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Douglas Bader an RAF pilot during WW2.
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401st BG, Heaven Can Wait.
Heaven Can Wait was a movie released in 1943, starring the beautiful actress and cover girl, Gene Tierney.
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Two members of the same crew with their jackets personalized for their home state.
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The personal jacket art of Delwyn “HiHo” Silver at the end of his tour of operations.
Major (later Lt. Colonel) Silver was on the Group Staff, being at various times Assistant Operations Officer, Group Operations Officer, Deputy Group Commander and Group Air Exec. By the time he finished his 30-mission tour he had led the 401st Bomb Group nine times, led the 94th Combat Bomb Wing seven times and twice flew as Deputy Air Commander of the whole 1st Air Division.
For those unfamiliar with American cowboy mythology, the ‘Lone Ranger’ was a radio show in the 1930 to 40’s. He wore a mask to cover his face, his bullets were cast from silver, and his horse was named Silver. With the galloping hoofbeats, the Lone Ranger would yell, “Hi Ho Silver ! Away !!”
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388th BG 200th mission party
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Pistol Packin’ Mama, a 1943 popular rock-a-billy song turned pop song by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters. This popular song title probably graced the artwork on more airplanes than any other song of WW2.
Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.
Oh, drinkin beer in a cabaret
Was I havin fun!
Until one night she caught me right
And now I’m on the run.
Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that thing down before it goes off and hurts somebody! -
Heaven Sent was a B-17 with the 100th bomb Group, 350th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, the groups nickname was the Bloody Hundredth.
The nose artist was Michael Garemko. Michael Garemko entered the Royal Canadian Air Force in early 1941 and was sent by train to Toronto for basic training at Mannign Depot. He was going through advanced training in Winnipeg, Manitoba in early 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He never completed pilot training in RCAF but transferred to USAAF and went to Officer Cadet Pilot Training. He washed out as a pilot and without a college degree, he could not qualify for Bombardier or Navigational training. His love of the air kept him in the Air Corps and he went to Gunnery training/Engineering School. He became a TTE and flew on “Heaven Sent” and completed 34 Missions. Garemko and Sgt. Frank Stevens were also responsible for painting the aircraft nose art and A-2 jackets for the 100th.
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The crew of a A-20 Havoc of the 416th Bombardment Group pose with their bomber and the ammunition.
(via demons)
It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic,
Of all things physical and metaphysical,
Of all things human and all things super-human,
Of all true manifestations of the head,
Of the heart, of the soul,
That the life is recognizable in its expression,
That form ever follows function. This is the law.
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