The American flag is to be destroyed in a ceremonial fire if it ever touches the ground - but this is only followed by military/organizations and very strict patriotic people. Contact the American Legion or Boys Scouts for info you can trust.
Contact the US Coast Guard - find their details on http://www.uscg.mil/The red flag is flown whenever explosives or fuel are being loaded, unloaded or moved aboard a ship.
The story goes: The flag fell from heaven, and was catched before it hit the ground. It was under war, and this was like a sign of something good :b
Always (1989).
The B24 was the Liberator flown by the US in WWII.
B 52 bombers
US flag goes b the viewer's left
Lester B. Pearson was Prime Minister in 1967 when Canadians got their national flag.
Flag of California: Bear Flag of Oregon: Beaver on the reverse side Flag of Berlin, Germany: Bear Flag of Wisconsin: Badger Flag of Kansas: Bison being hunted Flag of Wyoming: Bison
The airplane that carried the first atomic bomb was named Enola Gay. Enola Gay was a B-29 Superfortress flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets. The second bomb was dropped by another B-29 called Bockscar flown by Major Charles W. Sweeney.
The Current Canadian Flag was 'invented' during the minority government of Lester B. Pearson.
Memphis Bell was the nickname for the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress. It was flown during the Second World War in the 1940s.
The 'H' model as flown now, has a take-off weight of 488,000lb.