Thanks for your help George
Looks like some confusion on the serial numbers but it IS the same aircraft. Other info above also makes sense.
1a. It stated above that it was a former 8th AF bird
1b. Info I dug up stated it was 8th AF 490th BG 850th BS
1c. My dad was with the 8th AF 490th BG 448th BS and according to his records that I have here, he flew missions between June 29 and Sept 10,
1944, so although "Booby Trap" was not in his squadron it was in his bomb group and he must have known it.
2a. George's above info stated 'Booby Trap" was with the 827th Bomb Squadron which I know was part of the 484th BG 15th AF
2b. Info I dug up stated it was transferred to Italy although it mentioned another unit.
2b. My dad was transfered to the 484th BG 824th BS 15th AF and flew missions from Nov 18, 1944 until Feb 21, 1945 when he was shot down on a mission to Vienna Austria, so again although 'Booby Trap" was not in his squadron, it was again in his bomb group and he would have seen it again.
I can't tell you guys how cool this is finding real info like this that backs up a story my dad told me 20+ years ago. It really makes history come alive!
I guess I could depict her when she was with the 484th, but I really would prefer to use 490th markings as I have decals for another 484th aircraft I'll do later
I managed to dig this picture up showing the tail marking of a camo 498th B-24 so it looks like the square "T" was on a OD tail fin. Don't know what the "H" at the bottom means though. I know there must be info in my 'B-24 Units of the 8th Air Force' but I can't find it! That serial number could be a little difficult, it looks to be yellow of white which would be hard to make decals for. White would be out of the question and yellow would turn out to faint to see on clear decal film.