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Re: Allied aircraft photos
POST 3620.
Photo 2. B-17E 41-2633 "Sally" (to 19BG N. Guinea 1942) camouflage stripped for Gen. Kenney's transport. Scrapped 1945 in Australia.
3. C-87 Liberator 44-39265 "Clarice" with ATC India; crashed on flight Jorhat - Kunming May 5 1945 at Golaghat near Jorhat. Probably weather. MACR 14361.
5. B-24J 44-40395 "Bob's Hope" 43BG with 64BS badge, Indian boy on bomb with telescope; black tail stripe and "395". Bob Hope, Frances Langford and Gerry Colona toured together over many miles. Salvaged 1945.
6. B-17F 41-24403 "The Old Man" 43BG N. Guinea, ex. 19BG "Blitz Buggy"; allocated to Maj. Gen. Ennis Whitehead for his use. Mission markers removed and "403" on tail. Probably scrapped.
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1. P-47D "Short Stuff" (?) whole cowling coloured suggests Ninth AF, one of 6 Groups.
7. P-38J possibly (?) 474FG Ninth AF, "5" on boom and square on tail could be F5-N 44-23652 (652 on nose").
Nick
Last edited by Buckeye30; 10th November 2025 at 12:12.
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