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| USAAF 5th AF 43rd BG 65th BS  43rd BG c1943 |
Aircraft History Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in San Diego. Constructors Number 2303. During July 1942 delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24D-150-CO Liberator serial number 42-41226. Ferried overseas via Hickam FIeld then across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 43rd Bombardment Group (43rd BG) "Ken's Men", 65th Bombardment Squadron (65th BS) "The Lucky Dicers". Nicknamed "Double Trouble". On October 18, 1943 took off from 7 Mile Drome (Jackson) near Port Moresby piloted by 1st. Lt. Stephens with co-pilot F/O Brunswick on a bombing mission against Rabaul. This B-24 was one of nearly eighty B-24 Liberators in a mixed formation of bombers from the 43rd Bombardment Group, 90th Bombardment Group and 380th Bombardment Group. This B-24 was the lead aircraft of the third echelon. The mission was the 65th Bombardment Squadron mission number 280 H. Inbound to the target, the formation encountered bad weather and aborted the mission and bombed Cape Hoskin instead. Returning from the mission at 8,000', as the formation entered a thunder storm but this B-24 landed safely at 7 Mile Drome. Due to bad weather, the mission cost four bombers: B-24D "Sky Lady" 41-24043, B-24D "Ben Buzzard" 42-40670, B-24D 42-40885 and B-24D 41-41088. Mission History On January 29, 1944 crashed at Charters Towers Airfield. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24D-150-CO Liberator 42-41226 Missing Air Crew Report 964 (MACR 964) pages 9-10 October 18, 1943 mission Ken’s Men Against The Empire Volume II (2019) pages 227 (profile no. 3), 235 (profile no. 3 detail), 284 (photo), 325 (65th BS, 42-41226), 390 (index Double Trouble) Contribute
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