Daveroo
November 19th, 2013, 19:48
well i guess it would be the old Alpha sim,B-24J, the one with the nose turret. to set this up,i need a paint of a plane a family friend was a crew chief on in world war two,based in italy in 44-45,
he was with the 15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,the plane is B24H-20-CF,named "Great Speckled Bird",,, i read a article online that the -H-20-CF's had the nose turret,a larger "window" for the tailgunner ,the side or waist gunners positions had glass coverings,with the guns mounted in a port,they were also offset ,same as the B-17s.
i want to have the plane in the sim for me to fly,but i also want to take screen shots of it on the ground and in flight,and from differant angles,then im going to print the screenies,put them into "cheep" (unfortunately i cant spend big bucks on photo frames,) frames,and then i want to give one to Berts wife ,Refina (they married when she was 15yo and off to war he went),she is ofcourse still alive,bert isnt.and to his/hers gandson,and their daughter,,,maybe even my sister,,Bert and Refina were my sisters inlaws until mike (the slug) passed away.my dad and bert joined the auburn fire department in January of 1962,i was born in jully 1962,so ive known them litterally my entire life,and from 1969 to the presant day,the family lives directly across the street from our home.the two families also belonged to the Auburn Jeep club,who btw were the ones to pioneer the imfamous "Rubicon trail" over the sierra nevada's,there is a man now who bought up all the small sections of private land in the trails area,and closed the trail to all but his clubs who pay ig bucks to use it now....he also claims HE created it.the "49ers" miners,started the trail in the 1800s,it was one of the trails from the comstock load to nevada citywhere the only assyers office was at the time.
ANYWAY
the plane.
15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,B24H-20-CF,# 42-50299,"Great Speckled Bird",it was Over all Olive Drab,with the lighter colored belly (light blue?),the name great speckled bird was on both sides of the nose.behind the waist gun positions was a large black square pained with a red "7B" ,again both sides.the tails had yellow and black checker board pattern on the bottom half,top half was OD with a large red Diamond,the bird also had a small red heart painted below and to the back of the diamond on the rudder itself.oh and ofcourse the black numbers 250299 on the tail surface too.
ive searched and search for online photos of this plane but i cant find any.i do have some very small B&W photos im going to scan in and show here,if i can figure it out..for now..this is from the 459th bgs website.
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the 459th tailpaint ,757ths Patch 15th AAF patch
note the heart
it was on the rudder
below the center of the diamond
and above the yellow and black checker board.
438 439
the man with his hands on his hips is Lt Charles Nimerala he was the pilot #566
Bert was number #835 im guessing this is the last three digits on their dogtags?..the serial number?
ok to any one who is willing thank you...if you want money?..please lets talk!! i need this..please.
he was with the 15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,the plane is B24H-20-CF,named "Great Speckled Bird",,, i read a article online that the -H-20-CF's had the nose turret,a larger "window" for the tailgunner ,the side or waist gunners positions had glass coverings,with the guns mounted in a port,they were also offset ,same as the B-17s.
i want to have the plane in the sim for me to fly,but i also want to take screen shots of it on the ground and in flight,and from differant angles,then im going to print the screenies,put them into "cheep" (unfortunately i cant spend big bucks on photo frames,) frames,and then i want to give one to Berts wife ,Refina (they married when she was 15yo and off to war he went),she is ofcourse still alive,bert isnt.and to his/hers gandson,and their daughter,,,maybe even my sister,,Bert and Refina were my sisters inlaws until mike (the slug) passed away.my dad and bert joined the auburn fire department in January of 1962,i was born in jully 1962,so ive known them litterally my entire life,and from 1969 to the presant day,the family lives directly across the street from our home.the two families also belonged to the Auburn Jeep club,who btw were the ones to pioneer the imfamous "Rubicon trail" over the sierra nevada's,there is a man now who bought up all the small sections of private land in the trails area,and closed the trail to all but his clubs who pay ig bucks to use it now....he also claims HE created it.the "49ers" miners,started the trail in the 1800s,it was one of the trails from the comstock load to nevada citywhere the only assyers office was at the time.
ANYWAY
the plane.
15th AF,459th BG,757th BS,B24H-20-CF,# 42-50299,"Great Speckled Bird",it was Over all Olive Drab,with the lighter colored belly (light blue?),the name great speckled bird was on both sides of the nose.behind the waist gun positions was a large black square pained with a red "7B" ,again both sides.the tails had yellow and black checker board pattern on the bottom half,top half was OD with a large red Diamond,the bird also had a small red heart painted below and to the back of the diamond on the rudder itself.oh and ofcourse the black numbers 250299 on the tail surface too.
ive searched and search for online photos of this plane but i cant find any.i do have some very small B&W photos im going to scan in and show here,if i can figure it out..for now..this is from the 459th bgs website.
434435436
the 459th tailpaint ,757ths Patch 15th AAF patch
note the heart
it was on the rudder
below the center of the diamond
and above the yellow and black checker board.
438 439
the man with his hands on his hips is Lt Charles Nimerala he was the pilot #566
Bert was number #835 im guessing this is the last three digits on their dogtags?..the serial number?
ok to any one who is willing thank you...if you want money?..please lets talk!! i need this..please.