Named Planes: Difference between revisions

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Denver Darling - early model A-26B. Unknown Number. Named after an A-20G-25-DO (43-9380), Squadron Code: F6-N, Flown by Lt. E.L. Johnson. Lt. Johnson was an Invader pilot, so Denver Darling may have been one of the planes that he flew. -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Disagreeable 4 - Unknown Number -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Dorris Lee - A-26B. Unknown Number -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Dottie Mae - 41-39250 - ID'd from photograph. -416th Bomb Group - WWII

Maryland Lady - 43-22334 - ID from Captain Francis J. Cachat Photo Collection. -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Maggie's Drawers - A-26B. Unknown Number. I have also seen it on a P-51 (42-106485), a B-17 (42-31776), and a B-24. This is a military slang term used to mean a red flag that indicates a bomb miss in target practice. -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Miss Laid - 41-39224. Almost certainly named for an A-20G-25-DO (43-9224) named "Miss Laid". The A-20 Havoc was the first A-20 Havoc to complete 100 missions without a failure or abort, was renamed "La France Libre" to participate in a ceremony in Paris honoring the accomplishment. -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Mischievious Miggs - 41-39194 -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Miss Mildred - 41-39205 -416th Bomb Group - WWII

Phoenix Thunderbird - 43-22313 - ID from plane number (63), fuselage code (B), and mission logs. -416th Bomb Group - WWII

The Texas Kid - A-26B. Unknown Number -416th Bomb Group - WWII
Touchdown - Unknown number. Photo from Cpt. Cachat's collection identifies this as the plane of Lt. Leo Poundstone and is dated Apr 7, 1945. No missions were flown on April 7th. Poundstone did not fly any missions between Apr 7th and Apr 24th. He flew 5 additional mission between Apr 24th and the end of the war. Those missions were flown in 4 different planes. There is no indication that Touchdown was Poundstone's plane as he didn't seem to have a permanently assigned plane. -416th Bomb Group - WWII

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-==Static Displays and Surviving Planes==
-Many of these planes are painted with nose art. However, in most cases the names and nose art of the planes are not what the plane had during its military service, with a handful of notable exceptions.
-*'''Bar-Belle Bomber''' - [[44-35562]]
+*'''Bar-Belle Bomber''' - [[44-35562]]
 *'''Daisy Mae''' - [[44-35643]]
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 *'''My Mary Lou''' - [[44-39696]]
+*'''Puss in Boots''' - [[44-34749]]
+*'''Reida Rae''' - [[43-22499]]
+*'''Rude Invader''' - [[44-35752]]
 *'''Sexy Sue''' - [[44-35562]]
 *'''Silver Dragon''' - [[44-34104]]
+*'''Snow Queen''' - [[44-34156]]
 *'''Special Kay''' - [[64-17679]]
 *'''Sugarland Express''' - [[44-34602]]