Included are two skins:
B-17F Assembly Ship ''The Spotted Cow''
B-17F Assembly Ship ''The Spotted Cow'' Generic
"Patches II" was an early replacement aircraft for the 547th BS, replacing the original "Patches" after that plane was salvaged in late July 1943. "Patches II" flew combat missions throughout early 1944, and was retired in the summer to serve as the 384th's assembly ship. With this, she was given a high-visibility paint job of blue polka-dots over white. She was immediately given the nicknames "Spotted Cow" and "Speckled Hen." Her mission was to orbit the airbase to allow the rest of the group formation to form up after take-off. She would definitely be hard to miss!
An assembly ship also known as a formation ship or Judas goat was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber usually an older model that was stripped down of its armaments and given extra flares, navigational equipment, and unique distinctive paint scheme in order to organize combat box formations more quickly.
