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I'll have to look for a copy! There's one on eBay but it's far from cheap. Might check the library and see if they can get a copy to read. I still hadn't had a chance to get ahold of the journal to read through it, hopefully I can in the near future.

That's him! I've got a picture of him in uniform I'll post when I get back by a computer.

Arden Zane Oats. Sorry, thought that was in there.

Oh wow. Thank you all for all the work and effort y'all have put into trying to track down his plane, I greatly appreciate it.

That book has some really good pictures, I'll have to keep an eye out for a copy. 16 just doesn't like the camera.

CBI UNIT HISTORIES Lots there on the 81st. I know he was involved in Sicily and some in North Africa. From mid 43 on.

Google hasn't been any help, Quaker Oats comes up way too much. I believe the site I posted said the 25H-NA had the pressure relief cuts in the hood. I read it somewhere, kinda blurring together. Free time has been pretty much non existent so I hadn't had a chance to talk to my cousin to see...

B-25 History Project According to the sn ranges on that page 43-4975 falls toward the end of 25 production and should have guns on both sides. However, found pictures for dog daize, 43-4999 and it does not. Bones, 43-5104, has them on the right side but did not find a picture where they could...

It may just be me, but looking at the cleaned up picture close it looks like there are more than 2 guns in the nose. The way they arranged in an arc they blend together, but the gun looks too thick compared to the on in the back.

Also, what is the 1 6 or I 6 on the tail?

Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it. I have a cousin that's local that has his journal so maybe there's something in it. There's not any art in the picture but I was curious if maybe it was added later. I know his first plane, I'm assuming this one, was shot up over Southern...

How do the numbers in the tail work? It's really a long shot but I wish I could find out more about the plane. I'm working on a colt 1911 and want to do nose art for the grips and if possible I wish I could find if his plane had any so I could do a tribute piece.

Image1 by Hardy posted Feb 10, 2016 at 11:51 PM My grandad was a bomber pilot and this is a picture of his plane he mailed to his brother in the merchant marines. Long shot, but I was wondering if anybody would be able to help me with some of the history of the plane with the numbers on the...

Photo of bomber mailed to brother

1st LT Arden Zane Oats