Lead ship on 7/7/44 was B-24J "GAMBLING LADY", #44-40113, Konstand-crew (857th BSqd.) with Maj. Heaton on board on this day.
Plane foto (but with markings after the ship's transfer to the 93rd Bomb Group) ---->
http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bi...tPage=44-40113
Lt Konstand signed for a brand new B-24J, 44-40113. Because of his crew number being 7-11 the crew named their ship the GAMBLING LADY. The nose art includes a pair of dice, one showing a 4 and the other a 3.
The 857th BS was not attacked by Luftwaffe fighters that day and the ship survived.
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