Boeing B-29 'Joltin' Josie' 873rd BS, 498th BG Saipan 1944 2024-06-16

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Boeing B-29 'Joltin' Josie' 873rd BS, 498th BG Saipan 1944 - WWII Liveries

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This is a repaint of the excellent Virtavia Boeing B-29 Superfortress, depicting 44-24614, 'Joltin' Josie The Pacific Pioneer', the first B-29 to arrive in the Marianas on 12th October 1944. Assigned to the 873rd Bomb. Sqdn., 498th Bomb. Gp., and piloted by Maj. Jack Catton, 'Josie' completed 24 missions from Isley Field on Saipan before being handed over to Capt. Wilson Currier. On their first mission on April 1st 1945, 'Josie' suffered a catastrophic...

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