the shading and coloring seem to be pretty good technique, and the lettering is amazing
(Thanks to Steve for the color photo!) http://346bg.com/461/
This is the B 29 Slave Girl, explaining the chains.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AQE2f1MlcaaJL63rHMx4smdU38pqxguhd7bn0WGQ2XP9owOHc-TnVOk/
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=85049
Assigned to the 307th BW, 372nd BS: damaged by MiG-15s over Namsi Airfield, North Korea Oct 23, 1951. Able to fly back to "friendly territory" in South Korea, but crash-landed at K-14 Kimpo AB, South Korea, sustained substantial damage. 12 crew injured but survived.
A book written by Lt. Col. Earl J. McGill (USAF Ret.) provides insight into Black Tuesday. His book is entitled: Black Tuesday Over Namsi: B-29s vs MiGs - The Forgotten Air Battle of the Korean War, 23 October 1951. Order information for the book can be found at the end of this sketch.
An hour and a half before sunup, nine B-29s of the 307th Bombardment Wing lifted off from Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa on a bombing mission against Namsi, a North Korean airfield under construction in the heart of MiG Alley. Five and a half hours later, they would engage in an air battle that would forever change the conduct of strategic aerial bombardment. Six of the nine would not return; the highest percentage of United States bombers ever lost on a major mission.
http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/b29_black_tuesday/p_b29_black_tuesday.htm#BlackTuesdayOverNamsi
https://books.google.com/books?id=xcSIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=B-29+44-27347&source=bl&ots=VHa1VxOe9v&sig=ACfU3U0nlcQSJvk-o6-WXN9ZRWdgGeO8dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC7aLZ58nkAhXW6Z4KHZ8bBcoQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=B-29%2044-27347&f=false
and it looks like the same artist did the whole squadron, or bomber group 6, 313 wing, Tinian, WW2
http://b-29.org/313BW/6thbg/markowski/markowski2.html
my dad was radio man on the slave girl . edmund hinz im his son steven 1516 burdick oshkosh wis 54901
ReplyDeletewow! I hope he told you great stories about EVERYTHING!
DeleteDang, from bootcamp, to radio school, to his crewmates, and flights, bombing runs, and everything else.
Oshkosh! That's the famous fly in airshow isn't it?
I grew up in the UP, just about 45 minutes over the Michigan border, that's a great part of the USA to live, all that upper Wisconsin and Western Michigan.
Damn shame we have share it with mosquitoes!
My dad , Jack Wells painted Slave Girl of my mother! He was a tail gunner.
DeleteWow! He was a good artist! Did he paint the nose art on other planes?
DeleteI have a pic of slave girl and lady in waiting anyone might know Charles nicolosi he's in three pics he and my grandfather William j Smith was also in the tinian hunt club.
DeleteHello. My father was in this unit. I have a lot of information I can share. Please contact me, throught this site and I will give you what I have.
DeleteHello, hoping those who had fathers aboard Slave Girl (44-618-13) will get this and contact me. I know my father flew in this aircraft, not as the primary crew, during his tour in the September 1945 to approximately March 1946 timeframe. I have operational reports showing his aircraft commander (Brown) flying this aircraft, and his flight records show a flight on those days... so... I have good records on the crews and the planes of that unit. Happy to share what I have. This was an F-13 photo variant of the B-29 and was assigned 1st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (VH) based on Kadena in this timeframe. The 1st PRS arrived in Kadena in September through say October 1945. Their original mission would have been mapping the invasion of Japan, but they continued in the Post Hostilities period by mapping Japan and CHina. I think that there might have been some interest in Russia as well. I am pretty sure I have crew rosters for this plane. I do have operational histories by month and can give you guys a lot of information. Dad was a CFC gunner; primary aircraft was 44-61818 Boomerang. If your Dad were there in this timeframe, he'd have definitely known them. Beyond that I know the aircraft of the 1st PRS went to the 31st SRS and later to the 91st at Yakota. Slave Girl ended up crashing after taking heavy damage from MIGs in 1950. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/97477/Crash-Site-B-29A-50-BN-RB-29A-Superfortress-44-61813.htm
ReplyDeleteI'm really hoping that your fathers were at Kadena in the 1st PRS. Would love to correspond, chat... Please respond here if you can and make sure you click "Notify Me" and perhapos we can find a way to connect. Kindest. Shane
thank you! (Just a car guy here) all of that info is far past my level of interest in the nose art and general info on the mission with the air combat, and the Tinian hunt club. I hope the people who would like to know more appreciate that you are offering so much through a chance meeting on a car blog!
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