B-26B-55-MA Marauder,S/N 42-96165 "Big Hairy Bird" of the
599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force.
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"Big Hairy Bird"

A B-24 Liberator from the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force on its way to bomb the Oswiecim Oil Refinery, 60 miles from Krakow,Poland.

464th Bomb Group

Sgt.Mathis Finely gives the nose a wash-down of "Schnozzle" ,Lockheed/Vega B-17G-10-VE, s/n 42-40011 of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
Lost in collision with B-17G (s/n 42-97511) named "Egg Haid" on January 21,1945. Both planes were complete losses.(rudeerude)