Hobby Master B-24D Liberator 1/144 Die Cast Model
"She'Asta," 530th BS, 380th BG, 5th Air Force, 1943
The Consolidated B-24D Liberator âSheâAstaâ serial 42-40512 c/n 1589 completed manufacturing on March 15, 1943, the first flight was on March 17 and accepted by the US Military March 18, 1943. The aircraft arrived in Australia on May 2, 1943 and originally assigned to the 531st BS then the 530th BS. âSheâAstaâ flew 28 missions and is credited with downing at least 8 enemy aircraft; four on one mission. The aircraft was SOC (Struck Off Charge) with the U.S. Military on December 18, 1943 and transferred to the RAAF on March 3, 1944 with serial A72-5. In 1949 the aircraft was scrapped.
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