Witchcraft

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Witchcraft
Witchcraft

Built at Consolidated Fort Worth as B-24J-85-CF, the aircraft was delivered to USAAF October 1944. She was assigned to RAF in India and abandoned in there following WW2 . She was one of 36 B-24s restored by Indian Air Force in 1948 and used at the Indian Air Force Technical College until 1968 . She was eventually purchased by Collings Foundation and rebuilt by Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft in Kissimmee, Florida, using livery of 42-78444 "All American" and first flown 8 August 1989. She was repainted as 44-40973 "The Dragon and His Tail" in 1998 and as 42-52534 "Witchcraft" in 2005. The original "Witchcraft" was flown by the 790th Bomb Squadron, 467th Bomb Group and completed 130 missions. Not all its activities were military however, on one occasion she was flown up to an altitude of 18,000 feet in order to freeze ice cream made out of powdered milk! The aircraft now tours the United States as part of the Collings Foundation'"Wings of Freedom" tour. This photo was taken at Conroe Regional Airport just north of Houston, Texas.

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Taken on: March 7, 2016
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Camera: Sony ILCE-6000, f/11.0, 1/125 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Sony ILCE-6000
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length: 50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Program: Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Topaz Photo AI 1.1.2
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