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Formation assembly ship

Formation assembly ship

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A war-weary B-24D, "First Sergeant" became the formation assembly ship of the 458th Bomb Group. Her whole front area had been painted white, then red, black and yellow polka dots were added...but underneath she was still the old Traveling Circus plane "Thar She Blows", a veteran of Ploesti and scores of other missions.(rudeerude)

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rudeerude (Tue 19 May 2009 10:56:06 PM EDT)

Planes painted like this didn't go on bombing missions.The were just used to form up the group before a mission.Most were war weary planes.

Wehrmacht39 (Tue 19 May 2009 10:50:30 PM EDT)

Look's like a bullet magnet to Me.

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