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Offline MK-84

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Field mod?
« on: March 17, 2013, 08:14:00 PM »


I saw another photo of B-24 "Flak Bait" somewhat ironically with a similar plate installed right under the pilots side window.  Am I correct to assume this is a field mod of armor plate?
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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 09:15:29 PM »
It could also be a patch job.

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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2013, 09:50:58 PM »
Seen on a lot of the 8th AF B-24s.  I think it was a depot modification done in England before it was sent on to an Operational Bomb Group.

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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2013, 10:46:06 PM »
It is additional armor.
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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2013, 07:34:16 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on March 17, 2013, 09:15:29 PM
It could also be a patch job.

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Thats what I thought until I saw another B24 with the same thing in a similar spot.
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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2013, 08:25:43 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on March 17, 2013, 09:15:29 PM
It could also be a patch job.

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not at about an inch in thickness
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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2013, 09:14:16 PM »
I did notice in both cases that the plate covered some of the nose art of the aircraft.  If it is armor, and I am now thinking it is, that's an interesting insight in of itself.
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Field mod?
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2013, 11:31:24 PM »
It is armor plate.  As I said it was an 8th AF Modification.
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