There were two similarly named B24s assigned to 380th Bomb Group but the earlier aircraft, although incorporating a similar dishevelled girl, is painted in a style unlike any of Ebbeson's other works and is believed to be by another, unknown, artist. Based on a magazine pinup, Ebbeson painted a superbly modelled figure with intricate detail and once again he used a circle of solid colour to pick out the figure from the silver metal background. This B24 was equipped with the latest electronic countermeasures equipment, code named "Raven". A late arrival to the Pacific war, this "Raven" Liberator flew several missions with different crews during the period April to August 1945 and survived hostilities. It returned to the USA to be scrapped at the end of October 1945.

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
1 Apr 1945	Erwin	Hong Kong
4 Apr 1945	Capt Kuns	Toyohara AD
7 Apr 1945	Hill	Toyohara AD
11 Apr 1945	Sullivan	Tainan AD
12 Apr 1945	Bisson	Tainan AD
13 Apr 1945	Capt Kunz	Canton Harbour
16 Apr 1945	Rupp	Giran AD
17 Apr 1945	Capt Dyson	Shinshoshi
19 Apr 1945	Hartley	Shinchiku
25 Apr 1945	Pederson	Saigon Docks	Refuelled at Palawan
28 Apr 1945	Capt Kunz	Okayama AD
1 May 1945	Pederson	Kagi
4 May 1945	Bradley	Saigon Oil/Shipyards
8 May 1945	Pederson	Indo China coastal bridges	RCM a/c
13 May 1945	Greuel	Indo-China coastal bridges
15 May 1945	Pederson	Shinchiku
17 May 1945	McGuire / ?	Matsuyama	RCM a/c
18 May 1945	Moran / ?	Taichu AF	RCM a/c
19 May 1945	Pederson	Kiirun
22 May 1945	D'Alessandro	Kiirun
24 May 1945	Greuel	Apparri / Lal-Lo
28 May 1945	Harris	Phan Rang
1 Jun 1945	Pederson / ?	Takao
2 Jun 1945	Greuel / ?	Hozan	Equipped with ARC + APT-1 + ARQ-8
4 Jun 1945	Pederson	Sibu
5 Jun 1945	Erwin	Melak Timbali
8 Jun 1945	Greuel	Labuan
12 Jun 1945	Chuley / ?	Saigon	Equipped with ARC + APT-1
13 Jun 1945	Tiffany / ?	Toshien	Equipped with ARC + ARQ-8 + APT-1
15 Jun 1945	Bowman	Taichu	R/E (S) - Lost #2 engine, 5 hours flying time. Equipped with ARC + APT-1 + ARQ-8
21 Jun 1945	Leslie	Balikpapan
29 Jun 1945	Rupp / ?	Balikpapan	Equipped with ARC + APT-1 + SPA
1 Jul 1945	Chuley	Balikpapan
5 Jul 1945	Leslie	Toyahara
7 Jul 1945	Pederson / ?	Matsuyama	Equipped ARC & APT-1 & SPA
8 Jul 1945	Bowman / ?	Shinchiku	Equipped with ARC + APT-1 + ARQ-8
27 Aug 1945	Bisson	Patrol S. Japan

 

© Ray Bowden 11 August 2022