Tom Bowers
Active Member
From my archives, 2001 Militaria International cover promotional photo shoot for Reading PA WWII weekend. The B-17 is of course the Movie replica owned at the time by Dave Tallichet. I'm on the left wearing my 1984 vintage Avirex A-2, original gabardine flight suit, boots helmet A-10 gloves in the pocket of the flight suit, and original harness and mae west. On the right is Bob Azzarelli from Dunmore PA wearing his all original B-3, pants and cap along with original Mae West and chute harness. In the center is Greg Witmer, the warbird coordinator fr the event, and he has another old Avirex. We hadn't planned this but it was a huge amount of fun, after this I got to hoist myself, Gregory Peck style, into the B-17 and spend about an hour in the pilot's seat for some sadly lost photos. Great experience