How to accessorize a B3

[Grant]

Top Turret Gunner of B-17F "S-for-Sugar" out of Molesworth shows how it's done!

 

[johnwayne]

Quite evocative pic, wonder how many of those shells were left on his return, hoping that was the case after the pic was taken!

 

[B-Man2]

I think the facial expression says it all just like Di Nero in Taxi Driver.
" YOU TALKIN TO ME"?

 

[Smithy]

One of the amazing things you see in war photos is how action ages the face. You can tell he's quite a young fella - probably only in his 20s - but look how drawn his face has become around the cheek, mouth and nose. You see this a lot with images of people who have been under combat strain for some time.

Brilliant photo Grant, thanks for posting it.

 

[Silver Surfer]

yeah, dats da kine.

 

[WBOONE]

It's got some large cuffs,but it is s cool pic

 

[Grant]

He's rocking a pair of A-9A mitten/gloves

 

[Silver Surfer]

the big fuzzy stuff aint the b-3, its the mittens-gloves.

 

[Smithy]

USAAF kit isn't my big thing but I've always presumed that those A-9A mittens with the separate index finger were based on similar sheepskin and fur examples used in the RFC and RNAS during WWI.

 

[WBOONE]

That makes sense. I hope he lived a nice long life.