B-26

[Elmas]

319° Bomb Group, Col. R Holzapple, Decimomannu Airport, Sardinia 1944.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shot!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Greg Boeser]

Over Normandy beach, D-Day

 

[Greg Boeser]

Here's an unusual paint job.
Looks like an early B-26B. Can't make out the serial#. Looks like 117?87
Camo suggests coastal patrol stateside.

 

[fubar57]

You almost got the serial Greg. From this book...

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"A B-26B-MA, s/n 41-17807 painted in experimental Sea Search Camouflage Pattern Neutral Gray/White, 1942"

 

[Wurger]

 

[Greg Boeser]

Now we just need a company to do these early birds in 1:48.

 

[Greg Boeser]

You almost got the serial Greg. From this book...

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"A B-26B-MA, s/n 41-17807 painted in experimental Sea Search Camouflage Pattern Neutral Gray/White, 1942"

This plane was lost in a fatal crash near Barksdale FL on 27 Mar 1943.

 

[johnbr]

http://edan.si.edu/slideshow/slideshowViewer.htm?eadrefid=NASM.XXXX.0356_ref1318

 

[Wurger]

 

[johnbr]

 

[johnbr]

Experimental Invader XA-26B with 75-mm gun M5, equipped with a muzzle cover.