George, @gblair, I hope the alcohol wasn't a good glass of Bourbon! I can tell you the MrColor Leveling Thinner cut through the paint faster than you can say $#!+. Surprisingly it really didn't do anything to the plastic, not like the lacquer thinner. I don't have the edition Louis, @lgardner, shared. I should probably consider getting it.
Louis, This plane was part of the Halpro detatchment, so the initial markings predate the ones in the pages of the book you showed. I appreciate you trying though, it is just tough to know. Eduard must have gotten a good picture of the port side of the plane and tail because they have decals for the aft section of the fuselage that my sheet does not have. I have the picture you showed of the plane flying by Mt Vesuvius and looked at it closely, even though it isn't too clear. I don't see the darker bands above or below like the starboard rudder, but it is hard to tell with such a grainy picture. I guess in the end I will just have to ask someone to prove me wrong. I will keep looking for documentation, but for now I think I will leave them with the white stripe.
I also thought I would share some of the cool things that came with the book "The Liberandos" that I have been reading. At some time the book was in the possession of either someone who was in the 376th Bomb Group, or a relative of someone. There was the Twenty Second Annual Reunion year book with it and it contained a few copies of Memorial Card from a funeral, news paper clippings and a couple News Letters also. For me it is a real historical treasure.
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