Aircraft History
This bomber was US Army Air Force B-24D Liberator 41-24050, to the US Navy and assigned to VB-101. This aircraft was struck off the records on March 26, 1943.

Mission History
Nine PBY4-1 Liberators of VB-101 took off from Henderson Field at 1:30am to bomb Kahilli Airfield, Ballale Airfield and Vila Airfield. They proceeded through searchlights and anti-aircraft fire to drop 500 lbs bombs from medium altitude. This bomber is missing from the mission.

On the return flight, one of the other PB4Y's spotted a large fire, with pieces falling off around 1,200' between Cape Esperance and the Russel Island that may have been one of the missing bombers. It is unclear if this was this bomber, or PB4Y-1 31950 also lost on the mission.

References
We Flew Alone mentions this loss

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009

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