No.

173

SERIAL NO.:

44-50776

MOST POPULAR NOSE ART NAME:

THE RAMBLIN' WRECK

MODEL:

B-24M-10-FO

MFR:

Ford-Willow Run

CONTRACTOR'S NO.:

5631

INITIAL MFG DATE:

MFG COMPLETION DATE:

FIRST FLIGHT DATE:

MOD CENTER DATE:

02/02/1945

MOD CENTER PLACE:

St Paul

USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:

01/31/1945

TO STAGING AREA DATE:

03/08/1945

STAGING PLACE:

Salinas, CA

OVERSEAS FLIGHT DATE:

04/04/1945

DEPARTURE PLACE:

San Francisco, CA

OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:

DESTINATION:

Nadzab

MOD COMPLETED

OVERSEAS:

OVERSEAS MOD PLACE:

ASSIGNMENT:

380/529

ASSIGNMENT

   DATE:

05/1945

STATION:

Murtha Strip, Mindoro

FIRST MISSION:

05/31/1945

WHERE (1^ST MISSION):

Taihoku, Formosa

NO. OF MISSIONS:

11 PH

TERMINATION DATE:

09/1945

WHY TERMINATED:

ACFH-RFC

WHERE TERMINATED:

STRICKEN OFF CHARGE:

10/31/1945

WHERE REMOVED:

Kingman