No.

032

SERIAL NO.:

42-40521

MOST POPULAR NOSE ART NAME:

THE GOLDEN GOOSE

MODEL:

B-24D-65-CO

MFR:

Consolidated-San Diego

CONTRACTOR'S NO.:

1598

INITIAL MFG DATE:

03/05/1943

MFG COMPLETION DATE:

03/17/1943

FIRST FLIGHT DATE:

03/19/1943

MOD CENTER DATE:

05/26/1943

MOD CENTER PLACE:

Tucson

USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:

03/20/1943

TO STAGING AREA DATE:

04/16/1943

STAGING PLACE:

Topeka

OVERSEAS FLIGHT DATE:

04/24/1943

DEPARTURE PLACE:

Hamilton Field, CA

OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:

04/29/1943

DESTINATION:

Amberly Field, Brisbane, AUS

MOD COMPLETED

OVERSEAS:

OVERSEAS MOD PLACE:

ASSIGNMENT:

380/528

ASSIGNMENT

   DATE:

Initial Deployment

STATION:

FIRST MISSION:

06/11/1943

WHERE (1^ST MISSION):

Koepang, Timor

NO. OF MISSIONS:

30 AU

TERMINATION DATE:

12/01/1943

WHY TERMINATED:

Sent for Salvage (12/1943) as War Weary, Apparently Refurbished and Used by Others

WHERE TERMINATED:

Townsville, Australia

STRICKEN OFF CHARGE:

09/21/1944

WHERE REMOVED:

Townsville