 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B-24H Liberator 42-50313 WABASH CANNON BALL
|
|
 |
|
| Manufacturing Data |
| Serial Number |
42-50313 |
| Model |
B-24H |
| Manufacturer |
Consolidated - Fort Worth, Texas |
| Production Block |
B-24H-20-CF |
| Color |
Olive Drab aka OD |
|
|
| Group Data |
| Date Assigned to 492nd |
Replacement aircraft for the 857th
Flew its first mission 25 May 44 |
| Obtained From |
Replacement Depot |
| Flyover Pilot |
unknown |
| Total Missions w/492nd |
22 |
| Total WWII Missions |
91 |
|
|
| Notes |
|
Our theory is this plane was sent from the replacement depot to replace one of the 857th planes given to the 458th BG for PROJECT AZON. It arrived shortly after the 19 May mission and was used to replace one of the three planes lost on that mission. We do not know which plane it replaced but most likely it was either 44-40088 or 42-110151.
|
|
|
857th Squadron Code: 9H
|
|
Tail Code: -A (overlined)
|
|
|
By 4 Jul 44, this plane was reassigned to the 856th BS to replace 41-29470 which was lost on 23 Jun 44. Our theory is since the 857th borrowed and lost 41-29470, they owed the 856th another plane. So they gave them this one.
|
|
|
856th Squadron Code: 5Z
|
|
Tail Code: O
|
|
|
18 Jul 44, aircraft made an emegency landing at an allied-held airstrip in France. By the time it was repaired, the 492nd had been disbanded.
|
|
|
Transferred to the 392nd BG, 578th BS.
|
|
The photo above is believed to had been taken while at the 392nd BG.
|
|
578th Squadron Code: EC
|
|
Tail Code: W
|
|
After being used for a whopping total of 91 missions, it was returned to the USA 29 May 45.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mission Record
|
|
Documented Missions with the 492nd BG, 857th BS
|
| Date |
Mission |
Mission # |
Pilot |
Crew |
Notes |
| 25 May 44 |
Belfort, France |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 28 May 44 |
Zeitz, Germany |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: oil refinery |
| 30 May 44 |
Rotenburg, Germany |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: Air depot |
| 31 May 44 |
Brussels, Belgium |
|
Bridges |
702 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 2 Jun 44 |
Burck-sur-Mer, France |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: Tactical |
| 4 Jun 44 |
Avord, France |
|
O'Sullivan |
713 |
Target: Airfield |
| 6 Jun 44 |
invasion coast, France |
|
Liggett |
701 |
Target: Tactical
Bombed with 392nd B section |
| 8 Jun 44 |
Angers, France |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: Tactical |
| 12 Jun 44 |
Dreux, France |
|
Koltun |
R-10 |
Target: Airfield |
| 14 Jun 44 |
Emmerich, Germany |
|
Heber |
705 |
Target: Oil refinery |
| 20 Jun 44 |
Politz, Germany |
|
Newman |
913 |
Target: Oil Refineries
Lent to the 859th BS |
| 22 Jun 44 |
St Cyr, France |
|
Rasmussen |
R-02 |
Target: Airfield |
| 23 Jun 44 |
Juvincourt, France |
|
Gossett |
708 |
Target: Airfield |
| 25 Jun 44 |
Roye, France |
|
Scott |
712 |
Target: Peronne Airfield |
| 28 Jun 44 |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
|
Scott |
712 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 29 Jun 44 |
Magdeburg, Germany |
|
Scott |
712 |
Target: Aircraft industry |
|
Documented Missions with the 492nd BG, 856th BS
|
| 4 Jul 44 |
Beaumont, France |
|
Leahy |
R-17 |
Target: Airfield |
| 6 Jul 44 |
Kiel, Germany |
|
Cary |
R-16 |
Target: Shipyard |
| 12 Jul 44 |
Munich, Germany |
|
Young |
R-27 |
Target: Railroad station |
| 13 Jul 44 |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
|
Pitsenbarger |
R-26 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 16 Jul 44 |
Saarbrucken, Germany |
|
Shannon |
R-32 |
Target: Marshalling yard |
| 18 Jul 44 |
Troarns, France |
|
Vowinkel |
R-35 |
Target: Tactical |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
