| Name - JACK THE RIPPER II |
| Remarks - original aircraft; crashed & burned on Lille mission
return at Manston a/f, England |
| Mission Number - 89 |
| Disposition - salvaged Manston 8-3-44 |
| MM/DD/YY - 8/3/44 |
| Weekday - Thursday, August 3, 1944 |
| Annecdote - named by Lt. John Stevens after movie of same name;
there was no JTR I; because of bad press related to the US airman captured
with flight jackets that said “MURDER, INC“, HQ instructed base commanders
to screen noseart for similar names. Col Shower believed JACK THE RIPPER
II was inflammatory, Lt Stevens argued it was a horror movie name, not
a ganster movie like MURDER, INC. The noseart stayed. Stevens was transfered
to the 15th AF in Italy in May ‘44. |
| Specially Equipped - |
| Pedigree - |
| Repairs - |
| Paint Job - This aircraft was painted in the Olive Drab Finish. |
| Complete Reference - B-24H-15-FO (42-52424) |
| Combined Descriptors - This aircraft was painted in the Olive
Drab Finish. This aircraft was listed with the 791BS. original aircraft;
crashed & burned on Lille mission return at Manston a/f, England salvaged
Manston 8-3-44 named by Lt. John Stevens after movie of same name; there
was no JTR I; because of bad press related to the US airman captured with
flight jackets that said “MURDER, INC“, HQ instructed base commanders to
screen noseart for similar names. Col Shower believed JACK THE RIPPER II
was inflammatory, Lt Stevens argued it was a horror movie name, not a ganster
movie like MURDER, INC. The noseart stayed. Stevens was transfered to the
15th AF in Italy in May ‘44. |