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01-22-2006, 05:19 PM
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#1 | | the old Sage
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story behind this craft and it's friends. do you know what unit and AF ?
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01-22-2006, 05:34 PM
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#2 | | Der Crewchief
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Is it KG-200 by any chance.
They painted many of there aircraft black and they had 7 B-24s that I am aware of, however most of the B-24s used by KG-200 had yellow undersides I beleive.
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01-22-2006, 10:36 PM
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#3 | | the old Sage
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it is actually a US unit
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01-22-2006, 10:52 PM
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| It isnt one of those early model liberators given to the RAF, who then put one of their bomber noses on it?
Or it could be one of the leaflet bombers used for propaganda purposes.
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01-22-2006, 11:02 PM
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#5 | | the old Sage
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Country: | getting closer sys. Actually the unit did drop some surrender leaflets but they were primarily used for dropping Allied agents and bombing. this special unit was equipped with B-24's only, all black
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01-23-2006, 12:40 AM
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01-23-2006, 06:19 AM
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01-23-2006, 06:23 AM
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01-23-2006, 08:56 AM
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#9 | | the old Sage
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Country: | the last two chaps are getting closer yet ..........the unit did Carpetbagger missions.
A hint: the 8th AF 492nd was absorbed into this unit after it flew the disasterous 7-7-44 daylight mission it was ordered to form up night evening drops but then the 8th fell away from that totally giving way to "other AF"
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01-23-2006, 09:10 AM
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| I forgot what unit it was but wasn't there a recon unit that used Libs. Planes were painted black and thier exhausts were long to muffle piston fire at night. I think they also dropped OSS agents too.
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01-23-2006, 09:16 AM
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#11 | | the old Sage
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c'mon what is the unit do some research guys in your vast array of US AF books........I'm giving this away I think
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01-23-2006, 10:22 AM
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#12 | | the old Sage
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the B-24 unit was organized on 18 January 1945
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01-23-2006, 12:09 PM
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Country: | 2641st Special Group (Provisional) of the 15th AF. It was the 859 BS(H) that operated the Black Liberators. They were originally based in Brindisi, Italy.
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01-23-2006, 12:12 PM
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01-23-2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Erich yes they did that too .........
c'mon what is the unit do some research guys in your vast array of US AF books........I'm giving this away I think | Hey I am at work educating the future of America with a WWII section that is 10 years old and at a 10th grade level.
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