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{s:TopicNav|Pistol packin mama 42-31037 - wrong nose art on this site|ForumOld.T0002|ForumOld.T3445|ForumOld.T3506|ForumOld.MainPage|ForumOld.T3512|ForumOld.T3545|ForumOld.T3755} {| class='ForumTopics' ! Posted By !! Comments |- | '''Don''' <br/>11/20/2009 12:50:58 PM | <br/> <br/> The archive photo is the incorrect one for this plane.My father was part of the ground crew for this plane, and he took pictures of the nose art on all the planes he was assigned to. The artwork was completely different and the plane was olive drab,not unpainted like the archive picture shows.He was at Deenethorpe from its opening to the base closing and only remembers the one "Mama". There were many other planes from different squadrons that had the same name, It mut have come from another squadron . There is another site that has a nose art gallery, there must be about 25 pictures with different 'mamas" The correct one for the 401st is there as well. <br/> <br/> |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/>11/21/2009 4:09:03 PM | Hi Don,<br/> <br/> You're entirely correct, a close-up of the nose art of 42-106922 "Baby Lu" has found it's way onto "Pistol Packin' Mama"'s page.<br/> Further investigation shows this was a captioning error made back in the 1940s by the AAF Records Branch, and has only recently been identified.<br/> <br/> Until the correct image gets transferred over from the main gallery, here's a copy:<br/> [http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/PPMna1.jpg<br/>] <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul Bellamy<br/> <br/> |- | '''Group Historian''' <br/>11/24/2009 7:57:23 PM | I have made a note on this error and will get this changed once we are able to upload pictures after the server move.<br/> <br/> Don<br/> |}
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