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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:13 pm 
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Their "service record". Every bomb painted on the fuselage indicates an accomplished mission above enemy territory, a downed Japanese aircraft, or a sunk ship. The heavy bombers in the foreground have almost 100 successes. In spite of that, they met a sad end. A plumb bulldozer gave them a deadly wound. The second aircraft has a comical nose-art. A humorous "ID" the crew gave to it.

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As luck would have it I found another selection of A-20 color profiles that may be of interest including an apparent Cargo mod ID's as a CA-20! Also to respond to "TBM Tony" about the markings on the P-70 Night Intruder there is a note on the non-all black markings.

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Thanks JDV! :drink3: Super cool to see ANYTHING P-70, kinda took the back seat to the A-20, even thou it look more Bad A$$ with those extra guns! ANY Wixer know if ANY P-70 Belly Gun Pod (?) exist? Thanks again ! JDV

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Let me echo my appreciation for the SWPA A-20/P-70 pics and info; I'm in the midst of a pretty big modeling project involving a whole bunch of different aircraft which served in New Guinea, and will be doing both a 3rd BG A-20A and a P-70 as part of that effort. The posted article scan is fascinating- I was not aware that there were several P-70s which just received a black underside with some wraparound areas. That will make for an absolutely fantastic and interesting paint scheme! Thanks again!

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Can any of the great minds here tell me why the DB-7 has a different vertical stabilizer profile that the A-20?


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Not being one of the "great minds", I hesitate to answer, but I think because the original DB-7 had much less powerful engines (R-1830 vs R-2600), and the later versions needed the added directional stability.

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Aussie A-20A wirh flexible .30 cal nose gun.


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Not being one of the "great minds", I hesitate to answer, but I think because the original DB-7 had much less powerful engines (R-1830 vs R-2600), and the later versions needed the added directional stability.

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Too bad they never delivered any late A-20s in NMF. That would have looked cool, also if NMF A-20s had then been "two toned" with OD or Dark Green like many B-26s.


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