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| USAAF 5th AF 90th BG 320th BS |
Aircraft History Built by Consolidated at Fort Worth in Texas. Constructors Number 233. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24D-20-CF Liberator serial number 42-63984. Ferried overseas via Hawaii to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 90th Bombardment Group (90th BG) "Jolly Rogers", 320th Bombardment Squadron (320th BS) "Moby Dick". Nicknamed "Little Beaver" with the nose art of an Indian and an aerial bomb, inspired from the Red Ryder and Little Beaver comic strip by Fred Harman, Jr. Later, the squadron's "Moby Dick" motif of a mouth and eye were added to the front of the nose and the 90th Bomb Group "Skull and crossed bombs" motif on each tail. This B-24 flew bombing missions in New Guinea. Later, the olive drab paint was partially stripped to the bare aluminum finish, keeping the nose art and tail motif. On November 7, 1944 scrapped as obsolete. Pete Johnston adds: "I have a photograph showing it partially paint stripped forward of the cockpit. It was scrapped as obsolete November 7, 1944." References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24D-20-CF Liberator 42-63984 Thanks to Pete Johnston for additional information Contribute
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