assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo. Photographed in October of 1942.’
Photograph by Alfred Palmer (1906-1993 👉ALT)
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A US, Douglas built B-17F-50-DL Flying Fortress of the 410th Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, over the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft factory - Marienburg, East Prussia, 9th Oct 1943. CREDIT: ron_eisele #worldwar2 #prussia #ww2 #usaaf #usairforce #flyingfortress

All aviation history buffs need to check this article on WWII B-17 Flying Fortresses in Sweden. The lucky (neutral) Swedes even got nine interned B-17's transferred to them and they were converted to civilian Saab F-17 "Felix" passenger planes. Awesome. #B-17 #FlyingFortress #AviationHistory #WWII 🇸🇪

… a B-17 Flying Fortress

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B-17 "Sentimental Journey" shot this weekend. She was built 81 years ago in Long Beach, California.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress is readied for another mission at the US Army Eighth Air Force base somewhere in England - date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #usairforce #usaaf #b17 #flyingfortress #england #1940s #history