Pauke! Pauke!
Charter Member
This aircraft caught my eye at the Hill AFB Museum. I especially liked the nose art. Might be a good project for a skinner for CF3 or other MS flight sims if it's not already out there. The plane didn't see combat and was stationed state side and in Europe in late 40's and early 50's. It was sold in 1958. In 1983 it came back to Federal control through seizure by United States Marshalls in a drug raid in California, carrying a heavy load of marijuana. It then went to Travis AFB stayed there until 1990 when it came back to Hill AFB and the restoration project started.
"Finally in 1994 the aircraft was towed to the aircraft paint shop on base to await its turn in line for a new finish. The aircraft was painted in the jet black and red scheme of the 13th Bombardment Squadron (Light), "the "Devil's Own Grim Reapers." The 8th, 13th, and 90th Bomb Squadrons comprised the famous 3rd Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force, which served with distinction in the Pacific Theatre of operations in World War II and later flew missions out of Japan and Kunsan, Korea, during the Korean War."
The above quote is from the Hill AFB website fact sheets. Here's the link: http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5657
"Finally in 1994 the aircraft was towed to the aircraft paint shop on base to await its turn in line for a new finish. The aircraft was painted in the jet black and red scheme of the 13th Bombardment Squadron (Light), "the "Devil's Own Grim Reapers." The 8th, 13th, and 90th Bomb Squadrons comprised the famous 3rd Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force, which served with distinction in the Pacific Theatre of operations in World War II and later flew missions out of Japan and Kunsan, Korea, during the Korean War."
The above quote is from the Hill AFB website fact sheets. Here's the link: http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5657