A few new PB4Y-2 pics

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:45 am

Quote:

I think someone should put her back into the USCG markings.

Now THAT would be uber-cool!

SN

B 25 C · **Joined:** Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 166

Excellent post. Thanks for posting

the pic.

Lt51506 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:03 am

The "Wonder Bread" dots came courtesy of a bored Hotshot crew, and I believe this happened in Silver City, NM. The story was told to me by Cap'n Mike Lynn, former pilot of 121 and currently Lead Bravo 5. I wish I could remember the details, but we were laughing too hard and I don't remember. I do know that Duane and Gene of HP weren't amused.

Maybe if Larry Kraus is around, he could fill you in on the rest of the story.

Cheers!
Tom

Dan K · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:30 am

Did everybody catch 121's cameo in Taigh's recent youtube vid?

(Starts at around 6:27 if you're in a hurry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXbXOzkZT8

I didn't know she was such a speedster! :lol:

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:56 am

That is a great interview!

seaknight15 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:54 am

seaknight15 wrote:

billtate wrote:

Django, here is a list of Privateer nose art that Hal Olson can remember that he did while on Tinian 1944-46.
There may be more but I am pretty sure that these forty-one are his. I to hope that Hal Olson will be able to paint some nose art on the NMNA's Privateer.

PB4Y-1P pin-up in sailor suit "TOURIST" VD-1
PB4Y-2 pin-up "ABROAD FOR ACTION" VPB-121
PB4Y-2 pin-up "ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE" VPB-108
PB4Y-2 pin-up "ANCHORS AWAY" VPB-108
PB4Y-1 pin-up with umbrella "BEACHCOMBER" (The Lone Wolf) Murray VPB-102
PB4Y-2 nude "BLIND BOMBER" VPB-109
PB4Y-2 pin-up "BLUE DIAMOND" VPB-106
PB4Y-1 pin-up "BOSS BURTON'S NITEMARE" VPB-102
PB4Y-1 pin-up "CALL HOUSE MADAM" VPB-116
PB4Y-2 Milt Caniff Dragon Lady "COVER GIRL" VPB-116
PB4Y-1 pin-up "DOC'S DELIGHT" VPB-111 & VPB-117/106
PB4Y-1 pin-up & ship kills "EASY MAID" VPB-116
PB4Y-2 pin-up "GREEN CHERRIES" VPB-109
PB4Y-2 nude running/ panther "Hippin Kitten II" VPB-108
PB4Y-2 indian girl "INDIAN MADE" VPB-106
PB4Y-2 pin-up in nightie "LA CHERIE" VPB-108 & VPB-121
PB4Y-2 pin-up "LADY LUCK II" VPB-108
PB4Y-2 pin-up "LADY LUCK III" VPB-108
PB4Y-2 pin-up in grass skirt "MISS LOTTATAIL" VPB-118
PB4Y-2 pin-up "MISS PANDEMONIUM" VPB-124
PB4Y-2 pin-up & six kills "MISS SEA-DUCER" VPB-116
PB4Y-1 pin-up "MODEST MISS" VPB-111
PB4Y-2 nude "MODEST O' MISS II" ` VPB-118
PB4Y-2 nude "MODEST O' MISS" VPB-118
PB4Y-2 pin-up with torch "NAVY'S TORCHY TESS" VPB-118
PB4Y-2 pin-up sitting "NO STRAIN III" VPB-124
PB4Y-2 pin-up "NOBODY ELSE'S BUTT" VPB-123
PB4Y-2 pin-up "PEACE FEELER" VPB-116
PB4Y-2 flat chested nude "PIRATE QUEEN" VPB-118
PB4Y-2 cow girl pin-up "PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA III" VPB-121
PB4Y-2 pin-up reclining/pillow "PUNKIE" VPB-109
PB4Y-2 pin-up "SLEEPY TIME GAL" VPB-118
PB4Y-1 pin-up "SLEEPYTIME GAL" VPB-116/VD-5
PB4Y-1 pin-up "STATESIDE STRUCTURE" VPB-116
PB4Y-2 indian girl running "TAIL CHASER" VPB-121
PB4Y-2 pin-up "TWITCHY BITCH" VPB-118
PB4Y-2 pin-up "VAGRANT VIRAGO" VPB-123
PB4Y-1P pin-up "WILD CHERRY II" VD-1
PB4Y-2 pin-up in sailor hat "Naval Body" VPB-121
PB4Y-2 pin-up in sailor hat "La Cherrie" VPB-123

He also did my dads plane PB4Y-1 THE LADY a dog by a fire hydrant VPB-102, I'll find a pic and I have a pic of Hal also.

Found more info. on my Dads A/C. One of the last 8 batches of pb4y-1, Buno 90483, PB4Y-1 SERIAL 44-41600, Accepted 8-30-44, vpb-102, Soc 10-31-45 Guam, Unserviceable, towed out to sea on a barge with others and pushed overboard. Hopefull I will have time soon to scan the pics and put them on the thread. pappy

lvisscher · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:44 am **Posts:** 4

Hi there,

I'm from the Netherlands. Last year my parent bought a house built in 1914 and when we were cleaning it we found a paper with a plane on it. Also we've got papers that say some German Wehrmacht officers were in our house.

This is the paper we found:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/08102010142.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84 ... 010143.jpg

Anyone knows what this is?

TAdan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:01 pm

lvisscher wrote:

Hi there,

I'm from the Netherlands. Last year my parent bought a house built in 1914 and when we were cleaning it we found a paper with a plane on it. Also we've got papers that say some German Wehrmacht officers were in our house.

This is the paper we found:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/08102010142.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84 ... 010143.jpg

Anyone knows what this is?

Welcome to WIX.

As stated in the information on the bottom of the drawing, it is a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. A Naval patrol version of the famous B-24 Liberator bomber.

airnutz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:56 pm

TAdan, maybe he's a newby and is actually interested in what the poster is?

Ivissecher, it's part of a WW2 British Royal Observer Corps series of aircraft recognition silhouette posters(#565) authorized by the Ministry of Aircraft Production(M.A.P.) when they asked Peter Masefield(later of Beagle aircraft??) to organize the Directorate of Aircraft Recognition Materials(A.R. Mat.) in January 1942. The poster would be from some point in time after that when the
PB4Y-2 would come into service.

An article here on starting page 12, with above info in the middle of page 14....
http://www.air-britain.com/sampleavworld.pdf
I hope this is the answer you were looking for. :wink:

EDIT... A webpage, Aircraft Recognition Museum ..
http://www.collectair.com/Museum.html

TAdan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:49 pm

airnutz wrote:

TAdan, maybe he's a newby and is actually interested in what the poster is?

Ivissecher, it's part of a WW2 British Royal Observer Corps series of aircraft recognition silhouette posters(#565) authorized by the Ministry of Aircraft Production(M.A.P.) when they asked Peter Masefield(later of Beagle aircraft??) to organize the Directorate of Aircraft Recognition Materials(A.R. Mat.) in January 1942. The poster would be from some point in time after that when the
PB4Y-2 would come into service.

An article here on starting page 12, with above info in the middle of page 14....
http://www.air-britain.com/sampleavworld.pdf
I hope this is the answer you were looking for. :wink:

EDIT... A webpage, Aircraft Recognition Museum ..
http://www.collectair.com/Museum.html

Excellent info airnutz! Good point, I guess I simply took the question at face value, d'oh. :lol:

billtate · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:23 am

Quote:

An article here on starting page 12, with above info in the middle of page 14....
http://www.air-britain.com/sampleavworld.pdf
I hope this is the answer you were looking for.

EDIT... A webpage, Aircraft Recognition Museum ..
http://www.collectair.com/Museum.html

Once again airnutz you amaze me. Those links to the Aircraft Recognition Museum were great. I had a collection of those things (books, models, and playing cards) from my days in the CAP and the Navy. That reminded me of those adolescent days on a Sunday afternoon when I would sit on the roof of our house in Chamblee, GA and spot aircraft. Thanks again for the links.

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

For you guys that like tracking former Coast Guard planes. Our CG aircraft history researcher put this together for some PB4Y-1's.

He also mentioned there are 3 former CG PB-1's (B-17's) still around flying. I knew of the one here in Michigan...didn't know about the others. I'll try to find out which ones.

airnutz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:16 pm

TAdan wrote:

Excellent info airnutz! Good point, I guess I simply took the question at face value, d'oh. :lol:

Dunno, he never replied. I had a nightmare that he was asking us what a bomber was and we failed him. :lol:

I'm glad the links were enjoyed, those folks at the museum have really presented the history commendably well.

lvisscher · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:44 am **Posts:** 4

Thanks guys for the answer! Especially airnutz, you know a lot

I also asked this to a museum in our region (Zeeland, The Netherlands) (http://www.wingstovictory.nl/)

They told me that that plane never flied here in the Netherlands. But why was this poster in our house then?

airnutz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:59 pm

lvisscher wrote:

Thanks guys for the answer! Especially airnutz, you know a lot

They told me that that plane never flied here in the Netherlands. But why was this poster in our house then?

Your welcome, I don't know that much, but I google pretty well sometimes. :wink:

Google can't help me now...maybe they were airplane nuts? :supz:

Warbird Information Exchange

A few new PB4Y-2 pics

Who is online