Markings represent “Bottoms Up II”, a plane belonging to the 486^th Bomber Squadron based in Gaudo – Italy, during spring 1944.

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This aircraft, flown by Lt. Clarence Morton, had a very uncommon dress. It crashed during a mission on March 12, 1944, above a railroad bridge in the area near the  locality named Ora, when it was constrained with an emergency landing in friendly territory from fire from flak.

For this kit, I used the new Hasegawa kit (B-25J Mitchell E16) with photoetched form Eduard (B-25J Mitchell Exterior 74424) as well as Express masks (B-25J Mitchell XS233). Markings are from the box.

Lucien