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42-50861

jankees

jankees

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42-50861 was a B-24J that was assigned to the 577th BS/ 392nd BG, based in Wendling. On 29 december 1944, it was part of a attack on Neuwied, near Koblenz, to destroy a bridge over the Rhine. On the way back, the 392nd overflew the Ardennes, where the Battle of the Bulge was raging. DC-S+, on its 16th mission, was hit by flak near St. Vith and realising they were not going to make it, pilot Lt Denver Walker ordered the crew to bail out. The copilot, Lt Dominic Nunziato was severely wounded on his legs, and stayed with the pilot. At 14.30, the aircraft crashed near Boterdael in Belgium, with both pilots surviving. Of the rest of the crew, two members were not so lucky. The parachutes of navigator Lt Cletus Bedore, and gunner Sgt Thomas Bradford failed to open, and both men were killed. The rest of the crew landed safely, and all made it back to Wendling.
A plaque commemorating the crash and the death of both crew members was placed in the square of Boterdael on 10 may 2003. For more information on this, please visit this site: http://users.telenet.be/herdenking_b24/.
I was not able to unearth any pictures of the aircraft in question, but based my repaint on pictures from the same period of other aircraft of the 577th BS, so this is what 42-50861 probably looked like. Should anybody know of pictures of this aircraft, please tell me so.
 
Fed up with B-24's are you? OK, I'll stop bugging you with them.
How about a Swedish J-30 then? I know, it should be a Mk.XIX, but I don't have that one. Besides, that blunt nose is really ugly I think.
 
I know better than to bug you about doing one of the Halesworth B-24s for me... Reason being that this time I *REALLY* have no pictures of any of them to work with. Technically that's not true - there's one on Wonkypedia, but it doesn't show enough to do a repaint off. ;)

Ian P.
 
jankees said:
Fed up with B-24's are you? OK, I'll stop bugging you with them.
How about a Swedish J-30 then? I know, it should be a Mk.XIX, but I don't have that one. Besides, that blunt nose is really ugly I think.
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Ugly?
Nah :banghead:

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Whos mossie is the J30 paint for?
H:ernae:
 
IanP said:
I know better than to bug you about doing one of the Halesworth B-24s for me... Reason being that this time I *REALLY* have no pictures of any of them to work with. Technically that's not true - there's one on Wonkypedia, but it doesn't show enough to do a repaint off. ;)

Ian P.
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Well, I have a few, "Sharon D" shouldn't be too difficult...

the mossie is from just flight
 
Henry said:
that means maybe some more paints pretty please :ernae:
H
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I know you'd like that, but the lack of a proper layered paintkit is not helping, Henry.
This is just the normal paintjob with Swedish roundels replacing British ones, and a few more odds and ends. I came across a pic of a Swedish mossie and just couldn't resist, but it will be a one-off I'm afraid...
You may even apply it to the Mk XIX which you seem to have. I have no idea if the textures will fit though?
You may gve it try yourself, here are a few possibilities:
http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter2/mosquitos.htm
 
actually the mk xxx in the above is
one of my cheat paints :redf:
it does come in the Swiss colors
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i have many schemes i would love
the paint kit is hard i know
and i cannot paint if my life depended on it:banghead:
cheers because you do some great repaints :applause:
i will just have to make do by myself
or get Baz to do a layered paint kit
H
 
Those birds sure look pretty.....
Question:.....I guess you all fly them from base to base as "freighters" or similar since the Bomb dropping and straffing is a No No in FSX....?

Is that not boring?..........

I love them but having them and not being able to do their thing with them has kept me from down loading or buying any......:kilroy:
 
gera said:
Those birds sure look pretty.....
Question:.....I guess you all fly them from base to base as "freighters" or similar since the Bomb dropping and straffing is a No No in FSX....?

Is that not boring?..........

I love them but having them and not being able to do their thing with them has kept me from down loading or buying any......:kilroy:
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actually bombing is possible :d
H
 
Henry said:
actually the mk xxx in the above is
one of my cheat paints :redf:
it does come in the Swiss colors
i will just have to make do by myself
or get Baz to do a layered paint kit
H
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It's Swedish, Henry, and I see you've got it already, saves me an upload. Mine is a 'cheat' paint too. The original was a Mk XIX though.

Snuffy said:
What B-24 is that? Did I miss one?
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It's the Liberator by Alphasim, with layered paintkit and many more repaints to come.
 
jankees said:
It's Swedish, Henry, and I see you've got it already, saves me an upload. Mine is a 'cheat' paint too. The original was a Mk XIX though.
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I meant Swedish :redf:
actually the mkVI paints work with the mk XXX
the body of the MK XIX is pretty close to the MK XXX
at least for me
H
 
Great work on the repaints Jan, I still love the B-24 so if you're only posting them for me, I'm happy :wavey:

It's just a struggle keeping up with new threads now this forum seems to have a wealth of new occupants. I know I'm a party pooper, but I enjoyed it when we FSX users were the minority :costumes:
 
IanP said:
I know better than to bug you about doing one of the Halesworth B-24s for me... Reason being that this time I *REALLY* have no pictures of any of them to work with. Technically that's not true - there's one on Wonkypedia, but it doesn't show enough to do a repaint off. ;)

Ian P.
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How's this then?
 
Nick C

If I could be so bold as to tack on to this thread about Liberators, I will post a couple of screen shots of my upcoming B-24s yet to be uploaded. Jan Kees and I have been in contact for several months now as we continue to paint for the Alpha Sim B-24. With its faults, its still the best show currently in town and remains one of my all time favorites.

41-29368 "Tail Wind" from the 789th BG, 467th BG out of Rackheath, UK was lost on 11 July 1944 returning from a raid on Munich. Beat up by flak it got as far as Calais, France where a fighter caught them and finished them off. Pilot 1Lt James Underwood, Copilot 2Lt Thornton Gillett and Engineer SSgt Edward Zielinski died in the ensuing crash as they held the ship stable enough for the rest of the crew to bail out.

42-51572 was an un-named ship from the 790th BS, 467th BG which crashed on 29 Dec 1944 in a dense fog take-off attempt in support of allied ground troops during the Battle of the Bulge.

44-42214 "Queen of the Strip" 529th BS, 380th BG out of Mindoro, Philippines flew 8 missions prior to the end of WWII. It was the last work of master artist Sgt Ray Hafner of the 529th BS before hostilities were over. It survived the war and returned home to be smelted down at Kingman, AZ.

I will be posting these as soon as final details are completed.

My brother and I are the 380th Bomb Group's Historians and Honorary Life Members of this fine organization.

Gary Horton
 
The more B-24' the merrier in my opinion Gary!

Ian, the good lady is going to love that repaint of Jans.
 
Nick C said:
Ian, the good lady is going to love that repaint of Jans.
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The Boss has been shown said repaint, laughed, and said "Very close!" - Just for the record, she's a Sharon E, or a Sharon P, these days. :d

Thank Jan Kees. I guess I now need to work out how much less fuel I need to carry to get out of Halesworth without dragging half the surrounding foliage with me. :redf:

Ian P.
 
IanP said:
The Boss has been shown said repaint, laughed, and said "Very close!" - Just for the record, she's a Sharon E, or a Sharon P, these days. :d

Thank Jan Kees. I guess I now need to work out how much less fuel I need to carry to get out of Halesworth without dragging half the surrounding foliage with me. :redf:

Ian P.
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Glad you like it, Gary pointed out that, colorblind as I am, I painted the tail the wrong color, so here's the improved Sharon.
 
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