consolidatedb24dliberator

B-24D1-160-CO 42-72838 14AF 308BG 373BS When sufficient numbers of newer B-24s arrived in China, this aircraft was converted to a C-87 or C-109 for hauling cargo or gasoline over the Hump from India to China (nose, ball and top turrets were removed).

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I am sure I had an air fix kit of this exact plane when I was a kid. It definitely sparks a memory.

This was my Dads airplane, they flew against targets in New Guine and spotted the Japanese invasion fleet that lead to the battle of the Bismarck Sea; winning the Silver Star and DFC. In 1990 I hosted the remaining members of the Jolly Rodgers in Indianapolis as a City County Councilman and we dedicated a Plaque to the 90 Bomb Group at the Air Force Museum in Dayton OH. I got to hear many of the stories of them flying out or NE Australia, my brother and I were named after to of his best friends killed during those missions Rolfes & Kirby. Raymond Rolfes Irvin RayRIrvin@aol.com

Consolidated B-24D Liberator (B-24D-65-CO), USAAF Ser. No. 42-40524, "The Red Ass." As per Joe Baugher's site: Hit by own bomb explosion or shot down by AAA at Makassar, Celebes, Sep 11, 1943. 11 KIA. As per, Under the Southern Cross: The B-24 Liberator in the South Pacific, by Bob Livingstone, Page 71: Lieutenant Dave Lippincott and the crew in 42-40524 THE RED ASS were shot down over Makassar on [September] 11th; the four survivors were beheaded by the Japanese.