Origlio's painting was created from one of the pin-up girl post cards popular with the GI?s during the War. They were called Mutoscope cards and were dispensed from vending machines in places like amusement parks. They were produced in the 1940?s by a company called Mutoscope Reel Company. The card that was the inspiration for this painting was called ?Sport Model? and this same image also appeared on many other aircraft during the War.

Assigned to the 13th Air Force in September 1944, the plane became the regular mount for Lt Steffy's crew who completed at least nine of their missions in the Liberator. It eventually sustained severe damage and was scraped in the South Pacific in April 1945.

   
The original Mutoscope card

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
5 Jul 1944	L W Steffy	Yap AF	Bullet through #2 prop
20 Jul 1944	Harris / Patrick	Yap	R/E (NS) - (Record shows #0354)??
22 Jul 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Yap AF	Destroyed "Zeke"
29 Jul 1944	Rice / McLaughlin	Wolsai
31 Jul 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan
4 Aug 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Yap AD	Camera a/c
6 Aug 1944	Fraker / Blauvelt	Yap island	Record shows #0354 ??
10 Aug 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Yap Island
28 Aug 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Koror
31 Aug 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Malakal
3 Sep 1944	L W Steffy / ?	Koror Town	Camera a/c
10 Sep 1944	May / Toon	Hatetabako AD, Halmaheras	Record shows #0354 ??
18 Sep 1944	Lewis / Kenyon	Ambon-Ceram	Record shows #0354 ??
30 Sep 1944	McKenzie / York	Balikpapan	Record shows #0354 ??
3 Oct 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Balikpapan
10 Oct 1944	L W Steffy Jr / Morgan	Balikpapan	Destroyed "Tojo"
14 Oct 1944	Jonas / Capt Lawson	Balikpapan
18 Oct 1944	Liljedahl / Schuster	Balikpapan
18 Nov 1944	Muller / York	Tarakan Island
19 Nov 1944	T C Harris Jr / Capt R W Kimmerly (wia)	Alicante AD, Negros	Camera a/c
11 Dec 1944	Capt Lawson / Freedman
15 Dec 1944	Poggi / French
21 Dec 1944	D A MacDonald / C E Johnson	Fabrica RR
24 Dec 1944	Whitehead / Grizzle	Puerto Princess Ad
27 Dec 1944	McDonald / Johnson	Talisa(?) AD	Camera a/c

 

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