40th Bomb Squadron Planes

                                                   (Tail Numbers 50 - 70)

Earthquake McGoon   CIRC R 51   SN  42-24866

                                                                                     APC: Cecil E. Patterson Jr.

                                                                Flak Alley Sally   CIRC R 53 / L TRI 33 SN  42-24878

                                                                                     APC: Edgar L.Vincent

                                                                                     (Formerly Hell's Belle)

                                                               Battlin' Betty   CIRC R 53 / L TRI 33  SN  44-69847

                                                                                  APC: Neil D. Comerford

Little Giant  CIRC R 55 / L TRI 35   SN 42-93939

                                                                               APC: Robert R. Schmid

                                                                                   (Lost July 9, 1945)

Rattle N' Roll   CIRC R 55 / L TRI 35   SN 42-61803

                                                                              APC: Herbert F. Bunting

White Mistress CIRC R 57 / L TRI 37   SN 42-24776

                                                                               APC: Ralph C. Wilson                                                                       

                                                          Virgin Sturgeon  CIRC R 58    SN 44-70006

                                                                         APC: Samuel J. Scurria

                                           Dearly Beloved: The Ramp Tramp  CIRC R 59 / L TRI 39   SN 42-70069

                                                                         APC: Joseph W. Kubicek

                                                                    Bad Penny  L TRI 40   SN  44-69840

                                     APC1: Paul E Reed   APC2: Jack E. Cunningham   APC3: Paul A. Steel

                                                                             (Lost March 27, 1945)

                                                       Tojo's Nightmare  CIRC R 60    SN 42-70124

                                                                 APC: Myron L. Christensen

                                                        Connectucut Yankee  L TRI 41    SN 42-24783

                                                                         APC: John A. Bierkan

                              (Note Change in Plane Number--After Repair Became Wun Wing Lo, see below)

                                                             Wun Wing Lo  CIRC R 61    SN 42-24783

                                                                          APC: Harrison M. Harp

                          (Was "Connecticut Yankee" L41, Damaged (see above), Wing Replaced and Renamed)

                                                    Lady Annabelle  CIRC R 63 / L TRI 43   SN 42-93887

                                                                          APC: Perry U. Tucker

                                                        Little Jeff  CIRC R 65 / L TRI 45    SN 44-69855

                                                                         APC: William J. Christie

                                                                No Name   CIRC R 66   SN  44-69825

                                                                         APC: Robert F. Moulton

                                                                 Ditched at Iwo Jima  May 26, 1945

(See video on Home Page: Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer)

                                                          Connecticut Yankee II  CIRC R 67    SN 44-89980

                                                                              APC: John A. Bierkan

                                                                       (Replaced Connecticut Yankee)