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There is a query on the serial number for "Arkansas Joe" assigned to 456BG. Some sources give the airplane's title as "Cumulus Queen".
42-78594 was lost on the mission to Stornara airfield, 28 August 1944 with Patrick Shereda's crew. This crew included nose gunner Leonard Palser who had created a future nose art for the B24 with the title "Cumulus Queen". However, no image has been located for this title and it may not have been painted on. It unclear if the aircraft already had the title of "Arkansas Joe".
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