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Martin B-26B-40-MA Marauder 42-43413 to RFC at Walnut Ridge on the 16th of September, 1945.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-46969 Hudson VI FK413. Missing during ferry flight from Gander to Reykjavik on the 14th of July, 1942.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47013 to RAF as Hudson VI FK457. SOC on the 28th of December, 1944.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47069 to RAF as Hudson VI FK513. Relegated to instructional airframe with serial 4588M on the 1st of March, 1944; presumably scrapped some time afterwards.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47113 to RAF as Hudson FK557 but diverted to Brazilian AF, on the 11th of November, 1942.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47169 to RAF as Hudson VI FK613. SOC on the 20th of May, 1947.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47213 to RAF as Hudson VI FK657. SOC on the 26th of April 1945.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47269 to RAF as Hudson VI FK713. SOC on the 18th of December, 1944.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47313 to RAF as Hudson IIIA FK757. Sold for scrap on the 3rd of September, 1947.

 

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Lockheed A-28A-LO Hudson 42-47369 to RAF as Hudson IIIA FK813. SOC on the 31st of August, 1944.

 

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Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator 42-50313 originallly replacement in May 1944 for 492nd BG, 857th BS. In July 1944 transferred to 856th BS.
Made emergency landing at an allied-held airstrip in France, on the 18th of July, 1944.
By the time the plane was repaired, the 492nd BG had been disbanded.
Transferred to 392nd BG, 578th BS in August 1944.
Returned to USA on the 29th of May, 1945, after 91 missions.

 

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Consolidated B-24H-30-CF Liberator 42-50413 (344th BS, 98th BG, 15th AF based at Lecce airfield, Lecce, Italy. In landing accident on the 13th of August 1944, at Lecce airfield, Lecce, Italy.
All crew survived, aircraft was destroyed.

 

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Ford B-24J-1-FO Liberator 42-50513 (459th BG) lost on the 12th of December, 1944.

 

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Ford B-24J-1-FO Liberator 42-50613 (461st BG, 764th BS, "Holy Joe") returned to USA on the 7th of June, 1945.

 

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Ford B-24J-1-FO Liberator 42-50713 (705th GS, 446th BG, 8th AF) crashed in bad weather on the 31st of January 1945, at Snape Village, Suffolk, UK.
All 9 crew bailed out and survived, aircraft was destroyed.

 

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Ford B-24J-5-FO Liberator 42-50813 577th Bombardment Squadron 392nd Bombardment Group 8th Air Force (RAF Wendling Airfield) Station USAAF-118, Norfolk, England. Crashlanded on the 16th of January, 1945, near Luneville, France after (2) engines failed while returning from a mission to Dresden, Germany.
All (10) crew survived.
Aircraft damaged beyond repair.
Salvaged by 312th Service Group.

 

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Ford B-24J-5-FO Liberator 42-51013 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz on the 19th of February, 1946.

 

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Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-25-DT Liberator 42-51113 (491st BG, 855th BS, 8th AF) interned in Switzerland on the 12th July, 1944.
Crew returned in December 1944.
Aircraft returned on the 11th of October, 1945.

 

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Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-30-DT Liberator 42-51213 (704th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF) landed at Bulltofta Airfield, Malmo, Sweden, on the 20th of June 1944, due to engines out on mission to Politz, Germany.
All 10 crew interned in Sweden.

 

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Douglas-Tulsa B-24J-5-DT Liberator 42-51313 W/O on the 25th of July 1944, at San Pablo Bay, CA.