DIS-GUSTED

Serial No.:   42-40486 Model: B-24D-65-CO



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DATA SHEET

 

 

No.

007

 

 

 

 


SERIAL NO.:


42-40486

MOST POPULAR NOSE ART NAME:


DIS-GUSTED

 

 

 

 

MODEL:

B-24D-65-CO

MFR:

Consolidated-San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTRACTOR'S NO.:

1563

 

 

 

 

INITIAL MFG DATE:

02/25/1943

MFG COMPLETION DATE:

03/09/1943

 

 

 

 

FIRST FLIGHT DATE:

03/12/1943

MOD CENTER DATE:

03/20/1943

 

 

MOD CENTER PLACE:

 

USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:

03/15/1943

 

 

TO STAGING AREA DATE:

04/06/1943

STAGING PLACE:

Topeka

OVERSEAS FLIGHT DATE:

04/28/1943

DEPARTURE PLACE:

Hamilton Field, CA

 

 

 

 

OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:

05/19/1943

DESTINATION:

Amberly Field, Brisbane, AUS

 

 

 

 

MOD COMPLETED

 

 

 

OVERSEAS:

 

OVERSEAS MOD PLACE:

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT:

380/528

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

   DATE:

Initial Deployment

STATION:

Fenton

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST MISSION:

06/03/1943

WHERE (1ST MISSION):

Lautem, Timor

 

 

 

 

NO. OF MISSIONS:

1 AU

TERMINATION DATE:

06/30/1943

 

 

 

 

WHY TERMINATED:

Destroyed, Air Raid

WHERE TERMINATED:

Fenton, NT, Australia

 

 

 

 

 

STRICKEN OFF CHARGE:

07/05/1943

WHERE REMOVED:

AFMSC

 

                    NOTES:



 

AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

 
Nose Art: DIS-GUSTED
Serial No.: 42-40486
Model: B-24D-65-CO
 


 


MAINTENANCE CREW

 
Nose Art: DIS-GUSTED
Serial No.: 42-40486
Model: B-24D-65-CO


 

SSN

Rank

Name

Crew Chief(s):

 

 

Not Available in Current Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

SSN

Rank

Name

Mechanic(s):

 

 

  Not Available in Current Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                Notes:



MISSION RECORD



 

DIS-GUSTED

Serial No.:  42-40486 Model: B-24D-65-CO

 

Burning at Fenton after the bombing raid of 06/30/1943.

Source:  Livingstone, Under the Southern Cross, p. 57.

DIS-GUSTED is the aircraft burning in the background.

Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 44.


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