This station was the largest volume single unit station in the United States during the 1960’s. Cars would be lined up several blocks down the road to “fill er’ up”. The Bomber Crew: The incredible success of the Bomber Gas Station was due largely to the commitment of Art Lacey and his family to provide a superior service to their customers. ![]() They questioned his sanity but sold it to him. The stranger from Oregon told them he wanted to buy the plane to be used as an advertising gimmick back home. His subsequent quest for a retired war plane took him to the U.S. As a young flier and gasoline station owner, he had a vision of a novel combination of both. While Lacey’s retired war bird was a familiar landmark in Milwaukie, Oregon, few realize the incredible chain of events that actually landed it there. “It’s almost like a fairy tale story,” maintains Milwaukie’s Art Lacey, who owned and operated the 48-pump McLoughlin Boulevard gas station housed beneath the awesome WWII-vintage B-17G four-engine Bomber. ![]() The Bomber was more than an advertising gimmick. Not only did the airplane “fly” above McLoughlin Boulevard, it became an instantly recognizable part of the community. ![]() For more than six decades, the B-17 Lacey Lady was an icon of Milwaukie, Oregon, just a few miles south of Portland.
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