Mike Grant Decals

1/48 B-24H 'Witchcraft' decal sheet

Product # MG48-050

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Dec 15 2015

 

      

This screen-printed decal sheet from Mike Grant Decals features the B-24H 'Witchcraft'.  This was a highly decorated B-24 Liberator that is wearing the mission markings after she completed her 130th mission.

The aircraft was delivered to the 467th at Wendover AAF, Utah and was assigned to the crew of 2/Lt. George W. Reed who susequently flew it by the Air Transport Command Southern Ferry Route from Florida to Brazil to Dakar then to England. Departing Florida on 29 February 1944 and arriving at Station 145, Rackheath, England on 19 March 1944. The aircraft was flown on 130 Combat Missions by various crews without an early return or having any crewman injured or killed on the missions. It flew on the first Group Mission on 10 April 1944 and also the last Group Mission on 25 April 1945. The aircraft was returned to the Zone of the Interior in June 1945 were it was subsequently salvaged.

 

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1/48 Monogram B-24 finished as 'Witchcraft' by Greg Myers

Some years ago Mike Grant Decals released a set of 1/48 decals for B-24H ‘Witchcraft’, a well known Lib assigned to the 467BG, 790BS that flew over 130 combat missions. The Collings Foundation has popularized the scheme even more by flying its B-24 in a remarkably accurate representation. The decals have been out-of-print for a while, but they’re now available again, updated and also in 1/72 and 1/48 scale.

You can buy this decal sheet directly from Mike Grant Decals.

Steve Bamford

      

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford