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Kitsworld - 1/72 Boeing Flying Fortress B -17G
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KW172175 Boeing Flying Fortress B -17G 'Ice Col' Katy' 44-6115 - 'Anxious Angel' 43-38035


Boeing Flying Fortress B- 17G 'Ice Col' Katy' GD-Q 44-6115 534th BS, 381 BG.
Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-40-DL Fortress
serial number: 44-6115
Combat Wing Assignment: 1st CBW
Base: Ridgewell, England
Group tail code: L (triangle symbol)
381st BG squadrons identification codes: GD - 534th Bomb Squadron.



Boeing Flying Fortress B- 17G 'Anxious Angel' LL-F 43-38035 LL-F 401st BS, 91 BG.

This was one of Starcer's rare nudes and it showed the high level of skill and paint manipulation that he achieved. The flesh tones are superb although the girl's legs are extraordinarily long. As with many of his nose art paintings, Starcer included his signature -- a useful aid, if one is needed, for historians.

"Anxious Angel" accrued over 70 combat missions, more than one third of them were flown by Dick Gibson's crew who named the plane and commissioned Starcer to paint its raunchy artwork. Towards the end of the war, the aircraft was fitted with radio counter measure equipment to confuse German ground radar which guided the flak gunners and fighters, no doubt causing many an anxious moment for plane and crew. Surviving hostilities, "Anxious Angel" was flown back to the USA on 8th June 1945 with a crew of ten plus ten passenger ground crew.


Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 385BG PFF Gt Ashfield 13/7/44; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 14/7/44; 70+m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. ANXIOUS ANGEL.






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Stock code: KW172175


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