Sentimental Journey (aircraft)
Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is housed at the museum at Falcon Field, Arizona by the Commemorative Air Force.[1] The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows around the country.
Nose art features Betty Grable, the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. The aircraft's name takes after a song made very popular by Doris Day in 1945.
Over the years, this aircraft has served performed many different missions from military reconnaissance through drone "mother ship" during nuclear testing before being retired to storage at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona in 1959. Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California acquired and converted the aircraft into a firefighter, which it remained until donated to the CAF in 1978.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ B-17s: Where to find them. Aero Vintage Books. http://www.aerovintage.com/b17loc.htm. Retrieved 15 January 2007.
- ^ CAF Sentimental Journey Official Page
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