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Date: | Thursday 1 January 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
Owner/operator: | 307 BGp USAAF |
Registration: | 42-40072 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Funafuti, Tuvalu atols -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Funafuti, Tuvalu atols |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:All that remained of 42-40072 after a Japanese night bombing raid on 22 April 1943. This concerns the second B-24D which was lost during the early morning attack on 21 april 1943 by a formation Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bombers
Sources:
https://b-24.weebly.com/beforeafter7.html After the Battle '40-'45, No.15, p.3
Liberator production list
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Oct-2023 17:51 |
Corin |
Added |
11-May-2024 18:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Operator] |