1st Lt. George H. Heilig in the cockpit of "General Ike"
Boeing B-17G-40-BO,S/N 42-97061 of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force.
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"General Ike"

Sgt.Mathis Finely gives the nose a wash-down of "Schnozzle" ,Lockheed/Vega B-17G-10-VE, s/n 42-40011 of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
Lost in collision with B-17G (s/n 42-97511) named "Egg Haid" on January 21,1945. Both planes were complete losses.(rudeerude)

"Schnozzle"

These Norseman were from the 320th Air Transport Squadron, based at Le Borge' in Paris. The 320th's primary duty was air evacuation from forward hospitals, bringing the wounded back to major hospitals in Paris. The planes could carry three stretchers and a flight nurse. It was also a plane from the 320th that was carrying Glenn Miller when it disappeared over the English Channel on December 15,1944.