Interesting one came up on eBay this week. Thistle Do It! was in the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group. Our best guess at the serial number, based mostly on a process of elimination, is 41-24383. Crashed into the Gulf of Papua on January 6, 1943. Pilot Lt Guyton Christopher and five of his crew were killed. What's under that overpainted section remains a mystery.
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Re: Thistle Do It!
Great find!