Hi All,
I tried a couple of other forums but no luck there,so trying here.
browsing a book I had not read for many years,bombing colours by bowyer.
On page 156 it states
off all the stirlings I recorded in 1943 the most unusual was surely that seen on the evening of july 24 in the usual british camouglage but with usaaf star and bar markings on the fuselage side, she wore only a white star with bars flanking it.
presumably he only saw the sides & undersurfaces of the aircraft,
I was wondering if any info existed on the a/c and if it had upper wing markings.
cheers
Jerry
By: Graham Boak - 13th June 2014 at 18:28
I can’t find any mention of the 801st (or any other US unit) in The Stirling File, so I suspect aircraft were loaned for a brief period rather than being officially transferred.
By: brewerjerry - 13th June 2014 at 17:52
Hi
Found via a thread on brit modeller, maybe the answer to my question
the 801st used stirling/s
http://www.801492.org/Aircraft/Aircraft01.htm
just need serials now
cheers
jerry
All comes to he who waits …..
By: brewerjerry - 3rd October 2010 at 19:40
Hi
Sorry for spoiling the plot..
Only info sort of related that i can find is that july 43 is the month before the us started the first steps of forming the carpetbagger squadrons.
from wiki ( not always the best source )
In late 1943, the 22nd Anti-Submarine Squadron of the Eighth Air Force was disbanded at RAF Alconbury and its aircraft used to form the 36th and 406th Bomb Squadrons. After some shuffling of commands, these two squadrons were placed under the 801st Bomb Group (Provisional) at the beginning of 1944, and the first “Carpetbagger” missions were carried out by this unit under the control of General “Wild Bill” Donovan’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
So I am wondering if they tried stirlings out or borrowed a few,before forming officially and using us aircraft.
As they say for real ww2 camo & markings you can’t beat an eyewitness, i like his old books.
cheers
jerry
By: FarlamAirframes - 29th September 2010 at 17:18
Jerry you have spoiled the plot now – I bought the book a couple of weeks ago and had not got that far – now I know who did it!
Sorry Hindenburg no photos/profiles – just the text as Jerry has quoted.
By: hindenburg - 29th September 2010 at 16:24
Like to see it Please…………..
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