B-17 Flying Fortress Photographs | World War II Database

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B-17F Fortress aircraft of the 91st BG, 8th Air Force executing a low fly-over during a demonstration at Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 1943, photo 2 of 2	SSgt James F Jones, B-17 Fortress tail gunner with the 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group shows the tight fit of the position, RAF Knettishall, Suffolk, England, UK, Sep 1943

United States Army Air Force TB-17G bomber in level flight, Sep 1943	US B-17F Fortress aircraft 'Bomb Boogie' of the 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron in flight, Jun-Sep 1943

US B-17F Fortress aircraft 'Hell Belle' of the 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron doing a low-level fly-by at RAF Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, Jun-Sep 1943	WAFS pilot Nancy Harkness Love in the cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Queen Bee', circa Sep 1943

B-17F Fortress “Talisman” warming up before take-off from Jackson’s Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 5 Sep 1943. This plane carried Douglas MacArthur to and from the battle zones in New Guinea.	Gen Douglas MacArthur shaking the hand of his pilot, Col Harry Hawthorne, after observing the airborne paratroop drop at Nazdab, New Guinea from his B-17F “Talisman.” 5 Sep 1943 photo at 7-Mile Aerodrome, Port Moresby, New Guinea.

8th Air Force B-17 bomber raiding Focke Wulf plants at Marienburg, Germany (now Malbork, Poland), Oct 9 1943	B-17F Flying Fortress bombers bombing Bremen, Germany through clouds with the aid of radar, 13 Nov 1943

Medical units of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh in Bedfordshire, England stand ready as the bombers return from a mission to enemy territory, 1943-44.	B-17 bomber of 8th Army Air Force dropped a load of bombs on the Hispano Suiza aircraft engine repair depot and other factories just outside Paris, France, 31 Dec 1943

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in New Caledonia, 1944; note markings that showed 118 bombing missions, 20 aircraft destroyed, 7 merchant ships sunk, and 6 combat vessels destroyed	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber of 97th Bomb Group by US 414th Bomb Squadron in flight, 1943-1945

B-17 Fortresses of the 324th Bomb Squadron assembled at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1944. Note P-51D Mustang in the center of the field.	B-17E 'Sally' of US 5th Air Force based between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Port Moresby, New Guinea; this aircraft was used exclusively to transport Major General George Kenney; note Jeep

B-17G Flying Fortress bomber of the US 100th Bomber Group at RAF Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1944; note Studebaker US6 truck and Jeep	Close-up view of the nose of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber, circa 1944

Crew of B-17G Fortress “I’ll Get By” arrive at their airplane by Jeep ay RAF Horham, Suffolk, England, UK; 1944	Formation of B-17G Flying Fortress bombers dropping bombs over Europe, circa 1944