NAME TP - M# SER - BLK - MF

SERIAL #

AF

BG

BS

SC RCL/# V#-P

PHOTO CREDITS

"142"

B

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24

J

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140

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CO

42-110142

13

307

370

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142

01-5

N/A

Contributor - Robert Livingstone
Abandoned (ostensibly WW with an unserviceable engine) at Finschaffen (New Guinea). The officer in charge of the field wanted it repaired "under the counter" to be used as a fat cat & organized the civilian Consairway organization to help the secrecy required. A Consairway engineer repaired the engine & the aircraft was flown to Consairway at Biak where they stripped it of equipment & armament (and paint) & built secret compartments to hide booze.

Info Contributor - Al Blue
MACR 7083 is in ERROR! 42-110142 was never in the 492nd BG.
The #142 lost by the 492nd on 20 Jun 44 was 44-40142, 5Z:K, named SKNAPPY. 
Possible confusion with 42-110152 or 42-110143 which were lost by the same Group on the same mission.

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