 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
HARRY S. TRUMAN, The |
B |
- |
24 |
J |
- |
150 |
- |
CO |
44-40229 |
5 |
90 |
321 |
~ |
~ |
00-3 | N/A |
Port (Left) Side - 2nd Nose Art - Starboard has FORM 1-A
Info Contributor - David
Burns
Piloted by my Uncle, Robert W. Groves, who flew 47 missions
(most of them in The HARRY S. TRUMAN / FORM 1-A), during 1945. After asking my Uncle what the tail numbers were on his
"Bird" (even though he had difficulty speaking), with
great forcefulness, he uttered "229"!
Info Contributor - James
A. Leddy
When the "Jolly Rogers" Liberator "229" broke the
world's record for combat missions flown by any Consolidated B-24, it was
repainted (with no "controversial" artwork), still honoring President
Truman. At the baptismal ceremony the
ground crew and present combat crew salute the honored
veteran which has now flown 143 combat missions, and still flew, with a
log of over 1400 hours.
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