WWII Plane Flying High Again

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Media types take turns posing in front of the B-17 Aluminum Overcast at the Double Eagle Airport in Albuquerque. The four-engine WWII bomber nick-named the Flying Fortress was the backbone of German bombing missions. The artwork on bombers during that era came from pilots naming their planes and usually someone in the squadron creating the art. The bombs painted above the name art signifies successful missions.

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It was highly ironic and a little disconcerting to have flight engineer Konrad Werner assist in getting nine media visitors into a 1945 B-17 bomber. Not only is his name almost stereotypically German, he had the thick accent and attitude…

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