Hobby Master 1/144 Air Power Series, HA9101, B-24D Liberator 514th Bomb Squadron, 376th bomb Group, 9th Air Force, "Lady Be Good", 1943.
B-24D
Liberator 41-24301 arrived in Libya on March 25, 1943 assigned to the 514th BS, 376th BG. The number 64 was
painted on both sides of the nose along with the name “Lady Be Good” on the starboard
side.
On April 4, 1943 the “LBG” was the last of 25B-24s to depart to
bomb Naples harbor. On the way home they lost their ADF and never returned. In 1958 it was
located 440 miles inland on the desert. In 1960 8 of the 9 crew members remains were found
This model is a great subject, although very similar to the first release, but unfortunately also has its bomb bay doors painted the colour of the fuselage rather than that of the under sides.
There are a few other things wrong with the bomber. First, the name should be in YELLOW, not white. Second, there were no black rings around the star insignias. Third, there was no chin gun on the Lady. That was added when they did the low level Polesti Raid in August, 1943. Last, there was no circle on the bottom where the ball turret would be. The Lady had no ball turret.
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