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I don't think so; the picture of 1-2499 in Allahabad in early '41 shows it without the ball turret in the belly. I have no sense of when/how they did upgrades in the field, but this was clearly before it was back in CONUS, before the image with "jungle" camoflage at Hendricks Field. But I thank you ...

My father's ship was 41-2499; I have his complete flight log, from May 1937 when he was a cadet at Randolph Field until he was removed from flight status for heart arrhythmia in June of 1951. He picked 41-2449 up new in Portland on Jan 15, 1942 His notes in the margin say "PICKUP Boeing - 3 aircraft...