Merry Christmas from the EAA AirVenture Museum collection.

[Zack Baughman]

Speaking on behalf of all of the museum staff at EAA, have a very Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy, and Happy New Year! Image courtesy of the George Rarey Collection of the EAA AirVenture Museum depicting Christmas in Europe in 1943 from the eyes of a P-47 pilot with the 9th Air Force.

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[rwanttaja]

Excellent, Zach, thank you. I usually go through that gallery on my trips back to Oshkosh.

BTW, what are the guys in the lower right ("Dec 26th") looking at? It looks like a pall of smoke, but they're smiling....

Love the old military cartoonists; Rarey, Bairnsfather, Osborn, and especially Mauldin. This is one of my favorites by Mauldin...the caption says says, “Corp’l Ginnis ‘an his Very pistol will now contribute th’ Star ‘o Bethlehem.”
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Ron Wanttaja

[champ driver]

Great artwork from George there.
Merry Christmas to you Zack and everyone else at EAA.