To: NewJerseyJoe
The B-17 has always been my favorite combat aircraft. A more potent symbol of righteous American might there never was(save perhaps for the B-52). And a great platform for unforgettable nose art. Such classics as scantily clad ladies with names like "Sack Time'' and "Miss Bea Haven"".
12 posted on
05/19/2019 2:46:12 PM PDT by
jmacusa
("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
To: jmacusa
Hahaha...I was in a antique store today, and there was a large assembled model of a B-29 hanging from the overhead with the moniker “Humpin’ Honey” with a Betty Grable posed woman on it!
I have heard that near the end of the war in the Pacific, guys were painting darn near anything they wanted on their planes because people were past giving a crap...don’t know if that is true or not.
15 posted on
05/19/2019 2:58:03 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("And she woulda made it, too...if she hadn't been wearing her Lucky Ham." RIP Tim Conway)
To: jmacusa
There was also the P-47 “Miss Behave” flown by Robert “Bob” Bosworth, he was a family fiend.
25 posted on
05/19/2019 3:22:16 PM PDT by
coon2000
(Give me Liberty or give me death)
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