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I'm late to this one, but I'm pretty sure it should say CREW WEIGHT. I can't read what weight is listed, but that marking being much lower than a normal combat crew is not uncommon.
I believe the last line is SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS, as in aromatic fuels. While it's a different aircraft, two of the B-26 drawings in my collection mention to write either SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS or NOT SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS on the technical data block depending on whether the entire fuel system is capable of handling those types of fuel or not.
Hi Matty,
That's very possible there is the CREW WEIGHT ... I have had a look at a couple of others but the inscriptions was written wit a smaller font and it wasn't possible to read it correctly, Now it sounds more correct as the 1200 LBS isn't too much for the number of the crew members.
Regarding the SUITABLE FOR AROMATICS... same as with the CREW WEIGHT. I haven't found it in many images of the B-24D. Actually the one I noticed on the "Moby Dick" only. And it is quite interesting because the line with the writing appeared in two later images.
I have think you are right and hit the nail. Glad you found the thread. Two heads are better than one.
Stanislav
Stas1234 please update the inscriptions there.Wow .. looking much great. However there is a lack of one explosion in the Italy. See my pic. Addirionally the image of the map is too large. I have made my one lower from the top and narrower from the right. Secondly the names of the countries aren't needed . Just a couple of these can be noticed. The city names also aren't needed as well as the borderlines or rivers. The name Mediterranean Sea seems to be running from the Sicily to Creta and is curved down. And was made with darker than the blue colour. And there isn't the black profile of the B-24D next to the Africa coast. Thirdly, the shape of the coast line and land in the top right corner is incorrect I have edited it alittle bit to make its appearance more correct.
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No it is the same bomber but the decals are the wrong rendition used for the model. It is the same decal set with the wrong map. See the link ...
Monogram B-24D "Sleepy / The Squaw" Bond Tour Markings in 1/48th Scale - 1/48 B-24 Revell - iModeler
By Walt - I have always really liked the B-24 and have built a few of these kits over the years. Ungainly looking, and never getting the love from the press and many aircrews that the B-17 did, I still love it. When I was young I read a lot of books, and Log of the Liberator by…...
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the markings on the port side ...
the general view of the starboard ...
the markings on the starboard ...
Here is a Hasegawa 1:72 scale model with decals that look much better than the one above. Please notice the better rendition of the map and the badges on the starboard tail. Not fully correct but much better though.
the pic source: https://pwm.org.pl/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=74614
IMHO the differences in the markings of the medals seem to be because of mixing of the british ,american both the ww2 and modern medals. Here is the shot with pasted the true WW2 USA service ribbons that were given at the wartime. These are quite old items so the colours could be a little bit darker and faded than the new ones. For instance the brownish colour should be more reddish. In the same way the bleu one should be a little bit bluish. The exception is the Congressional Medal of Honor that had the ribbon of the Sky-blueish. But I have seen the service ribbon also of the blue colour. So it depends on you which one you can choose.
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Only the Congressional Medal of Honor is correct in your image. The rest of the ribbons is wrong. See my pic attached above. In the one you may find the correct colours for the ribbons.
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Because I added them a while ago. Additionally your bottom medal is depicted as the Bronze Star Medal. But it is not the medal. In the pic you attached it can be noticed that the name is one word and starts with S and ends with the same letter. So it can't be Bronze Star because there are two words. What is more the layout of colours of the ribbon indicates the Soldier's Medal.
Secondly the military rang of R.L. Lebrecht is 1ST LT but not 2ND LT like you wrote.
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Exactly. Like I wrote above.
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BTW .. we may discuss if there is the SOLDIER'S MEDAL or just SOLDIERS MEDAL. But according to the English grammar there should be the Saxon genitive rather. So I'll leave the decision to you. But I'm almost sure there should be the "SOLDIER'S MEDAL".
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I have to look. Please wait a little bit.
In meantime I found one more inaccuracy in the list with the military ranks of these guys right of the list you copied as these were hidden. There should have been three S/SGT., three SGT. and one CPL. So you may edit your project of the list using my one as the example accordingly. The guy at the bottom with the rang CPL. seems to be T. O'Doyle or something like that. I think it is very possible as I can see the O and the Saxon genitive sign. Also the guy above the O'Doyle has the name started with J. I edited it too. So if you may edit the file and make the list longer with the rangs edited it can look more accurate.
