On March 18, 1942, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) ...

I saw Herman's flight jacket this weekend. The back of the jacket has a picture of an airplane and the name "Liberty Lady." ...

The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945, by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns....

I want to go ahead and post the names of the Liberty Lady crew who flew with Herman on March 6, 1944. These airmen flew out of Thurleigh Air Field, 306th Bomber Group, 368th Bomber Squadron....

The B-17's were built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, beginning in 1934. There were several models built until the final and largest model which was the B-17G....