Felixstowe F.3 by Ivan Berryman. SPC19 Alfred Eick

Alfred Eick

one of the other two B-29s that took part in the first nuclear bombing mission against the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945

Painted more as an important propaganda piece

The image is of Pipe-Major Macdonald

Felixstowe F.3 by Ivan Berryman. SPC19 Alfred EickDHM1703. Felixstowe F. 3 by Ivan Berryman. By British standards, the colour schemes of many Felixstowe flying boats were unusually garish during the closing months of World War 1, but there was a simple logic to this choice of livery: A downed aircraft would be easily visible in a dark sea and even when in combat with its German counterparts, it could be easily identified, both by friendly aircraft and by ships below. F. 3 N4258 sported this red and