B-29 photo, unit emlem help

[photo-war]

Hello! Please help to ID unit emblem in this photo, looks lke a wing or arrow ...

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Alexander

[edwest2]

I have found a photo with a number 49 on the nose. The arrow marking is an arrow cut in half, lengthwise, with a round, black ball with a wing. Inside the arrow portion are the words 'Three Feathers III." It was with the 500th Bomb Group.


Can you make out the writing under the dark window?




Hope this helps,
Ed

[RSwank]

There are are series of photos here:

http://500thbombgroupb29.org/gallery...rews/index.htm

Note that number 50 (Z square 50) does not seem to be named. The photo you have seems to have been taken after 44 missions.
The photo of the plane on the link was taken a little later (after 53 missions).

On this link, Z-square 50 is called "Fancy Detail", and the pilot was Braden. Other sources say the plane's serial number was 42-24696.

http://500thbombgroupb29.org/Records...More%20500.pdf

[edwest2]

Thank you, RSwank. Here is a B-29 with the number 29 on the nose.


http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/b29-s...el-gertie.html




Ed

[photo-war]

Originally Posted by edwest2

Can you make out the writing under the dark window?

Ed please take a look - another photo of this B-29, writing is well readable from this image.

[edwest2]

Thank you, photo-war.




Ed

[photo-war]

Many thanks to all for comments!!!!