Aircraft is Ford Motors built Consolidated B-24H-1-FO Liberator, serial 42-7563, Hell's Warrior. This plane was later transferred to the 492d Bombardment Group for special operations missions. It was lost over Yugoslavia on 9 February 1945. Baugher, Joe (26 April 2023). "1942 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 27 May 2023.