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This 1979 model survived 5 moves. I finally had a reason to build it in late 2019. I discovered the father of a friend I met 52 years ago as a junior at Penn State had photos of the plane on which his father was a radio operator. This is a model of tail number 44-8504, assigned to the 561st Bomb Squadron, 388 Bomb Group in the UK. You can see its history at this website---
http://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=44-8504&dataType=Aircraft The model has multiple after market kits from nose to tail plus the engines. I attempted an old and a new Cheyenne turret mod neither worked out. I did use the floor from the old one. I tried to get the waist gun kit no luck. I cut out both waist windows, the R side to install an acetate replacement, the L side to allow a clear view of the R side waist gun. That one and the R cheek gun have ammo belts inside the ammo chutes. I drilled out the vent holes on the engine cowling and intercoolers. I added the blue formation lights per 388 plane photos and the recognition lights per net diagrams. The red passing light beside the L landing light I could not find a photo or diagram of. It was there per research but I am not sure how it was placed. I am including photos to show interior/exterior details, and a few of the actual plane. Fred Branyan
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Photos and text © by Fred Branyan