This blog is primarily designed to be an information resource for the families of the crew who flew aboard the "Pistol Pakin Mamma". Intended to "Honor our family members who answered and honored their call of duty" aboard B-24J, Serial Number 42-72989; a plane of the 7th Air Force / Bomb Group 30 / Bomb Squadron 38....
September 11th 1944, 9 of her 10 man crew were lost in the Pacific during a bombing run over Marcus Isl. from Saipan....
All "clean" comments are welcome and suggested.
The first post to this blog is a tribute video I made some time ago in honor of the crew and crew's of all B-24 Liberators with the nose art theme/name: "Pistol Packin Mama". There were many variations of artwork and spelling of the name as you will see in the video. As I understand the story, Al Dexter and his Troopers wrote and played the popular song Pistol Packin Mama in the early 1940's. This catchy little tune celebrating honky tonk debauchery inspired the artist Alberto Vargas to paint the infamous Pistol Packin Mama; a popular pin up girl for the troops at war during that time. Here is an excellent link to a site listing some B-24's, B-17's and other types of aircraft of the era named Pistol Pakin Mama: http://www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk/theme-pistolpackin.htm
When you view the link above, you may notice that the nice gentleman who owns the site was gracious enough to supply a link to the PPM tribute video.
I sincerely hope that this blog is well received by the families of the Pistol Pakin' Mamma.
Cheers,
Brant Dempster, grand-nephew of Robert A. Dempster, Jr., Pilot of the Pistol Pakin' Mamma
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