42-97514
Photo from 8th AF historical society facebook group
Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cincinnati 12/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/1/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-H] Chelveston (H2X) 20/3/44; 482BG Alconbury 6/7/44; 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. From J. Baugher USAAF serial number listings Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec43. Continental Airlines, Modification Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft.
Transferred to 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 20Mar44.
Transferred to 814th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 6Jul44.
To 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk May45. Returned to US
Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Dec43. Cincinnati, OH 12Jan44. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 26Jan44.
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 29Jan44. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*H],
Damaged while parked in collision by B-24J Liberator 42-51311 taxying at Alconbury 12Apr45.
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 5Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-735155
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
Places
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tar Baby
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
29 January 1944 | Assigned 482nd BG | |
Assigned |
20 March 1944 | Transfered to 305th BG | |
Transferred |
6 July 1944 | transferred back to 482nd BG | |
Other Returned to USA |
14 October 1945 | ||
Transferred |
20 May 1945 | Transferred to 100th BG |
Revisions
Updated aircraft history from J Baugher website. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
Aircraft events log added, production block added etc.