NAME TP - M# SER - BLK - MF

SERIAL #

AF

BG

BS

SC RCL/# V#-P

PHOTO CREDITS

SUNSHINE

B

-

24

H

-

5

-

FO

42-52106

15

449

719

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5 00-1

N/A

Port (Left) Side - (Tail Marking Feb-Mar 44) - Shown with OUR BABY (41-29428 #1)

Contributor - Georges "Gino" Künzle

Info Contributor - Mark Coffee
Note: Big "A" on tail in honor of Col. Dal Alkire, 1st Group CO shot down 31 Jan 44 in LURCHIN' URCHIN (41-29223).

Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
When it was damaged by flak over northern Italy, the crew attempted to reach Switzerland. The destination was misidentified and the plane landed on a German airfield at Venegono, Italy. Completely intact, it was used for propaganda purposes by the Luftwaffe.

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