"VIRGIN ABROAD"

Serial No.: 44-50941 Model: B-24M-15-FO



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DATA SHEET

 

 

No.

180

 

 

 

 


SERIAL NO.:


44-50941

MOST POPULAR NOSE ART NAME:


"VIRGIN ABROAD"

 

 

 

 

MODEL:

B-24M-15-FO

MFR:

Ford-Willow Run

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTRACTOR'S NO.:

5796

 

 

 

 

INITIAL MFG DATE:

 

MFG COMPLETION DATE:

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST FLIGHT DATE:

 

MOD CENTER DATE:

02/20/1945

 

 

MOD CENTER PLACE:

Romulus, MI

USAAF ACCEPTANCE DATE:

02/20/1945

 

 

TO STAGING AREA DATE:

03/26/1945

STAGING PLACE:

Salinas, CA

OVERSEAS FLIGHT DATE:

04/19/1945

DEPARTURE PLACE:

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

OVERSEAS ARRIVAL DATE:

 

DESTINATION:

 

 

 

 

 

MOD COMPLETED

 

 

 

OVERSEAS:

 

OVERSEAS MOD PLACE:

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT:

380/529

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

   DATE:

06/1945

STATION:

Murtha Strip, Mindoro

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST MISSION:

06/21/1945

WHERE (1ST MISSION):

Balikpapan, Borneo

 

 

 

 

NO. OF MISSIONS:

10 PH

TERMINATION DATE:

12/31/1945

 

 

 

 

WHY TERMINATED:

Salvaged

WHERE TERMINATED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRICKEN OFF CHARGE:

02/10/1946

WHERE REMOVED:

UCIP

 

Notes:


 

AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

 

Nose Art: "VIRGIN ABROAD"
Serial No.: 44-50941
Model: B-24M-15-FO

 




MAINTENANCE CREW

 

Nose Art: "VIRGIN ABROAD"
Serial No.: 44-50941
Model: B-24M-15-FO

 

 

 

SSN

Rank

Name

Crew Chief(s):

 

 

Not Available in Current Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSN

Rank

Name

Mechanic(s):

 

 

Not Available in Current Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                Notes:    




MISSION RECORD



 

"VIRGIN ABROAD"

Serial No.:  44-50941 Model: B-24M-15-FO

 


Source:  Horton/Horton, King of the Heavies, p. 123; Horton, Best in the Southwest.

 

 

Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 443.

 

Source:  George Stevenson Collection.


 

 


Source:  Horton, Best in the Southwest, p. 468.

 

 

 

Source:  Horton/Horton, King of the Heavies, p. 139.

 

 

Source:  Bob Livingstone