Named Planes

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Static Displays and Surviving Planes

• Grim Reaper - 44-35617

416th Bomb Group

The information in the section comes from information provided by pilot Lt. Lou Prucha, Photos from Cpt. Cachat, and from mission flight logs. In cases were the serial number is assumed, the methodology is noted.

• Baby Alan - 41-39234
• Buddy - 43-22356
• Buggs - Unknown Number
• Bula - A-26B. Unknown Number
• Burke II - Unknown Number

• Carrot Top - Unknown Number

• Denver Darling - early model A-26B. Unknown Number. Named after an A-20G-25-DO (43-9380), Squadron Code: F6-N, Flown by Lt. E.L. Johnson. Lt. Johnson was an Invader pilot, so Denver Darling may have been one of the planes that he flew.
• Disagreeable 4 - Unknown Number
• Dorris Lee - A-26B. Unknown Number
• Dottie Mae - 41-39250 - ID'd from photograph.

• El Lobo - Unknown Number
• Eva Mae - Unknown Number

• For Pete's Sake - 43-22330

• Jiggs - Unknown Number

• Maryland Lady - 43-22334 - ID from Captain Francis J. Cachat Photo Collection.
• Maggie's Drawers - A-26B. Unknown Number. I have also seen it on a P-51 (42-106485), a B-17 (42-31776), and a B-24. This is a military slang term used to mean a red flag that indicates a bomb miss in target practice.
• Miss Laid - 41-39224. Almost certainly named for an A-20G-25-DO (43-9224) named "Miss Laid". The A-20 Havoc was the first A-20 Havoc to complete 100 missions without a failure or abort, was renamed "La France Libre" to participate in a ceremony in Paris honoring the accomplishment.
• Mischievious Miggs - 41-39194
• Miss Mildred - 41-39205

• Oklahoma Outlaw - Unknown Number

• Phoenix Thunderbird - 43-22313 - ID from plane number (63), fuselage code (B), and mission logs.

• Redbird - Lt. Michael A. Zubon
• Reida Rae - Unknown Number
• Ruthie J - A-26B. Unknown Number

• Sugar Baby - 41-39274

• The Texas Kid - A-26B. Unknown Number
• Touchdown - Unknown number. Photo from Cpt. Cachat's collection identifies this as the plane of Lt. Leo Poundstone and is dated Apr 7, 1945. No missions were flown on April 7th. Poundstone did not fly any missions between Apr 7th and Apr 24th. He flew 5 additional mission between Apr 24th and the end of the war. Those missions were flown in 4 different planes. There is no indication that Touchdown was Poundstone's plane as he didn't seem to have a permanently assigned plane.