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What’s in a name? Everything, if it seems to invite disaster. Almost as long as there have been airplanes, pilots have given them names. Aviators have often found pride and comfort in personalizing their aircraft, especially during wartime. To World War II airmen and ground crews, for example, their assigned aircraft was often far more …
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