Eighth Air Force Natural Metal Finish High Visibility B-24J skinpack Ver 1.1

This skinpack covers the late war "High Visibilty" markings seen on Natural Metal Finish (NMF) B-24 bombers of the Eighth Air Force. Please note that I have not included additional markings that were commonly used for squadron identification and that these skins are a general representation of the group markings. There were very many variations that were seen!The dates given below are also just a guideline since it often took some time for new markings directives to be implemented on all group aircraft.

The template used is my own creation taken from 1C's void.bmp.
Change from ver 1.0: Updated template with newer panel lines/weathering/effects and my redone Natural Metal Layers.

Dates to use these skins:
2nd Air Division
2nd Combat Bomb Wing
389 BG  March '44 - May '45
445 BG  March '44 - May '45
453 BG  Feb '44 - May '45

14th Combat Bomb Wing
44  BG  March '44 - May '45
392 BG  March '44 - May '45
492 BG  May '44 - August '44  This group was disbanded and later reconstituted for "Carpetbagger" missions due to heavy losses

20th Combat Bomb Wing
93  BG  March '44 - May '45
446 BG  March '44 - May '45
448 BG  March '44 - May '45

95th Combat Bomb Wing
489 BG  May '44 - November '44  Reassigned to 20CBW Aug 44 - This group was withdrawn for transfer to the Pacific
491 BG  May '44 - May '45  Reassigned to the 14th CBW following disbandment of the 492BG in Aug 1944

96th Combat Bomb Wing
458 BG  February '44 - May '45
466 BG  March '44 - May '45
467 BG  April '44 - May '45


3rd Air Division
93rd Combat Bomb Wing
34  BG  May '44 - September '44  Converted to B-17G
490 BG  May '44 - September '44  Converted to B-17G
493 BG  June '44 - September '44  Converted to B-17G