A model of the famed B-17G Flying Fortress “Thunderbird’
A model of the famed B-17G Flying Fortress “Thunderbird’ which flew 29 combat missions between December, 1943 and April 1944 together with a woodcarving of the nose art from the aircraft by British woodcarver Bill Adams. “Thunderbird” was shot up many times during raids over Nazi occupied Europe – and even had a wing replaced – but no crew members suffered as much as a scratch during that time. The plane is memorialized in a mural at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The model built by JAC Division Chief Army Major Bret C. Kinman has been donated to the JAC by Maj. Kinman in appreciation of the sacrifice of the 7,336 men who served at Molesworth during WWII. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad E. Chisholm)
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Staff Sgt. Chad E. Chisholm
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