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I have a copy of WWII: The Golden Age of Nose Art by Hal Olsen. There is no list or BuNos in this book, BUT he does say he got to Tinian in January 1945 - that should narrow it down quite a bit! Anyone know where we can find the build dates for VP/VPB-102s a/c?

No, the Museum doesn't have either book. Wish someone would look to see. if a/c are identified by BuNo, otherwise the books would just get added to the HUGE collection.

OK - I checked all the Aircraft History cards in the 63xxx and 65xxx. There were NO VD-1 a/c in the 63xxx. There were 5 in the 65xxx, but none of the 5 also listed VPB-102. Now what?

OK - I checked all the Aircraft History cards in the 63xxx and 65xxx. There were NO VD-1 a/c in the 63xxx. There were 5 in the 65xxx, but none of the 5 also listed VPB-102. Now what?

He charged $50.00 per a/c. Made enough to take a 3-month honeymoon and put himslef through art school after the war! And, according to War Diaries, yes they were based on Guam, but had dets at Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Guadalcanal. No doubt, someone "had" to land at Tinian to get "the job" done...

Charles Virgil Boring, seen in photo of crew in front of a/c, joined VD-1 in January 1945 and went to the Pacific with them in May 1945 . . . so Wild Cherry II had to be in VD-1 between May and Dec 1945. However, the painting was done by Hal Olsen on TINIAN, not Okinawa, or Iwo Jima, or...

Isn't Carey's book about Liberator Squadrons in Great Britain? The VD-1 yearbook has a photo of Wild Cherry II with the crew standing in front - see Post #7. The photo I posted of what appears to be the same a/c with the same names under the windows, etc., clearly says "One of our planes...

Did that already and none were assigned to VD-1 or VPB-102 . . . so, obviously the "27" on the nose is not the last 2 digits of the BuNo.

I'm a volunteer researcher at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. We've had an inquiry about this PB4Y-1P, but can't answer it without the Bureau Number. The art was painted by Hal Olsen. This photo was taken in 1945 at Tinian when the a/c was assigned to VPB-102. Anybody recognize...

The National Naval Aviation Museum has been asked to identify this patch. The aircraft could very well be generic, but we believe it to be a Dauntless - 2 forward facing .50 in. guns and a rear gun. The animal facing aft appears to be a dog, but it's hard to say if the animal laying on and...

After reading reams and reams of accounts of this rescue, I figured out how to find the BuNo in the Aircraft History card microfilm reels - hoping, of course, I wouldn't have to look at 1600 OS2U-3 cards. The BuNo is 5308.

The OS2U-3 that rescued Rickenbacker was assigned to VS-1-D14 landbased on Funafuti in the Ellice Islands. When this a/c, nicknamed The Bug, first found the B-17's pilot, it was being flown Frederick E. Woodward and gunner Lester H. Boutte. The next day, when Rickenbacker was found, the same...

But this is a USN aircraft. And, there is no "KK" in the fuselage code document.

I think you may be right. So we're back to square one ... what squadron, CASU, Naval District, ATU, OTU, or Station is this a/c assigned to?

Looks like an Arriflex 35 mm camera