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Offline Toad

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« Reply #30 on: May 25, 2005, 08:18:03 PM »
Rino, he was 345th/501st Black Panthers. I would be interested.

Here's Tin Liz in 501st colors. He flew Quitch mainly.

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« Reply #31 on: May 25, 2005, 08:43:04 PM »
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Rino, he was 345th/501st Black Panthers. I would be interested.

Here's Tin Liz in 501st colors. He flew Quitch mainly.


Any images of Quitch out there Toad?  I feel a profile coming on :)

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« Reply #32 on: May 25, 2005, 09:23:20 PM »
That profile is out of Hickey's book. Quitch looked about the same with respect to color and squadron markings. Really only the nose art was different.

Quitch is in there too, but I'll have to find a place to scan it.
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« Reply #33 on: May 25, 2005, 09:42:31 PM »
and I love the nose art (is that a banana?) anyway Here a little story of mine. My granfather is still alive hes 85 and he loves to tell stories. He was in an infantry squad( dont remember the names and such) any way the were in the north africa campiagn. They fought at el alamain. They said we were so scared when we saw the panzers but luckily most of my squad made it.


It just goes to show, only a few are left.


  toad long live the heroes of WW2 and your father.
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« Reply #34 on: May 25, 2005, 10:05:19 PM »
Blech, so far have found 2 from the 500th BS, the paint job
very very similar.  Here is a link to Rough Raiders and the one just
below is Tondelayo also from the 500th.



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« Reply #35 on: May 25, 2005, 10:14:39 PM »
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That profile is out of Hickey's book. Quitch looked about the same with respect to color and squadron markings. Really only the nose art was different.

Quitch is in there too, but I'll have to find a place to scan it.


Serial number for Quitch?  It was a C or D model I take it?

Any details most welcome.  I don't have the 345th History on the shelf yet, but clearly I need to.

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« Reply #36 on: May 25, 2005, 11:07:37 PM »
I'll have to go check the book. It was a B-25C, but I don't remember the serial number. I have an actual photo of him in flight over the jungle somewhere. I should scan that too. Pic is a bit beat up now.

Tondaleyo was a famous bird; quite a story behind her.
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« Reply #37 on: May 25, 2005, 11:16:02 PM »
Found it. I had tried to touch it up a bit. It's maybe a bit better than the actual.

That's him flying it on the way home from a mission.

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« Reply #38 on: May 25, 2005, 11:22:28 PM »
This kinda spooks me.. looking back 60+ years at a young man that became my father flying his aircraft home from a mission.

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« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2005, 11:26:39 PM »
Way cool to see that.  I can imagine it being a bit spooky thinking of the young man he was then and what he was doing at the time.

Anyway to scan it and blow it up better? Can't make out any nose art.

If not, no prob.  This stuff just sucks me in bigtime :)

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« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2005, 11:29:48 PM »
The nose art is a reclining witch. It had to be repainted once as the brass thought it was too "revealing". That was before my Dad became AC; he'd never have had it too "revealing". The first skipper, Sy Symington I think, named her and had the nose art done.

I'll dig out my book and scan the plate. It shows both of the different nose art styles.

I think this shot is from one of those old Kodak Brownie-type box cameras. The print itself is small. I'm sort of amazed it shows the detail it does, gien the camera.
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« Reply #41 on: May 25, 2005, 11:35:08 PM »
Didn't realize that Kermit Weeks B25J was painted as a 501st BS, 345th BG bird.



It's a beauty :)

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« Reply #42 on: May 25, 2005, 11:51:25 PM »
That's a late '44 paint job then.

The 501st had horizontal white tail bands early on.

The squadrons all had distinctive white markings to tell them apart during a mission. For example, if you got out of formation and had to rejoin your squadron.

From late '43
498th: Falcon Heads in yellow-dark green.

499th: All white vertical tail: Pale blue/white bat faces

500th:Lower vertical tails white; White band mid-fuselage
White mustang head on tails

501st: White cowl rings on some craft, Horizontal white tail bands
Some with Black panther faces
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« Reply #43 on: April 09, 2007, 06:15:51 PM »
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As much as I love the 25, you'll never see it in the game. HiTech told me about 4 years ago in the MA that he hates the plane and will never make it. Plus I think he does it to spite me.


Anyway nice read Toad! :)



I just wanted to point and laugh at you Beefcake.  You probably don't even play this game anymore but... HAA HAA!
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« Reply #44 on: April 09, 2007, 06:20:58 PM »
Panther!
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