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Robert Johnson
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?
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Hans Shull
6/8/2004 7:01:37 AM | Robert,
B-17s never had the invasion stripes on them.
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.
Hans
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Robert Johnson
6/8/2004 7:16:07 AM | Thanks for your information. I had never seen anything on it and was just curious.
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Ed Login
6/11/2004 11:06:27 PM | There were no stripes painted on the fuselage of our B17's at D Day
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Clyde L. Mings
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.
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