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| USAAF 5th AF 360th Service Group FEAF-CRTC Former Assignments: 38th BG 43rd BG |
Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number unknown. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25D Mitchell serial number unknown. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 38th Bombardment Group (38th BG). Next assigned to the 43rd Bombardment Group (43rd BG) as a fat cat for non-combat flights to procure fresh food and alcohol. Nicknamed "Little Chief Cockeye" in block letters, named after B-24D "Big Chief Cockeye" 42-40351. Larry Hickey adds: "I don't have good details on its history. I'll have to see if we track it in the 43rd as a "Fat Cat." It doesn't have a listing in our Planes, Pilots, and CC for the 403rd BS / 43rd BG. I don't really have a quick reference to a serial number for it, as I'm sure that it never served in the 38th BG under the name Little Chief Cockeye, only in the 43rd BG. It very well could have been ex-38th, and was transferred out to the 43rd BG for Fat Cat duties when it's combat days were over." Later assigned to the 360th Service Group (360th SrG), Far East Air Force - Combat Replacement Training Center (CRTC School) based at Nadzab Airfield flying training missions in the New Guinea area during 1944. Lee Brown adds: "I am not sure that we flew in this airplane but chances are good that we did; probably on a training flight to Wewak in mid-1944." Wreckage Sometime during 1947, this B-25 was scrapped at one of the Dobodura Airfields. References Thanks to Larry Hickey / IHRA and Aerothentic for additional information. Contribute
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