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Offline Greebo

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The Leading Lady
« on: June 20, 2018, 01:23:59 PM »
Thanks to Lyric1 for finding me the info for this update of a B-29 skin originally skinned by Coprhead in 2011.

The Leading Lady was a B-29 of the 500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron based on Saipan from late 1944. On 3rd January 1945 this was one of 57 B-29s that attacked factories in the Osaka area. The Japanese put up a strong fighter force to engage the American bombers and shot down five of them. This included The Leading Lady which was deliberately rammed shortly after bombing the target by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 flown by Lieutenant Shirota Minoru. All but one of the 11 man crew perished when the bomber exploded, Lt Minoru bailed out but succumbed to his injuries a day later.




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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2018, 01:26:10 PM »
Nice work. 
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2018, 01:29:23 PM »
Nice update Greebo.
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2018, 01:56:27 PM »
very nice.

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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2018, 03:21:18 PM »
Beautfiul work, Greebo.


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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2018, 05:09:46 PM »
Booeful Greebz. Just booeful.:salute
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2018, 05:34:17 PM »
WoW!!

With that much bare aluminum it could only be a stinker or a WoW......
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2018, 08:20:13 PM »
 :aok

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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2018, 09:13:21 PM »
Nice update Greebo.

Hard to get one of these.  ^^^^^^
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2018, 05:56:47 AM »
Hard to get one of these.  ^^^^^^

Do not take me not saying something as me not liking a skin.  It all boils down to how much time I have at any given moment.
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2018, 06:00:45 AM »
Do not take me not saying something as me not liking a skin.  It all boils down to how much time I have at any given moment.

Understood.  Still, it’s like winning an Olympic Gold Medal or an Oscar.   :cool:
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Re: The Leading Lady
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2018, 04:57:18 PM »
Looking good! Nice work!
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!