42-64051, "T.S.", with the blue reconnaissance camouflage paint half removed, late May or early June 1944, at Nadzab, New Guinea, then Biak Island in this time frame.
The nose art was applied at Hickam Field, Hawaii while the repair of leaking fuel tanks delayed the trip to New Guinea
20th Photographic Mapping Squadron Long range aerial mapping and reconnaissance using F-7A and F-7B aircraft (B-24's converted for aerial photography) Radar intelligence gathering with B-24J ferrets
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