{"id":3730,"date":"2021-05-24T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/surviveandthrive\/?product=pynd48046-pyn-up-tidal-wave-b-24d-nose-art-2"},"modified":"2021-10-20T22:21:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:21:46","slug":"pynd48046-pyn-up-tidal-wave-b-24d-nose-art-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/?product=pynd48046-pyn-up-tidal-wave-b-24d-nose-art-2","title":{"rendered":"PYND48046 PYN-up TIDAL WAVE B-24D Nose Art #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nose art and special markings for EIGHT B-24D veterans of TIDAL WAVE!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • B-24D-5-CO 41-23817 Suzy~Q<\/strong> 44th Bomb Group\/67th Bomb Squadron: LEON JOHNSON MEDAL OF HONOR AIRCRAFT\u2013LED 100% SUCCESSFUL 44th ATTACK ON TARGET WHITE V<\/strong><\/u> (Columbia Aquila refinery)<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-25-CO 41-24311 Hadley\u2019s \u201cHarem\u201d<\/strong> 98th Bomb Group\/344 Bomb Squadron: Ditched in sea just off Turkish coast after mission\u2013much of the airframe recovered from the sea bottom and now resting in a Turkish museum\u2013the only TIDAL WAVE airframe survivor<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-25-CO 41-24226 Utah Man<\/strong> 93rd Bomb Group\/330th Bomb Squadron: Previously named Joisey Bounce<\/em> and also a veteran of the 93rd\u2019s first desert deployment in Dec 42-Jan 43. Flown to Ploesti by the late Capt Walt Stewart, well-known public speaker on the Ploesti mission<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-45-CO 42-40265 Honkey Tonk Gal<\/strong> 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Belly-landed in Romania during the 93rd\u2019s suicidally brave attack and returned to flying status by the Romanians\u2013subject of a huge blow-up later between the Luftwaffe and the Romanians when the Romanians refused to bow to German demands the flyable airframe be sent to Germany<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-100-CO 42-40738 \u201cThe Oklahoman\u201d<\/strong> 389th Bomb Group\/567th Bomb Squadron: One of the newest B-24Ds on the TIDAL WAVE mission, this ship helped the inexperienced 389th COMPLETELY DESTROY TARGET RED (Steaua Romana refinery) at Campina, Romanian, about 19 miles north of Ploesti<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-5-CO 41-23813 Victory Ship<\/strong> 44th Bomb Group\/68th Bomb Squadron: LED 100% SUCCESSFUL 44th ATTACK ON TARGET BLUE<\/strong><\/u> (the very important Creditul Minier refinery)<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-20-CO 41-24105 \u201cTupelo Lass\u201d<\/strong> 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Survived the 93rd\u2019s suicidally brave attack on WHITE IV and WHITE V; Japanese-American (Nisei) S\/Sgt Ben Kuroki was a gunner on this crew\u2013Ben was later the only Japanese-American permitted by the White House to participate in active combat against the Japanese in the Pacific<\/li>\n
  • B-24D-75-CO 42-40611 \u201cDeath Dealer\u201d<\/strong> 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Survived the 93rd\u2019s suicidally brave attack on the WHITE IV and WHITE V refineries. Thanks to 93rd historian Don Morrison, we finally have definitive proof of the correct serial number and code letter of this aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Note this set includes a 30-page<\/u><\/strong> history\/configurations\/markings booklet!<\/p>\n

    1\/48 TIDAL WAVE B-24Ds – Ploesti Heroes #2 Nose art and special markings for EIGHT B-24D veterans of TIDAL WAVE!<\/p>\n

    B-24D-5-CO 41-23817 Suzy~Q 44th Bomb Group\/67th Bomb Squadron: LEON JOHNSON MEDAL OF HONOR AIRCRAFT-LED 100% SUCCESSFUL 44th ATTACK ON TARGET WHITE V (Columbia Aquila refinery)<\/p>\n

    B-24D-25-CO 41-24311 Hadley’s “Harem” 98th Bomb Group\/344 Bomb Squadron: Ditched in sea just off Turkish coast after mission-much of the airframe recovered from the sea bottom and now resting in a Turkish museum-the only TIDAL WAVE airframe survivor<\/p>\n

    B-24D-25-CO 41-24226 Utah Man 93rd Bomb Group\/330th Bomb Squadron: Previously named Joisey Bounce and also a veteran of the 93rd’s first desert deployment in Dec 42-Jan 43. Flown to Ploesti by the late Capt Walt Stewart, well-known public speaker on the Ploesti mission<\/p>\n

    B-24D-45-CO 42-40265 Honkey Tonk Gal 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Belly-landed in Romania during the 93rd’s suicidally brave attack and returned to flying status by the Romanians-subject of a huge blow-up later between the Luftwaffe and the Romanians when the Romanians refused to bow to German demands the flyable airframe be sent to Germany<\/p>\n

    B-24D-100-CO 42-40738 “The Oklahoman” 389th Bomb Group\/567th Bomb Squadron: One of the newest B-24Ds on the TIDAL WAVE mission, this ship helped the inexperienced 389th COMPLETELY DESTROY TARGET RED (Steaua Romana refinery) at Campina, Romanian, about 19 miles north of Ploesti<\/p>\n

    B-24D-5-CO 41-23813 Victory Ship 44th Bomb Group\/68th Bomb Squadron: LED 100% SUCCESSFUL 44th ATTACK ON TARGET BLUE (the very important Creditul Minier refinery)<\/p>\n

    B-24D-20-CO 41-24105 “Tupelo Lass” 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Survived the 93rd’s suicidally brave attack on WHITE IV and WHITE V; Japanese-American (Nisei) S\/Sgt Ben Kuroki was a gunner on this crew-Ben was later the only Japanese-American permitted by the White House to participate in active combat against the Japanese in the Pacific<\/p>\n

    B-24D-75-CO 42-40611 “Death Dealer” 93rd Bomb Group\/409th Bomb Squadron: Survived the 93rd’s suicidally brave attack on the WHITE IV and WHITE V refineries. Thanks to 93rd historian Don Morrison, we finally have definitive proof of the correct serial number and code letter of this aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Nose art and special markings for EIGHT B-24D veterans of TIDAL WAVE!   B-24D-5-CO 41-23817 Suzy~Q 44th Bomb Group\/67th Bomb Squadron: LEON JOHNSON MEDAL OF HONOR AIRCRAFT\u2013LED 100% SUCCESSFUL 44th ATTACK ON TARGET WHITE V (Columbia Aquila refinery) B-24D-25-CO 41-24311 Hadley\u2019s \u201cHarem\u201d 98th Bomb Group\/344 Bomb Squadron: Ditched in sea just off Turkish coast after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4676,"template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[70,74,61],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3730","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-1-48-pynd","7":"product_cat-1-48-tidal-wave-ploesti","8":"product_cat-allied-1-48","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineartofdecals.com\/goodiess\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}