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A question for you Black Widow fans


MtFlyer

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Would like any general info but especially need Serial Numbers and a drawing of the "Creep" marking and shape and a guess at colors of the creep. Any help appriciated

MtFlyer...aka Keith The photo come off the net from the Warbired Information Exchange please respect the copy write laws.

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42-5560. White spiders on both spinners.

Black "bat" shape with name in white letters.

See info here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/4485368539/

Photo was published in "P-61 Black Widow" from Motorbooks.

Jean.

 

GeeBee:

Thanks for the info. just what I wanted to know. Looking at the photo I can't tell if the Creep was OD over grey or a VERY faded black?

MtFlyer

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Hello Keith,

 

I concur with Jean. The aircraft appears to be a turretless P-61A finished in OD/NG. The radome has recently been painted gloss black as a measure to protect the plexiglas radome from heat cracking. The tail booms of these aircraft tended to get pretty dirty with engine and exhaust grime, but looking closely at the photograph, there appears to be signs of D-Day invasion stripes painted below the national insignia.

 

HTH

 

Derek

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