Sentimental Journey - Nose Art by timerskine

Sentimental Journey - Nose Art

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is a living history museum that restores WWII aircraft to flying condition. They own two B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers. One of them, Sentimental Journey, is in town for a week.

This is a shot of Sentimental Journey's nose and nose art. Betty Grable was the most popular pin-up girl during WWII and the nose art is based on her most popular picture.

The Flying Fortress had a crew of 10. Two of those crew, the navigator and bombardier, sat in the nose. They also manned the four defensive 50 caliber machine guns.
Very cool
September 16th, 2020  
I've seen some of these B-17s at air museums. So cool.
September 16th, 2020  
So nostalgic - just a bit before my time though
September 16th, 2020  
Cool
September 17th, 2020  
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