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Aircraft History Built by Consolidated at San Diego. Constructors Number 4537. At the factory completed with an aluminum finish. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24J-170-CO Liberator serial number 44-40601. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to the South Pacific (SOPAC). Wartime History Assigned to the 13th Air Force (13th AF), 307th Bombardment Group (307th BG), 424th Bombardment Squadron (424th BS). Nicknamed "Burma" in a cursive font with the nose art of a girl wearing a skirt and her hands above her head, named after a character from "Terry and the Pirates" comic strip. On the right side of the nose was a scoreboard with missions flown indicated by stars and three enemy aircraft claimed as shot down. On the left and right side of the nose was "601" in black stencil (last three digits of the serial number). On both sides of the tail was the Long Ranger motif in a circle with a horizontal stripe at the top of the tail. Mission History On April 2, 1945 took off from Sydney on a flight via Rockhampton Airfield (Connor Park) on a flight bound for Owi Airfield. Aboard were supplies and eight personnel. Before landing, at Rockhampton Airfield this B-24 circled the runway several times before attempting to land down wind on an unused runway. The bomber ran off the end of the runway into Lion Creek causing the nose to impact the ground and thrust the bomber's tail upward. During the crash, five were injured. Immediately, RAAF firemen responded and used their ladder to reach the elevated left waist window to rescue Lt. Shuckme who was pinned under radio equipment. The other crew and passengers exited through the rear hatch. Wreckage Afterwards, the bomber was guarded and stripped for usable parts by an American salvage team then burned. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24J-170-CO Liberator 44-40601 Oz@War - Crash of a Liberator at Connor Park Airfield Rockhampton QLD on 2 April 1945 Under the Southern Cross mentions this loss Contribute
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