George & Sally

[Jack Cook]

L/G George Kenney at the controls of his B-17E "Sally" in New Guinea 1944.

[Steve Nelson]

Nice pic...although I was expecting a shot of a Kawanishi N1K2 and Mitsubishi Ki-21...

SN

[hang the expense]

Hey Jack,Nice pic.Any idea what the birds name was during any combat before transport duties and also what happened to Kenny after the war,Did he get a fourth star?

[Jack Cook]

Kenney scored 2 kills in WWI and retired has a 4 star general
He also commanded SAC before LeMay.

[ZeamerB17]

Here's some more on "Sally":

http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/usaaf/sally.htm

I can't find an earlier nickname for her, but that doesn't mean there wasn't one.

There are some photos of her in formation with the 19th BG and painted in olive drab in the January, 1943 issue of National Geographic.

[ZeamerB17]

Here's one of those photos of 41-2633 in formation from National Geographic :

[Steve Birdsall]

That's a wonderful photo, and I always like to see credit given to the man who took it - war correspondent Howell Walker.

It was taken on July 4, 1942 on the way to attack the Japanese airstrip at Lae.

The mission was led by Captain Felix Hardison in Tojo's Physic and that's Lt Richard Smith flying 41-2633.

For those interested, there's much more on this mission in Claims To Fame: The B-17 Flying Fortress, a book I co-wrote with Roger Freeman.