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Offline Greebo

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Black B-26
« on: November 25, 2024, 02:59:38 AM »
Thank you to Lyric1 for finding me the info for this skin.

This B-26G Marauder was assigned to the crew of 1st Lt. Dan Beebe of the 456th Bomb Squadron based in the UK in 1944. In late November both the crew and the aircraft were transferred to the A-20 Havoc-equipped 644th Bomb Squadron. The idea was for the Marauder to mark targets at night for the A-20s to bomb and so the aircraft was repainted Gloss Jet Black and re-coded 5D-T. It flew a few of these missions and also some daytime flak suppression missions before transferring back to the 456th Bomb Squadron. Here the aircraft was given back its original code of WT-C but at least for some sorties retained its all-black paint job.




Offline Dadtallica

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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2024, 04:04:26 AM »
Will be using that one!
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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2024, 08:24:45 AM »
 :aok

Offline JimmyD3

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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2024, 10:57:56 AM »
Very nice Greebo. :aok
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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2024, 12:35:51 PM »
Oh ho ho that is marvelous.
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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2024, 05:00:50 PM »
Slick!
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Re: Black B-26
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2024, 12:08:49 AM »
Beauty!

Musta been tough to keep clean. Imagine the water spots and fingerprints!
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