41-11794 Edna Elizabeth 2nd

Edna Elizabeth 2nd was a replacement B-24.  Her RCL was #54.  This RCL reflects a post 376th HBG assignment.  She probably flew 13 missions.  It is not clear when she was replaced by 41-24024.

Initially, her serial number was unknown.  After consultation with the B-24 research team, it was decided that she was 41-11794.  41-11794 was a 98th Bomb Group plane that crashed on the August 9, 1942 mission.  It has always been assumed that she was then written off.

However, comparison of the location of the name of 41-11794, "The Stork" on her starboard side, with the patchwork on the starboard side of Edna Elizabeth 2nd shows where the name did reside. See the second image.

There is a photo of her with the nose wheel collapsed.  When this occurred is not known.

There is also no known assignment after her March 13, 1943 mission.

Photo from Alphonse Izzo

It is not clear if this is a picture of Edna Elizabeth, or her replacement, 41-24024.

Missions Flown

Group      Date      A/C # and   Mission Target         Pilot
Mission #               letter

  1   75   11/15/1942 54 Q  Tobruk Libya               George McGuire
  2   77   11/21/1942 54 J   Tripoli Libya                    William Dwyer
  3   78   11/26/1942 54 Q  Tripoli Libya                    John Medford
  4   80   11/29/1942 54     Tripoli Libya                 Therman Brown
  5   82   12/  7/1942 54 Q  Tripoli Libya               Cecil Patterson, Jr
  6   83   12/11/1942 54 K  Naples Italy                   Martin Walsh, Jr
  7   84   12/16/1942 54 Q  Sfax Tunisia                     Delbert Hahn
  8   85   12/20/1942 54 Q  Sousse Tunisia            George Whitlock
  9   89     1/  7/1943 54 Q  Palermo Sicily                   Delbert Hahn
10   90     1/  8/1943 54 Q  Bizerte Tunisia                 Delbert Hahn
11   92     1/16/1943 54 Q  Tripoli Libya                     Sam Oglesby
12   95     1/31/1943 54 Q  Messina Sicily               James Brereton
13   96     2/  3/1943 54 Q  Palermo Sicily                  Sam Oglesby

    possible additional missions

14 102     3/  1/1943 54 Q  Naples Italy                 Norman Appold
15 103     3/  3/1943 54     Naples Italy                     Delbert Hahn
16 104     3/13/1943 54 Q  Naples Italy                       Edwin Gluck