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Bomb Groups
(Squadrons)

5th
(23 31 72 394)
6th
(3 25 29 74) 
7th
(9 436 492 493)
11th
(26 42 98 431)
22nd
(2 19 33 408)
25th
(652 - 655)
28th
(36 37 73 77 404)
30th
(27 38 392 819)
34th
(4 7 18 391)
43rd
(63 64 65 403) 44th
(66 67 68 506)
90th
(319 320 321 400)
93rd
(328 329 330 409)
98th
(343 344 345 415)
307th
(370 371 372 424)
308th
(373 374 375 425)
376th
(512 513 514 515)
380th
(528 529 530 531)
389th
(564 565 566 567)
392nd
(576 577 578 579)
445th
(700 701 702 703)
446th
(704 705 706 707)
448th
(712 713 714 715)
449th
(716 717 718 719)
450th
(720 721 722 723)
451st
(724 725 726 727)
453rd
(732 733 734 735)
454th
(736 737 738 739)
455th
(740 741 742 743)
456th
(744 745 746 747)
458th
(752 753 754 755)
459th
(756 757 758 759)
460th
(760 761 762 763)
#461st
(764 765 766 767)
464th
(776 777 778 779)
465th
(780 781 782 783)
466th
(784 785 786 787)
467th
(788 789 790 791)
482nd
(36 812 813 814)
484th
(824 825 826 827)
485th
(828 829 830 831)
486th
(832 833 834 835)
487th
(836 837 838 839)
489th
(844 845 846 847)
490th
(848 849 850 851)
491st
(852 853 854 855)
492nd
(801 856 857 858)
(859 885 2641)
493rd
(860 861 862 863)
494th
(864 865 866 867)
Snooper (868th)

 

Army Air Forces (AAF)

AAF

Army Air Corps - Army Air Forces Historical Association
http://www.aafha.org/

5th

Aerothentic Publications
http://www.aerothentic.com/

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

 

11th

 

12th

13th

13th AF Veterans Association
http://www.13afvets.org/

14th

15th

15th Air Force Organizational Chart as of October 1944
http://www.frankambrose.com/pages/chart.html


Bomb Groups/Squadrons

5th
"Bomber Barons"

5th Bombardment Group
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/5th_Bombardment_Group.html

 5th/23rd

5th/31st

6th

 

6th/29th

 

7th
"Mors Ab Alto"
(Death From Above)

7th BG Home Page
http://web.archive.org/web/20120121091216/http://www.7thbg.org/

7th/492nd

A Tribute to Frederic N. Hernandez
http://dainthecbi.com/

 11th
"Progressio Sine Timore Aut Praejudicio"
(Progress without Fear or Prejudice)

11th Bombardment Group Heavy (H) "The Grey Geese"
http://11thbombgroup.org/

11th/98th

The Uninvited B24
www.uninvitedb24.com

22nd
"The Red Raiders"

The Red Raiders
http://web.archive.org/web/20120717051433/http://www.redraiders22bg.com/

25th
"Guard With Power"

28th
"Guardian of the North"

28th/404th

Alaska Pictures - Aleutian Peninsula And Islands - World War II
http://www.eubank-web.com/Donald/Aleutian/

30th

30th Bomb Group (H)
http://30thbg.1hwy.com/

30th/392nd

34th
"Valor To Victory"

Mendlesham, England 1944 and 1945
http://www.excel-tech.com/34th/

Valor To Victory
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/

43rd
"Willing, Able, Ready"

Ken's Men | 5th AAF 43rd BG
http://www.kensmen.com

43rd/64th

 

44th
"The Flying Eightballs"

90th
 "The Jolly Rogers"

90th Bomb Group "The Jolly Rogers" in Australia
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/90thbg.htm

Jolly Rogers Index
http://www.90thbombgroup.org/

 90th/321st
"Jolly Roger"

Wreckage "Little Eva" 41-23762
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld206.htm

90th/400th

Wreckage - "Texas Terror" 41-23825
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld124.htm

93rd
"The Travelling Circus"

93rd Bomb Group
http://www.93bg.com/

93rd Bomb Group Museum 
http://www.93rd-bg-museum.org.uk/

93rd/328th

93BG Ball Of Fire III/WarBaby
http://www.freewebs.com/balloffireiii/

93rd/330th

93rd/409th

Artwork - "The Sword and The Ploughshare"
http://www.brooksart.com/swordplough.html

98th
"The Pyramidiers"

98th Bombardment Group
http://www.98bg.org/

TARA COPP
http://www.taracopp.com/98th-Bombardment-Group-WWII

307th
"The Long Rangers"

307th Bombardment Group
http://www.307bg.net/

307th/372nd

 

307th/424th

Wreckage "Alley Cat" 42-40646
http://www.outofbounds.com/html/b-24.html

308th
"Percussus Resurgo"
(When Struck Down I Rise Again)

308th Bombardment Group
http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/index.htm

 308th/373rd

Flying Tigers
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/flyingtiger/flyingtiger.html

308th/374th

308th/375th

"American Beauty" 44-41251 - Art Work
http://www.paulmartinart.com/AmericanBeauty.html

"Poco Moco" 44-49451 - A Tribute to the Crew
http://www.paulmartinart.com/pocomoco.html

376th
"The Liberandos"

The 376th Heavy Bombardment Group
http://www.armyaircorps-376bg.com/

376th/512th

376th/514th

380th
"The Flying Circus"

380th Bomb Group Association
http://380th.org/

380th/528th
"Herky"

380th/529th
"Lil Beaver"

380th/531st

 

389th
"The Sky Scorpions"

389th Bomb Group
http://www.389thbg.com/
Archived: http://www.389thbg.net/

389th/564th

 

389th/565th

 

389th/566th

First LT John J. Morel
http://members.tripod.com/~Motomom/389THBG

Scale Model Decals - "Delectable Doris" 42-50551
http://kitreview.com/reviews/b24mikegrantdecalsreviewds_1.htm

Victor Darilek's "Log Book"
http://victordarilek.tripod.com/dar1.htm

389th/567th

392nd
"The Crusaders"

B24.NET - WWII B-24 Liberator Bomber & POW Stalag Luft Camps
http://www.b24.net/

392nd/577th

392nd/578th

392nd/579th

445th

445th Bomb Group
http://www.445bg.org/

Kassel Mission
http://kasselmission.com/

Tibenham at War
http://www.tibenham.fsnet.co.uk/tib_at_war.htm

445th/701st

 

445th/702nd

445th/703rd

446th
"The Bungay Buckaroos"
"Voler Venger Vaincre"
(Fly Avenge Conquer)

The 446th Bomb Group Association
https://446thbombgroup.com/

446th/704th
"The Vultures"

 

446th/705th

446th/706th

Dad in the 446th Bomb Group
http://members.tripod.com/b24echo/ww21.html

446th/707th

The Memories of H.G.Turner
http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/hgturner/

448th
"Destroy"

448th/714th

448th/715th

 

449th
"The Flying Horsemen"

The 449th Bomb Group (H)
http://449th.com/

449th/718th

 

449th/719th

 

450th
"The Cottontails"

Official Home of the 450th BG and 450th BG Association
http://www.450thbg.com/real/index.shtml

450th/720th

450th/722nd
"Holy Joe"

Holy Joe's Squadron
http://www.portenga.com/holyjoe

450th/723rd

451st

451st Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.451st.org/

451st Bombardment Group
http://www.451bg.org/

451st/725th

Dedicated to the Crew of B-24H 42-51090 "Hey Moe"
http://hey_moe.tripod.com/

453rd
"Attack and Destroy"

453rd BG Memorial Association
http://www.453rdbg.com/

The 453rd Bomb Group
http://453rd.com/

Aircraft of the 453rd BG
http://www.oldbuck.com/media/32481/Aircraft-of-the-453rd.pdf

The B-24 Which Crashed on Skorve
http://www.flyvrak.net/flyeteng.htm

453rd/732nd

453rd/734th

454th

454th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.454thbombgroup.it/

454th/739th

 

455th
"The Vulgar Vultures"

455th Bombardment Group
http://www.455bg.org/

455th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.15thaf.org/304th_BW/455th_BG/index.htm

455th/743rd

456th
"Flying Colts"

456th Bomb Group Association
http://www.456thbombgroup.org/

458th

458th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.458bg.com/

458th/753rd

Roman "Ray" Litwin
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~litwin/roman/

458th/755th

Scale Model - 1/6th Scale "Hookem Cow" 42-95120
http://www.ncsl.co.uk/b24.html

459th

459th Bombardment Group Heavy
http://www.459bg.org/

 460th

460th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.15thaf.org/55th_BW/460th_BG/

461st
"The Liberaiders"

461st Bombardment Group
https://461st.org/index.html

461st/765th

B-24 Liberator Crew
http://www.liberatorcrew.com/01_Home.htm

464th

464th Bombardment Group
https://web.archive.org/web/20180307005438/http://464bg.com/

 464th777th

 

465th

465th Bombardment Group
http://www.15thaf.org/55th_BW/465th_BG/index.htm

 465th/781st

781st Bomb Sqd 465th BG (H) History in WWII
http://www.frankambrose.com/pages/781.html

Air Crews of 781st Bomb Sqd., 465th BG, 15th AF in WWII
http://www.frankambrose.com/pages/crew1.html

466th
"The Flying Deck"

467th
"Liberamus"

467th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.467bg-research.com/

482nd

482nd/36th
"Gremlins"

The 36th Bomb Squadron (Heavy)
http://www.36rcm.com

484th

484th Bombardment Group (H)
http://www.484th.org/

484th/825th

Bill Neutzling's B-24 Liberator: Anatomy of a Mission
http://www.angelfire.com/wv/liberator/

485th

485th Bomb Group Association
http://www.485thbg.org/

 485th/831st

486th

486th Bomb Group (H)
http://www.486th.org/

486th/832nd
"Bat Out of Hell"

 

487th
"The Gentlemen from Hell"

487th Bomb Group (H)
http://www.487thbg.org

489th
"Ex Tenebris Lux Veritatis"
(Light is Truth out of Darkness)

Artwork - "R-Bar Over Bielefeld"
http://www.brooksart.com/Rbar.html

490th

491st
"The Ringmasters"

491st Bombardment Group (Heavy)
https://web.archive.org/web/20060507180554/http://www.491st.org/

491st/853rd

Consolidated B-24 J "Ark Angel" 44-40073
http://www.ark-angel.de

491st/854th

 

492nd
"North Pickenham"

492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
http://www.492ndbombgroup.com

492nd/801st
"The Carpetbaggers"

The Carpetbagger Photographic Archives
http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm

 Carpetbagger Aviation Museum - Harrington
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk

492nd/859th

492nd/885th-Special

492nd/2641st-Special

493rd
"Helton's Hellcats"

494th
"Kelley's Kobras"

494th/864th
"Kelley's Kobras"

494th/866th
"Kelley's Kobras"

Snooper
(13th AF / 868th BS)


Aircraft

B-24 Web Sites

B-24 Best Web - Image Archive and Research/Reference Center
http://www.b24bestweb.com/

Asisbiz Consolidated B-24 Liberator
https://www.asisbiz.com/B-24.html

B-24 Serial Numbers
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html

Consolidated B-24 Liberator - USA
http://www.aviation-history.com/consolidated/b24.html


Art Work

"American Beauty" 44-41251 308th BG/375th BS
http://www.paulmartinart.com/AmericanBeauty.html

Aviation Art Hangar
http://www.aviationarthangar.com/b24liberator.html

"Hitting The Kwai" by Craig Kodera - 7th
http://www.milartgl.com/HTML/hitting_the_kwai.htm

"The Jigs Up" 42-51232 482nd/36th
http://www.36rcm.com/art/art.htm

Personalized B-24 Art
http://www.peters-group.com/b-24.html

Phil Brinkman
http://www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk/brink-phil.htm

Brooks Aviation Art
http://www.brooksart.com/
Keith Ferris -
Circus Outbound - 93rd
Jim Laurier -
R-Bar Over Bielefeld - 489th
William S. Phillips -
Ploesti: Into the Fire and Fury

Robert Taylor -
Ploesti-The Vital Mission
Welcome Sight
Nicolas Trudgian -
End Game - 467th
Operation Tidal Wave
Safe Haven - 93rd
John Young -
The Sword and the Ploughshear - 93rd/409th


F-7 Photo Reconnaissance

F-7 Photo Reconnaissance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/b24bestweb-F-7.htm

20th Combat Mapping Squadron
http://varney.yolasite.com/xxrs.php


Manufacturers

CO - Consolidated Aircraft
http://www.consolidatedaircraft.org/

CO - Consolidated/San Diego - Air Force Plant 2 - San Diego, CA
http://www.nosc.mil/sti/visualmedia/photos/otc40s.html

CO - Consolidated/San Diego - Air Force Plant 19 - San Diego, CA
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-19.htm

CF - Consolidated/Fortworth - Air Force Plant 4 - Fort Worth, TX
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-4.htm

DT - Douglas/Tulsa - Air Force Plant 3 - Tulsa, OK
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-3.htm

FO - Automaker churns out WWII bombers
http://www.detnews.com/2003/specialreport/0306/09/f09-186937.htm

FO - Willow Run Bomber Plant and 3509th Army Air Force Base
http://public.fotki.com/Kos/members_photo_galle/wiilow_run_bomber/

NT - North American/Dallas - B-24G Liberator
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_17.html


PB4Y

ALL S/Ns - PB4Y USN Aircraft Airframe History List
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/PB4Y.htm

Hal Olsen - PB4Y Nose-Art Artist
http://www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk/olsen-hal.htm

Naval Aviation World War II
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/avchr5.htm

Naval Historical Center
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg4.htm

Navylib.com
http://web.archive.org/web/20071015083628/http://navylib.com/index.html

PB4Y in the Aleutians
http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Aircraft/html/attu-pb4y_privateer.htm

U.S. Navy Pacific-Based PB4Y Squadrons in World War II
http://alanc.carey.freeservers.com/

VPNAVY - United States Navy Patrol Squadrons
http://www.vpnavy.com/

Yankee Air Museum (PB4Y-2 on Static Display)
http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/


RAF

ADF (A72) Aircraft Serial Numbers
http://www.adf-serials.com/2a72.shtml

Australia @ War
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/

Australian World War Two Nominal Roll
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/

The B-24 at War for Australia
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/liberator.html

B24 Liberator A72-176 Memorial, Werribee, Australia
http://www.oldcmp.net/b24_1.html

RAAF B-24M Liberator A72-176 (44-41956) - Restoration
http://www.users.bigpond.com/paulmcc/b24/b24.htm

RAF Liberator Squadrons
http://www.acseac.co.uk/


RCAF

Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/index.htm

RCAF in North Africa, 12th Bomber Group 
http://www.worldchat.com/public/larkspur/index.htm


Scale Models

1/144 Scale - Model Collection
http://airalex.homestead.com/
B-24 - http://airalex.homestead.com/files/B_24_SILVER1.JPG
PB4Y - http://airalex.homestead.com/files/B_24_PB4Y.jpg

1/6th Scale - "Hookem Cow" 42-95120 458th/755th
http://www.ncsl.co.uk/b24.html

1/72nd Scale - "Princess" 42-63962 44th/506th
http://www.ipmsusa2.org/Reviews/Kits/Aircraft/hasegawa_72_b24d/hasegawa_72_b24d.htm

Decals - "Delectable Doris" 42-50551 389th/566th
http://kitreview.com/reviews/b24mikegrantdecalsreviewds_1.htm

IPMS/USA - International Plastic Modeler's Society USA
http://ipmsusa.org/
PB4Y - http://www.ipmsusa2.org/Reviews/features/aircraft/baker_pb4y/baker_pb4y.htm

Sculptures
http://www.warbirdcentral.com/warbirds/B24_Liberator.htm


Wreckage

Wreckage (S/N)

42-7468 392nd
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/B-24 42-7468.htm

42-50668 491st/854th
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/B-24 42-50668.htm

42-50890
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/b24tdy.htm

42-52465 392nd/578th
http://www.b24.net/search/site2.htm

44-10515 453rd/734th
http://www.sweffling.freeserve.co.uk/deopham.htm


Wreckage ("Named")

"Alley Cat" 42-40646 307th/424th
http://www.outofbounds.com/html/b-24.html

"Flying Wolf" 42-41091
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/42-41091.html

"Hard To Get" 42-7518 392nd/578th
http://www.b24.net/search/site3.htm

"Hell's Angels" 42-51139 485th/831st
http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/str317a.htm

"The Late Date II" 42-109824 392nd/577th
http://www.b24.net/search/site4.htm

"Little Eva" 41-23762 90th/321st
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld206.htm

 "Little Eva" 41-23762 90th/321st
http://www.savannah-aviation.com/airwreck.htm

"Old Glory" 41-28742 392nd/579th
http://www.b24.net/search/site1.htm

"Texas Terror" 41-23825 90th/400th
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld124.htm


Wreckage (Web Sites)

The Aéro-Re.L.I.C. association
http://www.aero-relic.org/

Pacific Ghosts
http://www.pacificghosts.com/

Pacific Wreck Database
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Wreckage at Dubadora Airbase
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/walkabout/popondetta/b24.html


Crew Members

Crew Search

Registry - International B-24 Crew 
http://www.flashman.com/cgi-bin/crew-reg.cgi

Search - Social Security Death Index
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Search - WWII by Name/Unit - American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/


Assistance/Info

Research/Reference

Aircraft and Equipment - Army Air Forces Statistical Digest
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/wwwroot/aafsd/aafsd_list_of_tables_aircraftequipment.html

Archives & Records - Aviation Archives
http://www.aviationarchives.com/

Archives & Records - NARA | US NARA & Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/

B-24 Tail Markings
http://www.b24bestweb.com/b24bestweb-Tail.htm

Engines - Pratt and Whitney in 1937 - USA
http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/pr-1937.htm

MACR / AAR (Missing Air Crew Report / Aircraft Accident Report)
http://www.b24bestweb.com/

MOS - Military Occupational Specialty (Code Job/Title)
http://kelleys_kobras.home.att.net/reference/mos.htm

NARA Military Personnel Records
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html

Normandy: 1944 -- B-24
http://search.eb.com/normandy/articles/B-24.html

Research Historical - AFHRA | Air Force Historical Research Agency
http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/

Serial Numbers - 1908 to Present
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html

Serial Numbers - B-24 Best Web Site "Data List"
http://www.b24bestweb.com/b24bestweb-DataList.htm

Switzerland : USAAF Aircraft in
http://swissinternees.tripod.com/aircraft.html


Locations

Air Fields

Hardwick Airfield - England
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/hardwick2.html

McCook - Nebraska USA
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/markers/347.html

Smyrna Army Air Base - Tennessee USA
http://janus.mtsu.edu/Smryna/airbase.htm


Museums/Tours

American Airpower Heritage Museum
http://www.airpowermuseum.org/

Carpetbagger Aviation Museum - Harrington
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk

Collings Foundation Home Page
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/

Commemorative (Confederate) Air Force
http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/index.php

National Museum of Naval Aviation
http://www.naval-air.org/

Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum (N&SAM)
http://www.aviationmuseum.net

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum - B-24 Museum
http://www.pwam.org/

Yankee Air Museum  (PB4Y-2 on Static Display)
http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/

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