NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
MADAME PELE |
B |
- |
24 |
J | - |
120 | - |
CO | 42-109951 | 7 | 11 | 98 | ~ | 951 | 00-2 | NARA |
Named after Pele (pronounced "Pay Lay"), Goddess of Fire / Hawaiian Goddess of the Volcano
Info Contributor -
Mac Simpson
Aloha. I am doing a book on Hawai'i
Homefront -- Life in the Islands During WWII
I came up with a photo of Japanese
high school kids who raised $350,000 to donate a B-24 to the military. That
would be a lot today for kids, but figure they were baby-sitting and mowing
lawns at a quarter an hour, and it's enormous. The info on the back of the photo
indicated they had named the plane MADAME PELE As a long shot, I Googled B-24 MADAME PELE,
and got your website with the nose art!
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