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Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Kev367th on October 23, 2004, 12:37:20 AM: Got noseart ready for 466 BG/785 BS 128748

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/jamaica.jpg)
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: United on October 23, 2004, 11:47:57 AM: Heres mine:

(http://www.b24bestweb.com/images/B24/CHUTETHEWORKS1.JPG)

B-24J, 44-40302, 7th Air Force, 11th bombardment group, 431st BS
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Cooley on October 26, 2004, 12:38:10 AM: Please consider skinning a 450th B-24,
here is a good one... and many other good pics here

http://www.450thbg.com/real/aircraft/mightymouse.shtml
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: SELECTOR on October 26, 2004, 03:12:15 PM: we have to have the b24 assembely ship that pink with yellow dots..just for bish use of course..:aok
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: TBolt A-10 on October 26, 2004, 03:38:11 PM: GIRLS, GIRLS...I can't wait to see GIRLS on the noses of these airplanes in the MA! :cool:
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Karnak on October 26, 2004, 05:28:03 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SELECTOR
we have to have the b24 assembely ship that pink with yellow dots..just for bish use of course..:aok

IIRC, Pyro used that as an example of a historical skin that would not be acceptable.
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: JB73 on October 26, 2004, 06:11:11 PM: best friends grandfather flew in this plane:

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1098832075_blondsaway1.jpg)

was on the polesti raid, and flew some 30 sucessful missions without even 1 injury to any crew member.
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Cooley on October 27, 2004, 12:18:47 AM: ^ "Blonds Away" 389th BG i think :aok
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Guppy35 on October 27, 2004, 01:12:12 AM: If its the 389th "Blondes Away" it was from the 567th Squadron of that group and was serial # 42-40793.

There were at least three other B24s named "Blondes Away".

Dan/Slack
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: JB73 on October 27, 2004, 12:52:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Guppy35
If its the 389th "Blondes Away" it was from the 567th Squadron of that group and was serial # 42-40793.

There were at least three other B24s named "Blondes Away".

Dan/Slack
yeah, found that looking for his... the one above is the one he was in.

i did some research for him a while back to find this pic (he did not have a single one from the war).

other than that, i dont know a ton about the plane, only what he has told me. sadly i am the only one who will talk or ask him about the war, my buddie is into it to, but doesnt know what to ask about. the rest of the family goes "oh no, more war stories" and leaves the room when i ask him.

asking him about Polesti, he went into the other room and brought out his book on the raid, with TONS of pages marked where friends and himself are mentioned. little hand notes in the side, newspaper clippings, a whole collage of information. he really gets into showing it to me too. sadly, he watched some of his best friends planes get blown out of the sky during the raid, and recounts the times very somberly.

FYI his last name is Peterlous (i believe thats the correct spelling) of anyone wants to look inot skinning his plane.
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Kev367th on October 27, 2004, 09:35:56 PM: Blondes Away - Profile Dan ;) ?
and if possible a 450th one also.
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: United on October 27, 2004, 10:25:44 PM: maybe a 431st as well? :D

Man, without Guppy I dont know where any skins would get finished!
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Guppy35 on October 27, 2004, 11:11:07 PM: I don't have specific profiles for those two planes.

Lots of profiles of most of the groups. The Group history I have of the 380th BG, 5th AF has a ton of them. Lots of 8th AF, some 15th AF etc etc.

I'll keep looking though

Dan/Slack
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Cooley on October 28, 2004, 12:47:07 PM: Here is "Mighty Mouse" from 450th, and link to thier site with many more pics of other 450th Lib's

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/147_1098985192_might.jpg)

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/147_1098985225_mightymouse.jpg)

450th BG (http://www.450thbg.com/real/index.shtml)
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Kev367th on October 28, 2004, 04:02:34 PM: Can't find a color pic of noseart Cooley.

However I have put these together...

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/pele2.jpg)

If anyone wants to use them, feel free, but please leave Jamaica for me.
Can provide links to pics.

In fact got a bare metal one lined up for nopoop lol.
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Guppy35 on October 28, 2004, 04:13:19 PM: I'm kinda partial to 15th AF 24s as "my crew" was a 454th BG crew.

The only good 15th AF Profile I could find so far is this one.

Not 454th but nice looking nonetheless.

Dan/Slack
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1098997764_b24.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1098997740_ttt24.jpg)
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: Cooley on October 28, 2004, 04:48:42 PM: Kev, I contacted an old buddy from the 450th Vet group,
hoping to get a color profile or two
Title: Getting Ready For B24
Post by: JB73 on October 28, 2004, 05:42:12 PM: here's some links for "Blondes Away"

http://www.389thbg.net/

http://www.b24bestweb.com

i can no longer find the pic i have posted earlier in the thread sadly.

i googled the blondes away and peterleus with no relevant results. i know in my last search for this i found many more resources, some i saved that "page can not be displayed" now.