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 | 00-2 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Lost 25 Dec 44, AUT - MACR 10915 - Pilot Frederick S. Orchard
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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