NAME	TP	-	M#	SER	-	BLK	-	MF	SERIAL #	AF	BG	BS	SC	RCL/#	V#-P	PHOTO CREDITS
RACY TOMATO!	B	-	24	G	-	10	-	NT	42-78266	15	449	718	~	26	00-1	NARA

Port (Left) Side - Line #222 - Before Name was Applied
Lost 25 Dec 44, AUT - MACR 10915 - Pilot Frederick S. Orchard

Info Contributor - James A. Leddy
Caption Reads: "A brand new B24-G (North American Aviation Inc.)"

Info Contributor - Mark Coffee
Flown overseas by the Al Isaacs crew in April 44. Isaacs was a former Disney cartoonist and painted the nose art. RACY TOMATO! ditched in the Adriatic on Christmas day (25 Dec 44) returning from a mission to Innsbruck. Orchard's crew was aboard and all nine were killed in the ditching attempt.

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