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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:40 pm 
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http://www.yukon-news.com/news/13051/

I guess they did. Anyone know about where this one is.

Have their been anymore pictures of this plane from the side?What kind of damage did she receive? ETC.It doesn't appear that corrosion is that bad probably due to the water being so danged cold.

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For that matter, I've always wondered why the "Strawberry Bitch" was earmarked for preservation. Seems like they'd want a Ploesti veteran or one with a more illustrious combat record..and a more politically correct name. I'm not complaining, mind you, just curious. SB is one of my favorite aircraft (my girlfriend considers it her namesake.)

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Woah...where did that come from? When I used the term "politically correct" I was referring to the standards of the 1940s. The name barely raises an eyebrow today, and the nose art is positively G-rated by today's standards. I've heard a number of aircraft had their nose arts "sanitized" when they came home for War Bond Tours. The Ploesti veteran "The Squaw" carries a rather crudely-painted nude when she was in combat. This was replaced by a more professionally rendered girl in a bikini when she returned Stateside.

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In J.K. Havener's book "The Martin B-26 Marauder", Havener makes mention of an MTO-based B-26 that flew 336 missions. Apparently the original negative was long since destroyed, but there was a print out there of the plane. Havener speculates that it would have been a 17th BG bird, but outside of that he refers to it as the "336 mission mystery ship". Since the book first came out almost 25 years ago, I'm wondering if anyone else ever heard of or was able to obtain evidence of the 336 mission ship.


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