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[vikingBerserker]

OUCH!

 

[GrauGeist]

Who would be a tail gunner. Hope he made it home.

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I have a similar photo, but shows two people in the photo looking at this damage. The caption reads:

The rear gunner's turret of a 75 Squadron Stirling being inspected by S/Ldr. Dick Broadbent and W/Cdr. Wells, a visiting fighter pilot, after damage by a night fighter over Duisburg on 26th April 1943

75 Squadron was a New Zealand unit.

 

[fubar57]

Double ouch. Aleutian Islands, 1944.

Geo

 

[Wildcat]

Wow, that's a fantastic photo

 

[fubar57]

B-26, 1944

Couldn't find any info on it.

Geo

 

[fastmongrel]

Sometimes only muscle power will do the job

 

[Capt. Vick]

I had that Corgi set!

 

[planb]

What are the ducks?

B-26, 1944

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Couldn't find any info on it.

Geo

 

[fubar57]

I think they are for decoy missions. Looking right now to confirm.

Geo

 

[Wurger]

Ducks are ducks.

 

[GrauGeist]

The Ducks would be for Decoy Missions.

They used the B-26 to intrude on a certain course, at the speed of a B-24, tricking German radar into vectoring interceptors. Once the "bad guys" showed up, the B-26 would put the throttle to the firewall and head home.

The one thing I don't know, is if the decoy missions counted towards the "25". (I suspect they may have)

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff guys!

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's some interesting mission markers on a B-29 (42-24464) "Flying Stud II" of the 376th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group out of China 1944.

In addition to bombing missions, note the Camels. The Camels indicated flights over the "hump" aka the Himalayas.

The Hearts seen with bomb indicate bombing missions where they were hit by flak. There's also a pair of binoculars and above it, another icon that I can't quite make out.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool! It almost looks like a camera.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I agree. It looks like a camera.

 

[syscom3]

What are the ducks?

Maybe they are to indicate missions where they were like sitting ducks to the flak gunners.

 

[syscom3]

A20 factory, 1943. Note the protective materials on the props.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I don't why, but I really like this aircraft. I built a model of a few years ago and have come to find I a real fondness for it.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

That's what it looks like to me also Dave, a camera. Maybe denoting a recon mission.

 

[Wayne Little]

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