| Serial No.: 42-63989 | Model: B-24D-20-CF | 
| Data Sheet | Aircraft Record Card | Maintenance Crew | Mission Record | Photos | 
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   MODEL:  | 
  
   B-24D-20-CF  | 
  
   MFR:  | 
  
   Consolidated-Fort Worth  | 
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   CONTRACTOR'S
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   INITIAL MFG DATE:  | 
  
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   MFG
  COMPLETION DATE:  | 
  
   08/15/1943  | 
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   FIRST FLIGHT DATE:  | 
  
   08/18/1943  | 
  
   MOD
  CENTER DATE:  | 
  
   08/20/1943  | 
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   MOD
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   Fort Worth  | 
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   USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:  | 
  
   08/19/1943  | 
  
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   OVERSEAS
  FLIGHT DATE:  | 
  
   10/03/1943  | 
  
   DEPARTURE
  PLACE:  | 
  
   Fairfield, CA  | 
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   OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:  | 
  
   10/08/1943  | 
  
   DESTINATION:  | 
  
   Townsville  | 
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   MOD COMPLETED  | 
  
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   OVERSEAS:  | 
  
   Nose turret  | 
  
   OVERSEAS
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   Townsville  | 
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   ASSIGNMENT:  | 
  
   380/528  | 
  
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      DATE:  | 
  
   11/1943  | 
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   STATION:  | 
  
   Fenton  | 
  
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   FIRST
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   11/24/1943  | 
  
   WHERE
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   Kaoe Bay  | 
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   NO.
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   74 AU/NG  | 
  
   TERMINATION
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   02/01/1943  | 
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   WHY TERMINATED:  | 
  
   Salvaged,
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   WHERE
  TERMINATED:  | 
  
   Darwin,
  Australia, 02/25/1945  | 
  
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   STRICKEN
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   05/16/1945  | 
  
   WHERE
  REMOVED:  | 
  
   Biak  | 
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NOTES:    Initial Mfg Date:  Not recorded at Fort Worth; RAAF, RCM Receiver Installed
| Nose Art: | SATAN'S SECRETARY | 
| Serial No.: | 42-63989 | 
| Model: | B-24D-20-CF | 
 
| Nose Art: | SATAN'S SECRETARY | 
| Serial No.: | 42-63989 | 
| Model: | B-24D-20-CF | 
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Notes:
| Serial No.: 42-63989 | Model: B-24D-20-CF | 
 

 Source: 
www.b24bestweb.com/satansscretary.htm
 
 
 
Group Commander Gayle Cox
Source: Gayle Cox Collection.
 
 Source:  Gossard/Frye
Videotape.
 
 
 

Source:  Horton/Horton,
King of the Heavies, p. 138.
 
 

 Source:  Joe Dally
Collection.
 
 
 

Source:  Joe Dally
Collection.
 
 
 

 Source:  Pete Burris
Collection.
 
 
 

Source:  Horton, Best
in the Southwest, p. 211.
 
 
Source: Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 195.
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