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Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
Note: Some aircraft served in several different BGs, and are listed twice. See also B-24 Liberator

List by U.S. Navy Bureau Number
PB4Y-1 31940  (41-23946) scrapped January 31, 1945
PB4Y-1 31941  (41-23947) assigned VP-51
PB4Y-1 31944  (41-23995) assigned VP-51, combat mission February 1, 1943 per James J. Curry Flight Log Book
PB4Y-1 31946  (41-24049) stricken from record August 8, 1945
PB4Y-1 31947  (41-24050) pilot Lehman MIA March 5, 1943
PB4Y-1 31948  (41-24051) pilot Fisler MIA March 5, 1943
PB4Y-1 31949  (41-24088) assigned VP-51
PB4Y-1 31950  (41-24053) pilot Fisler MIA March 5, 1943
PB4Y-1 31951  (41-24083) assigned VP-51
PB4Y-1 31952  (41-24084) pilot Haskett MIA July 17, 1943
PB4Y-1 31954  (41-24087) assigned VP-51 (VB-101)
PB4Y-1 31956  (41-24116) assigned VP-51 (VB-101)
PB4Y-1 31957 (41-24117) assigned VP-51 (VB-101)
PB4Y-1 31958  (41-24118) pilot Fuller MIA February 7, 1943 **
PB4Y-1 31960  (41-24132) assigned VP-51 (VB-101)
PB4Y-1 31970  (41-24241) pilot Bacon or Cooper MIA February 14, 1943
PB4Y-1 31989  (42-40151) pilot Bonn MIA April 8, 1943 ** confirm entire crew **
PB4Y-1 31992  (42-40154) pilot Van Vorhis MIA July 6, 1943
PB4Y-1 32005  (42-40260) pilot Wilstam crashed July 7, 1943
PB4Y-1 "America's Playground" 32009  (42-40258)  ultimate fate unknown likely scrapped
PB4Y-1 "Jungle Fever" 32012  (42-40271) pilot Honey MIA November 15, 1943, 10 missing **
PB4Y-1 "Sears Steers" 32048  (42-40561)
PB4Y-1 32060  (42-40575)
PB4Y-1 32061  (42-40578)
PB4Y-1 "The Schooner" 32069  (42-40709) pilot Anderson MIA March 9, 1944, 11 missing **
PB4Y-1 32071  (42-40712)
PB4Y-1 "Pistol Packing Mama" 32073  (42-40711) later with VB-117 crashed Camp Kearney June 6, 1944
PB4Y-1 32074  (42-40715) ground-looped during landing January 29, 1944
PB4Y-1 32076  (42-40721)
PB4Y-1 "Vulnerable Virgin" 32077  (42-40724) MIA January 8, 1944 South Pacific, 10 MIA
PB4Y-1 "Whata-Honey" 32079  (42-40723) pilot Searle MIA March 7, 1944, 9 missing
PB4Y-1 32080  (42-40725)
PB4Y-1 32081  (42-40726)
PB4Y-1 32083  (42-40728)
PB4Y-1 32144  (42-41052) pilot Pennebaker crashed November 28, 1943
PB4Y-1 32170  (42-73091) landing accident April 28, 1944 written off
PB4Y-1 32222  (42-73409) pilot Doerr crashed April 22, 1944
PB4Y-1 32225  (42-?????) May 5, 1944 hit by enemy gunfire and landed without brakes at Nissan (Green) with minor damage
PB4Y-1 32175  (42-73096) pilot Seaman May 1, 1944, 5 missing, 5 rescued, 1 died of wounds
PB4Y-1 32277  (42-110013) pilot Lewis MIA October 23, 1944 **
PB4Y-1 38822 assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38834 assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38836 assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38895 assigned to VPB-111 ditched June 17, 1945 off Balambangan Island
PB4Y-1 38901 assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 "Rugged Beloved" 38913 (44-41308) assigned to VPB-111 pilot Bass MIA June 16, 1945
PB4Y-1 38917 (44-41322) assigned to VPB-111 stricken off charge August 31, 1945 likely scrapped
PB4Y-1 38925  (44-41360) assigned to VPB-111 pilot Hyland ditched March 30, 1945
PB4Y-1 38900 (44-41287) crashed on take off January 10, 1945
PB4Y-1 38942 (44-41414) assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38945 (44-41484) assigned to VPB-111 crashhed July 5, 1945
PB4Y-1 38951 (44-41490) assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38957 (44-41521) assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38971 (44-41560) assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 38976 (44-41565) assigned to VPB-111 crashed June 20, 1945 Puerata Princessa Airfield, 7 KIA
PB4Y-1 46426 [incorrect BuNo] assigned to VPB-111
PB4Y-1 65294 (44-41759) assigned to VPB-111 pilot Sires MIA February 5, 1945

Other Known Aircraft
PB4Y-1 West Field  abandoned at West Field on Guam



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