B17E Flying Fortress My Gal Sal Suspended Camouflage Bomber New Orleans USA // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Suspended from the ceiling of the War Birds Gallery at the National WWII Museum, the restored Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress known as "My Gal Sal" displays its wartime camouflage. Manufactured by The Boeing Company, this specific heavy bomber crash-landed on a Greenland icecap in June 1942 due to severe weather while attempting the treacherous northern air route to England. Following the crew's survival and rescue after a 10-day ordeal, the airframe remained abandoned in the Arctic for decades

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