(Spanish for “The Wolves”). An original cadre ship acquired 25 October ‘43 and assigned to Polink’s crew who flew her overseas in December ‘43. The crew co-pilot, Ringle, painted the nose art. “Los Lobos” was flown on eight missions by Polink’s crew. On her ninth mission on 10 February ’44 with Zimmerman’s crew aboard, she was damaged severely on an early return when attempting a downwind landing with a load of fragmentation bombs aboard.
Pictures of Los Lobos
