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[ QUOTE ] ![]() Some B24's at Willow Run [/ QUOTE ] That's an interesting paint scheme on these B-24's. Is this a work-in-progress paint scheme, or some attempt at camoflague? Notice the row to the far right is all olive drab. Nuch [/ QUOTE ] The airplanes with the white paint are probably Navy PB4Ys, the navy patrol/bomber version of the Air Corps B-24. The top (darker color) would be standard navy Medium Blue as found on other navy planes such as PBYs and Wildcats in 1941-42 before the "tri-color" scheme of two shades of blue with white undersides came into use. The round insignia less the red-ball center denotes 1942-early '43, before the "bars" were added to each side of the insignia. This navy version of the B-24 is the same type of airplane that Joe Kennedy, JFK's older brother, died flying later in the war. It was an older war-weary version such as these and was packed with explosives and was to be flown to the German's V-1 and V-2 development and launching site at Peenemunde where Kennedy and his copilot were to bail-out as the explosives-laden PB4Y flew on the crash into the launch sites. The airplane exploded in flight before they got out of English airspace. The overall Olive Drab (with gray undersides) airplanes are Air Corps B-24s, built alongside the navy birds (or vice-versa). |
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