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Originally Posted by Buckeye30
Jan. I still think it's Insignia Blue not black; look how dark the star/bar is. Roger Freeman, Jerry Scutts and Ed Munday thought Blue.
Regarding the Square "Y" on 2BG planes in March-April it seems the 4 x B-17 groups were allocated it with groups identified by numbers 1--4 underneath ie. the 2nd. had "1" for the first group; 42-31473 MY BABY in a photo above had number "3" for the 99th, the third group in the Wing, before going to the 2BG. That would make sense but could be wrong.
Nick
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Hi. You're right (about both).
15th AF (and 5th BW) used Insignia Blue lettering in White symbols Mar-Apr 1944.
Example:
[Y] - denoting 5th BW, Insignia Blue on White
serial (Yellow on OD, Black on NM)
(1) - 2nd BG, (2) - 97th, (3) 99th, (4) 301st BG.
Exception: NM 42-97152 of 20th BS (shot down on 29 Mar 44 by ANR) had only black serial, no unit markings.
Later markings were Y in previous symbols, as You said.
But there were exceptions also, 2nd BG 44-8020 had only 'V' for squadron and no group markings, except dark (Blue, I guess) tail control surfaces.
Zoran