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B-17E "Buzz King" 41-9124 flight line T. A. B. parked at 13th Air Depot at Tontouta Airfield on New Caledonia
Nicknamed "Buzz King" in stylized capital letters with three white hashes to the left. Below the nickname was a scoreboard with Japanese rising sun flags in two rows (5+5) indicating aerial victory claims by gunners with a date in white above each flag (top row: 9-14-42, 9-19-42, 9-24-42, 9-25-42. lower row: 10-13-43, 10-13-42, 11-18-42, 11-15-42, 11-18-42). Twelve bomb markings indicating bombing missions flown with dates inside each bomb (9-14-42, 9-19-42, 9-21-42, 9-25-42, 10-11-42, 10-13-42, 11-12-42, 11-15-42 or 11-18-42) plus four undated bombs. Three ship silhouettes merchant ship (11-14-42), merchant ship (10-15-42 or 11-15-42) and warship (no date).
Credit: USAAF, 13th Air Force Date: late 1942
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