DELIVERER

Serial No.: 42-40522 Model: B-24D-65-CO



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DATA SHEET

 

 

No.

033

 

 

 

 


SERIAL NO.:


42-40522

MOST POPULAR NOSE ART NAME:


DELIVERER

 

 

 

 

MODEL:

B-24D-65-CO

MFR:

Consolidated-San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTRACTOR'S NO.:

1599

 

 

 

 

INITIAL MFG DATE:

03/05/1943

MFG COMPLETION DATE:

03/17/1943

 

 

 

 

FIRST FLIGHT DATE:

03/19/1943

MOD CENTER DATE:

03/25/1943

 

 

MOD CENTER PLACE:

Tucson

USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:

03/20/1943

 

 

TO STAGING AREA DATE:

04/16/1943

STAGING PLACE:

Topeka

OVERSEAS FLIGHT DATE:

05/01/1943

DEPARTURE PLACE:

Hamilton Field, CA

 

 

 

 

OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:

05/05/1943

DESTINATION:

Amberly Field, Brisbane, AUS

 

 

 

 

MOD COMPLETED

 

 

 

OVERSEAS:

Nose turret

OVERSEAS MOD PLACE:

Townsville

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT:

380/531

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

   DATE:

Initial Deployment

STATION:

Manbulloo/Long

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST MISSION:

Unknown

WHERE (1ST MISSION):

New Guinea

 

 

 

 

NO. OF MISSIONS:

30 AU

TERMINATION DATE:

12/13/1943

 

 

 

 

WHY TERMINATED:

Nose Turret Modification, Transferred RAAF, A72-6 (03/03/1944)

WHERE TERMINATED:

Townsville, Australia

 

 

 

 

 

STRICKEN OFF CHARGE:

03/03/1944

WHERE REMOVED:

Townsville

            

            NOTES:    No nose turret while with 380th.  To RAAF A72-6, 02/1944.  Salvaged by RAAF at Tocumwal 08/18/1945.


 

AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

 
Nose Art: DELIVERER
Serial No.: 42-40522
Model: B-24D-65-CO
 




MAINTENANCE CREW

 
Nose Art: DELIVERER
Serial No.: 42-40522
Model: B-24D-65-CO



 

SSN

Rank

Name

Crew Chief(s):

35276007

M/Sgt

William W. Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSN

Rank

Name

Mechanic(s):

36321126

Sgt

Howard E. Ferris

 

33366367

Sgt

John (NMI) Olixa

 

34269779

Sgt

Carl S. Allgood, Jr.

 

15103352

Cpl

Warren W. Goodrich

 

                    Notes:    




MISSION RECORD



 

DELIVERER

Serial No.:  42-40522 Model: B-24D-65-CO

 

 

 Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest.

 

 

Left Side

Source:  Livingstone, Under the Southern Cross,
 p. 84.


 

Source:  Livingstone, Under the Southern Cross, p. 89.

 

 

Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 471.


 

Right Side

Source:  Horton/Horton, King of the Heavies, p. 154.

 

 

Source:  Joe Dally Collection

 

 

Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 471.

 

 

Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 54.

 

After Transfer to RAAF

After gaining a nose turret and transferred to the RAAF, DELIVERER became a trainer ship with the 7OTU, Tocumwal, in May 1944.

Source:  Livingstone, Under the Southern Cross, p. 90

 


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