Douglas A-24B Banshee N4488N City of Portland Oregon flying alongside the Red Air

flying alongside the Red Air Force in the grinding westward advance that would ultimately liberate Poland from German occupation

making it a uniquely historic subject

assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Squadron

Flying the re-engined KC-135R with its CFM56 turbofan engines

assigned to the 96th Test Wing

Douglas A-24B Banshee N4488N City of Portland Oregon flying alongside the Red AirThese are 1 72 scale decals for Douglas A 24B Banshee N4488N, a surplus wartime dive bomber converted for civilian use as a mosquito sprayer for the City of Portland, Oregon. In the years following World War II, thousands of surplus military aircraft flooded the civilian market at bargain prices, finding new lives in roles their designers never imagined. This A 24B once a frontline dive bomber built to attack enemy shipping and ground targets was