#1 B-24D1, probably 7th AF
#2 B-24D 42-*****, ZI Trainer, unusual numbering
#3 Is this 40-2352, Eglin test aircraft?
#4 B-24E-10 upwards: 42-7071, 42-7171 or 42-7271!!
#5 An anonymous Ford (?) B-24E-1/5 42-696-7065
#6 A B-24E with unusual cheek and unidentified unit logo
#7 Too tightly cropped to give any hints as to what B-24 variant this might be.
#8 All I can get out of this is 41-288** which would make it a B-24H-15-DT. All possible variations of the last two numbers mean that it later became a combat aircraft in the ETO.
#9 42-52***, CB-24J-15-FO maybe converted from a C-109; Tempelhof August 1945 as the personal chariot of a 2-star General.
#10 The tiniest schoolteacher: learning Italian in the 15AF with a B-24G as a blackboard.
Mark Worthington (45BG historian) has this from the 450BG, but no serial as yet; taken by Albert Sanderini at Manduria
IDENTIFIED
We have it now; 450BG B-24G 42-78152
#11 A 68-mission FO - no 8AF hardware of 15AF mods - B-24J-10/20-FO; 42-5**** or 44-4****
#12 Looks ZI - if the "316" was an msn, that would make it B-24H-10-DT 41-28724 461BG 767BS #71 named JIZZY OUTCH which ditched near the Island of Vis on 23APR44. I don't think it's that aircraft.
#13 Suggested as #34 of 451BG. Probably B-24G
Mark Worthington (450BG historian) has this as 450BG 721BS, but no serial as yet
#14 Suggested as 456BG.
#15 44-1##28 or #28 of a 15AF Group? Also B-24J-55/65-CF 44-105*** possible
#16 H-FO Bolero Mod #1798??
#17 This one says 7BG to me & it's a B-24L/M-FO.
ADORABLE ANGIE
#18 Well, it's not a Ford from the FE panel - B-24J-CO/CF/NT
AIN'T MISBEHAVEN
#19 Reportedly in Alaska in transit (to the UK?) B-24J-15/20-FO or L/M-FO
#20 What's that flag got on it? B-24J-CO 44-40***
#21 North Africa, Type 1 Cheek window; two bombing missions, one ship. A possible ex-Sniffer?
#22 - North Africa again, low pitot; ex-HALPRO?
#23 Short-serial B-24E-5-FOs, 42-7***; looks like a factory photo
#24 In trouble a long way from home
#25 Un-armed M-FO, postwar Pacific/CBI
#26 This is the "C-47 glider" - what were the serials?
#27 Wounded straggler under attack: Me110?
#28 Over the target
#29 A War Weary Ford - possibly now a CB- or RB-24J-10/20-FO; 42-5**** or 44-4****
"BABY TOOTS"
#30 Loaded with 8AF hardware & fish hook aerials but it remains unknown; B-24H-1/20
BATTLE BUGGY
#31 Surely someone knows this beast-faced B-24H-15/20-DT
#32 For a minute I thought this was the same as the one above - but it's not - B-24J-1/5-FO
#33 A fiercesome Middletown Air Depot B-24D1 beast almost certainly from the 308th BG. At least partially IDENTIFIED. This is SPARE PARTS of the 308th, but serial remains elusive - either 42-63794 or 42-63802. Credit Phil Marchese. Pete Johnston says a 42-63*** serial is unlikely since other photos do not show indicative CF features.
#34 A B-24M by the looks; most of these seem to be CBI
#35 This one's an 8AF H
Appears likely to be 42-94789 MOBY DICK, lastly of 493BG 861BS which was lost in a mid-air collision. Credit Tom Brittan
#36 Badly distorted, but 8AF with CO turret and an interesting Nav window
Possibly 42-110072 LIBERATOR of 93BG 330BS. Credit Tom Brittan
The following nine photos are part of a Baker Island group & I'd like to know some detail
#37 11BG on a Baker Island detachment. The date cannot refer to when the photo was taken as this is far too late for a Baker Island 11BG detachment
#38 Short Snorter was destroyed by an out-of-control P-40 named HERKY. Those pitot braces are about all we have left for ident: 42-72*** or 42-100*** B-24J-CO. More pics below
SHORT SNORTER
#39 B-24 given to Nationalist China from Pacific stocks.
#40 A different impression of the same aircraft with minor variations. Anyone know the serial tie-ups between the AAF and Chinese serials?
#41 How far to trust this drawing? It shows a supposedly Convair-turreted Chicom B-24.
#42 I've got nothin' except B-24J/L/M-CO. 655BS?
BERNIECE
#43 As it says - in the Biak dump, post war. Still has its engines, and there are signs of a combat career, however the lack of a cheek window suggests either a patch (which there are hints of), or possibly a J re-fitted with a greenhouse, though this usually involved a re-work of the lower portion of the GH. A CB- or RB-24D is my impression, and the retention of the camouflage is yet another anomaly. Possibly a WW D1 which has had the cheek patched and GH re-fitted. Windscreen appears not to have the direct vision window either, pointing to an early model D. All-in-all a most intriguing machine.
#44 This one fairly shouts 307BG - 44-4*6**
"BIG DON"
#45 Looks like a pre-embarkation shot, CONUS: B-24H-CF or -DT.
#46 B-24D/J-CO
BLACK MAGIC
#47 8AF B-24H FO
#48 8AF Armour FO
BOMB-VOYAGE
#49 B-24D ZI trainer
BOOGIE WOOGIE BOMB BUGGIE
#50 Yeah - it's an F-7A and almost certainly from a B-24J-CF
BOUNCIN' BETTE
#51 and then she picked up a Teddy
#52 Black undersides or maybe even a dark blue as it is suggested that this is an F-7B
BOVINE BLUNDER
#53 Probably BOMB BABY, a B-24J-CO with the HAD bomb scan mod. Can't see the AF patch on the pilot's sleeve, but most likely 7AF
#54 Well, we know what they thought of this aircraft, but little else. Thought to be an H-25 or J-401-CF
Initially identified as 42-95297, bt as this is an H-30-FO, thoughts turn to J-401-CF 42-50455 448BG 713BS, variously known as WAG'S WAGGON, SULLIVAN'S TRAVELERS and just maybe, originally before the 8AF armorplate covered it, BUCKET OF BOLTS. Then again, it seems the 448BG association is tenuous at best and so I think it best that it remains UNIDENTIFIED!
Belay that: Dave Ungemach, 455BG historian says that this is probably the second 740BS to be so named. Reported on the MACR as BUCKET OF BOLTS II, it seems it didn't actually carry the "II". B-24H-25-CF 42-50400.
IDENTIFIED
BUCKET OF BOLTS
#55 a B-24J-10/20-FO or L-1/10-FO at the end of its days
THE BUILT IN HEADWIND
#56 not much to say about this B-24H-CF or -DT
Mark Worthington (450BG historian) says 450BG, possibly 720BS, Manduria
BUNNY
#57 Carpetbagger - but which one?
#58 Another 8AF H-FO
CHICK'S CHANGE
#59 B-24L/M-CO
CHRISTINE
#60 Ford publicity shot: B-24J-1/5
CITY OF WYANDOTTE
#61 Colossal Fossil, semi stripped but still armed
The other side of #61
42-100353 445BG 703BS and 42-110079 448BG 712BS are Tom Brittan's "best guess" solutions. Both were lost very soon after entering combat and were salvaged after crash-landing near their bases.
#62 Nice shot & the wheel chock is interesting H-25/30-DT
#63 This could be 42-52159 449BG 719BS, an H-10-FO; mods indicate a 15AF aircraft.
"CONSOLIDATED MESS"
#64 Looks like it's on the recovery trailer & probably SWP; probably a B-24J-150+/L/M
#65 Does the soldier make this CBI? It's a D, looking like it's finished with combat & becoming a
C/RB-24
CRAZY DREAM
#66 Combat Replacement Training Centre - Dobodura & Wards. Somebody has gone to the trouble of field stripping this B-24J-CO so maybe it's now a C/RB-24 hack
#67 An ex-DAS (Middletown mod) probably 480ASG, which looks like it's been re-treaded as an SB-24.
#68 Some detail of #67; note that the OAT guage has been moved to the Command Deck, pointing towards a Pacific mod with the relocated navigator position and that the de-icing boots, essential in northern climes, has also been removed.
#69 DEDE BEE - looks like Warton again; a B-24J-1/5-FO
#70 DIRTY GERT or GERTY? B-24J-DT
#71 DOPEY alright, but which one?
#72 Milton Caniff certainly missed out on some royalties with that strip - Terry & The Pirates was a very popular adornment on B-24s; B-24J-10/20-FO; 42-5**** or 44-4****
THE DRAGON LADY
#73 This was known as DRIVE ME HOME - so I'm told, and these are obviously Russians; Could be either a G or H from the 15AF
#74 An earlier version of the 5BG DUCHESS? B-24J-CO 44-4****
THE DUCHESS