| 468th Bomb Group Aircraft |
| S/N |
Squadron |
Group |
AC Name |
Pilot |
Date Accident |
Date Loss |
Type |
MACR (if applic) |
Comments |
Photo |
| 42-24446 |
792 |
468 |
|
Lindke |
|
10/20/1944 |
|
|
Crashed in fog at A-7, p 93, 114 |
|
| 42-24471 |
792 |
468 |
Ramblin' Wreck |
|
|
4/7/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-24494 |
792 |
468 |
Mary Ann |
McPherson |
|
1/17/1945 |
|
|
night take-off, bail-out, A-7 |
|
| 42-24504 |
792 |
468 |
Gunga Din |
Parsons |
|
10/25/1944 |
|
|
Night takeoff crash, A-7, p
93 |
|
| 42-24546 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
2/23/1945 |
|
|
War Weary, p 160, 176 |
|
| 42-24678 |
792 |
468 |
Kickapoo
Lou |
Millar |
|
3/2/1945 |
B29-45-BW |
12870 |
Shotdown Singapore |
|
| 42-24691 |
792 |
468 |
Fast
Company |
Clark |
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
p57 campbell |
| 42-24703 |
792 |
468 |
American Beauty |
|
|
6/5/1945 |
|
|
Crash landed Iwo Jima |
p50 campbell |
| 42-24858 |
792 |
468 |
|
Stavin |
|
6/13/1945 |
|
|
Ditched
Heito, Formosa |
|
| 42-24879 |
792 |
468 |
Ready Betty |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 42-24895 |
792 |
468 |
City of Pittsburgh |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-6217 |
792 |
468 |
Pepper |
|
|
12/25/1944 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-6230 |
792 |
468 |
LimberDugan |
Ivanovic |
|
06/15/44 |
B29-1-MO |
6596 |
Shotdown, Yawata, 6/15/44 |
|
| 42-6232 |
792 |
468 |
Kickapoo II |
|
|
11/25/1944 |
|
|
War
Weary, p.122 |
|
| 42-6238 |
792 |
468 |
|
Winkler |
|
10/1/1944 |
|
|
Hit Omei Mtn. in weather, (his
2nd accident) |
|
| 42-6243 |
792 |
468 |
Roger the Lodger |
Brown |
|
10/8/1944 |
B29 |
|
Bail-out after Nagasaki, out of
gas, 1st plane |
|
| 42-6255 |
792 |
468 |
|
Sims |
|
6/1/1944 |
B29 |
|
Sims bailed-out or crash landed
Lillibari India? 5/1 or 6/1? |
|
| 42-6264 |
792 |
468 |
O'Reilly's Daughter |
Savoie |
|
8/20/1944 |
B29-5-BW |
11297 |
Bail-out near Shanghai |
|
| 42-6271 |
792 |
468 |
Hellin' Helen |
Pattillo |
|
6/7/1944 |
B29-5-BW |
6598 |
Bail-out, runaway prop near Lo
Shan, p 44-45 |
|
| 42-6279 |
792 |
468 |
Postville Express |
|
|
12/30/1944 |
B29-5-BW |
9866 |
War Weary? MACR shows lost on
11/21/44 |
|
| 42-63353 |
792 |
468 |
The Juke
Box |
Van Horne |
|
1/15/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63395 |
792 |
468 |
|
Martin |
|
12/7/1944 |
B29 |
|
Crash-landed A-7, no fuel, nose
iced-over |
|
| 42-63417 |
792 |
468 |
Rushin Rotashin |
|
|
7/5/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63424 |
792 |
468 |
Hap's Characters |
Hap Good |
|
9/7/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63500 |
792 |
468 |
Gravel Gertie |
Watson |
|
7/3/1945 |
|
|
Crashed in ocean off Tinian |
|
| 42-63536 |
792 |
468 |
Mammy Yoakum |
Jim Johnson |
|
5/24/1945 |
B29 |
14518 |
Shotdown Tokyo |
|
| 42-6356 |
792 |
468 |
The Gusher |
Winkler |
|
08/26/44 |
B29 |
|
Runaway prop,
Engine Fire, bail-out, 1st Accident |
|
| 42-6362 |
792 |
468 |
|
Maisch |
|
11/27/1944 |
B29 |
|
Night take-off crash, A-7 11/21 or 11/27? |
|
| 42-6379 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary p131 |
|
| 42-6389 |
792 |
468 |
Party
Girl |
Lyons |
|
12/7/1944 |
|
|
Hit mountain after Mukden |
|
| 42-6408 |
792 |
468 |
Ready Teddy |
Pickett |
|
8/20/1944 |
B29-20-BW |
9687 |
Shotdown, Yawata, p 188 |
|
| 42-6411 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
12/30/1944 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-65227 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
9/17/1945 |
|
|
Transfd 444th Gp |
|
| 42-65315 |
792 |
468 |
Limber Dugan II |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-93877 |
792 |
468 |
Snooky's Brats |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-61517 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project
(Returned to States) |
|
| 44-61562 |
792 |
468 |
Chicago Sal |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
p54 campbell |
| 44-61573 |
792 |
468 |
|
Morris |
|
06/29/45 |
B29A |
14691 |
Shotdown Hankow, p 251 |
|
| 44-61640 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-61701 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-61703 |
792 |
468 |
O'Reilly's Daughter II |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-61708 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-61807 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
9/21/1945 |
|
|
Transfered to 4 Wx Sq, 315th Wg |
|
| 44-87658 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project
(Returned to States) |
|
| 44-87661 |
792 |
468 |
American Beauty III |
|
|
|
|
|
changed
to "Ugly" during war, Sundown Project (Returned to States) then
went on to Korea as "Koza Kids"
|
|
| 44-87668 |
792 |
468 |
Papa Tom's Cabin |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 44-87671 |
792 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned
to States) |
|
| 42-24442 |
793 |
468 |
Wichita
Witch |
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-24469 |
793 |
468 |
Blind Date |
Ellestad |
|
|
B29-25-BW |
12874 |
Shotdown, Singapore p 179 |
|
| 42-24487 |
793 |
468 |
Bengal
Lancer |
Berman,
Pattillo |
|
|
|
|
War
Weary, the name commemorates the China Burma India actions and the coming of
LeMay to the Marianas |
p51 campbell |
| 42-24525 |
793 |
468 |
Mary K |
Feely |
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-24704 |
793 |
468 |
The Gear Box |
Humphrey |
|
01/11/45 |
B29-45-BW |
10879 |
Shotdown,
Singapore |
|
| 42-24737 |
793 |
468 |
Pioneer
II |
|
|
|
|
|
War
Weary |
|
| 42-24909 |
793 |
468 |
Flyin' Home
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-6208 |
793 |
468 |
Pioneer |
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-6229 |
793 |
468 |
|
Hughes |
|
06/15/44 |
B29 |
|
Hughes crash on takeoff
Pengshan, p 135 |
|
| 42-6265 |
793 |
468 |
Raiden
Maiden |
Chas. Joyce |
|
|
|
|
War Weary, 1st airplane) |
|
| 42-6314 |
793 |
468 |
|
Sloan |
|
06/08/44 |
B29-10-BW |
6597&6122 |
Eng. fire, bailed-out 200 mi.
south of A-7 |
|
| 42-6333 |
793 |
468 |
Camel
Caravan |
Gen "Blondie" Saunders |
|
12/1/1944 |
|
|
(B-29 tanker hauled aviation
fuel to China) 1st B-29 to reach forward base in China, flown back to US by
Jack Ladd |
pg 53 campbell |
| 42-63354 |
793 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63355 |
793 |
468 |
Bella
Bortion |
Douglas
Hatfield |
|
|
|
|
Had close call when a
'Zeke" tried to ram her and hit #1 prop on a mission to Mudken,
Manchuria, 12/7/44 War Weary, 1st airplane |
|
| 42-63356 |
793 |
468 |
Lassie also Georgia Peach |
John Miller |
|
|
|
|
War Weary, Commander was from
Cobb Co. GA |
|
| 42-63415 |
793 |
468 |
Jolly
Roger |
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63456 |
793 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-63460 |
793 |
468 |
Lassie Too |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States), |
|
| 42-63530 |
793 |
468 |
Totin'
To Tokyo II |
|
|
|
|
|
Transferred to 444th Gp |
|
| 42-63532 |
793 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-63534 |
793 |
468 |
Pioneer III
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-6369 |
793 |
468 |
|
Darden |
|
04/21/44 |
B29 |
|
Landing crash, sandstorm,
Karachi, |
|
| 42-6370 |
793 |
468 |
Lethal Lady
|
Faulkner |
|
|
|
|
Disappeared over Bay of Bengal,
night |
|
| 42-6397 |
793 |
468 |
Million
Dollar Baby |
|
|
|
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-6454 |
793 |
468 |
Totin'
To Tokyo |
|
09/04/44 |
|
B29 |
|
crashed landing at B-1 9/4/44,
War Weary |
|
| 42-65272 |
793 |
468 |
Miss
Shorty |
Hatfield |
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) 2nd airplane |
|
| 42-65276 |
793 |
468 |
Raiden
Maiden II |
Chas. Joyce |
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) 2nd airplane |
|
| 42-69663 |
793 |
468 |
Dragon Lady
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
p56 campbell |
| 42-69977 |
793 |
468 |
Miss Peggy |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-93826 |
793 |
468 |
|
Pilchard |
|
06/15/44 |
B29A-5-BN |
6601 |
Shotdown Yawata, p 60 crashed at
Wutu |
|
| 44-61521 |
793 |
468 |
Convincer |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States), |
|
| 44-61672 |
793 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61677 |
793 |
468 |
Southern
Belle |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61702 |
793 |
468 |
Hero
Haters |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-69665 |
793 |
468 |
|
Arnold |
|
06/05/45 |
B29-55-BW |
14390 |
Shotdown,
Kobe |
|
| 44-70084 |
793 |
468 |
|
Nelson |
|
06/22/45 |
B29-75-BW |
14672 |
Shotdown, Kure |
|
| 44-87647 |
793 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-87659 |
793 |
468 |
Miss Sandy |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-87674 |
793 |
468 |
Lady
Chateau |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-24429 |
794 |
468 |
Blind Date |
Lindke |
|
2/23/1945 |
|
12874 |
(was 795 a/c) War Weary, p 113,
114 |
|
| 42-24486 |
794 |
468 |
Windy City II |
|
|
7/9/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-24542 |
794 |
468 |
Lady Hamilton II |
794 |
|
6/1/1945 |
B29-35-BW |
14600 |
Shotdown, Tokyo, June 1, 1945 |
|
| 42-24567 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transferred to 1st Photo Sq.,
1/15/45 |
|
| 42-24706 |
794 |
468 |
|
Hennin |
|
11/28/1944 |
B29-45-BW |
10043 |
India Training Mission crash,
eng. fire & wing folded. |
|
| 42-24714 |
794 |
468 |
Robert
J. Wilson |
|
|
9/14/1945 |
|
|
Transferred to 40th Gp.,
completed 27 combat missions. |
|
| 42-24715 |
794 |
468 |
|
Benedict |
|
12/21/44 |
B29-45-BW |
10592 |
Rammed at Mukden |
|
| 42-24719 |
794 |
468 |
The Uninvited II |
|
|
9/14/1945 |
|
|
Trnsfd to 58 Wg. |
|
| 42-24734 |
794 |
468 |
Miss Lead |
|
|
8/6/1945 |
|
|
Crashed on return from
mission. p. 116 |
|
| 42-24892 |
794 |
468 |
Li'l Yutz |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-24893 |
794 |
468 |
Little Organ Annie |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-6231 |
794 |
468 |
|
Akins |
|
6/15/1944 |
B29-1-MO |
6599 |
Hit mountain returning from
Yawata |
|
| 42-6235 |
794 |
468 |
|
Courvinus |
6/26/1944 |
|
B29 |
|
Landing gear
collapsed sitting on ramp, salvaged |
|
| 42-6242 |
794 |
468 |
Esso Express |
|
|
11/24/1944 |
|
|
War
Weary 29th off Wichita Line,
Converted to tanker, ret'd to U.S. |
p57 campbell |
| 42-6253 |
794 |
468 |
Windy City |
Askounis |
8/20/1944 |
|
B29 |
|
Belly-landed at A-7 due to
weather, salvaged, p. 71 |
|
| 42-6272 |
794 |
468 |
Old Campaigner |
|
|
1/15/1945 |
|
|
War Weary p. 156 |
|
| 42-6274 |
794 |
468 |
Lady Hamilton |
Robert G. Mills |
|
7/29/1944 |
B29-5-BW |
6946 |
Shotdown, Anshan, p 116 |
|
| 42-6284 |
794 |
468 |
The Challenger |
|
|
1/18/1945 |
|
|
(originally 795th a/c) War Weary
p 156 |
p54 campbell |
| 42-6334 |
794 |
468 |
Gertrude C. |
Clinkscales |
6/25/1944 |
8/20/1944 |
B29 |
|
Rammed
at Yawata, p. 70, Benedict landing
accident 6/25/44 repaired |
|
| 42-63357 |
794 |
468 |
|
Blackmore |
|
4/21/1944 |
B29 |
|
Crash landing, sandstorm, 1/2
mile NE Karachi, p. 108 |
|
| 42-63445 |
794 |
468 |
Craig Comet |
Estey |
|
5/24/1945 |
|
|
Shotdown Tokyo |
p54 campbell |
| 42-63464 |
794 |
468 |
Bell Ringer |
|
|
7/5/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 42-63529 |
794 |
468 |
My Buddy |
Hinkle |
|
5/24/1945 |
B29 |
14517 |
Shotdown, Tokyo, May 24, 1945 |
|
| 42-6358 |
794 |
468 |
Ding Hao |
Hennin, Mickish |
|
11/21/1944 |
|
|
(original 795th a/c) Landed
Vladivotok Soviet Unionand Interred.
Thought Lost |
p55 campbell |
| 42-6365 |
794 |
468 |
Gen. H.H. Arnold Special |
Weston H. Price |
|
11/11/1944 |
|
|
Forced
to land in Vladivostock Soviet Union by fighter after Omura and interred and
copied. |
|
| 42-6368 |
794 |
468 |
Calamity Sue |
Stauffer |
|
8/20/1944 |
|
|
Behind 334 when 334 rammed; both
lost, Yawata |
|
| 42-6390 |
794 |
468 |
Gallopin' Goose |
Parrish |
|
12/7/1944 |
|
|
Rammed at Mukden, p 115 |
|
| 42-6407 |
794 |
468 |
Lucky Seven |
|
|
1/11/1945 |
|
|
(was 795th a/c) War Weary
p 115, 156 |
|
| 42-6409 |
794 |
468 |
The Uninvited |
|
|
1/1/1945 |
|
|
War Weary p 156 |
|
| 42-65208 |
794 |
468 |
Andy's Dandy |
|
|
2/23/1945 |
|
|
War Weary p. 167 |
p50 campbell |
| 42-65275 |
794 |
468 |
Hi Stepper |
Hinkle |
|
5/24/1945 |
|
|
Shotdown Tokyo, 3 KIA, 8 POWs |
|
| 42-65279 |
794 |
468 |
My Buddy |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 42-93828 |
794 |
468 |
Monsoon Goon |
|
|
12/15/1945 |
|
|
War Weary |
|
| 44-61516 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61566 |
794 |
468 |
Jack's Hack |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61674 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61681 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61695 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-61816 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown
Project (Returned to States). completed 3 missions before war's end. |
|
| 44-69660 |
794 |
468 |
My Gal Sal |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-70042 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-70140 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-70146 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
| 44-87666 |
794 |
468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sundown Project (Returned to
States) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|