Service File · AircraftB-24J409th Bombardment SquadronSurvived War
“Gambling Lady”
Serial
44-40113
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
Y · Yoke
Catalogued Missions
6

The Ship
Gambling Lady's dice nose art nods to the number of the crew that first flew her overseas -- crew 711 of the 492nd Bomb Group's 857th Squadron, whose number gave the "seven" and "eleven" on the dice. She flew 15 missions with the 492nd before that group disbanded in August 1944, after which she transferred to the 93rd's 329th Squadron and later its 409th Squadron. She survived the war and returned to the United States after VE Day.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · San Diego, Calif.
Fiscal Year
FY 1944
Block Number
145
Full Designation
B-24J-145-CO
Version
B-24J
Finish
Natural Metal
Sortie log.
6 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
05 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Aaker · 9 aboard
→
06 JAN 1945
Bonn Rhine H/B
Highway Bridge
Lt. Aaker · 9 aboard
→
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Glenn · 10 aboard
→
18 MAR 1945
Berlin/Henningsdorf
Armoured Fighting Vehicle Industry
Lt. Hallgarth · 9 aboard
→
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Fruchter · 9 aboard
→
15 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Fruchter · 9 aboard
→
Photographs.
1 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady6.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady5.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady4.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady3.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady2.htm
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http://www.b24bestweb.com/gamblinglady1.htm
Website
Tony North · Second Air Division Digital Archive · 0
Personal memoir
Joe Baughe · 2023
Website
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record