B-24 Consolidated Mess ID Please

Glen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:02 pm

Greetings
I have not been able to get to a PC these past two weeks Due to that Vac Deal. Anyway I got to spend some time with a Inlaw and we both share a interest in War Birds. His Father (Billy Ferguson, Sports writer for one of the Big Papers in Chicargo ) Served in WW2 as a Ball Turrent Gunner on a B-24 J called Consolidated Mess . He was based on the Coast of Alaska. Can anybody help in ID on this Bird ? I have been told that quite a few B-24's were named that. As Always thanks toall that respond .

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:09 pm

B-24 "Consolidated Mess" in 11th BG/ 98th BS 42-73218.
There is a photo of this one in
John M. Campbell's book CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR

Here is a listing from Foreman's B-24 Nose Art Directory:

Consolidated Mess:

42-100429 489th BG and 44th BG
44-40630 98th BG
42-7568 44th BG
42-64444 448th BG
42-52159 449th BG
42-64445 451st BG
44-10545 466th BG

Good Luck with your research.

TonyM.

Glen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:42 pm

Tony
Thank you
His Dad is still alive and is very excited to know that a photo still around of his Bird and in print no dought :wink:

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