Flight Replicas L-4 86th Artillery Air Section 2024-06-09

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Flight Replicas L-4 86th Artillery Air Section - WWII Liveries

This is a repaint of the Flight Replicas Piper L-4 in the colors of the US Army's 86th Division (Blackhawks) Artillery Air Section. I finally painted up the plane my father, 1st Lt. Joseph M. Bowers, flew in WWII. He was an liaison pilot (artillery spotter) for the 86th Infantry's Artillery Division. The 86th entered combat in Feb.1945 during the battle for central Germany, crossed the Rhine at Cologne, had advanced to Bavaria and was in Berchtesgaden on May 6. My father was awarded the Air...

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