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Ford B-24J-10-FO Liberator 42-51613 SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz on the 19th of February, 1946.

 

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Ford B-24J-10-FO Liberator 42-51813 (376 BG) forced down over Bulgaria in September 1944. Details?

 

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Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator 42-52313 (737th BS, 454th BG, 15th AF, based at San Giovanni Airfield, Foggia, Italy). Crashed on the 29th of August 1944, 25 miles south of Trencin, Czechoslovakia, after (1) engine caught fire while on a mission on the tank factory at Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.
(1) Crewman Was Killed.
(9) crew bailed out and were captured and Became POW.

 

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Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator 42-52413 (459th BG) lost on the 7th of July, 1944.

 

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Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator 42-52613 (450th BG) lost over Austria on the 19th of March, 1944.

 

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Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar 42-55913 to RAF as Lodestar II. No RAF serial known and may never have been issued. Transferred to Free French AF as FC-BAD on the 19th of February, 1943.
Crashed Algiers on the 30th of December, 1944.

 

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Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar 42-56013 to RCAF 560, to CF-FQV, to ZS-BZD, to IDFAF 4X-ACL. Crashed near Paris, France, on the 15th of August, 1949.

 

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Douglas C-49F-DO 42-56613 Ex Eastern Airlines DST-318 MSN 2224 NC25649 delivered in February 1940, commandeered by USAAF on the 8th of June, 1942.
Loaned to CAA Apr 11, 1944.
To civil registry as NC28345 for Delta Air Lines.
Crashed near Marshall, TX. On the 17th of May, 1953.
The plane crashed 13 miles east of Marashall Texas, during an approach to Shreveport in a severe thunderstorm. The encountering of conditions in a severe thunderstorm, that resulted in loss of effective control of the aircraft, and the failure of the captain to adhere to company directives requiring the avoidance of thunderstorms when conditions would allow such action.
19 of 20 onboard killed.

 

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Douglas C-84 42-57513 MSN 2027 ex NC18953 delivered on the 12th of January, 1938, to USAAF on the 14th of June, 1942. To civil registry as NC18953 (TWA *358* Oct 23, 1944 - Union Steel and Wrecking Co on the 5th of May, 1953 - Ozark on the 19th of May, 1953.
Reregistered N139D (1954), sold on the 14th of December, 1965 (Various owners/operators). DBR on the 10th of July, 1969 Malcolm Island, SAS. Canada.

 

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Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando 42-61013 (MSN 26888) transferred to Chinese AF on the 15th of April, 1946.

 

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Bell-Atlanta B-29-15-BA Superfortress 42-63413 Delivered to USAAF on the 30th of August 1944. Departed CONUS for PTO, arrived Saipan on the 29th of October 1944, named 'Dixie Darlin''. 497th BG, 871st BS, "Dixie Darling" ditched from unknown cause in Pacific Ocean on the 18th of December 1944, while on mission to Mitsubishi aircraft factory at Nagoya, Japan.
All 11 crew killed.
Witnesses stated the aircraft made the normal turn toward home base after the bomb run, but was never seen again.

 

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Bell-Atlanta B-29B-30-BA Superfortress 42-63613 Assigned to 17th Bomb Squadron, 16th Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, Fairmont AAF, NE, accident on the 22nd of April 1945 when landing at Fairmont AAF, NE. In bad weather, the aircraft drifted off the localizer and hit a large tree during the approach causing a significant amount of damage.
The aircraft force landed off the airfield without further damage.
Assigned to 411th Bomb Squadron, 502nd Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing.

 

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Bell-Atlanta B-29B-40-BA Superfortress 42-63713 Delivered to USAAF on the 9th of April 1945. Assigned to 402nd Bomb Squadron, 502nd Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, Grand Island AAF, NB.
Named 'Rooster Wagon'.
Accident on the 2nd of June 1945 while taxying at Grand Island AAF, NB.
Reclaimed at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, on the 9th of September 1954.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-5-CF Liberator 42-63813 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ790. SOC on the 5th of February, 1946.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-5-CF Liberator 42-63836 to RAF as Liberator GR.V BZ813. Hit sea during Leigh Light exercise off Andros, Bahamas, on the 3rd of July 1945 and w/o.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-20-CF Liberator 42-64013 to RAF as Liberator III BZ936.
Crashed in USA prior to delivery to RAF.

 

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Consolidated B-24J-1-CF Liberator 42-64097 to RAF as Liberator B.VI EV813.
Crashed on takeoff at Kolar, India, on the 21st of April 1944.

 

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Consolidated B-24J-5-CF Liberator 42- 64213 to RAF as Liberator GR.VI EV856. SOC on the 11th of April 1946.

 

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Consolidated B-24J-10-CF Liberator 42-64271 to RAF as Liberator B.VI EV913. W/O after undercarriage collapsed on landing at Kolar, India, on the 27th of August, 1944.

 

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Consolidated B-24J-10-CF Liberator 42-64313 to RAF as Liberator B.VI EV932. SOC on the 11th of April, 1946.