These stories seems to imply the pilot, Charles R Clow was in ferry command.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7237...emocrat-times/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/23949682/
The Accident Report for the crash, shows the plane was with the 4th Ferry Group, 59th Ferry Squadron and gives the number as 41-24021.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/...y/Mar1943O.htm
The accident report is available for a fee. ;-)
Knipling (in Ferrry Command) is mentioned in a news story here, in a story about a different crash "Greenfield Pilot Killed":
https://www.newspapers.com/image/89513464/
Ray E Bailey:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7238...a-daily-times/
ASN First Name Last Name Rank State Day Mth Year Details
O-794744 Ray E Bailey 2L GA 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021
13024809 Charles O Bantz TS MD 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021
O1699343 Charles R Clow Capt MS 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021
O-443082 Herman Cohen 1L TX 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021
13038339 Henry W Knipling SS PA 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021
O-501856 Charles S Pitcher 2L FL 1 3 1943 B-24 # 41-24021