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THROUGH THE FLAK, FOG & FLAME
Through The Flak, Fog and Flame9798549767973book.php?book=8&booktitle=through-the-flak-fog-and-flame
TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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13th Seabees
B-29-50-BW 42-24802
B-29-50-BW 42-24802
505th Group, 482nd Squadron
This aircraft was also known as
Purple Shaft
Purple Shaft
13th NCB (Naval Construction Battalion) arrived on Tinian in October 1944 and was assigned to 6th CB Brigade, transferred from 2nd CB Brigade. The B29 also carried the title "Purple Shaft", a popular choice for nose art which, according to some veterans, had a double meaning both of which referred to the military's Draft system.