Consolidated B-24H Liberator "Jackpine Joe", Hasegawa 1:72

[uhebeisen]

Finished now my model of "Jackpine Joe" a B-24H Liberator of the 780th BS, 465th BG based at Pantanella (Italy). This bomber on its 22nd mission to bomb the Allach factory outside Munich didn't return to his base. Instead he ran into problems (rough engine, heavy flak) hat to left his formation and tried to reach Switzerland. Again ran into flak over Friedrichshafen the pilot commanded to bail out. The abandoned airplane then crashed into Wyden castle (near Ossingen). That's not far from where I live.
Thanks to friends and help from this forum I could figure out most of the details of this particular airplane and start building this kit.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Well done Sir, well done!

 

[rochie]

Yes it is very well done, i love local stories attached to model builds

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Really nice. How much damage was done to the castle?

 

[uhebeisen]

Really nice. How much damage was done to the castle?

The castle burnt down but luckily no one died. After the war the castle was rebuilt and the US government paid a lot of money to Switzerland regarding this event.
This is a photo of the castle after the crash, please note the wing on the roof on the left.

 

[Crimea_River]

Interesting, thanks.

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work!

 

[TheRealMrEd]

A very nice, clean, beautiful model!

Ed

 

[fubar57]

Nice looking machine

 

[Ron Pearcy]

Proper job.

 

[Phill87]

Nice model and an interesting story!

 

[javlin]

That's one of the Nicer builds I have seen in this scale Well Done!!