Groupe de Bombardement 1/19

Groupe de Bombardement 1/19 was a French Invader squadron that flew missions during the French-Indochina war. The list of planes below are planes that are known to have been part of that unit. While some records indicate which planes bore which tail letters, tracking down which plane bore which tail letters during a specific point it time is less accurate.

Tail Letter	USAF S/N	Delivered	SOC	Comments
C	41-39490	16 Feb 1954	Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (C and N). Crashed 29 Aug 1954 at Cap St. Jacques. There is some question as to whether it was repaired.
E	41-39454	16 Feb 1954	Apr 1954	GB.1/19 (E). Crashed on takeoff (u/c collapsed), 11 Mar 1954.
H	44-34496	26 Jan 1954	1954	GB.1/19? (H). Shot down 4 May 1954 at Dien Biend Phu.
L	44-34505	3 Jan 1951	16 Nov 1955	GB.1/19 (L and N). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
M	44-34530	3 Jan 1951	1954	GB.1/19 (M). Crashed on take off 3 Jan 1954 at Seno in Laos.
N	41-39490	16 Feb 1954	Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (C and N). Crashed 29 Aug 1954 at Cap St. Jacques. There is some question as to whether it was repaired.
N	44-34538	3 Jan 1951	22 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (N and W). Returned to USAF. Became N6839D, then N34538.
N	44-34505	3 Jan 1951	16 Nov 1955	GB.1/19 (L and N). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
O	44-34545	3 Jan 1951	1951	GB.1/19 (O). Missing 11 Sep 1951. Wreck later found near Tuyeng Quang. Crew killed.
O	44-34552	26 Jan 1954	14 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (O and X). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
P	44-34555	3 Jan 1951	10 Nov 1955	GB.1/19 (P). Returned to USAF. Became N84, N841W, N5BP, N550, N26HK. In storage in FL 1991.
Q	44-34230	16 Feb 1954	22 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (Q). Returned to the USAF, scrapped.
R	44-34487	16 Feb 1954	May 1954	GB.1/19 (R). Missing 14 Mar 1954 between Dien Bien Phu & Cat Bi.
R	44-34320	26 Jan 1954	22 Oct 1955	GB.1/91 (U) and GB.1/19 (R). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
S	41-39447	16 Feb 1954	14 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (S?), GB.1/91 (V), and GB.1/19 (V?)
T	41-39407	23 Mar 1953	14 Oct 1955	Served with GB.1/91 (Y) and GB.1/19 (Y and T). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
V	44-34528	3 Jan 1951	1953	GB.1/19 (V). Shot down 6 Jan 1953 between Na San and Haiphong.
V	41-39598	18 May 1953	Aug 1954	GB.1/19 (V). Crashed 1 Jul 1954 at Tourane.
V	41-39447	16 Feb 1954	14 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (S?), GB.1/91 (V), and GB.1/19 (V?)
W	44-34538	3 Jan 1951	22 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (N and W). Returned to USAF. Became N6839D, then N34538.
X	44-34552	26 Jan 1954	14 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (O and X). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
X	44-34554	3 Jan 1951	22 Oct 1955	GB.1/19 (X), GB.1/25, GB.1/19. Returned to USAF, scrappwd.
Y	41-39407	23 Mar 1953	14 Oct 1955	Served with GB.1/91 (Y) and GB.1/19 (Y and T). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
Z	44-34536	3 Jan 1951	1951	GB.1/19 (Z). Lost 3 Nov 1951 near Nhat-NY. Crew MIA.
Z	41-39582	23 Mar 1953	10 Nov 1955	GB.1/19 (Z). Returned to USAF, scrapped.
Unknown	41-39561	16 Feb 1954	17 Nov 1955	GB.1/25 and GB.1/19. Returned to USAF, became N6837D. No longer extant?