WWII B-24 assembly ship - photo

[Altair]

Assembly or formation ships were stripped down B-17 and B-24 bombers with unique paint schemes designed to organize bomber formations quickly.

Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...e_fullsize.jpg



Previously:

Vickers Wellington bomber - photos
B-17 nose art - photo
C-87 Liberator being assembled in 1942 - photo
USAAF bombers dropping bombs over France - GIF
A look inside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - GIF

[Toolmaker51]

Bomber?
I thought it was a Wonder Bread delivery vehicle.

[mklotz]

Bomber?
I thought it was a Wonder Bread delivery vehicle.

Chuckle. Yeah, that was my first thought too. I had an image of us bombing the starving Dutch people with loaves of bread near the end of the war.

[Toolmaker51]

Bread Bombing. Starving or not, can't picture Europeans eating that awful sponge-like white bread. Even makes me shudder. But even in the head, wouldn't hurt!

[mklotz]

Bread Bombing. Starving or not, can't picture Europeans eating that awful sponge-like white bread. Even makes me shudder. But even in the head, wouldn't hurt!

After the starvation imposed by the Nazis, they would probably have relished a good loaf to the head, even if it were rubbery American bread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_...944%E2%80%9345

[Toolmaker51]

After the starvation imposed by the Nazis, they would probably have relished a good loaf to the head, even if it were rubbery American bread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_...944%E2%80%9345

Yes. I have some relatives....