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POSTED: Sopwith's 'Tondelayo' Skin

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Tango_Romeo

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I've just uploaded Sopwith Chameleon's repaint of Tango's Green Dragon B-25. The new textures convert her to perhaps the most famous B-25 still flying. Tondelayo of the 500th BW, New Guinea, 1943.

The download (CFS2 Skins) includes an upgraded MDL file in addition to the new textures and CFG file.

Should be up by tomorrow. :wave:

This most famous B-25 of the 500th Bomb Squadron was named after Hedy Lamar's sultry character in the movie "White Cargo." The above picture shows [SIZE=+1]TONDELAYO[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] is fighting for her life with 1/Lt. Ralph G. Wallace at the controls, its right engine shot out, skimming over the water of St. George's Channel after bombing a Japanese ship at Vunapope near Rabaul on October 18, 1943. On the left wing is the flight leader, Capt. Lyle E. Anacker, in SNAFU, while 1/Lt. Harlan H. Peterson, flying SORRY SATCHUL, is just about to set down in the water after losing an engine during a Japanese fighter attack. Tondelayo was under constant attack for 75 minutes in a running gun battle with approximately fifty Japanese fighter planes of the 204th Japanese Kokutai Zeros. She did get in a few good licks, though, with the turret gunner, Sgt. John A Murphy, given credit for shooting down five aircraft, making him an ace. Four other fighter planes crashed into the water after misjudging distances on their passes. The 345th Group earned the coveted Distinguished Unit Citation and Tondelayo's crew members earned a Silver Star for their bravery. This flight by Tondelayo was considered one of the finest examples of bravery, tenacity and endurance by any crew of the 345th.[/SIZE]
 
The gal....

...was pretty hot for a 1942 flick...Hedy Lamar as Tondelayo in White Cargo. :redfire:

War Record of thr 345th Bomb Group (Air Apaches), of which the 500th BW was a member (1 of 4):

[SIZE=+2]10,609 Sorties[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 58,562 Combat flying hours[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 6,340 Tons of bombs dropped[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 12,586,000 Rounds of ammunition expended[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 177 Planes lost[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 588 Personnel lost on flights[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 260 Japanese vessels destroyed[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 275 Japanese vessels damaged[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 260 Japanese planes destroyed on the ground[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2] 107 Japanese planes destroyed in the air[/SIZE]
 
Another excellent addition!!!

Thanks Guys,
Bub

ps. "That's Hedley"....Oops, wrong movie......

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
 
...and a footnote credit for W Somerset Maugham, who wrote the original story called "Rain".
 
Superb.

If you keep this up, I definitely WILL run out of space on my hard drive!!

Just kidding. Keep them coming and I'll make space by ditching my stuff, if neccessary.

Cheers,

PomBee.:friday:

Hey Bub,
I assume that, like me, you can't look at a camp fire scene the same way anymore.
 
And....

Tuna Surprise, Cole Slaw and Yankee Bean Soup.......

Yes PomBee, the campfire has lost its allure, for beans anyway.

Bub
 
Super!

She’s a lady
Whoa, whoa, whoa
She’s a lady
Talking about that little lady
And the lady is mine ....:friday:
 
You know....

...and a footnote credit for W Somerset Maugham, who wrote the original story called "Rain".

....there's nothing new under the sun....just 'remakes'. It's all been done. :kiss:
 
Obviously....

[SIZE=+1] Tondelayo was under constant attack for 75 minutes in a running gun battle with approximately fifty Japanese fighter planes of the 204th Japanese Kokutai Zeros. She did get in a few good licks, though, with the turret gunner, Sgt. John A Murphy, given credit for shooting down five aircraft, making him an ace. Four other fighter planes crashed into the water after misjudging distances on their passes.

...the Japanese were a little short of experienced pilots by this time....
[/SIZE]
 
Looks great!

But I thought Tondelayo was a glass-nosed bomber, like the one that flies with Collings right now...
 
Looks great!

But I thought Tondelayo was a glass-nosed bomber, like the one that flies with Collings right now...

Thankyou - nope, she had the glazing painted over when the forward firing guns were added (see Tango's pic in post#1 above) stricly speaking, she did not have the side package guns, but did have 2 50 cals firing thru' the side windows near the tail -the Collings foundation don't want to spoil their "Billy Mitchell" - who knows what she will be painted up as for next year's Airshow Season ........................


Jim
 
Yep....

Looks great!

But I thought Tondelayo was a glass-nosed bomber, like the one that flies with Collings right now...

...she is glass-nosed, but shown here in her painted-over nose config...look carefully at the screenie above and notice the ribbing on the nose.

At various times during the war she had the standard glass nose, that nose painted over except for the bombardier's front panel and totally painted-over.

This was the case with many of the aircraft we deal with and the reason behind many disagreements about how a plane looked. :engel016:
 
Sopwith Chameleon...

She’s a lady
Whoa, whoa, whoa
She’s a lady
Talking about that little lady
And the lady is mine ....

:friday:

...strums guitar chords on his Gibson (softly in background). :friday:
 
Thankyou - nope, she had the glazing painted over when the forward firing guns were added (see Tango's pic in post#1 above) stricly speaking, she did not have the side package guns, but did have 2 50 cals firing thru' the side windows near the tail -the Collings foundation don't want to spoil their "Billy Mitchell" - who knows what she will be painted up as for next year's Airshow Season ........................


Jim

SC, First, she's a beauty...

Tondelayo was a fully converted Strafer with Side Pak Guns and Four in the nose.......

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/41-30669.htmlhttp://images.google.com/imgres?img...=124&prev=/images?q=Tondelayo&um=1&hl=en&sa=N
 
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