Starboard (Right) Side - Later with Natural Metal Finish (NMF)

Contributor - Robert Tupa

It was possibly the first plane to have a tail turret installed in the nose. Col. Rogers was instrumental in this change, initially discussing it with Mr. Ford in 1942, when the group picked up their planes at the Ford Motor plant. This conversion was actually done in the South West Pacific and it was the first B-24 to go into combat with the new nose turret against the Japanese at Wewak.

This is one of the key B-24's of the war. This is the plane of Col. Arthur Rogers, who was the CO of the 90th Bomb Group, after which the group was named "Jolly Rogers".

Standing (L-R)
Bill Martin, Tom Fetter, ?, Major Pelander, Major Allen Hart, Capt. "Moose", ?
Kneeling (L-R)
Capt. McLaughlin, (Ted Nelson ?), Capt. Norman Lawlere

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