  22. 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...

  23. 41-2416

    41-2416 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...

  24. 41-2417

    41-2417 San Antonio Rose II; Monkey Bizz-Ness

    B-17 Flying Fortress
     Delivered Salt Lake then Sacramento Air 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 with Thompson...

  25. 41-2418

    41-2418

    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...

  26. 41-2419

    41-2419

    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...

  27. 41-24192

    41-24192 Dogpatch Raiders

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

  28. 41-24194

    41-24194 'Ubangi Bag'

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24D, named 'Ubangi Bag' was originally assigned to the 14th Air force, the 308th Bomb Group, and the 374th Bomb Squadron. It was sent back to the united states in late 1943 on a War Bond Tour.

  29. 41-24195

    41-24195 Little Joe

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24D Liberator bomber, 41-24195, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 415th Bomb Squadron, named, Little Joe, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Lt. Wesley N. Pettigrew, returning safely to Libya. Aug 1, 1943

  30. 41-24197

    41-24197 'Tagalong'

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

  31. 41-24198

    41-24198 The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot You're Faded

    B-24 Liberator
     - Not to be confused with Lt. Claude A. Turner's B-24D, 42-40608, also named, The Vulgar Virgin, in the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 328th Bomb Squadron, from Britain with the same nose art as aircraft, 41-24198, flown by Wallace...

  32. 41-2420

    41-2420 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,...

  33. 41-24200

    41-24200 'Wittle Wed Wabbit'

    B-24 Liberator
     Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. 2 x POW, 7 x KIA MACR 3305

  34. 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.

  35. 41-2421

    41-2421 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...

  36. 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.

  37. 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...

  38. 41-2422

    41-2422

    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...

  39. 41-24225

    41-24225 'Flak Alley'

    B-24 Liberator
     Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943....

  40. 41-24226

    41-24226 Joisey Bounce / Utah Man

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24D, 41-24226, "Joisey Bounce", was assigned to Pilot Col. Walter T. Stewart of the 330th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force, for the large mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Col. Stewart changed his...

  41. 41-24229

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

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24D, 41-24229, last named, Buzzin' Bear, was assigned to the 8th Air Force, the 44th Bomb Group, and the 67th Bomb Squadron in North Africa based at Benghazi Libya. Buzzin' Bear was flown by Col. William Roderick Cameron on Operation Tidal Wave...

  42. 41-2423

    41-2423

    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

  43. 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...

  44. 41-24232

    41-24232 Calaban

    B-24 Liberator
     The B-24 Liberator, 41-24232, named, Calaban, in the 67th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, of the 8th Air Force, was flown by Pilot 2nd Lt. Edward Dobson on the Ploesti oil refinery raid, diverting safely to Malta. Aug 1,1943....

  45. 41-24234

    41-24234 'Mr 5 X 5'

    B-24 Liberator
     Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943....

  46. 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.

  47. 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...

  48. 41-2424

    41-2424

    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...

  49. 41-24246

    41-24246 'Semper felix'

    B-24 Liberator
     B-24 Liberator #41-24246 '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.

  50. 41-2425

    41-2425

    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...