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  B-24D-CO Liberator Serial Number 41-1088  
USAAF
11th AF
30th BG
21st BS

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June 11, 1942

Pilot  Lt. John "Jack" Tood
Shot Down  June 11, 1942

Aircraft History
USAAF records condemn this B-24 on June 25, 1942.

Mission History
Shot down over Kiska on June 11, 1942. The explosion and wreckage falling was captured by a photogrpaher and appeared in the Asahi Shimbun in late July or August 1942. Also, the crash was captured on Japanese news reel.

References
Thanks to Minoru Kamada for additional information
CBS World War 2 with Walter Cronkite, "The Pacific Perimeter, Frozen War"

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October 1, 2009

 

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