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Re: The last faiths of B-24s 44-51537 to 44-51784

I will send a mail to Joe and ask.
Have also updated the list to expand to 44-52987.

Serial Number AC Type Serie Fate Date: Notes
44-51537 B-24 M RFC 460315 To RFC Walnut Ridge, ARK, Mar 15, 1946.
44-51538 B-24 M
44-51539 B-24 M
44-51540 B-24 M TOA 451105 TOA at near Agana, Guam. Nov 5, 1945.
44-51541 B-24 M
to
44-51554 B-24 M
44-51555 B-24 M WO 460314 Involved in an accident, near Garden City AAF S, Mar, 14, 1946.
44-51556 B-24 M USAF 194605 To Aero Tech Industries, Oakland California in 1946, aircraft mechanics shool. To Aero Tech Industries, Glendale, California in 1949.
44-51557 B-24 M RFC 44-51558 B-24 M LACMF 450520 LACMF at Hill Field UT, May 20, 1945.
44-51559 B-24 M LAC 451111 LAC, at NAS, Honolulu, HI, Nov 11, 1945
44-51560 B-24 M RFC?
44-51561 B-24 M TOA 450806 TOA at NAS, Honolulu, HI, Aug 6, 1945.
44-51562 B-24 M Crashed 450914 Aircraft lost between Morotai Island and Clark Field, Luzon, Sept, 14, 1945. 5 Died Non-Battle, (DNB)
44-51563 B-24 M
to
44-51579 B-24 M
44-51580 B-24 M TAC 451103 TAC at Yonton AF, China, Nov 3, 1945.
44-51581 B-24 M
to
44-51588 B-24 M
44-51589 B-24 M Based at Galapagos islands.
44-51590 B-24 M
44-51591 B-24 M
44-51592 B-24 M
44-51593 B-24 M
44-51594 B-24 M Crashed 451021 Crash landed in Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Oct 21, 1945.
44-51595 B-24 M
to
44-51611 B-24 M
44-51612 B-24 M Scrapped 1945-1947 The aircraft arrived at the 22nd BG in late July 1945 and would not have seen combat. Scrapped probably at Clarks Field, Philippines.
44-51613 B-24 M
to
44-51648 B-24 M
44-51649 B-24 M LAC 460628 LAC at MacArthur Field, NY, Jun 28, 1946.
44-51650 B-24 M
44-51651 B-24 M LAC 450512 LAC at Stout Field, IN, May 12, 1945.
44-51652 B-24 M
to
44-51681 B-24 M
44-51682 B-24 M TAC 450626 TAC, Collided with B-24 44-51341, parked aircraft, Hawkins Field, Tarawa, Jun 26, 1945.
44-51683 B-24 M
to
44-51689 B-24 M
44-51690 B-24 M TOA 450706 TOA at Hawkins Field, Tarawa, Jul 6, 1945.
44-51691 B-24 M
to
44-51705 B-24 M
44-51706 B-24 M MIS 450802 Lost in a ferry flight between Tarawa and Guam, Ebon Island, near Marshall Islands, Aug 1, 1945. MIS Aug 2, 1945.
44-51707 B-24 M
to
44-51718 B-24 M
44-51719 B-24 M TAC 450714 ATC, TAC with at Mokerang AF, Papua New Guinea, Jul 14, 1945. 44-50719 or 44-40719 or 44-49719.
44-51720 B-24 M
to
44-51750 B-24 M
44-51751 B-24 M TAC 450615 TAC at Billings Airport MT, Jun 15, 1945.
44-51752 B-24 M
to
44-51762 B-24 M
44-51763 B-24 M LAC 460914 LAC at Johnson AAB, Japan, Sept 14, 1946.
44-51764 B-24 M
44-51765 B-24 M
44-51766 B-24 M GMAC 450926 Ground collision with parked aircraft C-47A, 41-92100 at Patterson Field, OH, Sept 26, 1945.
44-51767 B-24 M
44-51768 B-24 M
44-51769 B-24 M
44-51770 B-24 M
44-51771 B-24 M TOAMF, WO 450605 TOAMF at Romulus AAF, MI, Jun 5, 1945. WO
44-51772 B-24 M
to
44-51783 B-24 M
44-51784 B-24 M Crashed 460616 Crashed due to heavy fog at Shemya AAF, AK, Jun 16, 1946. 3 Survived
44-51785 B-24 M
to
44-51799 B-24 M
44-51800 B-24 M LAC 450710 LAC at Holman Field, MN, Jul 10, 1945.
44-51801 B-24 M
44-51802 B-24 M Radar plane, with ferret turret.
44-51803 B-24 M
to
44-51824 B-24 M
44-51825 B-24 M BO, WO 451109 Bailed out near Clark Field, Philippines, Nov 9, 1945. WO
44-51826 B-24 M
44-51827 B-24 M MF 450907 Mechanical failure near Oklahama City, Sept 7, 1945.
44-51828 B-24 M
to
44-51841 B-24 M
44-51842 B-24 M SOC 580328 Northrop Aeronautical Institute, Los Angeles, California. Stripped for parts at Hawthorne, CA. SOC Mar 28, 1958.
44-51843 B-24 M
44-51844 B-24 M
44-51845 B-24 M
44-51846 B-24 M
44-51847 B-24 M GMAC 450824 Ground Collision with parked aircraft B-24 44-51535 at Will Rogers Field OK, Aug 24, 1945.
44-51848 B-24 M
44-51849 B-24 M
44-51850 B-24 M
44-51851 B-24 M
44-51852 B-24 M
44-51853 B-24 M TAC 450730 TAC at Hawkins Field, Tarawa. Jul 30, 1945.
44-51854 B-24 M TAC 450802 TAC at Hawkins Field, Tarawa, Aug 2, 1945.
44-51855 B-24 M
to
44-51868 B-24 M
44-51869 B-24 M LAC 450619 LAC at Holman Field, St Paul, MN, Jun 19, 1945.
44-51870 B-24 M
44-51871 B-24 M
44-51872 B-24 M To RFC Kingman AAF, AZ, Oct 1945.
44-51873 B-24 M
44-51874 B-24 M TOC 451107 TOC, the B-24 crashed on the runway at Harmon Field, Guam, in a ferry mission to Kwajalein, Nov 7, 1945. 4 Survived.
44-51875 B-24 M
to
44-51888 B-24 M
44-51889 B-24 M FLMF 451024 Force landed due to mechanical failure, Greiner Field, NY, Oct 24, 1945.
44-51890 B-24 M
to
44-51900 B-24 M
44-51901 B-24 M SOC Used as ground instructional airframe, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
44-51902 B-24 M
to
44-51927 B-24 M
44-51928 B-24 M RFC 450628 The very last B-24 of 18 482 produced. Built at Willow Run Plant, Jun 28, 1945.
44-52053 YB-24 N
44-52054 YB-24 N
44-52055 YB-24 N
44-52056 YB-24 N GAC 450915 GAC, parked aircraft, TAC by RP-63G 43-11724 at Lambert Field, St Louis, MO, Sept 15, 1945.
44-52057 YB-24 N LAC 450914 LAC at NAS Philiadelphia, PA, Sept 14, 1945.
44-52058 YB-24 N
44-52059 YB-24 N RFC? First production of single-tail Liberator, with new nose and tail guns. Only 7 YB-24N built. Production ended May 31, 1945.
44-52978 C-87 LACW 450904 Landing accident due to weather at Jorhat, India, Sept 4, 1945.
44-52979 C-87
44-52980 C-87 TAC 450531 TAC at Kunming AB, China, May 31, 1945.
44-52981 C-87 RFC? Consairways aircraft in Australia.
44-52982 C-87 TOA 450430 TOA at Kunming AB, China, April 30, 1945.
44-52983 C-87 LAC 450415 LAC at Tontouta AB, New Caledonia, Pacific, April 15, 1945.
44-52984 C-87
44-52985 C-87
44-52986 C-87
44-52987 C-87 Survived The Last C-87 Liberator Express built. Post-war passenger cargo version of a B-24D.

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