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Chris Brame wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:27 pm Were B-24Es retrofitted with the nose turret?

They do whey have been modded with remote turrets

see sidebarbetts

wondering if the is not a G but the number 6 with the water mark hiding a third digit - so 60 ??

Wondering if this might be 42-31300

Interesting article about a unknown B-24

https://www.facebook.com/groups/b24best ... 2710334141

Note however the tail gunner is wearing the insignia of the 317th BS

42-30052 would be sent to Avon Park as A * K3 ... which makes sense as she was from the 88th BG's original 3rd squadron - she does look like she lost her squadron insignia which is strange as Avon Park tended to leave them on. 42-30052 BB.JPG 42-102838 seems to have moved to another squadron at some...

'42-30052 taken at Avon Park but it was mostly based in the Northwest'. Assuming that it was assigned to the 88th Bomb Group, which was based at Walla Walla and Redmond mid-1943, that Bomb Group moved to Avon Park late 1943 into summer 1944. Typical for an IARC of that time period, assigments in FY...

All of the TB-17G's bypassed Cheyenne - you would be hard pressed to find a pumpkin on a TB-17G until they went on the production line

The photo of 885 is a new one for the collection - note she has a grey nose turret.

earlier log page

what is more curious is the bombers all were posted to this school on 19 October 1943 - one day before the Brewer Command was terminated on 20 October

doing a quick search of the Maxwell files gives one possible answer: Brewer Command - Seattle Civilian School Area, Seattle. ACTIVATED 20 APR 43 AT SEATTLE WA WITH LT COL A. FRANK KATZENTINE ASSUMING COMMAND. LT COL J. H. BREWER ASSUMED COMMAND 19 JUL 43. CONTAINS INFORMATION ON ACTIVATIONS OF SUBOR...

Not the firt time osborne was wrong - looks like she was stricken 1 Jan 51

I have almost a full collection of the Avon Park tail codes - same with Hobbs

Still find the odd / missing id however

A whole bunch of color Catch-22 shots, a whole bunch of airworthy information.... https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/film/catch/22.htm https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/film/catch/23.htm https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/b25/pag4b.htm https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/b25/pag4c.htm https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/bi...

42-107737 was Avon Park A-E1