Interesting posts by Eric

[cirelaw]

Mack Sennet 1917 WW1 Pinups ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0w_zMvpE44

[cirelaw]

Pin Up Girls From WW2 through Viet nam!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFgfUnwjwE

[cirelaw]

The Most Beautiful And Famous Nose Art! http://www.planesofthepast.com/world...t-nose-art.htm

[cirelaw]

Another Pretty Site~ http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=pin...sualilty%2Ehtm Right below this beautiful Rolls Royce icon press the blue 'HERE' to see more prettys~ Eric

[cirelaw]

WW2 Bomber Jackets~~~ https://www.pinterest.com/lawman14/w...omber-jackets/

[cirelaw]

More Prettys~ http://www.collectorsweekly.com/arti...ened-our-boys/

[cirelaw]

Flight Jacket Rescued~ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/30...-year-old-vet/

[cirelaw]

Air American Our Flight Crew Stationed In England WW2~~http://life.time.com/history/america...land-photos/#3

[cirelaw]

A Beautiful Life Magazine Version~~http://life.time.com/history/world-w...ngland-1942/#6

[cirelaw]

The Norden Bomb Site Used To Precisely Drop Both Atomic Bombs On Japan And Destruction Of Germany~~ http://www.twinbeech.com/norden_bombsight.htm

[alanint]

Here's another angle of the Enola Gay....My brother and I were able to crawl throughout the inside. I have a cockpit shot somewhere...

[cirelaw]

AWESOME!!! Where was it?

[alanint]

Here are some shots of my Dad's well-preserved A-2 Jacket....

[cirelaw]

The shot never made it and I would love to see it. What was your Dads' relation to go inside?

[alanint]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

AWESOME!!! Where was it?

When it sat at the Smithsonian's Paul Garber Restoration Facility in Suitland, Maryland. The facility has either been renamed or it no longer exists. We had the opportunity to climb into a number of historic aircraft. I'm guessing that is more difficult to do nowadays.

What I find odd is the different script between the historic photo and the fuselage we are standing in front of. Our fuselage was DIFINITELY the Original Enola Gay.

[alanint]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

The shot never made it and I would love to see it. What was your Dads' relation to go inside?

We were members of the Smithsonian's Restoration Facility and were priviledged to private tours. The guides were very tolerant in the 70s-80s about letting us pretty much examine what we wanted at the facility.

[alanint]

Oh, and here is a shot of my Dad's Commanding Officer, wearing a very similar A-2!!

[cirelaw]

What a great moment in your lifetime! Tk for your dad. I'm sure he would be proud as you are!!

[cirelaw]

Is that Jimmy Stewart~

[alanint]

yep. His jacket is now on display at the US Airforce Museum in Dayton, Ohio.