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Carpetbaggers in the ETO

Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:25 pm

Anyone have any more pics of the B-24 carpetbaggers? There are only a couple that I could find in Google.

This site has great info, but is light in pics... http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk

Here is one of "Tar Baby", but it has the nose turret, and I thought all the carpetbagger aircraft had the turret removed for increased visibility at low levels? So this one would be a radar countermeasures ship? (thanks Second Air Force)

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Here's a site I found that tells about the containers that were dropped, but it is all in French. http://pagesperso-orange.fr/philippe.ch ... boutme.htm

Also, has anyone ever seen any of these '24s be modelled?

And found this one on the B-24 Ad libs site:

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Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:22 pm

anyone?

Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:37 pm

Yup, it's an ECM bird (look at the antennas under the port wing). Also,
http://www.ww1.org/B24J.htm

for similar antenna config.

Might also look at (if'n ya haven't already):
http://home.comcast.net/~801492bg.histo ... 24s-01.htm

List of their B-24s :wink:

And other acft at:
http://home.comcast.net/~801492bg.histo ... raft01.htm

Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:36 am

Thanks for the link! That is a great site.

Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:10 pm

Yah, it is...and plenty o' liks to other pic-filled sites as well! (Went back and looked thru some) :wink:
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