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Monday, January 27, 2020

Razzle Dazzle

B-24D Liberator lead assembly ship 'Barber Bob' of 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomb Squadron based on RAF Hardwick, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1943
Yes, it looks like a clown car, and no, it isn't some kind of wacky camouflage. During WW2 in Europe, they gave some aircraft high visibility paint schemes. These airplanes were called assembly ships and were used to guide other aircraft into formation for their mission. Once the contingent of combat aircraft were assembled and on their way, these high visibility marker aircraft returned to base.

Only posted this because I saw another B-24 on daily timewaster and I wondered what in the heck it was. And because it was a B-24.
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1 comment:

  1. xoxoxoBruceJanuary 28, 2020 at 7:54:00 PM PST

    Taking off with a full load of fuel and bombs they would probably have to maintain a minimum of 125 mph to stay up. Then they form a box formation of 36 ships for fighter protection. These boxes of bombers fly off to the target at 4 mile intervals. But wait, they’re sending 600, 800, 1000 bombers, all of which have to form up and the formations leave together. What a logistics nightmare.

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