eBay: Consolidated B-24 Liberator

[swampyankee]

I have a soft spot for the B-24: one of my uncles flew B-24s for the Carpetbaggers in WW2. (I also have a soft spot for PT boats, on which my father served. I had a second uncle with Carlson's Raiders, a third in the USAAF ground element, and a fourth in the black gang of a merchant ship)

 

[daveT]

America averaged 170 planes lost a day from 1942-1945. That's 7 per hour. For three years

Please explain, was that all types? in combat or training or both? stateside or overseas or both?

 

[Snautzer01]

C87

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Snautzer01]

42nd Bomber Squadron
Little Butch, Tennessee Belle

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Snautzer01]

Picture taken by Italians just after Blonde Bomber II landed

"Blonde Bomber II" summary:
This 98th bomb group B-24D U.S.A.A.F. #41-23859, damaged and off course after a raid on Naples on 20 February 1943, looking desperately for a landing mistook the Sicilian airfield at Pachino for Malta and made a forced landing there. It was repainted with Italian markings for pictures but was soon on it's way to the Luftwaffe evaluation center and was eventually taken on strength by KG200 and for some reason, retained it's original desert pink color.
It was found on the ramp at Rechlin heavily damaged by 8th Air Force fighter bombers personnel at the end of war.

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

41-1087 to RAF as LV337 Mar 1942. Sold as G-AHDY Jul 31, 1947. Broken up at Prestwick Oct 1950.

 

[Snautzer01]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Snautzer01]

Stormy Weather, B24H-15-CF 41-29578 (459th BG) lost June 16, 1944. MACR 6128

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Thud-Dud89]

C-87A, circa 1942-43, specific location unknown. From my Grandfather's service photos [he's the one in the pith helmet]. I never have seen another photo of this aircraft or its rather "unusual" nose-art...

 

[Old Wizard]