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aluminum overcast noun any very large military aircraft US, 1961- Gansz never served in a command that had jet fighters, and he flew as a copilot on a C-124 – a large propeller-driven troop and cargo carrier nicknamed “The Aluminum Overcast” because of its size and relatively low normal cruising speed of 272 miles per hour — Chicago Tribune, p. C6, 28 December 1987
- — J. E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 20, 1994
- The B-17 was the bomber workhorse of World War II. When pro-duction ended in 1945, 12,726 had been built. The “Aluminum Overcast” carries the colors of the 398th Bomb Group and commemorates one shot down over France. — Florida Times-Union, p. B1, 14 November 2003
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