B-24 41-28841 and 42-40182
Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:54 pm
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:29 am
I still find it amazing to think that the B-24 went from concept, to first flight, through 18-thousand production aircraft, to a handful of survivors, all in the space of less than ten years!
SN
SN
Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:07 am
beautiful...
Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:23 pm
Paul,
Could you look at the original photo and make sure if the airplane in the foreground is 42-40182 or could it be 42-40192? That digit is hard to make out for certain--#182 was 44th Bomb Group "Forky II" and was lost on the Aug 1 1943 Ploesti raid, while #192 was surveyed in the U.S. in January of '44. I seem to recall seeing a caption for this photo that placed the airplanes at Fort Worth AAB Crew Training School. Also, the other airplane is the third B-24E-1-DT produced at Tulsa according to the Baugher list.
Cool stuff,
Scott
Could you look at the original photo and make sure if the airplane in the foreground is 42-40182 or could it be 42-40192? That digit is hard to make out for certain--#182 was 44th Bomb Group "Forky II" and was lost on the Aug 1 1943 Ploesti raid, while #192 was surveyed in the U.S. in January of '44. I seem to recall seeing a caption for this photo that placed the airplanes at Fort Worth AAB Crew Training School. Also, the other airplane is the third B-24E-1-DT produced at Tulsa according to the Baugher list.
Cool stuff,
Scott
Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:51 pm
Second Air Force wrote:Could you look at the original photo and make sure if the airplane in the foreground is 42-40182 or could it be 42-40192?
Look here...
http://www.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=b-24&page=2
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Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:07 pm
Didn't the B-24 go from concept to test flight in only 9 months.
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:08 pm
Thanks Steve-O!
The AF photo solved that question quickly enough, 42-40192 it is.
Scott
The AF photo solved that question quickly enough, 42-40192 it is.
Scott