Saturday, April 23, 2016

Final product photos HA3220 A-26B Invader "Monie".

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA3220 A-26B Invader 44-34517 "Monie", 37th BS, 17th BG, Korea. 

Douglas A-26B 44-34517 originally belonged to the 452nd BG but became the property of the 17th BG when they replaced the 452nd at K-9, Pusan, Korea. 

Now with the 37th BS/ 17th BG the aircraft was piloted by Lt. Robert Mikesh and crewed by Navigator First Lt. Middleton and Gunner A2C Kitchen. The aircraft name “Monie” was Mikesh’s pet name for his wife “Ramona”. 

Robert Mikesh went on to fly in Vietnam and eventually became an author and curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.






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