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59533 – PB4Y-2 Privateer http://warbird-central.com/2012/04/59533-pb4y-2-privateer/ http://warbird-central.com/2012/04/59533-pb4y-2-privateer/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:56:37 +0000 warbirdcentral http://warbird-central.com/?p=8158

Aircraft Model#:

  Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Serial/BuNo#

  59533

Construction#

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Photo Credits:

  U.S. Navy

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Aircraft Model#:

 Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-30-DL Flying Fortress

Serial/BuNo#

 42-38101

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

 “Hurbert”

Civil Registration:

Status:

MACR:

 8808

History:

 327th BS, 92nd BG, 8th AF.

I believe this is a photo of the damage received on the September 11,1944 mission to Merseburg,Germany. The plane was hit in one engine by flak and then the vertical tail section. The pilot, thinking the damage was terminal, gave the order “Stand by to abandon ship”. The radio operator mistook what was said and bailed out near the target. The pilots realized that the ship was still controllable and returned safely to base, even though they had to fend off some fighter attacks on the way.
MACR 8808
Sgt. Leonard D. Kennedy – Radio Operator (POW)

Photo Credits:

  USAAF

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Aircraft Model#:

 Consolidated B-24D-170-CO Liberator

Serial/BuNo#

  42-72963

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

Civil Registration:

Status:

  Destroyed

MACR:

  1179

History:

 42nd BS, 11th BG, 7th AFLost on December 1,1943 due to unknown reasons near Mille Island,Marshall Islands.
MACR 1179
2nd Lt. George R. Dechert – Pilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. Robert S. Baker – CoPilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. William E. Barwick – Navigator (KIA)
2nd Lt. William G. Roy – Bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Eugene L. Snodgrass – Engineer/Gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Ralph J. Walbeck – Radio Operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Robert E. Lipe – Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. David L. Buckles – Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Carl J. Anderson – Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Willie T. Little – Gunner (KIA)

Photo Credits:

  USAAF

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Aircraft Model#:

 XC-99 – Consolidated

Serial/BuNo#

 43-52436

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

Civil Registration:

Status:

MACR:

History:

 Now on display at Kelly AFB. Private funding has been obtained which will make it possible for this plane to be moved to the USAF Museum at WPAFB, OH.Noted Oct 14, 2004 stored at Lackland AFB, TX. Forward fuselage moved to USAF Museum Mar 2008 and only center wing section is still at Kelly AFB.

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Aircraft Model#:

 Boeing B-29A-5-BN

Serial/BuNo#

  42-93859

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

  SHAG’N HOME

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History:

Photo Credits:

  Aircraft is in the background

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Aircraft Model#:

  51-12146

Serial/BuNo#

  Cessna O-1 Bird Dog

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

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Status:

MACR:

History:

 April 21,1968 at Hue-Phu Bai Airfield
Airman 1st Class Larry Brown – Aircraft Mechanic
19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, attached to 1st Battalion, 101st Airborne Division.

Photo Credits:

 SP4 Jacob E. Hawes

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Aircraft Model#:

  North American A-36A

Serial/BuNo#

  42-83830

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

Civil Registration:

Status:

 Condemned salvage crash Aug 22, 1944

MACR:

History:

 Taiaratlui, Algerla, This Apache from the 86th FBG, has had Its palr of.50 caliber machine guns removed from the nose. The wlng band is a recognition mark. (Esposito)

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Aircraft Model#:

  Boeing B-17G-15-BO

Serial/BuNo#

  42-31333

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

  Wee Willie

Civil Registration:

Status:

MACR:

History:

 This Boeing B-17G-15-BO (s/n 42-31333), “Wee Willie” from the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, had its left wing blown off by flak over Crantenburg, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo)1stLt. Robert E. Fuller – pilot
2ndLt. Woodrow A. Lien – copilot
T/Sgt. Francis J. McCarthy – navigator
S/Sgt. Richard D. Proudfit – bombardier
S/Sgt. Wylie McNatt,Jr. – engineer/top turret gunner
S/Sgt. William H. Cassidy – ball turret gunner
S/Sgt. Ralph J. Leffelman – radio operator
S/Sgt. James D. Houtchens – waist gunner
Sgt. Lemoyne Miller – tail gunner

Photo Credits:

  USAAF

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Aircraft Model#:

  Boeing B-17F-20-DL

Serial/BuNo#

  42-3060

Construction#

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History:

 Boeing B-17F-20-DL (S/N 42-3060) (LL-G) of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group does a low-level fly-by in Bassingbourn, England.

Photo Credits:

  USAAF

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Aircraft Model#:

  Boeing B-17G-40-BO Flying Fortress

Serial/BuNo#

  42-97061

Construction#

Name/NoseArt:

  General Ike

Civil Registration:

Status:

MACR:

History:

 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force.1st Lt. George H. Heilig in the cockpit.

Photo Credits:

  USAAF

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