Captain Michael Ragan, the Catholic chaplain of the 91st Bomb Group, blesses the crew of the Boeing B-17G “Fifinella” before a mission in mid-1944. The plane was lost on a mission on August 13, 1944. The “Fifinella” was the female gremlin cartoon created by Walt Disney and adopted by the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP) as their mascot.Source :
National Archives and Records Administration, 342-C-K-2105
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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