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| '''Robert Johnson''' <br/>6/7/2004 7:58:37 AM 
| The 401st flew two missions on D-Day. Does anyone know if the planes had the D-Day stripes on them? If so is there any pictures of one in the stripes?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>  
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| '''Hans Shull''' <br/>6/8/2004 7:01:37 AM 
| Robert,<br/>  B-17s never had the invasion stripes on them. <br/>  Only the allied services deployed 4 engine bombers in any real number so there was not a real risk of friendly ground troops thinking they were enemy and firing on them.<br/>  Hans<br/>  
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| '''Robert Johnson''' <br/>6/8/2004 7:16:07 AM 
| Thanks for your information. I had never seen anything on it and was just curious.<br/>  
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| '''Ed Login''' <br/>6/11/2004 11:06:27 PM 
| There were no stripes painted on the fuselage of our B17's at D Day<br/>  
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| '''Clyde L. Mings''' <br/>1/13/2005 9:39:15 PM 
| Our crew flew Madame Queen IN-Q 613th B.SQ on the first D-day mission but none of the 4 engine aircraft had stripes-the twin engine bombers. fighters and transports had the  stripes. Quite a sight to see the invasion fleet during brief cloud breaks.<br/>  
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