Miss Yourlovin

GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II

Ann Elizabeth Pfau

 

The nude woman pictured on the fuselage of this B-17 drops bombs on targets below. A satirical reference to untried airmen's eagerness for combat, "impatient virgin" was a popular plane name.

Source: NACP.

The nude woman pictured on the fuselage of this B-17 to drop bombs on targets below. A satirical reference to untried airmen's eagerness for combat, "impatient virgin" was a popular plane name.