Corey Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Ok found a close up of “This is it” as posted above (which I originally thought was named Tails is it.) 17th BW Commander’s aircraft, Korea crew names are Pilot Col Gordon Timmons Crew Chief TSgt (I think) Emilio Reyes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk524 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I can help with ALL photo documentation for this 17th BG, 95th BS 100 mission combat veteran. She still survives today, and her original Korean crew chief stumbled upon her 50 years later at an airshow. He was able to provide endless amounts of photos to prove her provenance, including full color close-ups of the nose art. Her name was "My Mary Lou" with a Marilyn Monroe type pin-up. The photo I have attached is not her most colorful version. Previous to this, she had full blue scallops on her cowlings, and two white lines on either side of the red prop warning stripe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SinisterVampire319 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Here is a Korean War Invader of the 452nd BW/ 729 BS(L) Air Force Reserve (CA). It was a SHORAN equipped aircraft. First 3 photos of the actual City of Santa Rosa. The others belong to the Pacific Coast Air Museum's A-26 painted up to represent the City of Santa Rosa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidRezabek Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Just stumbled upon this post. Would love to see somebody do “Sugar Baby.” She is documented tip tail from all sides here: http://www.rgprucha.com/prucha_brennan/lou_wwii/sugar_baby_photos.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 +1 for the inevitable 1/72 Invader sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Milo Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 There's always Dream Girl from the Air Force Museum... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.C. Bahr Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 21 hours ago, Milo said: There's always Dream Girl from the Air Force Museum... The thing to keep in mind here, is that the serial as painted at the NMUSAF is not correct on the vertical or side of the fuselage. The REAL "Dream Girl" is a gate guard sitting at another Air Force base and is not painted correctly there either. The NMUSAF took another A-26 and painted it like "Dream Girl" but kept it's original serial. The real serial of Dream Girl is 44-35423 and yes please do this one Kursad! 🙏 Decal companies have been ignoring these glass-nosed Korean War birds with great noseart for FAR too long! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Not surprising at all. The museum wants you to think their black F-82 is a G when it’s a B painted in Korean era markings. No radar pod or properly equipped radar observers cockpit either. But 99% of museum attendees won’t know or care. Something less than the truth only bugs model building plane nuts who post on internet forums. well, anyway… Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) On 7/19/2024 at 11:26 PM, Spruemeister said: Not surprising at all. The museum wants you to think their black F-82 is a G when it’s a B painted in Korean era markings. No radar pod or properly equipped radar observers cockpit either. But 99% of museum attendees won’t know or care. Something less than the truth only bugs model building plane nuts who post on internet forums. well, anyway… Rick L. @Spruemeister Rick, well put. Edited July 22 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidRezabek Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 2/3/2020 at 11:07 PM, skyhawk524 said: I can help with ALL photo documentation for this 17th BG, 95th BS 100 mission combat veteran. She still survives today, and her original Korean crew chief stumbled upon her 50 years later at an airshow. He was able to provide endless amounts of photos to prove her provenance, including full color close-ups of the nose art. Her name was "My Mary Lou" with a Marilyn Monroe type pin-up. The photo I have attached is not her most colorful version. Previous to this, she had full blue scallops on her cowlings, and two white lines on either side of the red prop warning stripe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidRezabek Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Notice nose art on the real “Dream Girl” was more intricately detailed than the museum reproduction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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