456th Bomb Group 

Group History: Aircraft Names 

NOTE: A new 456th aircraft name database is in progress and will be posted here (hopefully) sometime in 2004. This new database is extremely comprehensive and will be the result of the efforts of the foremost B-24 historians in the world. The list below is considered incomplete and has many inaccuracies compared to the upcoming database. A news announcement will be made when the database is posted!

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This list was started by Albert Couture, and uses information gathered from the 456th history book and other sources, as well as the 456th newsletters that have been published. Names have been added based on further supply of information from various sources, as indicated here:

Notes: Items in black are the original starting list. Items in GREEN are from the book "B-24/PB4Y In Combat" by Rhodes Arnold, and items in BROWN are from the book "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory" by Wallace R. Forman (see bibliography section). Items in RED are those with  conflicting information. Serial Numbers (S/N) with leading zeroes indicate missing numerals but balanced believed correct. Items in BLUE are always hyperlinks to other information or photos of the aircraft in question. If you follow them simply hit your browser's back button to return to this page. See footnotes for further info on numbers (eg: 1.).

There are many names that have not yet been added and still several "holes" to fill in with missing a/c numbers, etc. Not to mention the conflicting information! If you can supply any help with the data on this list, please write to me; use the "contact" link below.

~ This is a work in progress! ~   

Thanks, Al, for getting this started, and thanks to the researchers and publishers of the referenced works.

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Footnotes

1. S/N supplied by Walter Fox, navigator on Miss Your Lovin'.

2. A/C name and S/N provided by Tom Cable, original crew member, 2/02.

3. Names and S/Ns per Fred Riley, Association Historian.

4. S/N deduced from A/C Tulsa construction number for a B-24H-1-DT by Georges "Gino" Künzle.

5. S/N provided by Cindy Moon, daughter of Thomas W. Muckenfuss.

6. Based on nose art photos taken by Walt Jenkins; see here.

7. A/C name provided by Robert L. Benham, Jr. 1/02.

8. Last three of "436" for Agony Wagon found also in book "15th Air Force Combat Markings" by E. A. Munday.

9. Furnished by David Abner, son of Frederick G. Abner, Jr.

10. Furnished by Roy A. Lassiter, pilot. See A/C Losses for more info.

11. From Anthony Andriani, A/C came late in the war. No other data. 11/02.

12. From Larry Nye, son of James Nye, 12/02. Possibly "Bonnie?"

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