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Originally Posted by Tom Willis
Post 4644
A Si 204D - not certain if this a German or French built aircraft. It has ZDK on the right wing. Can anybody help
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Quite interesting photos Tom.
I believe the seller is right when saying postwar Europe, late 1945 (or even early 1946)
I looked through TdU issue 34 (Martinet production) and the follow ups in later issues. The letters 'ZDK' does not fit in anywhere.
I doubt it is a former German civil registration, so the only conclusion I can think of is some kind of USAAF 'local unit code'.
The B-29 is more interesting to me since it must be 44-27354. I had no idea it ever went to Europe in the first place.
It served in the far east with the 393BS and 509CG as 'Big Stink' and later in July 1946 was the aircraft used in the Bikini atomic bomb mission renamed as 'Dave's Dream'....
Cheers
Stig