Top turret B-17 made from sketch notes

Drawing shows a gunner from behind, standing in the turret of an airplane bomber during World War II. He is visible from the shoulders down and nude from the waist up. Howard Brodie was the staff artist for Yank magazine during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and 1943.
For another version, see: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 51 (A size).
Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).