Assembly Aircraft of WWII

[Njaco]

In WWII, The 8th USAAF solved the problem of assembling multiple bomber groups for formation under radio silence by using war weary B-24s and sometimes B-17s either garishly painted, or lit as flying assembly points. The reason for the assembly ships was to give USAAF bombers a visual aid to form up after takeoff before heading out on their missions.

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[nuuumannn]

Oooh, looking forward to this; those assembly paint jobs were wacky.

 

[fubar57]

Nice Chris. I've got the Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eighth book. When I blow though my 1/48 stash(150yrs. from now) I'm going to go to 1/72 and build as many of these as I can.


Geo

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Love these schems, would like to get a copy of that assembly ships book myself.

 

[Njaco]

 

[Njaco]

 

[fubar57]

Love these schems, would like to get a copy of that assembly ships book myself.

INCOMING!!!!Check your email!

Geo

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots guys!

 

[Wayne Little]

love these birds......BIG thanks to you George!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Geo...wink...wink...

 

[fubar57]

Geo...wink...wink...

WINK,WINK




Geo

 

[Capt. Vick]

Thanks Bro

 

[herman1rg]

Who flew the assembly ships?

 

[Wayne Little]

Who flew the assembly ships?

Pilots.....

Terry where is your coat man....

 

[Njaco]

In addition to assembly ships, there were also experiments in camouflage. These were mostly used on fighter aircraft. Some of the designs were called 'razzle-dazzle'.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

I think Mike Grant made the Buffalo and it was featured in one of the British aircraft modeling magazines. Very nice job.


Geo

 

[fubar57]

Bump!!!.....

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