In this photo, the Superfort is painted in the nose art of Mission Inn. It was later learned that this aircraft was originally called Flagship 500, and it had a WWII combat record. The museum has since returned the aircraft back to its original historic nose art. The recent history of this aircraft is just as remarkable. It was recovered from the dessert at China Lake in the late 1970's. It was totally restored, then flown to March AFB for display in 1981.
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