Caption | B-24D Liberator of the 42nd Bomb Squadron being loaded with fragmentation bombs at Funafuti, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nov 18 1943. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via D. Sheley | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Funafuti, Gilbert and Ellice Islands | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. David Stubblebine says:
20 Nov 2017 09:35:03 PM
This B-24D was modified after production with what was called the Oklahoma Nose because the modifications were made at Tinker Field in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Only 64 B-24Ds received the Oklahoma Nose. The windows added to the lower nose also led this variant to be called the Droop Snoot.
This particular aircraft, 42-72963, was lost over Mille Island in the Marshalls 1 Dec 1943, two weeks after this photo was taken. All ten crewmen were killed.
20 Nov 2017 09:35:03 PM
This B-24D was modified after production with what was called the Oklahoma Nose because the modifications were made at Tinker Field in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Only 64 B-24Ds received the Oklahoma Nose. The windows added to the lower nose also led this variant to be called the Droop Snoot.
This particular aircraft, 42-72963, was lost over Mille Island in the Marshalls 1 Dec 1943, two weeks after this photo was taken. All ten crewmen were killed.
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B-24D-170-CO
Note that her nose turret was atypical of D variant aircraft.