B24?

[USRanger]

Would be a sweet addition.

[lyric1]

Would be a sweet addition.

Well that is the nose art from my first post with the addition of the name. Do you have any more info on that plane? it would be interesting to see if there were two aircraft with similar nose art.

[rogerdee]

the squadron tail markings are different,so would that mean a different bomb group?

i know nothing about bombers and there markings

[Greebo]

I've uploaded Rugged but Right to http://www.ah-skins.com/. There were a few problems trying to get the noseart to fit. The glass area on the AH B-24J is larger than on the B-24H and there are some stretching and mirroring bugs underneath the nose so I had to alter the shape of the mouth to fit. The front turret and the "eye" windows are a bit different too.

This site http://www.b24bestweb.com/ruggedbutright2.htm has a couple of pictures of the same aircraft with a less elaborate paintjob, before it was transferred to the 748th BG. They reckon it was transferred to the 715th BS, not the 712th, and carried the ID letters IO-C.

[lyric1]

This is from the book The 448thbomb group (H) Liberators over Germany in world war 11. Also looking through the book the tail numbers are placed on the inside of the vertical stabilizer as well as the letter I is on the upper right wing on all the pictures I have of this bomber group..    Sorry Greebo I did not catch that sooner. Interesting that the picture you posted is not the same as the one from the book? Maybe there were two planes at some point or it was repainted? as you can see from the quote from the book the one in my photos started out as plane with another name? Well looking at the data it has the same tail number so it was a repainted at some point.

[lyric1]

the squadron tail markings are different,so would that mean a different bomb group?

i know nothing about bombers and there markings

Well looks like we have 2 planes that have similar nose art the tail markings are from the 308th bomb group & the 374th bomb squadron.  Well here is the plane & links to it.  http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-J-JUN-JUNGLE_P.htm

[lyric1]

Looks like the 308th b/g had a lot of sharks teeth painted planes. http://usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/308_aircraft.htm

[lyric1]

I always like to see names & faces of those who flew these aircraft. Check under Vernon Ashby in the memories section. http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/index.htm Plus it has more photos of this plane.

[Greebo]

I can add the inboard tail letter and numbers, the "I" on the wing and the fuselage "IO" code. Its just that without sufficient info to back it up HTC might object to the skin's authenticity. Do you have a photo of an OD B-24 with the yellow and black tail and the codes inboard, or a 715th BS aircraft with the "IO" codes on the fuselage?

I've also noticed that they greyed out the white in the stars and bars insignias so I'll change that too.

[Greebo]

Added the wing, fuselage and tail codes.

[lyric1]

I can add the inboard tail letter and numbers, the "I" on the wing and the fuselage "IO" code. Its just that without sufficient info to back it up HTC might object to the skin's authenticity. Do you have a photo of an OD B-24 with the yellow and black tail and the codes inboard, or a 715th BS aircraft with the "IO" codes on the fuselage?

I've also noticed that they greyed out the white in the stars and bars insignias so I'll change that too.

Here are some photos of 715th OD & a other 448th plane with markings on the tail for the most part almost none of the pictures I can find show any markings on the fuselage with squadron lettering OD or bare skin. How ever all the pictures I have show the I on the upper right wing.