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Hi Ed. I know a few..............( tail markings on B-29s)..



Photo 2. B-29 "Ellie Barbara and her orphans" 42-63605 (16BG Guam). Diamond "B".
3. B-29 "Ready Bettie / City of Roanoke VA" 44-69817 (330BG Guam). Sq. K-4.
4. B-29 "The Confederate Soldier" 44-61524 (39BG Guam). Sq. P-09.
6. B-24D (with added nose turret) 42-40089 "Flying 8 Ball", 307BG after air raid on Funafuti 21/22 April 1943.
7. B-29 42-6242, early aircraft but to 468BG India as "Esso Express" ( refers to hauling gas to China). 2-yellow rudder stripes.



Regards
Nick

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Thank you very much Nick.


Best,
Ed

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#3292

Thanks Nick for these info thanks to the serial of tails.

And about #7 could it be a B-29 post-war ?

TIA

Bertrand

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Most likely either a Boeing or USAAF photo taken just before or after its delivery.

There is another photo of the same aircraft dated to Nov 1943, no doubt on the same photo shoot!

It has the brown-grey camo which was deleted when the type went into combat in the Pacific.
Only seen aircraft based in China using that.

42-6242 was officially delivered to USAAF 3 Nov 1943 and handed over to 794BS 468BG and departed
for the CBI theater in April 1944 and used as Nick says.

Cheers
Stig

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There were several photos taken when she came from the Wichita factory; the early ones in India were Olive Drab / Neutral Gray as Stig says. After 30 missions over the "Hump" she was declared "War Weary" (not surprisingly) and returned to us in Nov. 44.
She went to Lowry Field CO, at the time AAF Training Command, taken off inventory and allocated for "Reclaimation" ie. scrapping on 7 July 46.
All her missions were ferrying fuel etc.to forward airfields in China (58th Wing) from Kharagpur in India. The last 3 digits of the serial were marked in large numbers above the serial and the 2 rudder stripes were diagonal.



Bertrand. Korean B-29 were unpainted but many had Gloss Black undersides for night missions.
Nick

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/286301185127...Bk9SR8qP8a2aZQ
https://www.ebay.de/itm/226581856578...Bk9SR8qP8a2aZQ

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Many thanks Stig and Nick for your precise replies and Ed for the links!

Bertrand

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You're welcome Bertrand.