B-24A Photo For Gary

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:28 pm

I had this shot and I didn't even know it. Note the bomb bay doors!!!
Lockheed Loadstar in the baclground. A20s to the right.

B-24A Liberator Atheliopolis, Egypt Aug 1942

vg-photo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:34 pm

Neat stuff. I also noticed the C-47s way back behind the hangars. Do you know where this shot was taken?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:35 pm

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Do you know where this shot was taken?

Atheliopolis, Egypt Aug 1942

vg-photo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:37 pm

Guess I should have read the caption under the picture before I asked. D'oh! :oops:

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:40 pm

D'oh! [quote][/quote]

Dan Johnson II · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am **Posts:** 659

You sure that's an A model Jack? Nose is longer, waist windows look like a D model.

marine air · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:14 pm

Great picture!
I thought you guys said the B-24A wasn't used in combat by the U.S.. Does this photo prove otherwise? Also I had heard that the Lockheed Hudson was used as the C-60 transport or as the B-34 and relegated to stateside training by the U.S. Is that a bomber version in the photo?
Last, since the B-24A and other aircraft appear to have a desert tan paint scheme, could the Diamond Lil paint scheme have been an authentic option for the CAF's now much improved Liberator?
Clarifications appreciated!

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:28 am

I have to agree with Dan...looks more like an early "D" sans top turret. Can't really tell if it's got the later oval cowls, but it's got the longer nose, and the waist hatches are lower and further aft than an "A." It also doesn't have the subtle "kink" in the fuselage at the leading edge of the horizontal stab (I think the roofline was raised slightly after the "A" model.)

Neat pic, though..you can never have too many B-24 pictures!

SN

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:09 am

You guys must have super exray vision cause I can't see any hatches just some windows and no turrets. Could this be a A with some upgrades or damage repair using later components? The caption says B-24A but of cause that really much but the A's were so few especially US overseas I can't imagine the guy captioning it has such unless he knew what he was shooting :idea:

retroaviation · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:11 am

Well, Jack...I'm afraid that the B-24 shown does not look like an "A" model to me. It looks more like a "D" model. However, I'm no expert on them by any stretch of the imagination.

Either way, it's a very cool shot and I know everyone here appreciates you posting it.

Gary

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:16 am

Looking at the tiff file I can see the hatch but it's just to dark to make out other details. Well.......poop!

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