Hell's Angels was a B-17F Flying Fortress who complete 48 missions without any crewman injured or being forced to turn back.
The USAF selected Hell’s Angels and its ground crew to return to the USA following the bomber’s completion of forty-eight combat missions. Touring stateside war factories in order to boost worker morale was the new assignment for the Hell’s Angels and its men. On 20 Jan 1944, the 303rd’s group commanding officer allowed anyone who wanted to to sign the Hell’s Angels before it left Molesworth (Australia) for the USA. Hundreds of men then blanketed the battle-scarred bomber with signatures in white paint.
On USA thousands of enthused individuals greeted them everywhere they stopped, and they spoke to just as many exhausted workers in the US war factories. The goal of the tour was to make those same workers toil harder. After a long journey and different stops, the tour ended at Los Angeles.
Interesting the bomber crews' uniform is blue.
Wasn't until around '49 when the Air Force became it's own service did uniforms change.
Photoshop error or an early new look?