B-17 Flying Fortress Photographs | World War II Database

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Medical staff and their WC-54 ambulances waiting for returning B-17 bombers, probably at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1944-45. Note the flare shot from the B-17 indicating wounded personnel on board	Ground crew extinguishing fire aboard B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Meat Hound' of 303rd BG, US 358th BS after its crash landing at Metfield, England, United Kingdom, 11 Jan 1944

Wreckage of B-17 bomber 'Devil's Own' at RAF Debach, England, United Kingdom, 12 Dec 1944	17 B-17 Fortresses from the 533rd Bomb Squadron line up for a mission at Ridgewell, Essex, England, UK, 1945

A B-17G Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, late 1944 to 1945. The Triangle-H with yellow band tail markings identify the bomber as part of the 306th Bomb Group.	Aircraft mechanics of the USAAF 398th Bombardment Group change a B-17 engine, Nuthampstead, England, United Kingdom, May 1944 to Apr 1945

B-17 bombers amidst heavy flak fire over Merseburg, Germany, circa 1944-1945	Ground personnel standing by Dodge WC54 field ambulances as B-17G Flying Fortress with the 381st Bomb Group returned to its base at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, England, UK, 1943-1945

Two B-17 Flying Fortresses' vapor trails light up the night sky over Eastern Europe, circa 1945	View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat.

B-17G Fortress with the 327th Bomb Squadron taxis for take-off at snow covered RAF Podington, Bedfordshire, England, UK for a morning mission to Gymnich Airfield; Jan 10 1945	B-17 Flying Fortress bomber having crash landed on a snowy field, Europe, 20 Jan 1945

Movie still of a B-17G Fortress with the 92nd Bomb Group flying from RAF Podington in Bedfordshire, England fitted with two Disney Bombs in underwing bomb racks, Feb 1945. Photo 1 of 2.	Movie still of a B-17G Fortress with the 92nd Bomb Group flying from RAF Podington in Bedfordshire, England fitted with two Disney Bombs in underwing bomb racks, Feb 1945. Photo 2 of 2.

Medical officer of the 535th Bomb Squadron, Capt Graham, congratulating pilot Lt Biene of B-17G Fortress ‘Stage Door Canteen,’ on the bomber’s 100th mission, 25 Feb 1945 at Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom.	The 401st Bomb Group’s control tower at RAF Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, UK, Feb 26 1945. Note a US Navy Captain among the group of observers.

B-17G Fortresses of the US 15th Air Force trailing condensation trails amid anti-aircraft flak bursts during the bombing run over Graz, Austria, 4 Mar 1945.	B-17 Fortresses of the 301st Bomb Group over the Italian Alps on their way to the rail yards in Vienna, Austria, 12 Mar 1945. Note the B-17 in the center with its ball turret replaced with the H2X ground scanning radar.

B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945	War weary aircraft at the Wheeler Field graveyard (Waieli Gulch airstrip), Oahu, Hawaii, 4 Apr 1945. Photo 1 of 2.

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