SERIAL #

AIRCRAFT NAME

AIRCRAFT COMMANDER

DATE DEPLYD

DATE LOST

LOCATION

RETURN
TO USA

42-6222

45

4/18/44

9/11/44

Chakulia, India

Landing crash with trapped fuel
Photos here

NA

42-6237

25

Capt. Garth C. Doyle
1/Lt. Richard L Vickery

4/17/44

11/11/44

Near Nanking, China

Bailout - #4 engine fire, flak
4 Killed, 3 POW, 5 Rescued

NA

42-6240

395

Hap’s Hope

Capt. Keith Lindley
Maj. Edwin R. Glass
Capt. Walter Ball

5/7/44

7/30/44

The Hump

Missing in storm over Hump enroute B4
7 MIA

NA

42-6241

395/45

Malfunction Junction

Maj. Joseph White

5/7/44

NA

NA

Aka Yellow Rose of Texas (J White) aka Hump Happy Mammy. Return by Koenig

11/25/44

42-6249

25

NA

Capt. William O’Neil

NA

4/19/44

Cairo, Egypt

Struck radio tower on takoff in dust storm

NA

42-6250

44

Capt. William Hunter

5/7/44

NA

NA

War weary return. Date unknown
(Wm. E. Barnes photo)

NA

42-6254

45

Capt. Ira Matthews

4/13/44

NA

NA

Returned US by Gaughn

11/28/44

42-6261

45

Stockett’s Rocket

4/10/44

6/14/44

The Hump

Missing on Hump flight to A1
Additional information Click here

NA

42-6268

44

Maj. Donald W Roberts

4/29/44

9/16/44

Chakulia, India

Landing crash - #2 engine on fire

NA

42-6269

25

4/13/44

NA

NA

War weary return by ATC

1/8/45

42-6275

45

Capt. Marvin Goodwin
Capt. James H. Cowden
Capt. Robert C. Shanks

4/16/44

11/21/44

20miles NE of A-1

Bailout from Omura battle damage
1 Killed

NA

42-6276

395/45

Maj. Pierre Koenig
Capt. Walter J. Ball
Capt. Silvio D. Lanzoni

4/10/44

12/19/44

Laokai, Burma

Bailout over Hump - no fuel transfer
11 rescued by natives
aka Old Cracker Keg

NA

42-6281

45

Capt. Charles Mallory
Capt. Robert C. Shanks
Capt. Jack C. Ledford

4/16/44

10/25/44

Fanghsein, China.

Bailout on return from Omura - 1 Killed
(Harry Miller), 10 rescued by Chinese -
see A/C#42-24740, "Harry Miller"
Ground Crew Photo Click here

NA

42-6282

395

NA

Capt. John Sanders

4/14/44

6/5/44

Bay of Bengal

Ditched after Bangkok mission - fuel
Additional information Click here

NA

42-6288

25

4/12/44

10/22/44

Hsinching, China

Crashed on takoff at A-1 (Photo Ship)

NA

42-6289

44

Nippon Nipper

Maj. James I. Cornett

4/19/44

7/7/44

Chakulia, India

Destroyed - electrical fire on ground

NA

42-6290

44

Maj. Neil Wemple
Maj Joseph D. White
Capt. Everett Berry

4/19/44

11/21/44

Ankang, China

444th B-29 rammed it on the ground
4 killed in 444th aircraft
(Wm. E. Barnes photo)

NA

42-6291

395

NA

Capt. Richard McGlinn
Capt. Alvin E. Hills, Jr.

4/16/44

7/26/44

Midnapore India

Crash on takeoff due to engine failure
10 killed

NA

42-6294

25

Maj. Wm. Kingsbury

5/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by ATC

1/10/45

42-6295

45

Capt. Robert Moss
Capt. Robert C Shanks
Capt. Jack C. Ledford
Capt. Aubrey Richard

4/18/44

11/27/44

Chittagon and Chakulia

Shot up Bangkok - major repairs
but not returned to service

NA

42-6297

44

5/7/45

NA

NA

War weary return by ATC
(Wm. E. Barnes photo)

1/9/45

42-6298

25

Maj. W. Swancutt
Capt. Dorsey Thomas

4/17/44

11/3/44

Hsinching

Blew tires on landing - ground loop
class 26, Salvaged

NA

42-6301

25

NA

Capt. James A Slattery

4/17/44

8/20/44

West of Hsinching

Crashed returning from Yawata
11 killed

NA

42-6303

395/45

L/Col. Walter Lucas
Capt. Walter Ball

4/14/44

11/21/44

Hsinching

Damaged in Japanese air attack at A-1.
Later flown to US war weary

11/24/44

42-6304

395

NA

4/13/44

6/5/44

Bay of Bengal

Ditched after Bangkok - fuel
2 drowned

NA

42-6306

395/44

4/17/44

NA

NA

Ferried to US by ATC
Photos here

12/18/44

42-6308

45

Feather Merchant

4/12/44

8/20/44

Laohokow, China.

Bailout after Yawata Mission.
Additional information Click here

NA

42-6310

25

Capt. Murr Skousen
Maj. Daniel Rogers

4/14/44

NA

NA

Returned to US by Copley

11/30/44

42-6313

45

4/14/44

NA

NA

War weary return by ATC

1/18/45

42-6318

395

Maj. John B. Keller
Capt. Everett Berry

4/17/44

6/5/44

Chakulia, India

Crashed on takoff - #2 engine failed
(1st mission) - 10 killed

NA

42-6319

44

Capt. James Lyons

4/17/44

NA

NA

War weary return by ATC (Wm. E. Barnes photo)

1/9/45

42-6322

44

Capt. William Mueller
Capt. John G. Martin
Capt. Robert Tisserat

4/13/44

12/24/44

Ankang. China

Crashed after takeoff: 2 engines out
(Wm. E. Barnes photo)

NA

42-6326

45

NA

Maj. Oscar Schaaf
Capt. Jasper Woodruff
Capt. William Schaal

4/18/44

6/19/44

Hsinching, China

Emergency landing accident
Additional information Click here

NA

42-6331

25

Capt. Robert Gaughan
Maj. Robert E. Moss

4/2/44

12/20/44

Chittagong

Shot down by Beaufighter
Renamed "Gone With The Gwinn"

NA

42-6342

395

Capt. Ernest Turner

5/11/44

10/16/44

SW of A-1

Bailout - engine fire
on return from Formosa - 2 killed

NA

42-6344

25

Maj. Henry Luna
Maj. George Weschler

4/11/44

NA

NA

Ferried home by ATC
aka Old Firing Butt

12/15/44

42-6348

44

Capt. Everett Berry
Capt. George Lowry
Capt. Graham Bleiler

NA

NA

NA

NA

1/19/45

42-6351

25

NA

L/Col. Louis Coira
Capt. Murr Skousen
Capt. Clarence Franks

4/29/44

7/29/44

Hsinghing China.

Landing crash - 2 engines out
8 killed

NA

42-6355

45

NA

Capt. Eino E. Jenstrom

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

42-6418

45

NA

L/Col. Henry P. Luna
Capt.Charles Taylor

7/7/44

10/26/44

Chakulia, India

Gear wouldn’t come down

2/22/45

42-6425

395

7/7/44

8/19/44

Hsichang, China.

Bailout over hump en route Chengtu
All 13 rescued by natives

NA

42-24452

45

NA

I/Lt. Carl E Blackwell
Capt. John Martin

7/21/44

11/27/44

Burma

Missing after Bangkok mission-shot up
11 MIA - War-weary return

1/20/45

42-24457

25

Capt. Cornelius Myers

8/7/44

12/14/44

Rangoon, Burma

Bailout from bomb exlosion
11 POW

NA

42-24466

395/45

Capt. Chester Woolsey

7/8/44

12/18/44

Ankang, China

Bailout - Runaway prop

NA

42-24471

NA

NA

8/27/44

NA

NA

16 India missions, 3 Hump, 15 Tinian missions, War weary return

7/4/45

42-24492

25

1/Lt. Wm. P Donelon

3/7/45

5/14/45

South of Iwo

Ditched enroute Nagoya Mission
Copilot only one rescued. 10 MIA

NA

42-24503

44

1/Lt. George Gaston
L/Col. James I. Cornett

9/7/44

NA

NA

Returned by Howard

2/22/45

42-24508

25

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

42-24513

25

Sweater Out

Capt. Cornelius Meyer

10/7/44

10/14/44

Laohokow, China

Bailout after Formosa mission
11 rescued by Chinese

NA

42-24522

25

10/7/44

NA

NA

Returned by Swancutt

2/22/45

42-24541

395/44

Capt. John Eigenmann
Capt. George E. Lowry
Capt. William Hunter
1/Lt. Richard D. Covey
1/Lt. Thomas Doherty

7/20/44

NA

NA

Returned to US war weary, June 45
(Wm. E. Barnes photo)

6/12/45

42-24574

45

Capt. Robert C Shanks
Maj. Marvin Goodwyn
Maj. Pierre Koenig
1/Lt. Carl E. Blackwell

10/7/44

12/14/44

Rangoon, Burma

Bailout 100 miles west of Rangoon
Damage from bomb explosion. 11 POW

NA

42-24579

45

Capt. Carter McGregor
Capt. Ira Matthews
Capt. Eino E. Jenstrom
1/Lt. Charles Crecelius

9/15/44

5/26/45

Tokyo, Japan

Heavy battle damage: Class 26
Hull used for ditching exercises

NA

42-24582

44

Little Clambert

Maj. J. Eigenmann
1/Lt. Fountain L. Brown

9/23/44

1/14/45

Chakulia, India

Explosion during bomb loading
9 killed, 21 wounded
Photos here

NA

42-24587

44

Maj. Joseph D. White

11/?/44

NA

NA

Returned by Gaston
(Wm. Barnes photo)

2/23/45

42-24589

25

12/7/44

2/1/45

Near Singapore

Flak knocked out 2 engines
11 MIA

NA

42-24620

44

1/Lt. Leo Thomas
Capt. Graham Bleiler

NA

NA

NA

10/13/45

42-24621

44

NA

NA

NA

NA

Return??

NA

42-24685

44

#19

Capt. Clayton Gray
1/Lt. Jim Markham

NA

8/7/45

NA

Damaged beyond economical repair
Aug 45-landed long and hot.

NA

42-24714

44

11/?/44

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Sharp

10/13/45

42-24718

45

Black Magic II
#34

Capt. Silvio D. Lanzoni

12/16/44

6/5/45

Iwo Jima

Major repairs after Kobe mission
Flown to US after war.

8/26/45

42-24726

25

NA

Capt. Howard L Gerber

12/5/44

12/14/44

Rangoon, Burma

Mixed bomb explosion - Rangoon
11 killed

NA

42-24729

44

1/Lt. John Dannan
1/Lt. Richard D. Covey
1/Lt. W. E. Buechler

11/?/44

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Stimlet

10/13/45

42-24738

45

1/Lt. Edmund E. Baugh

11/23/44

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Dothage

10/14/45

42-24739

45

1/Lt. Raymond Elliot

12/3/44

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Sanford

10/14/45

42-24740

45

Harry Miller #38

Capt. Roderic Wriston

12/22/44

5/26/45

Tokyo, Japan

Battle damage: Class 26

NA

42-24752

44

Capt. Robert Tisserat
1/Lt. Richard D. Covey
Maj. John F. Miller

11/?/44

NA

NA

Returned to US war weary Aug. 45

8/19/45

42-24757

25

1/Lt. Delmar Stevens

NA

NA

NA

Returned to US war weary June 45

6/12/45

42-24795

45

Capt. Chester Woolsey
Capt. Rod Wriston

12/29/44

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Barron

10/14/45

42-24798

45

1/Lt. Robert Winters
Capt. William Renfro

NA

NA

NA

Returned

2/22/45

42-24804

44

NA

Capt. James E. Lyons

1/15/45

2/26/45

Bay of Bengal

Shot down by Japanese fighter - bailout
2 killed - Singapore photo mission.

NA

42-24846

25

L/Col. Wm. Kingsbury
1/Lt. Ashley Briggs

1/8/45

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Williamson

10/12/45

42-24860

NA

NA

NA

8/?/45

NA

"photo joe" in very poor condition

Transferred ffrom 313^th Wing

NA

42-24886

25

Capt. Sylvan Viner
1/Lt. Roy L. Prange
Maj. John Schindler

1/?/45

NA

NA

Listed Ops Order 21 for return
No T/O scheduled

? ? ?

42-24888

25

William Geddes
Myrel D. Massey
Capt. John Sanders
Capt. G. E. Oaks

1/24/45

NA

NA

Returned by Capt Oaks

10/12/45

42-24894

44

Capt Mansel R. Clark

1/31/45

5/29/45

Yokohama, Japan

Rammed by fighter near IP - 11 MIA

NA

42-24908

25

Capt. Clarence Franks
Richard Ream
Maj. Edwin Glass
2/Lt. John Palazzi
1/Lt. Roy L. Prange

1/30/45

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Bowers

10/12/45

42-24914

25

Capt. James Lyons
1/Lt. Robert Braley
Capt. Chas. Taylor
(Smith)

2/7/45

7/3/45

Tinian?

Crashed on takeoff... no details

NA

42-24915

45

1/Lt. John Hug

2/5/45

NA

NA

Returned by Hug

10/13/45

42-63363

395/44

Marietta Misfit

Capt. George Varoff

7/7/44

12/7/44

Near Sian China

Bailout after Mukden mission
11 rescued by Red Chinese

NA

42-63374

25

Maj. John E. Child

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

42-63394

44

Maj. Donald Roberts

7/7/44

1/14/45

Chakulia (B4)

Bombs and fire from #582
destroyed it on the ground
(Wm. Barnes photo)

NA

42-63396

25

Pretty Baby #1 (Marietta Belle)

Capt. Charles Mallory
(Williamson)

NA

6/19/45

NA

Surveyed brakes failed on landing June 45

NA

42-63404

45

NA

Maj. Robert Moss

11/3/44

NA

NA

Returned to US by Moss

2/23/45

42-63407

45

Capt. Robert Haley
Maj. Marvin Goodwyn
Maj. William Renfro
Ray Elliott
Bob Moss

9/13/44

NA

NA

Returned by Matthews
(Wm. Barnes photo)

2/23/45

42-63420

25

1/Lt. Ivan Potts
1/Lt. Myrel Massey

10/?/44

6/5/45

Iwo Jima

Battle damage from Kobe mission
Salvaged at Iwo and used for parts

NA

42-63455

25

1/Lt. Rocco Lange
Capt. Thomas E. Turner
Maj. Ernest Turner

9/?/44

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Thomas Turner

10/12/45

42-63462

44

1/Lt. Richard Covey

12/7/44

5/3/45

Tinian

Broke in two on landing - Structural weakness

NA

42-63498

395/25

1/7/45

5/24/45

200 mi NW of Tinian

Bailed out - #3 engine explosion
1 drowned, 10 rescued
Added info here

NA

42-63505

25

Capt. Robert Dale

1/3/45

NA

NA

Returned to US war weary 15 July 45

7/15/45

42-63506

25

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

No Data

NA

42-63527

44

Capt. Graham Bleiler
Maj. John F. Miller

1/24/45

NA

NA

Returned by Maj. Van Vliet

10/13/45

42-63538

44

Capt. Andrew C Papson

NA

5/26/45

NA

Combat Loss 26 May 45

NA

42-63542

44

NA

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Markham

10/13/45

42-63555

45

2/13/45

NA

NA

Returned by Jenstrom

10/14/45

42-63580

45

#28

1/lt. John Elliott
(Martin)

2/21/45

NA

NA

Returned by L/Col Schaaf

10/13/45

42-65225

25

(from 444^th)

Capt. Dorsey B Thomas

12/7/44

12/31/44

Hsingching, China

Crashed - 2 engine failed on takeoff
2 killed

NA

42-65233

25

Capt. John E. Child
Maj. George Weschler

12/11/44

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Lange
Aka Tabooma III

10/12/45

42-65267

44

Capt. Ronald Harte

1/6/45

1/22/45

Bay of Bengal

Ditched after Saigon photo flight
2 drowned (Wm. E. Barnes photo)

NA

42-65269

44

#17

Maj. Ronald A. Harte

1/13/45

5/26/45

Tokyo, Japan

Pathfinder on fire raid hit by flak
10 MIA, 1 POW

NA

42-65271

44

NA

Maj. Donald W Roberts

1/13/45

5/16/45

Iwo Jima

Bailed out - runaway prop

NA

42-65274

45

1/Lt.Raymond Elliott

1/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Davis

10/14/45

42-65328

44

Maj. Charles Weber
Maj. Charles Van Vleit

1/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Frank

10/13/45

42-93829

395

Cait Paornat

Maj. Richard McGlinn

8/7/44

8/20/44

Khabarovsk, Russia

Bailout after Yawata mission
11 interned - released

NA

42-93831

45

Lt/Col. Oscar Schaaf
1/Lt Wayne W. Treimer
Capt. Charles Taylor

9/3/44

12/14/44

Rangoon, Burma

Down over target
5 killed, 6 POW

NA

42-93854

1st

Brooklyn Bessie

NA

10/7/44

2/4/45

China

Bailout (1st Photo Sq Aircraft)

NA

42-93859

45

12/6/44

NA

NA

Returned Changnon

10/13/45

42-93892

25

#4

NA

NA

NA

NA

Returned Lt. Prange

10/12/45

42-94010

45

NA

NA

NA

NA

Returned Capt. Learn

10/14/45

44-61529

45

6/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Mewha

10/14/45

44-61542

25

#2

Williamson
1/Lt. Ashley Briggs

5/?/45

NA

NA

Left on Tinian for FEPAC use

NA

44-61548

44

NA

NA

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Mapes

10/13/45

44-61554

45

#36

1/Lt. Jack L. Riggs

6/7/45

8/30/45

Japan

Missing on POW supply trip - 11 MIA Added info here

NA

44-61556

45

1/Lt. Charles Crecelius

6/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by L/Col Goodwyn

10/13/45

44-61565

25

1/Lt. Delmar Stevens

6/?45

NA

NA

Returned by Maj. Eigenmann

10/12/45

44-61587

44

Roy Reger
1/Lt. Leo Thomas
Maj. John F. Miller

6/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by L/Col Wemple

10/12/45

44-61634

44

1/Lt. Tom McCosker
Maj. John F. Miller

NA

NA

NA

Returned by McCosker

10/13/45

44-61651

25

Maj. Robert Dale

6/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Dale

10/12/45

44-61656

45

#50

Capt. Raymond Elliott

6/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Elliott

10/14/45

44-61694

25

Maj. John Miller

July 1945

NA

NA

Aircraft flew 5 missions

10/21/45

44-61746

25

James Frank

8/?/45

NA

NA

Left behind for FEPAC use

NA

44-61812

25

1/Lt. Rocco Lange

7/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Col. Skaer

10/12/45

44-61848

44

#19

Wilbur Shockley

8/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Shockley

10/13/45

44-69659

44

1/lt. Fountain Brown
1/Lt. Jim Markham
Capt. R. S. Braley
Maj. John F. Miller

NA

8/7/45

NA

Surveyed. McLaren landed long and hot.

NA

44-69668

45

1/Lt. Donald J. Lund

1/30/45

NA

NA

Returned by Covey

8/?/45

44-69698

44

Maj. Clayton Gray

NA

NA

NA

Returned by Capt. Meyers

10/13/45

44-69828

45

#30

NA

NA

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Fullerton

10/14/45

44-69906

25

Tabooma IV #46

Maj. John Child

6/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Child

10/12/45

44-69992

25

#40

Capt. Charles Mallory

5/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Maj. Turner

10/12/45

44-70015

44

Capt. George E. Lowry

5/7/45

NA

NA

LeMay flew to Wash. D.C. from Japan
Insignia changed for LeMay flight

9/18/45

44-70085

45

Patches #41

1/Lt. James H. Cowden

5/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Sandsted

10/14/45

44-70094

25

5/7/45

NA

NA

Listed OP Order 21
No T/O listing

? ? ?

44-70100

44

Capt. W. C. Myers
1/Lt. V. L. Richards
1/Lt. Alan J. McLaren

5/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by McLaren

10/12/45

44-70139

44

Weber
1/Lt. Thomas Doherty

6/7/45

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Burchett

10/13/45

44-70151

45

James Abbott

6/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Abbott

NA

44-86430

NA

NA

NA

7/?/45

NA

NA

Weather Plane

NA

44-86535

NA

NA

NA

7/?/45

NA

NA

No Data

NA

44-87633

25

#5

NA

NA

NA

Aircraft flew 15 missions

10/21/45

44-87635

44

#48

Roy Reger
1/Lt. W. E. Buechler

NA

NA

NA

Returned by Lt. Covey

10/12/45

44-87660

44

Capt. John Eigenmann
1/Lt. W. E. Buechler

6/?/45

NA

NA

Returned by Maj. Miller

10/13/45

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Please help with A/C#
and detail for this aircraft
(Wm. Barnes photo)

NA

NA

45

NA

NA

NA

NA

Please help with A/C#
and detail for this aircraft
(45th Squadron Jinx Ship)

NA