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41-39117, one of the Pacific Evaluation Invaders sent to the 3rd Bombardment Group during 1944. Initially I thought that the caption with this photo must be wrong because the tail had what looked like a big fat stripe that resembled the 386th Bombardment Group markings, however, once I saw 41-39118 I understood what I was seeing. The top of the fin of this plane has a colored stripe for the squadron, and then for some reason there is a bar above the serial number. This gives it the appearance of the wider stripe, but this is not correct. The Douglas A-20 Havoc in the background further places this plane squarely as being in the pacific. In enlarging the image of looks like the side of the plane reads "Coaster RAMBLER". The light colored stripe could indicate the 8th BS (yellow), or the 90th BS (white).