Murder Inc. Was the B17 my grandfather was assigned to during WWII. However due to engine trouble he was shot down in The Aristocrap. But he did have Murder Inc painted on his flight jacket and his subsequent use in German propaganda is quite the story.
People before were asking about the nose art on Murder inc. At the time of my reply I did not know the plane DID have nose art. In writing a screenplay about it I have learned from my grandfather's letters that Murder Inc nose art was the plane name in yellow lettering. I do not know of any pictures of the nose art.
As for the Murder Inc jacket, my grandfather's jacket was, to my knowledge, the only one captured by the Germans and certainly the only one used in the propaganda article pictures. This jacket is now with the Smithsonian. However Murder Inc flew many missions before crashing on landing and being decommissioned. The name Murder Inc on the plane was changed to "censored" after the propaganda stuff and I assume the nose art was changed but I don't know to what. But other flight jackets did have Murder Inc painted on the back during it's long mission life. But no other was used in German propaganda. That was my grandfather, Kenneth Daniel Williams, alone.
Fun story though. Murder Inc decided to use a ploy against German fighter planes that honed in on aircraft in distress. They set up a smoke canister near the tail and when they set it off it emitted smoke making the German fighters hone in on it. The idea was to shoot down more German fighters but as you can imagine that backfired. They attracted too many fighters and were very nearly shot down. But they set a record apparantly for the most fighters to follow and try to down a single plane. I believe the number was 14 German fighters. Needless to say that was the last time they pulled that trick.
People before were asking about the nose art on Murder inc. At the time of my reply I did not know the plane DID have nose art. In writing a screenplay about it I have learned from my grandfather's letters that Murder Inc nose art was the plane name in yellow lettering. I do not know of any pictures of the nose art.
As for the Murder Inc jacket, my grandfather's jacket was, to my knowledge, the only one captured by the Germans and certainly the only one used in the propaganda article pictures. This jacket is now with the Smithsonian. However Murder Inc flew many missions before crashing on landing and being decommissioned. The name Murder Inc on the plane was changed to "censored" after the propaganda stuff and I assume the nose art was changed but I don't know to what. But other flight jackets did have Murder Inc painted on the back during it's long mission life. But no other was used in German propaganda. That was my grandfather, Kenneth Daniel Williams, alone.
Fun story though. Murder Inc decided to use a ploy against German fighter planes that honed in on aircraft in distress. They set up a smoke canister near the tail and when they set it off it emitted smoke making the German fighters hone in on it. The idea was to shoot down more German fighters but as you can imagine that backfired. They attracted too many fighters and were very nearly shot down. But they set a record apparantly for the most fighters to follow and try to down a single plane. I believe the number was 14 German fighters. Needless to say that was the last time they pulled that trick.
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