Dates

Event

August 1944

Constructed as a B-24J.

Circa August 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-44052.

October 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KH191 as a Liberator GR.VI.

Saw combat in Pacific Theater.

Circa 1945

Abandoned by the RAF in Khanpur, India.

1948

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indian Air Force with s/n T-18.

1968

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Indian Air Force.

By 1972

To Indian Air Force Technical College, Jalahali, India.

1981

To Warbirds of Great Britain Ltd/Doug Arnold.

6 May 1982

Transported by air.
Airfreighted to UK by a heavy lift Belfast.

Stored dismantled at Blackbushe Airport, England.

1984

To Doctor Robert F. Collings.

Transported by ship.
Moved from the U.K. to the U.S.A.

Based at Collings Foundation, Stow, MA.
View the Location Dossier

1985

Repair started.

5 June 1989

To Hill L Clarke-Trustee, Wentworth, NH with new c/r N224J.

Restoration completed.
Markings Applied: All American
Marked All American on both the port and starboard sides.

10 September 1989

First flight.

March 1990

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Valliant Air Command Airshow, Titusville, FL.

March 1990

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Valliant Air Command Airshow, Titusville, FL.

18 June 1990

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Aurora, IL

18 June 1990

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Aurora, IL

Circa 1991

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, FL. New tail art added King of the Heavies.

Circa 1991

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, FL. A tweak to the jet pilots.

Circa 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

By 1995

Markings Applied: Schlitz Golden Girl, All American
Marked All American on the port side and Golden Girl on the starboard side.

12 January 1995

Certificate of airworthiness for NX224J (B-24J, 44-44052) issued.

19 August 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow at Batavia, New York.

19 August 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow at Batavia, New York.

19 August 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow at Batavia, New York.

19 August 1995

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow at Batavia, New York.

By 2003

Markings Applied: All American, The Dragon and His Tail
The port side is marked All American while the starboard side is painted with the dragon markings.

7 July 2003

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Cedar Rapids, IA airport

7 July 2003

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Cedar Rapids, IA airport

8 July 2003

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Cedar Rapids, IA airport, seen from control tower as it taxis for departure

2005

Markings Applied: Witchcraft

2 April 2005

Photographer: Jason Kutson

20 April 2006

To unknown owner with c/r N224J.
Sale reported to a new owner in Stow, MA.

22 March 2007

To CCT of 1979 B-24 Series Llc B-24 Series, Stow, MA keeping c/r N224J.

6 August 2010

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

23 July 2011

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2011 photo of B-24J WITCHCRAFT at Chicago Executive

1 January 2012

Certificate of airworthiness for NX224J (B-24J, 44-44052) issued.

10 June 2013

To CCT of 1979 B-24 Series Llc B-24 Series, Stow, MA keeping c/r N224J.

22 July 2019

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA

22 July 2019

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Waterloo, IA