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| RAAF No. 7 OTU Former Assignments USAAF 5th AF 90th BG 400th BS |
Aircraft History Built by Consolidated at San Diego. Constructors Number 1085. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24D-25-CO Liberator 41-24290. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 90th Bombardment Group (90th BG) "Jolly Rogers", 400th Bombardment Squadron (400th BS). Nicknamed "Hell's Belle" (in double quotation marks) with the nose art of the upper half of a nude female with her hair blow backward holding a bomb with flames below her waist. On February 22, 1944 transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as Liberator serial number A72-8. Assigned to 7 Operational Training Unit (7 OTU) at Tocumwal Airfield. Mission History On January 11, 1945 took off from Tocumwal Airfield on a flight and crashed nearby. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24D-25-CO Liberator 41-24290 "24290 to RAAF as A72-8 - w/o in takeoff crash at Tocumwal, NSW Jan 11, 1945" ADF Serials - Liberator A72-8 Contribute
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