|
 |
|
|
| Missing In Action (MIA) | Prisoners Of War (POW) | Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) |
| Chronology | Locations | Aircraft | Ships | Submit Info | How You Can Help | Donate |
|
| USAAF 7th AF |
Aircraft History Built by Consolidated at San Diego. Constructors Number ???? (four digits). Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24D Liberator model and serial number unknown (4?-?????). Ferried overseas to Hickam Field and modified at Hawaiian Air Depot (HAD) into a B-24D-1 adding a nose turret. Wartime History The wartime history of this B-24 is unknown. Likely, assigned to the 7th Air Force (7th AF), 30th Bombardment Group (30th BG), 38th Bombardment Squadron (38th BS) in the Central Pacific. Ultimate fate unknown. Nicknamed "Galloping Gus" (or “Gallopin’ Gus”) with the nose art of a horse snorting and kicking a Japanese soldier leaving a pair of horseshoe marks on his rear end. During January 1944, 1st Lt Howard T. Lurcott crew was photographed with B-24D "Galloping Gus" parked at an airfield in the Central Pacific. References Note, the nickname "Galloping Gus" has been incorrectly associated with B-24J Liberator 42-72999 piloted by 1st Lt Howard T. Lurcott Missing In Action (MIA) January 21, 1944 when it crashed into Tarawa Lagoon. Consolidated Mess by Alan Griffith (2012) page 43 Thanks to Pete Johnston and Bob Livingstone for research and analysis Contribute
Information Last Updated
|
 B-24  Photo Archive |
| Discussion Forum | Daily Updates | Reviews | Museums | Interviews & Oral Histories |
|
