Service File · AircraftB-24H409th Bombardment SquadronSurvived War
“Johnnie Reb”
Serial
42-50372
Tail Code
YM
Radio Call
Q · Queen
Catalogued Missions
12
The Ship
Johnnie Reb served with the 93rd's 409th Squadron, transferred to the 329th Squadron between August and September 1944, then returned to the 409th in January 1945. She survived the war and was returned to the United States on May 26, 1945.
Data plate.
§ Record of Type
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. · Fort Worth, Tex.
Fiscal Year
FY 1942
Block Number
25
Full Designation
B-24H-25-CF
Version
B-24H
Finish
Natural Metal
Sortie log.
12 flights · oldest first
Date
Target
Type
Pilot · Crew
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
Lt. Richey · 10 aboard
→
24 DEC 1944
Ahrweiller
Unknown
Lt. Benster · 10 aboard
→
03 FEB 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee
Oil Industry
Lt. Smith · 9 aboard
→
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Smith · 10 aboard
→
21 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Gaston · 9 aboard
→
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Belter · 9 aboard
→
02 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/I
Oil Industry
Lt. Glenn · 10 aboard
→
03 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/R
Oil Refinery
Lt. Glenn · 11 aboard
→
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Litvak · 9 aboard
→
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Thayer · 10 aboard
→
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Lt. Threlkeld · 11 aboard
→
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
— · 1 aboard
→
Photographs.
2 on file
Sources.
§ Provenance
http://www.b24bestweb.com/johnniereb2.htm
Website
http://www.b24bestweb.com/johnniereb1.htm, http://www.b24bestweb.com/johnniereb2.htm
Website
Tony North · Second Air Division Digital Archive · 0
Personal memoir
Plane List
Website
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record