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Note the tail decorations that mimic the identification symbols specified for combat aircraft; the Triangle-P indicating the 384th Bomb Group, the 3 at the top of the triangle indicating the aircraft belongs to the 546th Bomb Squadron, and the "designator number" - 3658 - across the base of the triangle: this aircraft is most likely serial number 43-685, making the applied designator number rong.
This aircraft is a variety of Piper Cub, which calls to mind an old aviation saying: "The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
NOTE: This aircraft was originally identified as an "Aeronca L-3B" but subsequent information confirmed it as a Piper L-4B (a very similar aircraft).

43-658 Aeronca L-3B GRASSHOPPER
Aeronca L4B "Flying Weasel"
Maj John H Humphries
Pace "Car"?
Buzzing the Barracks
Small Aircraft Crash
Buzzed Officer's Barracks
Small Aircraft Crash
Light plane crashed into 546th BS EM barracks
Small Aircraft Crash
Crash Aftermath
Small Aircraft Crash
Small aircraft crashes into hut
Building # 484, Site No. 11, GU
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