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Re: Afghanistan B24
Posted by george on Sun Nov 11, 2001 07:26:10 PM
In reply top Afghanistan B24 posted by Tony on Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:04:54 AM
: Following on from the mystery 24, i did some digging.
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: George identified the marking on the nose, as a red star i
: n a white circle with a blue border. Well, that is the rou
: ndel of the North korean Air force (DPRK)
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: Except, according to worldairforces.com, the DPRK never op
: erated Liberators.Neither did the Chinese Nationalist Air
: Force. However, the Communist Chinese did.
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: So, is this a ex-Chinese/Korean air force example?
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: Can someone please get a still shot of this aircraft? if t
: hats a korean roundel on the Nose, then it's a rare bird.
: What kind of condition was it in?
:
: Tony :0)
: (If the BBC are there, it ain't that dangerou
Tony, I hope I described the insignia correctly. Let me try again just so there is no confusion. Slightly forward of the cockpit area on the upper part of the fuselage is a red star. A circle that touches the five points of the star is white. A fairly thick blue circle makes up the outer border of the insignia. For some reason, the top point of the star is tilted forward as opposed to say a U.S. star that has the top point going vertical. As to condition, the metal frame of the nose is pretty intact, with some of the plexiglass pieces missing. A section of the left lower fuselage behind the nose has damage and an open section. It looks to me like the cockpit windscreen is missing. Here is the really interesting part. It appears the rest of the aircraft may be piled around it, with engines including hubs visible in the picture. The film only lasts a couple of seconds, is taken from the left side from maybe 15 or 20 yards away. Looks like it is in a pretty narrow canyon bottom, with mountains very close by. The fuselage is split vertically, missing from about where the upper turret would be. But I am sure it is not far away. I hope this helps at least a little.