In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Guided tours of the 4th building, normally scheduled at 3:00 p.m. daily, are canceled through May 28.

Effective immediately, the William E. Boeing Presidential Gallery will have limited guest access due to scheduled event preparations. The only accessible exhibits during this time include: Douglas VC-54 Sacred Cow, Flying the President Exhibit, USAF Established Artifact. We anticipate full gallery access will resume by June 5, 2025.

Silk Shirts Worn by Raiders

On the left is a hand-made shirt given to Lt. Charles L. McClure while hiding in China. The inscription reads, "In honorable memory of the first bombing of Japan, Allied hero, presented by the city of Chi-An, China."

The donor was the navigator on the B-25 piloted by Lt. Ted A. Lawson, author of the famous book, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. All five crewman on Lawson's plane were injured when Lawson made a heavy landing on a beach in the dark with rain pelting the windshield.   

On the right is a silk shirt given to Lt. Charles A. Knobloch by the Chinese when he entered friendly territory.

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