k5083 wrote:
Glad you guys liked the photo of the Bitch flying out of DM.
I found the original medium format transparency when going through Dick Kamm's old photos. You can imagine my excitement. I think I have a few other photos from the ferry flight as well, but the B-24 will not be as larger or clear in them. I will see what else I have to scan for you.
There are several more photos of her on the ground and being prepped for the flight, which I think I have posted to the forum before.
It is about time I added them to the B-24 page of my web site, so I'll get on that and let you know when I'm finished.
August
I hope you don't mind my posting your photo, August. I deliberately left the watermark on it, so no one would think I was passing it off as mine. Of course, it would have been difficult for me to take it, since I wouldn't be born for another six years!
P51Mstg wrote:
I found these in a collection I was scanning. These slides were faded to where you couldn't tell what was on them, at first that is.
Wow..those are fantastic! Thanks for posting! I had always thought that the Strawberry flew straight from Tucson to Dayton, until someone on Facebook (perhaps it was you) mentioned seeing her at Bunker Hill.
Ken wrote:
I seem to recall a Steve Birdsall book from long ago pointing out that the markings on the repaint did not fully represent those that were originally there. That one comment probably unknowingly unlocked my inner rivet counter at an early age. I've been bad ever since.
Ken
That's probably the same book that I scanned those pics of her in restoration from. The markings were indeed incomplete/incorrect when she was initially restored. The complete, correct unit markings were added around 1980 or so.
SN