WW2 Bomber Jackets - a set on Flicker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/sets/72157626140462192/with/5475830506/ ^

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For example, Heavenly Body

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More at the source link.

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[DogByte6RER]

Like this one ...

[katykelly]

bttt

[11Bush]

OK, I get the 28 bombing missions, two surface vessels, two aircraft victories, but what is up with the steam roller symbol?

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probably taxiway snafu with seebees

[appeal2]

Is that a B24 liberator? Hindu-Burma-Kush?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtafT0Y_qFc

..sometimes aircraft get renamed....

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North American B-25 “Mitchell”

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....original B-24 named Heavenly Body flew for the 392nd Bomb Grp, 577th sqd back at the time, or era of the jacket...best I can tell, it was damaged in Mar of “45” landing but was salvaged (overshot runway) it left the group shortly after

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actually were both wrong...it was a B-17 WITH THE 401ST bg..(THIS JACKET)... different aircraft with same name..there was a B-24, a B-25, and a B17.....popular name

[ansel12]

Did the Air Force ever allow that kind of art, or was it just the Army?

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actually were both wrong...it was a B-17 WITH THE 401ST bg..(THIS JACKET)... different aircraft with same name..there was a B-24, a B-25, and a B17.....popular name

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Army Air Corp renamed USAF in 47....

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yes ...during Korean war...and presently, not as elaborately...*smiles*

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we had plenty during VN (c-130 gunships)

"First Lady"

"Warlord"

"The Arbitrator"

.....all from THE 16th SOS

[ansel12]

Thanks I didn’t know about the art.

By the way they didn’t just rename themselves, they switched from being the Army to being the Air Force.

When they were army, I think they lost 90,000 dead or so, I can see why they would want to get out of it.

[smokingfrog]

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Thanks for the link. Those are awesome. “Mister Completely” was a great name!

[A.A. Cunningham]

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