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B-24H Liberator   42-95115
Manufacturing Data
Serial Number 42-95115
Model B-24H
Manufacturer Ford - Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Production Block B-24H-25-FO
Color Silver aka NMF (Natural Metal Finish)
Group Data
Date Assigned to 492nd Not a 492nd plane
Obtained From Replacement Depot
Flyover Pilot unknown
Total Missions w/492nd 0
Total WWII Missions unknown
Notes
This aircraft is often confused with 42-51115. This plane never flew for the 492nd, but it does appear on various records (see Footnotes).
Records show that this serial number flew with the 467th beginning on 10 May and continuing until 29 Dec 44.
25 Dec 44: In a dense fog, it crashed after takeoff from propwash from another plane. Casualty count is unclear.
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42-51115
Links to missions
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Mission Record
467th BG site
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