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Great thanks for that now I know the names of the colours I may be able to get the spec. numbers, found this profile artwork of a B-17 in what must be those colours, wrong belly turret for an early 'E' but its a start. She must be a sister machine to the 12 you mentioned -same S/number batch

I have been following up one of my favorite subjects RAAF aircrew in US units 1942-1943 and found the Co-pilot to Captain Harl Pease on his final mission was Flt Sgt Fredrick Earp one of a number of RAAF personell posted to the 19 Bomb Grp in 1942. The aircraft they were in was an early B-17E 41-242...

Another common mistake is with the attached picture , this picture has been used in about half a dozen A-20/ Boston and RAAF history books all with the wrong info attached, it either has the info as on the picture about DU-Y being A28-3 the a/c flown by Bill Newton on his last mission 19 Mar 43 with...

G'day Scott , a couple more facts of info to come to light on Aussie Bostons you may be interested in, in just about every book writen on A-20's reference is made to A28-78 , an A-20J 43-22140, strange considering no A-20J's were in the South West pacific, a picture recently found by the ADF Serials...

The L/H skins from A28-8 this aircraft flew 49 missions before crashing sept 43

G'day Scott, Just found this site after a lot of searching, I have your book on the Boston/Havoc and think its one of the best writen on the A-20 family ,on page 98 you mention the Dutch markings on RAAF Bostons , I have attached photos of the actual skins removed from A28-8 DU-J (AL907) which show ...