The 15th Air Force was constitued on 30th Oct.1943.Activated in the Mediterranean on 1st Nov.1943, they began operations on 2nd Nov.and engaged primarily in strategic bombardment of targets in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary and the Balkans until the end of the war.Radar equipped aircraft were known as Mickey ships and this particular B-24 was converted to the role after its nose had been badly flak damaged during a mission

Model wingspan 460mm,