Some time ago there was a guy on here looking for a photo or info concerning a B-24 named Hell's Belle.  I went and looked for the post but was unsuccessful.  Since I don't have hours growing on trees, here is the post in hopes that the right guy sees it. 

B-24 Hell's Belle

Photo of nose art can be found on page 134 of

FOR THE BOYS
The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II

Good luck

TonyM.

Hello,

I am new to this list.   I have a picture of the crew in front of the plane Hell's Belle.  At the bottom of the picture it says Lt. Roberts crew. 

I am not sure how to access FOR THE BOYS, The Racy Pin-ups of WWII?  I have about 30 pictures of these planes that have just such pin-ups painted on them.

Do you know who Lt. Roberts was.....not given name on the picture.

Thank you, Anne

Anne,

FOR THE BOYS
The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II
is a book. 

I doubt highly that the book has been digitized.
The local library might have a copy. 

TonyM.

Anne,

Can you scan your picture and post it to this thread?  JPG, 200kb max file size.  Perhaps someone here might see something in the picture to help identify Lt. Roberts.  The photo in the book Tony mentioned is no help, not enough there to identify anything beyond the fact that the photo is of a B-24.  Hell's Belle was not an unusual name, one source lists at least 18 B-17s with that name and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar number of B-24s with that name too.  Possibly there is something in your photo that might at least help to identify the specific bomb group or if really lucky it might include the serial number.  Please try to post it.  Also, if you have 30 such photos you might consider creating an album in the members photo gallery.  We all appreciate seeing these photos.

Hal

http://www.b24adlibs.com-a.googlepages.com/unidentifiedb-24s3

Hope this works..

Terry T.

There are at least 20 different B-24s named Hell's Belle or Hell's Bell listed in

THE B-24 NOSE ART NAME DIRECTORY
by
Wallace R. Foreman

It was a popular name.

TonyM.

B-24bestweb have 19 listed
1 listed as Hells Belles
2 are listed as Hell's Belles
4 are listed as Hell's Bells
the remaing are listed as Hell's Belles

B24bestweb
 


Terry T.

The one "shown in the book" is HELL'S BELLE (V3)...
http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-H-HELLS_BELLE-V1-V3.htm

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http://www.b24bestweb.com/

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