MASTERS OF THE AIR

[Bigdummy]

Is a new series like Band of Brothers......There is a B17 in it with some Nose art that is my wife's Great great grandma name and it was a real deal.1st 2 is from filming

 

[halifaxhops]

WOW really cool!

 

[diymirage]

Alice isn't a very uncommon name...or are you saying this bomber was actually named after your granny?

I'm that case I need to know the rest of the story

 

[Bigdummy]

Serial 42-5867. 100th BGp 350th BSqn Lost 43-08-17, MACR 678.

 

[Bigdummy]

Alice isn't a very uncommon name...or are you saying this bomber was actually named after your granny?

I'm that case I need to know the rest of the story

Wife's granny

History: Circus queen Alice from Dallas was a world-famous circus fat lady - Oak Cliff

http://www.sideshowworld.com/81-SSPAlbumcover/Fat/2013/Alice/Dallas.html

 

[diymirage]

Wife's granny

History: Circus queen Alice from Dallas was a world-famous circus fat lady - Oak Cliff

http://www.sideshowworld.com/81-SSPAlbumcover/Fat/2013/Alice/Dallas.html

That's cool, I'm gonna have to sit down and read that when I have a minute

 

[Bigdummy]

That's cool, I'm gonna have to sit down and read that when I have a minute

She's a whole Lotta woman.People said she would walk around and help others and check on them in the Circus and helped the poor.

 

[diymirage]

She's a whole Lotta woman.People said she would walk around and help others and check on them in the Circus and helped the poor.

Sounds like her heart matched her girth

 

[rumblefish360]

When people are like that, in the way they do things, they got it right.

 

[Bigdummy]

42-5867 / Alice from Dallas | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

42-5867 | American Air Museum in Britain