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POST 3804.
1. P-61A 422NFS Florennes 1945. Photo J.W. Morgan-L.F. Koehler (crew) L.L. Bost, C.O. Troxell. 2 air credits. Possibly 42-5568 crash-landed Florennes 5 March 45 (?).
2. P-61 "Mildred" 42-5543 422NFS as above; crew R.A. Anderson-J.W. Morgan. 2 credits. Jet 622 black.
3. Waiting confirmation. Unusual number style.
4. B-25D 41-30161 "Avoca Avenger" 345BG "Air Apaches" ( 498BS Falcons); name for pilot T. F. Tackaberry's home town. Converted to strafer at Townsville Depot. Shark mouth from previous owner 90BS, retired as WW. 1944.
5. B-24J 42-50569 "Times a' Wastin" 466BG as 2U-H+. Mission symbols Little Brown Jugs, and figure from "Snuffy Smith and Barney Google" comics. Red-white tail.
6. A-20 possibly 3BG N. Guinea, evidently photo- recon or mapping as symbols are cameras plus large eye. Serial ?
7. B-24J 42-51514 "Big Chief/ Lil Beaver" 458BG as 7V-B, red-white tail.
8. B-24J 42-51288 "Back to the sack" 448BG as IG-P, flew with 3 sqns. Black-yellow tail.
9. B-24H 42-94818 "Captain John Silver" 34BG; down in sea S. of Selsey Bill 9 July 44 on Mission 463 to V1 sites (bad weather). Tail Square S.
10. B-24J 42-51343 "Shazam" 398BG as YO-N; crashed after take-off 7 March 45 in Norfolk , Mission 869 to Soest. Captain Marvel figure; still has delivery markings "3104 Ford SOXO". Black-white tail.
11. B-24H 42-94828 "You're safe at home" 445BG as RN-P bar, note baseball figure. Black-white tail. Survived.
12. B-17G 42-102661 "Big dog" and hound, 384BG as SU-L. Landed in France after Mission 859 Bohlen-Rositz. 109 missions, salvaged in Germany post-war after conversion for transport. Black triangle "P".
13. B-17G 44-8007 "Screaming Eagle" 384BG as JD-Z, survived. Displayed in Paris.
14. B-17F 42-29945 "Daisy June II" (92BG) MIA 12 Aug. 43, Mission 81 (Flak), didn't bomb Primary. Crashed N. Sea.
15. B-17F 42-3093 "Nobody's Darlin" 96BG then 351st. as TU-K; artwork Varga girl from April 43 calendar. To 2SAD after 8 missions and salvaged Jan. 44.




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