Douglas A-24B Banshee N4488N City of Portland Oregon The 2750th Air Base Group

The 2750th Air Base Group provided the administrative and support structure for WADC's sprawling research operations

used by the United States Army Air Service and US Navy starting in 1917

assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron

training in dive bombing techniques as the Army sought to develop its own precision attack doctrine in the years surrounding America's entry into World War II

used by the United States Air Force for early Stealth experiments

Douglas A-24B Banshee N4488N City of Portland Oregon The 2750th Air Base GroupThese 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