Aircraft

The airplane was a B-24H, tail number 42-52292. The tail number indicates that the plane was built in the Ford factory in Willow Run, Michigan during 1942. The crew named the aircraft Boojum at Milton Halbetstadt's suggestion, from the Lewis Carrol story Hunting of the Snark, and painted a Dragon on the nose. Anyone, in the Carrol story, who looked upon the mythical monster Boojum evaporated, they would "softly and suddenly vanish away."

George Dancisak's scarf with Boojum nose art and signed by enlisted men Courtesy of Michael J. Dancisak Click here for Scarf Signatures

B-24H Boojum, flying in Formation Courtesy of Michael J. Dancisak Enlarge Photo