Maurice Hammond's Harvard III is dedicated as a flying tribute to the 8th Air Force, USAAF, and in particular to the 100th Bomb Group, the "Bloody Hundredth", stationed at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk.
The markings carried by Maurice Hammond's Harvard III are those of B-17G 42-31066 'Fools Rush In', of the 351st BS, 100 BG, stationed at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. The aircraft and crew were lost during a raid on Hamburg on New Years Eve 1944.