Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
A relative showed me this photo and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it. The B-24 has a (to me) strange nose configuration, I have learned that this was done for the 'Carpetbaggers' airframes. Unfortunately we only know that her father worked in maintenance in the UK during the war, at one time at RAF Wittering, nothing more. Any ideas, thoughts, bits of knowledge are welcome.
Often those old black and white photos show a lot of fine detail under magnification. If the photo is to hand perhaps you could have a look-see and comment on any numbers or words that show up that are not visible on the pixilated computer shot we get to see here.