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Aircraft History Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego during 1941. Constructors Number 5. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF). Assigned to Ferrying Command at Bolling Field. Tail 73, the last two digits of the serial number. Prior to America's entry in World War II, painted in neutrality markings with a large US flag on the side of the nose. No known nose art or nickname. Wartime History One of two aircraft used for the "Harriman Mission" of American and British representatives for a conference in Moscow. Averell Harriman (Chairman, Union Pacific Railroad) was appointed by U.S. President Roosevelt to lead the group, that included press officer Quentin Reynolds. This B-24 departed the United States flying via the United Kingdom. Lord Beaverbrook appointed by Winston Churchill joined the flight that arrived Moscow on September 28, 1941. On March 3, 1942 in the evening, landed at Broome Airfield to deliver medical supplies and and doctors to treat the wounded from the Japanese air raid earlier in the day. Overloaded with evacuees, the bomber ran off the runway damaging the landing gear but without harm to anyone aboard. Fate Although it could have been repaired, orders were issued to destroy the bomber, fearing an eminent Japanese landing. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24A Liberator 40-2373 "2373 was one of two aircraft used to transport the Harriman Mission to Moscow Sep 1941 via the UK. Destroyed on ground at Broome, Australia during Japanese raid Mar 3, 1942." Everyday A Nightmare (2010) page 330 The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II (2008) page 159 Oz@War - 3 March 1942 Japanese air raid on Broome Contribute
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