11.16.2004
Ellsworth B-1 named after former senator's WWII bomber
Staff and wire reports.
November 12, 2004
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. The Dakota Queen is flying again.Sixty years after Lt. George McGovern, who would go on to a distinguished Senate career and a run for the presidency, flew bombing missions in World War II, a B-1B Lancer at Ellsworth Air Force Base has taken the name he gave the B-24 Liberator he flew in the Army Air Corps.McGovern and his wife, Eleanor, who was the inspiration for the name Dakota Queen, were the guests of honor at a ceremony Nov. 10 to commemorate new nose art that declares the B-1 the Dakota Queen.
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For his bombing missions, McGovern received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
November 12, 2004
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. The Dakota Queen is flying again.Sixty years after Lt. George McGovern, who would go on to a distinguished Senate career and a run for the presidency, flew bombing missions in World War II, a B-1B Lancer at Ellsworth Air Force Base has taken the name he gave the B-24 Liberator he flew in the Army Air Corps.McGovern and his wife, Eleanor, who was the inspiration for the name Dakota Queen, were the guests of honor at a ceremony Nov. 10 to commemorate new nose art that declares the B-1 the Dakota Queen.
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For his bombing missions, McGovern received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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