USAF Museum

Boeing B-17D
The Swoose

In the spring of 1942, Capt. Frank Kurtz, the personal pilot for Lt. Gen. George Brett, took over as pilot of The Swoose. You can see the names of that crew under the right waist gunner's position. General Brett returned to the U.S. in the summer of 1942 and brought The Swoose with him.

Boeing B-17D The Swoose
The Swoose also set two point-to-point speed records and carried several famous passengers, including Lt. Commander Lyndon B. Johnson.


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