SC-FDG2-B17F-"Red Gremlin" Textures
Textures for the FDG2 Donationware B17F (Early) By Sopwith Chameleon Representing B17F S/N 41-24444 as flown by Lt Col Paul Tibbets, of "Enola Gay" fame. Col Tibbets was a Pioneer Member of the 97th BS and flew in the first 8AF Raid on Occupied France In late 1942, as the Americans prepared for Operation "Torch," the invasion of North Africa, Tibbets was called on to fly General Mark Clark on a secret mission to meet with the French commander in Algiers. Flying the Red Gremlin,which had been stripped of all Unit Markings & Mission Tallies, he flew Gen. Clark to Gibraltar, where a submarine picked the general up and brought him to Algeria. Clark's mission was successful; numerous French units cooperated with the Allied landing forces. Apparently the brass were impressed with Tibbets' general-ferrying skills; on Nov. 5, her flew General Eisenhower from England to Gibralter. With the plane crowded with staff officers, Ike sat on a two-by-four hastily installed in the cockpit, so he could get a pilot's eye view of the flight, which went off smoothly.
by SopwithChameleon
Textures for the FDG2 Donationware B17F (Early) By Sopwith Chameleon Representing B17F S/N 41-24444 as flown by Lt Col Paul Tibbets, of "Enola Gay" fame. Col Tibbets was a Pioneer Member of the 97th BS and flew in the first 8AF Raid on Occupied France In late 1942, as the Americans prepared for Operation "Torch," the invasion of North Africa, Tibbets was called on to fly General Mark Clark on a secret mission to meet with the French commander in Algiers. Flying the Red Gremlin,which had been stripped of all Unit Markings & Mission Tallies, he flew Gen. Clark to Gibraltar, where a submarine picked the general up and brought him to Algeria. Clark's mission was successful; numerous French units cooperated with the Allied landing forces. Apparently the brass were impressed with Tibbets' general-ferrying skills; on Nov. 5, her flew General Eisenhower from England to Gibralter. With the plane crowded with staff officers, Ike sat on a two-by-four hastily installed in the cockpit, so he could get a pilot's eye view of the flight, which went off smoothly.
by SopwithChameleon
