B-24 Assembly Ships

[pampa14]

Some photos of B-24 Liberators in unusual cammos. 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:


Aviação em Floripa: Camuflagens exóticas: B-24 Assembly Ships


Hope you enjoy!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[T Bolt]

Never seen a lot of those, Thanks

 

[Crimea_River]

The mostly blue one could not have been as easy to see as the others.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That first one reminds of the multi colored zebra that sold Fruit Stripe gum.

 

[Wayne Little]

modelling assembly ships would be a rather large project..they do look cool!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you for sharing the link, I had not seen a lot of those, very interesting.

 

[norab]

B-24's didn't have all the fun

 

[mikewint]

A few years back, I recall seeing a model kit of one of these. As I recall it was in the wild poka-dot scheme.

 

[AMC]

This is a great book, with many profiles.....

 

[Wayne Little]

Great reference book, should have got me one...

 

[Lucky13]

On ebay for £24 and £29 at this moment....

 

[AMC]

On ebay for £24 and £29 at this moment....

That's very good value, I've seen them at silly money....