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 Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress known as "My Gal Sal" displays its wartime camouflage above the exhibition floor. Manufactured by The Boeing Company, this specific heavy bomber crash-landed on a Greenland icecap in June 1942 due to severe weather while flying the treacherous northern ferry route to England. After the crew survived a 10-day ordeal on the ice, the aircraft was abandoned for dec

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