B-17 with exotic cammo

[tony.osborne]

I share with you some photos of a Boeing B-17 bomber with an exotic and unusual camouflage. Does anyone know if this plane entered service and what the function of this painting? I count on your visit.


Aviação em Floripa: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Spotted Cow"


Best Regards,

Anthony

 

[PredFan]

Interesting.

 

[Rotagilla]

Thanks for that..any idea what the purpose was? Was it a test to see if that style would work?

 

[Ringel05]

It had the measles.

 

[Desperado]

That is horrible. A very sad fate for an honorable B-17

 

[Swagger]

It's called an assembly ship. They used them to assemble large bombing formations. It was basically a point of reference. They never flew all the way to the target.

 

[Camp]

Thanks for that..any idea what the purpose was? Was it a test to see if that style would work?

Swagger got it right. These craft were "War Weary" designated and used as assembly aircraft as Swagger said. This one, the "Spotted Cow" AKA "Speckled Hen" was formerly "Patches II" of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

www.lostgallery.blogspot.com/2007/10/aaf-identification-and-comment.html

 

[Rotagilla]

Thanks for that..any idea what the purpose was? Was it a test to see if that style would work?

Swagger got it right. These craft were "War Weary" designated and used as assembly aircraft as Swagger said. This one, the "Spotted Cow" AKA "Speckled Hen" was formerly "Patches II" of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

www.lostgallery.blogspot.com/2007/10/aaf-identification-and-comment.html

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it.

 

[Sunni Man]

First time I ever saw a picture of one.......Thanks!!

 

[Camp]

Pretty interesting sight for war history buffs. Check this page if you like photo's of formation ships. Two pages of them.

www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/formation-ships.html

 

[strollingbones]

why the hell does that fact that swagger knows shit bother me?

 

[Swagger]

why the hell does that fact that swagger knows shit bother me?

Why? Besides antiquity WWII is one of my favourite subjects.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I have seen a couple of B-24's (including one that had flashing lights on the sides!), but this is the first B-17 I saw painted as an assembly ship.

 

[Sunni Man]

The title of the thread is kinda misleading.

Camouflage is used to try and hide an object.

Whereas, the paint job on assembly aircraft was for maximum visibility. .....

 

[Jarlaxle]

Not all camouflauge looks like camouflage...