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Catalog Number:
1997.116
Location:
BOLLING, BLDG 1301
Description:
The painting depicts a B-17G and fighter escort, flying over the American Air Museum in Britain. Located at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridge, England. At the moment, the Museum was being dedicated by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second. The Secretary of the U.S. Air Force (Dr. Sheila Widnall) is addressing the August assembly from the podium, at approximately 1430, Friday, August 1, 1997.