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U.S. Navy Capt. (retired) Doug Ettus, left, and wife Patti, check out the cockpit of KC-135 Stratotanker, “Miss Irish,” assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 15, 2023. Doug is the son of World War II veteran and 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Myron “Ty” Ettus, a waist gunner on the original Miss Irish – a B-17 Flying Fortress which flew out of Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, England, in 1944 – and was visiting England to see and learn more of his father’s life while stationed in the U.K. and to see the modern-day jet which bears the same historic nose art as the aircraft Ty Ettus flew on. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
| Date Taken: | 09.15.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 09.26.2023 08:02 |
| Photo ID: | 8042158 |
| VIRIN: | 230915-F-EJ686-1076 |
| Resolution: | 5504x3669 |
| Size: | 2.92 MB |
| Location: | RAF MILDENHALL, SUFFOLK, GB |
| Web Views: | 32 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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