Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Greebo on January 02, 2020, 04:13:35 AM

Title: Un-natural L
Post by: Greebo on January 02, 2020, 04:13:35 AM

Thank you to Lyric1 for finding me the info for this skin.

This is the P-38L of Major Hampton E Boggs of the 459th Fighter Squadron, based in Burma. Major Boggs was credited with thirteen kills during the war including three in one day on 25th March 1944, for which feat he was awarded a DSC. He later flew F-86 Sabres in the Korean War. It flying a Sabre he lost his life in a training flight over Wisconsin in 1953. A snow storm prevented him from landing and he was forced to eject, but his chute failed to open.

The 459th were the only P-38 unit based in Burma and their aircraft featured some unusual colour schemes. This included painting their natural metal finish P-38Ls with RAF dark green and sky paints to better blend in with the jungle.

(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=398843.0;attach=32075)

(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=398843.0;attach=32077)

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: Vraciu on January 02, 2020, 08:15:19 AM

That is cool.   Nice job.

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: Devil 505 on January 02, 2020, 08:15:47 AM

Awesome

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: whiteman on January 02, 2020, 10:37:52 AM

Nice!

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: Shuffler on January 02, 2020, 12:43:19 PM

Very nice...

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: serun on January 02, 2020, 07:39:51 PM

Another nice P-38!   :aok

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: lyric1 on January 03, 2020, 12:27:52 AM

 :aok

Title: Re: Un-natural L
Post by: Nefarious on January 06, 2020, 02:09:31 PM

Good work!