43th Bomb Group "Ken's Men" B-24J Skinpack

The 43th Bomb Group was one of the loner-serving heavy bomber groups in the Pacific theater. The group started out equipped with the B-17, but was re-equipped with B-24 Liberators by September of 1943. The group is probably best known for the huge, colorful nose markings carried on many of their aircraft late in the war.

From Wikipedia:
The 43d trained for bombardment operations during most of 1941. From December 1941  February 1942, it flew antisubmarine patrols along the New England coast.

It then moved to the Southwest Pacific via Cape Town, South Africa, from FebruaryMarch 1942. It then attacked Japanese shipping in the Netherlands East Indies and the Bismarck Archipelago from bases in Australia, New Guinea, and Owi Island between August 1942 and November 1944. While there it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for missions over Papua, New Guinea from August 1942  January 1943. The unit used skip bombing to sink Japanese ships during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 24 March 1943, for which the unit earned a second DUC. It also provided support for ground forces on New Guinea and attacked airfields and other enemy installations in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Yap, Palau, and the southern Philippines in 1943 and 1944. The group conducted long-range raids on oil refineries on Ceram and Borneo late in the war. After moving to the Philippines in November 1944, the group attacked shipping along the Asiatic coast and struck factories, airfields, and other installations in China and on Formosa. It also supported ground forces on Luzon. The unit moved to Ie Shima in July 1945, from which it conducted raids against airfields and railways in Japan and against shipping in the Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan.

This pack includes the following planes, plus a generic skin for each squadron.
Barbara Jean		44-40980
Bob's Hope		44-40395
Cocktail Hour		44-40428
It Ain't So Funny	44-49752
Ken's Men - Missin You	44-40399
Last Horizon		44-40865
Mabel's Labels		44-50853
Michigan		44-40429
Million $ Baby		44-50786
Million $ Baby (early)	44-40335
Out of the Night II	44-41809
Rum and Coke		44-49827
Satan's Baby		44-40186
The Dragon and His Tail	44-40973
Windy City Kitty	44-42362


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