LOCATION:
The "Strawberry Bitch" B24 Liberator can be found in the Air Power Gallery, which is the home of
lots of WW 2 planes, photos & exhibits of a variety of occurrences, including
the story of the Philippine Death March, life in a POW camp, The Flying Tigers
story, uniforms of all the services, heroes, and campaigns, and other artifacts
too numerous to mention.
DESCRIPTION:
B24
Liberator - The "Strawberry Bitch" - Served with the 512nd Bomb Squadron,
376th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force based in Libya and Italy. It had interesting
nose art. Some say that the red-headed babe painted on the side had not a stitch
of clothing on, when the plane was serving in action.
About the B-24 Liberator
bomber: The B24 Liberator had a number of virtues that made it a much more sought
after bomber: It was fast (300 mph at 30,000 feet), capable of carrying 8000 LB
of bombs, and had an operational range of approximately 2290 miles.
HISTORY
OF MANIFESTATIONS:
With planes involved with
life-threatening dramas like war, people have died, but it seems aren't ready
to continue on to the other side.
WW2 - B-24 Liberator
heavy bomber, The Strawberry Bitch
"The Strawberry
Bitch" was a B-24 assigned to the 512 BS of the 376 BG. Belly gunners on
the B24 were in a risky position, being especially easy targets for enemy fire
or becoming unintended casualties if the landing gear was damaged in a raid. Other
gunners also may have been shot in the course of defending their position on the
plane by enemy fire.
MANIFESTATIONS:
The
old Air Force relics and planes on display at the museum attract the spirits of
crew members killed in action or accidents, which liven up the lives of janitors
and guards, who have reported paranormal occurrences such as moving objects, unexplainable
voices, actual apparitions and eerie sounds. In one story I read, a janitor was
actually decked by an apparition out of control. Pilots and crew who loved their
planes while alive, are still attracted to them even when dead.
B-24, The Strawberry Bitch - Haunted by unknown
entities
Strange lights are seen moving around the airplane.
Someone it seems is still serving on board, not letting death get in the way.
The Belly guns are known to rattle by themselves, which perhaps is caused
by the apparition of an unlucky gunner who was killed on a mission.
STILL
HAUNTED?
Yes indeed.
When young men die quickly
in battle or suffer a slow death, they sometimes have a hard time going to the
other side. because they still had a lot to do on earth, or are so traumatized
by their death, they stick around things which are familiar, looking for answers,
unable to rest.
