Ron Bell Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'm relaying this for a former IPMS member. Hope someone can help. Although a couple of decal companies and at least one artist have represented Medal of Honor earner Addison Baker's TIDAL WAVE/Ploesti B-24D "Hell's Wench" in visual form, I've never been able to find a photo of the plane or its nose art any place on the net or in any of the dozens of Ploesti books I own. As you know, I don't do historical things from imagination or conjecture--I need proof. Have you ever seen a photograph ofthis plane and can you direct me to where I can see it? I really need yourhelp. Thanks much!Good luck and good modeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hi Ron, Interestingly enough there doesn't seem to be anything out there even on my favorite site for B-24s, http://www.b24bestweb.com/ One site he might want to try is this forum. There are 105 pages and it is filled with pics and videos though whether any pics of Hell's Wench are in there they didn't show with a search. http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=1613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Phil, Thanks for trying. We'll keep looking, I guess. I don't know what unit the a/c was in, but is there a unit history out there that might have pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKeeper Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I couldn't find any pics either although the art and decals all seem to be in agreement on a rather standard finish with yellow arched letters. Rocky's site has a lot of historical info: http://hellswenchoperationtidalwave.blogspot.de/#! And this British site confirms the lack of photo: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7501 Wish I had more for ya but this may be one of those 'oral history only' incidences. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 No luck looking for pix. Addison Baker's bio & MOH citation has some useful info: http://www.fampeople.com/cat-addison-baker LTC Baker was the commander of the 93rd BG over Ploesti. He was killed trying to get his crew out of the burning bomber at low altitude. Humbling stuff here. My next best guess would be to contact the 93rd BG (or even the 93rd BW) vets' reunion website and see if somebody doesn't have it in a family collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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