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'Tangerine' and 'Valiant Lady' over the Lound Village Maid Pub with Gorleston on sea in the background. The photo was taken on a practice mission. The date was 14 July, 1944. Pictured in the foreground is 41-29446 "Tangerine" and in back is 41-29408 "Valiant Lady". Joe Zbikowski was flying 'Tangerine' with crew #054-R3. This was their last practice mission prior to resuming combat duties.
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This photo was taken shortly after nose art was applied in Herrington, KS. The Group stopped at Herrington to complete their final POM inspection. While there, many of the original aircraft were named and painted.
'Tangerine' was named by the Co Pilot from the original crew, Ralph Morrow. He was known to be quite the dancer, and "ladies man", and the plane was named for the hit song of the times, 'Tangerine'. The artwork was a "Vargas" style depiction of the Pilots (William "Bill" Dillon) wife.
"Angus" was the nick name for the co-pilot Ralph "Angus Macfarland" Morrow. "The guys on the crew used to call him Angus Macfarland because he was always short of money and asking to borrow some. I guess back then there was a myth or something about the Irish or Scottish being in debt or always borrowing money or known for being cheap.....". "The Great Hartney" was the nickname for Radio Operator Charles Hartney and "Toby" was the nickname for Navigator Cornell DeGrothy
Notes: Source of aircraft naming and nicknames was the Co Pilots son, Beau Morrow.
Source: Ivo De Jong...
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Photo showing the nose art on pilots side of aircraft. It was taken after armor plate field modification has been applied. Note that the ground crew made a "valiant" effort to re-apply the name that had been covered by the field modification.
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George Reed and crew #062-R0 passing the hardstand for 'Witchcraft' after completion of mission #067. Note the '534' painted on the wooden box in the lower left of photo. '534' was the last three of 'Withcraft's' tail number.
Source: Carolyn Holt (granddaughter of Henry Kubacek)
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"Bombs Away"
'Tangerine', being flown by "Zibby" Zbikowski and crew #054-R3, is seen dropping bombs on the V-Weapon site at Haut Maisnil, France.
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