The 2000th!!

[Shay]

Willow Run, Ford built B-24 that is ......



Very proud Wiliow Run workers gather around their newly completed 2000th Liberator -

B-24H-25-FO Ser No. 42-95254 served with the 466th Bomb Group in the 784th Bomb Squadron and renamed to either "Eephus or Eophus"

Fate unknown (to me).......

My money is that it was name "Eephus" which means -

An Eephus pitch, (also spelled Ephus) in baseball, is considered a "junk" pitch with very low speed.[citation needed] The delivery from the pitcher has very low velocity and usually catches the hitter off-guard. Its invention is attributed to Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1930s. According to manager Frankie Frisch, the pitch was named by outfielder Maurice Van Robays. When asked what it meant, van Robays replied “Eephus ain’t nothin’.” But when Sewell asked why he named it that he said "Eephus means nothin' and so does the pitch."

Sounds like something a group of G.I.s would name their bomber.

Enjoy


Shay
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Semper Fortis

[Herkeng]

Did she make it thru the War?

Herkeng

[Chicoartist]

'254 was coded T9 - O, and was indeed named "Eephus" (no pic).

She crashed on 25 Feb 45, evidently non-combat ops, and total write-off.

Wade

[Django]

Neat pic.