B17E Flying Fortress My Gal Sal Suspended Camouflage Bomber New Orleans United States // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Suspended from the ceiling of the War Birds Gallery at the National WWII Museum, the restored B-17E Flying Fortress bomber known as "My Gal Sal" displays its distinctive wartime camouflage. Manufactured by The Boeing Company, this specific aircraft participated in the initial June 1942 ferry flights along the treacherous northern air route to England before severe weather forced an emergency landing on a Greenland icecap. The "E" variant represented a major aeronautical evolution f

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