B-24 (12 Viewers)

[Stas1234]

Wurger, do you see explosion "icons" anywhere else?

 

[Maty12]

It is the aircraft ID data plate.

U.S. ARMY B24-D
AIR CORPS SERIAL NO. 41-24047

CHCW WEIGHT 1200 LBS.

SERVICE THIS AIRPLANE WITH
100 OCTANE FUEL ONLY

BLOCK NO. 15

PS. There is one more line at the bottom but I can't work it out fully. IMHO it can be ... SUITABLE YOUR ( or FOR ) ......CATION



However the line isn't the standard one applied of the factory. In these three shots taken in the different time periods the line was added later. It looks like the early one did have it while the later one didn't.

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.