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 Post subject: Privateers in Color
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Hi!

Does anyone have this photo in some bigger resolution?
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Also, any other ww2 Privateers color photos are welcomed!
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I wonder if that photo was taken at Litchfield Park? Notice that the dorsal turrets have been stripped and there are no guns in the remaining positions. It also appears that some of the antenna fairings on the lower nose have been bobbed.

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Awesome! I've never seen that one before.

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Sorry not in color, but here is a close up of the nose art work from my collection. Aircraft is PB4Y-2 59522 VPB-109 (Miss Lotta Tail)

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I have the color version on file plus another b/w.

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Sorry not in color, but here is a close up of the nose art work from my collection. Aircraft is PB4Y-2 59522 VPB-109 (Miss Lotta Tail)

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I hope at least one of the Privateers being restored ends up in the tri-color camo.

As far as I can tell, most have a post-war scheme in the works. It would be nice if the Privateer was not portrayed, only, as a post-war warbird.

An early tri-color scheme would lend well deserved recognition to some of the unsung heroes of WWII, and the incredible, almost unbelievable missions they flew.

Oh, they also had some great nose art too. :lol:

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Take a look on the Yankee air museum site, photo gallery http://public.fotki.com/Kos/members_pho ... ner--a-ph/ we have a few shots Thanks JOE

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ACarey wrote:
I have the color version on file plus another b/w.



Can you post them?

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Hogan's Goat. I had this profile commissioned for vets of 109.

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Those are fantastic. I haven't seen too many color Privateer shots. Thanks!

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Not in color, but another one I found, from Tinian.

http://www.mrprophead.com/b29/ladyluc.jpg

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Django wrote:
Those are fantastic. I haven't seen too many color Privateer shots. Thanks!


Heh, you wanted color, here ya go, this ones got some color
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This and the original photo came from our Naval Aviation Resource Center's Privateer entry

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